CURRICULAM VITAE

Dr. Ajaya Kumar Singh

Assistant Professor(Selection Grade)
Department of Chemistry
(DST-FIST Sponsored)
Govt. V. Y. T. PG. Autonomous College,
(College with Potential for Excellence)
Durg, Chhattisgarh, India
Personal Information
Birth date: January 4, 1966
Nationality: Indian
Sex: Male
Contact Address: MIG-C/125,Vaishali Nagar Bhilai,
Durg-490023, Chhattisgarh
Tel: 91-0788-2223421; Mobile- 91-9406207572
E-Mail: ajayaksingh_au@yahoo.co.in; ajayaksinghau@gmail.com;

Educational Qualifications
B.Sc.: Physics, Chemistry, Maths: Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (UP)1986
M. Sc.: Chemistry: Poorvanchal University, Jaunpur (UP)1988
Ph. D: Chemistry: University of Allahabad, Allahabad (UP) 2002

Thesis topic – “Studies on kinetics and mechanism of some redox processes in solutions”

Research Supervisor: Dr. Ashok Kumar Singh

University of Allahabad, Allahabad, UP, India

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Academic- Achievements/Awards

• Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET-JRF) conducted by Joint Council of

Scientific and Industrial Research-University Grant Commission (CSIR-UGC),
New Delhi, India (June 1992).
• Junior Research Fellowship in Department of Chemistry, University of
Allahabad, U.P., India. (From Feb.10, 1993 to July 18,1994)

• Teacher’s Research Fellowship in Department of Chemistry, University of

Allahabad, U.P. (From March 17, 2000 to March 16, 2002) awarded by
University .Grant Commission .New Delhi, India
Teaching experience
• Undergraduate and Postgraduate from July1994 till date (15years)
Research Project
• University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi funded project entitled
“Transition metal catalyzed oxidation kinetics of some biologically active /
industrially important compounds” for the period of 2006-2008
• Two projects Submitted to DST and UGC

Ph.D. supervision: Six students

M. Phil. Supervision: Two Students

Other Recognitions:
• Collaboration with
(i) Osaka University, Japan
(ii) Florida Institute of Technology, USA
• Comfortable in handling & interpretation of data of
AAS, FTIR, UV- Visible Spectrophotometer
• Member of Editorial Advisory Board in The Open Catalysis Journal
(Bentham Science Publishers)
• Affiliate Member of IUPAC
• Fellow and Life member, Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA)

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• Fellow and life member of Indian Society for Surface Science &
Technology(ISSST),Kolkata
• Fellow and life member of Indian Council of Chemists (ICC),Agra
• Fellow and life member of Catalysis Society of India (CSI),Chennai
• Fellow and life member of Poorvanchal Academy of Sciences(PAS),Jaunpur
• Reviewer: Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers, Elsevier.
Reviewer: Journal of Physical organic Chemistry, Wiley.
• Reviewer: Synthetic Communications, Taylor & Francis.
• Reviewer: Chemical Engineering Journal, Elsevier.
• Reviewer: Coloration Technology, Wiley.
• Reviewer: Journal of Medicinal Plants Research, Academic Journals
• Reviewer: Bioremediation Journal, Taylor & Francis
• Reviewer: International Journal of Thermo physics, Springer.
• Reviewer: African Journal of Food Science, Academic Journals
• Presented a Oral paper in Bangladesh Chemical Society 2008 (BCC2008),
Dhaka, Bangladesh (Jan.31-Feb2,2009)
• Presented contributed lecture in Chemical-Congress 2008,organized by Nepal
Chemical Society, Kathmandu, Nepal on May,23-25,2008
• Presented a paper (Oral presentation) at the 2nd Asia Symposium on Colloidal
and Surface Sciences held in Jinan, Shandong University , China, on Oct.28-31,
2007.
• Session chair in “National symposium on Fundamental and Analytical Aspects of
Self organizing Systems” organized by Department of Chemistry, Kalyan
Mahavidyalaya, Bhilai, India in collaboration with Indian Society for Surface
Science & Technology(ISSST), Kolkata March 8-10, 2007.
• Session chair in “5th Chhattisgarh Young Scientist Congress organized by
Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Bhilai,Chhattisgarh,India
(Feb 28 – March 1, 2007).
• Presented a paper in International Conference in Soft Systems(ICSS-2008),
Kolkata, India (Feb.13-15,2008)

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 • A Paper has been accepted for ORAL presentation in 229th American
Chemical Society National Meeting , San Francisco, CA(USA) held on
March 21-25,2010.

