Ajai Kumar Singh (born in 1953) is an Indian chemist and Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at

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. Singh is known for his contribution to the development of new organochalcogen ligand family and their metal complexes for promoting carbon-carbon coupling and related transformations. Singh is an honorary member of Science Faculty of the University of Delhi.

Early life and education

Ajai was born in New Delhi, India. He completed his master's degree in Inorganic Chemistry at

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. In 1977 Singh was promoted to

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. His thesis advisor was

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Career

Singh was a postdoctoral fellow at

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with W. R. McWhinnie. In 1982, he joined IIT faculty as an assistant professor of chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1995 and to Professor in 2000. He has coauthored over 200 accepted academic publications. He is known for his involvement in the development of organochalcogen ligand family and their metal complexes for promoting C-C coupling reactions and related transformations. As of 2015, he served as an editorial member for the academic journal,

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Notable awards

* Fellow

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* Honorary Member; Science Faculty, University of Delhi, 2003 onwards * Adjunct Professor

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, Dehradun, India, 2016-2018 * Member of

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, 2015-2018 * Guest Editor,

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(Springer), 2006, Vol. 118, Issue 6 * Convener, Developing Talent in the Chemical Sciences Initiative, Royal Society of Chemistry, U K, 26 September 2011 * President, Inorg. Section, Indian Council of Chemist, Convention, Dec 2011

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Ajai K 1953 births Living people People from New Delhi Indian inorganic chemists Delhi University alumni Academic staff of IIT Delhi