Prof. Yashwant D Vankar

1. I am an Emeritus Professor at the School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram (IISER, Thiruvananthapuram) since November 2019. Prior to that I was a Professor of Chemistry at IIT Kanpur since March 1981 to October 2018. 2. Over the years (more than 37 years at IIT Kanpur) I have taught a variety of compulsory and elective courses to Ph. D., M.Sc, and B.Tech students which were well appreciated by the student community. Now, at present also I am teaching organic chemistry at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. 3. Besides getting a number of commendation letters, almost every semester, from the Director of IIT Kanpur for excellent teaching, I was given Distinguished Teachers Award by IIT Kanpur in 2015. 4. I have also been very active in research in organic chemistry. 5. I have guided 41 PhDs, more than 60 MSc research projects, and a few post-doctoral fellows. I have published close to 180 papers in various important international journals. 6. A number of research projects were also funded to me from various funding agencies such as DST, CSIR, MHRD etc. 7. With this rich experience and background, I wish to put in efforts for the benefit of other students/chemists through NPTEL courses.
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