Dr. Sabyashachi Mishra
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
IIT Kharagpur
Kharagpur, 721302
West Bengal, India
Tel:+91-3222-282328
Email: mishra[at]chem.iitkgp.ac.in
Affiliations
- Since 2018: Associate Prof - Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India.
- 2012 - 2018: Assistant Prof - Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India.
- 2009 - 2012: Postdoc - Department of Biochemistry, Uni Zurich, Switzerland.
- 2007 - 2009: Postdoc - Department of Chemistry, Uni Basel, Switzerland.
- 2003 - 2006: PhD - Department of Chemistry, Technical Uni Munich, Germany.
- 2001 - 2003: MSc - School of Chemistry, Uni Hyderabad, India, Uni 1st Rank.
- 1998 - 2001: BSc - Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, India, Uni 1st Rank.
- 1996 - 1998: +2 - Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, India.
- 1996: HSC - Secondary Board High School, Cuttack, India.
- 1982: Born - Cuttack, India.
Awards-Honours-Grants
- Member of the National Academy of Sciences India (NASI), 2020.
- International Strategic Fund Award of University of Bristol, UK, 2019.
- Odisha Young Scientist Award (2017).
- Faculty Excellence Award of IIT Kharagpur (2017).
- Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2016).
- Amongst the teachers of IIT Kharagpur with top teaching feedback
- for the academic year 2017-18
- for the academic year 2016-17
- for the academic year 2015-16
- for the academic year 2014-15
- Ramanujan Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology, India, 2012.
- DST INSPIRE Faculty Award from the Department of Science and Technology, India, 2012.
- Personal research grants from
- The Holcim foundation (2010)
- Forschungskredit of Uni Zurich (2010)
- The Novartis Foundation (2009)
- Short-term research visit grants from
- The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (University of Lille, France, May 2005)
- The Indian Academy of Sciences (IISc Bangalore, May-July 2002)
- University gold medals for securing university top rank in
- M.Sc. University of Hyderabad, 2003
- B.Sc. Ravenshaw Autonomous College, 2001 (now Ravenshaw University).
- CSIR JRF (Dec 2002, Shortlisted for SPM Interview) and GATE-2003 (CY, AIR 16, 99.47 percentile).
- ICI scholarship of University of Hyderabad (2002-2003); NCC scholarship for academic excellence (1996, 1998); National merit scholarships (1996-2001).
Presentations at Workshops/Hands-on-Sessions/Popular Science Lecture
- NSM Workshop on Quantum Computing, CCDS, IIT Kharagpur, 03/2025.
- SERB Workshop Popular Lecture "Schroedinger's Cat", Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, 06/2024.
- Workshop on High Performance Computing in Bioinformatics, CCDS IIT Kharagpur, 02/2024.
- Nurturance Program for NTS awardees, Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur, 12/2022
- UGC-HRDC Refresher Course in Chemistry, Pt Ravishankar Shukla University, Chhatisgarh, 07/2022.
- NSM-IIT KGP Workshop on Simulation Methods in Scientific Computing, CCDS, IIT Khragpur, 06/2021.
- TEQIP Workshop on "Applications of Computers in Chemistry", IIT Kharagpur, 02/2020
- Application of Computational Methods in Modern Science, Bajkul Milani College, West Bengal, 09/2019.
- National Symposium in Chemitry, Bhadrak College, Bhadrak, 03/2019.
Presentations at Conferences
- Society for Physical Chemistry Meeting (SoPhyC-2025), IIT Patna, 10/2025.
- Asian and Oceanian Spectroscopy Conference (AOSC-2025), Goa, 09/2025.
- International Conference on Molecular Spin Qubits toward Quantum Computer and Sensors (ICMSQ2025), Sendai, Japan, 06/2025.
- Recent Advances in Modeling Rare Events (RARE), Khajuraho, 03/2025.
- Advances in Functional Solids, IIT Kharagpur, 11/2024.
- Modern Trends in Molecular Magnetism, IISc Bangalore, 11/2024.
- Society for Physical Chemistry Meeting (SoPhyC), IIT Bombay, 10/2024.
- Kaleidoscope, A Discussion Meeting in Chemistry, Udaipur, 07/2024.
- Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Molecules and Clusters (SDMC 2024), IIT Guwahati, 02/2024.
- Theoretical Chemistry Symposium, IIT Madras, 12/2023.
- Structure and Dynamics: Spectroscopy and Scattering (SDSS-2023), IACS Kolkata, 10/2023.
- From Proteins to Networks, University of Zurich, 03/2023.
- Theoretical Chemistry Symposium, IISER Kolkata, 12/2021.
- Recent Trends in Molecular Magnetism, IISER Bhopal, 12/2019.
- Recent Advances in Molecular Magnetism, IIT Kharagpur, 11/2019.
- Guest Lecture on Multi-scale Simulation of Enzymatic Action, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK, 07/2019.
- Symposium on Materials Simulation from Classical to Quantum, Department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur, 05/2019.
- Theoretical Chemistry Symposium, BITS Pilani, 02/2019.
- Guest Lecture at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 07/2018.
- National Symposium on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 03/2018.
- Guest Lecture at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, 03/2018.
- Conference on Electronic Spectroscopy, Structure and Dynamics, IACS Kolkata, 02/2018.
- National Symposium on Convergence of Chemistry and Materials, BITS Hyderabad, 12/2017.
- QM/MM Methods and Applications, Manchester University, UK, 09/2017.
- Kaleidoscope, A Discussion Meeting in Chemistry, Goa, India, 07/2017.
- CRSI ACS Meeting, IICT Hyderabad, India, 07/2017.
- Modelling of Chemical and Biological Reactivity (MCBR-5), CLRI Chennai, India, 02/2017.
- Ramanujan Fellows Conclave, IISER Bhopal, 01/2017.
- Theoretical Chemistry Symposium, University of Hyderabad, India, 12/2016.
- Brainstorming meeting of the National Supercomputing Mission (NSM), Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, Pune, 04/2016.
- Ramanujan Fellows Conclave, IIT Mumbai, 02/2016.
- The World Academy of Science Young Scientists Conference, JNCASR Bangalore, 12/2015.
- Physical and Biophysical Chemistry: Theory and Experiment, IIT Mumbai, 12/2015.
- International Congress of Quantum Chemistry, Beijing, 06/2015.
- Workshop on Computational Modelling, IACS Kolkata, 10/2014.
- Ramanujan Fellows Conclave, JNCASR, Bangalore, 02/2014.
- Symposium on Chemistry with Computers, IIIT Hyderabad, 01/2014.
- Theoretical Chemistry Symposium, IIT Guwahati, India, 12/2012.
Research Theses
- Ph.D. Thesis (August 2003 - November 2006)
Vibronic Coupling by the Spin-Orbit Operator in Linear Molecules.
Supervisor: Professor Wolfgang Domcke, Technical University of Munich, Germany.
- M.Sc. Thesis (December 2002 - April 2003)
Study of Orientational Order in Physical Vapor Deposited Films of Polar Crystallites.
Supervisor: Professor T. P. Radhakrishnan, University of Hyderabad, India.
- Summer Project (May 2002 - July 2002)
Theory of Breaking of a Weak Link in a Stiff Ring Polymer.
Supervisor: Professor K. L. Sebastian, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.