Capacity Building

Current Members

Graduate Students

Reshma Babu (Reshma)

Ph.D: July 2019 (PMRF)

M. Sc., (Chem), Mahatma Gandhi University,

Kerala

reshma.babu@students.

iisertirupati.ac.in

Rohit Kumar (Rohit)

IISER-iPhD

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati

rohitkumar@students.

iisertirupati.ac.in

Soumya Sree Samal

Ph.D: August 2022 (PMRF)

M. Sc., (Chem),

Pondicherry University,

Puducherry

soumyasamal@students.

iisertirupati.ac.in

Subarna Sukanya Padhy

Ph.D. August 2022 (PMRF)

M. Sc., (Chem),

Pondicherry University,

Puducherry

subarna_padhy@students.

iisertirupati.ac.in

Abhijith K S

Ph.D. Jan 2023

BSMS (Chem),

IISER-Tirupati,

Tirupati

abhijithks@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Smruti Rekha Padhy

IISER-iPhD

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati

smrutirekha@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Chandrakanth Gouda

Ph.D. July 2023

M.Sc (Chem)

Mangaluru University,

Mangaluru

chandrakantgouda@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Palmurukan M. R (Paal)

Ph.D. July 2023

M.Sc., M-Tech.,

(Industrial Catalysis)

CUSAT, Kerala

palmurukanmr@students.iisertirupati.ac.in

Veerahari Shankar

Ph.D. Jan 2024

M.Sc (Chem)

The Gandhigram Rural University, Tamil Nadu

veeraharishankar@labs.iisertirupati.ac.in

Post-doctoral Students

Dr. Sivaprakash

Ph.D. 2023 (Central University of Tamil Nadu)

M.Sc., (Chem),

Bharathiyar University,

Coimbatore

msivaprakash@labs.iisertirupati.ac.in

Sivakumar G

Ph.D: 2024 (IISER-Tirupati)

M.Sc., (Chem),

University of Madras,

Tamil Nadu

sivakumarg@students.

iisertirupati.ac.in

Alumni

Doctoral Students (PhD Thesis)

Dr. MANOJ K. SAHOOThesis Title: Visible mediated photoredox catalytic Dehydrogenation and C-H arylation reactionsDuration: 2013-2018Present: Post-doctoral Studies at UNIST, South Korea

Dr. GARIMA JAISWALThesis Title: Transition metal based nanocatalysts for (de)-hydrogenation reactionsDuration: 2013-2018Present: Research Scientist at HPCL, Bengaluru

Dr. VINOD G. LANDGEThesis Title: Transition-metal catalyzed C-H bond alkynylationDuration: 2014-2019Present: Research Scientist at USA

Dr. SIBA P. MIDYAThesis Title: Transition metal catalyzed (de)hydrogenative C-C and C-N bond formationDuration: 2014-2019Present: DST-Inspire Faculty at IACS, Kolkata

Dr. JAGANNATH RANAThesis Title: Earth-abundant metal catalyzed C-N bond activation of amides and alkylation reactions using alcoholsDuration: 2015-2019Present: Post-doctoral Studies at IISER Bhopal

Dr. SUBARAMANIAN MThesis Title: Non-precious metal catalysis for the dehydrogenation and related reactionsDuration: 2017-2022Present: Post-doctoral Studies at Univerity of Toronto, Canada

Dr. AKASH MONDAL

Thesis Title: Manganese catalysed dehydrogenative C-C and C-N bond formationDuration: 2016-2022Present: Post-doctoral Studies at IISER, Kolkata

Dr. VINITA YADAV

Thesis Title: Earth-abundant metal catalyzed C-C and C-N bond forming reactions using alcohols to access olefin and indole scaffolds.Duration: 2017-2022

M. Sc., (Chem), IIT - Gowahati.

Dr. SIVAKUMAR G

Thesis Title: Transition-metal catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenation and related reactions in sustainable chemical synthesis Duration: 2019-2024

M. Sc., (Chem), Madras University.

Post-graduate Students (MSc Thesis)

