P Selvam's Biography

P Selvam, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Parasuraman Selvam is currently Professor at Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai; Adjunct Professor at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. Earlier, Professor Selvam was a Faculty member at Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay, Mumbai (1992-2006) and at Tohoku University, Sendai (2002-2003). He has published over 250 original research papers international peer reviewed journals and conference proceedings. He is one of the highly respected and well known scientists with several national and international honours: Fellowship of The Royal Society of Chemistry, London; Eminent International Visitor at the University of Western Sydney, Australia; Awarded twice as Young Scientist for significant contributions in the areas of Solid State Chemistry and Catalysis; Member, Programme Advisory Committee (Physical Chemistry), Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi; Member, German Excellence Initiative, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), Bonn, Germany; Member, Government of India Delegation to Novosibirsk, Russia, and Rostock, Germany. Professor Selvam also led recenly a delegation of scientists from India to St. Petersburg, Russia. http://www.nccr.iitm.ac.in/staff/selvam.htm