Prof. Y. D. Vankar
Professor
IIT Kanpur

 

Personal Profile

Born: December 5, 1950 at Varanasi (India)

Education: M.Sc. (1971, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi);
Ph.D. (1976) National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.

Married: Dr. Padma S. Vankar (Principal Research Scientist, FEAT Lab, IIT Kanpur)

One son: Siddhartha Vankar (Freelance Creative Director, Hindi Television,  Mumbai)

Hobbies and other interests: Spiritual aspects of life, Sufism, Indian Classical Music, Gardening.

Professional:

Professor

1991-present

IIT Kanpur

Professor and Head

Jan. 2005-2008

IIT Kanpur

Assistant Professor

1982-91

IIT Kanpur

Lecturer

1981-82

IIT Kanpur

Post-doctoral Research

 

 

Fellow

1979-80

Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA
(With Prof. E. Wenkert)

 

 

 

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1977-1979

University of Southern

 

 

California, Los Angeles, USA
(With Prof. G. A. Olah, Nobel Laureate)

 

 

 

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1976-1977

King's College, London, UK

 

 

(With Prof. D. I. Davies)

 

 

 

Research Chemist

1975-1976

Hindustan Lever Research Centre,
Bombay

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Interests

  • Synthetic Carbohydrate Chemistry of Relevance to Glycobiology: Special emphasis on Glycosidase Inhibitors
  • Functionalisation of carbohydrates leading to Glycosyl and Sugar Amino Acids, Glycopeptides, Amino Sugars and O- and   C-Glycosides
  • Development of New Synthetic Methods