Dr. Vinod Kumar
Associate Professor and Head of the Department
Departmet of Chemistry
School of Basic and Applied Sciences
Central University of Punjab
Bathinda- 151001
Email Id: vinod.kumar@cup.ac.in
Mobile: +91-7018660635

 

Education :

Degree/ Certificate	University /Institute	Year
Ph.D.	Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU) Amritsar, Punjab, India; Supervisor: Dr. Arun K Sinha, Senior Scientist, Natural Plant Products Division, I.H.B.T., CSIR, Palampur 176 061 H.P., India.	2007
B.Ed	Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India	2001
M.Sc.	Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, India	2000
B.Sc.	Post Graduate College Hamirpur, (H.P. University, Shimla) India.	1998

My research publications have been cited 1150 times with
h-index of 21 and
i10-index of 32
(Source: Google Scholar Sept 23, 2020).

Organic Chemistry I;
Organic Chemistry II
Organic Chemistry III;
Spectral Analysis;
Green Chemistry;
Advanced Organic Chemistry;
Current Organic Synthesis

Handled
Title of Projects		Year	Year to			Funding Agency		Amount
Synthesis of Bioactive Heterocyclic Scaffolds Using Novel Green Technologies.		2013	2015			UGC		6 Lakhs
Design, synthesis and evaluation of combrestatins inspired small molecules as putative tubulin polymerization inhibitors		2015	2017			CUPB (RSM)		3 Lakhs
Spatial distribution of Uranium and associated water quality parameters in groundwater/drinking water resources of South Eastern districts of Punjab (co-PI)		2016	2019			BRNS		26.97 Lakh
Indo-Austria joint visit grant		2017	2019			DST		9.04 Lakh
Ongoing
Title of Projects	Year			Year to	Funding Agency		Amount
Targeting Cancer Stem Cells through One Drug Multi-Target Approach (microtubule inhibition, vascular disruption and anti-angiogenesis)	2017			2020	DST Extramural		30.09 Lakh
Multi-target paradigm in drug discovery efforts to combat Alzheimer’s Disease	2019			2022	CSIR		31 Lakh

• Junior Research Fellowship/ Senior Research Fellowship in chemistry, sponsored by University Grant Commission Delhi, Govt. of India, India, awarded on the basis of National Eligibility Test (NET) in Jan. 2004 for pursuing research.s
• Post doc Fellowship in Jan. 2008 from University of Siena, Italy.
• Post doc fellowship in Jan. 2010 from University of Bath, UK
• Research Award 2017: Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
• Exchange visit fellowship 2017: Indo-Austria exchange visit fellowship
• Research Award 2018: Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
• Research Award 2019: Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
• Research Award 2019: Central University of Punjab, Bathinda
• Research Award 2020: Central University of Punjab, Bathinda

Member of Editorial Board: Current Organic Chemistry
Reviewer of many journals including ACS Chemical Neuroscience, Medicinal Research Review, European Journal of Medicinal Chemistry, ChemMedChem, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Current Drug Targets, Tetrahedron Letter, Chemistry Select, Journal of Indian Chemical Society, Indian Journal of Chemistry

Guest editor- Current Medicinal Chemistry

Organic Synthesis, Medicinal Chemistry, Natural Products Chemistry, Green Chemistry
Tubulin Targeting agents

MAO inhibitors
MAO enzyme is associated with the etiology of different neurological disorders including Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease and depression. MAO inhibitors are being developed as effective drug candidates for the management and/or treatment of neurogenic disorders.

Tubulin/Microtubule inhibitors

Flow diagram describing different binding site on the tubulin and microtubule. The taxoid, vinca and LAU/PEL binding domains present on the microtubule while colchicine binding site is located on the tubulin. Ligands binding to the taxoid and LAU/PEL site act as microtubule stabilizer while vinca and colchicine binding site agents act as tubulin polymerization inhibitors.         

