Prof. Surendra Prasad
Education:
Ph.D. IIT Kanpur 1990 Grade- I
Ph.D. (Course work) IIT Kanpur 1987
M.Sc. (Chemistry) Univ. of Bihar, Muzaffarpur 1984
B.Sc. (Hons.) Univ. of Bihar, Muzaffarpur 1980
Professional Experience:
I am involved in Inorganic, Analytical and Environmental Chemistry teaching
since 1985. As a trained academic, with years of experience, I have been
involved in ternary teaching in UG & PG levels, research, student supervision
and curriculum development in developing countries.
Professional Honors:
Chosen as the member, Planning Committee, International Conference on
Coordination Chemistry (ICCC) since 2002.
Conferred an Honorary Appointment to the Research Board of Advisors, the
American Biographical Institute (ABI), USA since 2000.
Research Summary:
a) Kinetic Methods of Analysis/Analytical and Environmental Chemistry:
I have done extensive work for initiating a research programme in a newly emerging
area of research in Analytical Chemistry, "The Kinetic Methods of Analysis" besides
the detailed understanding of reaction dynamics of the system. It is also called
“Reaction Rate Methods”. It has been demonstrated that it is possible to determine
catalytic or inhibitor species (environmental pollutants, toxicants as well as species of
biological interest) by measuring their effects on reaction rates, down to ppm/ppb
levels. The cost effective methods for the determination of Hg2+, Cu2+, Se2+, Se4+,
Ru3+, Cysteine, thiosulphate, MNDT (S2C2(CN)22-), NO3-, NO2- etc. in environmental
and vegetables samples have been developed using different indicator reactions. The
methods are simple, sensitive, selective and economical compared to AAS, radioistope
techniques, mass spectrometry, activation analysis etc.
b) Multi-step Ligand Exchange Reactions:
I have made significant contributions towards enhancing understanding the
mechanism of ligand exchange reactions. I have succeeded in studying the reaction
dynamics of relatively slow as well as fast (t½ = m sec.) reactions and in unraveling
the mechanistic features of the reactions occurring in four, five and six steps. The
kinetics and mechanism of ligand exchange reactions involving polydentate ligands
viz. aminopolycarboxylates, polyamines, polychromics coordinated to Mn(III),
Fe(III), Zn(II) and Ni(II) centres by cyanide ions and PAR have been investigated.
All these reactions follow variable order dependence in cyanide. The reverse rate is
first order in M(CN)x [x = 4, 5, 6; M = metal] and first order in L [L = ligand]
and exhibit an inverse first order dependence in [cyanide]. These results led us to
postulate a multi-step mechanistic scheme in which cyanide ions add one by one to
the vacant sites generated by the progressive unwrapping of the ligand coordinated to
the metal centres. Besides, the kinetics of catalysed and uncatalysed monodentate
ligand exchange reactions of hexacyanoferrate(II) complex with N-methylpyrazinium
ion (Mpz+), -naphthol, pyrazine and 2-methyl pyrazine have been
investigated and the suitable mechanisms have been proposed.
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c) Food Chemistry:
In addition to above areas (analytical and environmental chemistry) of research, I have
been working on the sponsored projects and supervising M.Sc./Ph.D. students in the area
of Food Chemistry as follow:
-freezing on the nitrate concentration in
Fiji’s vegetables using flow injection analysis (FIA).
Water and Vegetables Samples in Fiji.
The flow injection analysis (FIA) and spectrophotometeric techniques have been
developed to determine NO3- and NO2- respectively in vegetables and water samples.
The methods have been applied to the determination of NO3- in commonly consumed
leafy, fruit and root vegetables of Fiji. The methods are simple, sensitive, selective
and economical and very much relevance to the Pacific region.
d) Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Studies of Inorganic Complexes:
A series of mono- and binuclear ruthenium complexes of the type [Cp(EPh3)RuL]-/+,
[(bipy)2RuL]0/2+, [Ru2Cp2(EPh3)4L], [Ru2Cp2(EPh3)3L] 2+ and
[Ru2Cp(EPh3)2(bipy)2]+/3+
[E = P, As, Sb; L = S2C2(CN)22- or (C6H5CH2)S2C2(CN)2] have been synthesized
exploiting the nucleophilicity of S and N in L. The complexes have been characterized by
microanalysis, conductance, IR, 1H and 31P NMR and UV-visible spectral data.
