Curriculum Vitae

Full Name: PROF. MAHESH CHANDRA PUROHIT

Designation: Professor
Department: Chemistry
Campus: B.G.R Campus , PAURI
Telephone: +91-1368-223213 Fax: +91-1368-221509

Mobile: +91-7055397380, 9410925970

Email mcpurohit123@gmail.com

Education M. Sc PhD
Qualification:
Teaching Experience 23Years Research Years 32
(Professor: March 2022) Experience

Research Interest and Fields of Specialization

1. Natural Products Chemistry
2.Green Chemistry and Nanotechnology

Books:
1. Organic Chemistry-I Edited by Dr. M.C. Purohit for M.Sc I sem, Uttarakhand Open
University distance learning students.
Editor: Member of Editorial Board- Journal of Mountain Research
Guest Editor: Journal of Indian Council of Chemist
Reviewer : Journal of Plant Science, Journal of Mountain Research

Member of Academic Institutions

1. Member Academic Council Shri Dev Suman University, Rishikesh- Tehri
2. Member Board of Studies , HNB Garhwal University

Membership of Scientific Organizations

1. Fellow of Indian Council of Chemist
2. Member Pharmaceutical Society of India
3. Member Chromatographic Society of India
4. Member Indian Science Congress Association

Research Supervision (No. of Ph.D. Degree Awarded/Submitted/Registered)

Awarded : 08
Submitted: 01
Registered: 02

Research Projects undertaken:

Title, Funding Agency, Total Cost, Completed/Ongoing:

1. Screening of plants for natural dyes …… Weaker section, IERP, GB Pant Institute of
Himalayan Environment and Development, Ministry of Forest and Environment 2,76000/=
(Completed), GBPI/IERP/99-2000/43/390.
2. Conservation and Cultivation of medicinal plants …………. Training, Medicinal Plant Board,
AYUSH, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, 15,0000/= (Completed) Project
No.NMPB/UA/06/2006-7
3. Screening of Plant for natural dyes and development of low cost technique, 10,69000/= UGC
(Completed)
4. Green Synthesis of metallic nanoparticles ………. UCOST, 6,08600/= (ongoing)
MoU/LOI :
1. Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board. Providing facilities for spectroscopic analysis.

Administrative Experience
1. Senior Programme Officer of NSS (2011-2015 and 2016-19)
2. Assistant Superintendent of All type of Examination (2011 to 2019)
3. HOD of Chemistry (time to time)
4. Campus Director of BGR campus Pauri (time to time)
5. Co-ordinator , Study centre, Uttarakhand open university (2019 to till date)

Selected Research Publications:

