Dr. Ramani V. Motghare

Brief Bio

Brief Bio
Dr Ramani V. Motghare joined the Department of Chemistry, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur in 2006. She did her M.Sc (Analytical Chemistry) and Ph.D (Chemistry) from Institute of Science, Nagpur, (Nagpur University). She has been actively involved in teaching B.Tech and M.Sc courses. She has completed one research project funded by Department of Science and Technology, during 2013-2015. Ph.D supervision: two have been awarded and five are in progress. Fourteen M.Sc students have completed their PG projects and two are in progress. Her research interest is focussed on developing newer analysis methods mostly Sensors based on advanced electroanalytical techniques like electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and various voltammetric techniques. Synthesis and characterization of functional nano materials for improving the sensitivity and selectivity of these electrochemical sensors.

Dr Ramani V. Motghare joined the Department of Chemistry, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur in 2006. She did her M.Sc (Analytical Chemistry) and Ph.D (Chemistry) from Institute of Science, Nagpur, (Nagpur University). She has been actively involved in teaching B.Tech and M.Sc courses. She has completed one research project funded by Department of Science and Technology, during 2013-2015. Ph.D supervision: two have been awarded and five are in progress. Fourteen M.Sc students have completed their PG projects and two are in progress. Her research interest is focussed on developing newer analysis methods mostly Sensors based on advanced electroanalytical techniques like electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and various voltammetric techniques. Synthesis and characterization of functional nano materials for improving the sensitivity and selectivity of these electrochemical sensors.

Education

Sr. No.	Degree	Specialization	University
1	Ph.D	Chemistry	Institute of Science, Nagpur University
2	B.Ed		Nagpur University
3	M.Sc	Analytical Chemistry	Institute of Science, Nagpur University
4	B.Sc	Chemistry, Microbiology, Botany	Nagpur University

Contact Details

Phone:	Email:	Address:
0712-2801603	rvmotghare@chm.vnit.ac.in	Electroanalytical laboratory, Department of Chemistry, VNIT, Nagpur
	rvmotghare@gmail.com

Research Interest

Research Interest
• Electroanalytical Chemistry • Electrochemical Sensors for Biological and Chemical entities • Impedance Sensors • Materials: Nano, Advanced and Composite Materials for electrode modification. • Supercapacitors

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)
1	Feasibility study on fabrication and evaluation of electrochemical sensors for some beta-blockers and digoxin in biological samples	DST	Sole, Principle Investigator	2013-2015 (two years)	15.361

Sr. No.	Title	Funding Agency	Role	Year	Amount (in Lakhs INR)
	Consultancy Projects-NIL
	Research Responsiblities
1	Reviewed research project for funding by Chilean Government.
2	Reviewed research papers of J.electrochemical society, Electroanalysis, J of chemical sciesnces.
3	Chaired sessions in conferences

Description	Author(s)	Publisher	ISBN	Year

Sr. No.	Patent Title	Application No.	Date	Present Staus

Sr. No.	Title
	Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Summer Internship Program for learning goal: BIOSTATISTICS was conducted for 4 weeks in Summer 2024
	MUHS SIP-2023, Summer Internship Programe conducted for two MBBS students alloted by MUHS for the course BIOSTATISTICS, 4 weeks duration in summer 2023
	Two hours Lecture on “Electroanalytical techniques in chemical analysis” and demonstrated with hands on for 2 hrs “Potentiostat demonstration” in a One week training program under DST-Synergistic Training program Utilizing the Scientific and Technological Infrastructure – on Characterization using Sophisticated Instruments (STUTI-CSI-2022) at Department of Chemistry during 8th -14th August 2022.
	Lecture on ‘Coal Analysis: Proximate and Ultimate’ at Institutional training program, NPTI, Nagpur.
	Relevance of statistical analysis for data interpretation’ during the STTP, held at VNIT.
	Basics of UV-Vis spectroscopy’ during the STTP at department of Chemistry, VNIT
	Presented Lecture on: ‘Voltammetric methods in chemical analysis’ in the national level STTP at NIT, Raipur.

