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Debasis Banerjee, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

IIT Roorkee, India

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

Mr. Lalit Mohan Kabadwal, M.Sc.

Thesis Submitted
Joined in Dec-2017

MSc: Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital - 2015.

BSc: Chemistry, Kumaun University, Nainital - 2013.

Research: Photoredox and Bio-catalysis

UGC-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Email: lkabadwal@cy.iitr.ac.in
Enrolment No - 17909023

Mr. Sourajit Bera, M.Sc.

Thesis Submitted
Joined in Feb-2018

MSc: Chemistry, West Bengal State University - 2017

BSc: Chemistry, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Belur Math, Calcutta University-2015.

Research: Bio-catalysis for C-O and C-H bond Activation.

DST-Inspire-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Email: sbera@cy.iitr.ac.in
Enrolment No - 17909026

Mr. Atanu Bera, M.Sc.

Thesis Submitted
Joined in July-2018

MSc: Chemistry, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry - 2017.

BSc: Chemistry, St. Pauls' Cathedral Mission College, Kolkata - 2015.

Research: Photo-redox catalysis for organic transformations

MHRD-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Email: abera@cy.iitr.ac.in
Enrolment No - 18909008

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Mr. Shuvojit Haldar, M.Sc.

Senior research fellow
Joined in Dec-2018

MSc: Chemistry, University of Kalyani, West Bengal- 2017.

BSc: Chemistry, Krishnath College, Berhampore - 2015.

Research: Heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable organic transformations

CSIR-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Email: shaldar@cy.iitr.ac.in
Enrolment No - 18909049

Ms. Adrija Ghosh, M.Sc.

Senior research fellow
Joined in Aug-2020

MSc: Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad- 2020

BSc: Chemistry, Jadavpur University, West Bengal- 2018

Summer Internship: "Development of Electron Deficient Porphyrinoids." under Prof. Abhishek Dey, IACS, Kolkata.

MSc project: "Acid Catalysed N-alkylation of Anilines with activated 1-H-Indanols and Synthesis towards Phomoindene A." under Prof. Faiz Ahmed Khan, IIT Hyderabad.

Research: Sustainable organic transformation using bio-catalysis.

PMRF-Fellowship.
Email: a_ghosh@cy.iitr.ac.in
Enrolment No - 20909001

Mr. Suteerna Mullick, M.Sc.

Senior research fellow
Joined in Aug-2020

MSc: Pondicherry University, Pondicherry- 2020

BSc: Scottish Church College, Calcutta University, West Bengal- 2018

MSc Project: "Sol-Gel synthesis, powder XRD and optical properties of CeLaO3 complex oxide." under Prof. Bidhu Bhushan Das, Pondicherry University.

Research: Heterogeneous catalysis for sustainable organic transformations

CSIR-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Email: s_mullick@cy.iitr.ac.in
Enrolment No - 20909017

Mr. Purushotam, M.Sc.

Junior research fellow
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

PMRF-Fellowship, New Delhi.
Email: purushotam@cy.iitr.ac.in
Enrolment No - 22909016

Mr. Tarun, M.Sc.

Junior research fellow
Joined in July-2022

MSc: Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad - 2022

BSc: Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi - 2020

Summer Internship: "Effective photocatalysis degradation of Methomyl using funcationalized Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite." under Prof. Pratibha Kumari, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi

MSc project: "Synthesis and Application of Organic Thiocyanates/Selenocyanates" under Prof. Soumitra Maity, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad

Research: Homogeneous catalysis for sustainable organic transformations