357. Dr. Nazeer Ahmed

 Scientist, Inventor, Historian, Legislator and Philanthropist.

Biography

Dr. Nazeer Ahmed was born in Tumkur in the princely state of Mysore, India in 1939 into a farming family. His father Abdul Azeem was a sufi spiritual scholar of the Qadariya Order. A brilliant student, he secured the first rank to the state in the public examination of 1952 and secured the Maharaja of Mysore gold medal. He maintained his status as a rank student throughout his career and is referred to in his native state of Karnataka as Rank Nazeer.
In 1961 he proceeded to the California Institute of Technology as Institute Scholar and as a Tata Scholar. He obtained his MS and AeE degrees from Caltech. In 1964-65 he worked in Huntsville, Alabama on the Saturn, Apollo and Lunar Land Rover Projects at the Marshall Space Flight Center. In 1967 he obtained a PhD in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University. He studied management under Peter Drucker at New York University and obtained an MBA from Rider University, New Jersey. In 1977, he returned briefly to India and was elected a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the 57th constituency.
Over the years, Dr. Ahmed provided leadership to a host to projects of national importance. He is best known for his work as Project Manager on the Hubble Space Telescope. He designed, assembled, tested and delivered diffraction limited performance in the Secondary Mirror Assembly of the Hubble. Dr. Ahmed holds twelve U.S. patents in advanced composites and space based lasers. He was a chairman of the AIRAPT conference in high pressure physics in Denver, Colorado in 1977. His articles have appeared in the Journal of Applied Physics, Journal of Applied Mechanics, Journal of the Acoustical Society of America and also in the Los Angeles Times.
Dr. Ahmed has written extensively on Islamic History and Culture. His two volume study, Islam in Global History was published in the United States and was translated into Urdu. He is the author of an Encyclopedia of Islamic History (History of Islam) as well as a spiritual treatise "What Makes Us Human?" Dr. Ahmed currently serves as the director of the American Institute of Islamic History and Culture in California. He is also an advisor to the World Organization for Resource Development and Education in Washington, DC and to HMS Institute of Technology, India. He also serves on the Steering Committee of Elijah Institute, Jerusalem, Israel.
Dr. Ahmed was an Elected Delegate to the Democratic National Convention, 42nd Congressional District in California in 1988. He also was a candidate for US Congress, 46 CA Congressional District in 1992.
In India, he has been supporting the poor and marginalized sections of the society of all communities in India, to help them integrate into mainstream society and contribute to a better world. Since late 1990s this has largely happened through a scholarship fund that he has set up known as ‘Rank Nazeer Foundation’.
At a time when the Muslims of Tumkur were experiencing hardship in burying their dead due to lack of space in the existing cemetery, he donated over 6 acres of land in the city in 2008, worth millions of Rupees. He has personally designed and constructed a unique Eidgah, a Muslim prayer structure, on this land. According to the inscription besides this Eidgah, which faces Mecca - the direction in which Muslims all around the world turn to pray each day, This structure is unique in that it has built into it subtleties that go beyond the ordinary. First, the divine name “Allah” is built into the structure, read right to left as is its reflection, read left to right. The reflection suggests the world is illusory and is only a reflection of the heavens. Secondly, each of the smaller minarets is nineteen feet from the ground. The number nineteen is a mystical number in Islam that appears in the Qur'an. The intermediate sized minarets are nineteen feet from the base. So, altogether there are six minarets that are nineteen feet each. Six times nineteen is 114, which is the total number of surahs in the Qur'an, a Book that completes God's favours upon humankind. Straight lines drawn from the apex of the minarets intersect where the word "Huwa" is inscribed in a red circle. The subtended angle of 112 degrees is twice the natural flow angle of the earth into which we return. This flow angle is a solution to a Legendre polynomial of the second order which was presented in a paper by Dr. Ahmed at the fourth National Congress of Applied Mechanics at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass in 1972. Huwa is the abstract divine pronoun for God, most exalted. The circle is a reminder of "two bows length or less" wrapped around that shrouded prophet Muhammed when stood in divine presence during Me'raj. Dr. Ahmed has also built mosques (1995)and a school in Tumkur, India in cooperation with the Peace Corps of the United States (1967).
Recently, Dr. Ahmed completed a translation of the Qur’an into easy to read American English. It was released by Maulana Rashdi of Masjid Bangalore and has received wide acclaim in Indian as well as Arab press.

