Vasundhara Singh
| Department | Chemistry |
| Designation | Professor |
| Qualification | PhD (Organic Chemistry, Panjab University), Postdoc (Stanford Research Institute, California), DAAD Fellow (University of Regensburg Germany) CNRS Visiting Scientist (University of Rennes, France) |
| Research Interests | Organic synthesis of antibacterials and anticancer new chemical entities, metal based heterogenous catalysis of fine chemicals and biomass conversion, Modified Titania, Zinc oxide and carbon based nanomaterials as photocatalysts for water treatment |
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vasundhara@pec.edu.in ( Official )
vasun7@yahoo.co.in ( Personal ) |
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| Phone Number |
0172-275-3263 ( Office )
0172-4648236 ( Resdence ) |
| Sr. No. | Title |
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| 6 | Navneet Kaur, Satwant Kaur Shahi, Vasundhara Singh. Anomalous behavior of visible light active TiO2 for the photocatalytic degradation of different Reactive dyes. Photochemical & Photobiological Sciences (2015), 14, 2024-2034. |
| 7 | Navneet Kaur, Satwant Kaur Shahi, Vasundhara Singh. Choline Chloride Assisted Synthesis of N and Metal Codoped TiO2 and their Photocatalytic Activity under Visible Light. Photochemistry and Photobiology (2016), 92, 69-75. |
| 8 | Satwant Kaur Shahi, Navneet Kaur, Vasundhara Singh. Fabrication of phase and morphology controlled pure rutile and rutile/anatase TiO2 nanostructures in functional ionic liquid/water. Applied Surface Science (2016), 360, 953-960. |
| 9 | Amanpreet Kaur, Vasundhara Singh. Fe3O4@SiO2@Carbapalladacycle: A Highly Efficient and Magnetically Separable Catalyst for C–C Coupling Reactions in Ionic Liquid Media. Chemistry Letters (2016), 45, 83-85. |
| 10 | Navneet Kaur, Satwant Kaur, Vasundhara Singh. Preparation, characterization and photocatalytic degradation kinetics of Reactive Red dye 198 using N, Fe codoped TiO2 nanoparticles under visible light. Desalination and Water Treatment (2016), 57, 9237-9246. |
| Sr. No. | Title | Agency | Duration of Years |
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| 6 | Chiral ionic liquids as recyclable and recoverable catalysts | CSIR, New Delhi | 2009-2010 |
| 7 | Synthesis of Sphingolipids and their analogues | CSIR, New Delhi | 2006-2008 |
| 8 | Design of task specific ionic liquid-inorganic matrixes as Novel nanocomposites for catalysis and synthesis | CEFIPRA/IFCPAR, New Delhi ( Joint Indo French Project with University of Rennes, France | 2005-2009 |
| 9 | Green Chemistry and wastewater treatment (Research grant for Career Award for Young Teachers)(CAYT) | AICTE, New Delhi | 2003-2006 |
| 10 | Ultrasound Promoted reations using cation exchanged clays and supported reagents | DST SERC | 2001-2005 |
| Sr. No. | Society | Duration |
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| 1 | Catalysis Society of India,Chandigarh | Life Member |
| 2 | American Chemical Society, U.S.A | Member |
| 3 | Catalysis Society of India, IIT, Chennai | Life Member |
| 4 | Chemical Research Society of India, Bangalore | Life Member |
| Sr. No. | Recent Books |
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| 1 | Sofia Sandhu, Rehmat Brar, Siddhant Gulati, Vasundhara Singh, “Modified titania, A green material for wastewater remediation” Book Chapter in “Green Chemistry and Water Remediation: Research and Applications”, Advances in Green Chemistry, 2021, 317-331 |
| 2 | Vasundhara Singh, Anupam Khurana, Kanwalpreet Kaur and G L Kad, “Ultrasound: A Boon in the Synthesis of Organic Chemistry” Resonance, September 1998, 56-60. |
| 3 | Vasundhara Singh, Vishal Handa, “Clay nanocomposites”, Resonance, August, 2005. |
| 4 | Vasundhara Singh, “Clay Nano-composites as Environmental Friendly catalysts for green chemical Synthesis”, Editors:Alok Srivastava, Ipsita Roy, BIO-NANO-GEO SCIENCES, The future Challenge, 2008, 59-68, Publisher, Ane Books Pvt. Ltd, India. |
| 5 | Vasundhara Singh, M.Vaultier, A. Kirschning, “Task Specific Ionic Liquids (TSILs): A New Generation of Soluble Supports for Supported Organic Synthesis (SPOS)” Book Chapter in “Ionic liquids in Synthesis” 2nd edition by Peter Wasserscheid and Tom Welton Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, October, 2007 |