Ph.D. Scholars 

 
 
Kajal Balayan
 
Senior Research Fellow
 
M.Sc.: Chemistry (IIT Delhi)
 
Present From: July-2020
 
 
 
 

Biplab Mahata

Senior Research Fellow

M.Sc.: Chemistry (IIT Hyderabad)

Present From: July-2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Debjit Pramanik

Senior Research Fellow
 
M.Sc.: Chemistry (RKMRC Narendrapur)
 
Present From: July-2022
 
 
 
 

 

 Pratiksha Ghanwat
 
Senior Research Fellow
 
 M.Sc.: Chemistry (Dr. BAMU Aurangabad)
  
 Present From: July-2022 

 
 
 

 
Amrutha P R

Junior Research Fellow
 
BS-MS : Chemistry (IISER Berhampur)

Present From: September-2022  

Email: pr.amrutha.ncl@csir.res.in

 

 
 
 
 

 V Devaraj

 Junior Research Fellow    

 MSc : Chemistry (University of Madras)  

 Present From: July-2023

 Email: v.devaraj@ncl.res.in

 
 
 Prabhakar Tiwari

  Project Associate I
 
  MSc : Chemistry (IISER Pune)
 
  Present From: February-2025

 

 
 

 Suman Kumar Nag
 
 Project Associate I 

 MSc : Chemistry (Central University of Punjab)
 
 Present From: February-2025

 

 

Alumni
 Ph.D. Students
 
 Dr. Sandeep Yadav
 
Year: 2014-2019
 
Thesis Title: Preparation of Well-defined Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes and their Applications in Molecular Catalysis
 
Current Position: Patent Officer (Government of India)
 
  
 
 
 
Dr. S. V. S. N. Swamy Varre
 
Year: 2014-2019
 
Thesis Title: Synthesis, Reactivity, and Catalytic Applications of Compounds with Heavier Group 14 Elements in Usual and Low Oxidation State
 
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany (Advisor: Dr. Diego Andrada)
 
 
 
Dr. Milan Kumar Bisai
 
Year: 2015-2021
 
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Reactivity of Hypersilylsilylene and Cayalytic Applications of Organosilicon and Lithium Compounds
 
Current Position: Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Erlangen, Germany (Advisor: Prof. Sjoerd Harder)
 
 
 
Dr. Sanjukta Pahar
 
Year: 2016-2022
 
Thesis Title: Donor-Acceptor Stabilization of Compounds with Low Coordinate Group 13 and 14 Elements
 
Current Position: Associate Scientist, Aragen Hyderabad
 
 
 
 
Dr. Rohit Kumar
 
Year: 2017-2022
 
Thesis Title: Synthesis and Molecular Catalysis with Organo-Alkaline Earth Metal Complexes
 
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, US (Advisor: Prof. Louise Berben)
 
 
 
 
Dr. Gargi Kundu
 
Year: 2017-2022
 
Thesis Title: An excursion into the chemistry of more nucleophillic saturated N- heterocyclic carbenes
 
Current Position: Fullbright Scholar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA (Advisor: Prof. Robert Gilliard Jr.)
 
 
 
 
  
 Dr. Kritika Gour
 
Year: 2018-2024
 
Thesis Title: Developing Mono- and Di-Anionic Ligands for Main-Group Metals: A Study on Germanium and Zinc
 
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Kansas, USA (Advisor: Prof. Manar Shoshani)
 
 
 
 
Dr. Ajithkumar V S
 
Year: 2019-2024
 
Thesis Title: Hypersilyl Tetrylenes: A Novel Synthon in Main- Group Chemistry
 
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada (Advisor: Prof. Douglas Stephan)
 
 
 
 
 
   
 Dr. Vishal Sharma
 
 Year: 2019-2025
 
 Thesis Title: Tridentate NacNAC Ligand Supported Main-Group and Transition Metal compounds:  Pendent Picolyl Powers Pecuiliar Chemistry
 
 Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany (Advisor: Dr. Diego Andrada)