Gurmeet Singh
Gurmeet Singh is vice chancellor, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India. He began his academic career as lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, India, in 1976. He was proctor (2005–2010), head of the department (2014–2017), and a member of the executive council (2005–2010), besides serving as principal, in Deshbandhu College, New Delhi, India, from 1997 to 1999. From 2011 to 2012, he served as chair professor at Lunghwa University, Taipei. He was also in Hungary and Japan as visiting scientist and currently is a visiting professor at the Japan Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (JAIST), Ishikawa, Japan. Prof. Dr. Singh has personally supervised 9 major R&D projects worth over Rs. 7.5 million. He has written about 150 research papers, a majority of which have been published in high-impact international journals, and has received the Meritorious Contribution Award; the Annapurna Award; Membership of The Royal Society of Chemistry, London; and Fellowship of SAEST and The Electrochemical Society of India.