List of Projects Sanctioned under Women Scientists Scheme-A (WOS-A) During 2018-19 Chemical Sciences (CS) Sl. No. Reference No. & Project Title PIs Name & Address Total Cost (in Rs.) 1. SR/WOS-A/CS-75/2016 Dr P. Uma Maheswari 2836000 National Institute of Lead compounds identification and Technology, characterization based on the Tiruchirappalli-620015, TN natural plant aboutilon indicum towards anticancer activities-A practical & computational approach 2. SR/WOS-A/CS-130/2016 Dr Pattath Damodaran 2420000 Pancharatna Exploring and engineering the Pondicherry University, frontier energy levels of electron Pondicherry-605014 delocalized systems 3. SR/WOS-A/CS-135/2016 Ms Maheswata Moharna 3170500 CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Development of bench scale Materials Technology, recyclability strategy or value- Bhubaneswar-751013, Orissa added utilization of spent sulphate solution: Industrial benefit 4. SR/WOS-A/CS-8/2017 Ms P. Manasa 2561000 Bangalore University, Grafting halogen bonding in Bangalore-560056, Karnataka peptidic foldamers for structural and functional applications 5. SR/WOS-A/CS-18/2017 Dr. Amina Kausar 2150000 Jawaharlal Nehru University, Synthesis of novel molecules for New Delhi-110067 specific cancer targeting 6. SR/WOS-A/CS-20/2017 Dr Nithya Chandrasekaran 2775000 National Institute of New electrode materials for Technology, Potassium ion based energy storage Tiruchirappalli-620015, TN technologies 7. SR/WOS-A/CS-35/2017 Ms Gangutri Saikia 2995000 Tezpur University, Napaam, Synthesis of mixed-ligand peroxo Tezpur-784028, Assam complexes of vanadium and tantalum and exploration of their biochemical properties 8. SR/WOS-A/CS-38/2017 Ms Prerna Ganwir 3215000 Institute of Chemical Design, synthesis and sar studies of Technology, Nathalal Parekh heterocyclic analogue of Marg, Matunga, Mumbai- gliflozine’s as potent SGLT2 400019, Maharashtra inhibitors. 9. SR/WOS-A/CS-44/2017 Dr Atasi Mukherjee 3160500 Birla Institute of Technology & AIE studies of newly designed Science, Pilani, Hyderabad anthracene-based coordination Campus, compounds and their applications Hyderabad-500078, Telangana 10. SR/WOS-A/CS-55/2017 Dr Smriti Rekha Deka 3270000 CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Design and synthesis of self- Integrative Biology, Delhi- assembled small nanomaterials for 110007 targeted delivery of biomolecules 11. SR/WOS-A/CS-60/2017 Ms Uzma Baig 3270000 Osmania University, Synthesis, characterization and Hyderabad-500007, Telangana photocatalytic studies of alkali/alkaline metal phosphates 12. SR/WOS-A/CS-67/2017 Dr Amrita Chyakraborty 1362000 Birla Institute of Technology Assessment of sulfur centered and Science, Pilani-333031, halogen bonding (C-X···S, X = Cl, Rajasthan Br, I) interaction using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy 13. SR/WOS-A/CS-71/2017 Ms Nithya Thangavel 1908000 SRM Institute of Science & Morphological variation in Technology, SRM Nagar, heteroatoms doped graphene oxide/ Kattankulathur, Chennai- TiO2 with mixed metal oxide 603203, TN catalysts for the production of hydrogen from photocatalytic water splitting 14. SR/WOS-A/CS-73/2017 Ms. Ujjwala Prakash Chothe 3086000 Centre for Materials for Nanostructured Sn and layered Electronics Technology (C- MoS2 based nanocomposites for MET) , Panchwati, Dr. Homi high-capacity sodium-ion batteries Bhabha Road, Pune-411008, Maharashtra 15. SR/WOS-A/CS-77/2017 Dr Kakali De 1446000 Indian Institute of Chemical Peptide conjugated lipid Biology, 4, Raja S.C. Mullick nanoparticles : synthesis, Road, Jadavpur, Kolkata- radiolabeling and biological 700032, WB evaluation as receptor mediated prostate tumor imaging theranostic radiopharmaceuticals 16. SR/WOS-A/CS-78/2017 Ms. Vijaya Subbiah 2863500 National Institute of Synthesis of double perovskite Technology, Tiruchirappalli- materials for solar cell application 620015, TN 17. SR/WOS-A/CS-86/2017 Ms. Ankita Srivastava 2632500 Central Institute of Medicinal & Syntheses of podophyllotoxin and Aromatic Plants, Lucknow- related analogues as potential 226015, UP anticancer agents through microtubule and/or DNA topoisomerase inhibition 18. SR/WOS-A/CS-88/2017 Dr Sunita Khanderao Gadakh 3094500 Indian Institute of Science Macrocyclic furans – a route to Education and Research, Dr. diverse cyclic oligophenylenes Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune-411008, Maharashtra 19. SR/WOS-A/CS-99/2017 Ms Pushpalata Dilip Pawar 3259500 Savitribai Phule Pune Total synthesis of (S)-esmolol, (S)- University, melphalan, (R,R)-(+)-retalin and it's Pune-411007, Maharashtra derivatives 20. SR/WOS-A/CS-101/2017 Ms Sharba Tasneem 2445500 Jamia Hamdard, Hamdard Synthesis, characterization and Nagar, New Delhi-110062 anticancer evaluation of coumarin based acrylic linked hydroxamic acid/ amide derivatives 21. SR/WOS-A/CS-103/2017 