Also synthesis magneto-spectral and thermal characteristics of some lanthanide(III)
chloro complexes derived from 4[N-(4’-hydroxy-3’methoxybenzalidene)amino]antipyrine semicarbazone; 4[N-(3’,4’,5’trimethoxybenzalidene)
amino]antipyrinesemicarbazone; 4[(furan-2-ylmethylene)amino]-1,5dimethyl-2-phenylpyrazol-3-one; isonicotinic acid(3’,4’,5’trimethoxybenzylidene)hydrazide and some mixed ligand complexes of thorium(IV) and
dioxouranium(VI) with semicarbazones as primary ligand and sulfoxide as secondary
ligand and penta-coordinated complexes of oxovanadium(IV) derived from
thiosemicarbazones of 4-aminoantipyrine have been carried out. Besides these, synthesis
and spectral investigations of some platinum metals ions coordination compounds of
4[N-(furan-2-carboxalidene)-amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone and 4[N-(3’,4’,5’trimethoxybenzalidene)amino]antipyrine thiosemicarbazone has been carried out. Also,
synthesis, magneto-spectral, biological and thermal investigations of cobalt(II) and
nickel(II) coordination compounds of thiosemicarbazones derived from 4aminoantipyrine and hydrazones of isonicotinic acid hydrazide has been done. It has been
established that many of the complexes studied have potent antibacterial and antifungal
properties/activities.
Publications:
1. Rajeev Kumar, Vipin Kumar Bansal, Rajendra Prasad and Surendra Prasad; Synthesis
and Spectral Characterization of New Copper(II) Macrocycle Complexes and
Investigation of Their Catalytic Role in Wet Oxidation of Phenol. Journal of Molecular
Catalysis A, 2008 (Elsevier, USA) (In press).
2. Surendra Prasad; Radhey M. Naik and A. Srivastava; Application of Ruthenium
catalyzed oxidation of [tris(2-aminoethyl)amine] in trace determination of ruthenium in
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environmental samples. Spectrochim. Acta Pt. A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. (Elsevier,
USA) 2008 (In press).
3. Surendra Prasad and Adrian Avinesh Chetty; Nitrate-N Determination in Leafy
Vegetables: Study of the Effects of Cooking and Freezing. Food Chem. (Elsevier,
USA), 106, 772-780, 2008.
4. Radhey Mohan Naik, Joy Sarkar and Surendra Prasad; Kinetic determination of
cysteine and thiosulphate by inhibition of Hg(II) catalysed ligand substitution reaction.
Microchem. J. (Elsevier, USA) 88(1), 45-51, 2008.
5. Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Determination of Organosulphur Ligands by Inhibition:
Trace Determination of Cysteine and Maleonitrilodithiolate [MNDT]. Microchem. J.
(Elsevier, USA), 85, 214-221, 2007.
6. Radhey M. Naik; A. Srivastava and Surendra Prasad; Highly Sensitive Catalytic
Spectrophotometric Determination of Ruthenium. Spectrochim. Acta Pt. A: Mol.
Biomol. Spectrosc. (Elsevier, USA), 69(1), 193-197, 2008.
7. R. M. Naik, A. Srivastava, A. K. Verma, S.B.S. Yadav and S. Prasad; The Kinetics and
Mechanism of Oxidation of Triethylenetetraaminehexaacetatocobaltate(II) Complex by
Periodate Ion in Aqueous Medium. Inorg. React. Mech., (OCP Science, USA) 2007 (In
press).
8. Surendra Prasad and Ram K. Agarwal; Cobalt(II) Complexes of Various
Thiosemicarbazones of 4-aminoantipyrine: Syntheses, Spectral, Thermal and Biological
Studies. Transition Met. Chem. (Springer Science, UK), 32(2), 143-149, 2007.
9. Ram K. Agarwal and Surendra Prasad; Synthesis, Biological, Spectral and Thermal
Properties of Oxovanadium(IV) Complexes of N,N,S-containing Ligands. Revs. Inorg.
