POPULAR SCIENCE ARTICLES/TALKS

1. Chemistry of Onions and Garlic, Anju Chadha, Jantar Mantar, Mar-Apr.,1994, 14

2. Talk given at on Chemistry-A Challenging Career Choice, Stella Marris College, Chennai March, 1998

3. Lectures on Proteins and Nucleic Acids for gifted School children - Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, May 1999 and 2000, IIT-M, Chennai

4. Lectures on Structures of Biomolecules for Science School Teachers, Tamilnadu Science Forum workshop, St. Loyola School, Chennai, 31 August, 2002

5. Lecture on Green Chemistry: Biocatalytic Organic Reactions, Anna Adarsh College, 23 Jan., 2003

6. Lecture on Chirality and The Origin of Life, Tamilnadu Science Center, Chennai, Aug. 21'03

7. Lecture on Nobel Prize in Chemistry - 2003, Children's Club, Chennai, November, 9, 2003

8. Lecture on Nobel Prize in Chemistry-2004, SCIENCE CLUB, IMSc, Chennai, 16 October, 2004

9. Lecture on Nobel Prize in Chemistry-2004, Dr. MGR Educational and Research Institute, Maduravoyal, Chennai, 5 November, 2004

10. Lecture on Nobel Prize in Chemistry-2004, Children's Club, Chennai, 5 Dec. 2004

CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS ATTENDED AND TALKS PRESENTED (1998-present):

Biofuels: Special focus on Biodiesel; Indo-UK Workshop on 'Low carbon technologies for decentralized power production', 17 - 18 March 2008, IITM

Indo-China workshop on Science [Biotechnology] policy; JNU, N.Delhi, Nov.22-24, 2007

Brain-storming at DBT: Priorities in Food Processing using Biotechnological Approaches, Oct.13, 2007

Fundamentals and Applications of Biocatalysis; three lectures given at the Winter School on Catalysis at NCCR, IITM, Dec. 12 and 13, 2007

Whole cell deracemisation for the preparation of optically pure alpha- and beta- hydroxy esters Biotechnology, Metal Complexes and Catalysis [BMC-IX]; Inner Mongolia University; Xilinhot; China; July-26-Aug.2; 2007 [Plenary talk]

Biocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications; Symposium-Topics in Applied Chemistry, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore, 5-6 Jan., 2007

Chemical Biology/Biotechnology-An Exciting Interface, NCCT 2006,CMS College, Kottayam, Oct. 28-30, 2006

Biodiesel from Local Non-Edible oils - A practical Reality?; Renewable Energy Network Workshop for the EU and India; IITM, Chennai Sept. 27-28, 2006

Biocatalysts in Organic Reactions, National Workshop on Green Chemistry, Malabar Christian College, Calicut, Aug. 10-11, 2006

Invited to give a talk at the Department of Chemistry, NUS, Singapore, 25-26 August, 2006

Invited talk: Biocatalysis: A series of 8 lectures at the DST Sponsored Winter School on Catalysis, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Asom {Assam]; Feb. 6-8, 2006

Invited talk: Deracemisation: An efficient method to prepare optically pure alpha- and beta-hydroxy esters, BMC-7, Beijing, China, 17-23 Aug. 2005

Invited talk: Industrial Biotransformations, CEP Workshop on Current Trends in Bioprocess Technology, IITM, 4-6 July, 2005

Invited talk: Biocatalysis: Fundamentals and Applications, DST sponsored Workshop on Catalysis, IITM: Dept. of Chemistry, May 26, 2005

Invited talk: Triglyceride and Urea Estimation by a Potentiometric PS basedBiosensor, DBT sponsored workshop on Medical Biosensors, NPL, N Delhi, 27-28 April, 2005

Invited talk: Biocatalytic Deracemisation: An Important Strategy in the Synthesis of Organic Chiral Synthons, National Symposium on Catalysis-Sustainable Development through Catalysis, CSMCRI, Bhavnagar,18-20 January, 2005

Poster presented: Deracemisation of Aryl alpha-Hydroxy Esters- Mechanism and Scope, B. Baskar and Anju Chadha, International Conference on Chemistry Biology Interface: Synergistic New Frontiers, N Delhi, India, November 21-26, 2004

Invited by IACS, Kolkata to give a talk on Bioorganic Chemistry at IITM-our work on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations, 8 March, 2004, Kolkata

Invited by IOCL, Faridabad to give a talk on Transesterification of Oil for Biodiesel preparation, 24 Feb.2004, Faridabad near N. Delhi

Invited talk: Biocatalytic Benign Reactions in Organic synthesis, National Symposium on Advances in Catalysis, Loyola College, Chennai, Jan.6, 2004

Invited talk: tutorial on Biosensors at the International conference on Intelligent Sensing and Information Processing, 4 Jan. 2004, Chennai, India

Selected to attend the Indo-US workshop on Green Chemistry, Delhi University, Nov. 17-20, 2003