Current Positions

• Chairman Delixus
• Executive Director, American Institute of Islamic History and Culture
• Director, World Organization for Resource Development and Education, Washington, DC
• Director, HMS IT, Tumkur, India 

 Education

• M.B.A. (Management), Rider University, Trenton, NJ. June 75
• Ph.D. (Applied Mechanics), Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. June 67
• Ae.E. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 64
• M.S. (Aeronautics), Caltech, Pasadena, CA, June 62
• BS (Engineering), University of Mysore (Summa Cum Laude), India, June 61
• PE, State of California

 Achievements

• 12 United States Patents in space based lasers and engineering

• Author, "Islam in Global History", Vols. 1 and 2. Xlibris Corporation.
• Author, "What Makes Us Human? A Spiritual Perspective"Xlibris Corporation
• Author, "Islam in Global History", Vols. 1 and 2, Suhail Academy
• Director, Encyclopedia of Islamic History
• Program Manager, SDI Programs for the US Department of Defense
• Chief Scientist, Hubble Space Telescope
• Structures work on the Saturn, Apollo rockets and Lunar Land Rover.
• Institute Scholar, California Institute of Technology
• Scores of articles in science and technology journals

Professional and Academic Experience

• Executive Director, American Institute of Islamic History and Culture (1999–Present)
• Chairman, Delixus
• Consulting Dean, HMS Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India (1998–2004)
• Director, Systems Development, OEA Aerospace, Fairfield, CA. (1997–98)
• Senior Vice-President, Compa Industries, Albuquerque, NM. (1994–97)
• Adjunct Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (1995–96)
• Program Manager, Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA, (1986–94)
• Department Manager, Electro-optical Systems, Hughes Aircraft Co., CA, (1984–86)
• Project Manager, Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA. (1982–84)
• Senior Staff, Perkin Elmer Corporation, Danbury, CT, (1979–82)
• Senior Engineer, Lucent Technologies (formerly Western Electric), (1967–77)
• Institute Scholar, Caltech, Pasadena, CA (1961–64)

•   At a time when Muslims of Tumkur were experiencing hardship in burying their dead due to lack of space in the existing cemetery, hedonated over 6 acres of land in the city in 2008, worth millions of Rupees. He has personally designed and constructed a uniqueEidgah, a Muslim prayer structure, on this land. 

• According to the inscription besides this Eidgah, which faces Mecca - the direction in which Muslims all around the world turn to pray each day, "This structure is unique in that it has built into it subtleties that go beyond the ordinary. First, the divine name “Allah” is built into the structure, read right to left as is its reflection, read left to right. The reflection suggests the world is illusory and is only a reflection of the heavens. Secondly, each of the smaller minarets is nineteen feet from the ground. The number nineteen is a mystical number in Islam that appears in the Qur'an. The intermediate sized minarets are nineteen feet from the base. So, altogether there are six minarets that are nineteen feet each. Six times nineteen is 114, which is the total number of surahs in the Qur'an, a Book that completes God's favours upon humankind. Straight lines drawn from the apex of the minarets intersect where the word "Huwa" is inscribed in a red circle. The subtended angle of 112 degrees is twice the natural flow angle of the earth into which we return. Huwa is the abstract divine pronoun for God, most exalted. The circle is a reminder of "two bows length or less" wrapped around that shrouded prophet Muhammed when stood in divine presence during Me'raj."

Source : Wikipedia

356. Abdul Najeeb Qureshi

Full name	Mohammed Abdul Najeeb Qureshi

Born	(1988-02-25) February 25, 1988 Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Sport	Running
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres

Abdul Najeeb Qureshi (born (1988-02-25)February 25, 1988) is an Indian sprinter from Hyderabad. Najeeb, along with Anil Kumar Prakash, jointly holds the current 100 metres Indian national record of 10.30 s.







On 6 October 2010, Qureshi equalled the national 100 m record while qualifying for the semi-finals during the 2010 Commonwealth Games held at New Deli, India. He clocked 10.30 s to equal Anil Kumar Prakash's national record set in 2005 at the National Circuit Athletic Meet held in New Delhi. Qureshi was also part of India's 4x100 relay team that won the bronze medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The team set a new national record of 38.89s.









On 23 October 2010, Najeeb visited his alma mater again where he was garlanded and welcomed by his former schoolmates. An exciting evening, brimming with jollility and dance followed, with his first coach, Adarsh Goswami, joining the festivities as well.
Qureshi also won 200 m sprint at the South Asian Games held at Dhaka, Bangladesh in February 2010.
He completed his schooling from Defence Laboratories School, Kanchanbagh, Hyderabad. At school, his inherent talent in running was first identified by his PT master Adarsh Goswami. He encouraged Najeeb to follow his dreams and pursue a career in athletics.
During the Guangzhou Asian Games - 2010, he lost his bronze medal by just a hundredth of a second.


Source : Wikipedia

355. Hanif Sattar

Founder, Hasbro Clothing Pvt. Ltd.


Age 40
Education: Graduation in Commerce, D G Vaishnav College, ChennaiAge at starting business: 19 years
No. of years as entrepreneur: 21 years
Initial investment: Rs 25,000
Sources of fund: Personal Savings
Company: Hasbro Clothing
Turnover: Rs 70 crore (2007-8)
No of employees: 600






One step at a time: that was the lesson Hanif Sattar learnt from his father’s mistakes. And that learning has put Sattar at the head of a Rs 70-crore entity today. “My father’s fabric wholesale business was doomed because he was engaged in too many things. He ran out of funds. So I made sure to take up just one thing at a time,” says 40-year-old Sattar. It was because of his father’s failed venture that Sattar had to take up a job soon after finishing school to contribute to the family’s finances. In 1984, at age 16, he started off assisting the promoter of Chennai-based Samco, a textile showroom, earning Rs 3,000 a month. “The owners were my relatives. They were exporters who wanted to set up a retail outlet.
They took me in as a manager to help them set up shop. I was willing to give it a shot. I did the buying and helped them to create workable systems in the store,” he says. He was soon put in charge of daily accounts. “It was quite beneficial since I got to learn management skills on the job,” says Sattar.





