Members of the OCS Lab @ IISERB

Current Group Members:

Subhadip Mondal

Senior Research Fellow

CSIR JRF - 2019

B. Sc. (2017): Ramakrishna Mission Residential College

M. Sc. (2019): NIT Jamshedpur

e-mail: subhadip20(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

New synthetic avenues for Pd-mediated synthesis of all-carbon quaternary stereogenic centers.

Publications from IISERB:

(i) Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 12491-12494.

Pragya Mishra

Senior Research Fellow

GATE - 2022

B. Sc. (2013): NSN PG College, Lucknow University.

M. Sc. (2018): Dr. Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow (Gold Medalist)

e-mail: pragya22(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Remote functionalization via C-H alkylation.

Publications from IISERB:

(i) Org. Chem. Front. 2023, 10, 4941-4971.

Deveen Hirapara

Senior Research Fellow

CSIR NET-LS - 2022

B. Sc. (2019): Gujarat University (St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad)

M. Sc. (2021): Gujarat University (St. Xavier's College Ahmedabad)

e-mail: deveen22(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Palladium mediated asymmetric synthesis of alkaloid core structures.

Publications from IISERB:

(i) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, 63, e202419127 .

Habib Mostafa

Junior Research Fellow

GATE 2022, CSIR-UGC NET-LS - 2020, DST INSPIRE

B. Sc. (2018): Calcutta University

M. Sc. (2020): Banaras Hindu University

e-mail: habib23(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Total synthesis of macrocyclic peptide-based natural products.

Brijesh Patel

Junior Research Fellow

CSIR-JRF- 2023; GATE - 2024

B. Sc. (2021): Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi

M. Sc. (2023): IIT Mandi

e-mail: brijesh24(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Remote functionalization in the synthesis of alkaloid-based natural products.

Kartik Sadhu

Junior Research Fellow

CSIR-JRF- 2024; GATE - 2024

B. Sc. (2020): M.G. Science Institute, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

M. Sc. (2022): Department of Chemistry, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad

e-mail: sadhu24(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Remote functionalization via C-H arylation.

Akshay More

Junior Research Fellow

CSIR-JRF- 2025

B. Sc. (2021): Kolhapur University

M. Sc. (2023): Savitribai Phule Pune University

e-mail: more25(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Remote functionalization via C-H arylation.

Prabhat Ranjan Yadav

MSc (2nd year)

IIT-JAM 2024; CUET PG 2024

B. Sc. (2023): Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University, Jaunpur.

e-mail: prabhat24(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Remote functionalization via C-H alkylation.

Veeru Kumar Singh

BSMS (5th year)

e-mail: veeru21(at)iiserb.ac.in

Research Topic:

Total synthesis of macrocyclic peptide-based natural products.

Former Group Members:

Ph.D.:

(1) Dr. Ajit Kale (Ph.D. 2009-2015) (Presently working at KAUST, Saudi Arabia).

(2) Dr. Govind Pawar (Ph.D. 2010-2015; Post-doc 2015-2016) (Presently a Principal Investigator at Syngene International Ltd., Bangalore, India).

(3) Dr. Virendra Tiwari (Ph.D. 2011-2016) (Presently a Senior Scientist at TCG Greenchem, Inc., USA).

(4) Dr. Aniket Mahapure (Ph.D. 2009-2016).

(5) Dr. Riki Das (Ph.D. 2013-2018).

(6) Dr. Gangam Srikanth Kumar (Ph.D. 2014-2018) (Presently a Scientist at Arcus Biosciences, Inc., USA).

(7) Dr. Chiranjit Ghosh (Ph.D. 2014-2019) (Presently a Scientific Manager at Aragen Life Sciences, Bengaluru, India).

(8) Dr. Paridhi Saxena (Ph.D. 2014-2020).

(9) Dr. Gaurav Saini (Ph.D. 2014-2020) (Presently at Syngene International Ltd., Bangalore, India).

(10) Dr. Pravin Kumar (Ph.D. 2016-2022) (Presently a Post-doc at Jagiellonian University, Poland, with Prof. Łukasz Woźniak).

(11) Dr. Nandkishor Prakash Khot (Ph.D. 2016-2022). (Presently a Post-doc at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with Prof. David Berkowitz).

(12) Dr. Neha Jha (Ph. D. 2017-2023) (Presently working with American Chemical Society, India).

(13) Dr. Tapasi Chand (Ph. D. 2017-2023) (Previously a Post-doc at University of Angers, France, with Prof. Antoine Goujon).

(14) Dr. Prajyot Jayadev Nagtilak (Ph. D. 2017-2023) (Presently a Post-doc at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, with Prof. Tim Gatzenmeier).

(15) Dr. Santosh Kumar Keshri (Ph. D. 2018-2024) (Presently a Post-doc at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Warsaw, with Prof. Karol Grela).

(16) Dr. Pooja Sah (Ph. D. 2019-2024) (Presently a Post-doc at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, Warsaw, with Prof. Katarzyna Rybicka-Jasińska).

(17) Dr. Princi Gupta (Ph.D. 2020-2025).

Scientists and Post-docs:

(1) Dr. Sujit Pal (Post-doc 2013-2014) (Presently at Aurigene, Bangalore, India).

(2) Dr. Surendra Puri (NPDF 2017-2019) (Presently Assistant Professor at H. N. Bahuguna Gharwal University, India)

(3) Dr. Ajit Kumar Jha (Post-doc 2022-2023) (Presently a Research Scientist at Syngene International, Hyderabad, India).

(4) Dr. Suchithra M. V. (DST Woman Scientist 2020-2025).

