Biography
Susai Rajendran is professor of chemistry and research director at St. Antony’s College of Arts and Sciences for Women, Tamil Nadu, India, and research supervisor at AMET University, Tamil Nadu, India. He has a teaching experience of 44 years and previously worked at GTN Arts College, Servite College of Education for Women, and RVS School of Engineering and Technology, all in Tamil Nadu. Prof. Dr. Rajendran has received the National Meritorious Award twice in the field of corrosion from the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), India Section. He has authored 5 books and published more than 300 papers in reputed journals and holds 3 patents. His current research activities in the field of corrosion include corrosion control, green inhibitors, concrete corrosion, corrosion resistance of metals and alloys in various body fluids, synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles, and electro-organic synthesis.
Gurmeet Singh is vice chancellor, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. He began his academic career as lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, in 1976. He was proctor (2005–2010), head of the department (2014–2017), and a member of the executive council (2005–2010), besides serving as principal, in Deshbandhu College, New Delhi, India, from 1997 to 1999. From 2011 to 2012, he served as chair professor at Lunghwa University, Taipei. He was also in Hungary and Japan as visiting scientist and currently is a visiting professor at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (JAIST), Ishikawa, Japan. Prof. Dr. Singh has personally supervised 9 major R&D projects worth over Rs. 7.5 million. He has written about 150 research papers, a majority of which have been published in high-impact international journals, and has received the Meritorious Contribution Award; the Annapurna Award; Membership of The Royal Society of Chemistry, London; and Fellowship of SAEST and The Electrochemical Society of India.
