Faculty Members (Present)

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Designation | Professor and Head |
Education | M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry (St. John’s College, Agra University, Agra in 1989) M.Phil. in Chemistry (Institute of Basic Sciences, Agra University in 1990) Ph.D. in Chemistry (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 1998) |
Research Experience | 1990 – 1992 (IBS, Agra University) 1993 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 1993 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Professor |
Education | M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry (St. John’s College, Agra University, Agra in 1991) M.Phil. in Chemistry (Institute of Basic Sciences, Agra University, Agra in 1992) B.Ed. (Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi in 1995) Ph.D. in Chemistry (St. John’s College, Dr. B.R Ambedkar University, Agra in 2004) |
Research Experience | 1991 – 1994 (IBS, Agra University) 2000 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 2000 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Professor |
Education | M.Sc. in Organic Chemistry (Agra College, Agra University, Agra in 1991) M.Phil. in Chemistry, (Institute of Basic sciences, Agra University, Agra in 1992)Â Ph.D. in Chemistry (Institute of Basic sciences, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 1997) |
Research Experience | 1991 – 1992 (IBS, Agra University, Agra) 1992-1996 UGC Project Assistant (IBS, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra) 2000 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 1997- 1997 Guest Lecturer (IBS, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra) 1998 – 2000 Lecturer (Govt. P.G. College, Agastyamuni, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand) 2000 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) |
Education | M.Sc. Organic Chemistry (Ch. Charan Singh University, Meerut in 1999) B.Ed. (Ch. Charan Singh University Meerut in 2001) Ph.D.  (St. John’s College, Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar University Agra in 2021) |
Research Experience | 2002 – 2003 JRF (D.R.D.E Gwalior, Ministry of Defence) 2014 – till now (St. John’s College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 2003 – 2006 Lecturer (D. P. B. S. P. G. College, Anoopshahr, Bulandshahr, U.P.) 2006 – 2014 Assistant Professor (Govt. P.G. College Hamirpur, Gyanpur, Budaun U.P.) 2014 – till date (St. john’s College, Agra U.P.) |
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Name | |
Designation | Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) |
Education | M.Sc. (St. John’s College, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 2007) Ph.D. (St. John’s College, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 2024) |
Research Experience | 2017 – 2024 Research Scholar (Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra) 2024 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 2014 – till now (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | Dr. Padmamalika Khanna nee Hazra |
Designation | Assistant Professor (Selection Grade) |
Education | M.Sc. (St. John’s College, Agra in 1988) Ph.D. (S. N. Medical College, Agra in 1992) D.Phil. (M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad in 2015) |
Research Experience | 1990 – 1992 D.S.T. Technical Assistant (S.N. Medical College, Agra) 1999 – 2001 I.C.M.R. Research Associate (LLRM Medical College, Meerut) 2005 – 2008 DST Young Scientist Award (SN Medical College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 2014 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) |
Education | M.Sc. (St. John’s College, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 2006) Ph.D. (St. John’s College, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 2011) |
Research Experience | 2007 – 2010 DST JRF & SRF (St. John’s College, Agra) 2011 – 2012 CSIR – Research Associate (St. John’s College, Agra) 2013 – 14 (St. John’s College, Agra) 2018 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 2012 – 2014 Lecturer (Ad-hoc) (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) |
Education | M.Sc. (St. John’s College, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 2007) Ph.D. (St. John’s College, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar University, Agra in 2012) |
Research Experience | Post-Doctoral Fellow, SERB, DST (St. John’s College, Agra) 2012 – 2016 (St. John’s College, Agra) 2019 – till now (St. John’s College, Agra) |
Teaching Experience | 2012 – 2013 Lecturer (Ad-hoc) (St. John’s College, Agra) 2019 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Assistant Professor |
Education | M.Sc. (Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore in 2010) Ph.D. (University of Lisbon, Portugal in 2016) |
Research Experience | 2011 – 2013 FCT Research Fellowship (University of Lisbon, Portugal) 2013 – 2016 FCT Doctoral Fellowship (University of Lisbon, Portugal) |
Teaching Experience | 2016 – 2018 Assistant Professor (St. Joseph’s College for Women, Gorakhpur) 2019 – 2025 Assistant Professor (Lovely Professional University, Punjab) 2025 – till Date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Assistant Professor |
Education | M.Sc. (Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur in 2009) Ph.D. (IISER Bhopal in 2017) |
Research Experience | 2011 – 16 CSIR-UGC-JRF & SRF (IISER Bhopal) 2017 – 18 Post-Doctoral Fellow (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel) 2018 – 19 Post-Doctoral Fellow (Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan-si, South Korea) |
Teaching Experience | 2021 – 2022 Assistant Professor (Indrashil University, Gujarat) 2022 – 25 Assistant Professor (SHUATS, Prayagraj) 2025 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Name | |
Designation | Assistant Professor |
Education | M.Sc. (St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur in 2012) Ph.D. (SHUATS, Prayagraj in 2023) |
Research Experience | 2016 – 2017 Project Assistant (Level 2) DST-SERB (St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur) |
Teaching Experience | 2015 – 2019 Lecturer (Part-time)(St. Andrew’s College, Gorakhpur) 2025 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra) |
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Retired/Former faculty members
- Prof. Dave (1913 – 1925) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1913 – 1923)
- Prof. K.C. Pandya (till 1940) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1925 – 1940)
- Prof. N.M. Antani ( till 1952) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1940 – 1952)
- Dr. P.I. Ittyerah (1941 – 1968) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1952-1968) (Former Principal, St. John’s College, Agra 1968 – 1978)
- Prof. S.C. Banerji (till 1969)
- Prof. M.L. Bhambhani (till 1981) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1968 – 1971)
- Prof. R.C. Rai (till 1955)
- Prof. George Thomas (1951 – 1956)
- Dr. J.K. Khandelwal (1956 – 1967)
- Dr. S.N. Srivastava (1957 – 1962)
- Dr. B.C. Banerji (1957 – 1989) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1971 – 1989)
- Dr. B.P. Asthana (1963 – 1998) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1989 – 1998)
- Dr. P. P. Chaturvedi (1964 – 1993)
- Prof A.V. Ulrick (1966 – 1981)
- Dr. K.C. Jain (1966 – 1999) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1998 – 1999)
- Dr. O.P. Singhal (1967 – 1999)
- Dr. Ashok Kumar (1968 – 2012) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 1999 – 2012)
- Dr. K.B. Lal (1969 – 1997)
- Dr. D.S. Seth (1973 – 2010)
- Dr. S.K. Starling (1980 – 1991)
- Dr. Hemant Kulshreshtha (1980 – 2018) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 2012 – 2018) (Former Coordinator, IGNOU, St. John’s College, Agra Centre 2015 – 2018)
- Dr. H.B. Singh (1981 – 2014)
- Dr. R.P. Singh (1981 – 2019) (Former Head, Department of Chemistry 2018 – 2019)
- Dr. P.E. Joseph (1989 – 2015) (Former Principal, St. John’s College, Agra 2015 – 2019)
- Dr. Ajay Taneja (1993 – 2008)
- Dr. Shalini Nelson (2001 – 2021)
- Dr. Anita V.K. Anand (2001 – 2021)
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