Alumni

March 2017 - February 2018

Current Position: Lead Scientist II, Discovery, Keva Fragrances, Mumbai

PhD: IIT Kharagpur (Prof. Debashis Ray)

August 2017 - December 2017

Current Position: Assistant Professor (IIT Palakkad)

PhD : IIT Madras (Prof. Sundargopal Ghosh

Year: 2020-2025

Thesis Title: "Diverse Chemistry of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes with Varying Ring Sizes"

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Rice University, USA (Advisor: Dr. Samantha Yruegas)

Email: kajalbalayan321@gmail.com

Year: 2019-2025

Thesis Title: "Tridentate NacNAC Ligand Supported Main-Group and Transition Metal compounds:  Pendent Picolyl Powers Pecuiliar Chemistry"

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany (Advisor: Dr. Diego Andrada)

Email: vissharma85@gmail.com

Year: 2019-2024

Thesis Title: "Hypersilyl Tetrylenes: A Novel Synthon in Main- Group Chemistry"

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada (Advisor: Prof. Douglas Stephan)

Email: ajithkumarvs123@gmail.com

Year: 2018-2024

Thesis Title: "Developing Mono- and Di-Anionic Ligands for Main-Group Metals: A Study on Germanium and Zinc"

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Kansas, USA (Advisor: Prof. Manar Shoshani)

Email: kritikagour19@gmail.com

Year: 2017-2022

Thesis Title: "An excursion into the chemistry of more nucleophillic saturated N- heterocyclic carbenes"

Current Position: Fulbright-Nehru Post Doctoral Fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (Advisor: Prof. Robert Gilliard Jr.)

Email: gargikundu.ju@gmail.com

NCL Best Thesis Award

AcSIR Best Thesis Award

Year: 2017-2022

Thesis Title: "Synthesis and Molecular Catalysis with Organo-Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes"

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, USA (Advisor: Prof. Louise Berben)

Email: rhoitnclp@gmail.com

Year: 2016-2022

Thesis Title: "Donor-Acceptor Stabilization of Compounds with Low Coordinate Group 13 and 14 Elements"

Current Position: Associate Scientist, Aragen Hyderabad

Email: sanjuktaapahar@gmail.com

Year: 2015-2021

Thesis Title: "Synthesis and Reactivity of Hypersilylsilylene and Cayalytic Applications of Organosilicon and Lithium Compounds"

Current Position: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Erlangen, Germany (Advisor: Prof. Sjoerd Harder)

 Email: milanbisai1992@gmail.com

NCL Best Thesis Award

Year: 2014-2019

Thesis Title: "Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Applications of Compounds with Heavier Group 14 Elements in Usual and Low Oxidation State"

Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany (Advisor: Dr. Diego Andrada)

Email: swamysaivarre@gmail.com

NCL Best Thesis Award

Year: 2014-2019

Thesis Title: "Preparation of Well-defined Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes and their Applications in Molecular Catalysis"

Current Position: Patent Officer (Government of India)

Email: sandeepraoiitr@gmail.com

Prabhakar Tiwari

MSc : Chemistry (IISER Pune)

February-2025 - February 2026

Email: prabhatiwari0506@gmail.com