 


MAKING A BEGINNING:


By the time Sattar turned 19, he was ready to strike out on his own. In 1987, he quit Samco and with Rs 25,000 of his personal savings set up Flair Creations, a tailoring unit. “During my three-year stint with Samco, I learnt various aspects of garment and retailing business,” he says. His family backed him fully. “Though my family had to suffer a lot as a result of my father’s failure in business, nobody stopped me from taking the plunge. They had faith in my abilities,” he says.





 


 




Sattar started off with an advantage since he already had a good rapport with Samco, one of his first customer-cum-distributor. He supplied Samco and other retail stores with trousers, which were sold under their labels. Sattar got Rs 90 for each piece. Around this time, his brother Suhail joined him.

“He was still in school but he used to visit the tailoring unit every evening to oversee the tailors. It allowed me to concentrate on other things,” says Sattar. The first year saw him achieving a turnover of Rs 2 lakh. Apart from stitching trousers for big retail outlets, Sattar also catered to individual customers. Within five years he had 3,000 regular customers. By 1992, he had moved into a bigger place with 20 machines.









INITIAL HURDLES:



Although Sattar didn’t face any problems in arranging the initial investment amount, meeting working capital requirements proved a challenge. Orders were completed on time, but payments were hardly as prompt. “Those were difficult times. We used to pay our tailors on a weekly basis but due to delay from clients, we couldn’t pay them on time. As we were a small enterprise, the tailors simply walked out. It affected our work badly,” says Sattar.

In 1989, his maternal uncle bailed him out by buying a stake in the business for Rs 2.25 lakh. Sattar accepted his uncle’s offer but didn’t notice the exit option in the agreement. That was to lead to some trouble later on. In 1992, Sattar pumped out Rs 5 lakh from his tailoring unit and used it to open his first retail outlet at Prince Plaza, a shopping complex in Chennai, under the brand name of Genesis. “Our garments were already sold by the retailers. So moving to retail was a natural extension for us,” he says.

Competing with established players like Arvind and Madura was not easy. However, Sattar didn’t give up. He offered competitive rates to customers to beat his rivals. “There was a major difference between our prices and those of other brands available in the market,” he says. In the first years of its operation, the outlet reported a turnover of Rs 20 lakh. “That was a turning point for us. Our financial worries came down tremendously. Despite keeping prices low, we managed to make profits every year,” he says.


SCALING UP:


By 1994, Sattar and his brother had decided to separate from their uncle, who owned part of the business for the past five years. “We had covered a lot of ground in the business and wanted to work independently,” says Sattar. But their uncle was against this. “As we were determined to set out on our own, we calculated the value of our business, which worked out to Rs 32 lakh. We handed him 50% of it over a period of time,” he says.
The success of the first Genesis store encouraged Sattar to set up a second store called Basics, which mostly sold casual wear. In 1997, he opened his first upmarket store called Genesis Basics in Nungambakkam in Chennai. He invested Rs 50 lakh of his own and took a bank loan of Rs 1 crore for this. To meet the cost of the outlet and other overheads, Sattar started keeping all his outlets open on Sundays as well. The initiative not only boosted sales but also paved the way for 365-days shopping culture in Chennai. A year later, he opened another outlet, this time taking the franchise route. The same year saw him establishing an outlet in Colombo.
In 1999, Sattar formally incorporated his company as Hasbro Clothing Pvt Ltd. By 2001, he had decided to open outlets in other cities as well. He also set up a new production facility in Bengaluru: “Our work expanded considerably, so a manufacturing facility with designers, R&D and logistics was the need of the hour,” he says. In 2006, he launched another brand—Probase—a combination of formal and casual wear.


FUTURE PLANS:


Today, Sattar has 40 outlets, of which 12 are franchisees. In the next three years, he plans to open another 100 outlets. Sattar is targeting a turnover of Rs 195 crore in three years, having already clocked a turnover of Rs 70 crore. Judging by the distance he’s come, this target is more than likely to be met sooner rather than later.


Source : businesstoday.intoday.in

354. Hameed Khan "Kawa,"

Hameed Khan "Kawa," a percussionist (tabla player) and an artistic director, descends from a long musical lineage from Rajasthan and is an exponent of both folk and classical Indian music. He has been an innovator in the field of traditional music with original Western and Oriental fusions such as The Trio Erik Marchand, Vishwa Mohan Bhatt, Lakshmi Shankar, Chico Bouchiki (Gypsy King), Najat Aatabou, Natacha Atlas, Henri Texier, Lo'Jo, Thierry Robin, Henri Agnel, Gulabi Sapera, Carolyn Carlson, the choreographer... and with the music of Rajasthan, like Musafir and Jaipur Kawa Brass Band, both founded by him. Through Kawa Circus, Hameed Khan "Kawa" explores a way of arranging the music of Rajasthan as a language to highlight the acts and the emotions with traditional instruments 














Kawa Music, founded by Hameed Khan “Kawa” in the year 2000, is dedicated to promote the music and all other forms of performing arts of the North India particularly from Rajasthan at international level. In order to extend its activities and reveal new talents, Kawa Music decided to produce an inventive show featuring a fusion of live music, dance, puppetry, theatre and circus skills.