List of Publications/patents/conferences:

1. Role of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma (PPARγ) in Different Disease States: Recent Updates Suvadeep Mal, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Vijay Kumar, Naveen Kumar, Bhupinder Kumar and Vinod Kumar; Curr. Med. Chem. 2020, accepted
2. Metal-Free Multicomponent Construction of Tetrahydroisoquinoline-Indole Derivatives via in situ Generated ortho-Quinonoid Intermediate Pavneet Kaur, Kamlesh Gurjar, Vinod Kumar, Sonali Gohit, Vijay Gupta and Rakesh Kumar, ChemistrySelect, 2020, accepted
3. Anti-proliferative Potential of Triphenyl Substituted Pyrimidines Against MDA-MB-231, HCT-116 and HT-29 cancer cell lines Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Vijay Kumar, Harmeet Kaur, Naveen Kumar, Ravi Prakash Yadav, P Ramarao, Somesh Baranwal and Vinod Kumar; Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., 2020, accepted.
4. Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of O-Pentyne Substituted Diphenylpyrimidines as Monoamine Oxidase and Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors Vijay Kumar, Bhupinder Kumar, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Devashish Mehta, Naveen Kumar, Beenu Bajaj, Tania Arora,        Vikash Prashar, Jyoti Parkash and Vinod Kumar; ChemistrySelect, 2020, accepted
5. Metal- and solvent-free multicomponent decarboxylative A3-coupling for the synthesis of propargylamines: Experimental, computational and biological investigations"
   Pavneet Kaur, Bhupinder Kumar, Kamlesh Gurjar, Rohtash Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Kumar; J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 2231-2241
6. Recent advances in decarboxylative C-C bond formation using direct or in situ generated alkenyl acids Pavneet Kaur, Vinod Kumar, and Rakesh Kumar; Catalysis Reviews, 2020, 62, 118161, Impact Factor- 9.0
7. Targeting Cancer Stem Cells Pathways for the Effective Treatment of Cancer Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Amandeep Thakur, Vijay Kumar, Ira Skvortsova and Vinod Kumar; Cur. Drug Targets, 2020, 21, 258-278, Impact Factor- 3.34
8. Bhupinder Kumar, Vijay Kumar, Vikash Prashar, Suresh Saini, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Beenu Bajaj, Devashish Mehta, Jyoti Parkash*and Vinod Kumar* Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2019, 177, 221-234.
9. Genomic alterations associated with HER2+ breast cancer risk and clinical outcome in response to trastuzumab       Heena Singla, Raman Preet Kaur, Gowhar Shafi, Rajesh Vashistha, Raja Paramjeet Singh Banipal, Vinod Kumar, Anjana Munshi, Molecular Biology Report, 2019, 46, 823-831.
10.       Bhupinder Kumar, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Bibekananda Sarkar, Sukesh Kumar Gupta, Sairam Krishnamurthy, Anil K Mantha, Jyoti Prakash, and Vinod Kumar, ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 2019, 10, 252-265.
11. Synthesis, biological evaluation and SAR studies of 14β‐phenylacetyl substituted 17-cyclopropylmethyl- 7,8-dihydronoroxymorphinones derivatives: Ligands with mixed NOP and opioid receptor profile Vinod Kumar, Willma E. Polgar, Taline V Khroyan, Gerta Cami-Kobeci, Mark Thomas, Lawrence Toll, Stephen M. Husbands, Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018, 9, 430
12. Chitosan-supported copper as an efficient and recyclable heterogeneous catalyst for A3/decarboxylative A3-coupling reaction Pavneet Kaur, Bhupinder Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Rakesh Kumar; Tetrahedron Letter, 2018, 59, 1986-1991. Impact Factor: 2.38
13. Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Pyrimidine Bridged Combretastatin Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents and Mechanistic Studies Bhupinder Kumar, Praveen Sharma, Vivek Prakash Gupta, Madhu Khullar, Sandeep Singh, Nilambra Dogra and Vinod Kumar; Bioorganic Chemistry, 2018, 78, 130-140. Impact Factor: 3.23
14. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modeling Studies of Phenyl-/Benzhydrylpiperazine Derivatives as Potential MAO Inhibitors Bhupinder Kumar, Sheetal, Anil K Mantha and Vinod Kumar*, Bioorganic Chemistry, 2018, 77, 252-262. Impact Factor: 3.23
15. Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and Molecular Modeling Studies of Propargyl Containing 2,4,6-trisubstituted Pyrimidine Derivatives as Potential anti-Parkinson agents Bhupinder Kumar, Mohit Kumar, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, and Vinod Kumar*, ChemMedChem, 2018, 13, 705-712. Impact Factor: 3.23
16. Editorial: Recent Trends in Anticancer Drug Development: Challenges and Opportunities I.-I. Skvortsova, V. Kumar, Curr. Med. Chem. 2017, 24, 4727-4728. Impact Factor: 3.7
17. Recent Synthetic Strategies for Monocyclic Azole Nucleus and Its Role in Drug Discovery and Development Neha, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Rakesh Kumar and Vinod Kumar*, Curr. Org. Synth., 2018, 15, 321-340. Impact Factor: 1.92
18. Recent Advances in HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Epigenetics: Susceptibility and Therapeutic Strategies Heena Singla, Abhilash Ludhiadch, Raman Preet Kaur, Vinod Kumar**, Anjana Munshi*, Eur. J. Med. Chem. 2017, 142, 316-327. Impact Factor: 4.5
19. Recent Updates on the Therapeutic Potential of HER2 Inhibitors for the Treatment of Breast Cancer Heena Singla, Anjana Munshi,* Raja Paramjit Singh Banipal and Vinod Kumar* Current Cancer Drug Targets; 2018, 18, 306-327. Impact Factor: 3.0
20. Promising Targets in Anti-cancer Drug Development: Recent Updates Bhupinder Kumar, Sandeep Singh, Ira Skvortsova and Vinod Kumar*, Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2017, 27, 4729-4752, Impact Factor: 3.25
21. Role of Genomic Alterations in HER2 Positive Breast Carcinoma: Focus on Susceptibility and Trastuzumab-Therapy Heena Singla, Sourav Kalra, Preeti Kheterpal, Vinod Kumar*, Anjana Munshi* Current Cancer Drug Targets; 2017, 17, 346-356, Impact Factor- 3.0
22. Mechanisms of Tubulin Binding Ligands to Target Cancer Cells: Updates on Their Therapeutic Potential and Clinical Trials   Bhupinder Kumar, Rakesh Kumar, Ira Skvortsova, and Vinod Kumar*; Current Cancer Drug Targets; 2017, 17, 357-375, Impact Factor- 3.0
23. Recent Developments on the Structure-Activity Relationship Studies of MAO Inhibitors and Their Role in Different Neurological Disorders Bhupinder Kumar, Sheetal, Anil K. Mantha and Vinod Kumar*; RSC Advances; 2016, 6, 42660-42683; Impact Factor- 3.84
24. Regioselective Alkylation of 1,2,4-triazole Using Ionic Liquids Under Microwave Conditions Ramandeep Kaur, Bhupinder Kumar, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Vinod Kumar*; Green Processing and Synthesis; 2016, 5, 233-237. Impact Factor- 1.15
25. A Perspective on Monoamine Oxidase Enzyme as Drug Target: Challenges and Opportunities Bhupinder Kumar, Vivek Prakash Gupta and Vinod Kumar; Cur. Drug Targets, accepted, 2015
26. Radiation resistance: cancer stem cells (CSCs) and their enigmatic pro-survival signalling. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1044579X15000905
    Ira-Ida Skvortsova; Paul  Debbage; Vinod  Kumar; Sergej Skvortsov; Sem. Cancer Biol. 2015, 35, 39-44. Impact factor- 9.1
27. Recent Developments on 1,2,4-Triazole Nucleus in Anticancer Compounds: A Review Ramandeep Kaur, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Bhupinder Kumar and Vinod Kumar; Anti Cancer agents Med. Chem. 2016, 16(4): 465-489
28. C7β-Methyl analogues of the orvinols: The discovery of kappa opioid antagonists with nociceptin/orphanin FQ peptide (NOP) receptor partial agonism and low, or zero, efficacy at mu opioid receptors. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b00130  Juan Pablo Cueva , Christopher Roche , Mehrnoosh Ostovar , Vinod Kumar , Mary J Clark , Todd Hillhouse , John W. Lewis , John R. Traynor , and Stephen M Husbands; J. Med. Chem., 2015, 58, 4242-4249. Impact Factor- 5.6
