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

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

  • 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.