1. M.C. Purohit, G. Pant and M.S.M. Rawat, A betulinic acid glycoside from Schefflera venulosa,
Phytochemistry 30(7), 2419 (1991).
2. M.C. Purohit, M.S.M. Rawat and G. Pant, Antimicrobial activity and phytochemical analysis of
Spiraea vestita, Fitoterapia LXIII (5), 461 (1992).
3. M.C. Purohit, M.S.M. Rawat, G.Pant, A.K. Nautiyal, J.Sakakibara and T. Kaiya, Amethylester
of melilotoside from the sapwood of Prunus cornuta, Phytochemistry 32, 431-32 (1993).
4. M.C. Purohit, M.S.M. Rawat and G. Pant Spermicidal activity and chemical analysis of
Schefflera venulosa, Fitoterapia LXIV (3) 274 (1993).
5. A.K. Nautiyal, M.C. Purohit and G.Pant, Antifungal activity and Phytochemical analysis of bark
of Prunus jaquemontii, Fitoterapia LXV (2) (1994).
6. Geeta Pant, Mahesh C. Purohit, Gareth A. Morris, Adom G.N. Halsteed and Robert I.G.
Thomsos, Structure elucidation and 1H and 13
C assignment of a pentasaccharide from Agave
Americana, Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 32, 231-39 (1994).
7. M.C. Purohit, Antibacterial activity of rhizome of Polygonum amplexicaulii, Fitoterapia LXVI
(4) 372 (1995).
8. C.B. Pande, M.C. Purohit, M.S. M. Rawat and G. Pant, Allelochemicals from the bark of Prunus
cornuta, J. Allelopathy 289-292 (1996).
9. A. N. Purohit, Hemant Lata, S. Nautiyal and M.C. Purohit, Some characteristics of four
morphological variants of Podophyllum hexandrum, International Plant genetic resource news
letter 114, 51-52 (1998).
10. M.C. Purohit, Raman Bahuguna, U.C. Maithani and A.N. Purohit, Variation in podophylloresin
and podophyllotoxin in different population of Podophyllum hexandrum, Current Science , 77(8)
(1999).
11. Raman Bahuguna, M.C. Purohit, M.S.M. Rawat and A.N. Purohit, Qualitative and quantitative
variations in alkaloids of Aconitum species from Garhwal Himalaya, J.Pant Biology 27(2), 179-
183 (2000)
12. Pankaj Prasad and M.C. Purohit, Energy profile and effect of environment on quantity of
active principle in Rheum nobile and R. emodi from Sikkim Himalaya, Current Science,
 80(6),134-36 (2001).
13. M.C. Purohit, U.C. Maithani and R.K. Joshi, Qualitative and quantitative variation in
anthraquinone derivatives and quarcetine glycoside of rheum species from Garhwal Himalaya,
Oriental Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 23(2), p 629-634 (2007)
14. M.C. Purohit, Pranjali Purohit and Satish Sati, Optimization of Procedure for dyeing of wool and
cotton fibers with natural dye isolated from Rhododendron arboretum, Asian Journal of Chemical
and Environmental research, Vol. 1 No. 1 p 13-17 (2008)
15. P.P. Badoni, Prasana Bahuguna, Rakesh Raturi and M.C. Purohit, An Iridoidal Glycoside From
the Root of Solanum Pseudocapsicum, Asian Journal of Chemical and environmental research,
Vol.2(1-2), 10-12 (2009).
16. Purohit M.C. & Reena. Evaluation of Antimicrobial and Antiinflammatory activities of bark of
Jatropha Gossypifolia, World J. Of Science and Technology 2011, 1(10): 01-05.
17. Reena Purohit, Satish K. Singh, Asima Shaban, Rajesh Nautiyal, M.C. Purohit and Satish K.
Verma, Immunomodulatory activity of Madhuka longifolia, Der Pharmacia Sinica, 2012
3(1):153-155.
18. Shyamveer Singh & M.C. Purohit,. Application of Eco-friendly Natural Dye on Wool fibers using
Combination of Natural and Chemical Mordants. Universal Journal of Environmental Research
and technology, 2012, 2(2), 48-55.
19. Rakesh Joshi, M.C. Purohit & Shanti P. Joshi, Improvement of the traditional system of dyeing
on wool fibres using eco-friendly natural dye. J. Of Applicable Chemistry 2013, 2(4), pp 841-49.
20. Jyoti Kundal, Reena Purohit, Rajendra Singh and M.C. Purohit. Antimicrobial and Anti-oxidant
Activities of Bark Extract of Myrica esculanta. J. of Applicable Chemistry 2013, 2(5): 1141-1146.
21. Shyamveer Singh & M.C. Purohit, Evaluation of colour fastness properties of natural dye
extracted from Symplocos racemosus (Lodh) on wool fibers using combination of natural and
synthetic mordants. Indian Journal of Fibre and textile Research, vol. 39, p. 97- 101, 2014.
22. Jyoti Kundal, Pranjali Purohit and M.C. Purohit, Optimization of procedure for the dyeing of
cotton and wool fabrics with natural dye extracted from Myrica esculanta using different