Sr. No.	Responsibility	Role	Year
	VNIT- Institute Level
	Professor In-Charge, Mag. com/INSTITUTE MAGAZINE (the Literary Club)	Coordinate and ensure proper utlization of funds, help Mag.com team to organize various literary events for the students	2024-25
	Professor In-Charge, Mag. com/ Institute Magazine (the Literary Club)	Coordinate and ensure proper utlization of funds, help Mag.com team to organize various literary events for the students	2023-24
	Faculty Mentor for B.Tech first year students U1 and U2 batches		2024-25
	B.Tech, First Year Coordinator	Coordinating first year activities from induction programme to conducting end semester exam.	June 2015-May 2017
	Faculty Mentor for B.Tech first year students	Collect information of firstyr students and help them out for any problem or issue	2014-2020
	OBC, Liasion Officer		June 2015- May 2018
	Professor in-charge for Mag.com (literary club)	Coordinate and help students organize various literary events	2023-24
	Professor in-charge Quiz Pro.Co		2010-12
	Member of Convocation Committee		2010-11, 2014-15, 2016-17
	Chairperson M.Sc Class Committee	Chairperson	2014 onwards
	Member of AIEEE/CSAB Admission committee		2010-11
	Stock verification officer
	RPC member
	Department Level
	Department Examination in-charge UG	Conduct online (2021-22) and offline exams	2021-23
	Department Examination in-charge PG	Conducting M.Sc mid sem, end sem and re-examination	2012-2015
	Timetable in-charge of the department	Timetable preparation	2021-23
	Member of store purchase committee of chemistry department
	PG Faculty Advisor
	Videos and Power point presentations of lectures and practicals were prepared for online classes due to Covid-19 situation and delivered through WebEx platform.
	National Level
1	Observer for UGC , NET exam
2	Presiding Officer Duty performed during Constituency-10 Election		2010, 2017,
3	Polling Officer		2019
4	Question paper setting for CBSE, AIEEE exam

Sr. No.	Awards
1	Best Paper award to paper entitled: Cu/Ni-BDC@MWCNT: A synergistic approach towards superior electrochemical performance.
2

S.No.	Paper Citation
23	Gaurav L Deolikar, Prashu Jain, Anuj Shrivastava, Shobha Kavad, Sanskruti Kanfade, Ramani V Motghare*, A selective and sensitive electrochemical sensor for Labetalol based on Zr-BDC MOF/MWCNT modified electrode, New Journal of Chemistry, RSC, Aug 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/d5nj02651b
22	Gaurav L Deolikar, Prashu Jain, Anuj Shrivastava, Ramani V Motghare*, Synergistic effects of Ni particles within Co-BDC MOF (Ni@ Co-BDC) for high-performance supercapacitors, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, May 2025, 175,114110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2025.114110
21	Prashu Jain, Gaurav L. Deolikar, Anuj Shrivastava, Ramani V. Motghare*, Synthesis and evaluation of mixed 3d transition metal organic frameworks for energy application, Materials Today Communication, Volume 39, June 2024, 108748, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108748
20	Prashu Jain, Sony Jagtap, Megha Chauhan, Ramani V. Motghare*, Electrocatalytic behaviour of self-assembled Cu-chitosan/f-MWCNT on glassy carbon electrode for detection of erythromycin in various samples, Sensing and Biosensing Research, volume 41, August (2023) 100568, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2023.100568
19	Prashu Jain and Ramani V. Motghare*, Electro-Oxidation and Determination of Ciprofloxacin at f-MWCNT@Poly-Aniline Glassy Carbon Electrode, 2022 J. Electrochem. Soc. 169 056515 DOI 10.1149/1945-7111/ac6bbf
18	Shirinaz Khan and Ramani V. Motghare*.Electrochemical Determination of Chlorophenaramine Based on RTIL/CNT Composite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode in Pharmaceutical Samples, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166 (13), B1202, (2019),
