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PhD Students

Alisha Rani Tripathy (PHD212001)

She hails from Orissa; she did her masters from Berhampur University and joined our group as a PhD student. Her research interest is “C-C bond formation through Halogen Atom Transfer utilizing Photo-Redox Catalysis". Her hobbies are reading books and dancing. In her leisure time, she likes to teach young students.(email)

11-04-2022: Alisha Rani Tripathy was selected for the Prime Ministers Research Fellowship (PMRF).(Google site)

Publications:

(1) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Girish Suresh Yedase and Veera Reddy Yatham* RSC Advances, 2021, 11, 25207 - 25210.

(2) Alisha Rani Tripathy,† Rizwana Rahmathulla A,†Amit Kumar,† and Veera Reddy Yatham* Org. Biomol. Chem. 2022, 20, 3136 - 3144

(3) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Rizwana Rahmathulla A,† Amit Kumar,† Avishek Kumar Jha and V.R. Yatham* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5186–5191.

(4) A. Bisoyi,† A. R. Tripathy,† G. S. Yedase, S. Sinu P, U. Choudhury, and Veera Reddy Yatham * J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 2631–2641.

(5) Alisha Rani Tripathy†, Ashutosh Mishra†, Vesaj Singh†, and V. R. Yatham* Chemistry - A European Journal, 2023

(6) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Akash Bisoyi, Arya P, Sreelakshmi Venugopal, V. R. Yatham* ACS Organic & Inorganic Au 2024

(7) Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera and V.R. Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024

(8) Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera, Vijay Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024

(9) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Akash Bisoyi, Simhadri Vijay Kumar, Sreelakshmi Venugopal, V. R. Yatham* ACS Organic & Inorganic Au 2024

(10) Akash Bisoyi†, Ananthakrishna Panuganti†, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Ramsiya Poolamanna and Veera Reddy Yatham* Adv. Synth. Cat. 2025

(11) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Akash Bisoyi, Ramsiya Poolamanna†, Ananthakrishna Panuganti† and Veera Reddy Yatham* Adv. Synth. Cat. 2025

Avishek Kumar Jha (PHD211009)

Avishek is from Bihar; he did his MSc from the National Institute of Technology Trichy. His research interest lies in “Photoredox Catalysis.” He loves traveling, listening to music, and watching the news.

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04-Nov-2022: Mr Avishek Kumar Jha was selected for the Prime Ministers Research Fellowship (PMRF). Congratulations Avishek!

Publications:

(1) Girish Suresh Yedase, Avishek Kumar Jha and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2022, 87, 5442–5450.

(2) A. R. Tripathy, Rizwana Rahmathulla A, Amit Kumar, Avishek Kumar Jha and Veera Reddy Yatham* Org. Lett. 2022, 24, 5186–5191.

(3) A. K. Jha, D. P Nair, M. Arif, G. S. Yedase, R. Kuniyil,* and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88,15389–15394.

(4) Avishek Kumar Jha, Vivek Kumar, P. Sanjay Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham* ChemPhotoChem 2024

(5) Avishek Kumar Jha, Gayathri K.L. and Veera Reddy Yatham* J.Org.Chem 2025

Akash Bisoyi (PHD221002)

Akash is from Orissa; he did his master’s at Berhampur University. As a PhD student, his research interest lies in “Organic Transformation Enabled by Visible Light.” During his leisure time, he loves to play Volleyball and Cricket. (email)

04-Nov-2022: Mr Akash Bisoyi was selected for the Prime Ministers Research Fellowship (PMRF). Congratulations Akash!

Publications:

(1) A. Bisoyi,† A. R. Tripathy,† G. S. Yedase, S. Sinu P, U. Choudhury, and Veera Reddy Yatham * J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 2631–2641.

(2) Akash B, Vijay K S, Surya K, Rositha Kuniyil,* and Veera Reddy Yatham* ACS Organic & Inorganic Au 2024, 4, 223–228.

