Specialization

Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Email

mchhibber@thapar.edu

CONTACT:

School of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology,

Patiala – 147004, Punjab

India

E-mail: mchhibber@thapar.edu

Web Page: https://sites.google.com/view/mncintu/home

ADDITIONAL CHARGE:

• Professor-in-Charge: Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Laboratories (SAI Labs)
• Thapar Trinity Academic Fellow (TTAF): Centre for Academic Practices and Student Learning
• Faculty: Thapar School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

ACADEMICS:

• Special Purpose Certificate in Teaching-CAPSL, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland (2020)
• Post Doctoral – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (2003-2007)
• PhD – Chemistry from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India (2003)

EXPERIENCE:

Academics:

• Professor – (2019 - Till Date), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala.
• Associate Professor – (2014 - 2019), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala
• Assistant Professor – (2007 – 2014), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala.

Industry:

• Supervisor – Quality Control (1995 – 2000), Montari Industries Limited, Chandigarh, India.

(Work profile included analysis of active ingredient of pesticide formulations besides liaising 

with Govt. Agencies)

RESEARCH THEMES:

• Synthesis & Application of Phenyl Ethers for Ion Sensing & Antibacterial Activity
• Synthesis and Application of New Materials from Waste
• Relating Computers & Chemistry

RESEARCH STATISTICS

• Research Publications: 32
• Patents Granted = 3
• PhD Students Guided =7,
• PhD Students Guiding = 2
• Post Graduate Students Guided (M. Sc. – Chemistry) – 34

RESEARCH GRANTS:

• Technology Development of Novel Biopolymers for Potable Water Treatment –(2008 -2011)

 INR 22.9 Lakh from Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India, In collaboration with Department of Biotechnology – TIET, Patiala.

• Design and Development of Diphenylether Based Supramolecucules for Electroanalytical Probes – (2012 – 2015) INR 22.8 Lakh from Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Govt. of India.
• Synthesis and Characterization of Diphenyl Ether/Analogues for their Antibacterial Activity – (2012 – 2015) INR 6.2 Lakh from University Grants Commission (UGC), Govt. of India.
• Isolation and Characterization of Xanthine oxidase inhibitors from endophytic fungi for treatment of Hyperurecimia and Gout – (2015 – 2018) INR 28.9 Lakh from Department of biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India. In collaboration with Department of Biotechnology – TIET, Patiala.

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS (Please visit https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8468-1111 for complete list.)

• Ashok Kumar, Manmohan Chhibber, Synthesis and Optimization of Diphenyl Ether-Based Receptors for the Selective Detection of Cyanide Ions in Neutral Semi-Aqueous Medium, Chemistry Select (2022), 7, e202104386. https://doi.org/10.1002/slct.202104386
• Ashok Kumar, Davinder Kumar, Manmohan Chhibber, Determination of Mercury Ions in Aqueous Medium and Urine Sample Using Thiocarbohydrazide Based Sensor, Chemistry Select (2020), 5, 13738– 13747.
• Ramkrushna Ashok Salunke, Manjulika Shukla, Grace Kaul, Baldev Raj Bansal, Sidharth Chopra, Manmohan Chhibber, New fluoroquinolones compounds with endo‐nortropine derivatives at C‐7 position show antibacterial activity against fluoroquinolone‐resistant strains of Staphylococcus aureus, Chemical Biology & Drug Design, (2019) https://doi.org/10.1111/cbdd.13513.
• Ramkrushna Ashok Salunke, Chandni Sidhu, Ashok Kumar, Anil Kumar Pinnaka, Baldev Raj Bansal and Manmohan Chhibber, Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Endo-nortropine Substituted (C-7) Fluoroquinolones Against V. cholerae, S. aureus and B. subtilis, Lett. Drug. Des. Discov. (2018), 15, 895-904.

(Updated September 2023)