Talks / Presentations

Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Iron-Photocatalyzed C(sp³)–H Phosphonylation of Alkanes: ISOFR-14, University of Bologna, Italy (June 2026). Organizer: Prof. Paolo Melchiorre.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; The Beautiful Journey in Organic Synthesis: IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India (February 2026). 

Oral Presentation (educational talk): Pagire, S. K.; 50 years of Mitsunobu Reaction: University of Tasmania, Australia (March 2026). 

Oral Presentation (educational talk): Pagire, S. K.; The Logic Behind Your Experiments: University of Tasmania, Australia (February 2026). 

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Serendipity and Strategy in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: University of Tasmania, Australia (November 2025). Host: Prof. Alex C. Bissember.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Serendipity and Strategy in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: TIFR, Hyderabad, India (July 2025).

Oral Presentation (Invited, REF seminar series): Pagire, S. K.; Solar Light Drives Life and Chemistry: Chanakya University, Bangalore, Karnataka, India (June 2025). Host: Dr. Priyanka Dwivedi.

Oral Presentation (guidance talk): Pagire, S. K.; Abroad Opportunities for Graduates: New Arts, Commerce, and Science College, Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, India (February 2025). Host: Prof. Pradip S. Mutkule.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: NISER Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India (February 2025). 

Oral Presentation (guidance talk): Pagire, S. K.; Does Having a PhD Make a Difference in Your Career? New Arts, Commerce, and Science College, Parner, India (February 2025). Host: Prof. Tukaram S. Thopate.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: University of Tasmania, Australia, and University of Otago, New Zealand (November 2024). Hosts: Prof. Alex C. Bissember, Prof. Bill Hawkins, and Prof. Michael Breadmore.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: In the "Future of Chemistry" symposium series at TIFR, Mumbai, India (November 2024). Organiser: Prof. Vivek Polshettiwar.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: IISER Pune, Maharashtra, India (November 2024). 

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: BASF, Maharashtra, India (November 2024). Host: Dr. Sarang Kulkarni.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: Chanakya University, Bangalore, India (October 2024). Host: Prof. Hosahalli Subramanya.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: University of Cork, Ireland (August 2024). Host: Dr. Gerard McGlacken.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: Syngene International Ltd., India (August 2024). Host: Dr. Joshodeep Boruwa.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: University of Liverpool, UK (July 2024). Host: Prof. John Bower.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: Max-Planck Institute for Coal Research, Germany (June 2024). Hosts: Prof. Benjamin List and Dr. Chandra Kanta De.

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: IISER-Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India (March 2024). 

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; BecaP: Introducing an efficient Phosphonylation Reagent: In the "Chemiedozententagung" in Aachen, Germany (March 2024). 

Oral Presentation (as part of the interview process): Pagire, S. K.; The Beautiful Journey in Organic Synthesis: Otto Diels—Institute of Organic Chemistry, Christian Albrecht Universität zu Kiel, Germany (February 2024). 

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: CSIR-NCL, Pune, India (December 2023). Host: Dr. Dinesh N. Sawant.

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: IISER-Pune, India (December 2023). Host: Prof. Dr. Srinivas Hotha.

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: University of Göttingen, Germany (November 2023). Host: Prof. Dr. Lutz Ackermann.

Flash Talk and Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Decarboxylative Phosphorylation: In the “International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis," Goa, India (November 2023). Organizers: Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Prof. Akkattu Biju, and Prof. Swadhin Mandal.

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; BecaP: Introducing an efficient Phosphonylation Reagent: In the “1st-Light-Induced Transformations (LIT-2023)," Regensburg, Germany (October 2023). Organizer: Prof. Dr. Thorsten Bach.

Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Phosphonylation: In the “10th Pacific Symposium on Radical Chemistry (PSRC-10)," Kyoto, Japan (June 2023). Organizer: Prof. Dr. Shigeru Yamago.

Oral Presentation (Invited): Pagire, S. K.; Enantioselective Copper Catalysis: On the Occasion of Oliver’s 60th Birthday at the University of Regensburg, Germany (August 2022). Host: Prof. Dr. Oliver Reiser.

