121. Congratulations to Shidheshwar, Chandini and Pragnya for their work on Fe-catalyzed tandem amidation to access 3-amino-3-aminomethyl-2-oxindole frameworks published in Adv. Synth. Catal.

120. Anand has submitted Ph.D. thesis on 15th April 2024. Congratulations to him.............

119. Congratulations to Shidheshwar and Shuvajit for their work on Ni-catalyzed C-H alkylation of indoles and azoles under additive- and solvent-free conditions published in Eur. J. Org. Chem.

118. Suyradev submitted Ph.D. thesis on 2nd April 2024. Congratulations to him.............

117. Congratulations to Rameshwar and Mital for their work on Mn-catalyzed hydroboration accepted in Chem. Asian J.

116. Chandini's review article on "Advancement in C-H Alkylation of Heteroarenes Catalyzed by the Most Abundant Transition Metal - Iron" is accepted in Org. Chem. Front. Congratulations to Chandini!.

115. Sadhna gave the PTOC seminar on 29 February 2024...best wishes to her for thesis writting!.

114. Congratulations to Shidheshwar for NCL-RF "best Ph.D. Thesis Award" 2023 presented on 28-02-2024!.

113. Anand was awarded with "best Research Scholar award" in Chemical Science by NCL-Research Foundation...Congratulations!!

112. Congratulations to Chandini for receiving "best Published Research Paper Award" in Organic Chemistry by NCL-Research Foundation.

111. Sadhna's Concept Review on "Chemodivergent dehydrogenative coupling of alcohol" is accepted in ChemCatChem. Congratulations to Sadhna!!.

110. Congratulations to Surya for his work on "Cu-catalyzed alkylation of phenol derivatives with alkyl chlorides... accepted in Journal of Catalysis.

109. Congratulations to Sadhna for her paper accepted in Chem. Eur. J. that deals with the Ni-catalyzed chemodivergent dehydrogenative coupling of alcohols...

108. Anand gave Pre-Thesis Open Colloquium (PTOC) Seminar on 03 January 2024. We wish him for the Thesis writting !

107. We welcome new group member Sanju to the group. He has joined our group on 29 December 2023...........

106. Vijaykumar submitted his Ph.D thesis on 24 Dec 2023....Congratulations...........

105. Congratulations to Shidheshwar for successfully defending Ph.D. thesis on 15 NOV 2023. Punji Lab wish him great success in his future endeavours...........

104. Suryadev gave Pre-Thesis Open Colloquium (PTOC) Seminar on 18th October 2023. Best wishes to him for the Thesis writting !

103. Congratulations to ChandiniRahul and Pragnya for their work on "Fe-catalyzed regioselective C-H alkylation of indoles in renewable solvent" accepted in Green Chemistry.

102. Hearty Congratulations to Dr. Rahul A. Jagtap for receiving prestigious "AcSIR Best Ph.D. Thesis Award" in Chemical Science for the year 2021. 

101. We welcome new member Shivansh to the group. Shivansh joined the Punji group on 1st August 2023..

100. Shidheshwar has submitted the Ph.D thesis on 30th June 2023, Congratulations to Shidheshwar!!

99. We welcome Omkar to the group. He will work in our lab for three months in the Skill Development Program (04 July 2023 to 29 Sept 2023). 

98. Vijaykumar gave Pre-Thesis Open Colloquium (PTOC) Seminar on 23rd June 2023. Best wishes for Thesis writting !

97. Congratulations to Dipesh and Anand for their work on Mn-catalyzed transfer hydrogenation published in Chem. Eur. J.  

96. We welcome Darsana to our group. She will be working for 8 weeks as an Inspire Summer Research Fellow.  

95. Sadhna's work on Ni-catalyzed Chemodivergent coupling of azoarenes with benzyl alcohols is published in Catalysis Science & Technology, Congratulations to Sadhna  

94. Congratulations to Vijaykumar and Chandini for thier work on Pd-catalyzed Isatin Oxygenation, published in Organic Letters. 

