1. Vishal Chaurasia
Current Research: Application of NHC compounds in organometallic catalysis
M.Sc. C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur
E-mail: vishalc@iitk.ac.in

2. Sourav Pal
Current Research: Small molecule activation and catalysis
M.Sc. Vidyasagar University
E-mail: souravp@iitk.ac.in

3. Saikat Pal
Current Research: Base metal complex in sustainable catalysis
M.Sc. Vidyasagar University
E-mail: saikatp@iitk.ac.in

4. Prabhakar Kumar Pandey
(Shyama Prasad Mukherjee (SPM) Fellow), Joint CSIR UGC NET, 2018-June, Rank-1
Current Research: CAAC based metal complex in catalysis
M.Sc. Ranchi University
E-mail: pandeypk@iitk.ac.in

5. Sanjay Choudhary
Current Research: CAAC based metal complex in catalysis
M.Sc. Jammu University
E-mail: sanjaych@iitk.ac.in

6. Moumita Patra
Current Research: Application of NHC-metal complex in electro & photocatalysis
M.Sc. Vidyasagar University
E-mail: moumitap@iitk.ac.in

7. Anubhav Nath
Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF-2019)
Current Research: Photochemical conversion of CO₂ to value-added chemical
M.Sc. IIT Bhubaneswar
E-mail: anubhavn@iitk.ac.in

8. Sourav Bag
Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF-2021)
Current Research: The design and synthesis of protic catalysts for hydrogenation and dehydrogenation chemistry
M.Sc. IIT Madras
E-mail: souravbag21@iitk.ac.in

9. Khushboo Yadav
Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF-2021)
Current Research: Bioinspired Catalysis with 3d Metal Complexes
M.Sc. University of Delhi
E-mail: khushbooy21@iitk.ac.in

10. Anjali

Current Research: Organometallic Catalyst in Photo-induced Catalysis
M.Sc. IIT Delhi
E-mail: anjalik22@iitk.ac.in

11. Rohit Singhal

Current Research: Bio-mimetic Complexes for Oxidative Chemistry
M.Sc. IIT Delhi
E-mail: rohits22@iitk.ac.in

12.Pragya Sahu

Current Research: Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Production from Water and its Applications in Catalysis
M.Sc. IIT Patna
E-mail: pragyas22@iitk.ac.in

13.Tamal Kanti Biswas

Current Research: Low-Valent Iron-NHC Complexes in Challenging Organic Reaction
M.Sc. Central University of Punjab
E-mail: tamalkanti23@iitk.ac.in

25. Dr. Siladitya Laha
Ph.D. Title: (Award Year-2024)
Current position:

24. Dr. Arindom Bhattacherya
Ph.D. Title: (Award Year-2023)
Current position:

23. Dr. Sudhir Yadav
Ph.D. Title: (Award Year-2023)
Current position:

22. Dr. Nilay Kumar Pal
Ph.D. Title: (Award Year-2023)
Current position:

21. Dr. Swathi Swaminathan
Ph.D. Title: (Award Year-2023)
Current position:

20. Dr. Subhabrata De
Ph.D. Title: (Award Year-2023)
Current position:

19. Dr. Kamaless Patra
Ph.D. Title:(Award Year-2023)
Current position:

18. Dr. Suman Yadav
Ph.D. Title: Application of metal-mesoionic carbene complexes in catalysis (March 2021)
Current position:

17. Dr. Akshi Tyagi
Ph.D. Title: Metal complexes containing naphthyrido annulated N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands: catalytic evaluation towards the hydrosilylation, hydroboration and annulation reactions (June 2020)
Current position:

16. Dr. Mandeep Kaur
Ph.D. Title: Organometallic compounds containing functionalized normal and mesoionic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands: directed synthesis, catalytic evaluation, and antibacterial activity (January 2020)
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, IISER Mohali, India

15. Dr. Pragati Pandey
Ph.D. Title: Proton responsive ligand in bifunctional catalysis: synthetic strategy, catalytic evaluation and mechanistic insights (October 2019)
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania, USA