So in September 2007, Kawa Music teamed up Alessandro Maria Torboli, Hervé Vital and Hameed Khan "Kawa" to present Kawa Circus. This special creation celebrates the street performers of India, arguably the bearers of one of the most ancient mystical and magical circuses for centuries. Featured artists include a delightful dancer, a musician and three vibrant street performers; an acrobat, a pole-vaulter and a funambulist.


Kawa Circus tells the story of a wandering troupe of artists from a Rajasthani circus arriving with all their material and happiness in rhythms and music. The public immediately shares the intimacy of this company with its tyrannical director, the mesmerizing traditional dancer, the joyful funambulist, the naïve but concerned pole-vaulter and the musician who always laughs at his colleagues.


The show starts with series of breathtaking acrobatics accompanied by music and is constantly interrupted by hilarious tiffs between the director and the artists who wants to impose his will on the artists and has elements of drama and humour in it.

Adding music to the march of the Olympic torch in Belfast in the United Kingdom this June will be Jaipur Kawa Brass Band which will also be accompanied by Kawa Musical Circus. The participation by the Indian music group, founded by Hameed Khan Kawa in 1996, is at the invitation of the British Council.

“I have created a special composition ‘Melody Hans Dhwani' with 15 beats for the occasion. Hans Dhwani is played when you are in celebration, in jubilation,” said the 50-year-old Hameed Khan, who hails from a village near Amber Fort. “I have also linked acrobatics and street performances to the band's music,” Mr. Khan, who lives six months of the year in Europe performing

Kawa music involves fusion of live music, dance, puppetry, theatre and circus skills.

Kawa Circus, a team work of Hameed Khan, Alessandro Maria Torboli and Herve Vital celebrates the street performers of India with all their ancient mystical and magical charm. Featured artists include a dancer, a musician and three vibrant street performers, an acrobat, a pole-vaulter and a funambulist.

Source : kawamusic.in, The Hindu

353. Dr S. K. Noordeen

Former director of the WHO Leprosy Elimination Programme 
Former President of the International Leprosy Association.
Technical Resource Group of the National Leprosy Eradication Program of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, India



International Leprosy Association


Objectives/aims/principles

- To facilitate the dissemination of knowledge of leprosy and its control
- To help in any other practicable manner the anti-leprosy campaign throughout the world
- To co-operate with any other institution or organisation concerned with leprosy

 Activities

- Frequent international meetings of experts
- Representatives participate in regional leprosy campaigns
- Quinquennial world congresses, the sixteenth was in Salvador, Brazil in 2002
- Close relationship with voluntary agencies engaged in leprosy fund-raising activities and leprosy control

Source:  leprosyhistory.org

352. Mohammad Ilyas Babar

Dronacharya Award Winner


Mohammad Ilyas Babar (died at the age of 76 on July 30, 2002, Hyderabad, India) was an Indian athletic coach.
Babar was born in Gulbarga in Karnataka. He became an outstanding university athlete in Hyderabad and was the state champion in 110m hurdles between 1950 and 1957, and in long jump. He graduated in commerce from the Osmania University.






He obtained a diploma in coaching from the National Institute of Sports in Patiala in 1961. He coached for a while in Secunderabad before moving to Delhi. There he joined the Rajputana Rifles and served until 1999.
His trainees included Jagmal Singh, BV Satyanarayana, BS Barua, Sriram Singh, Tarlok Singh, Charles Borromeo, Bagicha Singh, Harlal Singh, Ram Narayan Singh and Geeta Zutshi. Between them, they won 17 gold medals in Asian Games and Asian Track and Field meets, three Padma Shri and five Arjuna awards. Sriram Singh finished seventh in the 800m in the Montreal Olympics and set an Indian record that still stands.
Babar was given the Dronacharya Award in 1994. In the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok he was voted as the Best coach in Asia by a panel of international experts and presented with the Adidas Golden Shoe. He died three days after undergoing a surgery for stomach ulcer.


