Prof . N. D. Pradeep Singh
Prof. N.D. Pradeep Singh
Academic Positions
March 2018- Present:
Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
May 2013-
Feb 2018:
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Jul 2007-
May 2013:
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India
Nov 2005-
May 2007:
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK May 2005- Oct 2005: Senior Scientist, FRLHT, Bangalore, India
Jan 2002-
Jan 2005:
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Education
1997- 2001
Ph.D. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai
Advisor: Dr. Geetha Gopalakrishnan.
1994-1996.
M.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai
Advisor: Dr. A. Anandhan
1991-1994.
B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai,
Awards and Honors
July 2024
Selected as a Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC)
2023
Guest editor for a special issue on "Stimuli responsive materials for biomedical applications" in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Oct 2023
Dr S. S. Deshpande Award, India
July 2020
Bronze Medal, CRSI, India
2018
SERB Distinguished Investigator Award (SERB DIA Fellow)
2018
Member of the National Academy of Sciences
2015, 2017, and 2018
Top Teaching Feedback Award
2015
DST-RSC Indo-UK Scientific Seminar
2014- 2016
ACS 3-Year Membership Award
2009
ACS 3-Year Membership Award
RSC- 2009
Indo-UK Science network Programme
Research Interests
01.
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Synthesis of new Fluorescent photoremovable protecting groups
02.
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Synthesis and applications of Photoacid generators
03.
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Controlled release of Agrochemicals by Sunlight
04.
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Visible light Induced Generation of alkyl Triplet Nitrenes
05.
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Photoredox catalysis for functionalization of small organic molecules