Rita Kakkar
ex-Dean Faculty of Science, Head & Senior Professor at Delhi University
- Role
- Professor at Delhi University
- Location
- North Delhi, DL, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rita Kakkar
I love teaching Physical Chemistry. I am a Computational Chemist and enjoy using it to gain insight into chemistry. Besides teaching, my hobbies include reading, gardening, crafts, writing.I was also Provost of Under Graduate Hostel for Girls, Delhi University, the largest hostel for girls housing nearly 650 girls from various constituent colleges of Delhi University.
Experience
Professor
Oct 1981 — Present · IN
Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (London)*Teach quantum mechanics, spectroscopy, computational chemistry, statistical thermodynamics.*Field of research: Computational Chemistry*Published more than 100 research papers in the field.*Supervised 35 Ph.D.s*Authored book on spectroscopy, published by Cambridge University Press.
Education
Miranda House, University of Delhi
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Physical Chemistry
1975 — 1977
Loreto Convent, Delhi
Indian School Certificate, Science
1969 — 1972
Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi
Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.), Chemistry
1977 — 1978
Delhi University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Computational Chemistry
1978 — 1982
Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi
B.Sc.(Hons.), Chemistry
1972 — 1975
Skills
- Computer Programming
- Statistics
- Nanotechnology
- Materials Science
- Quantum Mechanics
- Higher Education
- Computational Chemistry
- Spectroscopy
- Molecular Modeling
- Chemistry
- Microsoft Office
- Data Analysis
- Lecturing
- University Teaching
- Nmr
- Science
- Biochemistry
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (Nmr)
- Thermodynamics
- Quantum Chemistry
- Life Sciences
- Drug Design
- Teaching
- Research
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