Chem., (Freund Publishing, London) 26(5), 471-492, 2006.
10. Ram K. Agarwal and Surendra Prasad; Synthesis, Spectral and Thermal Characteristics
of Some Ten Coordinated Complexes of Dioxouranium(VI) Derived from
Semicarbazones as Primary Ligand and Diphenyl Sulfoxide as Secondary Ligand. Ram.
Turkish J. Chem. [Sci. & Technol. Res. Council (STRC), Turkey] 30(5), 553-562,
2006.
11. Surendra Prasad; Kinetics and Mechanism of Uncatalysed Exchange of Cyanide in
Hexacyanoferrate(II) by N-Methylpyrazinium ion. Asian J. Chem. UBS Publishers,
India, 2006 (In press).
12. Ram K. Agarwal, Surendra Prasad, Rajiv Garg and Sushil K. Sidhu; Synthesis and
Magneto-Spectral Characteristics of Some Six and Nine Coordinated Complexes of
Lanthanides(III) Derived from 4[N-(2’-Hydroxy-1’-Naphthalidene)Amino]AntipyrineSemicarbazone. Bull. Chem. Soc. Ethiop., 2006, 20(1), 167-172.
13. Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Determination of Mercury(II) at Trace Level from Its
Catalytic Effect on a Ligand Substitution Process. J. Anal. Chem. (Springer Link,
USA), 60(6), 581-588, 2005.
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14. Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Method for Determination of Nanogram Amounts of
Copper(II) by Its Catalytic Effect on Hexacynoferrate(III)-Citric Acid Indicator
Reaction. Anal. Chim. Acta (Elsevier, USA), 540(1), 173-180, 2005.
15. Surendra Prasad, Radhey M. Naik, Raj K. Tewari, Pradeep K. Singh and Anjani
Tewari; The Mercury(II) Catalyzed Ligand Exchange Reaction between
Hexacyanoferrate(II) and Pyrazine in Aqueous Medium. Transition Met. Chem.
(Springer Science, UK), 30, 968-977, 2005.
16. Ram K. Agarwal and Surendra Prasad; Synthesis, Magneto-Spectral, Biological and
Thermal Investigations of Cobalt(II) and Nickel(II) Coordination Compounds of
Thiosemicarbazones Derived from 4-Aminoantipyrine. Bioinorg. Chem. Appln.,
(Freund Publishing, London), 3(3-4), 271-288, 2005.
17. Ram K. Agarwal and Surendra Prasad; Synthesis and Spectral Investigations of Some
Platinum
Metals
Ions
Coordination
Compounds
of
4[N-(Furan-2carboxalidene)Amino]Antipyrine Thiosemicarbazone and 4[N-(3’,4’,5’-Trimethoxybenzalidene)Amino]Antipyrine Thiosemicarbazone. Turkish J. Chem. (STRC Turkey),
29, 289-297, 2005.
18. Ram K. Agarwal and Surendra Prasad; Synthesis, Spectral and Thermal Investigation
of Some Mixed Ligand Complexes of Thorium(IV) Derived from Semicarbazones and
Diphenyl Sulfide. J. Iranian Chem. Soc., 2(2), 168 –175, 2005.
19. Ram K. Agarwal, Surendra Prasad and Neetu Goel; Synthesis Magneto-Spectral and
Thermal Characteristics of Some 7-Coordinated Compounds of Lanthanides(III)
Chlorides with 4[(Furan-2-ylmethylene)amino]-1,5-dimethyl-2-phenylpyrazol-3-one
and Isonicotinic acid (3’,4’,5’-trimethoxy-benzylidene)hydrazide. Turkish J. Chem.
(STRC Turkey), 28, 405-413, 2004.
20. Ram K. Agarwal, Surendra Prasad and Neetu Gahlot; Synthesis, Spectral and Thermal
Properties of Some Penta-Coordinated Complexes of Oxovanadium(IV) Derived from
Thiosemicarbazones of 4-Aminoantipyrine. Turkish J. Chem. (STRC Turkey), 28,
691-701, 2004.
