Ravindra S. Shinde, PhD, is presently serving as Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry at Dayanand Science College, Latur, in Maharashtra, India. He has around 15 years of teaching experience at the BSc and MSc levels. Having more than 41 research publications to his credit in journals of national and international repute, he is also the author of many undergraduate- and postgraduate-level books. He has published two Indian Patents and many books with Apple Academic Press: Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology and Modern Green Chemistry and Heterocyclic Compounds, and one with Lulu Press Practical Chemistry. He has also 16 written chapters in books published by several other international publishers. Dr. Shinde has delivered lectures and chaired sessions at national conferences and is a reviewer of a number of international journals. In addition, he has completed minor research projects from different funding agencies. He is a university-approved and recognized postgraduate teacher of chemistry. He has around one decade of administrative experience as N.S.S. Programme Officer, member of the University Exam Committee, coordinator of UGC-sponsored NET/SET coaching cell, and One Teacher One Skill Committee of the college. He was also a Brand Ambassador of online NPTEL Examination run by I.I.T. and I.I.Sc. He was awarded a number of prestigious awards during his career, such as from the Vidyabushan Puraskarby Indian NET/SET Association.
Heterocyclic Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Methodology, Multicomponent Reactions.