Vinod K. Singh

Quick Facts

Full Name	Vinod K. Singh
Occupation	Chemist
Date Of Birth	Sep 9, 1959(1959-09-09)
Age	65
Birthplace	Azamgarh
Country	India
Birth City	Uttar Pradesh
Horoscope	Virgo

Vinod K. Singh Biography

Vinod K. Singh is one of the most popular and richest Chemist who was born on September 9, 1959 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.

Singh had his early education from a primary school in his village area. He passed high school and intermediate from Wesley Inter College and B.Sc. from D. A. V College, both in Azamgarh. He did M.Sc. (Chemistry) from Banaras Hindu University in 1980, he joined Malt-Chem Research Center Nandesari, Baroda, where he earned a Ph.D. degree in 1986 under the supervision of Dr. Sukh Dev. He spent two years (1985–1986) in Canada where he worked with Professor M.H. Benn (University of Calgary) and Professor J.P. Kutney (University of British Columbia). He moved to Professor Elias James Corey’s group at Harvard University, US, in early 1987 and worked there for 3 years as a post-doctoral fellow.

Singh started his career as a senior scientist in Neurogen Corporation, Connecticut, US, in March 1990. In the meantime, he accepted an offer for a faculty position from IIT Kanpur and joined the Institute in December 1990 as an assistant professor in Chemistry. He was promoted to associate professor in 1997 and professor in 2001. He came from IIT Kanpur to start IISER Bhopal in the year 2008 as a Founder Director and was there for 10 years. He served as a Director/Mentor Director, in Institutes such as School of Planning and Architecture, IISER Berhampur, Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal, and IIIT Bhopal. He also served as a chairperson BoG in NITTR (National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research).

Vinod K. Singh Net Worth

Vinod K. Singh is one of the richest Chemist from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Vinod K. Singh 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Vinod K. Singh (Hindi: विनोद कुमार सिंह) was born on 9 September 1959, in Kshatriya family in Anantpur, a village in district Azamgarh in eastern Uttar Pradesh, India. He is a Rahul and Namita Gautam Chair Professor of Chemistry at IIT Kanpur. Singh’s major research contribution is in an area of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, more specifically, asymmetric synthesis. He has developed several new chiral ligands/catalysts for enantioselective reactions. One of the chiral catalysts developed in his laboratory, called “Singh’s Catalyst”, is an efficient chiral organocatalyst for enantioselective aldol reaction in aqueous medium. He has accomplished total synthesis of several bioactive natural products. His work is documented in more than 160 research publications. Furthermore, Professor Singh has guided 35 Ph.D. students and currently has more than 12 students and postdoctoral fellows working with him.

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