21. Ram K. Agarwal, Surendra Prasad and N.K. Sharma; Synthesis, Spectral and Thermal
Properties of Some Mixed Ligand Complexes of Thorium(IV) and Dioxouranium(VI)
with Semicarbazones as Primary Ligand and Sulfoxide as Secondary Ligand. Iran. J.
Chem. Chem. Eng. (IRDC, Iran), 23(2), 121-133, 2004.
22. Ram K. Agarwal, Surendra Prasad and Indranil Chakraborti; Synthesis and
Characterization of Some Lanthanide(III) Chloro Complexes Derived from 4[N-(4’Hydroxy-3’-Methoxy-benzalidene)Amino]Antipyrine Semicarbazone and 4[N(3’,4’,5’-Trimethoxybenzalidene)- Amino]Antipyrine Semicarbazone. Iran. J. Chem.
Chem. Eng. (IRDC, Iran), 23(2), 113-119, 2004.
23. Surendra Prasad; Catalytic Abstraction of Cyanide in Hexacyanoferrate(II) by Hg2+ in
the presence of -Nitroso -Naphthol and Trace Determination of Hg(II) by Kinetic
Method. Anal. Lett. (Marcel Dekker, USA), 37(13), 2851 – 2867, 2004.
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24. Surendra Prasad and Tu’ikolongahau Halafihi; Development and Validation of
Catalytic Kinetic Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Copper(II).
Mikrochimica Acta (Springer Link, USA), 142(4), 237-244, 2003.
25. Surendra Prasad; Kinetics and Mechanism of Exchange of Cyanide in
Hexacyanoferrate(II) by N-Methylpyrazinium ion in the Presence of Mercury(II) as a
Catalyst. Transition Met. Chem. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, UK), 28 (1), 1-8,
2003.
26. Surendra Prasad; Recent Developments in Kinetic Methods for Trace Constituents;
Asian J. Chem. (UBS Publishers, India), 15(1), 1-4, 2003.
27. Surendra Prasad and Deepak Kunzru; Spectrophotometric Determination of
Phosphorus in Aqueous, Organic Phases Obtained on Pyrolysis of Naphtha. Asian J.
Chem. (UBS Publishers, India), 15(2), 930-936, 2003.
28. Surendra Prasad and Tu’ikolongahau Halafihi; Standardization of Kinetic
Determination of Nitrite Based on its Catalytic Effect on an Indicator Reaction; Int. J.
Envtl. Studies (IAIR, USA), 5, 1-12, 2002.
29. Surendra Prasad; Development and Validation of a Catalytic Spectrophotometric
Method for Trace Determination of Ruthenium(III); Asian J. Chem. (UBS Publishers,
India), 14(2), 799- 806, 2002.
30. Rita Kumar, Surendra Prasad, Alka Sharma, Anil Kumar and Archana Kapoor;
Application of Immobilized Mixed Bacterial Culture for the Degradation of Phenol
Present in an Oil Refinery Effluent. J. Environ Sci. Health (Marcel Dekker, USA),
A33(6), 1009-1021, 1998.
31. Rajendra Prasad, Surendra Prasad and U.C. Agrwala; Synthesis of
Maleonitriledithiolate and Dibenzyldithiomaleonitrile Bridged Ruthenium Complexes
Possesing (bipy)2Ru(II) and Cp(EPh3)2Ru(II) Moieties (E = P, As and Sb). Synth.
React. Inorg. Met.-Org. Chem. (Marcel Dekker, USA), 25, 1493-1506, 1995.
32. Pradip Das, Surendra Prasad and Deepak Kunzru; Organophosphorus Compounds as
Coke Inhibitor During Naphtha Pyrolysis. Effect of Benzyl Diethyl Phosphite and
Triphenylphosphine Sulphide. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. (Am. Chem. Soc., USA), 31,
2251-2255, 1992.
33. Surendra Prasad, P. C. Nigam and Madhu Phull; Study of Mechanistic Features of
Tetrahedral-Octahedral Interconversion of Tetracyanozincate(II) to bis(4-(2Pyridylazo)resorcinol)-zincate(II) by Stopped Flow Technique. Int. J. Chem. Kinetics
(John Wiley & Sons, USA), 24, 239-253, 1992.
