Group News
May 2024: Vijay Sai Krishna Cheerala (PhD, SSSIHL, Bengaluru) joined the group as a Research Associate. Welcome Vijay!!
Mar 2024: Congratulations to Deeksha, Nachiket and Shabnam for their recent paper in the Journal of Material Chemistry: B!
Jan 2024: Congratulations to Shabnam & Paramasivam for their recent paper in the Journal of Material Chemistry: B!
Jan 2024: Congratulations to Deepmala, Mohini & Ramprasad for their recent paper in Photochemistry and Photobiology!
Oct 2023: Congratulations to Deeksha, Amey & Paramasivam for their recent paper in ChemBioChem!
Oct 2023: Congratulations to Deeksha & Paramasivam for their recent paper in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry!
Oct 2023: Congratulations to Rahul & Team for their recent Collaborative paper in ACS Applied Nano Materials!
Oct 2023: Welcome to Dr. Pradip Debnath, Associate Professor, Visiting Faculty under Joint Science Academies' Research Fellowship Program (SRF-2023)
Sep 2023: Congratulations to Yogesh & Deeksha for their recent paper in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry!
Aug 2023: Deepmala presented her Pre-synopsis Seminar (31st August 2023)
Aug 2023: Congratulations to Mohini and Ramprasad for their recent paper in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry!
Aug 2023: Rahul Dahiwadkar Joined Jay FineChem Pvt. Ltd. as a Graduate Research Trainee! Congratulations!!
July 2023: New Student Simran joined the group as a PhD Student. Welcome Simran!!
May 2023: Rahul Dahiwadkar defended his thesis (30th March 2023). Congratulations Dr. Rahul!! Next stop Jay Chemicals,Mumbai.
May 2023: Congratulations to Rahul and the Team for their recent paper in New Journal of Chemistry.
May 2023: Welcome to Summer Interns - Sairaj, Sneha, Uttara and Jim.
May2023: Congratulations to Rahul and Team for their recent Review Article in SynLett.
April 2023: Congratulations to Deeksha and Paramasivam for their recent paper in ChemBioChem.
April 2023: Congratulations to Rahul, Deeksha and Deepmala for their recent paper in New Journal of Chemistry.
March 2023: Sanjay (PhD CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad) joined the group as a Research Associate. Welcome Sanjay!!
March 2023: Rahul Dahiwadkar submitted his thesis and awaiting defense. (7th March 2023)
March 2023: Deeksha received the outstanding GTF (Graduate Teaching Fellow) award during (Semester - I 2022-2023). Congratulations Deeksha!
March 2023: Subhadra (PhD NIT Rourkela) joined the group as a post-doctoral fellow. Welcome Subhadra!!
Feb 2023: Dipeshwari (PhD IIT Gandhinagar) joined the group as a Research Associate. Welcome Dipeshwari!!.
Feb 2023: Deepmala started her IITGN Overseas Research Internship with Dr. Mayeul Collot at University of Strasbourg, France. Congratulations !!
Feb 2023: Congratulations to Ramprasad and Deepmala for their recent paper in Organic & Biomolecular Chemistry.
Jan 2023: Rahul presented his Pre-synopsis Seminar (30th January 2023)
Jan 2023: Deeksha and Deepmala presented their research in the form of a poster presentation in NSRP - 2023 held at BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus.
Nov 2022: Our Group Research is highlighted in Times of India Ahmedabad Edition - Doctoral Research at IITGN - "Light" on cellular Structure" - Click Here
Oct 2022: Congratulations !! to Deepmala and Ramprasad for their recent paper in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B, Biology
Oct 2022: New Student Yogesh Dubey joined the group as a PhD Student. Welcome!!
Sept 2022: Congratulations!! to Shabnam, Tarushyam and Team for the recent Review Article in Current Opinion in Chemical Biology.
