Vasundhara Singh

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
Email vasundhara@pec.edu.in ( Official )
vasun7@yahoo.co.in ( Personal )
Phone Number 0172-275-3263 ( Office )
0172-4648236 ( Resdence )

Sr. No. Title
11 Navneet Kaur, Vasundhara Singh. Current status and future challenges in ionic liquids, functionalized ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvent-mediated synthesis of nanostructured TiO 2: a review. New Journal of Chemistry (2017), 41, 2844-2868.
12 Satwant Kaur Shahi, Navneet Kaur, Sofia Sandhu, JS Shahi, Vasundhara Singh. Influences of a new templating agent on the synthesis of coral-like TiO2 nanoparticles and their photocatalytic activity. Journal of Science: Advanced Materials and Devices (2017), 2, 347-353.
13 Sofia Sandhu, Satwant Kaur Shahi, Vasundhara Singh. Acidic ionic liquids: an alternative to HF for {001} reactive facet controlled synthesis of anatase titania. New Journal of Chemistry (2018), 42, 12762-12765.
14 Satwant Kaur Shahi, Navneet Kaur, JS Shahi, Vasundhara Singh. Investigation of morphologies, photoluminescence and photocatalytic properties of ZnO nanostructures fabricated using different basic ionic liquids. Journal of environmental chemical engineering (2018), 6, 3718-3725.
15 Arjun Singh, Rajesh Kumar, Pramod Kumar Soni, Vasundhara Singh. 'Compatibility and thermokinetics studies of octahydro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetranitro-1, 3, 5, 7-tetrazocine with polyether-based polyurethane containing different curatives'. Journal of Energetic Materials (2019), 37, 141-153.
Sr. No. Title Agency Duration of Years
1 Iron transport mediated delivery of Pyochelin Gingerone conjugate- A trojan horse strategy against Pseudomonas Aeruginosa DST-SERB 2018-2021
2 Study or Energetic Ionic liquids as new expolosive materials DRDO-TBRL 2018-2021
3 Magnetically separable nano-catalysts PEC, In-house 2012-2015
4 New approaches towards synthesis of Enigmol sphingolipids as their anti- cancer agents DST, SERB, New Delhi 2017- 2020
5 Ionic liquid mediated synthesis of metal and metal oxide based nanomaterials for Environmental Catalysis PEC, In-House 2012-2015
Sr. No. Society Duration
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
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