93. Congratulations to Shidheshwar for the "Best Research Scholar Award-2022" in the area of Chemical Science by NCL-Research Foundation. 

92. Congratulations to Anand for the "Best Published Paper Award 2022" in Catalysis by NCL-Research Foundation. 

91. We congratulate Dipesh for the "Best Published Paper Award-2022" in Organic Chemistry by NCL-Research Foundation. 

90. Congratulations to Sadhna for the "Best Poster Award" by NCL-Research Foundation during Science day celebration at NCL-Pune 

89. We welcome the new group member, Rahul K Singh to the Punji Group! He has joined the group on 4th January 2023. We wish him good luck!

88. Shidheshwar gave Pre-Thesis Open Colloquium (PTOC) Seminar on 30 December 2022. Best wishes for Thesis writting !

87. Anand has received the Poster Presentation Prize from Chemical Science at 2nd National Conference on "Contemporary Facets in Organic Synthesis (CFOS-2022)" December 01-04, 2022 IIT Roorkee, India. Hearty Congratulations to Anand !!

86. We welcome Mital Karmur, K. J. Somaiya College of Science and Commerce, Mumbai to the group. She will be working for her M. Sc. thesis project during 01 Dec 2022 to 01 June 2023. 

85. Congratulations to Shidheshwar for the best Oral Presentation Winner at 4th NCL-RF Annual Student Conference held at CSIR-NCL during 29-30 NOV 2022.  

84. Suryadev has won the best Poster Presentation Prize at 4th NCL-RF Annual Student Conference held at CSIR-NCL during 29-30 NOV 2022. Congratulations to Suryadev !! 

83. Congratulations to Dipesh for successfully defending his thesis entitled "Synthesis and Implication of 3d Transition Metal Catalysts for the Hydrogenative Transformations of Alkynes, Chalcones and Nitriles" on 14 NOV 2022. 

82. The article on Mn-Catalyzed Room Temperature Chemoselective Hydrogenation of C=C, C=O and C=N Bonds published in Chemical Science is categorized in the "2022 Hot Article Collection"  

81. Our work on Mn-catalyzed Chemoselective Hydrogenation is published in Chemical Science, Hearty Congratulations to AnandDipesh and Priyam!!! 

80. Congratulations!!! to Shidheshwar for the "Best Published Paper Award" in Organic Chemistry by the NCL-Research Foundation for year 2021

79. We welcome our new group member Yogeshwar! He has joined the Group on 16th August 2022...Punji group wishes him good luck for the Ph.D! 

78. We welcome Vishal to the group. He will be in our group for two months in the Skill Development program. 

77. Dipesh  has submitted the Ph.D thesis on 6th August 2022, Congratulations to Dipesh!!

76. Chandini's  Review paper on "Iron-Catalyzed Direct Functionalization of Heterocycles" is accepted in Synlett. Congratulations! to her..

75. Shuvajit and Tamal joined the group to work on (de)hydrogenation projects. We welcome them to the group!

74. Congratulations to Rahul and Chandini for thier recent work on Synthesis of 3,3'-Biindolinylidene-diones by Fe-catalyzed dimerization of isatin. Keep up the good work!

73. Dipesh M Sharma gave presynopsis seminar on 19-April-2022, best wishes for the thesis writting.

72. Surya's Mn-catalyzed alkylation paper is accepted in Chem. Asian. J., Punji group congratulate him for the same.

71. Lekshmi Manoj joined the group in Skill Development Program.

70. Congratulations to Dipesh for his paper on room-temperature Z-selective hydrogenation of alkynes by Co-catalyst, accepted in Catalysis Science & Technology.

69. Congratulations to Dr Rahul Jagtap for being selected for the prestigious JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship.

68. Sitagliptin Intermediate Synthesis has been published in Chem. Asian J., Congratulations to all the authors.

67. Congratulations to ShidheshwarPragnya and Vineeta for a research article on Ni-catalyzed synthesis of Cycloindolones and Indenoindolones, published in ACS Catalysis.

