Chemistry

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

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  • 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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Jan
03
2025

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

Dec
24
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Abhijit Dutta
Venue: FB-426

Dec
23
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Shishir Singh
Venue: FB-426

Dec
23
2024

PhD Viva of Abhishek Kumar Yadav
Venue: FB-426

Dec
23
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Chinmoy Kumar Hazra
Venue: FB426

Dec
19
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Amar Diliprao Uike
Venue: FB-426

Dec
19
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Arsheed Ahmad Bhat
Venue: FB-426

Dec
19
2024

PhD Viva of Dolly Chandel
Venue: FB-426

Dec
18
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Nitin Shukla
Venue: FB-426

Dec
17
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Tanmoy Khan
Venue: FB-426

Dec
17
2024

PhD Viva of Kavita Choudhary
Venue: CCR (Old CL)

Dec
16
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Satysen Yadav
Venue: FB-426

Dec
16
2024

PhD Viva of Arghya Sen
Venue: FB-426

Dec
12
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Moumita Patra
Venue: FB-426

Dec
11
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Ritama Kar
Venue: FB-426

Dec
06
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. T. Govindaraju
Venue: FB426

Dec
06
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Farha Naaz
Venue: FB-426

Dec
06
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Anirban Sau
Venue: FB-426

Dec
06
2024

PhD Viva of Sona Tiwari
Venue: FB-426

Dec
05
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Shivangi Gupta
Venue: FB-426

Dec
05
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Kedar Yadav
Venue: FB-426

Dec
04
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Balaji R. Jagirdar
Venue: FB426

Dec
04
2024

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

Dec
04
2024

PhD Viva of Nidhi Garg
Venue: MSE Conference Room (FB-421)

Nov
29
2024

PhD Viva of Sayeed Ahmed
Venue: Online

Nov
29
2024

PhD Viva of Shashi Kant
Venue: Online

Nov
28
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Prabhakar Kumar Pandey
Venue: FB-426

Nov
27
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Hariom Birla
Venue: FB-426

Nov
28
2024

PhD Viva of Nikhil Gupt
Venue: FB-426

Nov
13
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Salman Ahmad Siddiqui
Venue: FB-426

Nov
13
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mrs. Sai Kumari Vechalapu
Venue: FB-426

Nov
08
2024

Seminar on Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024
Speaker: Prof. Nisanth N. Nair
Venue: L16

Nov
06
2024

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

Nov
05
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Ambika Bhagi-Damodaran
Venue: FB426

Nov
04
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Tapan Paine
Venue: FB426

Nov
04
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Neha Singh
Venue: FB-426

Nov
04
2024

PhD Viva of Sourav Pal
Venue: FB-426

Oct
30
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Deepannita Samanta
Venue: FB-426

Oct
28
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Geetanjali Negi
Venue: FB-426

Oct
25
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Sohang Kundu
Venue: FB426

Oct
23
2024

PhD Viva of Shiwangi Maurya
Venue: CCR (Old Core, Chemistry)

Oct
16
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Pradeep Sachan
Venue: FB-426

Oct
10
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Alexander Baker
Venue: FB426

Sep
23
2024

PhD Viva of Sikha Gupta
Venue: Online

Sep
21
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Prakash Chandra Mondal
Venue: Auditorium, MFCEM

Sep
21
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Arnab Ghosh
Venue: Auditorium, MFCEM

Sep
20
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Apparao Draksharapu
Venue: Auditorium, MFCEM

Sep
19
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Nagma Parveen
Venue: Auditorium, MFCEM

Sep
17
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Srinivas Dharavath
Venue: Auditorium, MFCEM

Sep
16
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Dharma Allimuthu
Venue: MFCEM Auditorium

Sep
13
2024

PhD Viva of Saikat Pal
Venue: Online

Sep
07
2024

PhD Viva of Monika Ahlawat
Venue: MSE Conference Room (FB 421)

Sep
06
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Debdas Ray
Venue: FB-426

Aug
23
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Harinath Chakrapani
Venue: FB-426

Aug
23
2024

PhD Viva of Dharmendra Kumar Yadav
Venue: FB 426

Aug
13
2024

PhD Viva of Richa Arjariya
Venue: FB 426

Aug
13
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Subi Jacob George
Venue: FB-426

Aug
08
2024

Dr. Rajendra Rathore Colloquium
Speaker: Prof. Malini Raghavan
Venue: L17, Lecture Hall Complex

Aug
07
2024

PhD Viva of Siladitya Laha
Venue: Online

Aug
07
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Eerlapally Raju
Venue: FB-426

