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Dr. Debasis Banerjee, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Chemistry

IIT Roorkee, India

  • Professor: March 2025 to Present
  • Associate Professor: August 2020 to February 2025.
  • Assistant Professor: March 2015 to August 2020.
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Stockholm University, Sweden - 2015.

Mentor:Prof. Jan-Erling Bäckvall

  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Leibniz Institute for Catalysis, Germany - 2014.

Mentor: Prof. Matthias Beller.

  • Ph.D., IIT Kanpur, Kanpur - 2011.

Mentor: Prof. M. L. N. Rao

Research Interest:

  • Organic Synthesis & Catalysis, Switchable catalysis, Photoredox catalysis, Bio-catalysis
  • Enantioselective Catalysis, Metal Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation.
  • Organofluorine Chemistry and Heterogeneous Catalysis for Sustainable Organic Synthesis.

Doctoral Students

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Mr. Suteerna Mullick, MSc
  • Senior research fellow, Joined in August 2020
  • MSc: Pondicherry University, Pondicherry- 2020
  • BSc: Scottish Church College, Calcutta University, West Bengal- 2018
  • Research: "Heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable organic transformations
 Publications
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Mr. Purushotam, MSc
  • PMRF-Fellowship - SRF, Joined in July 2022
  • MSc: Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi-2021
  • BSc: Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi-2019
  • Research: "Homogeneous catalysis for sustainable organic transformations​"
Publications:
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Mr. Tarun, MSc
  • PMRF-Fellowship - SRF, Joined in July 2022
  • MSc: Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad - 2022
  • BSc: Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi - 2020
  • Research: "Decarboxylative Trifluoromethylations and Perfluoroalkylations: Synthesis of Fluorinated Drugs"
Publications:
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Mr. Sarvaiya Mayur Manubhai, MSc
  • UGC-Fellowship - JRF, Joined in December 2024
  • Previous Work Experience: Aether Industries limited, Surat, Gujarat (Nov. 2020 to June 2023)
  • MSc: VNSGU Surat - 2020
  • BSc: Navyug Science College, Surat, Gujarat - 2018
  • Research: "Non-precious metal-catalyzed functional group transfer strategy using fluorine chemistry​"
Publications:
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Mr. Amit Kumar, MSc
  • Junior Research Fellow, Joined in July 2025
  • MSc: K. S. Saket PG College, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh - 2024
  • BSc: KNIPSS Sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 2022
  • Research: "Non-precious metal-catalyzed functional group transfer strategy using fluorine chemistry"
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Mr. Jagannath Padhi, MSc
  • Junior research fellow, Joined in July 2025
  • Previous Work Experience: NCL-Pune, Maharashtra (August 2024 to May 2025), IISER Bhopal Madhya Pradesh (Jan. 2024 to July 2024)
  • MSc: National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli - 2023
  • BSc: Khallikote Unitary University, Berhampur, Odisha - 2021
  • Research: "Non-precious metal-catalyzed functional group transfer strategy using fluorine chemistry​"
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Mr. Salesh Kumar, M.Sc.

MSc project Students

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Mr. Subhash Palthyavath , B.Sc.