mordants. Journal of Mountain research vol. 9, p 83-92, 2014.
23. Shyamveer Singh & M.C. Purohit, Dyeing of wool fabrics with extracted eco-friendly natural
dyes from Rhus parviflora (Tung) using chemical mordants: comparison of fastness properties
and colour strength with some mordants. Chemical Science Transactions 3 (3), 692 2014.
24. Pranjali Purohit, Jyoti Kundal and M.C. Purohit, Optimization of Procedure for Dyeing of
Cotton Fibers with Rhododendron arboretum Flowers using Symplocos racemosa leaves as
mordant, Journal of Applicable Chemistry 2015, 4(6) 1852-1857.
25. Jyoti Kundal, Shyamveer Singh and M.C. Purohit, Extaction of Natural Dye from Ficus cunia
and dyeing of Polyester Cotton and Wool Fabrics Using Different Mordants With Evaluation of
Colour Fastness Properties, Natural product Chemistry and research, 2016, 4(3) 1-6.
26. Pranjali Purohit & M.C. Purohit, Optimization of procedure for dyeing of wool and cotton fibers
 with Symplocos racemosa leaves. Journal of Applicable Chemistry, 2016, 5(1) 185-190.
27. Jyoti Kundal, Shyamveer Singh and M.C. Purohit, Effect of mordants and Evaluation of colour
fastness properties of Polyester cotton and wool fabric dyed with leave extract of Ficus cunia.
International Journal of Natural products Research, 2016, 6(2); 21-26
28. M.C. Purohit, Mahendra Singh, Reena Purohit and Goutam Kumar, Antimicrobial activity of
Methanolic extract of bark of Prunus cornuta. International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
and Research, 2017, 8(8); 1000-05.
29. Pranjali Purohit and M. C. Purohit, Uses of Rhus parviflora leaves as natural dyes: Determination
of optimum dyeing conditions and assessment of washing fastness on woolen sample in absence
and presence of natural mordant Symplocos racemosus leaves. Journal of Mountain Research,
2018, 13; 69-74.
30. Jyoti Kundal and M.C. Purohit, Application of biological active natural dye along with some
synthetic mordants on wool surface, International Journal of Advance Research in Science and
Engineering, 2018, 7(2), 100-106.
31. Mahendra Singh and M.C. Purohit, Anti-inflammatory activity of Methanolic extract of Roots of
Rumex obtusifolius, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Research, 2018, 9(8);
3519-3522.
32. Anuj Kandwal, Prajali Purohit, Arun K Khajuria, Gotam Kumar, M.C. Purohit and Niranjan
Kumar Mandal, Synthesis of Zinc Oxide nanoparticles using leaf extract of Ajuga parviflora
Benth.in Wall and their Characterization. Journal of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry 2019,
8(4), 493-497.
33. Anuj Kandwal, M.C. Purohit, Arun Kumar Khajuria and R.K. Joshi, Green synthesis
Characterization and antimicrobial activity of Silver nano particle using leaf extract of Ajuga
parviflora Benth. In wall. Journal of Plant Archives 2019, vol. 19(2), 943-949.
34. M.C. Purohit, Anuj Kandwal, Arun K. Khajuria, Mahender Singh and Rashmi Rawat,
Antimicrobial activity of Ajuga parviflora leaf extract mediated zinc oxide nanoparticles, Plant
Archivs 2020, Vol.20 (2) pp 1627-1630.
35. M.C. Purohit, Mahender Singh, Gotam Kumar and Navneet Singh, Plant mediated green
synthesis of silver nano-particles using Rumex obtusifolius leaf extract and their antimicrobial
activity, International Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and research 2020, vol. 11(9): 4534-
4529.
36. `M.C. Purohit, Jyoti Kundal and Pranjali Purohit Extraction of natural dyes from leaves of
Myrica esculenta and dyeing of wool and cotton fibers using different mordants : determination
of optimum dyeing conditions and assessment of colour fastness properties, Plant Archives
Volume 20 No. 2, 2020 pp. 4379-4385.
37. Pranjali Purohit, Mahesh Chandra Purohit, Anuj Kandwal and Rashmi Rawat,
Dyeing of woolen fibers with Rhododendron arboreum flowers using symplocos racemosa leaves
as mordant under optimum conditions J. Mountain Res. Vol. 15, (2020), 57-62.
 38. M.C. Purohit, Navneet Singh, Gotam Kumar, Rashmi Rawat and Mahender Singh, Investigation
of invitro Anioxidant potential of Methanolic extract of bark of Prunus cornuta and root of
Rumex obtusifolius. Plant Archives, 2021 vol. 21 (1) : 82-87.

