Anup Bhunia, born on October 30th, 1988, is an Indian citizen who grew up in Sabra, a small village in Midnapore (district of West Bengal).
Academic Background:
Ph.D. (2016): CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory Pune
(Advisor: Professor Akkattu T. Biju)
M.Sc. (Chemistry) (2011): Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
B. Sc. (Chemistry) (2009): Midnapore College
Professional Career:
Assistant Professor (June 2024): Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India.
Ramanujan Fellow (2021-2024): Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER Kolkata)
Postdoctoral Fellow (2017-2021): Organisch Chemisches Institut, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, Germany. (Advisor: Professor Armido Studer)
Honors and Awards:
·Thieme Chemistry Journals Award - 2025
. Recipient of the Ramanujan Fellowship-2021 by SERB.
· Selected for the Inspire Faculty Fellowship-2021 by DST (Not opted).
· Recipient of Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (2016).
· Recipient of Eli Lilly and Company Asia Outstanding Thesis Awards - 2016
· Recipient of NCLRF-NANAI NATU Award for “Best Research Work-2015” in Chemical Sciences.
· DR. RAJAPPA AWARD for “Best Paper Award-2014” in Chemical Sciences.
· Recipient Senior Research Fellowship from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (July 2013).
· Recipient of Junior Research Fellowship from CSIR with All India rank 42 (2011).
· Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering with All India rank-72.
· Recipient of Institute Merit Scholarship form IIT-Guwahati (2010).
Invited Talks
Invited Talks at IIT-Indore, IISER-Bhopal, IISER-Kolkata, IISER-Pune, among others.
Humboldt Meeting January 2018 Münster, Synthesis of Highly Substituted Arenes via Cyclohexadiene–Alkene C–H Cross Coupling and Aromatization
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-Guwahati), Vlll J-NOST Conference, December 2012, Efficient Synthesis of g-Keto Sulfones by NHC-Catalyzed Stetter Reaction.