14. Dr. Kuldeep Singh
Ph.D. Title: Water activation strategies toward hydration, hydrogenation and oxidation reactions using metal complexes bearing pyridyl-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands (June 2019)
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Israel Institute of Technology Technion, Israel

13. Dr. Indranil Dutta
Ph.D. Title: Dehydrogenation and dehydrogenative coupling Reactions: metal-metal and metal-ligand cooperation strategies (November 2017)
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, KAUST Catalysis Centre, KSA

12. Dr. Abir Sarbajna
Ph.D. Title: Bifunctional catalysts for small molecule activation: synthetic strategy, catalytic evaluation and mechanistic aspects (February 2017)
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany

11. Dr. Sayantani Saha
Ph.D. Title: Organometallic catalysis using mesoionic N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) ligands: synthesis and catalytic evaluation; organometallic catalysis under 'On Water' condition (April 2016)
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Israel Institute of Technology Technion, Israel

10. Dr. Prosenjit Daw
Ph.D. Title: Annulated imidazo[1,2-a][1,8]naphthyridine based N-heterocyclic carbene: synthetic strategy, metalation, catalytic evaluation and metal-ligand cooperation (May 2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor, IISER Berhampur

9. Dr. Mithun Sarkar
Ph.D. Title: Transitional metal complexes containing metal-metal bonds: application in C-H bond activation and functionalization (February 2015)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Kaliganj Govt. Collage, West Bengal

8. Dr. Tapas Ghatak
Ph.D. Title: C-H Bond activation and olefin oxygenation: probing bifunctionality using 1,8-naphthyridine based ligands (July 2014)
Current position: Assistant Professor, VIT Vellore

7. Dr. Biswajit Saha
Ph.D. Title: Metal-metal and metal-ligand cooperation in organometallic catalysis-designing diruthenium(I)-NHC (N-heterocyclic carbene) catalysts for organic transformation (April 2014)
Current position: Scientist, CSIR North East Institute of Science and Technology, Jorhat, Assam

6. Dr. Raj Kumar Das
Ph.D. Title: Syntheses, structures and catalytic evaluation of binuclear transition metal complexes (April 2012)
Current position: Scientist, TCG Lifesciences Private Limited Chembiotek

5. Dr. Arup Sinha
Ph.D. Title: Naphthyridine-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene complexes and their applications in catalysis (March 2011)
Current position: Assistant Professor, VIT Vellore

4. Dr. S. M. Wahidur Rahaman
Ph.D. Title: C-H bond activation at the iridium center: a combined experimental and computational study (August 2012)
Current position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Münster, Germany

3. Dr. Moumita Majumdar
Ph.D. Title: Ligand-disposition, inter-ligand electron transfer and water-gas shift chemistry on dimetal platform (July 2009)
Current position: Assistant Professor, IISER Pune

2. Dr. Nabanita Sadhukhan
Ph.D. Title: Ferrocene-naphthyridine and naphthyridine-napthyridine conjugates: metal-ion complexation and protonation (July 2009)
Current position: Scientist, Chennai Leather Research Institute

1. Dr. Sanjib K Patra
Ph.D. Title: Reactivity studies at axial sites of the [Ru₂(CO)₄]²⁺ core: C-H bond activation, water cleavage and C-C bond formation (May 2007)
Current position: Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur

1. Dr. Chitrakar Ravi
Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow

2. Dr. Uttam Kumar Das
Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel. Host: Prof. David Milstein

3. Dr. Shrabani Dinda
Current position: Post-doctoral Fellow, Institute of High-Performance Computing, Singapore

4. Dr. Dheeraj Kumar (DST-INSPIRE Faculty, IIT Kanpur)
Current position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee

5. Dr. Subhash L Yedage
Current position: Glenmark, Mumbai

6. Dr. Anangsha De
Current position:

7. Dr. Noor Udin Reshi
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany

8. Dr. Vitthal B. Saptal
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland

9. Dr. Mohammad Zafar
Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Isreal

10. Dr. Roshayed Ali Laskar
Current position:

11. Dr. Prabodh Ranjan
Current position: Assistant Professor, Presidency University, Bengaluru

12. Dr. Sayan Mukherjee
Current position: