About Subrata
Subrata grew up in Bankura, West Bengal, India. He received his M.Sc. degree in 2010 from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) under the supervision of Prof. S. Nagendran and his Ph.D. degree in 2015 from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) under the guidance of Prof. V. Chandrasekhar and Prof. Sandeep Verma. After that, he moved to Professor H. W. Roesky’s research group at the University of Göttingen as a postdoctoral fellow and worked in low-valent main-group chemistry. After spending three years in Germany, Subrata joined Prof. Manners’s group at the University of Victoria, Canada, and worked on inorganic polymers and catalysis with main-group substrates. In December 2019, Subrata joined IIT Delhi as an assistant professor.
Professional Details
December 2019-Present: Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD), India.
February 2019-December 2019: Worked as Postdoctoral fellow at University of Victoria, Canada, with Prof. Ian Manners
October 2015-December 2018: Worked as Postdoctoral fellow at Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Germany, with Prof. Herbert W. Roesky
Academic Background
Ph.D. (2010-2015): Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, under the supervision of Prof. V. Chandrasekhar and Prof. Sandeep Verma
M.Sc. (2008-2010): Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, under the supervision of Prof. S. Nagendran
B.Sc. (2005-2008): Bishnupur Ramananda College affiliated to The University of Burdwan
Awards and Fellowships
8. IIT Delhi Teaching Excellent Award Sem-II, 2021-2022
7. Awarded Young Faculty Incentive Fellowship from IIT Delhi, 2019-2022
6. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from University of Goettingen, Germany, 2015
5. DST (Department of Science and Technology) travel grant to attend an international conference, 2014
4. Qualified NET-JRF (National Eligibility Test- Junior Research Fellowship) in 2010 conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
3. Qualified All India GATE in Chemistry, 2010
2. Received Merit-cum-Means scholarship from IIT Delhi, India, 2008-2010
1. Qualified Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. in Chemistry, 2008
Invited Lectures
8. 60th Annual Convention of Chemists (ACC 2023) at IIT Delhi from 20-21 December 2023. Title of the talk: Ambiphilic Carbenes: Enhancing Radical Stability, Catalytic Activity, and Enabling the Synthesis of Halo-Phosphinidenes
7. 3rd International Symposium on Main-group Molecules to Materials (MMM) from 09th to 11th Dec 2023, IIT Hyderabad. Title of the talk: The Use of Ambiphilic Carbenes to Improve Radical Stability and Catalytic Activity
6. Recent Advances in Inorganic Molecules to Materials (RAIMM-2023) at IIT Kanpur, 4th November 2023. Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) Stabilized Air-Stable Radicals and Phosphinidenes
5. One-day lecture series entitled "Emerging Technologies in Chemistry", 19th March 2021, Department of Chemistry, CMP Degree College (University of Allahabad )
Title: Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbene stabilized low valent main-group chemistry
4. Lab demonstration: Virtual visit to chemistry laboratory (Gangotri International School), January 11, 2021
3. 7th session of the International Webinar Series "Recent Trends in Chemical Science and Technology (RTCST-2020)" September 18, 2020, Christian College (University of Kerala)
Title: Recent Developments of Low Valent Main Group Chemistry
2. Webinar Series on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (web-RETICS-2020), June 23, 2020, Sambalpur University, Odisha
Title: Stabilization of Highly Reactive Group 13-15 Species by Cyclic Alkyl(amino) Carbenes
1. Functional Smart & Supramolecular Materials (FSSM-2020), January 29-30, 2020, IIT Kharagpur, India
Title: Polymers and Functional Materials Featuring Phosphorus: Metal-Free Synthesis of Poly(phosphinoboranes)