Dr. Bishwajit Ganguly

Ph.D.

1995: From Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

Title of the Thesis: Theoretical Studies of π –Facial Selectivity in Organic Reactions

Supervisor: Professor J. Chandrasekhar

Post-Doc

1995-1997: Tel-Aviv University, Israel

1997-1999: University of North Texas, Denton, USA

1999-2000: University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA

Significant Foreign Assignments

       Aug, 2004 – Nov, 2004 Max-Plank Institute, Muelheim, Germany INSA-      DFG Fellow

       Oct, 2007 – Apr, 2008 University of California, Los Angeles USA Raman            Research Fellowship

Awards/Fellowship

          INSA-DFG Fellowship 2004

          Raman Research Fellowship 2007

          Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)-2011: Bronze Medal

          Professor J. N. Mukherjee Endowment Award, Indian Chemical Society, (2017)

Invited Talks

(i)  Place: Modeling Chemical and Biological (Re)activity, IISER and NIPER Mohali (Invited Speaker)

Title:  Probing the Influence of electronic, pH and solvent effects of Organic and Inorganic  additives on the Morphology of alkali halide crystals: A Combined Experimental and Computational Study

(ii)  Place: IIT Guwahati, Guwahati (Invited Speaker)

Title:  Computer-Aided Design of Neutral Organic Superbases and their Potential Applications

(iii)  Place: PP Institute Bhavnagar, Gujarat (Invited Speaker)

Title:  Chemistry- Our Life, Our Future

(iv)  Place: University of Allahabad, Allahabad,  (Invited Speaker)

Title:   First principle study towards the dissolution of potassium chloride and the influence of solvent on the morphology of salt crystals and conformations of organic molecules

(v) Place: P S Science & H. D. Patel Arts College, Kadi, Ahmedabad (International Year of Chemistry, Symposium; Plenary talk)

Title:  The Role of Computational Chemistry in Chemical Science Research

(vi)   Place: National symposium on Cheminformatics in Christ Church College, Rajkot, 7th Jan. 2011 (Keynote speaker)   

Title: Computational explorations from surfaces to biomolecules

(vii)  Place: Theoretical conference at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 20th Nov.’10 

Title: In silico studies on the detoxification of organophosphorus compounds, reactivation and aging processes of inhibited AChE

(viii)  Place: Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, 13th Sept.’10

Title: Computational Explorations in Organic Systems, Solid Surfaces and Biomolecules

(ix)   Place: Indian Association for Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, 11th Dec.’09

Title:  Computational explorations from surfaces to biomolecules

 (x)  Place: 3rd CRSI-RSC symposium at Pune on 5th of Feb.’09

Title: Understanding morphology of alkali halides in presence of impurities employing DFT methods

(xi) Place: Max- Planck Institute Fur Kolenforschung, Muelheim, Germany on 5th of Nov’04

Title: Computational Studies on Electronic Effects in Organic Reactions