Prof. H. Askari
Designation: Professor
Department of Chemistry Department
Qualifications:
M.Sc., M.Phil., Ph.D. (AMU)
Field of Specialization : Physical Chemistry
Area of Research : Solid State Chemistry, Chemistry of Surfactants
Research Guidance:
- Dr. T. A. Wagay (Research Associate, CSIR)
- Dr. Shilpi Mandal
- Dr. Manisha Bihani
- Ms. Anushmita Chirangia
- Mr. Smarling Suting

Projects guidance: 22 (during 2007-2017)
Extension Work
Outside University:
- Confidential works of Public Service Commissions
- Reviewer, ‘Computational Biology and Chemistry’, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Within the University:
- Chairman, Academic Journal Expert Committee, NEHU
- Member, Board of Research Studies, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
- Member, University Court, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
- Member, Governing Body of Sankardev College, Shillong
- Members: School Board of Physical Sciences, School Board of Life Sciences, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
- Members: Board of Studies in Mathematics, Board of Studies in Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
- Members: Board of Post-graduate Studies in Physics, Board of Post-graduate Studies in Bio-Technology & Bio-Informatics, Board of Post-graduate Studies in Chemistry, Board of Undergraduate Studies in Chemistry, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
- Member, Steering Committee, Centre for Science Education, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong
Sports:
- Horse Riding
- Billiards and Snooker
Typical recent publications
- Amberlyst A21: A reusable solid catalyst for green synthesis of pyran annulated heterocycles at room temperature, C. R. Chimie 16,419–426(2013)
- Amberlyst A21 Catalyzed Chromatography-Free Method for Multicomponent Synthesis of Dihydropyrano[2,3-c]pyrazoles in Ethanol, ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 1, 440−447(2013)
- Interactions of N-acetyl-l-cysteine with metals (Ni2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+): an experimental and theoretical study, Struct. Chem. 25,43-51(2014)
- Physicochemical investigations of the metal complexes of L-valine with doubly charged ions of nickel, copper and zinc: a combined experimental and computational approach, RSC Adv. 4, 24796-24809 (2014)
- A green four-component synthesis of zwitterionic alkyl/benzyl pyrazolyl barbiturates and their photophysical studies, Mol. Diversity 18(4):745-57(2014)
- Experimental and Quantum Chemical Modeling Studies of the Interactions of L-Phenylalanine with Divalent Transition Metal Cations, ACS J. Chem. Inf. Model.54, 2524−2535(2014)
- A combined experimental and quantum mechanical investigation on some selected metal complexes of L-serine with first row transition metal cations, J Mol. Structure 1081,281–292((2015)
- Metalation of Glycylglycine: An Experimental Study Performed in Tandem with Theoretical Calculations, ACS J. Chem. Eng. Data, 60 (3),659–673 (2015)
- Physicochemical properties of the ternary complexes of Pt(II) with uracil and small peptide moieties: an experimental and computational study, New J. Chem. 39,5208-5217(2015)
- Amino acid-type interactions of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine with transition metal ions: An experimental and theoretical investigation, J Mol. Structure 1100,162-173(2015)