Department of Chemistry

St. John's College Agra

Faculty Members (Present)

Name

Prof. Susan Verghese P. 

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) 

Email id

susan.jaison@yahoo.com

drsusanverghesepsjc@gmail.com

Name

Prof. Raju V. John

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)

Email id

rvjohn44@gmail.com

Name

Prof. Mohd. Anis

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) 

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)

Email id

anismohammad69@gmail.com

Name

Dr. Praveen Tyagi

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.)

Email id

tyagi.praveen22@gmail.com

Name

Dr. Ram Kumar Saraswat

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)

Email id

triptiram2013@gmail.com

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)

Email id

padmahazra208@gmail.com

Name

Dr. David Daneesh Massey

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)
2018 – till date (St. John’s College, Agra)

Email id

davidmassey22@gmail.com

Name

Dr. Mahima Habil Massey

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)

Email id

mahi.habil@gmail.com

Name

Dr. Abhinav Joseph

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)

Email id

chemsjc.abhinav@gmail.com

joseph.abhinav@gmail.com

Name

Dr. Durga Prasad Chelluri

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)

Email id

prasadchelluri@gmail.com

Name

Dr. Anurag Samson Lall

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)

Email id

anuragsam7son@gmail.com

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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Contact Details

M G Road, Agra,
Uttar Pradesh 282002
+91- 7599080224
stjohnscollegeagra@gmail.com
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