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 returned 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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