Source : Wikipedia

351. Dr. N. Nishad Fathima

Senior Scientist

Academic Qualifications
	B.Tech (1999), M.Tech (2001) in Leather Technology from Anna University
	Ph.D (2010) in Technology from Anna University
	INSA Young Scientist Award in Engineering Sciences - 2011 Topic of PhD Thesis "Studies on hydration and swelling phenomena and their relations to ultra structure and dimensional Stability of skin and leather" Under the guidance of Dr T Ramasami, then Director of CLRI presently Secretary, DST, New Delhi GoI. Current Research Interest Understanding the stabilization process of collagen (mechanism of tanning) Elucidating role of water in stabilization of collagen Development of smart leathers Development of eco-friendly tanning technologies (chrome free / less chrome) Treatment of tannery effluents (removal of toxic pollutants like chromium, dyes, etc.) Solid waste management (preparation of value added products from tannery wastes) Honours & Awards Recipient of INSA medal for Young Scientist - 2011   Recipient of DAAD Fellowship from German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) for the year 2006-2007 Recipient of Quick Hire Fellowship 2001-2002 from CSIR-CLRI Recipient of Ganesan Endowment Gold Medal for securing 1 st rank in M. Tech. Recipient of B.M. Das Memorial Gold Medal for securing 1 st rank in M. Tech. Recipient of Anna University Gold Medal for securing 1 st rank in B. Tech. Recipient of Santappa Silver Jubilee Gold Medal for securing 1 st rank in B. Tech. Recipient of B.M. Das Memorial Gold Medal for securing 1 st rank in B. Tech. Recipient of V. R. S. Leathers Gold Medal for securing 1 st rank in B. Tech. Recipient of V.S. Jayaraman Endowment for securing the highest grades in all subjects during the first four semesters of B. Tech degree programme. Major projects awarded Intelligent leathers for smart functional applications Principle investigator - EMPOWER project scheme of CSIR Collagen stabilization through functionalized nano particles Co-investigator -EMPOWER project scheme of CSIR Studies on pore properties of hydrogels and leather Principle investigator -Fast Track scheme of DST Teaching Experience Serving as a Teaching Faculty for the B.Tech, Leather Technology Programme, Anna University, since 2001 in the subjects Theory of skin proteins and pretannages Theory and mechanism of inorganic tannages Serving as Research Supervisor for B Tech, M Tech, MSc., M.Phil projects INSA medal for Young Scientist - 2011 Visits Abroad Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under Twinning programme during Oct - Nov, 2011. Valencia, Spain to present a paper in the IULTCS congress during 27-30 September, 2011. New London, USA to present a paper in the Gordon Research Conference during 19-24 July, 2009. Athens, Greece to present a paper in the 3rd International Symposium on Environment during 22-25 May, 2008. RWTH, Aachen, Germany for a period of 3 months under the DAAD short term fellowship during May-July, 2007. Patent granted (International) Process for making wet pink leathers, M Chandra Bose, N Nishad Fathima, KJ Sreeram, JR Rao, BU Nair and T Ramasami US Patent Number: 7252687, August 2007 Membership to Professional Bodies Active member, American Leather Chemists Association (ALCA) Active member, Society for Leather Technologits and Chemists (SLTC) Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Life Member, Indian Leather Technologists Association (ILTA) A.C. Tech Leather and Footwear Association (ALFA) Articles/Reviews in Books Management of chromium in industrial wastewaters N. Nishad Fathima, J. R. Rao and B. U. Nair Book entitled Industrial Pollution and its Management, Edited by P.C. Trivedi, Aavishkar Publications, Jaipur, 2006, pp. 1-32. Dye containing wastewaters: Sources, concerns and mitigation N. Nishad Fathima, R. Aravindhan, J. R. Rao and B. U. Nair Book entitled Industrial Pollution and Bioremediation, Edited by P.C. Trivedi, Aavishkar Publications, Jaipur, 2008, pp.56-75. Hydration and shrinkage phenomena in native and crosslinked collagen matrices N. Nishad Fathima Proceedings of Indian National Science Academy 2011, 77 (3),283-294. Prospective Students Currently recognized as supervisor in Anna University Prospective students who wish to carry out their Masters’ project or doctoral research in the area of leather, bio and composite materials are welcome to send their request to nishad.naveed@gmail.com. Students with SRF/JRF/GATE/other qualifications are preferred for doctoral research.   List of Publications 1 Chromium(VI) formation: Thermal studies on chrome salt and chrome tanned hide powder Fathima, NN;,Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2001, 96, 444-450. 2 A new insight into the shrinkage phenomenon of hides and skins Fathima, NN;, Dhathathreyan, A; Ramasami, T J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2001, 96, 417-425. 3 Mercury intrusion porosimetry, nitrogen adsorption, and scanning electron microscopy analysis of pores in skin Fathima, NN;, Dhathathreyan, A; Ramasami, T Biomacromol. 2002, 3, 899-904. 