Integrated BS-MS and MS Grads:

(1) Gaurav Singh (BS-MS 2013).

(2) Dr. Akanksha Patel (BS-MS 2014) (Presently at ThermoFischer, USA).

(3) Abhilashamole B. (BS-MS 2015) (Presently at ONGC, India).

(4) Neha Kamal (BS-MS 2015) (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at IIT-BHU, India, with Prof. Indrajit Sinha).

(5) Mishel Joy (BS-MS 2016).

(6) Dr. Arun Raj K. M. (BS-MS 2016) (Presently a Scientist at PTC Therapeutics, Inc., USA).

(7) Manish Kumar (BS-MS 2017) (Presently Assistant Professor at Guru Jambheshwar University, India).

(8) Neha Maida (BS-MS 2018) (Presently teaching at Samta Siksha Niketan, Ratlam, India).

(9) Akanksha Deshpande (BS-MS 2019) (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur, India).

(10) Dr. Diksha Singh (MS 2019) (Completed Ph.D. at the University of Strasbourg with Prof. Nicholas Blanchard).

(11) Mamata Maiti (MS 2020) (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at IISER Kolkata, India, with Prof. Biplab Maji).

(12) Prakash Chandra Tiwari (MS 2021) (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, with Prof. Timothy Noel).

(13) Roushan Prakash Singh (BS-MS 2021) (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at the University of Illinois Chicago, USA).

(14) Ayush Bose (MS 2022). (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at TIFR Mumbai, India).

(15) Akshat Jain (BS-MS 2022).

(16) Nehali Oza (BS-MS 2022) (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at the Michigan State University, USA).

(17) Nitish Kumar Deo (BS-MS 2022). (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at The University of Texas at Dallas, USA).

(18) Shivam Waske (BS-MS 2023). (Presently pursuing Ph.D. at The Ohio State University, USA).

(19) Aakash Kumar Gond (BS-MS 2023).

(20) Gauthaman Kalarikkandy (BS-MS 2024).

(21) Himanshu Saini (BS-MS 2025).

(22) Kiritharan S (BS-MS 2025, IISER Berhampur).

Summer/Winter Interns & MS Project Fellows:

(1) Chaitra Shriyan (Summer Internship 2015, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(2) Renuka Singh (BS-MS, Summer Internship, IISERB).

(3) Saina Shaheeda M. K. (BS-MS, Summer Internship, IISERB).

(4) Anam Khan (MS Project 2016, IEHE Bhopal).

(5) Dipan Mondal (MS Project 2016, Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur).

(6) Sabnam Begum (Summer Internship 2016, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(7) Srashti Sharma (Summer Internship 2017, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(8) Anubhav Jain (MS Project 2017, IEHE Bhopal).

(9) Roushan Prakash Singh (BS-MS, Winter Internship 2017, IISERB).

(10) Pragya Sharma (Summer Internship 2018, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(11) Aneesha Maan (Summer Internship 2018, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(12) Prachi Gupta (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2018, IISERB).

(13) Nachiket Dhonnar (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2018, IISERB).

(14) Nikhil Gorane (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2018, IISERB).

(15) Nandita Singh (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2018, IISERB).

(16) Nehali Oza (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2018, IISERB).

(17) Arjun Rana (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2019, IISERB)

(18) Amisha Srivastava (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2019, IISERB).

(19) Hitesh Panwar (BS-MS, Summer Internship 2019, IISER Pune).

(20) Nikita Bhakat (Summer Internship 2019, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(21) Sanat Kumar Mahapatra (Summer Internship 2019, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(22) Yukta Singh (BS-MS, Winter Internship 2019, IISERB).

(23) Pooja Maheshwari (Integrated MS, NIT Surat, Summer Internship 2022).

(24) Prajwal Prabhu (MS, IIT Kanpur, Summer Internship 2022).

(25) Sreelekshmi S. (Summer Internship 2023, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(26) Poulami Ghosh (MS, IIT Kanpur, Summer Internship 2023).

(27) Dibyendu Ghosh (MS, IIT Guwahati, Summer Internship 2023).

(28) Shamika Tapasvi (BSMS, IISERB, Summer Internship 2023).

(29) Apurva Sharma (BSMS, IISERM, Summer Internship 2023).

(30) Hema Patel (BS-MS IISERB, Winter Internship 2023).

(31) Soumyashri Banerjee (BS-MS IISERB, Winter Internship 2023).

(32) Subhranil Chandra (BS-MS IISERB, Winter Internship 2023).

(33) Sajal Naskar (BS-MS IISERB, Winter Internship 2023).

(34) Anha Naved Ali (MS Project 2024, IEHE Bhopal).

(35) Umakanth Bohara (MS Project 2024, SVNIT Surat).

(36) Aditya Tiwari (BSMS, IISERB, Summer Internship 2024).

(37) Gouri K Anil (BSMS, IISERB, Summer Internship 2024).

(38) Akanksha Yadav (BSMS, IISER Berhampur, Summer Internship 2024).

(39) Mahendra Singh Solanki (MSc, IIT Ropar, Summer Internship 2024).

(40) Somya Singh (Summer Internship 2024, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(41) Anagha Sunil (Summer Internship 2025, Joint Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme).

(42) Khushi Rathor (MS Project 2025, IEHE Bhopal).

Visiting Faculty (Under Joint Science Academies' Research Fellowship Programme):

(1) Dr. Pradip Debnath (Summer Fellowship 2019).

(2) Dr. Sharad Pandit Panchgalle (Summer Fellowship 2022).

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