Bhalachandra Laxmanrao Tembe Professor

Address: Department of Chemistry, I. I. T. Powai, Bombay - 400 076

Tel: 022-2576 7189, 7151 (Off), 4199(Lab) 022 2576 8189 ( Res)

022-25782545 extension 7189, 7151 (Off), 4199 (Lab), 8189 (Res)

Fax: 022-2576 7152, 022 - 25723480

Email: bltembe@chem.iitb.ac.in

Academic and professional career

Year Degree/ Position University/ Institution

1972 B. Sc. Karnatak University, Dharwar, Karnataka
1974 M. Sc. I. I. T. Kanpur (U.P.)
1981 Ph. D. State University of New York at Stony Brook (N.Y.)
1981-83 Research Associate, Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Indiana

1983-84 Visiting Asst. Prof. University of Houston, Texas
1984-86 Lecturer University of Hyderabad (A.P.)
1986-90 Assistant Professor I.I.T. Bombay
1990-98 Associate Professor I.I.T. Bombay
1998- Professor I.I.T. Bombay
1998-99 Visiting Professor, Institute of Molecular Science, Okazaki
2006 Visiting Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, Maine

Awards/ Prizes/ Fellowships

a) National Science Talent Scholarship, 1969 to 1974
b) Venkatrao Sirur Gold Medal for standing first in Chemistry in the B.Sc. final examination of the Karnatak University in 1972
c) Award for Excellence in Teaching, I.I.T.Bombay, 2002

Teaching experience:

Courses Taught

Statistical mechanics in chemistry
Mathematical methods in chemistry
Structure and Bonding/ Chemical bond and Molecular Geometry
Molecular spectroscopy; Quantum Chemistry
Energetics and kinetics/ Rate Processes
Chemical and statistical thermodynamics
Computer methods in chemistry/ Chemistry and computers/ Computational Chemistry
Physical chemistry and Undergraduate Chemistry laboratories
Solid state chemistry
Undergraduate chemistry (Physical Chemistry) - I
Topics in chemistry: (i) FT-NMR methods (ii) Dielectric Relaxation
(iii) Charge transfer processes in chemistry (iv) Stochastic Processes

Other Academic Activities

Vice Chairman, GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering), 2001
Chairman GATE, 2002
Chairman UGAPEC (Undergraduate Academic Performance Evaluation Committee), 2003
Preparatory Course Coordinator and Faculty Adviser, SC/ST Students, 2004
Chairman SC/ST Cell, 2005
Chairman JAM (Joint Admissions to M. Sc.), 2006
Convener, Physical Chemistry Group (2006-2008)
Head, Center for Distance Engineering Education Programme (2009-)
Convener, Interdisciplinary Programme in Educational Technology (2010-)

Member, Faculty Selection Committees, Selected Universities and National Institutes
Member, Syllabus Review Committees, University of Bombay, University of Poona