Group Members

Anchal Verma was born in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh. She completed her B.Sc. in chemistry (Hons) from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut in 2022 and was honored by Gold Medal. In 2024, she successfully completed her Master’s degree from IIT Mandi wherein she worked on the “Post-Functionalization through Covalent Modification of Organic Counter Ions: A Step-wise and Controlled Approach for Polyoxometalate based Carbon dioxide conversion.”

Currently, she is pursuing her P.hD. under the guidance of Dr. Santosh Kumar Meena at IIT Ropar. Her research focuses on the “Design and Development of Gold Nanobipyramids and Dye based Nano-hybrids for Enhanced Sensing Applications : Theoretical and Experimental Approach.”

Irfan Ahmad Fani, was born in Jammu a small town Mendhar near district Poonch, He completed his B.Sc. degree in Chemistry (Hons.) from Central University of Jammu in 2022 and He successfully obtained his Master's degree in Chemistry in 2024 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, (IIT Mandi) wherein he worked on his Master's thesis project under the guidance of Prof. Prem Felix Siril.

His research interest titled in the Polypyrrole/ZIF-8 nanocomposite as an adsorbent for water purification using continuous flow.

Currently, Irfan is pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Santosh Kumar Meena, IIT Ropar. His research focuses on the Anisotropic growth of metal nanoparticles.

Miteshkumar Moirangthem was born in Manipur, India. He completed his undergraduate studies at Kohima Science College Jotsoma (KSCJ), Nagaland University in 2019, earning a Gold Medal in Chemistry. In December 2022, he successfully obtained his Master's degree in Organic Chemistry from Manipur University, where he was honored with a Gold Medal and the prestigious Governor's Gold Medal for his outstanding performance in the Master's degree program.

His Master's thesis, titled "Heterogenous Catalysis of Knoevenagal Condensation products using Thioproline-Metal Catalyst," showcased his expertise in the field. Following his academic achievements, he was awarded the DST-Inspire fellowship in March 2023. Subsequently, in July 2023, he joined Dr. Santosh Kumar Meena's research group as a Ph.D. student at IIT Ropar.

Currently serving as an Inspire fellow, his research focuses on the simulation and synthesis of nanomaterials for Atmospheric Water Harvesting (AWH) using Molecular Dynamic Simulation. 

Kush Sharma, born in Jehanabad, a small town near Patna in the Bihar district, graduated in 2019 with a degree in chemical engineering from NIT Bhopal. Following his graduation, he had  practical experience at HMEL Bhatinda Refinery for one and a half years in SRU (Sulfur Recovery Unit). In 2021 he joined  NCL, Pune (National Chemical laboratory) as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF)  for another one and a half years on project.

Currently, Kush is pursuing his Ph.D. under the guidance of Dr. Santosh Kumar Meena at IIT Ropar. His research focuses on the computational study of dynamics of nanocars and the growth of chiral nanoparticles.

Anjana Barange belongs to a small village called Jamthi, District Amravati from Maharashtra state in India. She graduated in Chemistry (2017) from Mahatma Fule Arts, Commerce & Sitaramji Chaudhari Science Mahavidyalaya, Warud, Dist - Amravati Which is the branch of Shri Shivaji Education Society Amravati. She received a master’s degree in Organic Chemistry from Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University, Amravati in 2019. In August 2020 she joined NCL and in March 2022 she joined Dr. S K Meena's research group. 

Her research focuses on Molecular dynamics simulation of lipid-based nanoparticles for drug/gene delivery.