Graduate Students
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Dibya Kanti Mal
CSIR Research Fellow
07/2021-12/2021
Research Interest: C-H Activation
Current Position: Scientist, BARC
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Dr. Akash Jana
CSIR Research Fellow
10/2016-12/2021Â
Thesis Title: Development of Manganese Catalyst for Transfer De(Hydrogenation) Reactions
Current Position: Post-Doc Fellow, OIST Japan
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Dr. Satyadeep Waiba
CSIR Research Fellow
07/2017-07/2022Â
Thesis Title: First Row Transition Metal Catalyzed (de)Hydrogenation Reactions
Current Position: Post-Doc Fellow, University of Bayreuth
Supervisor: Dr. Shoubhik Das
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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
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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:Â Prof. Kyungsoo Oh
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Angshuman Palai
CSIR Research Fellow
07/2022-07/2023
Research Interest: Photoredox Catalysis
Current Position: Executive Officer, ONGC
Post Doctoral Fellow
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Jacki Kumar
IISER K BS-MS
2017-2018
Current Status: UPSC AspirantÂ
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Bubhuti Kumar
IISER K BS-MS
2018-2019
Current Status: Teacher @ Allen, Guwahati
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Dibya Kumar Sahoo
IISER K BS-MS
2019-2020
Current Status: Working at NALCO
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Amol Kumar
IISER K BS-MS
2019-2020
Current Status: Graduate Student, Uppsala University, SwedenÂ
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Sekhar Kumar
IISER K BS-MS
2020-2021
Current Status: Graduate Student, IIT GandhinagarÂ
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Arijit Kundu
IISER K BS-MS
2020-2021
Current Status: CAT Aspirant
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Kundan Kumar
IISER K BS-MS
2021-2022
Current Status: Gate Aspirant
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Mohit Chotia
IISER K BS-MS
2021-2022
Current Status: Graduate Student, University of Wuppertal, GermanyÂ
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Sayandip Chakraborty
IISER I-PhD
2019-2022
Current Status: Graduate Student, Universite de Namur, BelgiumÂ
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Abhirup Sen
IISER K BS-MS
2022-2023
Current Status: Graduate Student, Purdue University, USAÂ
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Rayan Bhattacharya
IISER K BS-MS
2022-2023
Current Status: Graduate Student, Penn State University, USAÂ
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Suranjana Dam
IISER K BS-MS
2022-2023
Current Status: Graduate Student, University of Cincinnati, USAÂ
Visiting Student
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Aleena Raju
Visiting Project Student
03/2022-05/2022
M.Sc.: VIT, Chennai
Current Status: Graduate Student, North Dakota State University
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Sanjana Nayek
Visiting Project Student
06/2023-04/2024
BS-MS: IISER Berhampur
Summer Project Students
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S. Samantha
Summer 2017
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Sidhartha P. Bortamuli
Summer 2018
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Anik Ghosh
Summer 2018
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Tiyasha Das
Summer 2018
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Subarna Sukanya Padhy
Summer 2019
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Subhankar Mondal
Summer 2019
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Sneha Dutta
Summer 2019
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Prabir Sarkar
Summer 2019
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Sakshi Sirsath
Summer 2022
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Arjun Ramkishan Mule
Summer 2023
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Swagata Satpathi
Summer 2023
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Ritika Bhakat
Summer 2023
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Sunit Chakraborty
Summer 2023