Sneh Kumar Dogra

Biography

Sneh Kumar Dogra received his BSc (Hons) and MSc (Hons) in Chemistry from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1964 and 1965, respectively. He studied and worked in Canada and USA (1965-72) and received his PhD degree (1970) under the supervision of Professor N Basco at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver. After that he worked with Professor Jack G Calvert at the Department of Chemistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA, as a Research Associate and then with Dr RW Yip at the National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa, Canada as Post-doctorate Fellow. His PhD work involved Flash Photolysis and Gas Phase Spectroscopy. This work led to the conclusion that atoms can be very good quenchers of vibrational energy provided they form sticky collisions, whereas at Ottawa he worked on energy transfer reactions in condensed phase. After coming back to India, Professor Dogra joined Department of Chemistry, Panjab University, Chandigarh as a Pool Officer, before moving to Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur in 1973, where he stayed till his retirement (2004).

Research Interest

Physical Chemistry & Photochemistry