Ravindar Kontham

Ravindar Kontham

Organic Chemistry Division

About Me

 

Welcome to our website! We are a new group of graduate and undergraduate students doing research in the areas of organic synthesis and medicinal chemistry. Our main research focus is on cool projects like practical stereo-selective total synthesis of complex biologically potent natural products and medicinal chemistry. We investigate to prepare more potent, less toxic and structurally simplified analogues of various complex natural products via structural modification of parent natural molecules. We also working on development of new synthetic methodologies involving alkyne cycloisomerization and cascade polycyclizations.

Professional Experience

  1. Sep-2023 to Present: Senior Principal Scientist, Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
  2. Sep-2019 to Sept-2023: Principal Scientist, Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
  3. Sep-2014 to Sept-2019: Senior Scientist, Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
  4.  Dec.-2013-Sept.-2014: Senior Research Scientist, Toronto Research Chemicals Inc (TRC). Toronto, Canada (A Premier Contract Research Organization in Canada).
  5.      July-2010-Nov.-2013: Post-Doctoral Fellow (NSERC Canada), with Prof. Pierre Deslongchamps, Department of Chemistry, UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL, Québec (Québec), Canada.
  6.      Dec.-2008-June-2010: Post-Doctoral Fellow (NSERC Canada), with Prof. Pierre Deslongchamps, Department of Chemistry, UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
  7.        April-2003-Nov.-2008: Junior Research Fellow & Senior Research Fellow-CSIR, India, under the supervision of Dr. J. S. Yadav, Former Director, CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India.
  8.        June-2002-March-2003: Dr Reddy’s Research Foundation (DRF), Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Hyderabad, India.

Selected Publications

Research Interest

  • Organic Chemistry

Contact Details

Dr. Ravindar Kontham

Senior Principal Scientist-CSIR 

Professor-AcSIR

Office: KG Lab, 1 Floor

Organic Chemistry Division

CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory

Dr. Homi Bhabha Road

Pune-411008, India

Ph-Office : +91-20-2590 2301

Phone: Mobile: +91-750 788 9557

E-mail: k.ravindar@ncl.res.in

             konthamravindar@gmail.com