Dr. Amreeta Preetam

 Educational Qualification   

• Ph.D. in Chemistry from Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi in 2016.

• M.Sc.in Chemistry (Spl. Organic Chemistry) from Hansraj College, University of Delhi in 2010.

• B.Sc.(Hons) in Chemistry from Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi in 2008.

Teaching Experience 

Total teaching experience: 8 Years  

• Nov 2022 – Till Date     : Working as an Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) at Bharti Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Paschim Vihar, New Delhi.

• July 2021 - Apr 2022 : 10 months as Assistant Professor (Guest) at Dyal Singh College   (University of Delhi).

• Jan 2018 - May 2021 : 3 year and 4 months as Assistant Professor (Guest) at Kalindi College (University of Delhi).

• Jul 2016 - Apr 2019  : 2 year and 9 months as Assistant Professor (Guest) at Maitreyi College (University of Delhi).

 Research Experience 

Total research experience: 5 Years

1. July 2011-Feb 2016: More than 4 years during Ph.D. at Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110007 (Thesis title: “p-Dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid catalyzed synthesis of arenes and heteroarenes”). (Supervisor: Prof. Mahendra Nath)

2. Dec 2010-June 2011: 6 Months as Junior Research Fellow at National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi-110012 (Worked on project entitled “Development of conjugated polymer based schottky junction device” under CSIR Emeritus Scientist Scheme). (Supervisor: Dr. Ramadhar Singh). 

Subjects Taught

• Applied Chemistry

• Physical Chemistry

• Organic Chemistry

• Inorganic Chemistry

• Skill Enhancement courses (SEC)

• Environmental Studies

Awards/Achievements

1.   Contributed as a Resource Person in the 3-day “Workshop on Ionic Equilibrium through Experiments” held on May 14-16, 2018 at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi.

2.     Obtained first division throughout.

3.  Awarded JRF/SRF by CSIR from 2011-2016.

4.  Cleared Joint CSIR-UGC JRF/Eligibility for Lectureship examination held on December 19, 2010 and got CSIR-JRF.

5.   Awarded merit certificate and scholarship for being the school topper in AISSE examination.

Publications

1. Amreeta Preetam, Jyoti Singh, Sangeeta Talwar, Sunny Manohar; Chapter-2: Therapeutic Approaches of Schiff Base Metal Complexes in the Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus; Structural and Biological Applications of Schiff Base Metal Complexes, Edited by: Pallavi Jain and Prashant Singh. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, 2023, Page No. 13-38. (ISBN: 978-1-032-27125-5 (HB); DOI: 10.1201/9781003291459)

2. Amreeta Preetam and Mahendra Nath; Ambient temperature synthesis of spiro[indoline-3,2'-thiazolidinones] by a DBSA-catalyzed sequential reaction in water; Tetrahedron Lett., 2016, 57, 1502-1506.

3. Amreeta Preetam and Mahendra Nath; An eco-friendly Pictet-Spengler approach to pyrrolo- and indolo[1,2-a]quinoxalines using p-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid as an efficient Brønsted acid catalyst; RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 21843-21853.

4. Amreeta Preetam, Davinder Prasad, Jatin K Sharma and Mahendra Nath; Facile one-pot synthesis of oxo-xanthenes under microwave irradiation; Current Microwave Chemistry, 2015, 2, 15-23.

5. Davinder Prasad, Amreeta Preetam and Mahendra Nath; L-Proline-accelerated, eco-friendly synthesis of 9-substituted-2,3,4,9-tetrahydro-1H-xanthen-1-ones under mild conditions; C. R. Chimie, 2013, 16, 1153-1157.

6. Davinder Prasad, Amreeta Preetam and Mahendra Nath; DBSA catalyzed cyclotrimerization of acetophenones: An efficient synthesis of 1,3,5-triarylbenzenes under solvent-free conditions; C. R. Chimie, 2013, 16, 252-256.

7. Davinder Prasad, Amreeta Preetam and Mahendra Nath; Microwave-assisted green synthesis of dibenzo[a,j]xanthenes using p-dodecylbenzenesulfonic acid as an efficient Bronsted acid catalyst under solvent-free conditions; C. R. Chimie, 2012, 15, 675-678.

8. Davinder Prasad, Amreeta Preetam and Mahendra Nath; DBSA catalyzed, one-pot three-component ‘‘on water’’ green protocol for the synthesis of 2,3-disubstituted 4-thiazolidinones; RSC Advances, 2012, 2, 3133-3140. 

«  Oral/Poster Presentation in National/International Seminars and Conferences

1. Amreeta Preetam, Sunny Manohar, Neeta Azad, Chayannika Singh, “Metal Complexes of Ambroxol”. International Conference on Integrative Chemical Science for Health and Environment (ICHE-2023), Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. October 6-8th, 2023 (Poster Presentation)

2. Amreeta Preetam, “p-DBSA as a privileged catalyst to carry out green synthesis of various aromatic/heteroaromatic compounds”. International Conference on Recent Advances on Green and Sustainable Developments (ICRAGSD-2023), Green Chemistry Network Centre Chapter, Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Bathinda, Punjab, India. September 6-8th, 2023 (Oral Presentation)

3. Amreeta Preetam and Mahendra Nath, “An eco-friendly synthetic approach to pyrrolo[1,2-a]quinoxalines” 20th ISCB International Conference of Indian Society of Chemist and Biologist, Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. March 1st - 4th, 2014. (Poster Presentation)

4. Amreeta Preetam, Davinder Prasad and Mahendra Nath, “A Convenient one pot synthesis of xanthene derivatives using DBSA as an efficient Bronsted acid catalyst under microwave irradiation” 19th ISCB International Conference of Indian Society of Chemist and Biologist, Department of Chemistry, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. March 2nd - 5th, 2013. (Poster Presentation)

5. Amreeta Preetam, Davinder Prasad and Mahendra Nath, National Seminar on “Chemistry in Interdisciplinary Applications” Hans Raj College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. March 19th, 2013. (Poster Presentation)

Faculty Development Programme Attended

1. Online one week FDP on “Forensic Chemistry” organized by Guru Angad Dev UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi. April 22-30th, 2024.

2. Online one week FDP on “Academic Research Writing” organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. November 16-22nd, 2023.

3. Online one week FDP on “Open Source Tools for Teaching and Research” organized by Teaching Learning Centre, Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching. May 22-28th, 2023.

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