Javed Iqbal
Chemistry
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Javed Iqbal earned his PhD degree (1977) from Delhi University after which he joined Cambridge University as a SERC post-doctoral Fellow and worked on organosilicon chemistry in the group of Ian Fleming (1978-82). Subsequently he moved to Oxford University and worked as post-doctoral Fellow with JE Baldwin (1983-84) on penicillin biosynthesis and later on with RJP Coreau as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Montpellier (1983-84). He was a Professor at IIT Kanpur (1984-99) and subsequently moved to Dr Reddy's Laboratories Ltd (DRL) where he served as Distinguished Research Scientist and Head, Discovery Chemistry (2000-07). He served as Director of Regional Research Laboratory (CSIR), Trivandrum (2002) and was Visiting Fellow at the University of Notre Dame, USA; University of Montpellier, France; and University of Okayama, Japan. Currently he is the Director of Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad.
Research Interest
Organic and Organometallic Chemistry