29. Pyrrolo- and Pyridomorphinans: Non-selective opioid antagonists and delta opioid agonists/mu opioid partial agonists.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bmc.2014.05.065 Vinod Kumar, M.J. Clark, J.R. Traynor, J.W. Lewis, S.M. Husbands; Bioorg. Med. Chem.2014, 22, 4067-4072. Impact Factor-2.90
30. Selectively Promiscuous Opioid Ligands: Discovery of High Affinity/Low Efficacy Opioid Ligands with Substantial Nociceptin Opioid Peptide Receptor Affinity. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm401964y Vinod Kumar, Irna E. Ridzwan , KonstantinosGrivas , John W. Lewis , Mary J Clark , Claire Meurice, Corina Jimenez-Gomez , Irina D. Pogozheva , Henry I. Mosberg , John R. Traynor , and Stephen M Husbands; J. Med. Chem., 2014, 57, 4049-4057. Impact Factor- 5.6
31. GluA2/GluK1 Receptor Ligands Structurally Based upon 1H‑Cyclopentapyrimidine-2,4(1H,3H)-dione: Synthesis, Molecular Pharmacological and Biostructural characterization. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm2004078 Raminta Venskutonyt, StefaniaButini, Salvatore SannaCoccone, Sandra Gemma, Margherita Brindisi, Vinod Kumar, EgeriaGuarino, SamueleMaramai, Salvatore Valenti, Ahmad Amir, Elena AntónValadés, Karla Frydenvang, JetteSandholmKastrup, EttoreNovellino, Giuseppe Campiani, and Darryl S. Pickering; J. Med. Chem., 2011, 54, 4793-4805. Impact Factor-5.6
32. Discovery of Bis-homo(hetero)arylpiperazines as Novel Multifunctional Ligands Targeting Dopamine D3 and Serotonin 5-HT1A and 5-HT2A Receptors. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm100294b Stefania Butini, Giuseppe Campiani, Silvia Franceschini, Francesco Trotta, Vinod Kumar, EgeriaGuarino, Giuseppe Borrelli, Isabella Fiorini, EttoreNovellino, CaterinaFattorusso, Marco Persico, NausicaaOrteca, Karin Sandager-Nielsen, Thomas Amos Jacobsen,Kim Madsen, Jorgen Scheel-Kruger, and Sandra Gemma; , J. Med. Chem., 2010, 53, 4803-4807. Impact Factor- 5.6
33. Development of Antitubercular Compounds Based on a 4-Quinolylhydrazone Scaffold. Further Structure-activity Relationship Studies. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096808960900604X# Sandra Gemma, Luisa Savini, Maria Altarelli, Pierangela Tripaldi, Luisa Chiasserini,Salvatore Sanna Coccone, Vinod Kumar, Caterina Camodeca, Giuseppe Campiani, EttoreNovellino, Sandra Clarizio, Giovanni Delogu, and Stefania Butini, Bio. Med. Chem., 2009, 17, 6063-6072.Impact Factor-2.90
34. Larvicidal and Structure–Activity Studies of Natural Phenylpropanoids and Their Semisynthetic Derivatives against the Tobacco Armyworm Spodopteralitura (Fab.) (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbdv.200800345/abstract Anu Bhardwaj, Dhananjay Kumar Tewary, Rakesh Kumar, Vinod Kumar, Arun Kumar Sinha, and Adarsh Shankera; Chemistry and Biodiversity, 2010, 7, 168-177. Impact Factor-1.9
35. Specific Targeting of Peripheral Serotonin 5-HT3Receptors. Synthesis, Biological Investigation  and Structure-Activity Relationships. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jm900018b Elena Morelli, Sandra Gemma, Roberta Budriesi, Giuseppe Campiani, Ettore Novellino, Caterina Fattorusso, Bruno Catalanotti, Luisa, Salvatore Sanna Coccone, Sindu Ros, Giuseppe Borrelli, Vinod Kumar, Marco Persico, Isabella Fiorini, Vito Nacci, Pierfranco Ioan, Alberto Chiarini, Michel Hamon, Alfredo Cagnotto, Tiziana Mennini, Claudia Fracasso, Molena Colovic, Silvio Caccia, and Stefania Butini, J. Med. Chem., 2009, 52, 3548-3562. Impact Factor- 5.6
36. Unique versatility of Ionic liquids as clean and efficient decarboxylation catalyst: A metal and quinoline free paradigm towards synthesis of Indoles, Styrenes, Stilbenes and Arene derivatives under microwave in aqueous condition. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsc.200800537/pdf Abhishek Sharma, Rakesh Kumar, Naina Sharma, Vinod Kumar and Arun K. Sinha, Adv. Synth. Catal.,2008, 350, 2910-2920. Impact Factor-5.53
