Nanotechnology in India: Universities &

Research Centers

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• Nanotechnology related Universities and Research Centers

• Description of areas of research
• Contact information

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 Nanotechnology Research in India: Universities and Research Centers
S.No Institute Name, Location
1 Alagappa University,
Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu
2 Amity Institute of
nanotechnology, Noida, UP
3 Amrita Institute of Medical
Sciences, Kochi
4 Anna University, Chennai
5 Banaras Hindu University,
Varanasi
6 Banglore University, Banglore
7 Barkatullah University,
Bhopal
8 Delhi university, New Delhi
9 Department of Physics,
Vishva Bharati, Shantiniketan
10 Hyderabad University,
Hyderabad
11 Indian Institute of Sciences,
Bangalore
12 Indian Institute of Technology
, Kanpur
Research Area/ Center Contact information
• Synthesis and preparation of http://www.alagappauniversity.ac.in
nanoparticles secondary cell /
materials of spinel structure and
their compatibility to
intercalation process
• Synthesizing of Carbon http://www.amity.edu/aint/
Nanomaterials
• Development of Nanophosphors
Drug/Vaccine Delivery,Water
Purifications
• Development of Nano-oxides-
Al2O3, TiO2 etc.
• Centre for Nanotechnology in http://www.aimshospital.org/
Stem cell research
• White light emitting diode http://www.annauniv.edu/
systems.
• Single molecule and interfacial
processes in nanobiology
• Unit on Nano Sciences and http://www.bhu.ac.in/
Technology.
• Nanostructural materials
synthesized by Hydrothermal and
combustion/microwave routes
and their application
• Investigation of electronic and http://www.bubhopal.nic.in/
Phonon Properties of
nanostructured materials
• Development and http://www.du.ac.in/
characterization of CdSe, CdS
and CdTe
nanocrystallineembedded in
borosilicate glass matrix
• Synthesis and characterization of
transition metal doped BaTiO3
nanoparticles
• Linear and non Liner optical http://www.uohyd.ernet.in/
studies of metal/organic
nanoparticles and ultrathin films
http://nano.iisc.ernet.in/
• Nanomaterials: Nanoparticles, http://www.iitk.ac.in/
porous materials, nanotubes, thin
films
• Colloid and Interfacial Science:
Self-assembly, surfactants
• Nanocomposites: Silica-polymer,
polymer-nanotube, silica-
nanoparticle
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13 Indian Institute of
Technology, Bombay (IITB)
14 Indian Institute of
Technology, Chennai (IITC)
15 Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi (IITD)
16 Indian Institute of
Technology, Guwahati
17 Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur
(IITKGP)
18 Indian Institute of
Technology, Roorkee
19 IT-BHU
20 Jadhavpur University
21 Jawaharlal Nehru Center for
Advanced Scientific Research
(JNCASR), Jakkur, Banglore
22 Jawaharlal Nehru University,
New Delhi
23 Kerala University,
Thiruvannanthapuram
24 Madras University, Chennai
24 Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kottayam
25 Osmania University,
Hyderabad
26 Presidency College, Kolkatta
• Centre for Research in http://www.iitb.ac.in/~crnts/index.h
Nanotechnology & Science tml
(CRNTS)
• Center for Excellence in
nanoelectronics
• Nano Fluidics http://www.iitm.ac.in/
• Unit on Nano Sciences and http://www.iitd.ac.in/
Technology
• Engineering nanoscale materials http://www.iitg.ernet.in/
and their application in
nanotechnology
• Nano-composites http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/rnd/
• Nano materials
• Nano-cermets
• Nano-polymer-composites
• Nanoceramics
• Nanomechanics
• Synthesis and Photochemistry of http://www.iitr.ernet.in/
composite metal semiconductor
nanostructured materials
--- http://www.itbhu.ac.in/default.shtml
• M.Tech Courses in Nanosciences http://www.jadavpur.edu/
and nanotechnology
• Collaboration with HP for
information transfer
• Carbon nanotubes and their field
emission properties
• Nanodiamond, diamond like
nanocomposites
• Nanomaterials, Crystal Growth http://www.jncasr.ac.in/#
• Veeco India Nanotechnology http://www.jncasr.ac.in/veeco/
Laboratory
• Preparation and Characterization http://www.jnu.ac.in/