Aug
05
2024

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

Aug
05
2024

PhD Viva of Ritu Gupta
Venue: Online

Jul
30
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Radha Boya
Venue: FB-426

Jul
24
2024

PhD Viva of Deepak Kumar
Venue: FB 426

Jul
22
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Ankita Jaiswal
Venue: FB-426

Jul
16
2024

PhD Viva of Ramranjan Mishra
Venue: Online

Jul
08
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Rakhi Bormon
Venue: FB-426

Jun
28
2024

Distinguished Lecture Series
Speaker: Prof. Raghavan Varadarajan
Venue: Outreach Auditorium

Jun
26
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Kavita Choudhary
Venue: FB-426

Jun
24
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Dolly Chandel
Venue: FB-426

Jun
21
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Dr. Arnab Dutta
Venue: FB-426

Jun
21
2024

PhD Viva of Ayushi Awasthi
Venue: FB 426

Jun
19
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Hideki Yorimitsu
Venue: FB-426

Jun
19
2024

Special Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Dmitry Perekalin
Venue: FB-426

Jun
05
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Shantanu Sen
Venue: FB-426

May
31
2024

PhD Viva of Rakesh Kumar
Venue: FB 426

May
29
2024

PhD Viva of Syed Jehanger Shah
Venue: LHC - L 01

May
28
2024

PhD Viva of Indresh Verma
Venue: Online

May
27
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Ramsha Javed
Venue: FB-426

May
24
2024

PhD Viva of Krishna Kant Singh
Venue: LHC - L1

May
22
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Prashant K. Pandey
Venue: FB-426

May
21
2024

PhD Viva of Shivani Arora
Venue: FB 426

May
21
2024

PhD Viva of Ganesh Chandra Upreti
Venue: FB 426

May
17
2024

PhD Viva of Habib Ali
Venue: FB 426

May
16
2024

PhD Viva of Vinithra G
Venue: Online

May
15
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Abhishek Kumar Yadav
Venue: FB-426

May
14
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Shivani Verma
Venue: FB-426

May
11
2024

PhD Viva of Abhinav Gupta
Venue: LHC - L 08

May
06
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Vaishali Thakkur
Venue: FB-426

May
03
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Ishani Borthakur
Venue: FB-426

May
01
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Arghya Sen
Venue: FB-426

Apr
29
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Parag Tamuly
Venue: Online

Apr
24
2024

PhD Viva of Priyanka Chakraborty
Venue: FB-426e

Apr
17
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Nikhil Gupt
Venue: FB-426

Apr
15
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mrs. Sona Tiwari
Venue: FB-426

Apr
12
2024

PhD Viva of Navin Yadav
Venue: Online

Apr
10
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Jyotirban Dey
Venue: FB-426

Apr
10
2024

PhD Viva of Sayantani Banerjee
Venue: Chemistry Common Room (CL-206F)

Apr
05
2024

PhD Viva of Razia
Venue: Online

Apr
03
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Shreya Rastogi
Venue: FB-426

Apr
01
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Abhilash Chandra
Venue: FB-426

Mar
28
2024

PhD Viva of Ravi Malik
Venue: FB-426

Mar
20
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Monika Ahlawat
Venue: FB-426

Mar
19
2024

Prof N. Sathyamurthy Endowment Lecture
Speaker: Ramakrishna Ramaswamy
Venue: L19

Mar
18
2024

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

Mar
13
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Nidhi Garg
Venue: FB-426

Mar
13
2024

PhD Viva of Mamta
Venue: Online

Mar
06
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Bharat Singh
Venue: FB-426

Mar
04
2024

General Seminar
Speaker: Prof. Brian M. Stoltz
Venue: Outreach Auditorium

Mar
01
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Ritu Gupta
Venue: FB-426

Feb
22
2024

PhD Viva of Rajib Mandal
Venue: Online

Feb
19
2024

PhD Viva of Abhijit Manna
Venue: Online

Feb
14
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Vishal Chourasia
Venue: FB-426

Feb
12
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Sikha Gupta
Venue: FB-426

Jan
31
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Ayushi Awasthi
Venue: FB-426

Jan
29
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Sourav Pal
Venue: FB-426

Jan
24
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Saikat Pal
Venue: FB-426

Jan
17
2024

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

Jan
15
2024

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

Jan
12
2024

Seminar on Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Speaker: Dr. Vishal Govind Rao
Venue: L16, Lecture Hall Complex

Jan
12
2024

PhD Viva of Deepika
Venue: FB-426

Jan
10
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Anju Mishra
Venue: FB-426

Jan
08
2024

Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Manmohan
Venue: FB-426

Jan
03
2024

PhD Viva of Rahul Verma
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