34. S. Prasad and P. C. Nigam; Kinetic Methods for Trace Analysis Based on Uncatalysed
Ligand Substitution Reactions. Chem. Environ. Res. (India Publishers Ltd), 1, 13-21,
1992.
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35. Surendra Prasad, R. M. Naik and P. C. Nigam; Kinetics and Mechanism of Ligand
Exchange Reactions: A Review. J. Indian Chem. Soc. (Indian Chem. Soc.), 69, 475480, 1992.
36. Surendra Prasad and Prem. C. Nigam; Catalytic Kinetic Determination of Ultratrace
Amount of Ruthenium(III) based on the Oxidation of Benzylamine by Alkaline
Hexacyanoferrate(III). Talanta (Pergaman Press, USA), 38, 627-630, 1991.
37. Hari C. Bajaj, Surendra Prasad, Prem C. Nigam and Radhey M. Naik; Kinetics and
Mechanism of Ligand Substitution of Mono(Polyen)Nickel(II) Complexes with 4-(2Pyridylazo)resorcinol. Transition Met. Chem. (Chapman & Hall, UK), 16, 511-517,
1991.
38. Surendra Prasad, Prem C. Nigam and Radhey M. Naik; An Independent Kinetic and
Mechanistic Study of the Secondary Reactions in the Substitution of [FeL(OH)]
(L=Triethylenetetraaminehexaaceticacid) by Cyanide ions. Trasition Met. Chem.
(Chapman & Hall, UK), 15, 58-62, 1990.
39. Pratima K. Mishra, Surendra Prasad and P. C. Nigam; Kinetics and Mechaism of
Reaction between Aminopolycarboxylato-manganate(III) Complexes and Cyanide
ions: A Reinvestigation of the MnCyDTA-CN Reaction. Tansition Met. Chem.
(Chapman & Hall, UK), 15, 429-433, 1990.
40. Surendra Prasad and Prem. C. Nigam; Mercury Catalysed Exchange Reaction of
Hexacyanoferrate(II) and Its Application in Trace Element Determination in
Environmental Pollution. Indian J. Environ. Protection (Kalpana Corpn., India), 9,
113-117, 1989.
41. P. C. Nigam and S. Prasad; Recent Advances in Trace Determination of Phosgene: A
Review. Indian J. Environ. Hlth. (NEERI/CSIR, India), 28, 218-234, 1986.
Regional/National Publications
42. Use Green Chemistry and be Evergreen; Surendra Prasad; Chemistry in the Pacific
Islands, 18, 26-28, 2003.
43. RDX: A Deadly Chemical; Surendra Prasad; Chemistry in the Pacific Islands, 17(1),
20-21, 2002.
44. Small streams as good remedy of water pollution; Surendra Prasad; Chemistry in the
Pacific Islands, 16, 10 - 12, 2001.
45. Propylene oxide: cleaner, greener industrial chemical; Surendra Prasad; Chemistry in
the Pacific Islands, 16, 7, 2001.
Books Published
46. Ikhtiar Ahmed, Surendra Prasad, Rajendra Prasad and Maatakite Maata; Inorganic
Chemistry: for CH204 Students through DFL, 1st Edn., 2007.
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47. Surendra Prasad and Jagjit Khurma; CH105: Chemistry for Applied Sciences; 1st Edn
(revised) 2007.
48. Surendra Prasad, CH105: Chemistry for Applied Science Laboratory Manual; Revised
and Enlarged Edn 2007.
49. Rajendra Prasad, Surendra Prasad and Ashwin Nand; CH101: Chemical Principles;
Revised Edn. 2007.
50. Surendra Prasad; Inorganic Chemistry: A Course Book for CH204, 1st Edn (Revised)
2006.
51. Surendra Prasad; CH204: Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory Manual; Revised 2006.
52. Surendra Prasad; Edited and published, “Proceedings of the Regional Chemistry
Symposium” held on July 8 –9, 2002 at USP, Suva, Fiji.
53. S. Prasad and P. C. Nigam; Selectivity in Catalytic Trace Analysis. A Chapter in
"Topics in Chemistry Series 1: Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Mechanism", 1991
(RBSA Publishers, India) Edited by Dr. K.S. Gupta.
