Ac Jain

Biography

Amolak Chand Jain obtained his BSc (Hons) (1948) and MSc (1950) from Delhi University. He was appointed as a Research Assistant (1950) and then Lecturer (1952) in the Chemistry Department of Delhi University. He worked under the supervision of TR Seshadri to obtain his PhD degree (1954). Subsequently, he was admitted to the Chemistry Department, Cambridge University (1956) where he worked under the supervision of GW Kenner on synthetic studies in chlorophyll. He obtained a second PhD from Cambridge University (1958). Jain returned to Delhi University (1958) and was awarded the Senior Research Fellowship of INSA. He became a Reader (1961) and went on UNESCO Fellowship to the Institute of Natural Compounds and Institute of Organic Chemistry (1966). He obtained his DSc degree (1967) from Moscow. In 1969, Jain became Professor and Head of the Chemistry Department, University of Jammu. He was appointed as Senior Professor (1973) and became Head of Chemistry Department and Dean of Science to Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla before returning to Delhi University as a Professor of Chemistry (1978). Jain went to Texas A&M University as a Visiting Professor (1986), to Budapest University, Hungary as a Senior Fellow, and to Mauritius (1989-90) as Professor. He was a Senior Scientist of INSA (1995-2000).

Research Interest

Organic & Bio-organic Chemistry