Prof. Ravi Kumar
Department of Chemistry, Dyal Singh College, India
Biography:
Ravi Kumar received his Ph.D. in 2005 from Kurukshetra University working with Prof Om Prakash
and Prof Pawan Kumar Sharma. He began as a Lecturer in Chemistry in 2004 at the same
University and, then moved to Dyal Singh College, Karnal in 2008. From 2014 to 2016, he worked
at School of Chemistry, Cardiff University, Wales (UK) in Prof Thomas Wirth group in the area of
asymmetric synthesis using chiral hypervalent iodine reagents. He was presented many awards
and fellowships including, DST-SERC Young Scientist Research Grant Award in 2012 and 2007,
Commonwealth Academic Fellowship by Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (UK) in 2012,
Indian National Science Academy (INSA)-Visiting Scientist fellowship in 2012, Dr Lata Memorial
Young Scientist Award in 2009 and Kurukshetra University Medal (2000). He was also selected for
the prestigious Raman Indo-US fellowship by University Grants Commission, Government of India
in 2013. His major research interests involve the development of novel transformations including
asymmetric synthesis using hypervalent iodine reagents. His research interests also include
synthesis of heterocyclic compounds of potential medicinal interest. He has co-authored 27
research publications in this area.