Oral Presentation (Invited): Pagire, S. K.; Shining Visible Light on Vinyl Halides: in the PDRA seminar series at the University of Bristol, UK (May 2022). PDRA seminar series organizers: Prof. Alexander Lonnox and Dr. Daniele Fiorito.

Oral Presentation (as part of the group seminar—past work): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: At the University of Bristol, UK (January 2022). Host: Prof. Varinder K. Aggarwal FRS.

Oral Presentation (Webinar): Pagire, S. K.; Enantioselective Photocatalysis: GAIN21, by DFG, Germany (August 2021). Organizer: DFG.

Oral Presentation (Webinar): Pagire, S. K.; A Photocatalyst-Dependent Synthesis of Sulfonylated Fluorenes and Pyrroloindoles from Unactivated Olefins and Sulfonyl Chlorides, Hiroshima, Japan (March 2021). Organizer: The Pharmaceutical Society in Japan.

Oral Presentation (as part of the BIKAKEN annual meeting): Pagire, S. K.; The Different Faces of Photocatalysts: Institute of Microbial Chemistry, BIKAKEN, Japan (February 2020). Host: Prof. Dr. Masakatsu Shibasaki.

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Enantioselective Photocatalysis: CSIR-NCL, Pune, India (December 2019). Host: Dr. Subhash P. Chavan.

Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Enantioselective Synthesis of GABA Derivatives: at Okayama, Japan (October 2019). 

Oral (flash talk) and Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Enantioselective Photocatalysis: in the 27th ISHC Conference, Kyoto, Japan (September 2019). Organizer: Prof. Dr. Shuji Akai.

Oral Presentation (as part of the BIKAKEN annual meeting): Pagire, S. K.; Shining light on copper: Enantioselective synthesis at a glance: Institute of Microbial Chemistry, BIKAKEN, Japan (February 2019). Host: Prof. Dr. Masakatsu Shibasaki.

Oral Presentation (Invited): Pagire, S. K.; Recent advances in visible light Photocatalysis: In the “7th International Conference on Innovations in Physical, Chemical and Life Sciences (IPCLS-2018)," Parner, India (December 2018). Host: Prof. Dr. Sukadeo L. Kadam.

Oral Presentation (as part of the group seminar): Pagire, S. K.; Surprises and Discoveries in Visible-Light Photocatalysis: Institute of Microbial Chemistry, BIKAKEN, Japan (June 2018). Host: Prof. Dr. Masakatsu Shibasaki.

Oral (flash talk) and Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Temperature-controlled sulfonylation reactions: In the 26th ISHC Conference, Regensburg, Germany (September 2017). Organizer: Prof. Dr. Oliver Reiser.

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Activation of Vinyl Bromides: Energy or an Electron Transfer? In the 29th seminar day, GRK 1626 meeting, Regensburg, Germany (March 2017). 

Oral (flash talk) and Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Visible-Light-Promoted Generation of α-Ketoradicals from Vinyl Bromides and Molecular Oxygen: Synthesis of Indenones and Dihydroindeno[1,2-c]chromenes: In the 25th Lecture Conference on Photochemistry, Jena, Germany (September 2016).

Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Synthesis of β-hydroxysulfones: In the ORCHEM Conference, Weimar, Germany (September 2016).

Poster Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Sequential Sulfonylation of Alkenes: In the ACS Conference “Chemistry of the people, by the people, for the people” at Philadelphia, USA (August 2016).

Oral Presentation (guidance talk): Pagire, S. K.; Abroad opportunities: Shri Mulika Devi Mahavidyalaya, Nighoj, India (February 2014). 

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Exploring Enantioselective Photocatalysis: University of Regensburg, Germany (November 2013). 

Oral Presentation: Pagire, S. K.; Total Synthesis of Pisiferol: CSIR-NCL, Pune (September 2012).

Enantioselective Organocatalysis—Challenges and Opportunities: Pagire, S. K.; University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (November 2011). 

Enantioselective Organocatalyzed Synthesis of Benzomorphan Analogues (Master Thesis Presentation): Pagire, S. K.; University of Pune, India (March 2011). 

Enantioselective Organocatalysis: Pagire, S. K.; in the “Professor M. S. Wadia Lecture Competition” conducted by New Arts, Commerce, and Science College, Parner (Affil. University of Pune) (January 2011). Host: Prof. Dr. Dilip R. Thube.