Dr. Tarak Karmakar

(Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chem., IIT Delhi)

Academic profile:

2021 (June-): Assistant professor at IIT Delhi, India

2020-2021: Postdoc at IIT Genova, Italy (Prof. Michele Parrinello)

2017-2020: Postdoc at ETH Zurich & USI, Lugano, Switzerland (Prof. Michele Parrinello)

2011-2016: Ph. D. at JNCASR, Bangalore, India (Prof. Sundaram Balasubramanian)

2009-2011: M. Sc. at IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India, (Prof. Srabani Taraphder)

2006-2009: B. Sc. Bankura Christian College, West Bengal, India


Contact details:

Department of Chemistry, Office: MS-708 (6th Floor)

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016, India

E-mail: tkarmakar@chemistry.iitd.ac.in, tarakkchem@gmail.com 

Phone (office): +91 11 2654 8549

GROUP MEMBERS

Ph. D. Students

Soumya Mondal

Ph. D. (July 2021 - present)

Email ID: cyz218385@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, Kerala

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Calcutta University, West Bengal

Research topic: Biophysical Chemistry - nano-bio systems

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Neha

Ph. D. (July 2021 - present)

Email ID: cyz218376@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

B. Sc. (Chemistry): H. P. University, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh

Research topic: Understanding order-disorder transitions using computer simulations

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Nisha Kumari

Ph. D. (Jan 2022 - present)

Email ID: cyz218648@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Research topic: Machine learning in biomolecular simulations

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Vikas Tiwari

Ph. D. (April 2022 - present)

Email ID: cyz208667@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

B. Sc. (Chemistry): B. K. Birla College, Kalyan, Mumbai

Research topic: Modelling Nano-biosystems, Catalysis, & Chemical reactions

Web: https://sites.google.com/view/vikas-tiwari

Dhananjay

Ph. D. (July 2022 - present)

Email ID: cyz228301@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, Telangana

B. Sc. (Chemistry): C. M. Sc. College, LN Mithila University, Darbhanga, Bihar.

Research topic: Machine learning in soft condensed matter systems

Web: https://guptadhananjay7645.wixsite.com/djay-chem

Anmol

Ph. D. (Jan 2023 - present)

Email ID: cyz228613@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Rajdhani College, University of Delhi

Research topic: Modelling Chemical Reactions

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Shilpi Singh

Ph. D. (Jan 2023 - present) 

(Jointly with Prof. Tanmay Dutta)

Email ID: cyz228622@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Biotechnology): Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, Uttarakhand

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Aligarh Muslim University, UP

Research topic: Protein-RNA interactions, medicinal biochemistry

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Dinesh Kumar G 

Ph. D. (Jan 2023 - present) 

(Jointly with Prof. Janakiram Vaitla)

Email ID: cyz218369@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): PSG College of Arts and Science, Tamilnadu

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Government arts college, Karur, Tamilnadu

Research topic: Understanding Chemical Reactions using state-of-the-art experimental and simulations techniques

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Rishu

Ph. D. (Jan 2024 - present) 

Email ID: cyz238626@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Tamil Nadu

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University of Delhi

Research topic: 

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Masters Students (M. Tech.)

Anushna Bhattacharya

M. Tech. Project (2023-24)

Email ID: cym222035@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M.Sc. : Banaras Hindu University.

B.Sc. : Lady Brabourne College, Calcutta University.

Research topic: Modelling Nano-biosystems, coarse-grained models 


Masters Students (M. Sc.)

Manya Aggarwal

Masters project (2023-24)

Email ID: cys227045@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Hansraj College, Delhi University

Sonam

Masters project (2023-24)

Email ID: cys227030@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

B. Sc. (Chemistry): Miranda House, University of Delhi (2019-2022)


Project Students

Undergraduate Students (B. Tech.)

Vansh Ramani

B. Tech (Chem. Engg.): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

1st yr. winter internship (Dec23 - Jan24)

GNN-based methods for structure-function predictions

Subham Yadav 

B. Tech (Mech. Engg.): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

SURA2023 Awarded: Machine Learning methods for studying molecular conformations. 

Akshatt Sethia 

B. Tech (Mech. Engg.): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

SURA2023 Awarded: Machine Learning methods for studying molecular conformations. 

Abhinav Singh

B. Tech (Comput. Sci. Engg): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

SURA2023 Awarded: Modelling Crystallization using Machine Learning augmented Simulations

Harshit K Gautam

B. Tech (Comput. Sci. Engg): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi

SURA2023 Awarded: Modelling Crystallization using Machine Learning augmented Simulations

Alumni

Tarunesh Gaur

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, (2022-2023)

Sonali Garg

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, (2022-2023)

Current position: Ph. D. at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany


Aashish Gupta

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, (2020-2022)

Ambikesh Maurya

M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, New Delhi, (2020-2022)


Kiran Yadav

KARYA Fellowship, DST Rajasthan (Sept 2021 - Nov 2021)

M. Sc. NIT Agartala, Tripura