Biography: He completed a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Calcutta (1998), an M.S. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2001), and a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry from the University of Geneva, Switzerland (2001-2005). After completing a Postdoc from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA (2005-2006), he worked as a Senior Research Scientist at AMRI Global (Presently Curia Global), Hyderabad (2006-2007) and then at the Institute of Life Sciences (Presently Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences), Hyderabad (2007-2009). He joined the Chemistry Department at IISER Pune as an Assistant Professor in 2009. He was re-appointed as Associate Professor in 2015 and Professor in 2020. Additionally, he is serving as the Dean of Faculty at IISER Pune. He is also an Adjunct Professor (Visiting) in the School of Natural Sciences at Shiv Nadar University (Visit his SNU Profile).

Awards: 

• DAE Young Scientist Research Award (2010)

• DBT National Bioscience Award for Career Development (2016)

• CRSI Bronze Medal (2018), SERB DIA Award (2019)

• Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor at IISER Pune (2021-2024)

• Fellow of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences (2021)

• Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) through the ‘Leaders in the Field’ scheme (2023)

• National Prize for Research in Bio-Physical Chemistry by C. N. R. Rao Education Foundation (2023)

• JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan (2024)

• Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (2024)

• C. N. R. Rao National Prize by the Chemical Research Society of India (2025)

• Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (FNA) (2025)

Editorial Roles: 

• Editorial Board Member of the Journal of Inclusion Phenomena and Macrocyclic Chemistry 

• Editorial Advisory Board Member of ACS Organic & Inorganic Au

Akram has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in August 2019 with an institute fellowship. His Ph.D. research is focused on the development of artificial HCl and chloride transporters.

Debarati has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in August 2020 after obtaining a CSIR-JRF fellowship. She is working on the development of supramolecular assemblies and supramolecular polymeric systems.

Umesh has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in January 2022 after obtaining a CSIR JRF fellowship. He is working on the development of artificial ion and water transporters.

Ranjeet ​has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in January 2023 after obtaining a CSIR-JRF fellowship. He is working on the development of artificial anion transporters.

Debraj has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in January 2023 with an Institute fellowship. He is working on the development of artificial membrane fusion systems.

He is an IISER Pune Integrated Ph.D. student. He completed his M.S. Project in 2023 and presently pursuing Ph.D. with an Institute fellowship. He is working on the development of artificial anion transporters.

She joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in January 2023 after obtaining a DST-INSPIRE fellowship. She is working on the development of stimuli-responsive artificial ion transporters.

He has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in January 2023 after obtaining a CSIR-JRF fellowship. He is working on the development of artificial anion transporters.

She has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in August 2023. She is working on the development of semicages and cages as artificial anion transporters.

She has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in November 2023 after obtaining a CSIR-UGC JRF fellowship. She is working on the development of artificial anion transporters.

She has joined the Ph.D. program at IISER Pune in August 2025 with an Institute fellowship.

He is a BS-MS student at IISER Pune. He has been involved in various research projects, including summer and semester projects, in our lab. Presently, he is working on the development of water channel forming systems.

He is a BS-MS student at IISER Pune. He has been involved in various research projects, including summer and semester projects, in our lab. Presently, he is working on the development of organelle-targeted ion transporters.

She is a BS-MS student at IISER Pune. She has been involved in various research projects, including summer and semester projects, in our lab. Presently, she is working on the development of DNA intercalating agents.

He is a BS-MS student at IISER Pune. He has been involved in multiple projects, including a Semester Project in our lab.

She is a first year M.Sc. student at IISER Pune. She has completed her B.Sc. in Chemistry from Calcutta University.