Lab
Members
A diverse group of researchers dedicated to pioneering sustainable chemistry and advanced catalysis.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Dr. Sachin S. Gorad
Ph.D. 2024 (IISER-Bhopal)
M.Sc. (Org. Chem) Savitribai Phule Pune University Maharashtra
Dr. Nausad
Ph.D. – IISER Mohali
B.Sc. + M.Sc. – Jamia Millia Islamia Central University
Dr. Athira C S
Ph.D.: CSIR NIIST
Kerala (2025)
MSc: University of Kerala
Kerala (2019)
Dr. Anjali Krishna P K
Ph.D.: CSIR-NIIST
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala (2024)
MSc: NIT Tiruchirappalli
Tamilnadu (2017)
Dr. Bapurao Rupanawar
Ph.D. NCL-Pune
Feb 2022
Post Doc -OIST-Japan July 2022-Aug 2025
State- Maharashtra
Doctoral Scholars
Soumya Sree Samal
Ph.D.: August 2022 (PMRF)
M. Sc.
(Chem)
Pondicherry University
Puducherry
Subarna Sukanya Padhy
Ph.D. August 2022 (PMRF)
M. Sc.
(Chem)
Pondicherry University
Puducherry
Smruti Rekha Padhy
IISER-iPhD
IISER Tirupati
Abhijith K S
Ph.D. Jan 2023
BSMS (Chem)
IISER Tirupati
Chandrakant Gouda
Ph.D. July 2023
M.Sc (Chem)
Mangaluru University
Mangaluru
Palmurukan M. R. Pal
Ph.D. July 2023
M.Sc.
M-Tech.
(Industrial Catalysis) CUSAT
Kerala
Sanjay A
IPhD 2024
B.Sc - St. Joseph's College (Autonomous) Tiruchirappalli
Tamilnadu
Nanthini P.
Ph.D. Aug 2024
M.Sc (Chem)
Bharathidasan University
Tamil Nadu
Mahendra D R
Ph.D. Jan 2025
M.Sc (Chem)
University of Mysuru
Karnataka
Master's Students
Suyog
Master's Thesis Student
IISER Tirupati (2026)
Kavya
Master's Thesis Student
IISER Tirupati (2026)
Ayesha
Master's Thesis Student
IISER Tirupati (2026)
Alumni
Celebrating the achievements of our past group members across academia and industry globally.
Doctoral Students (Ph.D. Thesis)
Dr. Manoj K. Sahoo
Visible mediated photoredox catalytic Dehydrogenation and C-H arylation reactions
Currently: Post-doctoral Studies at UNIST, South Korea
Dr. Garima Jaiswal
Transition metal based nanocatalysts for (de)-hydrogenation reactions
Currently: Research Scientist at HPCL, Bengaluru
Dr. Vinod G. Landge
Transition-metal catalyzed C-H bond alkynylation
Currently: Research Scientist at USA
Dr. Siba P. Midya
Transition metal catalyzed (de)hydrogenative C-C and C-N bond formation
Currently: DST-Inspire Faculty at IACS, Kolkata
Dr. Jagannath Rana
Earth-abundant metal catalyzed C-N bond activation of amides and alkylation reactions using alcohols
Currently: Post-doctoral Studies at IISER Bhopal
Dr. Subaramanian M
Non-precious metal catalysis for the dehydrogenation and related reactions
Currently: Post-doctoral Studies at University of Toronto, Canada
Dr. Akash Mondal
Manganese catalysed dehydrogenative C-C and C-N bond formation
Currently: Post-doctoral Studies at IISER, Kolkata
Dr. Vinita Yadav
Earth-abundant metal catalyzed C-C and C-N bond forming reactions using alcohols to access olefin and indole scaffolds
Currently: M. Sc., (Chem), IIT Guwahati
Dr. Sivakumar G
Transition-metal catalyzed acceptorless dehydrogenation and related reactions in sustainable chemical synthesis
Currently: Post-doctoral studies at Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
Dr. Reshma Babu
3d-Transition Metal Catalyzed Acceptorless Alcohol Dehydrogenation and Related Reactions
Currently: M. Sc., (Chem), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Dr. Rohit Kumar
Dehydrogenative C-C and C-N Bond Forming Reactions and Electrochemical N2 Activation Under Molecular Cobalt Catalysis
Currently: B.Sc., (Chem), Central University, Bihar (iPhD)
Post-doctoral Alumni
Dr. M. Sivaprakash
Ph.D. 2023 (Central University of Tamil Nadu), M.Sc. (Chem) Bharathiyar University Coimbatore
Dr. Rohit Kumar
Ph.D. 2024 (IISER Tirupati), B.Sc., (Chem), Central University, Bihar (iPhD)
Post-graduate Students (MSc Thesis)
Mr. Suyog
IISER Tirupati � 2026
Ms. Kavya
IISER Tirupati � 2026
Ms. Ayesha
IISER Tirupati � 2026
Mr. Thomas Abraham
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2014
Mr. T. Sulfikarali
University of Calicut, Kerala � 2015
Mr. B. Aswin
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2015
Ms. Ahalya P. Murali
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2015
Mr. B. Lakshmi Narayanan
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai � 2015
Mr. K. Nishad
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2016
Mr. Vinit Kumar
S. P. Pune University, Pune � 2017
Ms. Ayisha Parveen
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2017
Mr. Sopan K. Pralhad
S. P. Pune University, Pune � 2017
Ms. Ayesha Begum
VIT University, Vellore � 2017
Ms. Pragya Dangarh
SGSITS, Indore � 2018
Ms. Himani Chouhan
SGSITS, Indore � 2018
Ms. Reshma Babu
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2018
Mr. Palmurukan
CUSAT, Kerala (M.Tech Thesis) � 2018-2019
Mr. Jessin K. Babu
IISER Tirupati � 2020
Mr. Abhijith K S
IISER Tirupati � 2021
Mr. Athul Joseph
IISER Tirupati � 2021
Ms. Anagha K. S.
