Dr. Narendra Kumar, former director & DRDO fellow (Min. of Defence, Govt. of India), obtained his Ph.D degree in ‘Organometallic Chemistry’ from Delhi University, he has a very rich experience of working on a variety of advanced materials including organometallics, liquid crystals, conducting polymers, nanomaterials together with evolving green synthetic routes for the preparation of metal salts by electrochemical, conducting polymers and nanomaterials in aqueous media and products based on some such materials even for defence applications. Dr. Kumar has published 110 research papers, including four review articles, in International Journals of repute in the areas of Nano Materials, Organometallics, Conducting Polymers, and Electrochemical Synthesis together with one Chapter in Encyclopedia on Nano Science & Technology and has 12 patents to his credit. He has co-authored two book “Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials in Treatment of Life Threatening Diseases” (Elsevier, USA, 2013) and ‘Essentials in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’ (Wiley, USA, 2016). He also served as a visiting research associate of CSIR during 1992-95 and is a recognized supervisor of JNV University, Jodhpur for Ph.D. and Guided 6 students for the degree. He has delivered several invited talks on Conducting Polymers and Nanomaterials in several International and National Conferences/Seminars, Universities in Japan and USA. Recently, delivered 2nd Kalam Memorial Oration “Nanotechnology: Potential Applications in Military and for Rural Development” at DMSRDE, Kanpur. He is recipient of ‘DRDO Technology Award’ for his pioneering research work on conducting polymers, DRDO Best Scientist of the Year Award, from the Prime Minister of India, for products based on conducting Polymers and nanomaterials for defence applications, and the national MRSI-ICSC Super Conductivity and Materials Science Annual prize by Materials Research Society of India. Dr. Kumar is the member of a number of scientific societies including the prestigious American Chemical Society and Material Research Society of India.
