National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)-Guwahati
Email: kapileswar@niperguwahati.in
The chemists are a strange class of mortals impelled by an almost insane impulse to seek their pleasure among smoke and vapour, soot and flame, poisons and poverty; yet among all these evils I seem to live so sweetly that I may die if I would change places with the Persian King.
Johann Joachim Becher (1669)
Synthetic organic chemistry: Sustainable development; Transition metal- and organo-catalysis; Synthesis of APIs/NCEs, key or advanced intermediates of a drug and starting materials; Total synthesis of bio-active small molecules/metabolites; Asymmetric synthesis.
Medicinal chemistry program related to different clinical goals: Small molecule scaffolds as potential diabetic ulcergenic wound healing agents, anti-cancer agents and rare disease drug candidates (cystic fibrosys).
Organic stimuli responsive materials: Synthesis of new organic functional materials which display changes in physical characteristics (e.g., different chromism response, shape, memory, self-folding pattern, etc.) under external stimuli, such as temperature, pressure, solvent, pH, mechanical force, electric/magnetic field, doping agents, etc.
September 2025: Hearty congratulations to Dr. Saigal for receiving 'Best Research Associate' award on the occasion of 17th Foundation Day of NIPER Guwahati !! Well deserved....
September 2025: Rare reference standard material for dope analysis in sports, Metandienone-LTM, synthesized successfully by KatalysiS group has been formally launched on Sept. 4, 2025 by Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Hon’ble Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports and Minister of Labour & Employment at NDTL, New Delhi. The material will be distributed to 30 WADA accredited laboratories worldwide as India’s contribution to the world anti-doping community. Our efforts are well recognized and appreciated......Kudos to all past/present members.....Proud moment of KatalysiS group. https://lnkd.in/gyE6fnVX https://lnkd.in/gnEHRnk4
July 2025: Congratulations to Sheeba and Sandip for the filing of an Indian patent on substituted 1,2,3-triazole scaffolds and its anti-cancer activity in collaboration with Prof. S. Kirubakaran of IIT Gandhinagar.
July 2025: KS delivered an invited talk in the conference '35th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry and CRSI-ACS Lectures (CRSI NSC-35)' held at IIT Gandhinagar from July 3-5, 2025.
June 2025: Congratulations to Suraj for securing PhD admission in the Dept. of Chemistry at IIT Roorkee!!! KatalysiS group wishes him the very best in future endeavors !!
December 2024: Received funding as Co-PI of INR 18 lakhs as IMR grant on 'Phytopharmaceuticals and Herbal Products' under CoE from DoP, Govt. of India for 1 year.
December 2024: Congratulations to Saigal and Steeva for the acceptance of the article in Synlett., which demonstrates lemon juice as biodegradable catalyst for an environmentally responsible MCR strategy synthesizing functionally rich 1,4-dihydropyridine; check it out DOI: 10.1055/a-2499-3563
September 2024: Received the award 'Best External Cash Flow (ECF)' for excellent contribution for academic year 2022-2023 from NIPER Guwahati. Contributions from all present and past members of the group is sincerely acknowledged! Congratulations to all !!
August 2024: Congratulations to Saigal and Sudheer for the acceptance of the article in ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., which demonstrates water mediated MCR strategy to synthesize functionally rich 2,3-dihydropyrrole; check it out DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.4c05293
August 2024: Congratulations to Sandip and Sachin for their placement in Dr Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences, Hyderabad and ACS International India, Pune, respectively!!! KatalysiS group wishes them the very best !!
April 2024: Collaborative work on pH/temperature-dependent stimuli-responsive co-polymeric hydrogel material exhibiting biocompatibility for efficient drug delivery vehicle is just out in J. Mater. Chem. B; it is marked as HOT paper!!! check it out DOI: 10.1039/D4TB00168K
February 2024: Congratulations to Steeva, Mohit, Sheeba, Firoj, Gowri, Harika and Sainath for the acceptance of the article in Green Chem.; check it out DOI: 10.1039/D3GC05163C
January 2024: Katalysis group welcomes Dr. Saigal as Research Associate, who will be working on the synthesis of small molecule scaffolds for 'rare disease' !
October 2023: Congratulations to Mohit, Steeva, Sheeba, and Firoj for the acceptance of their research article in Synthesis; check it out DOI: 10.1055/a-2193-4804
September 2023: Congratulations to Steeva for the selection of her abstract for oral presentation in the upcoming conference 'NIPER Pharmacon 2023' from 14-16 September 2023 conducted by NIPER Hyderabad !!
September 2023: Congratulations to Firoj for admission to PhD program at NIPER Mohali !! Katalysis group wishes him the very best !!
July 2023: Katalysis group has received INR 50 lakhs research grant on 'rare disease' project proposal from DST, Govt. of India for 3 years. The grant is part of a multi-institutional project of INR 3.5 crore. Congratulations to all members of the group !!
March 2023: Congratulations to Steeva, Mohit, Sheeba, Firoj, Gowri, Harika and Sainath for the acceptance of the article in Synthesis; the article will be the part of special topic on “Synthetic Development of Key Intermediates and Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs)”; check it out DOI: 10.1055/a-2060-3488
March 2023: Congratulations to Mohit, Steeva, Ashru, Amrutha, Kanchan and Teja Sree for the acceptance of book chapter in Rare Earth Elements: Processing, Catalytic Applications and Environmental Impact, B. Basu and B. Banerjee (Eds.), Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin, Germany; DOI: 10.1515/9783110788082-002
February 2023: Congratulations to Harika and Gowri for their placement in Sai Life Sciences Ltd. Hyderabad !!! Katalysis group wishes them the very best !!
January 2023: Our collaborative work on temperature-dependent shape memory materials is just out in Chem. Pap.; check it out DOI: 10.1007/s11696-023-02693-8
August 2022: Congratulations to Steeva and Mohit for the acceptance of their article in Synlett.; the article will be part of special issue on "Chemical synthesis and catalysis in India"; check it out DOI: 10.1055/a-1921-0748
April 2022: Our article is just accepted in Org. Chem. Front.; check it out DOI: 10.1039/D1QO01859K
March 2022: KS delivered an invited talk in the conference 'Chemical Research Society of India 28th National Symposium in Chemistry (CRSI NSC-28)' held at IIT Guwahati from March 25-27, 2022.
