Catalysis & Radical Chemistry Group
Welcome to Our Group's Page
Welcome to our group's page describing our research findings and interests. We are interested in developing new synthetic methodologies and in an in-depth understanding of the reaction mechanisms. Browse through for more details on our exciting work!
Research Interests
Metal Catalysis and Asymmetric Synthesis
Organocatalysis
Organoboron Chemistry
Radical Chemistry
Group News
Group Updates
25-Apr-2024: Sudipta's work on Ni-catalyzed alkene-aldehyde coupling gets accepted in Org. Lett.! Many Congratulations!!
15-Mar-2024: Aniruddha's work from Manchester University gets accepted in Org. Lett.! Many Congratulations!!
09-Mar-2024: Krishna won the Best Poster Award at the ETCS 2024, IIT Kharagpur!
19-Jan-2024: Rajesh's work on Ni-catalyzed cyclotrimerization of 1,3-diynes gets accepted in Org. Lett. Hearty Congratulations!
24-Aug-2023 - Aankhi's work on Benchtop Ni(0)-catalyzed Coupling of Aldehydes and Alkynes gets accepted in Chem. Commun. Many Congratulations!
17-May-2023 - Sourav's work on Bis-benzofulvenes: Synthesis and Optoelectronic Studies gets accepted in Org. Lett. Congratulations!
13-Mar-2023 - Krishna's work on Organophosphorus-Catalyzed Borylation of Vinylcyclopropanes gets accepted in Org. Lett. Congratulations!
08-Sep-2022 - Suman's work on copper-catalyzed protoboration gets published in the ACS Catalysis. Congratulations!
02-Aug-2022 - Shailendra Kumar joins the group as a Ph.D. student. Best wishes!
10-Aug-2021 - We welcome our new Masters Project students, Shailendra Kumar and Moumita Bag. Best wishes!
21-Jun-2021 - Aniruddha Das has been selected for the IIT Kharagpur and University of Manchester Joint Doctoral Program. Many Congratulations!
13-Jan-2021 - Aankhi Khamrai wins the prestigious Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF-May 2020). Hearty Congratulations!!
Archived Group News
23-Dec-2020 - Suman Ghosh's Idea on CO2 fixation has been shortlisted for the next round of "New Generation Ideation Contest-2020" by HPCL
10-Sep-2020 - Aniruddha Das and Ajay Vasuniya join as Masters Project students for the year! Welcome and best wishes!
01-Sep-2020 - We welcome Aankhi Khamrai to our group, Best Wishes!
16-Mar-2020 - COVID-19 happened, we masked up and kept washing our hands for the major part of this wonderful year 2020.
02-Jan-2020 - We welcome Rajesh Chakrabortty and Tamal Ballav to our group, Best Wishes!
02-Nov-2019 - Our group moved to the New Chemistry Building at the 7th floor, do pop in to say Hi!
17-Jul-2019 - Sk. Md. Tofayel starts as a Masters Project student, Welcome and best wishes!
09-Jul-2019 - Krishna Biwas, Suman Ghosh and Sudipta Ghosh begin their research career in our group, a very warm welcome to them!
13-May-2019 - Richi Routray joined as summer intern, welcome Richi!
25-Mar-2019 - GV coauthored a work from post-doc in Org. Lett.
20-Mar-2019 - GV received the Early Career Research Award from SERB DST
18-Feb-2019 - Group received the initiation grant under the Institute Scheme for Innovative Research and Development (ISIRD)
03-Jan-2018 - We have got a reason to call us a Group! Sourav Mondal joins, a warm welcome Sourav!
GV received Top Teaching Feedback for 2018 Autumn session
22-Nov-2018 - GV was awarded the Ramanujan Fellowship
GV published a work from his post-doc in Org. Lett.
01-Aug-2018 - Official Start of Ganesh's Group!
23-July-2018 - GV Returns to India
Current Address
Ganesh Venkataraman
704, 7th Floor, Tower-A, JCG-PCR Building,
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur - 721302, West Bengal.
Tel: +91-3222-283318 (Internal IIT-kgp): 83318
