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St Aloysius College signs letter of intent with Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research (PPISR)
Mangalore: St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru signed a letter of intent to collaborate with the Poornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research (PPISR), Bengaluru, on September 23, 2021. PPISR is a leading research institute recognized by DSIR, Govt. of India as an R&D center.
Research at PPISR is broadly carried out in three departments: Life Sciences, Materials Science & Catalysis, Theoretical Sciences. It has a successful industrial partnership through innovation, design and development of novel multifunctional materials that have wide-ranging applications in catalysis and nanotechnology.
The Letter of Intent is presented in the office of the Director of PPISR by the Director of St. Aloysius College, Rev. Dr. Praveen Martis SJ, and the director of the PPISR, Dr. AB Halgeri, in the presence of Dr. Alwyn D’Sa Registrar and Dr. Ronald Nazareth. signed, Dean, International Cooperation. St. Aloysius College (autonomous), Mangalore.
The MoU is for collaboration in science, science and research with the specific goals of organizing student exchanges, faculty exchanges, collaborative research for scientists and students of all levels, social outreach programs, exchange of online lectures, exchange of academic information, materials and Programs, development and implementation of joint research programs, including the development of proposals for funding purposes, joint conferences, workshops and training programs and other collaborative activities.
Before the MoU was signed, a visit to all laboratories of the PPISR was arranged, during which the research team explained the functionality of all high-end research devices. After the laboratory visits, a meeting was called in the meeting room, at which the head of the biological sciences department, Prof. Udupi A. Ramagopal, explained the research areas and progress made by the biological sciences department. He gave an overview of the possibilities of molecular biology for cloning, recombinant expression, purification of proteins, characterization and crystallization of important biomolecules at room temperature and at 4 ° C. and also explained the facilities such as microbial isolation, identification of microorganisms, biochemical studies such as antimicrobial and antioxidant test systems, extraction systems for vegetable and microbial secondary metabolites.
Prof. Ganapati V. Shanbhag, Head of the Department of Materials Science and Catalysis, gave an overview of the unit’s research activities and highlighted different backgrounds such as catalysis, industrial chemistry, polymers, nanomaterials, etc. and the status of work in various areas such as heterogeneous Catalysis, shape-selective acid-base catalysis, novel micro- / mesoporous materials for green chemical processes, conversion of biomass into value-added products, catalytic use of CO 2 by converting it into useful chemicals, mesoporous polymers for catalysis and other applications, functional inorganic nanomaterials for Application to photoluminescence, hybrid nanomaterials, photocatalysis, gas sensors, solar cells of the H 2 generation, 2D materials for optoelectronics, metal-organic frameworks.
The progress of the theoretical sciences was worked out by Prof. Sujit Sarkar, whereby he emphasized the broad research areas such as many-body and mesoscopic physics, nanosciences, quantum information theory, quantum communication, quantum cryptography, the fundamentals of quantum mechanics, astronomy and astrophysics.
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