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)
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 - ) Co-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: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Sumit Kumar M Tech Student (2023 - 2024) Current Position: Engineer, Reliance New Energy
Dr. Vinayak Namdev Kalekar Post-doctoral Fellow (2024 - 2026)
Dr. Soham Chatterjee Post-doctoral Fellow (2025 - 2026)