37. Neutral Ionic Liquid [hmim]Br as a Green Reagent and Solvent for the Mild and Efficient Dehydration of Benzyl Alcohols into (E)-Arylalkenes Under Microwave Irradiation. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ejoc.200800657/full Rakesh Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, Naina Sharma, Vinod Kumar and Arun K. Sinha, Eur. J.Org. Chem.. 2008, 5577-5582. Impact Factor-3.34
38. Isolation and purification of acetylshikonin and β-acetoxyisovalerylshikoninfrom the cell suspension cultures of Arnebiaeuchroma(Royle) Johnston using rapid preparative HPLC. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jssc.200700489/abstract Nandini Sharma, Upendra K. Sharma, Sonia Malik,  ShashiBhushan,Vinod Kumar, Subash C. Verma, Naina Sharma, Madhu Sharma, Arun K. SinhaJ. Sep. Sci. 2008, 31, 629-635.Impact Factor-2.6
39. RP-HPTLC densitometricdetermination and validation of vanillin and related phenolic compounds in accelerated solvent extract of Vanilla planifolia. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jssc.200700229/abstract Upendra K. Sharma, Nandini Sharma, Ajai P. Gupta, Vinod Kumar, Arun K. Sinha J. Sep. Sci. 2007, 30, 3174-3180. Impact Factor-2.6
40. An Unusual, Mild and Convenient One Pot Two Step Access to (E)-Stilbenes from Hydroxy Substituted Benzaldehydes and Phenylacetic Acids Under Microwave Activation: Revelation of a New Facet on the Classical Perkin Reaction. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402007014305 Arun K. Sinha, Vinod Kumar, Abhishek Sharma,Anuj Sharma and Rakesh Kumar Tetrahedron,2007, 63, 11070-11077.Impact Factor-2.80
41. DDQ catalyzed benzylicacetoxylation of arylalkanes: A case of exquisitely controlled oxidation under sonochemical activation. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402007012276Vinod Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, Meenakshi Sharma, Upendra Sharma and Arun K. Sinha, Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 9718 9723.Impact Factor-2.80
42. Remarkable Synergism in Methylimidazole-Promoted Decarboxylation of Substituted Cinnamic acids in basic water medium under Microwave Irradiation: A Clean Synthesis of Hydroxylated (E)-Stilbenes.  http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040402007009076Vinod Kumar, Abhishek Sharma, Anuj Sharma and Arun K. Sinha, Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 7640-7646.Impact Factor-2.80
43. Microwave-assisted Mild Conversion of Natural Dihydrotagetone into 5-Isobutyl-3-methyl-4,5-dihydro-2(3H)-furanone: an Analogue of Whisky Lactone. http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH06380 Arun K. Sinha, Bhupender P. Joshi, Anuj Sharma, Vinod Kumar and RuchiAcharya, Aust. J. Chem., 2007, 60, 124-127.Impact Factor-1.87
44. An Efficient Chemoselective Strategy for the Preparation of (E) -Cinnamic Esters from Cinnamaldehydes Using Heterogeneous Catalyst and DDQ. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S004040200601773X Arun K Sinha, Anuj Sharma, AnandSwaroop and Vinod Kumar, Tetrahedron, 2007, 63, 1000-1007. Impact Factor-2.80
45. Solid-supported Green Synthesis of Substituted Hydrocinnamic Esters by Focused Microwave Irradiation. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hlca.200690049/abstract Vinod Kumar, Anuj Sharma and Arun K Sinha, Helv. Chim.Acta, 2006, 89, 483-495. Impact Factor-1.38
46. A Chemoselective Hydrogenation of the Olefinic Bond of -Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds in Aqueous Medium Under Microwave Irradiation. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adsc.200505315/abstract Anuj Sharma,Vinod Kumar and A. K Sinha, Adv. Synth. Catal.,2006, 348, 354-360.Impact Factor-5.53
47. A Microwave-Accelerated Esterification of α,β-Unsaturated Acids with Alkyl or Aryl Carbonochloridate and Triethylamine in Acetonitrile as a Novel Esterifying Reagent Mixture. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/hlca.200590058/abstract Vinod Kumar, Anuj Sharma and Arun K. Sinha, Helv. Chim. Acta, 2005, 88, 811-816.Impact Factor-1.38