of bio-polymeric nano-particles
• Study of photoconductivity and http://www.keralauniversity.edu/
photoluminescence of
nanostructured materials
• Nanostructued materials http://www.unom.ac.in/index.php
• Consultancy in nanoparticles
(ultra-fine) technology http://www.unom.ac.in/guindynucle
arphy.html
• Nanomaterials: Synthesis http://www.mguniversity.edu/
characterization and applications
• Development of nanowires and http://www.osmania.ac.in/
nanostructural thin films
• Conducting poymer/binary http://www.presidencycollegekolka
polymer –Inorganic hybrid ta.org/
nanocomposite material
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 27 Punjab University
28 Sardar Patel University,
Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat
29 Thapar University, Patiala
30 University of Mumbai,
Mumbai
31 University of Poona, Pune
S.No Research Center Name
1 Bhabha Atomic Research
Center
2 Center of Materials for
Electronics Technology
3 Central Electronics Research
Institute
4 Central Glass and Ceramic
Research Institute, Kolkatta
5 Central Scientific Instruments
Organization
6 Defense Research and
Development Establishment
(DRDE), Gwalior
7 Indian Association for the
Cultivation of Sciences,
Kolkatta (IACS), Kolkatta
8 Institute of Fundamental
Research, Mumbai
9 National Center for Biological
Sciences, Banglore
• M.Tech in Nanosciences and http://www.puchd.ac.in/
Nanotechnology
• Studies on development, http://www.spuvvn.edu/
microstructural analysis and
physical properties of aligned
carbon nanotubes and composites
by CVD method
• Preparation& characterisation of http://tiet.ac.in/
Nano-Dispersed liquid crystal
polymer composite Materials http://tiet.ac.in/home.php?main=res
• Prepration & Characterisation of earch_ongoing_project
Electro ceramic-Polymer Nano-
Composite Materials
• Fabrication of CdS nanowires &
their characterization
• Synthesis Characterization and
application of chalcogenide nano/
Microstructures
• Nano materials http://www.mu.ac.in/
• Investigation of nanoparticles http://www.unipune.ernet.in/indexo
using SPM and optical ut.html
microscope
• SPM group http://www.unipune.ernet.in/indexo
ut.html
Research Centers
Research Area/ Facilities Contact information
http://www.barc.ernet.in/
• Nanosized Powder Synthesis http://cmet.gov.in/index.html
• MEMS and Microsensor http://www.ceeri.res.in/
• Characterization http://www.cgcri.res.in/
• Study of molecular motors for http://www.csio.nic.in/
targeted drug delivery and
nanomolecular switching
--- http://www.drdo.org/labs/dls/drde/i
ndex.shtml
• Spectroscopy http://www.iacs.res.in/
• Thin Films and nano-materials http://www.tifr.res.in/scripts/homep
• Nanoscale interactions in cells age.php
• Probing nanometer scale http://www.ncbs.res.in/
dynamics of chromatin fluidity
using single molecule force and
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10 National Chemical
Laboratories, Pune
11 National Metallurgical
Laboratory, Jamshedpur
12 National Physical Laboratories
13 Raman Research Institute,
Banglore
14 Regional Research
Laboratories, Trivandrum
15 S.N. Bose National Centre for
Basic Sciences (DST)
16 Saha Institute of Nuclear
Physics
17 Solid State Physics
Laboratory, Dehi
fluorescence
microscopy/spectroscopy
• Synthesis and shape, size control http://www.ncl-india.org/index.jsp
of Nanomaterials.
• Surface analysis of polymer thin
films, nanomaterials, biomaterials,
nanolithography using Scanning
probe microscopy (AFM, STM
etc).
• Nanocomposite thin films of Si-C- http://www.nmlindia.org/
N system for wear resistance and
functional application by
magnetron sputtering
• Synthesis of carbon composite http://www.nplindia.org/time.php
• Micro/ nano machines in fluids http://www.rri.res.in/
• Investigation on the liquid http://w3rrlt.csir.res.in/
crystalline phases of cation
induced compacted and
nanostructured DNA
• physics of mesoscopic & http://boson.bose.res.in/
nanoscopic systems
• Surface Physics Division http://www.saha.ac.in/cs/www/
• Fabrication of nano-patterns
• MEMs components http://www.drdo.org/labs/ecs/sspl/in
• Materials Development & dex.shtml
Characterization