Phd & Master Thesis

No. of Ph.D. & Master’s Students Guidance: Organic Synthesis and Molecular Engineering Group


Ph.D. students Completed: 7(Seven )
Ph.D. students Ongoing: 10 (Ten)

  1. Dr. Biswajit Das (2018-2024) – Title : ”Synthetic Attempts with Visible Light Catalysis and Metal Catalysis Towards Dearomatization and Related Intrigues”
  2. Dr. Puspendu Kuila (2016-2024) – Title: ”Tribromides in Oxidative Dearomatisation: A Toolbox to Solve Molecular Complexities”
  3. Dr. Nabakumar Bera (2015-2023) – Title : ”Synthesis of Heterocyclic Molecules Employing Metal Catalysed Atom-economic Couplings and Sustainable Dearomatization Techniques”
  4. Dr. Sushree Ranjan Sahoo (2014-2020) – Title: ”Synthetic Efforts toward Carbon-Heteroatom Bond Generations Employing Dearomatisation, Alkene and Alkyne Intrigues”
  5. Dr. Sagarika Behera (2014-2020) – Title: ”Synthetic Approaches Towards Biologically Active Heterocycles Employing Catalytic Strategies’’
  6. Dr. Nilendri Rout (2014-2019) – Title: “Solving Molecular Complexities with Oxidative Dearomatization and Transition metal catalysis”
  7. Dr. Manoj Kumar Ghosh (2013-2018) – Title: “New Intrigues with Oxidative Dearomatisation and Related Strategies”

MASTER THESIS SUPERVISED: 17 (Seventeen)

Two Year Masters Project Student Ongoing: 2 (Two)

  1. Total Synthesis of Biological Active Natural Product Employing Catalytic Asymmetric Dearomatization – Raghunath Polai (2023-24)
  2. Sustainable Transformation of Plastic Arenes To Fine Chemicals- Nabanita Dey (2023-2024)
  3. Ruthenium Catalysed Synthesis of Synthesis of Azepines – Ipsita Majhi (2021-2022), Present Position : Ph.D in University of Florida
  4. BF3·Et2O‑Promoted Cascade Reactions: Direct Synthesis of Sulfinylated Spiro-trieneone – Sangam Jha (2021-2022),Present Position: Ph.D in IISER Kolkata
  5. Visible Light Assisted Oxidation at Benzylic Position of Homologated Ynones with Aerobic Oxygen, Leading to Diketone Synthesis – Ankush Kumar (2020-2021)
  6. Synthetic Attempts with Tribromides towards Dearomatisation – Sayan Halder (2018-2020)
  7. Towards the sysnthesis of Tocopherol – Kunika Gupta (2018-2020)
  8. Gold(l)-Catalyzed Atom-Economic Synthesis of 2-Substituted indole via 5-endo-dig Cyclization – Ms. Moni Singh
  9. Synthesis of 1-ethylpyridine tribromide; Utilization in Spirofurano Naphthalone Synthesis : Footsteps towards Asymmetric Synthesis – Mr. Devasish Sood
  10. Halo-azido Ketones : Synthesis, Applications and Activity – Ms. Prithwa Das,Present Position : Ph.D in University of Regensburg
  11. Asymmetric Synthesis of Tocopherol and Tocotrienol family employing C-2 methylation of 2-carboxy-4-chromanones – Mr. Sudeep Sarkar (2017-2018), Presently: Ph.D. fellowship University of Warsaw Poland
  12. Asymmetric Synthesis of Tocopherol (Vitamin-E) Employing C-2 Methylation of 2-Carboxy-4-Chromanones – Mr. Subhradip Kundu (2017-2018), Presently: Ph.D. fellowship University of Strosbourg, France
  13. Approach towards the Synthesis of Biologically Active Chromone Systems – Mr. Chandak Adhikari (2016-2017)
  14. Synthetic Efforts towards Medicinally Important Aryl Naphthofurans and Benzofurans Mediated by Quaternary Ammonium Salt – Mr. Suchit Gupta (2016-2017)
  15. Trials towards functionalising α-ketols – Miss. Samapika Mishra (2014-2016)
  16. Concise synthesis of Napthoquinones – Miss. V. Chandurani (2014-2016)
  17. Attempts towards total synthesis of spiroliganones – Mr. Punabasu Bhattacharya (2013-2015)
  18. Efforts towards alkyne insertion reactions via Oxidative Dearomatisation – Mr. Rahul Kumar (2013-2015)
  19. Facile Hyvervalent Iodine mediated Oxidative dearomatization of Naphthols – Mr. Sushree Ranjan Sahoo (2012-2014)

Completed Project Interns

Srijan Kumar Maji (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc. (St. Xavier’s College, Ranchi (Autonomous))

Bharat Bhusan Das (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc., Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar

Ritika Rajput (2024)
Present Status: M.Sc., Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh

Faizan (2024) 
Present Status: M.Sc. – University of Hyderabad, Telengana

Abhishek Bissoyi 
Present Status: BS-MS, IISER Behrampur

Swetarani Patel 
Present Status: M.Sc. – SG Womens College, Rourkela

Sandhya Rani Padhy (2019) 
Present Status: M.Sc. – SG Womens College, Rourkela

Soham Ghosh (2019) 
Present Status: M.Sc. – BHU

Puja Kumari (2019) 
Present Status: M.Sc. – BIT Mesra

Anindita Mukherjee (2019) 
Present Status: M.Sc. – BIT Mesra

Sudeep Sarkar (2016 -18) 
Present Status: Ph.D. at University of Warsaw, Poland 2018, Postdoc: University of Bordeaux

Subhradip Kundu (2016 -18) 
Present Status: Ph.D. at University of Geneva, Switzerland

B. Sharmistha (2018) 
Present Status: M.Sc. at IISER Kolkata

Ananya Mishra (2018) 
Present Status: Centurion University of Technology and Management, Bhubhaneswar

Rajat Kumar Singh (2017) 
Present Status: IISER Trivandrum

Suchit Gupta (2016 -17) 
Present Status: Assistant Professor, FIIT JEE

Chandak Adhikari (2015-17)
Present Status: Assistant Professor, FIT JEE

Shubhajit Basak (May – July 2017)
Present Status: M.Sc. Student at NBU

Diptangshu Hardikar (May – June 2017)
Present Status: M.Sc. Student at Central University, Bilaspur

V.Chandurani (2015-16)
Present Status:—

Samapika Mishra (2015-16)
Present Status:

Punarbasu Bhattacharya (2014-15)
Present Status: Scientific Officer @ Power Grid Corporation

Rahul Kumar (2013-15)
Present Status: Faculty @ Akash Institute, Delhi

Sarasija Das (2014)
Present Status: Ph.D. student @ IISER, Kolkata

Devjanee Bardhan (2014) 
Present Status: Ph.D. student @IIT, Madras

Sarbeswar Sethi (2014-15)
Present Status: —

Sujata Mahapatra (2013-14)
Present Status: Ph.D. student@ Novozymes, Denmark

Prajna Moharana (2013-14)
Present Status: —-