Vasanthakumar Balasubramanian

Ph.D. 2012 Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, India Advisor: Prof. S. Subramanian
M.Tech. 2002 Centre for Biotechnology – Anna University, India
B.Tech. 2000 Chemical Engineering – Bharathidasan University, India

Paper published in Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces is identified as a key scientific
article contributing to excellence in research and featured in the April’14 edition of Global Medical Discovery Series
Recipient of RM Mallya Award for the best thesis in the field of Materials Processing in the Department of Materials Engineering for the years 2011 – 2012
Recipient of Young Author Award in IMPC 2012, awarded by International Mineral Processing Council
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) for pursuing higher studies
Rank Holder in Chemical Engineering, Bharathidasan University

2012 – 2014 Research Associate, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Project: Bioremediation of heavy metals from industry effluents Advisor: S. Subramanian
2003 – 2005 Project Assistant, Bioinformatics Center, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
Project: Development of computational bioinformatics tool to gain insights about biological problems (Biosuite)
Advisor: S. Ramakumar

Center for Particulate and Surfactant Systems