D.d. Agarwal

Biography

Professor D.D. Agarwal (born Jan 8th 1956) completed his B.Sc. Chemistry and M.Sc. (Organic Chemistry) from Meerut University, Meerut and Ph.D. from University of Roorkee (presently IIT Roorkee), Roorkee in 1981. Subsequently he moved to France as a Post Doctoral Fellow at Institute de Recherché Jur La Catalyse, France during Dec. 1981 to Dec. 1982. He joined University of Roorkee as CSIR, Pool scientist in January 1983 and worked up to March 1985. He joined Jiwaji University as Lecturer in April 1985. He worked in NCL, Pune, Indian Association for cultivation of Science, Calcutta as UGC visiting associate and MPCST young scientist awardees. He became Reader in 1993. He designed and implements an innovative program “MBA Chemical Sales in Marketing Management” in 1994. In 1995 he was awarded D.Sc. in Chemistry by Jiwaji University. He was selected as Professor in 2001. He introduced another innovative program “M.Sc. Industrial Chemistry” in 2003. He has been Director, Institute of Engineering, Jiwaji University during February to Dec. 2005 and Director Pharmacy Institute during June 2006 to July 2008. He did MBA in Marketing and presently pursuing Ph.D. in Corporate Branding.

Research Interest

Dr. D.D. Agarwal’s research interest lies broadly in the area of homogeneous catalysis, organic synthesis of industrial importance.