August 2022: Congratulations!! to Parmasivam and Team for recent Review in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics., 2022, "α-Cyanostilbenes, A multifunctional spectral Engineering motif"
August 2022: Congratulations !! to Rahul and Murugan for their recent paper in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A., Chemistry, 2022, " Functional Organogels with α-Cyanostilbenes: Aggregation Enhanced Emission and Picric Acid Sensing"
July 2022: Ramprasad received a job offer from PI Agrochemical Industry, Udaipur, Rajasthan. Congratulations!!
July 2022: Ramprasad attended and presented a poster at 29th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry hed=ld at IISER Mohali (07-09 July 2022)
July 2022: Congratulations !! to Deepmala Singh and Aakash Sengupta for their recent paper in Organic Biomolecular Chemistry - "Lutidine Derivatives for Live-Cell Imaging of Mitochondria and Endoplasmic Reticulum"
March 2022: Murugan received a job offer from Sai Life Sciences Ltd, Hyderabad. Congratulations!!
March 2022: Congratulations !! to Beena and Rahul for their Recent Review Article in Aggregate (Wiley Publication House) - "White light emission from AIE-active luminescent organic materials" {Link Click Here }
Feb 2022: Science Awareness Week (22nd to 26th Feb) is organised at IIT Gandhinagar with some fun experiments with school students.
Feb 2022: Congratulations !! to Rahul and Harsh for their Recent Paper "Detection of Illicit GHB using AIE active fluorene containing α-Cyanostilbenes" in Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, {Link Click here}
Jan 2022: Congratulations to Deepmala and Deeksha for their recent Review Article in Chem. Comm. {Link : Click here}
Jan 2022: Rahul Dahiwadkar, Deeksha Rajput and Deepmala singh attended and presented their research as Poster in TSRP 2022 on 15th Jan.
Nov 2021: Rahul Dahiwadkar attended and presented his research as Poster in 2nd Virtual International Conference on Chemical Sciences in Sustainable Technology and Development (IC2S2TD-2021) on 26th Nov 2021.
Oct 2021: New Student Shabnam Mansuri joined the group as a PhD Student.
Oct 2021: Tarushyam Mukherjee defended his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Tarushyam!! Next stop Arizona State University
Aug 2021: Tarushyam Mukherjee submitted his thesis and awaiting defense.
July 2021: Sriram presented a webinar on 3rd July 2021 virtually at Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
July 2021: Tarushyam Mukherjee presented a flash talk in RSC CBBG Postgraduate Symposium on 2nd July 2021.
June 2021: Sriram presented a virtual seminar on 5th June 2021: hosted by UKA Tarsadia University, Bardoli, Gujarat
June 2021: Rahul Dahiwadkar presented a flash talk in the 14th Biennial National Society of Radiation and Photochemical Sciences (NSRP-2021)
June 2021: Tarushyam Mukherjee presented his Pre-Synopsis Seminar. (26th June 2021)
May 2021: Mohini Ghorpade joined the group as a PhD Student.
March 2021: Dr. Sriram delivered a popular talk at Swaminarayan College, Vijapur (12th March 2021)
Feb 2020: Was a panel Member for AP residential colleges and schools discussing opportunities for Chemistry, Feb 2021
Jan 2021: New Student Deeksha Rajput joined the group as a PhD Student.
Dec 2020: Tarushyam won the best ACS oral presentation at MTM-2020 (Molecules to Materials) organized by SVNIT, Surat
Dec 2020: Dr. Sriram delivered a talk at MTM-2020 (Molecules to Materials) organized by SV NIT, Surat
Nov 2020: Former postdoc Aakash joined Piramal Industries, Ahmedabad.
Oct-2020: Dr. Sriram delivered a virtual talk organized by Karnatak University Dharwad
Oct-2020: Dr. Sriram delivered a virtual talk organized by SV NIT Surat as part of Online Short Term Training Programme (STTP) On Advanced Analytical Techniques in Chemistry, organized by Applied Chemistry Department, S. V. National Institute of Technology Surat
Sep 2020: Tarushyam came back from France after an exciting research experience for 8 months and rejoined the group.
Aug 2020: Palash Jana successfully defended his thesis. Congratulations Dr. Palash!!. Ongoing job at Piramal Industries.
