Dr. Haseen Siddiqui (Since Nov 2023) Education: B Tech & PhD in Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay Area: Catalytic conversion of CO2 to methanol (experimental and computational) Awards/Achievements: 1. Lifetime Membership of The Indian Carbon Society (ICS) 2. Best Oral Presentation Award - AdCHE Conference, India (2020) 3. Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) award, DST, Govt. of India (2020) 4. Best Poster Award at ChEmference National Conference, India (2018)
Dr. Vinayak Namdev Kalekar (Since Jun 2024) Education: PhD in Chemical Engineering, ICT Mumbai Area: Catalytic conversion of CO2 to methanol (experimental) Awards/Achievements: 1. ICT Golden Jubilee Innovation PhD (Tech) Thesis Award 2024, 2. IICHE Award 2024, Dr. A.V. Rama Rao Foundation's best PhD Thesis and Research Award
Dr. Soham Chatterjee(Since Feb 2025) Education: PhD in Physics, BITS Pilani Area: Organic solar cell applications Awards/Achievements: 1. Lifetime MembershipMaterial Research Society of India (MRSI). 2. Lifetime Membership Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT). 3. Best Oral Presentation Award - 2nd Indo-European Symposium on Surface Engineering (IESSE-2024)
PhD STUDENTS
Pritam Rudra (2022 - ) Education:MTech in Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur Area: Methane pyrolysis in molten media Awards/Achievements:1. Second Prize in Poster competition in the Indo-UK Bilateral Workshop held at IIT Bombay 2. Received the Institute Silver Medal from IIT Kharagpur for securing 1st position in MTech Chemical Engineering
Suranjana Banerjee(2023 - ) Education: MTech in Chemical Engineering, UPES Area: DFT-Assisted multiscale modeling approach for rational design of heterogeneous catalytic system
Vashishtha Patel (2023 - ) Education:M.E. in Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani Area: Catalytic Hydrogenation of Carbon Dioxide to Ethanol Awards/Achievements: Selected for and participated in the 141st International Summer Course at BASF SE, Ludwigshafen, Germany
Saikat Saha(2021 - ) Main Supervisor: Prof. Sanjay Mahajani, IIT Bombay Education:MTech in Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur Area: DFT Guided catalyst screening of biomass conversion Awards/Achievements: Received Scholarship to attend 2nd Summer School at Linde Engg. in Munich, Germany
Prehas Madke(2023 - ) Co-Supervisor: Prof. Anjali Jayakumar, Newcastle University, UK Education:B.E. in Chemical Engineering, ICT Mumbai Area: Investigation of Greenhouse Gases Adsorption on Biochar Surfaces
Shahla Karimpanakkal(2024 - ) Co-Supervisor: Prof. Akshat Tanksale, Monash University, Australia Education: M.Sc. Chemistry, University of Calicut Area: Carbon Dioxide Conversion into Value-added Chemicals on Transition Metal Carbides Awards/Achievements: Awarded the DST/INSPIRE Fellowship to pursue PhD
MTech Students
Kaustubh Santosh Pathak (2025-) Education: BTech in Chemical Engineering, ICT Mumbai Area:Methane Pyrolysis in Molten Media
Diwakar Pandey (2025-) Education: BTech in Chemical Engineering, BIET Jhansi Area:Styrene Oxidation
GROUP ALUMNI
Sudip Das Post-doctoral Fellow (2022 - 2023) Current Position: Post-doctoral Fellow, New York University, USA
Sumit Kumar M Tech Student (2023 - 2024) Current Position: Engineer at Reliance New Energy