Designation : PROFESSOR since 2006
Date of Birth : 06-02-1960
Academic Qualifications : M. Sc. Ph.D. (BHU, Varanasi in 1981 and 1986)
Area of Specialization : ORGANIC CHEMISTRY (Organic Synthesis)

^{PROFESSIONAL CARRIER:}

• ^{Assistant Professor, Kamala Nehru Institute of PSS, Sultanpur, 1987-1990}

• Assistant Professor, Vikram University, Ujjain, 1990-1998

• Associate Professor, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 1998-2004

• Associate Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 2004-2006

• Professor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Since 2006

Teaching & Research Experience:

^{I have more than 25 years of research experience in design and development of new diversity oriented synthetic methods for biologically important Heterocycles and drug intermediates; development of new efficiency increasing reactions such as domino/tandem reactions and multicomponent coupling reactions. This has resulted in more than 100 publications in top international journals and training of 14 Ph.D. students. I have 25 years of teaching experience at B. Sc., M. Sc. and Ph. D. level advance courses.}

^{No. of Ph. D. Students Working : 12
Total Research Projects completed: 10 Projects running: 03}

^Books:

^{1. “Advanced Organic Chemistry - Reactions and Mechanisms”– M.S. SINGH,}

^{Pearson Education (Singapore), Pvt. Ltd. (2005).}

^{2. “Organic Chemistry”–L. G. Wade & M. S. Singh, Pearson Education Pvt. Ltd. (2008).}

Awards and Honors:

^{(i) MPCOST Young Scientist Award in 1996.}

^{(ii) INSA Visiting Fellow in 1997 and 1998 at NCL, Pune.}

^{(iii) SERC (DST) Visiting Fellow in 2001 and 2004 at NCL, Pune and IISc. Bangalore.}

^{Visits Abroad:}

^{(i) Nagoya Institute of Technology, Nagoya, Japan}

^{(ii) University of Arizona at Tucson, Arizona, USA}

^{(iii) Michigan State University, Michigan, USA}

^{Memberships of Professional Bodies:}

• ^{Indian Chemical Society}

• ^{Indian Council of Chemists}

• ^{Indian Science Congress Association}

• ^{Indian Association of Solid State Chemists & Allied scientists}

• ^{Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)}

^{Academic/Scientific contributions:}

• ^{Evaluated research papers of International and National journals}

• ^{Evaluated Research Grant Proposals from Different Funding Agencies}

• ^{Reviewed 6 books from International Publishers such as MacMillan, New-Age, Oxford, and Pearson-Education}

• ^{Citation of Work: Widely cited in Research Papers and Reviews}

• ^{Presented Research papers several times in National and four times in International conference}

• ^{Delivered lectures at several Universities/Institutes and Laboratories}

• ^{Organized Four National Conferences (1998, 2001, 2005 and 2007) as Convener}

^{Some Recent Publications}

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^Review:

^{Recent developments in solvent-free multicomponent reactions: a perfect synergy for eco-compatible organic synthesis.}

^{Maya Shankar Singh and Sushobhan Chowdhury, RSC Adv. 2012, in press.}

^Articles:

^{31. Molecular Docking and in vitro antileishmanial evaluation of Chromene-2-thione analogues as a trypanothione reductase inhibitor in Leishmania donovani.}

^{Rajiv Kumar Verma, Vijay Kumar Prajapati, Girijesh Kumar Verma, Madhukar Rai, Shyam Sundar and Maya Shankar Singh, ACS Med. Chem. Lett. 2012, in press.}

^{30. DMAP-Promoted One-pot Three-component Regioselective Construction of Highly Functionalized 4H-Thiopyrans via Heteroannulation of β-Oxodithioesters.}

^{Rajiv K. Verma, Girijesh K. verma, Gaurav Shukla, Anugula Nagaraju and Maya Shankar Singh, ACS Com. Sci. 2012, in press.}

^{29. InCl3 catalyzed one-pot route to a combinatorial library of 2H-chromene-2-ones via [4 + 2] annulation of 2-hydroxyarylaldehydes with -oxoketene dithioacetal under solvent-free conditions.}

