Alumni
Doctoral Fellow
​
Dr. Debasish Laha completed his Ph.D. from our group in 2023.
​
Thesis Title: Design, Development, and Applications of New a-Diazo Carbonyl Compounds as Carbene Surrogates to Access Useful Organic Compounds.
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor - Prof. Dr. Summon Koul) at the School of Consciousness, MIT-WPU, India.
​
Dr. Vikas Khade completed his PhD from our group in 2022.
Thesis Title: The Construction of Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds (C-X; X = N, O, S) Under Metal-Free Conditions to Access Useful Heterocyclic Scaffolds.
​
Current Position: Associate Scientist (Department - drug discovery) Argen Life Sciences, Hyderabad
Dr. Pankaj Dharpure completed his PhD from our group in 2022.
Thesis Title: Unveiling the Reactivity of Cyclic Dithioacetals Under Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis via C‒S Bond Cleavage.
​
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow (Advisor - Prof. Dr. Mukundan Thelakkat) at Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
Dr. Prakash Warghude completed his PhD from our group in 2022.
Thesis Title: Diastereoselective Construction of Structurally Diverse Spirooxindoles via Annulation of Morita-Baylis-Hillman Adducts of Isatin.
​
Current Position: Postdoctoral Scholar (Advisor - Prof. Dr. Fujie Tanaka) at Chemistry and Chemical Bioengineering Unit (Tanaka Unit), Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan
Dr. Balu Navale completed his PhD from our group in 2019.
Thesis Title: Novel Strategies for C-H Bond Functionalization of Alkynes, Arenes and Carbonyl Compounds via Copper and Scandium Catalysis.
​
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Institute of Science, Nagpur, Maharashtra
Dr. Trimbak Mete completed his PhD from our group in 2018.
Thesis Title: Transition-Metal-Free Synthesis of Aryl Thiocyanates, Aldehydes and Ketones, Azaheterocyclic carboxamides and Styrenyl Ethers.
​
Current Position: Postdoctoral Researcher at Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, South Korea
Dr. Tushar Khopade completed his PhD from our group in 2018.
Thesis Title: Meldrum’s Acid: A Useful Platform for Tandem Organocatalytic Synthesis of Pyroglutamic Acids, δ-Ketoesters, γ-Butyrolactones and α,β-Unsaturated Carbonyl Compounds.
​
Current Position: Research Associate at IISER Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh
​
Dr. Rajesh Babu shyamala completed his PhD from our group in 2018.
Thesis Title:
​
Current Position:
Dr. Prakash R. Sultane completed his PhD from our group in 2014.
Thesis Title:
​
Current Position: Research Scientist at TCG Life Sciences, Pune
​
Dr. Amar R. Mohite completed his PhD from our group in 2014.
Thesis Title:
​
Current Position: Research Scientist at GVK Biosciences, Hyderabad
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Chennakesavareddy Bhimireddy completed his Ph.D in 2016 from IISER Mohali. He worked in our group as National Post Doctoral Fellow (NPDF) from 2017-2019.
​
Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, Laxai Life Sciences, Hyderabad