Communicated in Refereed International Journals
54. Surendra Prasad and Ram K. Agarwal; Nickel(II) Complexes of Hydrazones of
Isoniazid and Their Magneto-spectral, Electrochemical, Thermal and Antimicrobial
Investigations. Spectrochim. Acta Pt. A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2007 (Elsevier, USA)
(submitted).
55. Surendra Prasad and Ram K. Agarwal; Synthesis, Physico-chemical and Biological
Properties of Complexes of Cobalt(II) Derived from Hydrazones of Isonicotinic Acid
Hydrazide. Spectrochim. Acta Pt. A: Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc. 2007 (Elsevier, USA)
(submitted).
56. Rajendra Prasad and Surendra Prasad; Spectrophotometric Method for the
Determination of Fe3+-Gly Formation Constant Through Competitive Ligand Binding.
J. Chem. Edu. USA, 2008 (submitted).
57. Surendra Prasad and Vimlesh Chand; A Catalytic Kinetic Method for the Trace
Determination of Selenium in Water Samples. Talanta 2008 (submitted).
Manuscripts under Preparation
58. Surendra Prasad and Rita Kumar. Study of Growth and Tolerance Capacity of Free and
Immobilized Microorganisms for Their Application for Degradation of Phenol.
59. Surendra Prasad; Neetu Bansal and Matakite Maata; Kinetics and Mechanism of
Mercury(II) Catalysed Substitution of Cyanide in Hexacyanoferrate(II) by 2Methylpyrazine.
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60. Surendra Prasad and Adrian Avinesh Chetty; Standardisation of Method for Nitrate-N
Determination in Fiji’s Fruit Vegetables: Study of the Effects of Cooking and Freezing.
61. Surendra Prasad and Adrian Avinesh Chetty; Nitrate-N Determination in Fiji’s Root
Vegetables: Study of the Effects of Cooking and Freezing.
62. Surendra Prasad, Radhey Mohan Naik and Deepak Kunzru; Study of the Kinetics of
the Reaction of Carbon Dioxide and Diethanloamine by Stopped Flow Technique
Papers Presented/Published in Conferences/Symposia Proceedings
Surendra Prasad and Adrian Chetty; Nitrate-N Determination in Fiji’s Leafy Vegetables:
Study of the Effects of Cooking and Freezing. Presented at 41st New Zealand Institute of
Food Science and Technology Inc. Conference 2007 (41st NZIFST Conference 2007),
Wellington, New Zealand, June 19-21, 2007.
Surendra Prasad and Adrian Chetty; Determination of Nitrate Contents in Fresh and
Cooked Vegetables Using Flow Injection Analysis with UV Detection. Presented at 41st
NZIFST Conference 2007, Wellington, New Zealand, June 19-21, 2007.
Surendra Prasad; “Catalysed Ligand Substitution Kinetics as an Analytical Tool for Trace
Analysis”. Eastern Analytical Symposium & Exposition 2006: EAS 2006, Somerset, New
Jersey, USA, November 13-16, 2006.
Surendra Prasad; “A Glimpse of Kinetics in Analytical Chemistry”. Presented at the
Analytical Chemistry Symposium at Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Texas
Tech University, TX, USA October 17, 2006.
Surendra Prasad; “Kinetics and Catalytic Reactions as Applied to Trace Analysis".
Conference of the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies: FACSS
2006, Florida, USA, September 24-28, 2006.
Surendra Prasad; The Mercury(II) Catalysed Ligand Exchange Between
Hexacyanoferrate(II) and Pyrazine in Aqueous Medium [IL-2]. Invited lecture at 93rd
Indian Science Congress at N.G.R. Agri. Univ., Hydrabad, India, January 3 – 7, 2006.
Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Determination of Mercury(II) at ppb Level from Its Catalytic
Effect. [AIL-05]. Invited lecture at 24th Ann. Conf. of I.C.C., at Birla Inst. of Technology,
Mesra, Ranchi, India, Dec. 16-18, 2005.
