Dr Ponnekanti Nagendramma

Research Interest

• Synthetic and vegetable oil based Bio Lubricants
• Micro Electro Mechanical System Lubricants
• Multipurpose Bio Greases
• Polyol Deep Eutectic Solvents

Work Experience

Awards and Honours

• Presented a Paper at 101st American Oil Chemists Society Annual Meeting and Expo
  Phoenix, Arizona State, USA , May 16-19, 2010
• Granted OUTSTANDING Grade and Identified as Technology Lead for Molecular-level interactions of bio lubes and bio additives project
  Sectorial Monitoring Committee, SMC – CSIR (CSC-0118), 2017

Patents

• Ecofriendly and biodegradable lubricant formulation and process for preparation thereof
  Ponnekanti Nagendramma, Anjan Ray, Gananath D Thakre and Neeraj Atray
  PCT and India 201711039235
• An improved Continuous Process for Conversion of Low Cost and High FFA Oils to Alkyl Ester
  Atray Neeraj, Kumar Ajay, Ponnekanti Nagendramma, B D Prasad, Adhikari Dilip Kumar, Garg Madhukar Onkarnath
  Application No. 201711000453
• A process for the development of new generation bio reference samples as well as gear lubricants for enclosed industrial gear drives
  Ponnekanti Nagendramma, G D Thakre, Neeraj Atray and Behera Babita
  Indian Patent, 53953Del 2015
• Development of new biodegradable base stocks as neat cutting oil
  S Kaul, Ponnekanti Nagendramma, G D Thakre, R P S Bisht and M R Tyagi
  Indian Patent 3483 Del 2012
• A process for value addition of residual oil for girth gear lubricating grease
  S Kaul, Ponnekanti Nagendramma, R P S Bisht and M R Tyagi
  Indian Patent 3142/ Del/ 2012 A

Selected Publications

• Development of Biodegradable /Ecofriendly Bio based Lubricants: An overview
  Ponnekanti Nagendramma and Savita Kaul
  Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol.16, Issue 1, 2012, 764-774
• Lubrication capabilities of amino acid based ionic liquids as green bio-lubricant additives
  Ponnekanti Nagendramma, Praveen K Khatri, Gananath D Thakre and Suman L Jain
  Journal of Molecular Liquids, 1, 2017
• Study of pentaerythritol tetra oleate ester for industrial gear oil
  Ponnekanti Nagendramma
  Lubrication Science, 23, 8, 2011, 355362
• Study of Synthetic complex esters as automotive gear lubricants
  Ponnekanti Nagendramma and Savita Kaul
  Journal of Synthetic Lubrication 131-136, 2008
• Eco-Friendly Multipurpose Lubricating Greases from Vegetable Residual Oils
  Ponnekanti Nagendramma and Prashant Kumar
  Lubricants, 3(4), 628-636, 2015