Dr. Ashok K. Pandey has obtained B.Sc. (2007) in chemistry from K. N. Govt. P. G. College Gyanpur, Bhadohi which is affiliated with V. B. S. Purvanchal University Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.), and M.Sc. (2010) in chemistry from the University of Allahabad, Prayagraj, U.P. He has received a doctorate degree (Ph.D.) in 2016 from Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) and moved to South Korea for post-doctoral study at Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), Suwon. He has been awarded with UGC-JRF, CSIR-JRF & SRF, SERB-ITS, and SERB-NPDF for research in India. Dr. A. K. Pandey has visited Germany, Japan, and South Korea and delivered scientific lectures in national and international symposiums. He worked as a scientist at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad from July 2019 to May 2025. In June 2025, Dr. A. K. Pandey has been moved to CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) Lucknow and joined Medicinal & Process Chemistry Division.
Dr. A. K. Pandey's research interest is focused on the synthetic methodology development and their transformation into natural products, Pharmaceuticals, and Agrochemicals using transition metal catalysis in both racemic as well as enantiomeric forms.
Contact:
Dr. Ashok Kumar Pandey
Senior Scientist & Assistant Professor (AcSIR)
Medicinal & Process Chemistry
CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh-226031, India
Tel. (office) : 0522-277-2550, ext. no. 4661
e-mail : ashok.pandey.cdri@csir.res.in
Employments:
June, 2025-present : Senior Scientist at CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI), Lucknow, India
July, 2019-May, 2025 : Scientist at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, India
July, 2018-Dec. 2018 : Research Professor at Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.
April, 2017-June, 2018 : Postdoctoral Fellow at Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea.
Nov. 2016-April, 2017 : National Postdoc. Fellow (N-PDF) at Centre of Biomedical Research (CBMR), Lucknow, U.P, India.
Feb. 2016-May, 2016 : Research Associate (RA) at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar), Punjab, India.
Education:
2011-2016 : Ph. D. (Chemistry) from Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar), Punjab, India.
2008-2010 : M. Sc. (Chemistry) from University of Allahabad, U.P, India.
2004-2007 : B. Sc. (Chemistry) from V.B.S. Purvanchal University Jaunpur, U.P, India.
Awards & Recognitions:
2023: ChemComm Milestones, The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), London, United Kingdom
2021: Start-up Research Grant (SRG), SERB, New Delhi
2018: Best oral award in 14th Pharmaceutical Society of Korea, Medicinal Workshop, South Korea.
2018: Best oral award in Spring International Conference of Pharmaceutical Society of Korea, South Korea.
2016: Best poster award in 21st International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS-21), IIT Bombay, India.
2016: National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by SERB-DST, New Delhi, India.
2015: Travel Grant by SERB-DST, New Delhi, India for participation in “16th Tetrahedron Symposium-2015” Berlin, Germany.
2013: Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by CSIR, New Delhi, India.
2011: Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by CSIR, New Delhi, India.
2010: CSIR(NET)-JRF with all India rank 95, conducted by CSIR in June 2010, New Delhi, India.
2009: UGC(NET)-JRF with all India rank 263, conducted by CSIR in December 2009, New Delhi, India.
Lectures delivered in the Seminar/Symposium:
International : 02
National : 02
Country visited:
Berlin, Germany
Tokyo, Japan
Suwon, South Korea
Memberships:
American Chemical Society (ACS), Community member, USA