66. Dipesh has written a book chapter on "Nickel-catalyzed benzylic C-H functionalization" for the Handbook of C-H Functionalization (CHF), Congratulations!

65. Congratulations to Vijaykumar for a research article on Pd-catalyzed acetoxylation, published in J. Org. Chem.

64. Rahul has written a concise account on Ni-catalyzed C-H functionalization of azoles and indoles citing all the group work, which is published in The Chemical Record, Congratulations to Rahul!

63. Congratulations to Vijaykumar for a review article published in SYNTHESIS !

62. Congratulations to Sadhna and Anand for thier Review atricle published in Adv. Synth. Catal. !

61. Rahul received "NCL-RF Brahmachari-Sarma Best Ph.D Thesis Award" for the year 2020. Hearty Congratulations!!!!!!

60. Congratulations to Rahul for "Best Published Paper Award" in Organic Chemistry by NCL-Research Foundation for the year 2020

59. Congratulations to ShidheshwarAnand and Vineeta for a Review article on "Alkyl Halides in Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Bond Alkylation" published in ACS Catalysis !

58. We welcome our new group member Rameshwar !    

57. Congratulations to Rahul for successfully defending his thesis on 31 December 2020. Punji group wish him all the best for a bright future.    

56. We welcome our new group member Chandini !    

55. Congratulations to Rahul and Pragnya for an excellent paper on Fe-catalyzed indolines C7 alkylation and mechanism published in ACS Catalysis !   

54. Congratulations to Rahul and Surya for paper on Mn-catalyzed alkylation published in Org. Lett. !  

53. Rahul successfully presented PreSynopsis seminar on 8th June 2020. Congratulations and best wishes for Thesis writting.

52. Congratulations to Dilip and Anand for their Cu-catalyzed arylation paper in Adv. Synth. Catal.!!    

51. Shidheshwar has received "best poster presentation award" during National Science Day celebration at NCL. Congratulations!!!   

50. Congratulations to Rahul for receiving "Best Published Paper Award" in Organic Chemistry by NCL-Research Foundation for the year 2019.  

49. Congratulations to Dr. Dilip K. Pandey for receiving "Best Published Paper Award" in Catalysis by NCL-Research Foundation for the year 2019.  

48. Dr Punji has received "Scientist of the Year Award" by NCL-Research Foundation for significant contributions in the development of unified strategies for nickel-catalyzed C-H functionalizations of indoles by meticulously designed nickel catalysts, and for investigating mechanistic insights. Congratulations to all the past and present group members for this achievement!! January 06, 2020.  

47. Congratulations to Rahul for one of the winner on Oral Presentation during NCL-RF Annual Students' Conference, NCL Pune, November 28-29, 2019.   

46. Dr. Vineeta Soni has been conferred with "AcSIR best Ph.D. Thesis Award-2018" in Chemical Science. She has received cash prize and a citation during AcSIR convocation in the hand of Science and Technology Minister on November 12, 2019. We all congratulate her for the achievements!!!!   

45. Congratulations to Rahul for his paper in the journal "Asian J. Org. Chem." 

44. Congratulations to Dilip & Shidheshwar for their article on Ni-catalyzed alkylation in the journal "Chemical Science" 

43. Congratulations to Dilip & Vijaykumar for an article on Ni-catalyzed indole arylation in the journal "J. Org. Chem."

42. Congratulations to Dilip for defending his thesis on 28th June 2019  

41. Congratulations to Dipesh for a paper on Co-catalyzed hydrogenation in the journal Adv. Synth. Catal., which is also categorized as "Very Important Publication"

40. Congratulations to Ulhas and Rahul for a mechanistic article in the journal Organometallics....

39. Congratulations to Ulhas for successfully defending his thesis on 12th April 2019  

38. Congratulations! Rahul for the best poster presentation award on Science Day celebration...2019  

37. Congratulations to Dr. Vineeta Soni for the "NCL RF - Brahmachari - Sharma best Ph.D. Thesis Award" for the year 2018 

