Dr. Ved Prakash Singh
Assistant professor
E-mail: vedsinghbhu@gmail.com
Education
B.Sc., M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu
University, Varanasi.
Research and Work experience
 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya
(Central University), Bilaspur, 2010-2011
 Assistant Professor, Centre for Applied Chemistry, Central University of
Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi, Aug 2011 to Jan 2012
 Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Mizoram University, Aizawl, Jan 2012-now.
Awards & Honours
 CSIR-NET
 University Fellowship from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
 Senior Research Fellowship from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. (CSIR)
Current research Interests:
 Synthesis and studies of weak interactions in aromatic systems, synthesis and studies of biological
activity in bioactive compounds.
Teaching Area:
 Organic Chemistry
Research Publications:
1. Water nediated self assembly of 5-(2-benzoimidazole-1-yl-ethoxy0-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole-4carboxylic acid methyl ester through C-H..O and O-H…N interactions, Priyanka Srivastava, Ved P. Singh,
Ashish K. Tewari, Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, Journal of Molecular Structure., 1007 (2012) 20–25.
2. Importance of weak interactions in developing 1, 3-bis (4, 6-dimethyl-1H-nicotinonitrile-1-yl) 1, 3-dioxy
propane Polymorphs. Ashish Kumar Tewari, Ved Prakash Singh, Rashmi Dubey, Carmen Puerta, Pedro
Valerga, Rajnikant Verma. Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 79
(2011) 1267– 1275.
3. Base-Mediated Regio- and Stereoselective Intermolecular Addition of Alkynes to NHeterocycles.
Akhilesh Kumar Verma, Megha Joshi, Ved Prakash Singh. Organic Letters, 13(7) 1630–1633, 2011.
4. Condensed phase conformational isomerisation of 5-[3-(1,3-Dioxo- 1,3-dihydro-isoindol-2-yl)propoxy]-3-methyl-1-phenyl-1H-pyrazole- 4-carboxylic acid methyl ester. Ashish K. Tewari, Priyanka
Srivastava, Ved P. Singh, Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga, Arkivoc., 2010 (ix) 127-136.
5.
Novel anti-inflammatory agents based on pyrazole based dimeric compounds; design,
synthesis,docking and in vivo activity. Ashish Kumar Tewari, Priyanka Srivastava, Ved Prakash Singh,
Amit Singh, R.KGoel and Gopimohan Chem. Pharm. Bull., 58(5),634-638, 2010.
6. A new polymorph of 4,4’- (ethylenedioxy) dibenzaldehyde. Ashish Kumar Tewari, Ved Prakash Singh,
Carmen Puerta and Pedro Valerga. Acta Crystallographica SectionE, 2007, 63, o1930-o1931.
Paper and Poster Presentation in Confrences and symposia:
1.Participated in National symposium on Designing the molecular world through Chemistry , Department
of Chemistry, Faculty of Science,Banaras Hindu University and presented a paper “Aromatic
interactions in aryl dimmers with methylene linkers” in March 2006.
2. Participated in NSC-9 CRSI 9th National symposium in Chemistry in Deli University and presented a
poster of title “Unusual Structural Pattern of 2-Pyridone Based Dimers with Tri-methylene
Linkers” in Feb. 2007.
3. Participated in National symposium on current Trends in Chemistry in Department of Chemistry,
Faculty of Science,Banaras Hindu University in March 2007.
4. Participated in 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress 2007 in Department of Pharmaceutics IT B.H.U
Varanasi in dec. 2007.
5. Participated in NSC-10 CRSI 10th National symposium in Chemistry in IISC banglore and presented a
poster of title”
Self assembly of a family of 2-oxo-3-cyano-4,6-dimethyl pyridyl based compounds
that show both face to face and edge to face orientation” in Feb. 2008.
6. Participated in 3rd mid year symposium of the CRSI in NIPER presented a poster of title “Novel antiinflammatory agents based on pyrazole based dimeric compounds” in July 2008.
7. Participated in NSC-11CRSI 11th National symposium in Chemistry in NCL-Pune submitted an
abstract title “Role of non-covalent interactions in 4, 6-dimethyl-2-oxo-Nicotinonitrile based
compounds having different folding pattern”in Feb. 2009.
8. Participated in national symposium in Chemistry in Allahabad University and presented a paper title
“Synthesis & study of weak interactions in biological systems (docking and in vivo study as novel
anti-inflamatory agents)” in Feb.2011.
Workshop attended:
1. Participated in Seminar cum workshop on Emerging trends in drug design and molecular modeling in
Department of Pharmaceutics IT B.H.U Varanasi April-2009.
2. Participated in workshop on Protein Modeling and simulation: Its application in biological Sciences in
School of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science,Banaras Hindu University in sept-2009.
3. Participated in National symposiu-cum workshop on X-ray Crystallography in Department of
Chemistry, Faculty of Science,Banaras Hindu University in March 08-09, 2010.
4. Participated in International workshop on “Spectroscopic signature of molecular complexes/ions in our
atmosphere and beyond” and presented a paper title “Exploration of weak interactions via
spectroscopic methods” in Feb. 2010.