Registrar

Prof. Vijayendra P. Kamat
Registrar
Goa University, Goa
Tel: +91-0832-6519005
Fax: +91-0832-2452889
Email: registrar@unigoa.ac.in

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Educational Qualification

• Ph. D. : Chemistry, University of Bombay
• M.Sc. : Organic Chemistry, University of Bombay, First Division
• B.Sc. : Chemistry Major, University of Bombay, First Class Honours

Details of Professional / Administrative Experience / Positions held / Contribution to Academic Administration

• Professor of Organic Chemistry, Goa University.
• Hon. Director, Directorate of Extra-mural Studies and Extension Services, Goa University.
• Co-ordinator, NET (UGC) / SET (Pune University) at Goa University Centre.
• Controller of Examinations, Deputation on Foreign Service Basis, Goa University.
• Visiting Associate Professor (Research), Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.
• Warden, Men’s Hostel, Goa University.
• Elected Member, Goa University Court.
• Post-doctoral Fellow, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
• Research Assistant, Malti-chem Research Center, Baroda, Gujarat, India.
• Founder Secretary & former Chairman, Goa University Teachers’ Association (GUTA).
• Founder President, Chemistry Department Faculty & Alumni Association (CDFAA), a registered Body under Societies Registration Act.

Research Work / Projects Undertaken / Completed

• Synthetic and Transformation Studies of Terpenoids and Aryl Ketones: CSIR Fellow during Doctoral work.
• Development of the Processes for the manufacture of valuable perfumery intermediates of commercial interest: Malti-chem Research Center, Baroda, Gujarat.
• Synthetic Studies on Bioactive Natural Products: Supported by Monbusho (Ministry of Education), Government of Japan at Tohoku University, Sendai.
• Transformation Studies on Natural Products: Funded by University Grants Commission, New – Delhi.
• Medicinal Plants of Goa – Chemical Examination in Search of bioactive Compounds: supported by State Council for Science and Technology, Govt. of Goa.
• Olefin Metathesis Guided Synthesis of Natural Products – supported by Faculty of Engineering, Department of Chemistry, Niigata University, Niigata, Japan.

Scholarship/ International fellowships received

• National Merit Scholarship.
• Junior and Senior Research Fellowship of CSIR, Govt. of India.
• Monbusho Research Fellowship, Ministry of Education, Government of Japan.
• International Exchange in Education & Research Promotion Fellowship, Government of Japan by invitation.

Seminars / Conferences / Workshops / Training Programme Attended

• Has attended several conferences, seminars, workshops etc organized at National and International levels and presented several research papers.
• Has undergone the Training Course for University Administrators conducted by Association of Indian Universities (AIU), New Delhi.
• Has undergone the Training Course in Frontier Areas of Organic Synthesis sponsored by UNIDO, Vienna and ICS, Italy held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

Publications

• Has contributed several research papers in the area of organic synthesis and natural product chemistry in high impact factor International Journals published by American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry - England, Chemical Society of Japan, Elsevier Science, Pergamon Press, Georg Thieme Verlag etc.