Patents

1. A green process for the preparation of substituted cinnamic esters with trans- selectivity; Sinha; A K, Sharma;      A, Swaroop; A, Kumar; V (US 7,741,508, Jun. 2010)
2. A microwave induced process for the preparation of substituted stilbenes and its analogs; Sinha; A. K., Kumar; V and Sharma; A, (US20070276172, filed).
3. A Microwave Induced one Pot Process for the Preparation of Arylethenes; Sinha; A. K., Kumar; V and Sharma; A, (US 7,759,527, Jul 2010)

Patents Filed

1. Pyrimidine Bridged Biaryl Derivatives as Multi-Targeting Agents for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders; Application number 201811008301
2. Single Step Process for the Direct Preparation of Aromatic Amines from Aromatic Halides and Azides; Application number 201911006109

Invited Talk

1. Delivered a lecturer on “Multi-target-Directed Ligands as an Effective Strategy for the Treatment of Complex Neurological Disorders” in an AICTE sponsored 6-Days online STTP on Target Based Drug Design Strategies Utilizing CADD Tools and Ecofriendly Microwave Assisted Green Synthesis” from 18th – 23rd March, 2020. 
2. Delivered a lecturer on “Multi-potent N-Hetrocyclics for the Treatment of Neurological Disorders” in a National Symposium on Contemporary Facets in Organic Synthesis-2017 held at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. Dec. 22-24, 2017.
3. Delivered invited talk entitled “Multi-target paradigm in drug discovery efforts” in the Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology, Innsbruck Medical University, Anichstr. 35, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria; November 28, 2017.
4. Delivered a lecturer on “Ionic Liquids and Inorganic Solid Support as Green Alternatives to the Volatile Organic Solvents” in a National Seminar on “Chemistry for Better Tomorrow:  Current Trends and Challenges” at Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, Mata Gujri College Shri Fatehgarh Sahib March 8, 2014.

Workshop Organized:

1. Organized a Three Day National Workshop on ‘Drug Design, Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening and Pharmacoinformatics’ held at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products in collaboration with Schrödinger INC. USA on Nov. 26-28, 2015 at City Campus, Mansa Road, Bathinda.
2. Organized a Three Day National Workshop on ‘“Advanced Workshop on Molecular Docking, Virtual Screening and Computational Biology” held at Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Natural Products in collaboration with Schrödinger INC. USA on Nov. 15-17, 2017 at City Campus, Mansa Road, Bathinda.

Workshop Attended:

1. Successfully attended “Training Programme on Technological Entrepreneurship 2007” held at Central Leather Research Institute (CLRI) Chennai, India, from Feb. 12 to March 11, 2007. The one month training was a composite management programme which was exclusively taught by the faculty of Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore and Ahamdabad. The programme touched upon areas like development of managerial skills, leadership qualities, innovative thinking, intellectual property management, communication skills and finance management
2. Attended an orientation programme organized by University of Hyderabad from January 8, 2015 to February 04, 2015
3. Attended a refresher course organized by Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra from June 16, 2015 to July 06, 2015
4. Attended a refresher course organized by Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla from July 17, 2017 to August  05, 2017
Attended a PMMMNMTT (MHRD sponsored) National workshop on “Curriculum Design and Development” organized by Centre for Curriculum Research, Policy and Educational Development at School of Education, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda from 28th January to 6th February, 2019.

