Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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  • Mr. Abhishek Kumar Yadav (20107261), a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Srinivas Dharavath, has received Best Poster Award in Conference on Advances in Chemistry for Energy and Environment (CACEE -2024), held at TIFR Mumbai from Dec 16-20, 2024.
  • Mr. Abir Das (20107317), a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Basker Sundararaju, has received RSC Best Poster Award in 7th International Symposium on C-H Activation (ISCHA 2024), held at IIT Mumbai from Dec 6-9, 2024.
  • Ms. Shruti Tripathi (20207273), a PhD student in the groups of Prof. Ramesh Ramapanicker and Prof. Ashok Kumar, has been selected for the 'Young Scientist Award’ at the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biopharmaceutical and Translational Research for Human Health and the 18th Annual Convention of the Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (ABAP), held at Mangalayatan University, Aligarh from Dec 19-21, 2024.
  • Mr. Bharat Singh and Mr. Manish Kumar, Ph.D. students in the group of Prof. Manas K. Ghorai, has received Best Poster and Oral Presentation Awards in the 61st Annual Convention of Chemists and the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemistry to Revolutionize Indian Chemical Industries for Viksit Bharat@2047, held at JECRC University, Jaipur from Dec 19-21, 2024.
  • Mr. Subhadip Pramanik (19107307), a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. S.P. Rath, has received Dalton Transactions Best Poster Award in Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry MTIC-XXI, held at IIT Kharagpur from Dec 14-17, 2024.
  • Mr. Mrityunjay Rai (22207263), a PhD student in the group of Prof Sandeep Verma, has been selected for 'FICCI-PMRF Fellowship (Industry) for the year 2024.
  • Mr. Parasar Kumar (20207268), a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Srinivas Dharavath, has received Best Poster Award in 16th International Conference on Frontiers of Polymers and Advanced Materials (ICFPAM-2024), held at IISER Berhampur from Nov 09-13, 2024.
  • Dr. Saira Banu, an IPDF in the group of Prof. Sabuj K. Kundu, has received Best Oral Presentation Award in International Conference on Photophysics and Photochemistry (ICOPP), held at Department of Physics, IIT Bombay from Oct 14-16, 2024.
  • Ms. Chandrani Pal (20107273), a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. S.P. Rath, has received Best Oral Presentation Award in CRSI-ACS Early Career Researchers' Symposium, held at KIIT DU, Bhubaneswar, Odisha from Oct 22-23, 2024.
  • Mr. Shantanu Sen (18107281), a PhD student in the group of Prof Sandeep Verma, has been selected for 'Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award' for the year 2023.
  • Mr Shantanu Sen (18107281), a PhD student in the group of Prof Sandeep Verma, secured 2nd place at the Falling Walls Lab Event India, hosted by the Falling Walls Foundation Germany & Local Organisers, IISc Bangalore, 6th Sept, 2024.
  • Mr. Zahid Ahmad Khan (20207277), a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Vinod K. Singh, has received Best Poster Award in Organic Chemistry Symposium (OCS-2024), held at IIT Kanpur from Sept 08-09, 2024.
  • Ms. Shilpa (20207272), a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Gurunath Ramanathan, has received Best Poster Award in Organic Chemistry Symposium (OCS-2024), held at IIT Kanpur from Sept 08-09, 2024.
  • Mr. Vatsalya Gupta (22107288), a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Ramkrishna Sarkar, has received Best Poster Award in Organic Chemistry Symposium (OCS-2024), held at IIT Kanpur from Sept 08-09, 2024.
  • Mr Shantanu Sen, a PhD student working with Prof Sandeep Verma, secured 2nd position at the prestigious Falling Walls Lab Event India, hosted by the Falling Walls Foundation Germany & country organizers, IISc Bangalore.
  • Mr. Shantanu Sen, a PhD student in the group of Prof Sandeep Verma, has been selected as one of the 11 nationwide recipients of 'Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Award' for the year 2023.
  • Prof. Sabuj Kundu has been invited to join the editorial advisory board of the journal Tetrahedron Green Chem which publishes in articles in the field of sustainable synthesis using green chemistry principles.
  • Prof. S.P. Rath has been elected to the Indian National Science Academy, Delhi
  • Mr. Debarghya Sarkar, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. J.N. Moorthy, has received best poster award in 34th International Symposium on Chirality, held at Kyoto, Japan from Aug 26-29, 2024.
  • Dr. Priyanka Chakraborty, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Basker Sundararaju, has received best flash presentation award in ACS Meetings Global Virtual Symposia Fall 2024 (Aug 17-21) - Emerging Landscape of Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis.
  • Ms. Paulami Chakraborty, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. S.P. Rath, has received Best Poster Award in 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17), held at University of Münster, Germany from Aug 25-29, 2024.
  • Dr. V. G. Rao has been conferred the class of 1973 young faculty fellowship from September 9, 2024 for a period of 3 years.
  • Ms. Geetanjali Negi (19107278) and Mr. Anurag Sharma (20107265), PhD students in Dr. Nagma Parveen’s group, have received SERB International Travel Grants to attend the German Biophysical Society Meeting (Sept 22-25, 2024) in Leipzig, Germany and Gordon Research Conference on Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology (Aug 4-9, 2024) at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, USA, respectively.
  • Ms. Rhitwika Chowdhury, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Anantharaman, has received Best Poster Award in International Symposium Frontiers In Sustainable Catalysis and Organometallics (FISCO), held at MNIT Jaipur from July 11-12, 2024.