4 New chromium-zinc tanning agent: A viable option for less chrome technology B. Madhan, N. Nishad Fathima, Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2002, 97, 189-196. 5 Mixed metal tanning using chrome-zinc-silica: A new chrome-saver approach Fathima, NN;, Madhan, B; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2003, 98, 139-146. 6 Augmentation of garment sheepskin type properties in goatskins: Role of chromium-silica tanning agent Fathima, NN;, Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Soc. Leather Technol. Chem. 2003, 87, 227-232. 7 Hydration in matrix stabilization of collagen fibres: Relevance to mechanistic   insight into tanning B. Madhan, N. Nishad Fathima, J. Raghava Rao, V. Subramanian, B. U. Nair and T. Ramasami J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2003, 98, 263-272. 8 Effect of zirconium(IV) complexes on the thermal and enzymatic stability of type I collagen Fathima, NN;, Balaraman, M; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Inorg. Biochem. 2003, 95, 47-54. 9 Molecular level understanding of tanning using an organo-zirconiuum complex Madhan, B; Fathima, NN;, Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2003, 98,445-450. 10 Interaction of aldehydes with collagen: effect on thermal, enzymatic and conformational stability Fathima, NN;, Madhan, B; Rao, JR; Nair, BU; Ramasami, T Int. J. Biol. Macromol.  2004, 34, 241-247. 11 An eco-benign tanning system using aluminiuum, tannic acid, and silica combination Fathima, NN;, Saravanabhavan, S; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2004, 99, 73-81. 12 Combination of white minerals with natural tannins - Chrome-free tannage for garment leathers Saravanabhavan, S; Fathima, NN; , Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Soc. Leather Technol. Chem.  2004, 88, 76-81. 13 Solid waste removes toxic liquid waste: Adsorption of chromium(VI) by iron complexed protein waste Fathima, NN;, Aravindhan, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU Environ. Sci. Technol. 2005, 39, 2804-2810. 14 Iron-phosphonium combination tanning: Towards a win-win approach Fathima, NN;, Chandrabose, M; Aravindhan, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2005, 100, 273-281. 15 Stabilization of type I collagen against collagenases (type I) and thermal degradation using iron complex Fathima, NN;, Bose, MC; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Inorg. Biochem. 2006, 100, 1774-1780. 16 Wet oxidation of acid brown dye by hydrogen peroxide using heterogeneous catalyst Mn-salen-Y zeolite: A potential catalyst Aravindhan, R; Fathima, NN;, Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Hazard. Mater. 2006, B138, 152-159. 17 Utilization of calcium alginate beads as adsorbent for removal of dyes from tannery wastewaters Aravindhan, R; Fathima, NN;, Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2006, 101, 223-230. 18 Tannic acid-phosphonium combination: A versatile chrome-free organic tanning Fathima, NN;, Aravindhan, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2006, 101, 161-168. 19 Wet white leather processing: A new combination tanning system Fathima, NN;, Kumar, TP; Kumar, DR; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2006, 101, 58-65. 20 Influence of crosslinking agents on the pore structure of skin Fathima, NN;, Dhathathreyan, A; Ramasami, T Colloid Surf. B-Biointerfaces, 2007, 57, 118-123. 21 Biodegradability of leathers through anaerobic pathway Dhayalan, K;, Fathima, NN;, Gnanamani, A; Rao, JR; Nair, BU; Ramasami, T Waste Manage. 2007, 27, 760-767. 22 Equilibrium and thermodynamic studies on the removal of basic black dye using calcium alginate beads Aravindhan, R; Fathima, NN;, Rao, JR; Nair, BU Colloid Surf. A-Physicochem. Eng. Asp. 2007, 299, 232-238. 23 SPEEK polymeric membranes for fuel cell application and their characterization: A review Fathima, NN;, Aravindhan, R; Lawrence, D; Yugandhar, U; Moorthy, TSR; Nair, BU J. Sci. Ind. Res. 2007 66, 209-219. 24 Wetpink leather: Zirconium-THPS tanning Fathima, NN;, Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Soc. Leather Technol. Chem. 2007, 91, 154-158. 25 Effect of UV irradiation on the physicochemical properties of collagen stabilized using aldehydes Fathima, NN;, Suresh, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2007, 104, 3642-3648. 26 Role of green tea polyphenols crosslinking in alleviating UV radiation effect on collagen Fathima, NN;, Ansari, T; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2007, 106, 3382-3386. 27 Effect of UV radiation on stabilized collagen: role of chromium(III) Fathima, NN;, Suresh, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU; Ramasami, T Colloid Surf. B-Biointerfaces 2008, 62, 11-16. 28 Dye house wastewater treatment through wet peroxide oxidation using Cu-exchanged Y zeolite catalyst Fathima, NN;, Aravindhan, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU Chemosphere. 2008, 70, 1146-1151. 29 Consequences of UV irradiation on the zirconium tanned collagen: A molecular level study Fathima, NN;, Pragadhish, C; Purushothaman, B; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2008, 103, 422-427. 30 The formation of copper oxide nanorods in the presence of various surfactant micelles Fathima, NN;, Rajaram, A; Sridhar, B; Mandal, AB Ind. J. Sci. Technol. 