1. Presented poster entitled “An Ecofriendly Method for Hydrogenation of Olefinic Compounds under Microwave Irradiation on a Solid support.” V. Kumar, A. K. Sinha and A. Sharma; at International Conference on Chemistry Biology Interface:Synergistic New Frontiers (CBISNF), PP24-66, November 21-26, 2004, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, India.
2.  Presented poster entitled “A Microwave Assisted Green Synthesis Of Bioactive Phenylpropanoid: Kekoul Occurring In Asarum Sieboldii” Vinod Kumar, Anuj Sharma and Arun K. Sinha at national conference on ‘Recent Trends In Synthetic And Polymer Chemistry (RTSPC-1)’, PP-46, December 5-6, 2005, Himachal Pradesh university Shimla.
3. “Solid Supported Green Synthesis of (E)-cinnamaldehydes under Microwave Irradiations.” Anuj Sharma, Vinod Kumar, and Arun K. Sinha. (Second International Symposium on Green/Sustainable Chemistry. 10-13, January, 2006, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 (India).
4.  Presented poster entitled “Decarboxylation of Substituted Cinnamic acids in Basic Water Medium under Microwave Irradiation: A Green Synthesis of Hydroxylated (E)-Stilbenes.” Vinod Kumar, Abhishek Sharma and Arun K. Sinha. (CARBO-XXI, Recent developments in Carbohydrate Chemistry. PP 58, November 26-29, 2006, department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 (India).
5. “Comparison of different analytical techniques for the qualitative and quantitative determination of vanillin and related phenolic compounds in Vanilla planifolia pods.” Upendra K Sharma, Nandini Sharma, Ajai P Gupta, Vinod Kumar, Arun K. Sinha. National symposium on “Latest Developments in the Analytical Sciences.” PP-18, April 9-11, 2007, Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University Shimla.
6.  Presented poster entitled “Drug Abuse Treatment: Buprenorphine Derivatives as Potential Pharmacotherapies for Cocaine Abuse.” Vinod Kumar, Benjamin Greedy, Faye Bradbury, John Traynor and Stephen Husbands.  Biological and Medicinal Chemistry 4th Post Graduate Symposium. Dec. 10, 2010, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield road, Cambridge, UK.
7.  Presented poster entitled “Synthesis, Biological Evaluation and SAR Studies of 14-phenylacetyl Substituted Naltrexone Derivatives”. Vinod Kumar, Lawrence Toll, Wilma Polgar, and Stephen Husbands. Neuroscience Netwrok University of Bath Third Early–Career researcher’s Symposium May 10, 2011, University of Bath, Bath, UK.
8. Poster presented by student entitled “Synthesis of Some Piperazine Containing Scaffolds as Potential MAO Inhibitors” Sheetal, Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, and Vinod Kumar. 50th Annual Convention of Chemists; December 04-07, 2013; Department of Chemistry & Centre for Advanced Studies in Chemistry; Panjab University, Chandigarh
9.  Poster presented by student entitled “Design and In Silico Screening of Combretastatin Analogues as Potential Microtubule Polymerization Inhibitors” Vijender Saini and Vinod Kumar in a National Seminar on “Chemistry for Better Tomorrow:  Current Trends and Challenges” March 8, 2014 at Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, Mata Gujri College Shri Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab. (First Prize)
10. Poster presented by student entitled “Ionic Liquid Mediated Regioselective Synthesis of Alkylimidazoles under Microwave Conditions and Their Antimicrobial Potential” Ashish Ranjan Dwivedi, Ramandeep Kaur, Sandeep Singh and Vinod Kumar in a National Seminar on “Chemistry for Better Tomorrow:  Current Trends and Challenges” March 8, 2014 at Postgraduate Department of Chemistry, Mata Gujri College Shri Fatehgarh Sahib, Punjab, India.
11.  Poster presented by student entitled “In Silico Screening of 1-Benzhydrylpiperazine Derivatives as Putative MAO inhibitors” Bhupinder Kumar and Vinod Kumar in a Seminar on “Recent Trends in Molecular Medicine” December 5, 2014 at Central University of Punjab, Centre for Genetic Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Bathinda, Punjab, India