List of Publications
International Journals

Chloro-complexes of Ru(III): A homogeneous catalyst in oxidation of glycine by N-

bromophthalimide in acidic medium, Transition Metal Chemistry(Accepted).

2. Kinetic Study of oxidation of valine by N-bromophthalimide in

presence of iridium (III) chloride as homogenous catalyst, Synthesis
and Reactivity in Inorganic, Metal-Organic, and Nano-Metal
Chemistry
(Accepted)
3. Micellar Effect upon Kinetics of Oxidation of Acetophenone by N-
Bromophthalimide in Aqueous Acetic acid medium. Journal of
Dispersion Science and Technology (Accepted)
4. Effect of micellar aggregates on the kinetics of dextrose oxidation by N-
bromosuccinimide, Tenside Surfactants Detergents(Accepted)
Y.R. Katre, M. Singh, Ajaya K Singh
5. Kinetics and mechanism of Ru(III) catalyzed oxidation of paracetamol by
chloramine-T in aqueous acidic medium. Catalysis Letters 132(2009)285
Ajaya K Singh, Reena Negi, Bhawana Jain, Y.R.Katre, S.P.Singh,
V.K.Sharma

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 6. Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of β-Alanine by N-bromophthalimide
in presence of Ru(III) chloride as homogenous catalyst in acidic medium,
Transition Metal Chemistry, 34(2009)521-528
Ajaya K Singh, B. Jain, R. Negi, Y.R.Katre,S. P. Singh, V. K. Sharma.
7. Kinetic and Mechanistic study of the influence of Micelles on the
Oxidation of Acetone by N-Bromophthalimide in Aqueous Acetic Acid
medium, Tenside Surfactants Detergents
Y. R. Katre, K. Tripathi,G. K. Joshi, Ajaya K. Singh

8. A novel oxidation of valine by N-bromophthalimide in the presence

of Ruthenium(III) chloride as a homogeneous catalyst,
Catalysis Letters 131(2009)98-104
Ajaya K Singh, Bhawana Jain, Reena Negi, Y.R.Katre, S.P.Singh,
V.K.Sharma

9. Mechanistic study of Ir (III)-catalyzed oxidation of D-glucose by

potassium iodate in aqueous alkaline medium, Journal of Carbohydrate
Chemistry,28(2009)278-292
S. P. Singh, A. K. Singh, Ajaya Kumar Singh

10. Mechanistic study of novel oxidation of paracetamol by chloramine-T

using micro-amount of chloro-complex of Ir (III) as a homogeneous
catalyst in acidic medium, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical
302(2009)36-42
Ajaya Kumar Singh,Reena Negi,Y.R.Katre,S.P.Singh

11. Oxidation of valine by N-bromophthalimide in presence of chloro-

complex of Pd(II) as homogenous catalyst: A kinetic and mechanistic
study, The Open Catalysis Journal, 2(2009)12-21
Ajaya K. Singh, Bhawana Jain, Y.R.Katre, S.P.Singh

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 12. Micelle-assisted N-bromophthalimide oxidation of fructose in the
presence of sulfuric acid, Acta Physico-Chimica Sinica, 25 (2009) 319-
326, Y.R. Katre, M. Singh, S. Patil, Ajaya K Singh

13. Oxidation of L-alanine by N-bromophthalimide in the presence of sodium

dodecyl sulfate: A kinetic study, Kinetics & Catalysis 50(2009)367-376
Ghant Kumar Joshi, Y. R. Katre, Ajaya Kumar Singh

14. Effect of ionic micelle on the oxidation of diethylene glycol by N-

bromophthalimide, Journal of Dispersion Science and
Technology
30 (2009) 4

Y.R. Katre, Kalpana Sahu, Sangeeta Patil Ajaya K. Singh,

15. Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of glycine by N-bromophthalimide

in the presence of chlorocomplex of Ir(III) as homogeneous catalyst
Oxidation Communications 2,2009
Ajaya Kumar Singh, Bhawana Jain, Y. R. Katre,
16. Effect of cationic micelle on the kinetics of oxidation of citric acid by N-
bromophthalimide in acidic medium; Journal of Dispersion Science and
Technology 30 (2009) 159-165,
Yokraj Katre, Sangeeta patil and Ajaya Kumar Singh
17. First and novel oxidation of D-fructose by potassium iodate using
[IrCl3(H2O)2OH]- complex as a homogeneous catalyst in alkaline medium
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical, 293( 2008) 97-102
S. P. Singh, Ashok Kumar Singh, Ajaya Kumar Singh

