Prof. Vijayamohanan K. Pillai is presently Director of CSIR-Central Electrochemical Research Institute. In addition to CSIR - CECRI, Prof. Vijayamohanan K Pillai assumed additional charge as Director, CSIR - NCL with effect from June 01, 2015 and Cluster Director, Chemical Sciences, CSIR w.e. from June 29, 2015.
Education and Training
Awards
Lecture/Endowment Awards
Membership in Committees
Editorial Assignments
Professional Affiliation
Consultancy:
Education and Training
- Post doctoral work in Electrocatalysis and Sensors, Indian Institute of Science (IISc),1991
- Ph.D. (Electrochemistry / Material Science),IISc, Bangalore,1989
- M.Sc(Chemistry), University of Kerala, 1982.
Awards
- Outstanding Professor of the Academy in the faculty of Chemical Science.
- Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2008
- Chemical Research Society of India,(CRSI) Bronze Medal, in 2004
- Scientist of the Year Award, by the NCL Research Foundation, 2003
- Affiliate Membership of IUPAC - 1997
- MRSI Medal, Materials Research Society of India, Bangalore, 1996
Lecture/Endowment Awards
- Prof. Chelikani Chiranjeevi Endowment Lecture Award, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, 2015.
- Dr. GV Memorial Lecture Award by Indian Institute of Metals-Trichy, 2015
- R.K. Barua Memorial Lecture Award at Gauhati University, 2013.
- Professor Gurumurthy Mangalam - Endowment, Annamalai University, Chidambaram 2012
- Professor K.S.G. Doss Memorial Lecture Award, SAEST, 2011
- "Erudite visiting professor" by School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, 2011.
Membership in Committees
- Member, Research Advisory Council, GAIL India Ltd, 2016-2018
- Member of the Senate, Alagappa University, Karaikudi 2015-2018
- Member, PMC of Indo US joint project “Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States (SERIIUS)"
- Member, Programme advisory committee on Solar Energy Sciences, DST 2014 - 2017
- Member, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, HRD, CSIR 2011-2017.
- Member, Management Council, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur (2015)
- Member, Management Council, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Chennai (2015)
- Member, Management Counicl, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Institute
- Member, Management Council, CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories (2015)
- Member, Research Council and Management Council, National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Thiruvanthapuram (2013-2016)
- Member, Research Council, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi (2013-2016)
- Member, Domain Experts Group CSIR’s New Millennium Indian Technology Leadership Initiative (NMITLI)
- Member, Board of Studies, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, Trivandrum.
- Member of National Advisory Committee (NAC) of Centre of Excellence for Large Area Flexible Electronics at IIT, Kanpur (2015-2020)
- Member of the Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Research Committee w.e.f 1.1.2015 to 31.3.2018
- Member, Academic Council of Central University of Tamil Nadu, Thiruvarur up to 31st January 2016
- Member, School Board in Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies, Pondicherry University from 30- April - 2013 to 30 - April – 2016
- Member, PAC of DST for Physical Chemistry 2012-2015
- Member, Physical Sciences Research Committee, HRD, CSIR, 2006-2011
- Member, Fast Track PAC Committee of DST for Chemistry 2006-11
- Member, Monitoring Committee on Nanotechnology Project to CEERI, Pilani by the Ministry of Information Technology, 2005-2008.
Editorial Assignments
- Member, Editorial Board of Scientific Reports, Nature
- Member, Editorial Board of “Electrocatalysis (Springer), (2014-)
- Member, Editorial Board of “Indian Journal of Chemistry Sec. A ” (2015-17)
- Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Nano Energy and Power Research, 2010
- Member, Editorial Board of Journal of Chemical Research, 2008 – 2011
- Member, Editorial board of Bulletin of Materials Science, 2005 onwards
Professional Affiliation
- Member, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences, 2004
- Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India
- Life member, Material Research Society of India
- Life Member, The Society for Advancement of Electrochemical Science and Technology
Consultancy:
- Contract project on the preparation and characterization of silver nanowires for M/s. Honeywell, US during 2005-2006
- Consultant To M/s. EXIDE Industries, Mumbai, for the improvement of positive plates of their automotive lead acid batteries during 2000-2001
- Consultant for 1996-97 to M/s. Ohm Solitronics Pvt. Ltd., who manufactures PTC thermistors based on sol-gel preparation of barium titanate
- Consultant to M/s. Bharat Electronics Ltd, Pune for their Mg- MnO2 primary battery plant from 1993-1997.