Vinod K. Singh (

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

: विनोद कुमार सिंह; born 9 September 1959) is a Rahula and Namita Gautam Chair Professor of Chemistry at

IIT Kanpur The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) Hindi: भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान कानपुर) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was ...

. He is also Director's Chair Professor at

IISER Bhopal Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal (IISER-B or IISER – Bhopal) is an autonomous institute. ] in Bhauri, Bhopal district, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Gov ...

& adjunct Professor at NIPER Hyderabad. He is currently the President,

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and the Chairman, Governing Council of IACS Kolkata. Singh's major research contribution is in an area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, more specifically, asymmetric synthesis. He has been recognized with several awards and honors such as Swarnajayanti Fellowship (1998),

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

(2004) and

Padma Shri Padma Shri ( IAST: ''padma śrī''), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. Instituted on 2 January 1954, the award is conf ...

(2014), among others. In addition, he has been elected as a Fellow of the

Indian National Science Academy The Indian National Science Academy (INSA) is a national academy in New Delhi for Indian scientists in all branches of science and technology. In August 2019, Dr. Chandrima Shaha was appointed as the president of Indian National Science Acade ...

(FNA),

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(FASc),

The National Academy of Sciences The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a United States nonprofit, non-governmental organization. NAS is part of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, along with the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and the Nati ...

(FNASc), and

The World Academy of Sciences The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) is a merit-based science academy established for developing countries, uniting 1,000 scientists in some 70 countries. Its principal aim is to promote scientific capacity and excellence for sustainable deve ...

(FTWAS). Professor Singh is an Editor of an

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journal - Tetrahedron Lett. He is a Member, Editorial Advisory Board of Org. Lett., J. Org. Chem., Asian J. Org. Chem., and Org. Chem. Frontiers. He has made significant contributions in the management of higher educational institutes, science education, science policy, and planning. In 2020, he was awarded a TWAS-CASAREP award for building scientific institutions. As a Founder Director of

, for more than 10 years (2008-2018), Professor Singh set up the whole campus in 200 acres land from scratch. He has served as the Mentor Director of

IISER Berhampur Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Berhampur (IISER Berhampur) is a public research and education institute in Berhampur, Odisha, India. It was established by the Ministry of Human Resource Development in 2016. IISER Berhampur ...

, Director of

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Bhopal (additional charge) and the Chairman of BoG, NITTTR Bhopal. He also held the additional charge of Directorship of

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal (MANIT or NIT Bhopal, NIT-B) is a public technical university located in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. It is part of a group of publicly funded institutions in India known as National Instit ...

Bhopal and the Mentor Director of Indian Institute of Information Technology Bhopal. He had been a member of Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India (SAC-PM) during 2009–2014.

Education

Singh had his early education from a primary school in his village area. He passed high school and intermediate from Wesley Inter College and BSc from D. A. V College, both in Azamgarh. He did MSc (Chemistry) from

Banaras Hindu University Banaras Hindu University (BHU) IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/), is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916 ...

in 1980, he joined Malt-Chem Research Center Nandesari, Baroda, where he earned a PhD degree in 1986 under the supervision of Dr. Sukh Dev. He spent two years (1985–1986) in Canada where he worked with Professor M.H. Benn (

University of Calgary The University of Calgary (U of C or UCalgary) is a public research university located in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The University of Calgary started in 1944 as the Calgary branch of the University of Alberta, founded in 1908, prior to being ins ...

) and Professor J.P. Kutney (

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). He moved to Professor

Elias James Corey Elias James Corey (born July 12, 1928) is an American organic chemist. In 1990, he won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry "for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis", specifically retrosynthetic analysis. Regarded by many a ...

's group at

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, US, in early 1987 and worked there for 3 years as a post-doctoral fellow.

Profession

Singh started his career as a senior scientist in Neurogen Corporation, Connecticut, US, in March 1990. In the meantime, he accepted an offer for a faculty position from

and joined the Institute in December 1990 as an assistant professor in Chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1997 and professor in 2001. He came from

to start

in the year 2008 as a Founder Director and was there for 10 years. He served as a Director/Mentor Director, in Institutes such as School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal, School of Planning and Architecture,

Bhopal, and IIIT Bhopal. He also served as a chairperson BoG in NITTR (National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research). Currently, he is serving as the chairman of the Governing Council at Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata.

Awards and honours

(2014) *

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-la ...

(2004)

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, applied or fundamental, in biology, ...

* Distinguished Alumnus Award,

(2012) * Samman Patra by UP Government (2018) * Swarnajayanti Fellowship Award (1998) * J.C. Bose fellowship (2009-2023) * Goyal Prize (2011) * Fellow,

(FNA) * Fellow,

(FASc) * Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (FNASc) * Fellow,

(FTWAS) * Fellow,

Royal Society of Chemistry The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is a learned society (professional association) in the United Kingdom with the goal of "advancing the chemical sciences". It was formed in 1980 from the amalgamation of the Chemical Society, the Royal Instit ...

(FRSC) *

Silver Medal (2014) * Vigyan Ratna Award of U.P. (2006) * Adjunct Professor, NIPER Hyderabad (12.10.2019 – Present) * Director's Chair Professor,

(01.01.2019 – Present) * S. Ranganathan Memorial Medal by

(2018) * DSc (Honoris Causa),

Jabalpur University Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya (Rani Durgavati University), also known as University of Jabalpur, is a government university in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India. It was named after the queen Rani Durgavati. History The university was constituted ...

(2012) * Pt Jawahar Lal Nehru National Award by MP Govt (2010) * Umang Gupta Chair Professor,

(01.06.2007 – 30.05.2010) *

Bronze Medal (2003) * Rajib Goyal Prize (2002)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh, Vinod K Living people 1959 births 20th-century Indian chemists Scientists from Uttar Pradesh Recipients of the Padma Shri in science & engineering Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Chemical Science People from Azamgarh