  • Dr. Bhumika Agrahari, an IPDF in the group of Dr. Ritika Gautam, has received DBT and CSIR Foreign Travel Grant to attend the 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17), which will be held at the University of Münster, Germany from Aug 25-29, 2024.
  • Ms. Ritama Kar, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Nisanth, has received Best Poster Award in International Conference on 60 Years of DFT: Advancement in Theory & Computation, held at IIT Mandi from July 21-26, 2024.
  • Mr. Abhishek Kumar Yadav, a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Srinivas, has received Best Oral Presentation Award in 14th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion, held at Pescara, Italy from July 29-31, 2024.
  • Ms. Shiwangi Gupta, a PhD student of Prof S.K. Kundu and Ms. Nidhi Garg, a PhD student of Prof B. Sundararaju were awarded Best Poster Awards for posters at the 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC-2024) at the Jaypee Palace in Agra, India from July 14-18, 2024
  • Prabhakar Kumar Pandey, a student of Prof J.K. Bera received the best poster award in the recently concluded 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2024), Agra India.
  • Dr. Ritika Gautam Singh has been awarded as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru.
  • Prof. D. H. Dethe has been awarded the C. N. R. Rao National Prize for Chemical Sciences-2025 by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).
  • Dr. Srinivas Dharavath and Dr. Prakash Chandra Mondal have been awarded the P. K. Kelkar (class of 1979 research fellowship for outstanding young faculty) from 1 May 2024 for a period of 3 years in recognition of their excellent professional contributions at IIT Kanpur
  • Prof. Basker Sundararaju has been named the Guest Professor 2024 at the University of Toulouse III- Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
  • Ms. Shiwangi Maurya, a Ph.D. student in the group of R. Gurunath was awarded the best oral presentation at the 11th International Conference on Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS 2024) held from April 9-12, 2024 at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
  • Ms Ankita Jaiswal, a PhD. student of Prof. Sandeep Verma has been awarded a competitive MDPI Travel Grant Award to attend and present her research work at the 8th EuChems Conference on Nitrogen Ligands to be held in Cassis (France), June 3-7, 2024
  • Prof. Dattatraya Dethe has joined the Editorial Board of Tetrahedron & Tetrahedron Letters
  • Dr. Grace Kaul, an IPDF in the group of Prof. Sandeep Verma, has received the 'Best Oral Presentation' at the '4th Student Indian Peptide Society Symposium’, held from 23-24th February at Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
  • Zahid Ahmad Khan, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Vinod K. Singh, has been awarded the “Best Poster Presentation award” in 32nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry 17th CRSI-RSC Symposium held at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus Rajasthan during 01-02-2024 to 04-02-2024.
  • Alka Karn, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. J. N. Moorthy / Prof. R. Gurunath, has been awarded "Best Poster Award" at the 32nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, held from 2nd to 4th February 2024 in BITS, Pilani.
  • Abhijit Saha, a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Ashis K. Patra, has been awarded the Best Poster Prize from Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) at the 32nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, organized by Dept. of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus on February 2-4, 2024.
  • Chhavi Khajuria a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Vinod K. Singh, has been awarded the “Best Poster Award” in the Indo-German Conference 2024 themed Sustainable Chemistry 2024, organized by IIT Indore at Goa during February 20-22, 2024.
  • Abhishek Kumar Yadav (best oral presentation), Parasar Kumar and Manojkumar J (best poster presentation), students of Srinivas Dharavat, received awards at the International Conference on High Energy Material Conference and Exhibits (HEMCE'24), organized by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in Trivandrum, Kerala, from February 1st to 3rd, 2024
  • Ms Farha Naaz, a PhD student in the group of Dr. D.L.V.K. Prasad, has been awarded American Physical Society (APS), Division of Computational Physics, Graduate Student Travel Award for the APS March 2024 Meeting, Minneapolis USA
  • Prabhakar Kumar Pandey, a Ph.D. Student in the group of Prof. Jitendra K. Bera, has been awarded Best Poster award for the Presentation, titled 'An Efficient Ni(II) Pincer NHC Catalyst for Borylation of Aryl and Alkyl Halides’, at the International Conference on ‘Frontiers in Catalysis (FIC-24)’, organized by Department of Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, on January 4-5, 2024.
  • Sourav Pal, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Jitendra K. Bera, has received 'Chemical Science (RSC)' Best Poster Award at the 'Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC) 2024', organized jointly by TIFR Mumbai and IACS Kolkata during 7-11 January, 2024 held at Kolkata
  • Deepannita Samanta, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. S. P. Rath, has received 'Chemical Science (RSC)’ Best Poster Award from at the 'Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry' (SABIC) 2024', held at Kolkata, India from 7th to 11th January, 2024.
  • Rakesh Kumar, a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Apparao Draksharapu, has received 'Chemical Science (RSC)' Best Poster Award at the 'Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC) 2024', organized jointly by TIFR Mumbai and IACS Kolkata from 7-11 January 2024 held at Kolkata.
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Events
Jan
30
2025

