Saurodeep Mandal
Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (since December 2025)
Postdoctoral Researcher: Visva Bharati (Supervisor: Prof. Gourab Kanti Das) 2024-2025
PhD: Visva Bharati (Supervisor: Dr. Prithidipa Sahoo)
Research interest: Catalysis, AI and Machine Learning
Sanat Kumar Mahapatra
PhD Research Scholar (since June 2022, at ICT-IOCB)
Project Assistant (July'21 - May'22)
M. Sc: Utkal University, 2020
Project Work: IISER Bhopal
Research Interest: Understanding selectivity in organic reactions, Photo and electrochemical reactions assisted by non-Covalent Interactions, Confinement effects in catalysis.
Selected Publications:
1) Nat. Commun. 2026
2) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2026
3) ChemCatChem, 2025
4) ACS Cat. 2025, 15, 13810-13820
5) Chem. Eur. J. 2024, 30, e202402969 (Cover Feature)
3) Chem. Sci. 2023,14, 10768-10776
Achievements:
ACS Best Poster Prize at NCMMS 2022 organized by VIT Bhopal
Prativa Behera
PhD research scholar (since June 2022, at ICT-IOCB)
Project JRF (August 2021- May 2022)
M.Sc: VNIT Nagpur, 2019
B.Sc: Utkal University
Research interest: 3d Transition metal containing organometallic complexes, redox-non-innocent ligand chemistry, CO2 adsorption on COF
Selected Publications:
1) Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/anie.202420106
2) Chem. Sci. 2024, 15, 20379-20387
3) Chem. Sci., 2024, 15, 14287-14294
4) Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 4056-4059
Book Chapter: Transition metals and their complexes as homogeneous catalysts, Elsevier, 2024
Achievements:
Thieme Chemistry Best Poster Prize at KIIT-CRSI Bhubaneswar Chapter 2023
RSC Best Poster Prize at ISCHA IIT Bombay 2024
Bijoy Ghosh
Phd Research Scholar (since July 2025)
Project Junior Research Fellow (Jan-June 2025)
M.Sc: IIT Kharagpur (Dept. of Chemistry), 2024
B.Sc: Bankura University
Research interest: Supramolecular Aggregation and Catalysis, Machine Learning
Selected Publications:
1) Small 2026 (Accepted)
2) Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2026
3) ChemCatChem, 2025
Nupur Dutta
Phd Research Scholar (since Dec 2025)
M.Sc: IIEST Shibpur, 2025
B.Sc: Sidho Kanho Birsha University, 2023
Research interest: Single Atom Catalysts, Small Molecule Activation, Machine learning
Barnini Mukherjee
Phd Research Scholar (Jointly with Prof. Santanu Panda, since Dec 2025)
M.Sc: Jadavpur University, 2025
B.Sc: University of Calcutta, 2023
Research interest: Photoredox Catalysis, DFT , TDDFT and ML
Abha Mathur
BS-Thesis Project (since April 2025)
BS-MS in Chemistry (5 years): IIT Kharagpur (Dept. of Chemistry), 2022-27
Research interest: Metalloenzyme catalyzed C-H activation
Group Alumni
Ajeet Kumar Singh
PhD research scholar Jan 2021-May 2025 (Awarded in June 2025)
Presently Post-doc at Technion Israel with Prof. Graham de Ruiter and Renana Gershoni-Poranne
Project Assistant (Feb - Dec 2020)
M.Sc: Central University Punjab, 2019
B.Sc: University of Delhi
Research interest: Water Splitting by 3d transition metals, designing hybrid water oxidation catalysts, O2 activation on COF materials.
Selected Publications:
1) ChemPhysChem 2024, e202400533 (Invited)
2) ACS Omega 2024, 9, 9886–9920 (Invited, Supplementary Cover)
3) Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 2023, 26, e202300412 (Invited, Cover Feature)
4) J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 5270-5284
5) J. Mater. Chem. C, 2021, 9, 11893-11904
Achievements:
ACS Omega Best Poster Prize at ICFMPT-2024 organized by ICT and IOP Bhubaneswar