Prof. Sartaj Tabassum, Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University has been appointed as the Chairman, Alumni Affairs Committee for two years or till further orders, whichever is earlier, with immediate effect.
Prof. Tabassum has been engaged in teaching and research in Chemistry for over 35 years and during this period he has published 181 papers in peer-reviewed journals of repute, having a high impact factor. He has 4840 citations to his credit with an h-index of 38.
Three patents, including one in India and 2 from the US, have been granted to him on potent metallo-drug anticancer candidates.
The research areas of his interest include Medicinal inorganic chemistry and ‘the design and synthesis of tailored metallo-drug entities for cancer chemotherapy’.
He has successfully completed several research projects including those granted by TWAS (Italy), CSIR, DBT, Government of India.
He has been honoured with the ‘Overseas Associateship Award in 2005 by DBT, Government of India and ‘Prof. W. U. Malik Memorial Award’ in 2022 by the Indian Council of Chemists (ICC).
He has signed several MoUs and joint research collaborations with the University of Camerino, Italy, USM Malaysia, and USTC, Hefei, China, and completed the Leadership Academicians Programme (LeAP) in 2019 with the Ohio State University, USA.
He is also presently serving as the Dean, Faculty of Science.
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