Dr. Vidya Vilas, hailing from Thiruvananthapuram, joined the college in February, 2023. She has several research papers in international journals and paper presentations in international and national conferences to her credit. In addition to being a reviewer in some of the international journals, she has also been a resource person for invited lectures on nanoscience. She has successfully completed several short term training programmes, FDPs and orientation programmes on Accreditation and Outcome Based Education, MOOCs, Online Learning and Content Development, ICT tools in teaching Chemistry, Blended Learning and Universal Human Values (UHV).

Educational qualifications    

MSc, PhD

Areas of Interest 

Phytochemistry and Nanoscience

Mail id      

vidya.vilas@stjohns.ac.in

Teaching experience in years

06 years

Awards/Recognitions   

• Master of Science in Chemistry: 2nd rank holder (Kerala University)
• Secured KSCSTE –JRF Research Fellowship (2011)
• Among top 2% of the candidates who have successfully completed the NPTEL Course on Accreditation and Outcome based Learning.
• Best Poster Award at International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Science (ICRAMS 2020), organized by Research Committee and Postgraduate and Research Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram (MGC-ARC), Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, during 22-23 January,2020

Projects       

• External Co-Principal Investigator of In-House R & D Project on Phytosynthesis of Bioactive Metal-Metal oxide Nanocatalysts using Essential Oil of Cymbopogon citratus (Lemongrass) at Mar Baselios College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram.

Publications

Book Chapter

• Vilas, V., Das, A.P., Philip, D. (2022). Essential Oil-Mediated Synthesis of Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles. In: Baskar, C., Ramakrishna, S., Daniela La Rosa, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Green Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16- 4921-9_3-1

Journal Publications:

• Angel Rose Rajan, Vidya Vilas, Anish Rajan, Annamma John and Daizy Philip, Synthesis of CeO2 nanostructures with its exceptional biological and chemocatalytic activities: A comparative study, Bulletin of Materials Science, 44:16 (2021) 1-10
• Angel Rose Rajan, Vidya Vilas, Anish Rajan, Annamma John and Daizy Philip, Synthesis of nanostructured CeO2 by chemical and biogenic methods: optical properties and bioactivity, Ceramics International, 46(9) (2020) 14048-14055.
• Angel Rose Rajan, Anish Rajan, Annamma John, Vidya Vilas and Daizy Philip, Biogenic synthesis of nanostructured Gd2O3: Structural, optical and bioactive properties. Ceramics International, 45(17)(2019) 21947-21952.
• Alex Rufus, Sreeju N., Vidya Vilas, Daizy Philip, Biosynthesis of hematite (α- Fe2O3)nanostructures: Size effects on applications in thermal conductivity, catalysis and antibacterial activity, Journal of Molecular Liquids 242 (2017) 537-549
• V. Vilas, D. Philip & J. Mathew, Essential oil mediated synthesis of silver nanocrystals for environmental, anti-microbial and antioxidant applications, Materials Science and Engineering C 61 (2016) 429–436
• V. Vilas, D. Philip & J. Mathew, Facile one-pot synthesis of crystalline palladium nanoparticles with exceptional catalytic and antiradical activies, Materials Chemistry and Physics 170 (2016) 1-11
• V. Vilas, D. Philip & J. Mathew, Biosynthesis of Au and Au/Ag alloy nanoparticles using Coleus aromaticus essential oil and evaluation of their catalytic, antibacterial and antiradical activities, Journal of Molecular Liquids 221 (2016) 179–189
• A. Rajan, V. Vilas & D. Philip, Catalytic and antioxidant properties of biogenic silver nanoparticles synthesized using Areca catechu nut, Journal of Molecular Liquids 207 (2015) 231-236
• A. Rajan, V. Vilas & D. Philip, Studies on catalytic, antioxidant, antibacterial and anticancer activities of biogenic gold nanoparticles, Journal of Molecular Liquids 212 (2015) 331-339
• V. Vilas, D. Philip & J. Mathew, Phytochemical-capped biogenic gold nanocrystals with chemocatalytic and radical scavenging potential, Journal of Molecular Liquids 200 (2014) 390-397
• V. Vilas, D. Philip & J. Mathew, Catalytically and biologically active silver nanoparticles synthesized using essential oil, Spectrochimica Acta A 132 (2014)743-750

Presentations      

• Presented a paper entitled, “Plectranthus amboinicus leaf oil mediated synthesis of metal nanocrystals with antifungal activity” at the International Conference on Recent Advances in Material Science (ICRAMS 2020), organized by Research Committee and Post-graduate and Research Departments of Physics and Chemistry, Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram (MGC-ARC), Mahatma Gandhi College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, during 22-23 January, 2020
• Presented a paper in the International Symposium on Advanced Functional Materials (ISAFM 2018) organized by the PG and Research Department of Chemistry, Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram on 12 October 2018
• Presented a paper entitled, “Biopotent Ag nanocrystals with exceptional antifungal activity” at the National Seminar on Nanomaterials and its Applications (NSNA-2015) sponsored by Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment (KSCSTE) at Mar Ivanios College (Autonomous), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 1 October, 2015.
• Presented a paper entitled, “Catalytically active bioreduced crystalline silver nanoparticles with antioxidant potential” at the Second International Conference on Nanostructured Materials and Nanocomposites (ICNM 2014), organized by International and Interuniversity Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (IIUCNN), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, during 19- 21 December, 2014]
• Presented a paper entitled, “Cost-Effective Phytosynthetic Protocol For The Synthesis Of Silver Nanocatalyst” at the National Seminar on Green       Practices          in         Chemistry (NSGPC 2014)            organized        by Department of Chemistry, Mar Ivanios College, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala on 9th & 10th October, 2014]
• Presented a paper entitled, “Essential oil mediated synthesis of gold nanocrystals: A novel route in wet chemical synthesis” in the Annual Researchers’ Day held on 4thMarch, 2015 at Mar Ivanios College

 

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