12. Poster presented by student entitled “Design and in silico study of Imidazole Based Combretastatin as Putative Anticancer Agents” Sapna Kumari and Vinod Kumar in a Seminar on “Recent Trends in Molecular Medicine” December 5, 2014 at Central University of Punjab, Centre for Genetic Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Bathinda, Punjab, India.
13. Poster presented by student entitled “Design and in silico Evaluation of putative Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator Through Hybrid Molecular Approach” Shelly Pathania and Vinod Kumar in a Seminar on “Recent Trends in Molecular Medicine” December 5, 2014 at Central University of Punjab, Centre for Genetic Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Bathinda, Punjab, India
14. Poster presented by student entitled “In Silico Screening of Combretastatin analogue as potential microtubule inhibitor” Vivek Prakash Gupta and Vinod Kumar in a Seminar on “Recent Trends in Molecular Medicine” December 5, 2014 at Central University of Punjab, Centre for Genetic Diseases and Molecular Medicine, Bathinda, Punjab, India
15. Award presentation by student entitled “Design, Synthesis and Screening of Phenylpiperazine and 1-Benzhydrylpiperazine Derivatives as Putative MAO inhibitors” Bhupinder Kumar, Shelly Pathania  and Vinod Kumar in a “51st Annual Convention of Chemists 2014” (won prize) held on December 9-12, 2014 at Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
16. Award presentation by student entitled “Design, Synthesis and in silico Studies of Imidazole-Based Combretastatin Analogues as Putative Anticancer Agents” Sapna Kumari, Vivek Prakash,  Sandeep Singh and Vinod Kumar in a “51st Annual Convention of Chemists 2014” held on December 9-12, 2014 at Department of Chemistry, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
17. Attended an International conference on “Nascent Developments in Chemical Sciences: Opportunities for Academia-Industry Collaboration (NDCS-2015)” and a poster was presented by student entitled “Design, Synthesis and Screening of 1-Benzhydrylpiperazine Derivatives as Putative MAO Inhibitors” Bhupinder Kumar  and Vinod Kumar; held on Oct. 16-18, 2015 at Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan.
18.  Poster presentation by a students entitled Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Pyrimidine Bridged Combretastatin Analogues as Putative Anti-Proliferative Agent” Harmeet, Vivek Kumar and Vinod Kumar  in the International conference on “Nascent Developments in Chemical Sciences: Opportunities for Academia-Industry Collaboration (NDCS-2015)” held on Oct. 16-18, 2015 at Department of Chemistry, BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan.
19. Poster presentation “Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Pyrimidine Bridged Combretastatin Derivatives as Putative Antiproliferative Agents” Bhupinder Kumar, Sapna, Sandeep Singh and Vinod Kumar; in the International Symposium on Current Trends in Drug Discovery and Research (CTDDR)” held at CDRI Lucknow from Feb. 25-28, 2016.

Received Research grants from different funding agencies such as DST-SERB (Extramural), BRNS, CSIR, UGC amounting to more than 100 Lakh.

Technology Development:

• Involved in the upscaling of process from lab scale for the synthesis of FEMA approved flavoring agent, vinyl guaiacol (FEMA No. 2675). The pilot scale technology has been successfully transferred to a reputed aroma industry.

Prof., Ira-Ida Skvortsova
Department of Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology,
University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Dr Amit Prasad,
Assistant Professor,
School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi,
Himachal Pradesh

Dr. Jyoti Parkash
Department of Zoology
Central University of Punjab,
Bathinda

Dr. Somesh Baranwal 
Department of Microbiology,
Central University of Punjab,
Bathinda

Dr Rakesh Kumar,
Department of Chemistry,
Central University of Punjab,
Bathinda