Dr. Ayyappanpillai Ajayaghosh is currently a Managing Director at The National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology. His research interests are Self-Assembly, Organogels, Pi-Gelators, Functional Dyes, Molecular Probes, Materials Chemistry, Nanoparticles, Nanomaterials, Polymers, Polymer Chemistry, Nanotechnology, Dyes, Polymerization, Synthesis, Gels.