2011

                                                        Front row from left: Ranjan, Bijit, Purnandhu, Utsa, Nisar 
                                                        Back row from left: Saikat, Bidyut, Subrata, Pradyut, Sourav, Arunachalam, Haridharan

2010

From Left: Subrata, Sourav, Nisar, Arunachalam, Pradyut, Ravikumar, Ranjan, Purnandhu, Bidyut, Marivel

Graduate (Ph. D.) Students:

1. Mr. M. Arunachalam (SRF) (Joined: 01.03.2006)
(M. Sc. Chemistry: Pondicherry University, Pondichery, Email: icma@iacs.res.in)  
(Thesis Submitted in August 2011)
Thesis Title: Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Tripodal and Macrobicyclic Anion Receptors Bearing Spacially Segregated Arene Platform 

2. Mr. B. Nisar Ahamed (SRF) (Joined: 05.04.2006)
(M. Sc. Chemistry: Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, Email: icbna@iacs.res.in)  
Research Area: Chemical Sensing of metal ions and metallocages 

3. Mr. Purnandhu Bose (SRF) (Joined: 02.07.2007)
(M. Sc. Chemistry: University of Calcutta, Email: icpb2@iacs.res.in)  
Research Area: Recognition and Sensing of fluoride, acetate and phosphate 

4. Mr. Subrata Saha (SRF) (Joined on 01.01.2008)
(M. Sc. Chemistry: Visva Bharati University, Email: icsb2@iacs.res.in)  
Research Area: Extraction of Inorganic Salts and Interlocking molecules 

5. Mr. Ranjan Dutta (SRF) (Joined on 01.07.2008)
(M.Sc. Chemistry: IIT Kanpur, Email: icrd@iacs.res.in)   
Research Area: Electron deficient arene based receptors for anions and salts  

6. Mr. Bidyut Akhuli (JRF) (Joined on 01.01.2010)
(M.Sc. Chemistry: Burdwan University, Email: icba@iacs.res.in)  
Research Area: Design and synthesis of metal assisted self assemblies and anion recognition through second sphere coordination. 

7. Mr. Sourav Chakraborty (JRF) (Joined on 16.07.2010)
(M. Sc. under W.B.U.T, E-mail: stsc@iacs.res.in)  
Research Area: Design, synthesis & characterizations of benzene platform based tripodal, hexapodal and tetra podal ligands for anion recognition and their potential applications.  

8. Mr. Utsa Sen (JRF) (Joined on 01.01.2011)
(M.Sc. Chemistry: IIT Kharagpur, Email: icus@iacs.res.in)  
Research Area:  Design, synthesis and characterization of molecular capsules and cages for anion recognition 

9. Mr. Bijit Chowdhury (JRF) (Joined on 01.07.2011)
(M.Sc. Chemistry: IIT Kanpur, Email: icbc@iacs.res.in).  
Research Area: Chemical Sensing of Ions of Biological and Environmental Importance 

10. Mr. Saikat Santra (JRF) (Joined on 01.07.2011)
(M.Sc. Chemistry: IIT Guwahati, Email: icss3@iacs.res.in). 
Research Area: Anion Assisted Assemblies and Their Potential Applications 

Post-Doc : 

1. Dr. N Haridharan (Joined on 25.07.2011)
M. Sc Chemistry: Madras University
Ph. D (2011): Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Email: n.haridharan@gmail.com  
Research Area: Anion Receptors on Polymer Backbone 

    Alumni   

Ph.D Scholars 

2. Dr. I. Ravikumar (August 2005 – May 2011), (Ph. D: Jadavpur University).
(M. Sc. Chemistry: Manonmanium Sundaranar University, Tamilnadu)
Thesis Title: Design and Syntheses of Amide/Amine Based Receptors for Recognition of Polyatomic Linear and Tetrahedral Anions. 

1. Dr. P. S. Lakshminarayanan  (Feb. 2004- Feb. 2009), (Ph. D: Bhavnagar University)
(M. Sc. Chemistry: Manonmanium Sundaranar University; Tamilnadu)
Thesis Title: Development of Receptors for Recognition of Halides and Water Clusters: Further Functionalization of Receptors with Fluorophoric Units. 

Post-Doc:

1. Dr. S. Marivel (Feb. 2010-June 2011)     M. Sc Chemistry: Pondicherry University
Ph. D (2008): National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Post-Doc (2008-2009): University of Bologna, Italy 

Project Assistants

1. Mr. Jignesh J Shukla (M. Sc. Chemistry: Bhavnagar University)
2. Ms. Debjani Mukherjee (B. Tech, Chemical Engineering, University of Calcutta)
3. Mr. Saptarshi Chattopadhyay (B. Tech, Chemical Engineering).