Aug 2020: Murugan (PhD IIT Hyderabad) joined the group as a Research Associate. Welcome Murugan.
Aug 2020: The research lab is regaining some life with the research students trickling back to the campus. No thanks to the Virus.
Aug 2020: Ramprasad (PhD IISER Bhopal) joined as postdoctoral fellow at IIT Gandhinagar.
July 2020: Aakash completed his postdoctoral tenure at IIT Gandhinagar and joined Momentive in Bangalore.
June 2020: Beena successfully defended her thesis. Congratulations Dr. Beena!! Next Stop Postech South Korea
March 2020: Palash Jana joined Piramal Industries, Ahmedabad.
Mar 2020: Beena Kumari Submitted her thesis and Awaiting her viva voce!!
Feb 2020: Wedding Bells Again: Beena Kumari got married to Raghavendra.
Jan 2020: Sriram delivered a guest lecture at Chem-CHO event at St. Xavier's College, Ahmedabad on 6th February 2020
Jan 2020: Tarushyam started his IITGN Overseas Research Internship with Dr. Mayeul Collot and Prof. Andrey Klymchenko at University of Strasbourg, France. Congratulations to him!!!
Jan 2020: Rahul Dahiwadkar attended and presented his research as poster at 1st National Conference on Synthetic Biology for Reprogramming Cells, held at Indrasheel University, 24-25th Jan 2020. He received second best poster award for his work.
Jan-2020: Tarushyam, Rahul and Monika attended and presented their research as posters at TSRP-2020 held at Bhabha Research Atomic Center, Mumbai during 4th-9th Jan 2020. Monika was awarded one of the best poster awards.
Dec 2019: Wedding Bells: Akash Sengupta got married to Shubha.
Oct-2019: Palash and Beena attended Regional Young Investigator Meeting. India Bioscience, 31st Oct-2nd Nov. IIT Jodhpur and presented their work as posters and teaser presentations.
Sep-2019: Sriram, delivered a invited lecture in 7th ANNUM International conference hosted by Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (Sep 27-29, 2019).
Sep-2019: Sriram, delivered a invited lecture in International conference on Advances in chemical Sciences and Technology (Sep 23-25, 2019), held at NIT Warangal, Telangana, India.
Sep-2019: Sriram delivered a general career opportunities talk to prospective and current graduate students in "Merck-Curious Minds" event held at IIT Gandhinagar (21st Sep 2019).
Sep-2019: Palash presented a poster in International Symposium on Dyes & Pigments: modern colorants; the synthesis and applications of π-systems, Seville, Spain, Sep. 8-11, 2019.
Sep-2019: Beena returned from her 6-month internship at UMass: Amherst and rejoined IIT. Good to See you back!!.
Aug 2019: Jagadish Katla successfully defended this dissertation. Congratulations Jagadish!!!. Now flying to Birmingham University, UK and Higher...
Aug 2019: Dr. Aakash Sengupta joined as a postdoctoral fellow in our group. Hope he will have fruitful research time.
July 2019: Dr. Sriram, delivered a research talk at Indian Academy Science College, Bengaluru (29th July 2019): National Symposium in chemistry: under DBT- Star College Program.
July 2019: Srinu Kotha, former Student of MSc (2017) takes admission for PhD at IIT Hyderabad. Congratulations Srinu!!!
July 2019: Shirya Arora MSc-2019, joined Cadila Pharma as Management trainee.
June 2019: Sriram delivered a lecture-demo on 'Making Science Interesting' for teachers of Kendriya Vidyalaya Schools as part of their in-service training program (15th June 2019).
May- July 2019: Student interns joined the lab: Satya Alluri from Gitam University; Hetal Lakkad & Dipti Vora from UKA Tarsadia University; Vigneshwar Bhatt from Karnatak University Dharwad and Monika from IIT Gandhinagar.
May 2019: Sriram delivered a lecture-demo on 'Fun with Chemistry' for selected students for ASM Materials Camp at IIT Chennai organized by ASM International, Chennai Chapter.