Dr Anindita Gayen 1750000 Indian Institute of Technology Label-free tracking of antibiotics Kanpur, across dual-membrane envelope of Kanpur-208016, UP live gram-negative bacteria using second-harmonic light scattering technique 22. SR/WOS-A/CS-108/2017 Dr Lakshmi Y Prapurna 3105500 Indian Institute of Chemical Development of new strategies to Technology, access the 3,4-fused indoles: Hyderabad-500007, Telangana Application to the synthesis of 3,4- fused indole alkaloids and their derivatives 23. SR/WOS-A/CS-110/2017 Dr Madhuri Vangala 1895000 Indian Institute of Education Solid phase synthesis of oligo and Research, Arabinofuranosides Pune-411008, Maharashtra 24. SR/WOS-A/CS-116/2017 Ms Anjani Umarani Wunnava 3215000 Andhra University, Synthesis and evaluation of novel Visakhapatnam-530003, AP diaryl/hetero aryl pyrrole Mannich bases as potent anti-depressant agents 25. SR/WOS-A/CS-120/2017 Dr Jayshri A Thote 1869000 National Chemical Laboratory, ZIF based membranes for Pune-411008, Maharashtra olefin/paraffin separation 26. SR/WOS-A/CS-128/2017 Dr Anusooya Yadhthare Pati 1710000 Indian Institute of Science, Role of donor and acceptors in Bangalore-560012, Karnataka molecular switches and random access memory: Combined ab initio and many-body study 27. SR/WOS-A/CS-140/2017 Dr Indranirekha Saikia 2995000 Gauhati University, Development of organic-inorganic Guwahati-781014, Assam hybrid nano composites mediated by plant resources as anti-diabetic agent 28. SR/WOS-A/CS-141/2017 Dr Rashmi Aswathama Nayak 3215500 National Chemical Laboratory, Luminescent molecular organic Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, liquids for large area lighting Pune-411008, Maharashtra applications 29. SR/WOS-A/CS-143/2017 Dr Sunita Patel 2141000 University of Mumbai, An ordered M-Crystallin and an Mumbai-40098, Maharashtra intrinsically disordered Hahellin of βγ-crystallin family provide mechanistic insights into the conformational transition linked to cataract and polypeptide cleavage 30. SR/WOS-A/CS-144/2017 Ms. Nimisha Anant Parekh 1570000 National Chemical Laboratory, Performance enhancing strategies Pune-411008, Maharashtra for micro-particle based silk fibroin 3D scaffolds for bone tissue engineering 31. SR/WOS-A/CS-145/2017 Dr Lyakat Fatima 2139000 Indian Institute of Chemical Synthesis of heterocyclic molecules Technology, using vinyl azides as handy Hyderabad-500007, Telangana synthons 32. SR/WOS-A/CS-6/2018 Dr Poonguzhali Elamvazhuthi 2810000 Indian Institute of Technology Metal free ionic liquid mediated Madras, one pot synthesis of 3-hydroxy-3H- Chennai 600036, TN spiro[benzo[b]thiophene-2,1'- – cyclopentan]-2'-one/medicinally important benzo[b]thiophene moiety using inexpensive starting materials 33. SR/WOS-A/CS-7/2018 Dr.Manju Gupta 2040000 St. Aloysius College, Fourier transform infrared Jablapur-482001, M.P spectroscopy as non-destructive and rapid method for residual emerging contaminants in treated water 34. SR/WOS-A/CS-9/2018 Dr. Rina Soni 2139000 The MS University of Baroda, Design, synthesis and applications Vadodara-390002, Gujarat of coumarin containing helical molecules 35. SR/WOS-A/CS-10/2018 Ms. Sangeeta Ghosh 1821000 Indian Institute of Engineering Development of composite films for Science & Technology (IIEST), applications in PEC H2O splitting Howrah-711103, WB and removal of dyes from water 36. SR/WOS-A/CS-16/2018 Dr. Ruchika Dadhich 2140000 Indian Institute of Technology Deciphering the physico-chemical Bombay, Powai, Mumbai- determinants of formation of stable 400076, Maharashtra liposomes of Mycobacterial free lipids and their interactions with host membrane lipids for biotechnological applications 37. SR/WOS-A/CS-20/2018 Dr. Sandipa Indra 2440000 Institute of Technology Patna, Capturing volatile organic Bihta, Patna-801106, Bihar compounds by room temperature ionic liquids: a molecular perspective 38. SR/WOS-A/CS-21/2018 Ms. Preeti Verma 2720000 National Institute of Near-infrared induced Technology Rourkela, photodynamic therapy and Rourkela-769008, Odisha bioimaging by white light emitting upconversion nanomaterials 39. SR/WOS-A/CS-25/2018 Ms. M. Jeevitha 3215000 Avinashilingam Institute for Identification and evaluation of Home science and Higher anti-quorum sensing agents from Education for Women, medicinal plants against Coimbatore-641043, TN pseudomonas aeruginosa 40. SR/WOS-A/CS-27/2018 Dr. T. Selvi 3270500 Bharathidasan University, Nickel-catalyzed carboxylation of Tiruchirappalli-620024, TN ortho-funtionalized alkynylarenes with carbon dioxide 41. SR/WOS-A/CS-30/2018 Dr. Parimala Sowmianarayanan 1644000 Indian Institute of Technology Oxo-metallic complexes anchored Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu mesoporous silica: Potential UV- – 600036, TN Visible light harvesting materials for photocatalytic reactions as well as for bio-inspired