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DR. MANGALA SUNDER KRISHNAN

Professor Emeritus

Education


  • 1988 - Ph. D (Theoretical Chemistry) from McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • 1979 - M. Sc (Applied Chemistry with Electrochemistry as the elective subject ) from P. S. G. College of Technology, Coimbatore
  • 1977 - B. Sc (Chemistry with Mathematics and Physics as ancillary subjects) from St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli

Biography

Mangala Sunder Krishnan is a Professor in the Chemistry Department and specializes in the area of theoretical molecular and magnetic resonance spectroscopies, quantum chemistry and quantum information. He obtained his Ph. D in theoretical chemistry from McGill University, Montreal, Canada in 1988 and has spent several years in Canada as post – doctoral research fellow in Canada before returning to India as a faculty in IIT Madras. In addition, he is one of the founder-coordinators of the NPTEL project and has been associated with it since 2001.

Research Interests

  • Theoretical molecular and magnetic resonance spectroscopy,
  • Theoretical chemistry and Quantum information processing

Honors and Recognitions

  • “Commendable Contribution to Digital Initiatives” presented by Shri. Pranab Mukherjee, Hon’ble President of India, 2017.
  • National Web Courses Coordinator (NPTEL) Project and Chief Coordinator, DTH SWAYAM Prabha, by invitation from the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India.
  • Sterry Hunt Award for undergraduate teaching/demonstration as one of the best Teaching Assistants in Analytical chemical laboratory, McGill University for three consecutive years, 1984 - 1986.

Representative Publications

  • Chemical Education in India: Addressing Current Challenges and Optimizing Opportunities, M. S. Krishnan, R. Brakaspathy and E. Arunan, Chem. Educ., 2016, 93, 1731-36.
  •  M. S. Krishnan, NPTEL: OER and beyond, in Open educational resources: An Asian perspective, ed. Gajaraj Dhanarajan and David Porter, Commonwealth of Learning, OER (Asia), Vancouver, (2013).
  •  Mohammad. A. Ali and M. S. Krishnan, Computational chemical studies on thermochemistry and ring strains in cyclic [n]Metaphenyleneacetylenes, Butadiyne-bridged[4n]Metacyclophynes and Butadiyne-bridged [4n]Paracyclophynes, Journal of Organic Chemistry, 75, 5797-5809 (2010).
  •  Manoj K. Pandey and M. S. Krishnan, Effective Floquet Hamiltonians for dipolar and quadrupolar coupled N-spin systems in solid state nuclear magnetic resonance under magic angle spinning, Journal of Chemical Physics, 133, 174121(1-10), 2010.
  •  Atul Kumar and M. S. Krishnan, Generalized controlled dense coding with maximally entangled multiqubit states, International Journal of Quantum Information, 8, 947-960 (2010).

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