Bio Data of Dr. Nagaraj N. Rao
Dr. Nagaraj N. Rao obtained his Bachelor's Degree in Science
with Distinction and a Gold Medal in Chemistry from the University
of Bombay. He obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science (Chemical
Technology, Technology of Pharmaceuticals and Fine Chemicals) with
First Class from the University Department of Chemical Technology,
Bombay. After completing an industry-sponsored Certificate Course in
Packaging at the Indian Institute of Packaging, Bombay, he joined
M/s Colgate-Palmolive (I) Limited, Bombay as a Trainee Chemist in
their R&D and Analytical Laboratory. During his two-year stay
with Colgate, he developed a new formula for a skin cream, which
turned out to be very successful. He also contributed to process
improvement in other Colgate products.
He immatriculated at the
University of Bonn in the Federal Republic of Germany for higher
studies. Besides completing advanced courses in biochemical
engineering, organic chemistry and analytical chemistry at Bonn, he
obtained the degree of Dr. rer. nat. from the Faculty of Chemistry
and Pharmacy of the University of Tuebingen with magna cum laude,
under the guidance of Prof. Dr. H.J. Roth. He was a Teaching
Assistant at the pharmacy institutes at Bonn and Tuebingen
Universities. He subsequently worked as a post-doctoral scientist at
the Institute of Biotechnology of the Research Center Juelich, in
Prof. Dr. C. Wandrey's laboratory. He was also a member of the
Editorial Board for the German-language version of the European
Pharmacopoea from 1984-1986 and a translator for Ullmann’s
Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. Dr. Rao has been involved in
Indo-German cooperation in biotechnology since two
decades.
Dr. Rao established the manufacturing activities at RRR after his return to India. Since 1993, he is a visiting faculty
in the Bioprocess Technology Division at the University Institute of
Chemical Technology, Mumbai and at the Institute of Biotechnology of
the Research Center Juelich in Germany. He is also a UDCT Golden
Jubilee Visiting Fellow.
Dr. Rao is a member of the German Electroplaters' Society
(DGO) and was a member of the Governing Council of the Metal
Finishers' Association of India from 1998 to 2006. He was the
Chief Editor of Indian Surface Finishing, the quarterly technical
publication of the MFAI, from 2004 to 2007. He is also a member of
the Editorial Board of the Journal of the Electro Chemical Society
of India and he is closely associated with the Zero Waste Society of
India. He is also an Advisor to reputed pharmaceutical
companies. Dr.
Rao also writes since some years a monthly "Report from India" in
the Journal "Galvanotechnik".
His fields of
interest include the synthesis of fine and speciality chemicals
using organic chemistry, chemical engineering and biotechnology
including electrochemistry, surface finishing, and the development
of formulations for various applications
E-mail id:
n.rao@rrrlabs.co.in, n.rao@rrrlabs.com
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