Analytical Chemistry: Problems and Solutions

Prof. S.M. Khopkar at present is Professor Emeritus in Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He was Emeritus Scientist of CSIR at University Institute of Chemical Technology for five years. He was faculty member at IIT Bombay for thirty years, 1961-1992. He has taught in M.Tech. programme in Environmental Science & Engineering for more than fifteen years and guided more than ten students for M.Tech. in their dissertation in IIT Bombay. He was UNESCO Fellow in Environmental Monitoring in London, in 1978. He was the member of IUPAC Commission in trace analysis. He was given an award by Canadian Society of Chemical Engineers for significant contribution in Separation Science. He was also awarded the Dr. V.T. Athawale award of Indian Society of Analytical Scientists, for life time achievement in analytical chemistry. He was member of advisory committee of the Academic Press Publication for encyclopaedia of Separation Science. Prof. Khopkar has attended several national and international conferences. He was the Visiting Professor at University of Wroclaw in Poland and Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia in Canada. He is member of the Editorial Board of several journals in Environment as well as in Chemistry. He has published more than 400 research publications in Chemistry and Environment. He has authored several books viz. Basic Concepts in Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Control, Analytical Chemistry-Problems and Solutions and latest being Solvent Extraction: Separation of Elements with Liquid Ion Exchangers, all by New Age International Publishers. He has more than 40 years of the experience of teaching in Chemistry and Environment. He has supervised more than 30 Ph.D. students.