36. We welcome Anand and Sadhna, the new members to the group.................  

35. Congratulations!!! Rahul for ACS Catalysis paper on Ni-catalysis and Mechanism...........  

34. Congratulations to Hanuman for his paper on Cu-catalysis, Dalton Transactions... 

33. Congratulations to Hanuman for successfully defending his thesis examination on 10th October 2018.... 

32. Dilip gave pre-synopsis seminar on 19th Sept 2018, best wishes for thesis.....  

31. Welcome new members Vijay Kumar and Suryadev to the group...... 

30. Ulhas gave his pre-synopsis presentation on 2nd July 2018. Best wishes for the thesis writting.........

29. Congratulations to Shrikant for the post-doctoral offer from Prof. Naoto Chatani, Osaka University, Japan. We wish him all the best for his new assignment and a successful stay at Osaka.

28. Congratulations to Shrikant for his paper on mechanism of Ni-catalyzed alkynylation, Organometallics...

27. Congratulations to Ulhas for his paper on Ni-catalyzed alkynylation, Asian J. Org. Chem. (a special issue on C-H activation)...

26. Congratulations to Vineeta and Dipesh for their paper on difluoroalkylation, Chem. Asian J. (a special issue on Homogeneous Catalysis from Young Investigators in Asia)...

25. Congratulations to Vineeta for successfully defending her thesis examination on April 9, 2018...

24. Vineeta got best Research Scholar award in Chemical Sciences for the year 2017. Hearty Congratulations to her...

23. Congratulations to Vineeta for the best Research Publication-2017 award in Organic Chemistry.

22. Congratulations to Ulhas for his paper published in Organometallics.

21. Hanuman gave his Presynopsis seminar on 26th December 2017....

20. Welcome Shidheshwar to the Punji group.....

19. Hearty Congratulations to Shrikant for successfully defending his thesis on 17-11-2017

18. Book "Strategies for Palladium-Catalyzed Non-directed and Directed C-H Bond Functionalization" is published. Congratulations to Vineeta and Punji for contributing a chapter in it

17. Vineeta submitted thesis on 12th October 2017......

16. Paper accepted in "ACS Catalysis". Congratulations to Vineeta for her dedication and hard work

15. Shrikant's Chem. Eur. J. 2017, 23, 2907 is highlighted in Synfacts by Paul Knochel "SYNFACTS, 201713, 415". 

14. Welcome Anupriya to the group to work in the sponsored project.

13. Shrikant submitted thesis on 17th July 2017....

12. Congratulations to Hanuman for his paper accepted in "New J. Chem."

11. Congratulations to Rahul for his first research paper that is accepted in "ChemSusChem" 

10. Congratulation to Vineeta for "Dr. Paul Ratnasamy and Dr. Ms. Suneeta B. Kulkarni Award" for best Published Research Paper in Catalysis-2016, awarded during National Science Day celebration at CSIR-NCL, Pune on 28 February 2017. 

9. Shrikant gave his Presynopsis seminar on 17th February 2017....

8.Congratulations to Ulhas for getting best poster award during National Science Day celebration at CSIR-NCL. 

7. Dipesh joined the group on Jan 2017. Welcome........... 

6. Shrikant's paper has been accepted in Chem. Eur. J. .........Congratulation!!

5. Congratulation to Vineeta for getting "best poster presentation award" in the conference "21st International Conference on Organic Synthesis" held at IIT Bombay, Mumbai.  

4. Congratulations........Vineeta and Rahul for "ACS Catalysis" Paper...Good work...Keep it up.... 

3. Congratulations to Ulhas for his "Organometallics" paper on nickel catalysis....... 

2. Our first "Organometallics" paper on catalysis and mechanistic studies....... Congratulations to Shrikant

1. First paper from the group..."Dalton Trans"   Congratulations to Shrikant and Vineeta.........