October 2025PhD Completion
Ph.D. Defense: Dr. Dwaipayan Pal
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Dwaipayan Pal for successfully completing and defending his Ph.D. thesis on morphological responses and smart formulations.
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News & Lab Milestones (30 Updates)
Key achievements, doctoral defenses, prestigious recognitions, and major breakthroughs from our laboratory.
- May 2024PhD Completion
Ph.D. Defense: Dr. Narayan Das
Congratulations to Dr. Narayan Das for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis on reaction-based norbornene fluorescent probes and helical nano-assemblies.
- December 5, 2023Award
Best Oral Presentation: Dr. Moumita Gupta
Dr. Moumita Gupta won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the International Conference on Advances in Chemistry (ICAC 2023), The American College, Madurai.
- November 18, 2023Award
Best Poster Award: Narayan Das at SPS MACRO
Narayan Das won the Best Poster Award at the SPS MACRO Conference 2023 held at IISER Kolkata.
- April 2022PhD Completion
Ph.D. Defense: Dr. Jyotirlata Singha
Congratulations to Dr. Jyotirlata Singha for successfully defending her Ph.D. thesis.
- April 2022PhD Completion
Ph.D. Defense: Dr. Diptendu Patra
Congratulations to Dr. Diptendu Patra for successfully defending his Integrated Ph.D. thesis on multi-stimuli responsive theranostic polymers.
- April 9, 2022Award
Best Poster Award: Narayan Das at DCS Day
Narayan Das won the Best Poster Award on the occasion of Department of Chemical Sciences (DCS) Day, IISER Kolkata.
- April 12, 2022PhD Completion
Ph.D. Defense: Dr. Piyali Mandal
Congratulations to Dr. Piyali Mandal for successfully completing and defending her Ph.D. thesis.
- July 5, 2021Academic Milestone
Pre-Submission Seminar: Parvathy Venu
Parvathy Venu successfully delivered and completed her Ph.D. Pre-submission open seminar.
- June 2, 2021PhD Completion
Ph.D. Viva Voce: Dr. Pawan Kumar
Congratulations to Dr. Pawan Kumar for successfully defending his doctoral viva voce.
- April 7, 2021PhD Completion
Ph.D. Viva Voce: Dr. Tapendu Samanta
Congratulations to Dr. Tapendu Samanta for successfully defending his doctoral thesis.
- January 8, 2021PhD Completion
Ph.D. Viva Voce: Dr. Rajan Kumar
Heartiest congratulations to Dr. Rajan Kumar for successfully completing his Ph.D. viva voce.
- January 7, 2021Academic Milestone
Pre-Submission Seminar: Pawan Kumar
Pawan Kumar successfully delivered his Ph.D. Pre-submission open seminar.
- December 31, 2020Academic Milestone
Pre-Submission Seminar: Tapendu Samanta
Tapendu Samanta completed his Ph.D. pre-submission open seminar.
- December 23, 2020PhD Completion
Ph.D. Viva Voce: Dr. Sayantani Bhattacharya
Congratulations to Dr. Sayantani Bhattacharya for defending her Integrated Ph.D. thesis.
- July 16, 2020Academic Milestone
Pre-Submission Seminar: Rajan Kumar
Rajan Kumar successfully delivered his Ph.D. pre-submission open seminar.
- July 3, 2020Academic Milestone
Pre-Submission Seminar: Sayantani Bhattacharya
Sayantani Bhattacharya successfully delivered her Ph.D. pre-submission seminar.
- December 23, 2019National Honor
NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award 2019
Prof. Raja Shunmugam received the prestigious NASI-Reliance Industries Platinum Jubilee Award 2019 for Application Oriented Innovations at Hyderabad.
- March 8, 2019Award
Best Performing Students of the Year Award
Pawan Kumar, Rajan Kumar, and Tapendu Samanta received the 'Best Performing Student of the Year Award' on Chemical Sciences Day at IISER Kolkata.
- 2019Placement
PhD Admission at UMass Amherst: Roshni J Chethalen
Roshni J Chethalen received admission with fellowship for PhD at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA (Polymer Science & Engineering Dept).
- 2018Placement
PhD Admission at UC San Diego: Elizabathe Davis
Elizabathe Davis joined the Ph.D. program in Nanotechnology at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), USA.
- October 9, 2018Academic Milestone
Promotion to Full Professor: Dr. Raja Shunmugam
Dr. Raja Shunmugam was promoted to Full Professor of Chemistry at IISER Kolkata.
- January 24, 2019National Honor
8th National Award for Technology Innovation
'Multifunctional Nanocarrier with a Platinum Prodrug as an Efficient Dual-Imaging Cancer Theranostic Agent' selected as Joint Runner-Up for the 8th National Award for Technology Innovation by the Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, presented by Hon'ble Vice President of India Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu.
- June 27, 2018Academic Milestone
SRF Promotion: Rajan Kumar & Jyotirlata Singha
Rajan Kumar and Jyotirlata Singha were promoted to Senior Research Fellows (SRF).
- February 12, 2018PhD Completion
Ph.D. Defense: Dr. Saikat Mukherjee
Congratulations to Dr. Saikat Mukherjee for successfully completing and defending his Ph.D. thesis.
- 2018Placement
PhD Admission at Georgetown University: Manikandan Mohanan
Manikandan Mohanan joined Georgetown University, USA for doctoral studies in Chemistry.
- 2018Placement
PhD Admission at UMass Amherst: Pintu Kanjilal
Pintu Kanjilal joined the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA for Ph.D. research in Chemistry.
- March 1, 2017National Honor
7th National Award for Technology Innovation Winner
'Arsenic Sensing and Trapping by Norbornene Based Polymer' won the 7th National Award for Technology Innovation under Polymeric Materials category, presented by Hon'ble Union Minister Shri Ananth Kumar.
- January 20, 2016National Honor
6th National Award for Technology Innovation
Selected as Joint Runner-Up for 6th National Award for Technology Innovation under Polymeric Materials category by Ministry of Chemicals & Fertilizers, Govt. of India.
- 2013Publication Cover
J. Mater. Chem. A Back Cover Feature
The group's breakthrough work on As(III) sensing was highlighted on the Back Cover of Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2013, 1, 8398-8405).