IISER Tirupati � 2021-2022
Mr. Darshan H.
IISER Tirupati � 2021-2022
Mr. Athul Krishnan
IISER Tirupati � 2021-2023
Mr. Stephin Sebastian
IISER Tirupati � 2022-2023
Ms. Merrin Babu
IISER Tirupati � 2022-2023
Mr. Vishnu Prasanth
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2023
Ms. K B Tejaswini
IISER Tirupati � 2023-2024
Ms. Gopika Gopakumar
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2024
Ms. Salini S
Gandhi University, Kerala � 2024
Ms. Anuja Joy
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2024
Mr. Soumik Roy
IISER Tirupati � 2023-Present
Ms. Navyasri M.
IISER Tirupati � 2024-Present
Ms. Ardra Minil
Amrita Viswavidyapeetham University, Kollam � 2025-Present
Ms. Meera Krishnan R.
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2025-Present
Ms. Lakshmi Lal V.
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2025-Present
Ms. Gayathri Rajesh
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala � 2025-Present
Ms. Shahma
IISER Tirupati � 2025
Ms. Lavanya
IISER Tirupati � 2025
Undergraduate Students (B.Tech)
Mr. Varun Kant
IIT Roorkee
Mr. Ashwin Sahay
BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus
Mr. Chinmay H. Shewale
ICT Mumbai
Project Fellows / Research Associates
Mr. Veerahari
Project Fellow
Mr. M. Subaramanian
Feb 2016 – Jan 2017
Mr. Ketan Wadekar
Jan 2016 – Jul 2016
Mr. M. Prabhu
Feb 2017 – Jan 2018
Mr. Saravanakumar
Jul 2017 – Nov 2018
Ms. Samrin Shaikh
Jan 2018 – Dec 2018
Mr. G. Sivakumar
Feb 2018 – Nov 2018
Mr. Krishna Borde
Feb 2018 – Nov 2018
Dr. Alok K. Tripati
Jul 2016 – Feb 2017
Dr. A. Nandakumar
Jan 2015 – Jul 2015 & Feb 2018 – Jul 2018
Dr. Melad Shaikh (N-PDF)
Jun 2019 – Dec 2021
Mr. Palmurukan M.R.
Jul 2019 – Jul 2023
Ms. Subarna Sukanya Padhy
Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
Ms. Pritha Saha
Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
Ms. Soumya Sree Samal
Jul 2021 – Jul 2022
Mr. Chandrakant Gouda
Jul 2021 – Jul 2023
Dr. Madhu N. (RA)
Sep 2021 – Jul 2022
Dr. Shantimoy Khilari (RA)
Sep 2021 – Aug 2022
Dr. Rajib Kumar Singha (RA)
Oct 2021 – Feb 2022
Dr. Madhu N. (N-PDF)
Oct 2022 – Present
Mr. Abhijith K S
Jun 2022 – Dec 2022
Mr. Veerahari Shankar
Nov 2022 – Dec 2023
Dr. Ankit Kumar Srivastav
Feb 2023 – Dec 2023
Dr. M. Sivaprakash
Apr 2023 – Present
Dr. Sivakumar G
Jan 2024 – Present
Dr. Rohit Kumar
Dec 2024 – Present
Semester & Summer Project Students @ IISER Tirupati
Mr. Rajasekhar Pathi
BSMS-2016 � May 2019 – Dec 2020
Mr. Amartya Bera
BSMS-2017 � May 2019 – Mar 2020
Mr. Triptesh Kumar Roy
BSMS-2018 � May 2019 – Mar 2020
Ms. Divya Putta
BSMS-2018 � May 2019 – Jun 2019
Ms. Anagha K. S.
BSMS-2017 � Jan 2021 – Jul 2021
Mr. Darshan H.
BSMS-2017 � Jan 2021 – Jul 2021
Mr. Athul Krishnan
BSMS-2018 � Aug 2021 – Jul 2022
Mr. Hariharan T.
BSMS-2019 � Aug 2022 – Dec 2022
Ms. Payal Thakur
BSMS-2019 � Aug 2022 – Jul 2023
Ms. Hridya B
BSMS-2019 � Aug 2022 – Jul 2023
Ms. Rupali Sahu
BSMS-2019 � Jan 2023 – Jul 2023
Ms. Sreelakshmi
BSMS-2019 � Jan 2023 – Jul 2023
Mr. Soumik Roy
BSMS-2020 � May 2023 – Jul 2024
Mr. Annal Baisil
BSMS-2020 � Jun 2024 – Jul 2024
Lab Rotation iPhD Students @ IISER Tirupati
Ms. A. Anagha Varma
iPhD-2019 � Aug 2019 – Nov 2019
Ms. Romel Gautam
iPhD-2018 � Jan 2020 – Jun 2020
Mr. Ashutosh Panigrahi
iPhD-2019 � Jan 2020 – Dec 2020
Mr. Prabhakar Bhardwaj
iPhD-2019 � Jan 2019 – Jun 2020
Ms. Smruti Rekha Padhy
iPhD-2021 � Jun 2022 – Jul 2023
Ms. Debomitra Mallik
iPhD-2024 � Aug 2024 – Dec 2024
Mr. Sanjay A.
iPhD-2024 � Jan 2022 – Present