Prof. Purnima Jain

Purnima Jain

Professor

Qualification

M.Sc., M.Tech., Ph.D.

prnm_j@yahoo.co.in

Dr. Purnima Jain is a distinguished academic and researcher with over two decades of dedicated service in the field of Chemistry and Polymer Science. She holds an M.Sc. and M.Tech. in Chemistry from the prestigious Department of Chemistry, IIT Delhi, completed in 1992 and 1995, respectively. She earned her Ph.D. from the Centre for Polymer Science and Engineering at IIT Delhi in 2001.

Dr. Jain joined NSIT (now NSUT) in April 2002 as a faculty member in a permanent position, where she has since been a cornerstone of academic excellence. With more than 20 years of teaching experience, she has significantly contributed to both teaching and administrative roles at the university.

Her research interests are at the forefront of scientific innovation, encompassing polymer blends and alloys, nano-composites, polymeric scaffolds, bone tissue engineering, anti-diabetic studies, drug delivery systems, and porous materials. Under her mentorship, seven students have successfully completed their Ph.D. programs.

Dr. Jain is an active member of esteemed professional organizations such as the Asian Polymer Association (APA), the Polymer Processing Society (PPS), and the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). Dr. Jain has published over 50 articles in reputed international journals, two edited books, a few book chapters and a few research awards to her credit.

Research area:

Polymeric Nanocomposites, Polymer Blends, Biopolymers, Sensors, Biosensing and Biological Studies, Tissue Scaffolds, Nanoparticles

Researcher Ids:

Scopus ID	Orcid ID	Google Scholar Link	Vidwan-ID	Any Other
57209250767	https://orcid.org/0009-0000-2828-0700	https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=0buosI0AAAAJ	314885	-

List of Journal Publications:

S.No.	Year of Publication	Author's Name	Title of Paper	Name of the Journal	DOI
1	2023	Smriti Bansal, Ankita Singh, Deepak Poddar, Sanjeeve thakur, Punima Jain	A review on green approaches utilizing phytochemicals in the synthesis of vanadium nano particles and their applications	Preparative Biochemistry and biotechnology	https://doi.org/10.1080/10826068.2023.2214916
2	2022	Smriti Bansal, Ankita Singh, Deepak Poddar, Sanjeeve thakur, Punima Jain	Fabrication and photocatalytic evaluation of functionalized chitosan decorated vanadium pentoxide nano-adsorbents for water remediation	Ceramics International	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2022.11.043
3	2022	Prabhat Kumar, Purnima Jain, Anjana Sarkar	Graphene as a Biomaterial: current developments, opportunities and challenges.	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
4	2022	Prabhat Kumar, Anjana Sarkar, Purnima Jain	“Green synthesis of reduced graphene oxide nanosheet by using ascorbic acid & study of its cytotoxicity on human cervical cancer cell line.	Polymer Materials: An International Journal
5	2022	Prabhat Kumar, Purnima Jain, Anjana Sarkar	Binary Solvent-assisted Graphene Synthesis by Direct Exfoliation of Graphite Powder and its Cytotoxicity on SiHa Cell Line	Indian Journal of Pharmaceutical Education and Research	https://doi.org/10.5530/ijper.56.3.122
6	2022	Purnima Jain, Deepak Poddar	Surface modification of three-dimensional porous polymeric scaffolds in tissue engineering applications: A focus review on physical modifications methods.	Polymer-Plastics Technology and Materials LPTE	https://doi.org/10.1080/25740881.202
7	2022	Ankita Singh, Smriti Bansal, Sanjeeve Thakur, Purnima Jain, Deepak Poddar	Direct synthesis of Poly(Ԑ-Caprolactone)-block-poly (glycidyl methacrylate) copolymer and its usage as a potential nano micelles carrier for hydrophobic drugs	Journal of the Indian Chemical Society	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jics.2022.100537
8	2021	Shashank Shekhar, Shreya Sharma, Purnima Jain, Bhasha Sharma	The paradigm in conversion of plastic waste into value added materials	Cleaner Engineering and Technology	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clet.2021.100254
9	2021	Sanjeeve Gautam, Bhasha Sharma, Purnima Jain	Green Natural Protein Isolate based composites and nanocomposites: A review	Polymer Testing	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2020.106626
10	2021	Sanjeev Gautam,Purnima Jain, Bhasha Sharma	To investigate interfacial interaction between soy protein isolate biocomposite thin films reinforced with poly (vinyl alcohol) matrix	Polymer Composites	https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.26043
11	2021	Deepak Poddar, Sonali Rawat, Sujata Monhanty, Purnima Jain	Influence of varying concentrations of chitosan coating on the pore wall of polycaprolactone based porous scaffolds for tissue engineering application	Carbohydrate Polymers	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.117501
12	2021	Sanjeev Gautam,Shreya Sharma,Purnima Jain, Bhasha Sharma	Antibacterial efficacy of poly (vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites reinforced with graphene oxide and silver nanoparticles for packaging applications	Polymer Composites	https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.26017
13	2021	Sanjeeve Gautam, Bhasha Sharma, Purnima Jain	Dynamic Shear Rheological Study of Soy Protein Isolate/Poly (vinyl alcohol) nanocomposites reinforced with Montmorillonite (MMT) nanoparticles	Polymer Composites	https://doi.org/10.1002/pc.25982
14	2021	Shreya Sharma, Purnima Jain, Bhasha Sharma	Leveraging advances in chemistry to design biodegradable polymeric implants using chitosan and other biomaterials	International Journal of Biological Macromolecules	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.12.112
15	2021	Deepak Poddar, Misba Majood, Ankita Singh, Sujata Mohanty, Purnima Jain	Chitosan-coated pore wall polycaprolactone three-dimensional porous scaffolds fabricated by porogen leaching method for bone tissue engineering: a comparative study on blending technique to fabricate scaffolds	Progress in Biomaterials	https://doi.org/10.1007/s40204-021-00172-5
16	2020	Purnima Jain, Bhasha Sharma	Deciphering the advances in bioaugmentation of plastic waste	Journal of Cleaner Production	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.123241
17	2020	Shashank Shekhar, Reetu Sharma, Shreya Sharma, Anjana Sarkar, Purnima Jain, Bhasha Sharma	An Exploration of Electrocatalytic Analysis and Antibacterial Efficacy of Electrically Conductive Poly (D-Glucosamine)/Graphene Oxide Bionanohybrid	Carbohydrate Polymers	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2020.116242
18	2020	Shreya Sharma, Shahank Shekhar, Bhasha Sharma	Decoding the Glycans: Deciphering the sugary secrets to be coherent on the implications	RSC Advances	https://doi.org/10.1039/D0RA04471G
19	2019	Shashank Shekhar, Anjana Sarkar, Purnima Jain, Bhasha Sharma	Electrochemical evaluation of functionalized graphene oxide filled PVA‐chitosan biohybrid for supercapacitor applications	Journal of Applied Polymer Science	https://doi.org/10.1002/app.48610
20	2019	Bhasha Sharma, Sanjeev Gautma, SHashank SHehar, Rukmani SHarma, Deepak Singh Rajawat	Facile synthesis of poly(vinyl alcohol) nanocomposite & its potential application to enhance electrochemical performance	Polymer Testing	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymertesting.2018.12.022
21	2019	Bainnie Sharma, Purnima Jain, Roli Purwar	Preparation and characterization of poly(vinyl alcohol)/modified clay electrospun nanocomposite nanofibrous mats for microbial protection” Journal of the textile institute	Journal of the textile institute.	https://doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2019.1622263