Dharam Vir Singh Jain
Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Dharam Vir Singh Jain earned his BSc (Hons) and MSc (Chemistry) degrees from the University of Delhi. After spending a brief period at MB College, Udaipur as Lecturer in Chemistry, he joined the University of Southern California (1954). He earned his MS degree in Mathematics and simultaneously worked for his PhD degree, under the guidance of Sidney W Benson in Physical Chemistry. He returned to India in 1958 to join the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi (1958-63), moving to the Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh as Reader (1963) and subsequently as Professor. In 1993 he was re-employed in the Department till 1996. He was Director (1985-87; 1992-95) of Regional Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre, INSA Senior Scientist (1996-2001) and presently he is Professor Emeritus and an INSA Honorary scientist all at Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Research Interest
Physical & Theoretical Chemistry
