Past Members
Post-Doc Fellows
Dr. Mari Vellakkaran, MPhil, Ph.D.
- Duration July-2016 to June-2017
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- Ph.D. Osmania University (CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad) - 2015.
Research Area: Metal Catalysed C-H and C-O Bond Activation.
Current position: Senior Research Investigator, Syngene International Limited, Bangalore, India
Dr. Mahesh, Ph.D.
- Duration Dec-2017 to April-2018
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Dr. Utpal Nath, Ph.D.
- Duration May-2018- Feb-2019
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- Ph.D. IIT Guwahati - 2018.
Research Area: Metal Catalysed Asymmetric C-O Bond Activation.
Current position: Chemical Industry, Bangalore.
Dr. Anitha A, Ph.D.
- Duration July-2018-Sep-2019
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- Ph.D. SASTRA Deemed to be University - 2018
Research Area: Photoredox and bio-catalysis
Dr. Ashok Polu, Ph.D.
- Duration Oct-2019- April-2020
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- Ph.D. Bharathidasan University Tiruchirappalli - 2017.
Research Area: Non-precious Metal Catalysed Boron Chemistry.
Current position: Post-Doc Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh
Ph.D. Students
Dr. Khushboo Singh, Ph.D.
- Duration July-2015 - April-2019
- M.Sc., Chemistry, Dr. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad - 2012.
- B.Sc., Chemistry, Dr. R.M.L. Avadh University, Faizabad - 2010.
Thesis title: Nickel-Catalysed Sustainable Organic Transformations: Direct Access To Amines Pyrroles, Pyridines, Quinolines and Gem-Bissubstituted Ketones
- MHRD-Fellowship, New Delhi.
- Email: khush.dcy2015@iitr.ac.in
Dr. Jagadish Das, Ph.D.
- Duration in Dec-2015- Sep-2019
- M.Sc., Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati - 2014.
- B.Sc., Chemistry, Guwahati University, Guwahati - 2012.
Thesis title: Non-precious metal-catalyzed sustainable synthesis of C-C and C-N bonds.
- MHRD-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Current position: Assistant Professor, IIT Patna
Dr. Motahar Sk, Ph.D.
- Duration June-2018 to March-2024
- Joined in July-2018
- MSc: Chemistry, IIT (ISM), Dhanbad - 2017.
- BSc: Chemistry, Krishnath College, Berhampore - 2015.
Thesis title: Non-precious metal-catalyzed (de)hydrogenation of alcohols: synthesis of olefins, N-heteroarenes and 1,5-diketones
- DST-Inspire-Fellowship, New Delhi.
- Email: msk@cy.iitr.ac.in
Current position: Assistant Professor, CMR University, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Dr. Lalit Mohan Kabadwal, Ph.D.
- Duration in 2017 to May 2024
- MSc: Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital - 2015.
- BSc: Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital - 2013.
Thesis title: NON-PRECIOUS METAL CATALYSED C-C BOND FORMATION USING ALCOHOL AS ALKYLATING REAGENT
- UGC-Fellowship, New Delhi.
- Email: lkabadwal@cy.iitr.ac.in
- Enrolment No: 17909023
Dr. Sourajit Bera, Ph.D.
- Duration in Feb. 2018 to May 2024
- MSc: Chemistry, West Bengal State University - 2017
- BSc: Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Calcutta University-2015.
Thesis title: NON-PRECIOUS METAL CATALYSED (DE)-HYDROGENATION STRATEGIES: DIRECT ACCESS TO N-HETEROCYCLES, GEM BIS-SUBSTITUTED KETONES, AND ARYL ACETONITRILES
- DST-Inspire-Fellowship, New Delhi.
- Email: sbera@cy.iitr.ac.in
- Enrolment No: 17909026
Dr. Atanu Bera, Ph.D.
- Duration in July 2018 to May 2024
- MSc: Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry - 2017
- BSc: Chemistry, St. Pauls' Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata - 2015.
Thesis title: Harnessing Alcohols as Alkylating Reagents Using Non-Precious Metal-Catalysis: Synthesis of N-heteroarenes, Secondary Amines, Gem-β,β'-Bis Substituted Alcohols and Olefins.”
- MHRD-Fellowship, New Delhi.
- Email: abera@cy.iitr.ac.in
- Enrolment No: 18909008
Research Associate
Dr. Nilanjana Mukherjee, Ph.D.
- Research Associate
- Joined in Dec-2023
- Ph.D.: BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus
Mentor: Prof. Tanmay Chatterjee, Associate Prof., BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus
- M.Sc: University of Calcutta
- B.Sc: University of Calcutta
Research Area: Electrochemical organic synthesis
Project Students
CSIR project Student
Mr. Suprobhat Singha Roy, MSc
- Joined in Oct-2021
- MSc: University of Hyderabad - 2019-2021
- BSc: Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara - 2019
Research: Homogeneous catalysis for sustainable organic transformations
Current status: PhD scholar at CSIR - CECRI, Karaikudi - 630003, Tamil Nadu, India.
Masters Project Students
- Sudip Shit - 2016
- Nishikant Singh - 2016
- Imran Khan - 2016
- Mohit - 2017
- Pooja Negi - 2018
- Naveen - 2019
- Akansha - 2020
- Anshum - 2022
- Anukriti Singhal - 2022
- Prakriti Singh - 2023
- Gaurav Kumar - 2023
- Khushi Khatri - 2024
- Puneet Kumar - 2024
- Javid Iqbal - 2024
M. Tech.
Ms. Srishti Paliwal, M.Tech.
- Duration: 2016-2017
- MSc: IIT Roorkee - 2022-23
Research: Heterogeneous catalysis
- MHRD-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Summer Interns
- Deepak Behera - 2017, NISER Bhubaneswar
- Bastab Brajesh Bhoi - 2017, NISER Bhubaneswar
- Santu Mandal - 2018, NIT Rourkela (Current status: PhD scholar at IIT Guwahati)