March 2019: Prof. Vincent Rotello (UMass Amherst: https://elements.chem.umass.edu/rotellogroup/members/principal-investigator) accepted Beena Kumari for an internship in his group: Congratulations Beena!!! Beena will spend 6 months in Prof. Rotello's group.
March 2019: Tarushyam attended fluorescent microscopy workshop held at Regional Center for Biotechnology Faridabad 25-20th March 2019.
March 2019: Sriram Research group received an SERB Grant for undertaking research on molecular probes.
March 2019: Sriram delivered a lecture at IISER Thiruvanthapuram, 19th March 2019 and was thesis examiner for a student at IISER Thiruvanthapuram.
Feb 2019: Sriram delivered a lecture at 1st MRSI AGM+ conference held at IISC Bangalore.
Feb 2019: Tarushyam won the best poster award at 10th ISRAPS National conference held at Shantiniketan, West Bengal 7-9 Feb 2019
Feb 2019: Sriram delivered a lecture at 10th NSRP held at Shantiniketan, West Bengal 7-9 Feb 2019
Feb 2019-Aug 2019: Beena Kumari is working with Prof. Vincent Rotello (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) for a 6-month internship.
Jan 2019: Beena Kumari won the best poster award at 4th AIEE conference held at Adelaide Australia (21-26th Jan 2019)
May 2018- Nov 2018: Jagadish Katla is interning at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School (http://gordon.mgh.harvard.edu/gc/people/students/katla-jagadish-kumar/) and worked on Click Chemistry and Multi-Modal Imaging Agents: Congratulations Jagadish!! Happy Clicking
Jul 2018: Surya Pratap Singh, MSc-2018 batch takes admission to the PhD Program at IIT Kanpur
May-Jul 2018: Five Summer interns (Raghuram from JNTU Hyderabad, Jillan S from Anna University; Mousam from UKA Tarsadia University, Arunima from IISER Thiruvanthapuram, Vinayak from Karnatak University) have joined the group
June 2018: Sriram gave an invited lecture at NEIST Jorhat in the conference themed 'Frontiers in Chemical Biology' June 26-28, 2018
May 2018: Megha Bajaj, Surya Pratap Singh and Komal Bajaj have completed their 2- year MSc. Komal is going to Teaching Fields, Surya is joining IIT Kanpur, Komal Joined Teaching and Coaching Institute in Delhi and Megha is aiming for an industrial Jobs.
April 2018: Beena Singh, Surya Pratap and Megha Bajaj have presented posters at Central University of Gujarat. Surya received a Best Poster Award.
March 2018: Sriram and Beena attended a joint IITGN-JAIST symposium in Kanazawa, Japan. Beena presented a poster and Sriram gave an invited talk.
March 2018: Palash Jana won the Best Poster award at CPSBT conference (NIPER-A) 2018 !!!
Jan 2018: Palash presented a poster at TSRP-2018 held in BARC. Mumbai during 3rd-7th Jan 2018.
Jan 2018: Jagadish Katla and Suryapratap Singh presented posters in the National Conference in Chemistry held during 4th and 5th Jan 2018. Surya Pratap also received one of the best posters award.
Jan 2018: Beena Kumari presented a poster during Faraday discussions meeting during 11-13 January 2018, Trivandrum and received a Best Poster Award!!!!
Nov-2017: Anuji Successfully defended her thesis. Looking Forward....!!!
Oct-2017: Sriram gave two talks at Karnatak University, Dharward, 10th Oct 2017.
Sep 2017: Jagadish presented a poster and Dr. Sriram gave a talk at 8th East Asia Symposium on Dyes and Functional Materials held at Thiruvanthapuran, 20-22nd September 2017.
July 2017: Jagadish attended Mid-Year CRSI Conference in IICT Hyderabad.
May 2017: Beena Kumari attended a 5-day hands on course of spectroscopic techniques Bangalore sponsored by Horiba Inc, India.
Feb 2017: Tarushyam Mukherjee and Beena Kumari attended a two-day conference organized by Zydus.
Jan 2017: Tarushyam, Beena Kumari and Srinu Kotha presented poster at National Symposium held at BITS Pilani, Goa Campus.