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Prof. Debayan Sarkar joined the Indian Institute of Technology Indore on 19th May, 2022 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry. On 23rd September, 2025, he got promoted to Professor in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Indore.

Curriculum Vitae
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Present status:

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore from 23rd September, 2025 – continuing.

Past Employment & Post-Doc Fellowship Positions:

  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore from 19th May, 2022 – 22nd September, 2025.
  • IGP Visiting Associate Professor – Department of Chemie and Pharmazie , University of Regensburg, Prof. Oliver Reiser Group, May – August 2025
  • IGP Visiting Associate Professor – Department of Chemie and Pharmazie , University of Regensburg, Prof. Burkhard Koenig Group, June – August 2024
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India, Pin- 769 008, from 02nd Feb 2018 – 17th May 2022.
  • ICMR International Fellow, Prof. Burkhard Koenig Group, University of Regensburg, Germany, Jan 2020- Dec 2020
  • Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India, Pin- 769 008, from 17th October 2011 to 01st Feb 2018.
  • DAAD Associate Professor (Academics)–  Dec 2018-Jan 2019 With Prof. Christoph Schneider, University of Leipzig, Germany
  • Visiting Senior Assistant Professor: Dec. 2015 – March 2016, With Prof. Masahiko Yamaguchi, Graduate School Of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
  • ( INDO-US Postdoctoral Research Fellow) with Prof. B M Trost, Department of chemistry, Stanford University, California, USA-94305 (  2012-  2013)

Academic Background :

  • Ph. D (Organic Chemistry): 01-12-2011, Jadavpur University, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India. Thesis Title:   “Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products”. Institute: Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Association For The Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata – 700032, India. Supervisor: Professor R. V. Venkateswaran
  • M. Sc. (Chemical sciences) (specialization in Organic Chemistry): 2003 – 2005, Department of Chemistry, University Of North Bengal, West Bengal, India (First Class)
  • B.Sc. (Chemistry (Honours), Physics & Mathematics): 2000 – 2003, University of North Bengal, West Bengal, India.