17	Shirinaz I. Khan, Kiran Kumar Tadi, R. R. Chillawar, Ramani V. Motghare*, Interfacing Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide with Poly(erichrome black T) for Simultaneous Determination of Epinephrine, Uric Acid and Folic Acid, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 165 (16) B804-B813 (2018), DOI 10.1149/2.0121816jes
16	Shirinaz I. Khan, Rakesh R. Chillawar, Kiran Kumar Tadi and Ramani V. Motghare*, Molecular Imprinted Polymer Based Impedimetric Sensor for Trace Level Determination of Digoxin in Biological and Pharmaceutical Samples, Current Analytical Chemistry, 14 (5), 474-482 (2018), DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/1573411013666171117163609
15	Swapnil S. Karade, Akanksha Agarwal, Bidhan Pandit, Ramani V. Motghare, Shilpa A. Pande, B.R. Sankpal, First report on solution processed α-Ce2S3 rectangular microrods: An efficient energy storage supercapacitive electrode, Journal of Colloid and interface Science, 535,169–175 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.09.076
14	Kiran K.Tadi and Ramani V. Motghare*, Voltammetric Determination of Pindolol in Biological Fluids using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Based Biomimetic Sensor. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163 (7) B286-B292 (2016),DOI: 10.1149/2.0501607jes
13	Ranjan K. Mallick*, S. B. Thombre, Ramani V. Motghare, Rakesh R. Chillawar, Analysis of The Clamping Effects on the Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. Electrochemica Acta, 215, 150-161 (2016)
12	Chillawar, R.R., Tadi, K.K. & Motghare, R.V.* Voltammetric techniques at chemically modified electrodes. J Anal Chem 70, 399–418 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061934815040152
11	Kiran Kumar Tadi, V. Ganesh, Ramani V. Motghare*, Electrochemical Detection of Epinephrine Using a Biomimic made up of Hemin Modified Molecularly Imprinted Microsphere. RSC Advances, 5, 99115-99124, Nov 2015, DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA16636E
10	Naveen Shrivastav, S. B. Thombre, Ramani V. Motghare, Wire Mesh Current Collectors for Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Journal of Power Sources, 272, 629-638, Dec 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.010
9	KK Tadi, R.V. Motghare, V. Ganesh, Electrochemical Detection of Sulfanilamide Using Pencil Graphite Electrode Based on Molecular Imprinting Technology. Electroanalysis, 26 (11) 2328-2336, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400251
8	RV Motghare*, KK Tadi, P Dhawale, S Deotare, AK Kawadkar, R Chillawar, S. Khan, Voltammetric determination of uric acid based on molecularly imprinted polymer modified carbon paste electrode. Electroanalysis Wiley), 27 (3), 825-832 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400579
7	Tadi, K.K., Motghare, R.V.* Rational synthesis of pindolol imprinted polymer by non-covalent protocol based on computational approach. J Mol Model 19, 3385–3396 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-013-1856-2
6	KK Tadi and R V Motghare*, Computational and experimental studies on oxalic acid imprinted polymer, Journal of Chemical Sciences Springer, 125 (2), 413-418
5	KK Tadi and RV Motghare*, Potentiometric selective recognition of oxalic acid based on molecularly imprinted polymer, International Journal of Electrochem Sciences, 8, 3197-3211, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1452-3981(23)14384-7
4	K K Tadi, P S Divakarla, R V Motghare*, Synthesis and Characterization of Pindolol Imprinted Polymer, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 66 (4), 349-352, DOI 10.1007/s12666-013-0273-7
3	KK Tadi, RV Motghare*, Synthesis and Evaluation of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Oxalic Acid, Advanced Materials Research 622, 229-235
2	R K Kawadkar and B J Ghiya*, Synthesis of New QuinaZoline-4-one Compounds of Medicinal Importance. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 11, 2 (1999) 388-391
1	R K Kawadkar and B J Ghiya*, Synthesis of Pyrimidine and Piperazine Based Medicinal Compounds, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 10, 4 (1998), 976-979.