PhD Viva of Jyotirban Dey
Venue: FB-426

Jan
24
2025

General Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Sayantan Paria
Venue: FB 426

Jan
21
2025

PhD Viva of Ishani Borthakur
Venue: Chemistry Common Room (CCR)

Jan
20
2025

General Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Akshai Kumar A S
Venue: FB 426

Jan
15
2025

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Nasireddy Seshadri Reddy

Jan
13
2025

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Ranjeev Kumar Parashar

Jan
10
2025

General Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Debankur Bhattacharyya
Venue: FB 426

Jan
09
2025

General Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Jonathan Kuo
Venue: FB 426

Jan
09
2025

PhD Viva of Manmohan
Venue: FB-426

Jan
08
2025

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Suraj Kashyap
Venue: FB-426

Jan
03
2025

General Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Ricardo Castarlenas
Venue: FB 426

Jan
02
2025

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Michael Müller
Venue: FB426

Jan
01
2025

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Amarish Kumar
Venue: FB-426

Message From Head

The Department of Chemistry at IIT Kanpur reiterates its commitment to excellence in contemporary research and teaching. Some courses initiated by my former and present colleagues in this department have become beacons for chemical education in India. We also have one of the strongest Industry-Academia connections. As its newly appointed head, I invite you to explore our department and witness the impactful research and educational initiatives Read More..

- Prof. Gurunath Ramanathan
Head, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur- 208016