(3) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Akash Bisoyi, Arya P, Sreelakshmi Venugopal, V. R. Yatham* ACS Organic & Inorganic Au 2024, 4, 2, 229–234

(4) Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera and V.R. Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024, ASAP

(5) Vivek Kumar, Aakash Bisoyi, and Fathima and Veera Reddy Yatham* Journal of Organic Chemistry 2024

(6) Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera, Vijay Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024

(7) Akash Bisoyi†, Ananthakrishna Panuganti†, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Ramsiya Poolamanna and Veera Reddy Yatham* Adv. Synth. Cat. 2025

(8) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Akash Bisoyi, Ramsiya Poolamanna†, Ananthakrishna Panuganti† and Veera Reddy Yatham* Adv. Synth. Cat. 2025

Simhadri Vijay Kumar (PHD232023)

He is from Orissa; he did his Master’s from Berhampur University and joined our group in Jan 2023 as a PhD student. His research interest lies in “C-X bond activation through visible light.” Outside his research, he likes to play cricket and volleyball and explore different foods. .(email)

PUBLICATIONS:

(1) Akash B, Vijay K S, Surya K, Rositha Kuniyil,* and Veera Reddy Yatham* ACS Organic & Inorganic Au 2024, 4, 223–228.

(2) Vijay Kumar S, Rupam S, and Veera Reddy Yatham* Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2024

(3) Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera, Vijay Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024

(4) Vijay Kumar S, Rupam S, and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2025 ASAP

Vivek Kumar (PHD232027)

Vivek is from Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh; he did his B.Sc. from Delhi University and MSc from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. He loves reading books, watching anime, and listening to music. His research interests are in transition-metal catalysed and light driven C-X bond activation strategies. (email)

PUBLICATIONS:

(1) Avishek Kumar Jha, Vivek Kumar, P. Sanjay Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham* ChemPhotoChem 2024

(2) Vivek Kumar, Aakash Bisoyi, and Fathima and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024

(3) Vivek Kumar, Ananthakrishna Panuganti, Fathima Beevi V, Abhishek Kumar, Rositha Kuniyil* and Veera Reddy Yatham* ChemRxiv. 2025

Amit Behera (PHD231020)

Amit is from Orissa; he did his Master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur. His research interest lies in “C-H bond functionalization using Visible light.” He likes to play volleyball and cricket and explore different places during his off time.(email)

PUBLICATIONS:

(1) Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera and V.R. Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024

(2) Akash Bisoyi, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Amit Behera, Vijay Kumar and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2024

Abhishek Kumar (PHD242002)

Abhishek is from Jharkhand; he did his MSc from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and joined our group in Jan 2024 as a PhD student. His research interest is in “Visible light-mediated catalysis”. He likes to watch movies, explore new places, and read books (Email)

PUBLICATIONS:

(1) Abhishek Kumar, G S Shrutheka, and Veera Reddy Yatham* Chem. Commun. 2025

Saikat Mondal (PHD26)

Saikat is from West Bengal.

PUBLICATIONS:

(1)

MSc and BS-MS Major Students (June 2025 - April 2026)

Ruveen M (IPhD23020)

He is from Goa and earned his BSc at Goa University. Then, he joined IISER TVM as an IPhD chemistry student. He loves sports more than anything. Generally, you'll find him on any sports grounds when he is not in the lab.

Publications:

(1) Girish Suresh Yedase, Ruveen M and Veera Reddy Yatham* J. Org. Chem. 2025

Gayathri K G (IMS21066)

Hailing from Kerala, Gayathri is currently in her 5th year at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram. With a heart for adventure, she loves travelling and discovering new cuisines outside the typical “organic lab” setting.

Publications:

(1)

Ananthakrishna Panuganti (IMS21227)

He is from Bengaluru. He joined IISER-TVM in 2021 and is working on joint experimental and computational investigations of halogen-bond interactions in photoinduced radical generation. Apart from time spent in the lab, he loves music, reading and drinking copious amounts of black coffee.

Publications:

(1) Akash Bisoyi†, Ananthakrishna Panuganti†, Alisha Rani Tripathy, Ramsiya Poolamanna and Veera Reddy Yatham* Adv. Synth. Cat. 2025

(2) Alisha Rani Tripathy, Akash Bisoyi, Ramsiya Poolamanna†, Ananthakrishna Panuganti† and Veera Reddy Yatham* Adv. Synth. Cat. 2025

(3) Vivek Kumar, Ananthakrishna Panuganti, Fathima Beevi V, Abhishek Kumar, Rositha Kuniyil* and Veera Reddy Yatham* ChemRxiv. 2025

Gautham S Kana (IPhD23017)

He is from Kerala. He drinks coffee.

Publications:

Agnivo Chakraborty (MSC24202)

He is from West Bengal. He sings well.

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