Vibha Jagdevprasad Pandey submitted a thesis to the University of Mumbai in 2008 for a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Organic Chemistry. The thesis, supervised by Dr. Uday C. Mashelkar, studied oxazole, benzimidazole, oxadiazole, and related compounds. It synthesized novel coumarin and chromone derivatives containing imidazole, oxazole, oxadiazole substitutions and ligands based on these systems. Transition metal complexes of the ligands were also studied for applications in pharmacology, industry, and as metal ion sensors.