^{Rajiv Kumar Verma, Girijesh Kumar Verma, Gaurav Shukla and Maya Shankar Singh, RSC Adv. 2012, DOI:10.1039/C2RA00987K.}

^{28. InCl3-Driven Regioselective Synthesis of Functionalized/Annulated Quinolines: Scope and Limitations.Tanmoy Chanda, Rajiv Kumar verma and Maya Shankar Singh, Chem. Asian J. 2012, In Press.}

^{27. DABCO-Promoted Three-Component Regioselective Synthesis of Functionalized Chromen-5-ones and Pyrano[3,2-c]chromen-5-ones via Direct Annulation of -Oxoketene-N,S-arylaminoacetals under Solvent-free Conditions.Maya Shankar Singh, Ganesh Chandra Nandi and Subhasis Samai, Green Chem. 2012, DOI:10.1039/C1GC16129F.}

^{26. Highly Regioselective One-Pot Three Component Synthesis of 1-Aryl-3,4-Substituted/Annulated-5-N-(Cycloamino)/Alkylaminopyrazoles from β-Oxodithioesters.Ganesh C. Nandi, Maya S. Singh, Hiriyakkanavar Ila, and Hiriyakkanavar Junjappa,Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2012, DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201101397.}

^{25. Highly Convergent One-Pot Four-Component Regioselective Synthesis of 4H-Benzo[f]chromenes.Subhasis Samai, Ganesh Chandra Nandi and Maya Shankar Singh, Tetrahedron 2012, 68, 1247-1252.}

^{24. An efficient one-pot three-component synthesis of functionalized pyrimido[4,5-b]quinolines and indeno fused pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines in water.Girijesh K. Verma, Keshav Raghuvanshi, Ram Kumar, Maya Shankar Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2012, 53, 399-402.}

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^{23. Solvent-free sonochemical one-pot three-component synthesis of 2H-indazolo[2,1-b] phthalazine-1,6,11-triones and 1H-pyrazolo[1,2-b]phthalazine-5,10-diones.Gaurav Shukla, Rajiv K. Verma, Girijesh K. Verma, Maya Shankar Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 7195-7198.}

^{22. Rapid One-Pot Two-Component [3 + 2] Cycloaddition/Annulation Protocol for the Synthesis of Highly Functionalized Thiophene DerivativesGanesh Chandra Nandi, Subhasis Samai and Maya Shankar Singh, J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 8009-8014.}

^{21. Regioselective Synthesis of Tetrahydrothiochromen-5-ones via One-pot Three-component Solvent-Free Domino Protocol.Sushobhan Chowdhury, Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Subhasis Samai and Maya Shankar Singh, Org. Lett. 2011, 13, 3762-3765.}

^{20. L-Proline catalyzed first synthesis of densely functionalized pyrido[2,3-d]pyrimidines via three-component one-pot domino Knoevenagel aza-Diels-Alder reaction.Subhasis Samai, Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Sushobhan Chowdhury and Maya Shankar Singh, Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 5935-5941.}

^{19. Efficient synthesis of naphthodiazacrown ethers.Pallavi Singh, Rajiv K. Verma and Maya Shankar Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2011, 52, 3818-1820.}

18. An Efficient One-pot Solvent-Free Synthesis and Photophysical Properties of 9-Aryl/Alkyl-octahydroxanthene-1,8-diones. ^{Girijesh K. Verma, Keshav Raghuvanshi, Rajiv K. Verma, Pratibha Dwivedi and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron, 2011, 67, 3698-3704.}

^{17. Microwave assisted synthesis, chemiluminescent and theoretical studies of bromoalkyl esters of acridine-9-carboxylic acid. Subhasis Samai, Ganesh C. Nandi, Pallavi Singh, A. Gupta and M. S. Singh, Indian J. Chem. 2011, 50B, 580-586.}

^{16. Silica-Gel Catalysed Efficient Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives under Solvent-Free Conditions Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Subhasis Samai, Ram Kumar and M. S. Singh, Synth. Commun. 2011, 41, 417-425.}

