Graduate Students

Dibya Kanti Mal

CSIR Research Fellow

07/2021-12/2021

Research Interest: C-H Activation

Current Position: Scientist, BARC

Dr. Akash Jana

CSIR Research Fellow

10/2016-12/2021 

Thesis Title: Development of Manganese Catalyst for Transfer De(Hydrogenation) Reactions

Current Position: Post-Doc Fellow, OIST Japan

Dr. Satyadeep Waiba

CSIR Research Fellow

07/2017-07/2022 

Thesis Title: First Row Transition Metal Catalyzed (de)Hydrogenation Reactions

Current Position: Post-Doc Fellow, University of Bayreuth

Supervisor: Dr. Shoubhik Das

Dr. Kuhali Das

CSIR Research Fellow

07/2017-10/2022

Thesis Title: The development of phosphine-free manganese complexes and their application in catalytic hydrogen transfer and hydroelementation reactions

Current Position: University of Cambridge

Supervisor: Dr. Pawel Dydio

Dr. Pradip R. Thorve

UGC Research Fellow

12/2017-05/2023

Thesis Title: Amine oxidase inspired catalysis: Application towards the synthesis of olefins and N-heteroarenes

Current Position: Post-doc Fellow, Chung Ang University

Supervisor:  Prof. Kyungsoo Oh

Angshuman Palai

CSIR Research Fellow

07/2022-07/2023

Research Interest: Photoredox Catalysis

Current Position: Executive Officer, ONGC

Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Milan Kumar Barman

SERB N-PDF

04/2017-02/2019

Ph.D.: NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha

Current position: Assistant Professor, Sukumar Sengupta Mahavidyalaya

Research Interest: Homogeneous Manganese Catalysis

Dr. Murali Mohan Guru

SERB N-PDF

07/2017-07/2019

PhD: IIT Guwahati

Current position: Assistant Professor, NIPER Kolkata

Research Interest: Transition Metal Catalysed C-H Activation, Asymmetric Photocatalysis, Metal Free Catalysis

Dr. C. Bal Reddy

SERB N-PDF

07/2017-05/2019

PhD: CSIR-IBHT, Himachal Pradesh

Current Position: Associate Research Scientist, Zydus Cadila, Healthcare, Vododora

Research Interest: Homogeneous Manganese Catalysis

Dr. Anjan Das

SERB N-PDF

08/2017-05/2018

PhD: CSIR-CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Gujarat

Current Position: Newton Post-Doc Fellow, University of Sheffield, UK

Researcg Interest: Asymmetric Photoredox Catalysis

MS Students

Jacki Kumar

IISER K BS-MS

2017-2018

Current Status: UPSC Aspirant 

Bubhuti Kumar

IISER K BS-MS

2018-2019

Current Status: Teacher @ Allen, Guwahati

Dibya Kumar Sahoo

IISER K BS-MS

2019-2020

Current Status: Working at NALCO

Amol Kumar

IISER K BS-MS

2019-2020

Current Status: Graduate Student, Uppsala University, Sweden 

Sekhar Kumar

IISER K BS-MS

2020-2021

Current Status: Graduate Student, IIT Gandhinagar 

Arijit Kundu

IISER K BS-MS

2020-2021

Current Status: CAT Aspirant

Kundan Kumar

IISER K BS-MS

2021-2022

Current Status: Gate Aspirant

Mohit Chotia

IISER K BS-MS

2021-2022

Current Status: Graduate Student, University of Wuppertal, Germany 

Sayandip Chakraborty

IISER I-PhD

2019-2022

Current Status: Graduate Student, Universite de Namur, Belgium 

Abhirup Sen

IISER K BS-MS

2022-2023

Current Status: Graduate Student, Purdue University, USA 

Rayan Bhattacharya

IISER K BS-MS

2022-2023

Current Status: Graduate Student, Penn State University, USA 

Suranjana Dam

IISER K BS-MS

2022-2023

Current Status: Graduate Student, University of Cincinnati, USA 

Visiting Student

Aleena Raju

Visiting Project Student

03/2022-05/2022

M.Sc.: VIT, Chennai

Current Status: Graduate Student, North Dakota State University

Sanjana Nayek

Visiting Project Student

06/2023-04/2024

BS-MS: IISER Berhampur


Summer Project Students

S. Samantha

Summer 2017

Sidhartha P. Bortamuli

Summer 2018

Anik Ghosh

Summer 2018

Tiyasha Das

Summer 2018

Subarna Sukanya Padhy

Summer 2019

Subhankar Mondal

Summer 2019

Sneha Dutta

Summer 2019

Prabir Sarkar

Summer 2019

Sakshi Sirsath

Summer 2022

Arjun Ramkishan Mule

Summer 2023

Swagata Satpathi

Summer 2023

Ritika Bhakat

Summer 2023

Sunit Chakraborty

Summer 2023