News & Updates – Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur

Prof. Dibakar Dhara joins the Editorial Board of Journal of Macromolecular Science, Part A: Pure and Applied Chemistry (JMS-PAC)

Prof. N. D. Pradeep Singh has been elected as a member of the CRSI Council (2026-2029)

Prof. S. K. Samanta won the Faculty Excellence Award (IIT KGP) for the year 2025

Prof. Sanjib Patra has been invited to join the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

Prof. Rajarshi Samanta has been selected for the CRSI Bronze Medal

Prof. Suman Kalyan Samanta wins the Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha Bronze Medal

Prof. Kumar Biradha was awarded the Fulbright-Nehru Academic & Professional Excellence (FNAPE) fellowship

Prof. Rajarshi Samanta wins the Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha Sliver Medal

Prof. Nilmoni Sarkar received the Gajria Chair Professorship

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Prof. Santanu Panda wins the Gajria Faculty Excellence Award

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Prof. Swagata Dasgupta has been elected as a Vice-President of the Council of the Indian Academy of Sciences for the triennium 2025–2027

Prof. Swagata Dasgupta has been elected as the Fellow of Indian National Science Academy

Prof. Modhu Sudan Maji has been selected as the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Prof. N. D. Pradeep Singh has been selected as the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Prof. Shubhendu Palei has been awarded the prestigious "Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship 2023" from DBT, India

Prof. Santanu Panda won the Merck Young Scientist Award 2023

Prof. Swagata Dasgupta won the "Prof. B. B. Biswas: Memorial Award"

Prof. N.D.P. Singh received "Dr S. S. Deshpande Award” for the year 2020

Prof. Gore becomes the Young Associate of Maharashtra Acad. of Science

Prof. Kiran R. Gore has been selected as the Young Associate of the Maharashtra Academy of Sciences in the year 2021. Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Gore.

DST Swarna Jayanti Fellowship to Prof. Maji

Prof Modhu Sudan Maji, recieved the Swarna Jayanti Fellowship 2020-21 of the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India. Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Maji

Prof. Bandyopadhyay in the ACS Editorial Advisory Board

Prof Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay, Department of Chemistry has been chosen to serve as an Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) member of the American Chemical Society’s publication, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling for 3 years starting from January 1, 2022. Heartiest congratulations to Prof Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay.

INSA Memorial Award to Prof. Basak

Professor Amit Basak, Ex-Professor, Department of Chemistry has been awarded the Prof S. Ranganathan Memorial Medal (2021) by INSA, New Delhi. Heartiest congratulations to Professor Basak.

Professor Chattaraj edits Wiley book

Wiley has published a book entitled, "Chemical Reactivity in Confined Systems: Theory, Modelling and Applications", edited by Professor Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, and his student, Dr. Debdutta Chakraborty. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Chattaraj and Dr Chakraborty.

Professor Chattaraj becomes Associate Editor of "Frontiers in Chemistry"

Professor Pratim Kumar Chattaraj has been invited to join the Editorial Board of "Frontiers in Chemistry" as an Associate Editor. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Chattaraj!

Professor Chattaraj invited as the guest editor of a special issue of Frontiers in Chemistry

Professor Pratim Kumar Chattaraj has been invited along with his student, Dr. Sudip Pan and collaborator, Professor Gabriel Merino to act as the guest editors of a special issue of "Frontiers in Chemistry (IF : 3.693)" on "Changing the perspective of the noble gas reactivity" . Hearty congratulations to Professor Chattaraj!

Prof. Chattaraj has been invited to give expert opinion

Professor Pratim Kumar Chattaraj has been invited to give an expert opinion on a recently published paper in Chemical Science, the flagship journal of the Royal Society of Chemistry, UK. Find the link here. Hearty congratulations to Professor Chattaraj for this honor.

Prof. Taraphder becomes a Fellow of West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST)

Prof. Srabani Taraphder has been elected as a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology (WAST) for the year 2020. Hearty congratulations to Prof Taraphder!

Professor Santi Ranjan Palit Memorial Award for Mr. Vipin Kumar Mishra

Mr. Vipin Kumar Mishra (from the research group of Prof. Sabyashachi Mishra) received Professor Santi Ranjan Palit Memorial Award for oral presentation in the 57th Annual Convention of Chemists, 2020 & International Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS-2020)” organized by the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata during December 26-29, 2020.

Chemcomm Oral Presentation Prize for Ms. Monisha Singha

Ms. Monisha Singha (from the research groups of Prof. Debashis Ray and Prof. Amit Basak) has received Chemcomm Oral Presentation Prize at the International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences – Organic Bio-Chemistry 2020 (RTCS-OBC) held on 26th – 29th December 2020 at the 57th Annual Convention of Chemists, Indian Chemical Society.

Mr. Prasun Chowdhury gets ICS Excellence Award

Mr. Prasun Chowdhury (from the research group of Prof. Swagata Dasgupta) received the ICS Excellence Award by the Indian Chemical Society for his poster presented at the 57th Annual Convention of Chemists 2020 & International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS-2020) held from December 26-29, 2020.

Professor A. K. Dey Memorial Award for Mr. Animesh Kundu

Mr. Animesh Kundu (from the research group of Prof. Sukanta Mandal) received Professor A. K. Dey Memorial Young Scientist Award for oral presentation in the 57th Annual Convention of Chemists, 2020 & International Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS-2020)” organized by the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata during December 26th - 29th, 2020.

Prof. Raj becomes a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)

Professor C. R. Raj has been selected as a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI). Congratulations Professor Raj.

Prof. Chattaraj becomes a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry

Professor P. K. Chattaraj has been admitted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC). Congratulations Prof. Chattaraj.

Prof. Rajakumar and team receive GCRF-IAA international award 2020

A team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur (Prof. A. Rajakumar, Department of Chemistry as PI) and Experts from Cardiff University, U.K. have jointly bagged GCRF IAA international project award 2020. Congratulations Prof. Rajakumar.

Prof. P. P. Jana as Consultant in IUCr Commission

Prof. Partha Pratim Jana has been inducted as Consultant into Commission on Aperiodic Crystals of International Union of Crystallography (IUCr). Congratulations Prof. Jana.

Prof. Chattaraj receives Sadhan Basu Memorial Lecture Award (INSA) 2020

Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj has been awarded Professor Sadhan Basu Memorial Lecture (2020) award by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi. Congratulations Prof. Chattaraj.

Faculty Excellence Award for Dr. Partha Pratim Jana

Dr. Partha Pratim Jana received the Faculty Excellence Award of IIT Kharagpur for the year 2020 under the Assistant Professor category. Congratulations Dr. Jana.

Faculty Excellence Award for Dr. Modhu Sudan Maji

Dr. Modhu Sudan Maji received the Faculty Excellence Award of IIT Kharagpur for the year 2020 under the Associate Professor category. Congratulations Dr. Maji.

Dr. Sabyashachi Mishra selected as NASI Member

Dr. Sabyashachi Mishra has been selected as a Member of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI) for the year 2020. Congratulations to Dr. Mishra.

Research Scholar Receives Young Scientist Award

Mr. Vipin Kumar Mishra (14CY92F05), a PhD scholar of this department and working with Prof. S. Mishra has recently received the 'Young Scientist Award' in the area of Chemistry in the International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (ICSEEC-2020) organized by the G. H. Raisoni University, Madhya Pradesh, on July 21, 2020. Heartiest congratulations Vipin.

CRSI Bronze Medal for Prof. Pradeep Singh

Prof. Narayan Dhuleep Pradeep Singh has been selected to receive the Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India for the year 2021. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Singh!

Prof. Chattaraj as Guest Editor for JPC Special Issue

Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj has been invited by the Journal of Physical Chemistry (An American Chemical Society publication) to act as one of the Guest Editors for a Special Issue. Congratulations Prof. Chattaraj.

Royal Society Award for Prof. Pradip Chakraborty

Dr. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty has been selected for the Royal Society International Exchange Award with Prof. Malcolm Halcrow, University of Leeds, UK. Heartiest congratulations to Dr. Chakraborty.

Prof. Taraphder gets CRSI Charushita Chakravarty Memorial Lecture Award

Professor Srabani Taraphder has been conferred the Charushita Chakravarty Memorial Lecture Award of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) in the areas of computational chemistry, molecular modeling and simulation. Congratulations Prof. Taraphder.

Prof. P. P. Jana in the Advisory Board of International Conference on Quasicrystals

Prof. Partha Pratima Jana has been elected as a member of the International Advisory Board of the International Conference on Quasicrystals ICQ15. Congratulations to Prof. Jana.

Prof. Mintu Halder gets National Scholarship of the Slovak Republic.

Prof. Mintu Halder has been awarded a scholarship in the framework of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic. Congratulations to Prof. Halder.

Prof. Raj in the Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Prof. C. R. Raj has been invited to serve on the Editorial Advisory Board of ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces published by American Chemical Society for two years from January 2020. Congratulations Prof. Raj.

"2019 Hot PCCP Article" from Prof. Chattaraj's group

The PCCP article "A Theoretical Investigation on Boron-Ligand Cooperation to Activate Molecular Hydrogen by a Frustrated Lewis Pair and Subsequent Reduction of Carbon dioxide" from the research group of Prof. P. K. Chattaraj, has been selected by the Editors as a 2019 HOT PCCP article. Congratulations Prof. Chattaraj and the team.

Best poster award for Mr Soumitra Manna (APATCC 2019, Sydney)

Mr. Soumitra Manna (14CY91F12) won the best poster prize in the '9th Conference of the Asia-Pacific Association of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry' in Sydney, Australia (September 30 - October 3, 2019). Congratulations Mr. Manna.

Prof. Rajakumar gets recognised as highly cited author by RSC

Prof. Rajakumar Ananthakrishnan has received the Certificate of Appreciation from the Royal Society of Chemistry for being a highly cited author. Congratulations Prof. Rajakumar.

Department organized Alumni Meet 2019

Professor Dasgupta becomes Associate Editor of ACS Omega

Professor Swagata Dasgupta has been appointed as Associate Editor of the journal ACS Omega. Congratulations Prof. Dasgupta.

Prof. C. R. Raj becomes Associate Editor of Journal of Chemical Science

Prof. Taraphder gets INSA Teachers Award (2018)

Professor Srabani Taraphder has been awarded the INSA Teachers Award (2018). Congratulations Prof. Taraphder.

Prof Sven Lidin's visit to the department

Research Scholar's Day on 16th September

The Research Scholar's Day of the Department of Chemistry on September 16, 2017.

Recent Advances in Functional Inorganic & Nanomaterials Chemistry (Nov 11, 2017)

Department of Chemistry. IIT Kharagpur is organizing "Recent Advances in Functional Inorganic & Nanomaterials Chemistry (RAFINC-2017)" conference on 11th November, 2017

A New (Wiley) Book Edited by Prof. Suneel Srivastava

A new book edited by Professor Suneel Kumar Srivastava titled "Hybrid Nanomaterials: Advances in Energy, Environment, and Polymer Nanocomposites" is published by Wiley

Odisha Young Scientist Award

Prof. Sabyashachi Mishra has been selected for the "Odisha Young Scientist Award 2017" by the Odisha Science Academy, Science and Technology Department, Government of Odisha. Congratulations Prof. Mishra.

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The PMRF scheme is aimed at attracting the talent pool from IISc, IITs, NITs, IISERs, and centrally funded IIITs to doctoral (Ph.D.) programs of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for carrying out research in frontier areas of science and technology domains. The Prime Minister’s Research Fellows will receive a fellowship of Rs.70,000 to 80,000/- per month in addition to an attractive research grant of Rs. 2.00 lakh per year. Kindly visit https://pmrf.in/ for more details about PMRF.

Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Award to Prof. Chattaraj

Prof. P. K. Chattaraj has been awarded the Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Award of the Indian Chemical Society for the year 2017. Congratulations Prof. Chattaraj.