Surendra Prasad; Catalytic Abstraction of Cyanide in Hexacyanoferrate(II) by Mercury(II)
in the Presence of -Nitroso--Naphthol as Indicator Reaction for Determination of
Mercury(II) by Kinetic Method [IL-15]. Invited lecture at 92nd Indian Science Congress at
Nirma Univ., Ahmedabad, India, January 3 – 7, 2005.
Surendra Prasad; Ligand Substitution Reactions in Kinetic Methods of Analysis [AEC(Il)2]. Invited Lecture at 41st Annual Convention of Chemists (Conf. of the Indian Chemical
Society) at Delhi Univ., Delhi, India, December 23–27, 2004.
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Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Method for Determination of Nanogram Amounts of Copper(II)
by Its Catalytic Effect of Hexacyanoferrate(III)-Citric Acid Indicator Reaction [Mo4/L/05].
Presented at the International Symposium: Analytical Forum 2004, Warsaw Univ. of
Technology, Poland, July 4 – 8, 2004.
Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Determination of Organo-sulphur Ligands by Inhibition: Trace
Determination of Cysteine and Maleonitriledithiolate (MNDT) [We16/P/57]. Presentation
at the International Symposium: Analytical Forum 2004, Warsaw Univ. of Technology,
Poland, July 4 – 8, 2004.
Surendra Prasad; Development and Validation of a Novel Catalytic Kinetic
Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Copper(II) [OP164]. Presented at the 90th
Indian Science Congress at Banglore Univ., Banglore, India, January 3-7, 2003.
Surendra Prasad; Development of Method for Determination of Nanogram Amounts of
Copper(II) by Its Catalytic Effect of Hexacyanoferrate(III)-Citric Acid Indicator Reaction
[AEC(OP)-34]. Presented at the 39th Annual Convention of Chemists (Conference of the
Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata) held at Nagarjuna Univ., Nagarjuna Nagar, Andhra
Pradesh, India, December 22-26, 2002.
Surendra Prasad; Kinetics of Metal Catalysis in Ligand Exchange Reaction of Cyanide in
Hexacyanoferrate(II) by N-Methylpyrazinium ion [O 3.18: Metals in Catalysis]. Presented
at 35th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ICCC-35) held at The Univ. of
Heidelberg, Germany; July 21–26, 2002.
Surendra Prasad; Recent Development in Kinetic Methods of Analysis in the South Pacific
Region [OP-16]. Presented at the Regional Chemistry Symposium held at the Univ. of the
South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; July 8 – 9, 2002.
Tu’ikolongahau Halafihi and Surendra Prasad, A Novel Catalytic Kinetic
Spectrophotometric Method for Determination of Copper(II) [PP-5]. Regional Chemistry
Symposium, at the Univ. of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; July 8 – 9, 2002.
Tu’ikolongahau Halafihi and Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Determination of Nitrite Based on
Its Catalytic Effect on an Indicator Reaction [PP-6]. Regional Chemistry Symposium, at
the Univ. of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji; July 8 – 9, 2002.
Surendra Prasad; Role of Kinetics of Oxidation Reactions in Analytical Chemistry;
Presented at the 88th Indian Science Congress at IARI, New Delhi, India, January 3-7,
2001.
N.K. Mehra, Archna Kapoor, Jyotsna Saxena, Rita Kumar and Surendra Prasad;
Biodegradation of Phenol by Free and Immobilized Microorganisms [P-30]. Natl. Symp.,
Environ. III, Dec. 10-12, 1996; National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
Anil Kumar, Alka Sharma, Rita Kumar and Surendra Prasad; Biodegradation of Phenol in
Waste Waters using Free and Immobilized Microbial Consortia [14 0181 PP]. 17th Annl.
Sess. Acad. Environl. Biology, Nov. 16-18, 1996; M.D. Univ. Rohtak, India.
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Surendra Prasad and Smita Gupta; Kinetics and Mechanism of Exchange of Cyanide in
Hexacyanoferrate(II) by N-Methylpyrazinium ion in Presence of Mercury (II) as a Catalyst
[PO-59]. 13th Conf. of I.C.C., Oct. 24-26, 1994; Univ. of Jammu, Jammu, India.
Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Aspects of Analytical Chemistry Based on Oxidation Reactions:
An Example for Determination of Ruthenium(III) [AO-7.2]. Presented at 12th Conf. of
I.C.C., Dec.28-30, 1993; Kakatiya Univ. Warangal, India.
Surendra Prasad; Kinetic and Mechanistic Study of Secondary Reactions in the
Substitution of [FeL(OH) by Cyanide Ion [PO-4]. Presented at 12th Ann. Conf. of I.C.C.,
Dec. 28 - 30, 1993; Kakatiya Univ. Warangal, India.
Surendra Prasad; Catalytic Kinetic Determination of Ultratrace Amount of Ruthenium(III)
based on the Oxidation of Benzylamine by Alkaline Hexacyanoferrate(III) [AO-56].
Presented at 11th Ann. Conf. of I.C.C., March 12-14, 1993; Univ. of Bihar, Muzaffarpur,
India.
P. C. Nigam and Surendra Prasad; Kinetic Aspects of Analytical Chemistry Based on
Ligand Exchange Reactions. Presented at All India Symposium on Structure, Activity and
Dynamics-Advancing Frontiers, June 3-4, 1991; NCERT, New Delhi, India.
Surendra Prasad and P. C. Nigam; Kinetic Determination of Mercury(II) at ppm Level
from its Catalytic Effect [L-13]. 3rd Intl. Symp. Kinetics Anal. Chem., Sept. 25-28, 1989;
Univ. of Belgrade, Yogoslavia.
S. Prasad and P. C. Nigam; Kinetics and Mechanism of Mercury(II) Catalysed
Replacement of Cyanide in Hexacyanoferrate(II) by N-Methylpyrazinium Ion [C-6].
Presented at Natl. Conf. on Co-ord. Chem., Jan. 15-18, 1989; Calcutta Univ., Calcutta,
India.
Surendra Prasad and P. C. Nigam; Mercury Catalysed Exchange Reaction of
Hexacyanoferrate(II) and Its Application in Trace Element Determination in Environmental
Pollution [SO-6]. Presented at Intl. Sem. Analyt. Technique in Monitoring the Environment
[ISAME], Jan. 10-12, 1989; S.V. Univ., Tirupati, India.
S. Prasad and P. C. Nigam; Kinetic Determination of Mercury(II) Based on its Catalytic
Effect on a Ligand Substitution Process [AO-9]. Presented at 8th Ann. Conf. of I.C.C.,
Oct. 28-30, 1988; S.V. Univ. Tirupati, India.
S. Prasad, R.M. Naik and P.C. Nigam; The Study of Kinetics and Mechanism of Ligand
Substitution reactions of Cd(PAR) and Cd(PAR)2, [PAR = 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol] with
Cyanide Ions [PO-9]. Presented at 7th Ann. Conf. of Indian Council of Chemists (I.C.C.),
Dec. 28-30, 1987; Jiwaji Univ. Gwalior, India.
International Conferences:
Membership of Professional Bodies:
Member International Committee, 2nd Asian Conference on Coordination
Chemistry (2nd ACCC) to be held in Nanjing, China, 2009.
Member, Planning Committee and International Committee for the 1st Asian
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Coordination Chemistry Conference (1stACCC) to be held at Okazaki, Japan,
August 2007.
Member, Planning Committee, Intl. Conference on Coordination Chemistry from
2002.
Life Member of the Indian Science Congress, Calcutta, [L-9242/2001].
Member of American Biographical Institute (ABI), USA, since 2000.
Member of the Chemical Society of the South Pacific (CSSP), USP, Suva, since
2000.
Life Member of the Indian Society of Chemists & Biologists, C.D.R.I. Lucknow
[L/167/1996].
Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (FICS), Calcutta [F/4275(L.M.)/1994].
Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education, New Delhi [LM19737/1994].
Life Fellow of the Indian Council of Chemists (FICC), Agra [LF-277/1993].
Mailing Address:
Associate Professor of Chemistry
School of Biological, Chemical and Environmental Sciences
Faculty of Science and Technology
The University of the South Pacific
Suva, FIJI
E-mail: prasad_su@usp.ac.fj and spd_india@yahoo.com
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