Green Chemistry in Environmental Sustainability and Chemical Education: Proceedings of Icgc 2016, New Delhi (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789811083891)

Virinder S. Parmar obtained his BSc Honors, MSc and PhD from the University of Delhi, and did his postdoctoral research at Cornell University, Harvard University, the University of Basel and Imperial College. He has been a faculty member at the University of Delhi for 44 years and has served as Head of the Department of Chemistry and Chairman of Board of Research Studies. He has been a Visiting Professor at the University of Massachusetts, University of Southern Denmark, Institute of Advanced Sciences and the Central University of Haryana. His research interests include nanoscience, synthetic organic chemistry, biocatalysis, polymer chemistry, nucleic acid chemistry, green chemistry, advanced materials and chemistry of natural products. He has mentored 85 PhD and Postdoctoral Scientists, and has published 476 research papers in addition to being co-inventor on 11 patents. He is a member of the IUPAC Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Division's Subcommittees on Biomolecular Chemistry and Green Chemistry.

Priti Malhotra obtained her PhD from the University of Delhi and is a senior chemistry faculty at Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi from the last 23 years. She has a vast experience of teaching Inorganic Chemistry to undergraduate students and has also organized various workshops, seminars and lectures. Her research interests include green chemistry, nanobiotechnology and material science. She has mentored 40 undergraduate and 5 PhD students, and has published 30 research papers in prestigious scientific journals and various national and international conference proceedings. She has also authored a book on 'Analytical Chemistry'.

Divya Mathur received her BSc (2006), MSc (2008) and PhD (2013) in Chemistry from the University of Delhi (India), and did her postdoctoral research at Ghent University, Belgium. She has worked as a visiting research scholar at the Acadia University, Canada. She is a recipient of Erasmus MundusPostdoctoral Scholarship by European Union, Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship by Government of Canada and National Postdoctoral Fellowship by Government of India. Presently, she is an Assistant Professor at Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi (India). She has published over 25 peer-reviewed papers in reputed international journals. Her research interests include nanoscience, synthetic organic chemistry, biocatalysis, nucleic acid chemistry and green chemistry.