2008, 1(7), 1-6. 31 An organic approach for wet white garment leathers Kumar, PM; Fathima, NN;, Aravindhan, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2009, 104, 112-118. 32 Utilization of organically stabilized proteinous solid waste for the treatment of colored wastewater Fathima, NN;, Aravindhan, R; Rao, JR; Nair, BU J. Chem. Technol. Biotechnol. 2009, 84, 1338-1343 33 1.Role of curcumin on effecting changes in the physico-chemical properties of collagen N. Nishad Fathima, R Saranya Devi, K B Rekha and Aruna Dhathathreyan Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. (Chem Sci)2009, 121, 509-514 34 Effect of surfactants on the thermal, conformational and rheological properties of collagen N. Nishad Fathima, Aruna Dhathathreyan Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2009, 45, 274-278 35 Cost effective fixing process for post tanning operation N. Nishad FathimaJ. R. Rao and B. U. Nair J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2010, 105, 100-106 36 A DSC investigation on the changes in pore structure of skin during leather processing N. Nishad Fathima, M. Pradeep Kumar, J.R. Rao, B.U. Nair Thermochimica Acta 2010, 501, 98-102 37 Directed 2-dimenional organization of collagen: role of crosslinking and denaturing agents N. Nishad Fathima, Aruna Dhathathreyan and T. Ramasami J. Chem. Sci. 2010, 122, 881-889 38 Effect of crosslinking on the structure and dynamics of water in collagen fibers N. Nishad Fathima, M. Baias, B. Blumich and T. Ramasami Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2010, 47, 590-596. 39 Degree of crosslinking of collagen at interfaces: adhesion and shear rheological indicators N. Nishad Fathima, Aruna Dhathathreyan, T. Ramasami, J. Krägel and R. Miller Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2011, 48, 67-73. 40 Stabilized protein waste as a source for removal of color from wastewaters N. Nishad Fathima, R. Aravindhan, J. R. Rao and B. U. Nair J. App. Poly. Sci. 2011, 120, 1397-1402. 41 Studies on phosphonium based combination tanning: less chrome approach N. Nishad Fathima, J. R. Rao and B. U. Nair J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. 2011, 106, 249-256 42 Calorimetric analysis of gelatine-glycosaminoglycans composite system Ivy Kanungo, Nisha Chellapa, N. Nishad Fathima, J.R. Rao Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 2011, 49, 289– 296 43 Effect of UV irradiation on the physico-chemical properties of iron crosslinked collagen N. Nishad Fathima, J. R. Rao and B. U. Nair J Photochemistry Photobiology 2011, 105, 203-206. 44 Tannery solid waste to remove toxic liquid wastes: a new paradigm N. Nishad Fathima, J. R. Rao and B. U. Nair Env. Eng. Sci. (Accepted) 45 On the dielectric behaviour and pore size distribution of collagen-guar gum composite: Effect of guar gum concentration M. Reshme, Ivy Kanungo, N. Nishad Fathima and J. R. Rao Carb. Polymers 2012, 88, 628– 637 46 Stimuli responsive leathers using smart retanning agents S. Sangeetha, N Nishad Fathima, K.J. Sreeram, J R Rao, B U Nair J. Am. Leather Chem. Assoc. (Accepted) List of Papers/Posters in National and International Conferences 1 Greener solution without green: ALTASI A viable tanning system N Nishad Fathima, S Saravanabhavan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair Poster Presented at 37th Leather Research Industry Get together, CLRI, Chennai, 27-30 Jan, 2003. 2 Effect of zirconium(IV) complexes on the thermal and enzymatic stability of type I collagen N Nishad Fathima, B Madhan, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair Poster Presented at 5th National Symposium in Chemistry under the aegis of Chemical Research Society of India, CLRI, Chennai, 7-9 Feb, p.60, 2003. 3 The Interaction of Zirconium Complexes with Collagen: Effect on Thermal and Enzymatic Stability N Nishad Fathima, B Madhan, J Raghava Rao, B U Nair Paper presented at seminar on Innovation in Leather Science and Technology, CLRI, Chennai, April 24, 2003. 4 Solid Wastes Remove Toxic Liquid Wastes: Adsorption of Chromium(VI) from the Industrial Effluents by Protein Wastes from Tannery N Nishad Fathima, R. Aravindhan, J. Raghava Rao and B U Nair Paper presented at Indian Science Congress Association, Punjab University, Chandigarh, January 3-7, 2004. 5 Adsorption, Desorption and Kinetic Studies on the Removal of Dyes from Tannery Effluent using Calcium Alginate Beads N Nishad Fathima, R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao and B Unni Nair Poster Presented at 6th National Symposium in Chemistry under the aegis of Chemical Research Society of India, IIT Kanpur, 4-7 Feb, 2004. 6 Interaction of Collagen with Iron-Tetrakis (Hydroxymethyl)phosphonium sulfate Complex: Approach towards Understanding Collagen Stabilization by Iron Complexes N Nishad Fathima, R Aravindhan, J Raghava Rao, B Unni Nair and T Ramasami Poster Presented at Third symposium on Advances in Bioinorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2004) in conjunction with Second Asian Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (AsBIC-II), Goa, 5-10 Dec, 2004.. 