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18.. Effect of cationic micellar Aggregates on the kinetics of dextrose
oxidation by N- bromophthalimide, Journal of Dispersion Science and
Technology 29 (2008) 1412-1420
Yokraj Katre, Minu Singh, Sangeeta Patil, and Ajaya Kumar Singh
19. Effect of Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide on the oxidation of β-alanine
by N- bromophthalimide in acidic medium, Tenside Surfactants
Detergents, 45 (213-221)2008
Ghanat K. Joshi, Y.R.Katre, Ajaya Kumar Singh

20. Oxidation of lactic acid by N-bromophthalimide in micelle of cetyl

trimethylammonium bromide: A kinetic study, Oxidation
Communications, 31(2008)176-187
Sangeeta Patil, Yokraj Katre ,Ajaya Kumar Singh

21. Micellar effect on the kinetics of oxidation of malic acid by N-

bromophthalimide, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and
Engineering Aspects, 308( 2007) 6-13,
Sangeeta Patil,Yok Raj Katre and Ajaya Kumar Singh,

22. A kinetic and mechanistic study on the oxidation of hydroxy acids by N-

bromophthalimide in presence of micellar system, Journal of Surfactants
and Detergents, 10( 2007) 175- 184,
Sangeeta Patil,Yok Raj Katre and Ajaya Kumar Singh

23. Mechanistic study of Pd (II) catalyzed oxidation of crotonic acid by

periodate in aqueous perchloric acid medium; Journal of Molecular
catalysis A: Chemical, 266 (231-235) 2007
Ashish, S. P. Singh, Ajaya Kumar Singh, B. Singh

24. Kinetics of glycine oxidation by N-bromophthalimide in presence of

sodium dodecyl sulphate; Journal of Surfactant and Detergent

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Ghanat K.Joshi, Y.R.Katre , Ajaya Kumar Singh

25. Ruthenium(III) catalyzed oxidation of diethanolamine and

triethanolamine by Br (V) in presence of perchloric acid: A kinetic and
mechanistic study; Journal of Chemical Research 8(2006)56-63.
Ashok Kumar Singh, Ajaya Kumar Singh, V. Singh, S. Rahmani,
B. Singh

26. Oxidation of DL-valine and DL-alanine by sodium N-chloro-4-methyl

benzene sulphonamide in micellar medium: a relative kinetic Study;
Oxidation Communications, 29(2006)137-146.
Y.R.Katre, Ajaya Kumar Singh, G. K. Joshi and Sangeeta Patil

27. Kinetic studies in the mechanism of oxidation of DL-serine by chloramine

–T in micellar system; Oxidation Communication 29(2006) 129-136.
Y. R. Katre, Ajaya Kumar Singh ,Sangeeta Patil and G.K.Joshi

28. Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of maltose by aqueous alkaline

solution of periodate ; Oxidation Communications,28(2005)630-
635, Ashish, Surya Prakash Singh and Ajaya Kumar Singh.

29. Ruthenate ion catalysed oxidation of D-galactose and D-xylose by alkaline

solution of sodium meta-periodate: A kinetic study; Journal of Chemical
Research, 5(2005) 304-310.
A. K. Singh,N. Chaurasia, S. Rahmani, J.Srivastava, Ajaya Kumar Singh

30. Mechanism of Pd (II) and Hg (II) co-catalyzed oxidation of D-mannose

and maltose by acidic solution of N-bromoacetamide; Journal of
Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 197(2003)91-100.
A. K. Singh,V. Singh, S. Rahmani, Ajaya Kumar Singh ,B. Singh

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 31. Kinetics and mechanism of Ru(III) and Hg(II) catalyzed oxidation of D-
galactose and D-ribose by N-bromoacetamide in perchloric Acid,
Carbohydrate Research 337(2002)345- 351.
A. K. Singh, V. Singh, Ajaya Kumar Singh, Neena Gupta, B. Singh

National Journals
32. Kinetics of oxidation of crotonic acid by N-chloro-p-toluenesulphonamide
in the presence of Pd(II) and Os(VIII) as homogeneous catalyst; Indian J.
Chemistry 43A(2004)1645-1653.
Ashish, Ajaya Kumar Singh, Ashok Kumar Singh and B. Singh

Communicated:

1. Ruthenium (III) catalyzed oxidation of tartaric acid by potassium bromate in

the presence of perchloric acid: A kinetic and mechanistic approach

2. Influence of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide/sodium dodecylsulfate micelles

on the oxidation of D-fructose by N-bromophthalimide in presence of sulfuric
acid: a kinetic study

3. Effect of Sodium dodecyl sulfate on the kinetics of oxidation of DL-aspartic

acid by N-bromophthalimide.

4.. Pd(II) catalyzed oxidative degradation of paracetamol by chloramine-T in

acidic and alkaline media.

