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Dr. Amit Kumar

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Dr. Amit Kumar joined the Department of Chemistry as Associate Professor in 2025. He has vast teaching experience of more than 24 years as Professor in Chemistry at the Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi. He obtained his Ph.D. from the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi under the supervision of Professor A. K. Bakhshi. His research interest lies in the field of Computational and Experimental Chemistry with applications in varied fields i.e. Electrically Conducting Polymers, Antioxidant Chemistry, Schiff’s Base metal complexes and Metal Oxide Nanomaterials. He has 39 research papers and 08 book chapters to his credit. Under his supervision, 2 students have completed their Ph.D., whereas 2 students are presently working in his research group. He has successfully completed three major innovation research projects. He has designed e-content modules on SWAYAM portal of the M.O.E., Govt. of India. He is a recipient of several awards including International Faculty Training Program Fellowship of University of Delhi in 2015, Indian Drug Manufacturers Association (IDMA) best paper Award 2018 & 2019 and First Prize for the Oral presentation in MTCST 2005. He also made significant contributions as core committee member for drafting syllabus of M.Sc. Chemistry, B.Sc.(H) Chemistry and B.Sc. Physical & Life Sciences under PGCF2025, UGCF 2022 based on NEP and LOCF 2019. His passion for teaching-learning has won accolade for himself in terms of 67 well received invited lectures in Conferences/ Faculty Development Programs/ Refresher Courses and DD Vyas, Higher Education channel of Doordarshan TV (VYAS) and CEC UGC YouTube channel. Besides the academic assignments he has also made notable contributions towards the corporate life of institutions in various capacities such as Nodal Officer NIRF, Member IQAC, Member R&D Cell.

Selected Publications:

  1. Manisha, A. Kumar, A. Ali, A. H. Mondal, V. K. Paliwal, G. Singh and P. Jain, Chemistry select, 2026, https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202507530.
  2. A. K. Rao, A. Kumar, K. Jain, A. Kaur, Mater. Res. Bull., 2026, 195 113804.
  3. Manisha, A. Kumar, M. Abid, D. Ahmedi, N. Manzoor, R. Alam, and P. Jain, J. Dispers. Sci. Technol., 2025, https://doi.org/10.1080/01932691.2025.2461124