S.No.	Paper Citation
23	Gaurav L Deolikar, Prashu Jain, Anuj Shrivastava, Shobha Kavad, Sanskruti Kanfade, Ramani V Motghare*, A selective and sensitive electrochemical sensor for Labetalol based on Zr-BDC MOF/MWCNT modified electrode, New Journal of Chemistry, RSC, Aug 2025, https://doi.org/10.1039/d5nj02651b
22	Gaurav L Deolikar, Prashu Jain, Anuj Shrivastava, Ramani V Motghare*, Synergistic effects of Ni particles within Co-BDC MOF (Ni@ Co-BDC) for high-performance supercapacitors, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, May 2025, 175,114110, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inoche.2025.114110
21	Prashu Jain, Gaurav L. Deolikar, Anuj Shrivastava, Ramani V. Motghare*, Synthesis and evaluation of mixed 3d transition metal organic frameworks for energy application, Materials Today Communication, Volume 39, June 2024, 108748, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.108748
20	Prashu Jain, Sony Jagtap, Megha Chauhan, Ramani V. Motghare*, Electrocatalytic behaviour of self-assembled Cu-chitosan/f-MWCNT on glassy carbon electrode for detection of erythromycin in various samples, Sensing and Biosensing Research, volume 41, August (2023) 100568, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbsr.2023.100568
19	Prashu Jain and Ramani V. Motghare*, Electro-Oxidation and Determination of Ciprofloxacin at f-MWCNT@Poly-Aniline Glassy Carbon Electrode, 2022 J. Electrochem. Soc. 169 056515 DOI 10.1149/1945-7111/ac6bbf
18	Shirinaz Khan and Ramani V. Motghare*.Electrochemical Determination of Chlorophenaramine Based on RTIL/CNT Composite Modified Glassy Carbon Electrode in Pharmaceutical Samples, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 166 (13), B1202, (2019),
17	Shirinaz I. Khan, Kiran Kumar Tadi, R. R. Chillawar, Ramani V. Motghare*, Interfacing Electrochemically Reduced Graphene Oxide with Poly(erichrome black T) for Simultaneous Determination of Epinephrine, Uric Acid and Folic Acid, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 165 (16) B804-B813 (2018), DOI 10.1149/2.0121816jes
16	Shirinaz I. Khan, Rakesh R. Chillawar, Kiran Kumar Tadi and Ramani V. Motghare*, Molecular Imprinted Polymer Based Impedimetric Sensor for Trace Level Determination of Digoxin in Biological and Pharmaceutical Samples, Current Analytical Chemistry, 14 (5), 474-482 (2018), DOI: https://doi.org/10.2174/1573411013666171117163609
15	Swapnil S. Karade, Akanksha Agarwal, Bidhan Pandit, Ramani V. Motghare, Shilpa A. Pande, B.R. Sankpal, First report on solution processed α-Ce2S3 rectangular microrods: An efficient energy storage supercapacitive electrode, Journal of Colloid and interface Science, 535,169–175 (2019), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2018.09.076
14	Kiran K.Tadi and Ramani V. Motghare*, Voltammetric Determination of Pindolol in Biological Fluids using Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Based Biomimetic Sensor. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, 163 (7) B286-B292 (2016),DOI: 10.1149/2.0501607jes
13	Ranjan K. Mallick*, S. B. Thombre, Ramani V. Motghare, Rakesh R. Chillawar, Analysis of The Clamping Effects on the Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance using Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. Electrochemica Acta, 215, 150-161 (2016)
12	Chillawar, R.R., Tadi, K.K. & Motghare, R.V.* Voltammetric techniques at chemically modified electrodes. J Anal Chem 70, 399–418 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1061934815040152
11	Kiran Kumar Tadi, V. Ganesh, Ramani V. Motghare*, Electrochemical Detection of Epinephrine Using a Biomimic made up of Hemin Modified Molecularly Imprinted Microsphere. RSC Advances, 5, 99115-99124, Nov 2015, DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA16636E
10	Naveen Shrivastav, S. B. Thombre, Ramani V. Motghare, Wire Mesh Current Collectors for Passive Direct Methanol Fuel Cells. Journal of Power Sources, 272, 629-638, Dec 2014, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2014.09.010
9	KK Tadi, R.V. Motghare, V. Ganesh, Electrochemical Detection of Sulfanilamide Using Pencil Graphite Electrode Based on Molecular Imprinting Technology. Electroanalysis, 26 (11) 2328-2336, 2014, https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400251
8	RV Motghare*, KK Tadi, P Dhawale, S Deotare, AK Kawadkar, R Chillawar, S. Khan, Voltammetric determination of uric acid based on molecularly imprinted polymer modified carbon paste electrode. Electroanalysis Wiley), 27 (3), 825-832 (2015) https://doi.org/10.1002/elan.201400579
7	Tadi, K.K., Motghare, R.V.* Rational synthesis of pindolol imprinted polymer by non-covalent protocol based on computational approach. J Mol Model 19, 3385–3396 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00894-013-1856-2
6	KK Tadi and R V Motghare*, Computational and experimental studies on oxalic acid imprinted polymer, Journal of Chemical Sciences Springer, 125 (2), 413-418
5	KK Tadi and RV Motghare*, Potentiometric selective recognition of oxalic acid based on molecularly imprinted polymer, International Journal of Electrochem Sciences, 8, 3197-3211, https://doi.org/10.1016/S1452-3981(23)14384-7
4	K K Tadi, P S Divakarla, R V Motghare*, Synthesis and Characterization of Pindolol Imprinted Polymer, Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals, 66 (4), 349-352, DOI 10.1007/s12666-013-0273-7
3	KK Tadi, RV Motghare*, Synthesis and Evaluation of Molecularly Imprinted Polymer for Oxalic Acid, Advanced Materials Research 622, 229-235
2	R K Kawadkar and B J Ghiya*, Synthesis of New QuinaZoline-4-one Compounds of Medicinal Importance. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 11, 2 (1999) 388-391
1	R K Kawadkar and B J Ghiya*, Synthesis of Pyrimidine and Piperazine Based Medicinal Compounds, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 10, 4 (1998), 976-979.