ABOUT
Dr. NAGASAI VISWESWAR
Current Designation: Assistant Professor, STAR Lab, SSSIHL, Prasanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi, AP, India
Ph.D
M.Phil.
M.Sc.
B.Sc.(HONS)
Doctor of Philosophy (2011-18)
Department of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Thesis Title: Biosynthesis and applications of Cyclic β-(1→3),(1→6)-Glucans extracted from Bradyrhizobium japonicum bacteria.
Master of Philosophy (2008-10)
Department of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Thesis Title: Isolation, Characterization and Preliminary Studies of Medium Optimization for Yield Enhancement of Cyclic β-(1→3),(1→6)-Glucans produced by Bradyrhizobium japonicum.
Master of Science (2006-08)
Department of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Bachelor of Science Honors (2003-06)
Department of Chemistry, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Whitefield, Bangalore, India.
• Biotechnology
• Farming technologies
• Natural complimentary medicine
• Waste as Resource
• Environmental science and technologies
• Chemical Analytics and Instrumentation
• Sustainable development
• Drug discovery
• Handling various scientific equipment
• Sriram Rathnakumar, Seemesh Bhaskar, Aayush Rai, Darisi V. V. Saikumar, K.N.S. Visweswar, Venketesh Sivaramakrishnan, and Sai Sathish Ramamurthy. Plasmon-Coupled Silver Nanoparticles for Mobile Phone-Based Attomolar Sensing of Mercury Ions. ACS Applied Nano Materials. 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acsanm.1c01347]
• Seemesh Bhaskar, K.N.S. Visweswar, K. M. Ganesh, Mahesh Sharma P, Venkatesh S, and Sai Sathish Ramamurthy. Metal-Free, Graphene Oxide-Based Tunable Soliton and Plasmon Engineering for Biosensing Applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 2021. DOI: 10.1021/acsami.1c01024.
• K.N.S. Visweswar, Swayamsiddha Kar, P. Sai Siva Kumar, Ch. Janardhana and D. Mukesh. Microbial Cyclic β-(1→3),(1→6)-glucans as Potential Drug Carriers: Interaction Studies between Cyclic β-glucans isolated from Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Betulinic Acid. Spectrochimica Acta Part A, Elsevier (2018).
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.saa.2018.05.106
• K.N.S. Visweswar, A. Sunil, A. Sri Harsha and Ch. Janardhana. Interaction studies of Pb(II) ion with Cyclic β-(1→3),(1→6) glucans extracted from Bradyrhizobium japonicum based on ‘Chelation Enhanced Fluorescence’ (CHEF) effect. Luminescence: The Journal of Biological and Chemical Luminescence, John Wiley (2018).
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/bio.3536
• Best Poster Award for Poster Presentation: “Sensing Applications of Cyclic β-(1→3),(1→6)-Glucans produced by Bradyrhizobium japonicum”, K.N.S. Visweswar, Sunil A., and Ch. Janardhana at the National Conference on “Frontiers in Chemical Sciences &Technologies” held at NIT Warangal on 28th -29th , January, 2016.
• Learning and performing Classical dance
• Learning and Chanting Vedam
• Service activities
• Sketching and Painting
• Calligraphy
• Games (Shuttle badminton, Cricket)
• Floral bouquets making
• Learning various utility software.