^{15. An expedient route to highly functionalized 2H-chromene-2-thiones via ring annulation of -oxodithioesters catalyzed by InCl3 under solvent-free conditions.Rajiv Kumar Verma, Girijesh K. Verma, Keshav Raghuvanshi, Maya Shankar Singh, Tetrahedron 2011, 67, 584-589.}

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^{14. Biginelli and Hantzsch-type reactions leading to highly functionalized dihydropyrimidinone, thiocoumarin and pyridopyrimidinone frameworks via ring annulation with -oxodithioesters.Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Subhasis Samai and Maya Shankar Singh, J. Org. Chem. 2010, 75, 7785-7795.}

^{13. Application of cyclic 1,3-diketones in domino and multicomponent reactions: Facile route to highly functionalized chromenopyrimidinones and diazabenzo[b]fluorenones under solvent-free conditions.Ram Kumar, Keshav Raghuvanshi, Rajiv K. Verma and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 5933-5936.}

^{12. Synthesis of New Benzosubstituted Dioxaphosphonines Containing Quinoxaline Subunit.Pallavi Singh, Rakesh Tripathi, Rajiv Verma, G. C. Nandi, Ashutosh Gupta and M. S. Singh, Phosphorus, Sulfur and Silicon, 2010, 185, 2142-2151.}

11. An efficient and facile one-pot synthesis of propargylamines by three-component coupling of aldehydes, amines and alkynes via C-H activation catalyzed by NiCl₂.^{Subhasis Samai, Ganesh Chandra Nandi and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2010, 51, 5555-5558.}

^{10. Heteroaromatic annulation studies on 2-[bis(methylthio)methylene]-1,3-indanedione: Efficient routes to indenofused heterocycles.Rajiv Kumar Verma, Hiriyakkanavar Ila and Maya Shankar Singh, Tetrahedron 2010, 66, 7389-7398.}

^{9. Designing hydroxy-functionalized chiral salen ligand and its use in the synthesis of dioxadiazasilamacroheterocycles.M. S. Singh, Pratibha Singh and Ashutosh Gupta, Indian J. Chem. 2010, 49B, 985-988.}

^{8. The first InCl3 catalyzed three-component coupling of aldehydes, -naphthol and 6-amino-1,3-dimethyluracil to functionalized naphthopyranopyrimidines.Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Subhasis Samai and M. S. Singh, Synlett 2010, 1133-1137.}

^{7. A facile approach for the synthesis of 14-alkyl or aryl-14H-dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes catalyzed by P2O5 under solvent-free condition.Ram Kumar, Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Rajiv K. Verma and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2010 51, 442-445.}

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^{6. Atom-efficient and environment-friendly green approach for the synthesis of amidoalkyl naphthol catalyzed by P2O5.Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Subhasis Samai, Ram Kumar and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 7220-7222.}

^{5. Multicomponent one-pot solvent-free synthesis of functionalized unsymmetrical dihydro-1H-indeno[1,2-b]-pyridines.Subhasis Samai, Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Ram Kumar and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron Lett. 2009, 50, 7096-7098.}

^{4. L-Proline: an efficient catalyst for the one pot synthesis of 2,4,5-trisubstituted and 1,2,4,5-tetrasubstituted imidazoles.Subhasis Samai, Ganesh C. Nandi, Pallavi Singh and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 10155-10161.}

^{3. An efficient one-pot synthesis of tetrahydrobenzo[a]xanthene-11-one and diazabenzo[a]-anthracene-9,11-dione derivatives under solvent-free condition.Ganesh Chandra Nandi, Subhasis Samai, Ram Kumar and M. S. Singh, Tetrahedron 2009, 65, 7129-7134.}

^{2. Facile one-pot synthesis of tricyclicdibenzodioxazocine-2-ones and other higher homologues. M. S. Singh, Pratibha singh, Pallavi Singh and Ashutosh Gupta, ARKIVOC 2009, vii, 189-196.}

^{1. Facile one-pot synthesis of novel tricyclicdibenzoheterocycles via the dianion protocol of ditopic ligands.A. K. Singh, Rakesh Tripathi, Rajiv K. Verma, and M. S. Singh, Synth. Commun. 2009, 39, 2116-2124.}

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