39. M. C. Purohit, Rashmi Rawat, Anuj Kandwal , A. R. Semwal and R. K. Joshi . Biosynthesis of
Silver Nanoparticles using Terminalia bellirica Fruit Extract and Their Characterization, J.
Mountain Res. 2021, vol 1(1)8.

40. M.C. Purohit, Anuj Kandwal, Reena Purohit, A.R. Semwal, Sama Parveen and Arun K.
Khajuria, Antimicrobial activity of synthesized Zinc Oxide nanoparticles using Ajuga bracteosa
leaf extract, Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis, 2021 vol.11 (4), 1-6.

41. Shyamvir Singh, M.C. Purohit and Naveen Kumar, A Novel phytoconstituent isolated and
characterized from the leaves of Rhus parviflora Roxb, Chemical Science Transactions 2021,
10(2), 3842.

42. M. C. Purohit, Mahender Singh and Rashmi Rawat, Green synthesis of plant mediated silver
nanoparticle using Termilaria balarica leaves extract. J. of Mountain research 2021, vol.16(2),
161-167.

43. S.V. Singh, J.Kundal and M.C. Purohit, Extraction and Dyeing of Natural Dye from Tung leaves
on cotton fabrics: Gamma ray assisted changes in colour strength and fastness properties, Journal
of Textile Association, 2022, vol 82(5), 274-279.

44. Singh S.V. and Purohit M.C., Extraction and Dyeing of Environmental friendly Natural dye from
tung leaves on wool fabrics and optimization of procedure for dyeing using metallic mordants,
Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, 2022, Vol 26 (10) , 20-25.

Scientific Reports
1 R.K. Joshi, P.P. Deorari, M.C. Purohit and S.P. sati, Phytochemicals at a Glance Part-1
Flavonoids, Chemical weekly, November 22, 201-203 (2005).
2 R. K. Joshi, P.P. Deorari, M.C. Purohit and S.P. sati, Phytochemicals at a Glance Part- 2
Xanthones, Chemical weekly, November 29, (2005).
3 R.K. Joshi, Shanti P Joshi and M.C. Purohit, Phytochemicals at a Glance Xanthones,
Chemical weekly October 2, (2007).

Part of Book:

1. M.C. Purohit, Conservation and Cultivation Strategy of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants
in Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand Statehood: Dimension of Development, Indu Publishing
Company, New Delhi, 313-321 (2000).
Conference/Symposium/Workshop during last Six years

Attended/Presented Paper/Invited Talk/Keynote Address/Session Chair, Title of event,

place, date, year

 Delivered a talk on natural dye procedure optimization of dyeing of wool and cotton
fibers using different mordants in an international conference of International Academy
of Physical Sciences organized by Dept. of mathematics and Computer Sciences,
Kumaun university, Nainital held during 17-19 oct. 2016.
 Delivered a talk on applications of natural dyes in national conference on science and
technology organized by Indian Science congress Association Haridwar chapter held
during 20-22 Nov 2016.
 Delivered a talk on “Dyeing of wool ………………………… synthetic mordants” in
8th conference of Indian Science Congress Association (Haridwar Chapter)
organized by Department of Mathematics and Computer sciences, Kumaun University,
Nainital, during Oct 14-15, 2017.
 Delivered a talk on dyeing of wool fibers.............. natural mordants. 9th Conference of
Indian Science Congress Association (Haridwar Chapter organized by Department
of Biological sciences, G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pant nagar
during Oct. 13-14, 2018.
 Delivered a talk as a resource person on “Continuous Evaluation of Quality Education &
Role of IQAC in Higher Education in a national workshop, organised by IQAC, Govt
P.G. College Dakpathar, Dehradun, during 19-20 Feb 2019.

 Delivered a lecture on Green thesis, characterization and antimicrobial activity of silver

nanoparticles using extract of Ajuga parviflora in a National Conference on recent
advances in natural product chemistry and nanotechnology organized by Department of
chemistry, HNBGU, Srinagar, during 9-10 September 2019.
 Delivered an invited talk on Dyeing of wool with herbal dye …………… development
in a 2nd National conference of Science & Technology for rural development organized
by Department of chemistry, Maharshi Dayanand university, Rhtak during 14-15
october, 2019.
 Delivered an invited talk on Dyeing of wool with herbal dye from plant sources and
strengthen traditional system of dyeing for rural development in a National Conference
on Promoting the advancement of applied sciences organized by Department of
Mathematics, HNBGU, SRT campus, Tehri during 22-23 october, 2019.
 Delivered an invited talk on Antiinflammatory and antimicrobial activities of a cyclic
peptide-curcacycline isolated from Jatropha gossifolia in a National Conference on
Science & Technology: Rural Development organized by Indian Science Congress
Association: Haridwar Chapter, Department of Chemistry&Physics, Gurukul Kangari
Vishwavdhylaya- Haridwar, during 15-16 Feb 2020.
 Delivered an invited talk in the one day national e-conference on recent advances in
chemical sciences organized by Department of Chemistry, University of Lucknow,
Lucknow, on 15 June 2021
 Delivered an oral presentation in International virtual Conference on Frontiers in
Chemical Sciences organized by Department of Chemistry, Mohan Lal Sukharia
University, Udaipur – Rajasthan on 25 June 2021
 Delivered a talk as resource person in the one day National seminar on Recent trends on
Organic Chemistry, organized by Department of Chemistry, Indira Gandhi Sr. College
CIDCO, Nanded, Maharashtra, July 23, 2022.