Vempuluru Navakoteswara Rao

Biography:

Dr. V. Navakoteswara Rao was awarded a Bachelor of Science (Maths, Physics, and Chemistry) in April 2011 from Sri Venkateshwara Arts College, Tirupati affiliated with Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati. He has obtained a Master of Science in the Department of Chemistry in April 2014 from Sri Venkateshwara University, Tirupati. Further, He has received a Bachelor of Education in Physical Science and Mathematics Methodology in November 2015 from Sri Krishna Devaraya University. He qualified Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR-UGCNET) All India Rank 43rd rank in chemical sciences 2014 and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2018) with a GATE score is 340. He was selected and MNRE: YVU-CECRI Project worked as a Junior Research Fellow as well as enrolled Ph.D. on “Hierarchical Composite Nanostructure Photocatalyst For Water Splitting Under Solar Light Irradiation” under the supervision of Prof. M.V. Shankar in Nanocatalysis and Solar Fuels Research laboratory during March 2016 to April 2018 as a Junior Research Fellow. Later he was upgraded from Junior Research Fellow to Senior Research Fellow (May 2018 to March 2019). To continue doctoral research V. Navakoteswara Rao was awarded Senior Research Fellowship by the Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR-SRF) Pusa; New Delhi, India. In order to, he has selected prestigious followership which is the Brain pool program-2021 working as a senior scientist at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea.  He has authored 40 publications, 1 book (Monograph), 2 book chapters, and presented papers in 27 international and national conferences he won two best poster presentation awards in National/International conferences and a cumulative Impact factor is 315.5 with H-Index 19, I-10 Index-25, and Cite score is 1255 (Various journals Had been cited).