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Academic

ViewMore..... Professor: 29th March 2013-Till date Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Professor: 21st January 2015-18th November 2015 (on Lien from DU) School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India

Associate Professor: 29th March 2010-28th March 2013 Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Reader (Associate Professor): 23rd Jan 2009-29th March 2010
Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

Lecturer (Assistant Professor): Feb 1998-jan 2009
Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, Univ. of Delhi

Qualifications:
Ph.D. (Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, Year: 2000)
M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry), Bipin Bihari P.G. College Jhansi (U.P.)
NET: CSIR-JRF (Chemical Sciences-1996),
ICAR-NET (Organic-Chemistry 1996)

Postdoctoral Research
Visiting Scientist: June 28th 2007-31st August 2008, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, USA, under Supervision of Prof. Richard C. Larock
Postdoctoral Research Associate: Jan. 2002-December 2002
University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, (Mentor: Prof. Alan R. Katritzky)
Postdoctoral Fellow: Jan. 2001-December 2001
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (Mentor: Prof. Alan R. Katritzky)

Fellowship/ Distinctions

  • BOYSCAST Fellow (2007-2008)
  • UGC-CSIR JRF (Chemical Sciences-1996)
  • ARS NET/Scientist Selection (ASRB, ICAR-1996)
  • ARS NET Organic Chemistry (1995)

Honors /awards

  • 2015: Co-opted Member of Expert Committee of Chemical Sciences (YS) SERB, DST. (2015-2018)
  • 2015: Nominated by NOST, India for the Invited Lecture in prestigious RSC sponsored, Grasmere Heterocyclic Symposium Grasmere, UK during 7-11 May 2015.
  • 2014: Scientist-In-charge of Indian Chemical Society (Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry Section) for year 2014-2016
  • 2014: Awarded Senior INSA visiting fellowship for the year 2014
  • 2013: Eli Lilly and Company Asia Outstanding Thesis Award to Ph.D Student Trapti Aggarwal (First Prize of 1500 USD) Note: First student from Delhi University
  • 2012: Indian Chemical Society award: Professor A. S. R. Anjaneyulu 60th Birthday Commemoration Award for the year 2012 by Indian Chemical Society.
  • 2011: Member Indian Delegation Team for Indo-Mexican Joint Cooperation in Science and Technology Committee
  • 2011: Member Indian Delegation Team for India-Cuba Joint Cooperation in Science and Technology Committee
  • 2010: Invited by National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST) for a talk in NOST XIV Organic Chemistry Conference(Will be held in Goa between December 5-8, 2010)
  • 2009: Invited by Editor of Wiley-Blackwell for the Co-authorship for editing the 3rd Revision of Comprehensive Organic Transformation.
  • 2007: Awarded BOYSCAST Fellowship for one year (2007-2008) in the laboratory of Prof. R. C. Larock at Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, Iowa, USA for the advance research.
  • 2001: Awarded Post Doctoral Fellowship by the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, for one year (Jan 2001-Dec. 2001) in the Laboratory of Prof. Alan R. Katritzky.
  • 2000: Awarded Post Doctoral Research Associate fellowship by the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA, for one year (Jan 2001-Dec.2001) in the Laboratory of Prof. Alan R. Katritzky


Congratulations to Prof. Akhilesh K. Verma to become a Fellow, Royal Society of Chemistry, London (2021)...Latest


Congratulations to Ankit Kumar whose paper entitled "Base-Promoted Synthesis of Polysubstituted 4–Aminoquinolines from Ynones and 2–Aminobenzonitriles under Transition-Metal-Free Conditions" has been published in Adv. Synth. Catal.


Mr. Ankit Kumar has awarded Best Oral Presentation Award in 57th Annual Convention of the chemist (ACC) of Indian Chemical Society (ICS) held at IISER Kolkata, December-2020. Congratulations Ankit!!!


Congratulations to Ayushee whose paper entitled "Base-Mediated Anti-Markovnikov Hydroamidation of Vinyl Arenes with Arylamides" has been published in Org. Lett.