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Vinod Kumar

Vinod Kumar

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Vinod Kumar
Assistant Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
Special Centre for Nanoscience
Residence
9899532531
Email
kumarv@mail.jnu.ac.in ; vinod7674@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph.D. (Materials Chemistry) University of Delhi

M.Sc. (Chemistry) University of Delhi

B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Functionalized Nanomaterials, Crystallography, Water Splitting, Optical Property, Dilute Magnetic Oxides, Degradation of Toxic Organic Pollutants, Electrode Materials of Li-Ion Batteries, Water Purification, Solid Waste Management

Experience
  • Worked as Quality Assurance Office in Asian Paints Lmt, Kasna, Greater Noida, UP July 2008 to January 2009
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi (24.07.2013 – 16.12.2019)
  • Assistant Professor SCNS, JNU, New Delhi (16.12.2019 - till date)

 Research Project

  • SERB Start-Up Research Grant (Young Scientists) 2015-2018 “Designation and Strategies of Metal Oxides Nanocrystals for Photocatalytic Water Splitting”
  • UGC Startup Grant (2015-2017) “Exploration of Nanocrystalline Metal Oxides for Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Pollutants”
Awards & Honours
  • UGC-Junior Research Fellowship
  • C.S.I.R. Senior Research Fellowship
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. “Investigation of cation (Sn2+) and anion (N3−) substitution in favor of visible light photocatalytic activity in the layered perovskite K2La2Ti3O10” J. Hazard. Mater. 2011, 511, 502-508.                                                 
  2. “Optical and Photo catalytic properties of heavily F- -doped SnO2 nanoparticles by a novel single source precursor approach” Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 5637–5645.                                                                                                 
  3. “Novel Lithium-Containing Honeycomb Structures” Inorg. Chem. 2012, 51, 10471−10473.                    
  4. “Nanotechnology: Nanomedicine, Nanotoxicity and Future Challenges” Nanoscience and Nanotechnology-Asia, 2019, 26, 1-15.
  5. “Facile synthesis of  Ce doped SnO2 nanoparticles: A promising photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution and dyes degradation” ChemistrySelect, 2019, 4, 3722 –3729.
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Impact of Nanotechnology in the Development of Smart Cities, Book: Smart Cities—Opportunities and Challenges, Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd., DOI , 10.1007/978-981-15-2545-2, 2020.

Challenges for assessing toxicity of nanomaterials, Book: Biochemical Toxicology - Heavy Metals and Nanomaterials. Intechopen Science, 2019.

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.