Invited talk: Theme paper on Biocatalytic Transesterification of Oil, National Symposium on Biofuels, ITCOT, Chennai October 9 -10 , 2003

Invited talk: Theme paper on Transesterification, A Consultative Workshop on Scientific Strategies for Production of Non-edible Vegetable Oils for Use as Biofuels, Bangalore, Sept.6 -7, 2003

Poster Presentation: Solid State Potentiometric Biosensor for Estimation of Triglycerides, Indranil Basu, R.Venkata Subramanian, Arun Mathew, Anju Chadha and Enakshi Bhattacharya, submitted to IWPSD-2003, Intl. Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, December 16-20, 2003, IIT, Madras

Poster Presentation:Optimization of Urease Activity for a Potentiometric Urea Biosensor, R.Venkata Subramanian, Indranil Basu, Arun Mathew, Enakshi Bhattacharya and Anju Chadha, IWPSD-2003, Intl. Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices, December 16-20, 2003, IIT, Madras

Poster Presentation: Microbial Deracemisation of β-Hydroxy Esters An Important Strategy Towards Various Chiral Intermediates, Santosh Kumar Padhi, N. Ganesh Pandian and Anju Chadha, 6th International Symposium on Biocatalysis and Biotransformations, Olomouc, Czech Republic, June 28-July 3, 2003

Poster Presentation: Using Plant cell cultures in Organic Synthesis: Asymmetric Reduction of 2-Oxo-Arylidine Esters By Daucus carota Cell Cultures in High Optical and Chemical Yields, B. Baskar, T. K. Lokeswari and Anju Chadha, International Conference on Emerging Frontiers at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology, RRL, Trivandrum, April 28-30, 2003

Invited for the DST meeting on Non-Invasive Biosensors, Feb. 11, 2003, NPL, N Delhi

Invited by DST, India for a Brain-storming Session on Biosensors, Dec.12-13, 2002, CSIO, Chandigarh

Poster Presentation: A Simple , Clean TLC and HPTLC Method for Detection of tri-, di- and monoglycerides in Honge and Jetropha oils. S. K. Karmee, G.Raju and Anju Chadha. World Conference on Oils orgainsed by AOCS, Aug.12-15, 2002 in Istanbul, Turkey

Invited Talk: Porous Silicon Based Biosensors, R. R. K. Reddy, I. Basu, E. Bhattacharya and Anju Chadha, Indo-Japan Workshop on New Advanced Materials in Molecular Electronics, 10-11 Dec., 2001, NPL, N Delhi, India

Poster Presentation: Porous Silicon Based Lipid Biosensor, I. Basu, E.Bhattacharya and Anju Chadha, International Conference on Stabilisation of Enzymes and Biosensors, 25-29 Nov., 2001, Chennai,

Poster Presentation: Quantitative Biocatalytic Conversion of Racemic 2-Hydroxy acids and esters into one Enantiomer-A Novel Deracemisation Reaction, B. Baskar and Anju Chadha, National Bioorganic Symposium 7, 9-10 Nov. 2001, Department of Chemistry, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar, India

Invited talk on Applications of Biocatalysis, Technology Development program, IC & SR, IIT-M, Chennai 600036, 10 Sept. 2000

Invited talk on Biocatalytic Reactions and Biosensors: Use of Porous Silicon as A Microenzyme Reactor, International Symposium on Trends in Medicinal Chemistry and Biocatalysis, 26-29 Jan., 2000, Department of Chemistry, Delhi University,

Poster presented: Porous Silicon as a Potentiometric Biosensor, R. Ravi Kumar Reddy, Anju Chadha & E. Bhattacharya,10th International Workshop on Semiconductor Devices, Dec 14-18, 1999, Delhi, India.

Invited talk on Lipase - A Useful Resolving Agent, First University - Industry Interaction Meet on Lipases, 20-21 May, 1999, Delhi University, South Campus, N. Delhi, India

Invited talk on Bioorganic Chemistry - A Necessary Component of Biotechnology Education in India, March 1999, IITMadras

Invited talk on Biocatalytic Organic Reactions: From Lab to Industry,at the 7th NOST Symposium, 10-13 September,1998, Vishakapatnam


OTHER TALKS

Biotransformations using Plant Cell Cultures, Anju Chadha, Indo-German Symposium On “Organic Synthesis - Growing Interface with Adjacent Sciences”, September 27 - 28, 1996, IICT, Hyderabad.

Chemoenzymatic Preparation of (R)-2-Hydroxy-4-Phenylbutanoic Acid, Anju Chadha, at the pre-IUPAC Symposium on Perspectives in Bioorganic Chemistry, New Delhi, Dec.8 - 9, 1994.

Rat Lung Microsomal Enzyme System involved in the ?-hydroxylation of Monoterpene Alcohols, Anju Chadha at the International Meeting entitled “Microsomes and Redox Systems”, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, Nov. 1984.

Metabolism of Monoterpene Alcohols by Rat Lung Microsomes, Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists of India, Baroda, India, October, 1981.

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