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
36 Arjun Singh, Tirupati Chander Sharma, Vasundhara Singh, Niladri Mukherjee ‘Thermal degradation behaviour and kinetics of aged TNT-based melt cast Composition B.’Central European Journal of Energetic Materials(2019),16.
37 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(2),141-153
38 Sitanshu Kumar, Amanpreet Kaur, Vasundhara Singh ‘Efficient protocol for Aza-Michael addition of N-heterocycles to α,β- unsaturated compound using [Ch]OH and [n-butyl urotropinium]OH as basic ionic liquids in aqueous/solvent free conditions.’ Synthetic Communications(2019), 49(2),1-9.
39 Sitanshu Kumar, Kapil Mukesh, Kusum Harjai, Vasundhara Singh,‘Synthesis of Coumarin based Knoevenagel-Ugi Adducts by a sequential one pot Five-component reaction and their biological evaluation as Anti-Bacterial agents.’Tetrahedron letters(2019),60(1),8-12.
40 Shalini Arora, Neeraj Gupta, Vasundhara Singh. ‘Choline Based Basic Ionic Liquid (BIL)/ Acidic DES Mediated cellulose Rich Fractionation of Agricultural waste Biomass and Valorisation to 5-HMF.’Waste and Biomass Valorization(2019).
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