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Conferences and Proceedings

International Conferences & Proceedings:

1. Iridium (III) and Ruthenium (III) chloride catalyzed oxidation of Glycine

by N-Bromophthalimide in acidic medium: A kinetic and mechanistic
study
Ajaya Kumar Singh, Bhawana Jain, Yokraj Katre (accepted and invited
for contributed lecture in Chemical-Congress 2008,organized by Nepal
Chemical Society, Kathmandu on May,23-25,2008).

2. Kinetics of Chloro-complex of Iridium (III) Catalyzed oxidation of

Reducing Sugar by alkaline periodate, Proceedings of 236th American
Chemical Society National Meeting& Exposition, Philadelphia, PA,
August 17-21,2008. (Accepted for oral presentation but did not present
due to unavoidable reasons) .
3. Kinetic and mechanistic study of iridium(III) catalyzed reduction of
periodate by dextrose in aqueous alkaline medium, Proceedings of 235th
American Chemical Society National Meeting& Exposition, New
Orleans LA (USA), April 6-10, 2008 (Accepted for oral presentation but
did not present due to unavoidable reasons)
S. P. Singh, Ajaya Kumar Singh, A. K. Singh

4. Study of kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of valine by N-

bromophthalimide in micellar medium, International Conference of soft
systems (ICSS-2008),organized by Indian society for Surface science &
Technology and Center for Surface Science, Department of
Chemistry,Jadavpur University,Kolkata,India (Feb. 13-15,2008)

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 ,Y.R.Katre,Ghanat K Joshi, Kalpana Sahu and Ajaya Kumar Singh

5. Kinetics of dextrose oxidation by N-bromophthalimide in the presence of

Cetyltrimethylammonium bromide in perchloric acid medium,
International Conference of soft systems (ICSS-2008),organized by Indian
Society for Surface science & Technology and Center for surface
Science,Department of Chemistry,Jadavpur University,Kolkata,India,
(Feb. 13-15,2008) , Y. R. Katre, Minu Singh, Sangeeta Patil and

Ajaya Kumar Singh

6. Oxidation of DL-serine by N-bromophthalimde in the presence of sodium

dodecyl sulphate : A kinetic study,Tenth Conference of International
Academy of Physical Sciences(CONIAPS-X),organized by Department of
Pure and Applied Physics, Guru Ghasidas University ,Bilaspur (Jan 12-
14,2008) G.K.Joshi,Y.R.Katre and Ajaya Kumar Singh

7. Kinetics and mechanism of Ir(III) catalysed oxidation of paracetamol by

chloramine-T in aqueous acidic medium, Tenth Conference of
International Academy of Physical Sciences(CONIAPS-X),organized
by Department of Pure and Applied Physics, Guru Ghasidas
University ,Bilaspur (Jan 12-14,2008), Ajaya Kumar Singh ,Reena
Negi,Y.R.Katre

8. Effect of cationic micelle on the kinetics of oxidation of citric acid by N-

bromophthalimide in acidic medium, Tenth Conference of International
Academy of Physical Sciences(CONIAPS-X),organized by Department of
Pure and Applied Physics, Guru Ghasidas University ,Bilaspur (Jan 12-
14,2008) ,Y. R. Katre, Sangeeta Patil and Ajaya Kumar Singh

9. Mechanistic study of Ru(III) catalyzed oxidation of lactic acid by potassium

bromate in aqueous perchloric acid medium, Accepted for Oral

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 presentation in 12th Asian Chemical Congress, Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia(from August 23-25,2007) but did not presented due to
unavoidable reasons. Ajaya Kumar Singh,Y.R.Katre
10. Micellar effect on the kinetics of oxidation of hydroxy acids by N-
bromophthalimide in presence of acidic medium; Proceedings of
233rdAmerican Chemical Society National Meeting& Exposition,
Chicago (USA) ;March 25-29, 2007,
Yokraj Katre, Sangeeta Patil and Ajaya Kumar Singh
11. Kinetics of oxidation of amino acids by N-bromophthalimide in the presence of
surfactants in perchloric acid medium; Proceedings of 233rdAmerican
Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition for the Division of
Catalysis& Surface Science Secretariat, Chicago (USA); March 25-
29, 2007 (Accepted for oral presentation but not presented due to
unavoidable reasons)
Ajaya Kumar Singh, Ghanat Kumar Joshi and Y. R. Katre
12. Mechanistic study of Ru (III) catalyzed oxidation of diethanolamine and
triethanolamine by Br (V) in presence of perchloric acid; Proceedings of
229th American Chemical Society National meeting for the Division of
Physical Chemistry,San diago (USA) March13-17,2005 (Accepted for
ORAL presentation but not presented due to unavoidable reason)
Ajaya Kumar Singh, Ashish, S. P. Singh, A. K. Singh.

