A Textbook of Advanced Organic Chemistry Vol-I

Dr. Gail Carneiro retired as Associate Professor and Head from the Department of Chemistry of Sophia College, Mumbai, India. She has 41 years of teaching organic chemistry at the undergraduate and postgraduate level. She has 13 research publications to her credit and is co-author in one book. She is currently the Program Consultant for the PG Diploma in Quality Assurance in the Foods/Pharmaceuticals and Allied Industries, Sophia College, Mumbai.

Dr. Gomathi Shridhar - is an Associate Professor and Head, Department of Chemistry, V.K. Krishna Menon College, Mumbai, India and has more than three decades of teaching organic chemistry. She has 12 research publications in National and International Journals and has contributed to chapters in edited books. She has accompanied the Indian team as a Mentor to the International Chemistry Olympiad and is a resource person for FIP programmes at the UGC-HRDC and other Universities.

Dr. Gulshanara Shaikh retired as Vice-principal (Academics) and Associate Professor from the Department of Chemistry of St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), Mumbai, India, after 32 years of teaching Organic Chemistry at the undergraduate as well as postgraduate level. She has been a visiting faculty at Institute of Chemical Technology. She has 4 research publications in national and international journals; and is coauthor in one book. She has accompanied the Indian team as Mentor to the International Chemistry Olympiad in 2023. She is a life member of the Association of Chemistry Teachers. She is also associated with HBCSE since 2017 to date, as a visiting faculty where she has had the opportunity to be part of the Chemistry team that is continuously striving to enhance chemistry laboratory education both with students and teachers and developing innovative instruction material.

Dr. Lakshmy Ravishankar retired as Professor from the Department of Chemistry of V.G. Vaze College of Arts, Science and Commerce, Mumbai, India, after 33 years of teaching organic chemistry including 29 years of teaching at the post graduate level. She has been a visiting faculty at Institute of Chemical Technology and the Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai and at Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (Dec. 2022 - March 2023). She has 24 research publications in national and international journals, and has also contributed to chapters in four edited books and is coauthor in two books. She is the recipient of several awards for teaching which includes the Inspirational Member Award from Royal Society of Chemistry, UK (2018); the INSA Best teacher Award (2013), Chemical Research Society of India Best Teacher Award (2006 and 2011) and Best Teacher Award from Mumbai University (2005), She was featured as one of the faces globally for ‘The 175 faces of Chemistry’ project of Royal Society of Chemistry, UK in April 2015, to commemorate their 175th anniversary. She has accompanied the Indian team as Mentor to the International Chemistry Olympiad in 2005, 2006, 2010 and 2018. She is a life member of the Indian Chemical Society, Chemical Research Society of India and the Association of Chemistry Teachers. In addition, she is an Associate member of Royal Society of Chemistry UK.

Dr. Sujatha Sanjay Kale is presently visiting faculty at the Department of Chemistry and IBB at SPPU, Pune, India. She has over 30 years’ experience of teaching organic chemistry at the UG and PG level. She has 6 research publications in National Journals and has also contributed as co-author in five books. She has accompanied the Indian team as Mentor to the International Chemistry Olympiad.