1. Mr. Thomas Abraham, Mahatma Gandhi, University, Kerala (2014)

2. Mr. T. Sulfikarali, University of Calicut, Kerala (2015)

3. Mr. B. Aswin, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (2015)

4. Ms. Ahalya P. Murali, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (2015)

5. Mr. B. Lakshmi Narayanan, Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai (2015)

6. Mr. K. Nishad, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (2016)

7. Mr. Vinit Kumar, S. P. Pune University, Pune (2017)

8. Ms. Ayisha Parveen, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (2017)

9. Mr. Sopan K. Pralhad, S. P. Pune University, Pune (2017)

10. Ms. Ayesha Begum, Department of Chemistry, VIT University, Vellore (2017)

11. Ms. Pragya Dangarh, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology & amp; Science, Indore (2018)

12. Ms. Himani Chouhan, Shri Govindram Seksaria Institute of Technology & amp; Science, Indore (2018)

13. Ms. Reshma Babu, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (2018)

14. Mr. Palmurukan, Cochin institute of science and technology, Kerala (2018-2019; 1 year M.Tech Thesis)

15. Mr. Jessin K. Babu, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (2020)

16. Mr. Abhijith K S, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (2021)

17. Mr. Athul Joseph, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (2021)

18. Ms. Anagha K. S., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (July'2021 to July'2022)19. Mr. Darshan H., Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (July'2021 to July'2022)20. Mr. Athul Krishnan, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (Aug'2021 to July'2023)21. Mr. Stephin Sebastian, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (Aug'2022 to July'2023)22. Ms. Merrin Babu, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (Aug'2022 to July'2023)23. Mr. Vishnu Prasanth, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala (2023)24. Ms. K B Tejaswini Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati (July '2023 to present)

Undergraduate Students (Bachelor of Technology)

• Mr. Varun Kant, IIT-Roorkee, Roorkee

• Mr. Ashwin Sahay, BITS - Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Gao

• Mr. Chinmay H. Shewale, Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai

Project Fellow/Research Associate under sponsored projects:

• Mr. M. Subaramanian (Feb’2016 to Jan’2017)

• Mr. Ketan Wadekar (Jan’2016 to July’2016)

• Mr. M. Prabhu (Feb’2017 to Jan’2018)

• Mr. Saravanakumar (July’2017 to Nov’2018)

• Ms. Samrin Shaikh (Jan’2018 to Dec’2018)

• Mr. G. Sivakumar (Feb’2018 to Nov’2018)

• Mr. Krishna Borde (Feb’2018 to Nov’2018)

• Dr. Alok K. Tripati (July’2016 to Feb’2017)

• Dr. A. Nandakumar (Jan’2015 to July’2015 and Feb’2018 to July’2018)

• Dr. Melad Shaikh National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) (June’2019 to Dec'2021)

• Mr. Palmurukan M.R. (July’2019 to July'2023)

• Ms. Subarna Sukanya Padhy (July'2021 to July'2022)

• Ms. Pritha Saha (July'2021 to July'2022 )

• Ms. Soumya Sree Samal (July'2021 to July'2022)

• Mr. Chandrakant Gouda (July’2021 to July'2023)

• Dr. Madhu N. (Research Associate Sept'2021- July'2022)

• Dr. Shantimoy Khilari. (Research Associate Sept'2021- Aug'2022)

• Dr. Rajib Kumar Singha (Research Associate Oct'2021- Feb'2022)

• Dr. Madhu N. National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF)(Oct'2022 to present)

• Mr. Abhijith K S (Jun'2022 to Dec'2022)

• Mr. Veerahari Shankar (Nov'2022 to Dec 2023)

• Dr. Ankit Kumar Srivastav (Feb'2023 to Dec 2023)

• Dr. M. Sivaprakash (Apr'2023 to present)

Semester and Summer Project Students @IISER Tirupati

• Mr. Rajasekhar Pathi BSMS-2016 (May'2019 to Dec'2020)

• Mr. Amartya Bera BSMS-2017 (May'2019 to March'2020)

• Mr. Triptesh Kumar Roy BSMS-2018 (May'2019 to March'2020)

• Ms. Divya Putta BSMS-2018 (May'2019 to June'2019)

• Ms. Anagha K. S. BSMS-2017 (Jan'2021 to July'2021)

• Mr. Darshan H. BSMS-2017 (Jan'2021 to July'2021)

• Mr. Athul Krishnan BSMS-2018 (Aug'2021 to July'2022)

• Mr. Hariharan T. BSMS-2019 (Aug'2022 to Dec'2022)

• Ms. Payal Thakur BSMS-2019 (Aug'2022 to July'2023)

• Ms. Hridya B BSMS-2019 (Aug'2022 to July'2023)

• Ms. Rupali Sahu BSMS-2019 (Jan'2023 to July'2023)

• Ms. Sreelakshmi BSMS-2019 (Jan'2023 to July'2023)

• Mr. Soumik Roy BSMS-2020 (May'2023 to present)

Lab Rotation i-PhD Students @IISER Tirupati

• Ms. A. Anagha varma i-PhD-2019 (Aug'2019 to Nov'2019)

• Ms. Romel gautam i-PhD-2018 (Jan'2020 to June'2020)

• Mr. Ashutosh panigrahi i-PhD-2019 (Jan'2020 to Nov'2020)

• Mr. Prabhakar bhardwaj i-PhD-2019 (Jan'2019 to June'2020)

• Ms. Smruti rekha padhy i-PhD-2021 (Jun'2022 to Jul'2023)