National conference and Proceedings:

1. Effect of additive on Critical Micelle Concentration of CTAB on the oxidation of

Tartaric acid, Proceedings of National symposium on Fundamental and
Analytical Aspects of Self Organizing Systems, oragnised by Department of
Chemistry, Kalyan Mahavidyalaya , Secter-7,Bhilai in collaboration with Indian

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 Society for Surface Science & Technology(ISSST), Kolkata March 8-10,2007,
Ajaya Kumar Singh, Sangeeta Patil, and Y.R.Katre
2. Effect of Cationic Surfactant on the Oxidation of β -alanine by N-
bromophthalimide in acidic medium; Proceedings of 94th session of Indian Science
Congress Annamalai,Tamil Nadu, Jan-2007(II,Art.205) Ghanat K. Joshi, Y. R.
Katre, H. N. Dubey and Ajaya Kumar Singh
3. Micellar effect on the kinetics of oxidation of lactic acid by N-bromophthalimide in
the presence of acidic medium, in ‘National Conference on Disperse Systems, Nov
23-25, 2006 at Silcher, Assam University, Assam
4. Kinetics and mechanism of Ru(III) catalysed oxidation of triethanolamine by
potassium bromate in the presence of perchloric acid ; Proceeding of the 42nd
Annual convention of Chemists 2006,Visva- Bharti Shantiniketan, Kolkata (9-
13,Feb 2006) Ajaya Kumar Singh, Y.R.Katre, G.K.Joshi
5. Kinetics and mechanism of oxidation of glycine by N-bromophthalimide in anionic
surfactant system; Proceedings of 93rd session of Indian Science Congress
,Hyderabad,Jan-2006(III,Art.120)
G. K. Joshi, Y. R. Katre, H. N. Dubey, Ajaya .Kumar Singh
6. Mechanistic study of Ru(III) catalyzed oxidation of diethanolamine by Br(V) in
perchloric acid; Proceeding of National Academy of Sciences, Jaipur ,Dec.02-
04,2004 Ajaya Kumar Singh, Ashish
7. Mechanistic studies of Pd(II) and Os(VIII) catalysed oxidation of crotonic acid by
chloramines-T in perchloric acid; Proceedings of the 91st session of Indian Science
Congress, Chandigarh ,IV 106,2004(Jan-2004) Ashish, Ajaya Kumar Singh,
Ashok Kumar Singh, B. Singh

Work Shops/Seminars

1. Presented a paper in National symposium on Fundamental and Analytical

Aspects
of Self Organizing Systems, organized by Department of Chemistry, Kalyan

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 Mahavidyalaya, Secter-7, Bhilai in collaboration with Indian Society for Surface
Science & Technology (ISSST), Kolkata March 8-10, 2007
2. Presented a paper entitled in ‘National Conference on Disperse Systems, Nov 23-
25, 2006 at Silcher, Assam University, Assam
3. Presented a paper in 93rd Indian Science Congress, Jan 3-7, 2006 at Hyderabad
in the section Chemical Sciences.
4. Participated in the ‘National Work Shop on Environmental
Awareness”

sponsored by All India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi at Bhilai

Institute of Technology, Durg (C.G.) India (Oct.6-7, 2004)

5. Participated in 89th Session Indian Science Congress 2002 held in

University of Lucknow, Lucknow (U.P.) India in the Section Chemistry (Jan.03-

Jan.07, 2002)

6. Presented a paper in the 12th Annual Conference of the Poorvanchal

Academy of Sciences held at T. D. Post Graduate College, Jaunpur (U.P.) India
(Dec.30-31, 2001)

7. Participated in the Annual Session of National Academy of Sciences, University

of Allahabad, and Allahabad (U.P.) India. (Nov.6,2000)

8. Participated in the Work Shop on “Quality Improvement in Higher Education”

organized by “Institute of Excellence in Higher Education in Bhopal (M.P.) India.
(July 3-4, 1999)

9. Participated in National Seminar on Chemistry of Environmental Pollution with

Special Emphasis on Pesticides at Government D.B.Girls P.G. (Autonomous)
College, Raipur (C.G.) India. (Jan.28-29, 1999)

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10. Participated in 3 week Professional Development Programme (Work Shop)
entitled “Refresher Course in Low Cost Chemical Instrumentation” conducted by
Centre for Professional Development in Higher Education (CPDHE),
University of Delhi, New Delhi, India. (March 1995).

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