Prof. Ganesh Venkataraman Joins the Department

Professor Ganesh Venkataraman has joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur. Welcome Prof. Venkataraman.

Prof. Suman Kalyan Samanta Joins the Department

Professor Suman Kalyan Samanta has joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur. Welcome Prof. Samanta.

Prof. Santanu Panda Joins the Department

Professor Santanu Panda has joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur. Welcome Prof. Panda.

Prof. D. Dhara Wins Institute Challenge Grant

Professor Dibakar Dhara received the Challenge Grant on Collaborative International Research of IIT Kharagpur. Congratulations Prof. Dhara.

Prof. N. D. P. Singh gets SERB Distinguished Investigator Award

Professor N. D. Pradeep Singhs received the SERB Distinguished Investigator Award. Congratulations Prof. Singh.

Prof. S. K. Srivastava in the Editorial Board of Scientific Reports

Prof. Suneel Kumar Srivastava, Professor, Department of Chemistry has been invited to join as an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports, a Nature Research journal. Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Srivastava.

Prof. Pradip Kumar Chakraborty joins the Department

Professor Pradip Kumar Chakraborty has joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur. Welcome Prof. Chakraborty

Prof. Chattaraj, Distinguished Visiting Professor at IIT Bombay

Prof. P. K. Chattaraj has been offered the post of Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay. Congratulations Prof. Chattaraj.

Prof. Singh, member of the National Academy of Sciences, India

Professor N. D. Pradeep Singh has been selected for the membership of the National Academy of Sciences, India. Congratulations Prof. Singh

Prof. Debabrata Mukherjee Joins the Department

Professor Debabrata Mukherjee has joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur. Welcome Prof. Mukherjee.

Prof. Dasgupta, fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences

Prof. Swagata Dasgupta has been elected as a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. Congratulations Prof. Dasgupta.

Prof. Sarkar in the Editorial Board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry

Professor Nilmoni Sarkar has been nominated as Member, Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry. Congratulations Professor Sarkar.

Prof. Chattaraj in the Editorial Board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry

Professor Pratim Kumar Chattaraj has been nominated as Member, Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Physical Chemistry. Congratulations Professor Chattaraj

Prof Sven Lidin`s visit to the department

Professor Sven Lidin, Head, Department of Chemistry, Lund University (Chairman of Nobel Committee for Chemistry 2014), visited the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur on August 25, 2017 and delivered an Institute Lecture on 'The History and Future of the Nobel Prize

Prof Biradha: Highly prolific author for Crystal Growth & Design

Professor Kumar Biradha has been recognized as one of the most highly prolific authors for Crystal Growth & Design. Congratulations Prof. Biradha.

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Prof. Rajarshi Samanta becomes Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences

Professor Rajarshi Samanta has been selected as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences for the year 2019. Congratulations to Prof. Samanta.

Prof. Mintu Halder gets National Scholarship of the Slovak Republic.

Professor Mintu Halder has received a scholarship in the framework of the National Scholarship Programme of the Slovak Republic. Congratulations Prof. Halder.

Prof. P. P. Jana in the Advisory Board of International Conference on quasicrystals

Prof. Partha Pratima Jana has been elected as a member of the International Advisory Board of the International Conference on quasicrystals ICQ15. Congratulations Prof. Jana.

Prof. Taraphder gets CRSI Charushita Chakravarty Memorial Lecture Award

CRSI Bronze Medal for Prof. Pradeep Singh

Prof. Narayan Dhuleep Pradeep Singh has been selected to receive the Bronze Medal of Chemical Research Society of India for the year 2021. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Singh!

Faculty Excellence Award for Dr. Modhusudan Maji

Dr. Modhu Sudan Maji received the Faculty Excellence Award of IIT Kharagpur for the year 2020 under the Associate Professor category. Congratulations Prof. Maji.

Prof. S. Bandyopadhyay in the ACS Editorial Advisory Board

Prof Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay has been chosen to serve as an Editorial Advisory Board (EAB) member of the American Chemical Society’s publication, Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling for 3 years starting from January 1, 2022. Heartiest congratulations to Prof Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay.

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