7 Iron-Phosphonium Combination Tanning: A New Dimensional Win-Win Tanning System N Nishad Fathima, M Chandra Bose, J Raghava Rao and B U Nair. Paper presented at seminar on Innovation in Leather Science and Technology, CLRI, Chennai, April, 2004. 8 Zeolite Encapsulated Manganese Schiff Base Complex Catalyzed Oxidation of Dyes in the Presence of H2O2 R Aravindhan, N Nishad Fathima, J Raghava Rao, B Unni Nair and T Ramasami Poster presented at 7th National Symposium in Chemistry under the aegis of Chemical Research Society of India, Institute for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 4-6 Feb, 2005. 9 Mn-Exchanged Y Zeolite as Catalyst for Wet Peroxide Oxidation of Acid Brown Dye R Aravindhan, N Nishad Fathima, J Raghava Rao, B Unni Nair and T Ramasami Paper presented at seminar on Innovation in Leather Science and Technology, CLRI, Chennai, April 24, 2005. 10 Studies on iron-phosphonium based tanning system N Nishad Fathima, M. Chandrabose, R. Aravindhan, J. R. Rao, B. U. Nair Poster presented at CSIR Foundation day, 26th September 2005, CLRI 11 Wet Peroxide Oxidation of Acid Dye in the Presence of Cu-exchanged Y Zeolite Catalyst R Aravindhan, N Nishad Fathima, J Raghava Rao, B Unni Nair and T Ramasami Paper presented at Indian Science Congress Association, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jan 3-7, 2006. 12 Zeolite encapsulated Copper Schiff base complex catalyzed oxidation of dyes in the presence of H2O2 R. Aravindhan, N Nishad Fathima, J. R. Rao, B. U. Nair Paper presented in 40th LERIG, CLRI, Chennai, January, 2006. 13 Effect of UV irradiation on physico chemical properties of collagen: Role of chromium(III) N Nishad Fathima, J. R. Rao, B. U. Nair Poster presented at 9th National Symposium in Chemistry under the aegis of Chemical Research Society of India, Delhi University, Delhi, 1-4 Feb, 2007. 14 Hydration Studies of Leather: Mobile One and Two Dimensional NMR with the NMR-MOUSE N Nishad Fathima, M Baias, B. Blumich, T Ramasami Poster presented at combined 9th International Conference on Magnetic Resonance Microscopy and 7th Colloquium on Mobile NMR, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, September 3-7, 2007. 15 Removal of Dyes Using Solid Waste from Tanneries N Nishad Fathima, R Aravindhan, J R Rao and B U Nair Poster presented at 42nd LERIG, CLRI, Chennai, January, 2008. 16 Influence of Crosslinking Agents on Water Structure of Collagen N Nishad Fathima, Aruna Dhathathreyan, T Ramasami Poster presented at International Conference on Trends in Collagen Research, CLRI, Chennai, January 24-25, 2008. 17 Removal of Dyes Using Solid Waste from Tanneries: Twin Benefit Technology N Nishad Fathima, R Aravindhan, J R Rao and B U Nair Poster presented at 10th National Symposium in Chemistry under the aegis of Chemical Research Society of India, IISC, Bangalore, 4-7 Feb, 2008 18 Glutaraldehyde Crosslinked Protein Waste for Removal of Colors from Wastewaters N Nishad Fathima, R Aravindhan, J R Rao and B U Nair Oral presentation at 3rd International Symposium on Environment, conducted by Athens Institute for Education and Research, Athens, Greece, 22-25 May, 2008. 19 Utilization of Solid Waste for Removal of Dyes N Nishad Fathima, R Aravindhan, J R Rao and B U Nair Poster presented at Symposium on Education and Research in Sustainability, under the aegis of Indo-German Cooperation in Higher Education, IIT Madras, 8-9 September, 2008. 20 Structure and Hydration Dynamics of Collagen and Its Influence on Adhesion and Dilation Moduli at Interfaces N Nishad Fathima, Aruna Dhathathreyan, B Blumich and T Ramasami Oral Presentation at Gordon Research Conference on Collagen, New London, USA, 19-24 July, 2009. 21 Smart Leather for Smart Functional Applications: New Age Material N Nishad Fathima, K J Sreeram, J R Rao and B U Nair Oral Presentation at VIII Asia International conference on Leather Science and Technology, held at Kolkata, India, Nov 12-14, 2010. 22 Collagen Based Smart Drug Delivery Systems Ivy Kanungo, N Nishad Fathima, J R Rao and B U Nair Poster Presentation at VIII Asia International conference on Leather Science and Technology, held at Kolkata, India, Nov 12-14, 2010. 23 Development of Collagen Based Smart Drug Delivery Systems Ivy Kanungo, N Nishad Fathima, J R Rao and B U Nair Poster presented at 13th National Symposium in Chemistry under the aegis of Chemical Research Society of India, held at Bhubaneswar, India, 4-6 Feb, 2011. 24 Tannery Solid Waste Management: Wealth from Waste N Nishad Fathima, S N Jaishankar, J R Rao and B U Nair Paper presented in XXXI IULTCS Congress, Spain, Sep 2011 25 Smart Materials for Stimuli Responsive Leather N Nishad Fathima, S Sangeetha, K J sreeram, J R Rao and B U Nair Paper presented in XXXI IULTCS Congress, Spain, Sep 2011 26 Development of Collagen based Smart Drug Delivery Systems I Kanungo, N Nishad Fathima, J R Rao and B U Nair Paper presented in XXXI IULTCS Congress, Spain, Sep 2011 27 Collagen stabilization using functionalized nanoparticles K J Sreeram, M Nidhin, S Sangeetha, N Nishad Fathima, U Ramamurthy, B U Nair Paper presented in XXXI IULTCS Congress, Spain, Sep 2011 Source : clri.org