Current Members

Prof. DEBAYAN SARKAR

(Principal Investigator)

Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore
Post-doc (Stanford University, USA)
Ph.D. (IACS, Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
Mentor—Chemgreen Startup

Research Associate

Dr. Majid Ahmad Ganie

Senior Project Associate, IIT Indore

IGP Post-Doc Fellow with Prof Burkhard König at University of Regensburg, Germany

Ph.D.: CSIR-IIIM, Jammu

Research Interest: Visible light-mediated enantioselective carbon-heteroatom bond formation reactions

Dr. Sangita Bishi

Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIT Indore

Project: Agri-hub

Ph.D.: NIT Rourkela

M.Sc. (Sambalpur University, Jyoti Vihar, Burla)

Dr. Robindo Chatterjee

Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIT Indore

Project: ATMAN 2.0

Ph.D.: IIT Jammu

Dr. Shantanu Samanta

M.Sc. (Vidyasagar University, WB)

PhD, NIT Rourkela, 2018-2026

Thesis: Harvesting Visible-light Energy for the Synthesis of Spirocycles and O-containing Heterocycles Through the functionalization of C-C Triple Bonds

Ph.D. Students

Mr. Bhabani Sankar Lenka

M.Sc. (Harisingh Gour University, Sagar)

UGC-NFOBC SRF, Joined the Group since August, 2020

Project: Total synthesis of 3-demethoxyerythratidinone and Enilospirone

Mr. Niladri Sekhar Roy

M.S. (Pharm), NIPER Mohali

Teaching Assistantship-SRF, Joined the Group since April, 2021

Project: Visible light-mediated organic synthesis and catalytic asymmetric dearomatization reaction

Mr. Priyaranjan Sahoo

M.Sc. (NIT Rourkela)

UGC-SRF, Joined the Group since July, 2022

Project: Sustainable Dearomatization of Arenes

Mr. Rama Kant Mishra

M.Sc. (S.N. UNIVERSITY, UP)

Teaching Assistantship-SRF, Joined the Group since January, 2023

Project: Total synthesis of Natural Products

Mr. Argha Dey

M.Sc. (Vidyasagar University, WB)

UGC-JRF, Joined the Group as a Ph.D. student Since July, 2023

Project: Photochemical & Electrochemical Organic Transformation towards Sustainable Dearomatization

Mr. Subarna Roy

M.Sc. (Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University, WB)

UGC-JRF, Joined the Group since November, 2023

Project: Total synthesis of Natural Products

Mr. Mahendra Jadhav

M.Sc. (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University)

UGC-NFSC JRF, Joined the Group since October, 2024

Project: Visible light-mediated organic synthesis

Mr. Aloke Roy

M.Sc. (Coochbehar Panchanan Barma University, WB)

UGC-NFSC JRF, Joined the Group since December, 2024

Project: Visible light-mediated organic synthesis

Mr. Pawan Pawade

M.Sc. (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathawada University)

Teaching Assistantship-JRF, Joined the Group since January, 2025

Project: Visible light-mediated organic synthesis

Miss Aratiben Rajeshbhai Solanki

M.Sc. (Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur)

Teaching Assistantship-JRF, Joined the Group since January, 2026

Project: Visible light-mediated organic synthesis

Miss Divyani Khode

M.Sc. (Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh)

Project JRF under ANRF-PAIR-SAKSHAM

Miss Pradeepti Maity

M.Sc. (Vidyasagar University, WB)

Project JRF under ANRF-PAIR-SAKSHAM

Miss Ameesha

M.Sc. (Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya, Madhya Pradesh)

Project JRF under ANRF-PAIRSAKSHAM

Miss Aditi Jain

M.Sc. (Samrat Vikramaditya Vishwavidyalaya, Ujjain, M.P.)

Project JRF under ANRF-PAIRSAKSHAM

Mr. Ramesh Das

M.Sc. (Indian Institute of Technology Ropar)

Project JRF under INCP2

Mr. Arpan Bera

M.Sc. (Vidyasagar University, WB)

Project JRF under ANRF-PAIR-SAKSHAM

Ms. Priyanka Arjun Chavan

M.Sc. (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Aurangabad)

Project JRF under AGRI-HUB

M.Sc. Project Students

Visiting and Intern Students

Mr. Swarnadeep Mandal

BS-MS (IISER Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh)

Mr. Shovan Mondal

M.Sc. (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam)