- Prof. Sabuj Kundu has been invited to join the editorial advisory board of the journal Tetrahedron Green Chem which publishes in articles in the field of sustainable synthesis using green chemistry principles.
- Prof. S.P. Rath has been elected to the Indian National Science Academy, Delhi
- Mr. Debarghya Sarkar, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. J.N. Moorthy, has received best poster award in 34th International Symposium on Chirality, held at Kyoto, Japan from Aug 26-29, 2024.
- Dr. Priyanka Chakraborty, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Basker Sundararaju, has received best flash presentation award in ACS Meetings Global Virtual Symposia Fall 2024 (Aug 17-21) - Emerging Landscape of Organometallic Chemistry and Catalysis.
- Ms. Paulami Chakraborty, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. S.P. Rath, has received Best Poster Award in 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17), held at University of Münster, Germany from Aug 25-29, 2024.
- Dr. V. G. Rao has been conferred the class of 1973 young faculty fellowship from September 9, 2024 for a period of 3 years.
- Ms. Geetanjali Negi (19107278) and Mr. Anurag Sharma (20107265), PhD students in Dr. Nagma Parveen’s group, have received SERB International Travel Grants to attend the German Biophysical Society Meeting (Sept 22-25, 2024) in Leipzig, Germany and Gordon Research Conference on Drug Carriers in Medicine and Biology (Aug 4-9, 2024) at the University of Southern Maine in Portland, USA, respectively.
- Ms. Rhitwika Chowdhury, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Anantharaman, has received Best Poster Award in International Symposium Frontiers In Sustainable Catalysis and Organometallics (FISCO), held at MNIT Jaipur from July 11-12, 2024.
- Dr. Bhumika Agrahari, an IPDF in the group of Dr. Ritika Gautam, has received DBT and CSIR Foreign Travel Grant to attend the 17th European Biological Inorganic Chemistry Conference (EuroBIC-17), which will be held at the University of Münster, Germany from Aug 25-29, 2024.
- Ms. Ritama Kar, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Nisanth, has received Best Poster Award in International Conference on 60 Years of DFT: Advancement in Theory & Computation, held at IIT Mandi from July 21-26, 2024.
- Mr. Abhishek Kumar Yadav, a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Srinivas, has received Best Oral Presentation Award in 14th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion, held at Pescara, Italy from July 29-31, 2024.
- Ms. Shiwangi Gupta, a PhD student of Prof S.K. Kundu and Ms. Nidhi Garg, a PhD student of Prof B. Sundararaju were awarded Best Poster Awards for posters at the 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC-2024) at the Jaypee Palace in Agra, India from July 14-18, 2024
- Prabhakar Kumar Pandey, a student of Prof J.K. Bera received the best poster award in the recently concluded 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2024), Agra India.
- Dr. Ritika Gautam Singh has been awarded as an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru.
- Prof. D. H. Dethe has been awarded the C. N. R. Rao National Prize for Chemical Sciences-2025 by the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).
- Dr. Srinivas Dharavath and Dr. Prakash Chandra Mondal have been awarded the P. K. Kelkar (class of 1979 research fellowship for outstanding young faculty) from 1 May 2024 for a period of 3 years in recognition of their excellent professional contributions at IIT Kanpur
- Prof. Basker Sundararaju has been named the Guest Professor 2024 at the University of Toulouse III- Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
- Ms. Shiwangi Maurya, a Ph.D. student in the group of R. Gurunath was awarded the best oral presentation at the 11th International Conference on Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS 2024) held from April 9-12, 2024 at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan
- Ms Ankita Jaiswal, a PhD. student of Prof. Sandeep Verma has been awarded a competitive MDPI Travel Grant Award to attend and present her research work at the 8th EuChems Conference on Nitrogen Ligands to be held in Cassis (France), June 3-7, 2024
- Prof. Dattatraya Dethe has joined the Editorial Board of Tetrahedron & Tetrahedron Letters
- Dr. Grace Kaul, an IPDF in the group of Prof. Sandeep Verma, has received the 'Best Oral Presentation' at the '4th Student Indian Peptide Society Symposium’, held from 23-24th February at Gujarat Biotechnology University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
- Zahid Ahmad Khan, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Vinod K. Singh, has been awarded the “Best Poster Presentation award” in 32nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry 17th CRSI-RSC Symposium held at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus Rajasthan during 01-02-2024 to 04-02-2024.
- Alka Karn, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. J. N. Moorthy / Prof. R. Gurunath, has been awarded "Best Poster Award" at the 32nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, held from 2nd to 4th February 2024 in BITS, Pilani.
- Abhijit Saha, a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Ashis K. Patra, has been awarded the Best Poster Prize from Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) at the 32nd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, organized by Dept. of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus on February 2-4, 2024.
- Chhavi Khajuria a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Vinod K. Singh, has been awarded the “Best Poster Award” in the Indo-German Conference 2024 themed Sustainable Chemistry 2024, organized by IIT Indore at Goa during February 20-22, 2024.
- Abhishek Kumar Yadav (best oral presentation), Parasar Kumar and Manojkumar J (best poster presentation), students of Srinivas Dharavat, received awards at the International Conference on High Energy Material Conference and Exhibits (HEMCE'24), organized by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in Trivandrum, Kerala, from February 1st to 3rd, 2024
- Ms Farha Naaz, a PhD student in the group of Dr. D.L.V.K. Prasad, has been awarded American Physical Society (APS), Division of Computational Physics, Graduate Student Travel Award for the APS March 2024 Meeting, Minneapolis USA
- Prabhakar Kumar Pandey, a Ph.D. Student in the group of Prof. Jitendra K. Bera, has been awarded Best Poster award for the Presentation, titled 'An Efficient Ni(II) Pincer NHC Catalyst for Borylation of Aryl and Alkyl Halides’, at the International Conference on ‘Frontiers in Catalysis (FIC-24)’, organized by Department of Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, on January 4-5, 2024.
- Sourav Pal, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. Jitendra K. Bera, has received 'Chemical Science (RSC)' Best Poster Award at the 'Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC) 2024', organized jointly by TIFR Mumbai and IACS Kolkata during 7-11 January, 2024 held at Kolkata
- Deepannita Samanta, a Ph.D. student in the group of Prof. S. P. Rath, has received 'Chemical Science (RSC)’ Best Poster Award from at the 'Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry' (SABIC) 2024', held at Kolkata, India from 7th to 11th January, 2024.
- Rakesh Kumar, a Ph.D. student in the group of Dr. Apparao Draksharapu, has received 'Chemical Science (RSC)' Best Poster Award at the 'Symposium on Advanced Biological Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC) 2024', organized jointly by TIFR Mumbai and IACS Kolkata from 7-11 January 2024 held at Kolkata.
- Half-day workshop held on 23rd September 2024 as part of Commonwealth Chemistry Executive Board Meeting at IIT Kanpur (Sept 23-25, 2024) having visiting chemists from 12 different countries.
- Organic Chemistry Symposium (OCS-2024) was held at IIT Kanpur on September 8-9 2024
- Distinguished Lecture by Prof. Raghavan Varadarajan
- List of Selected Candidates for Ph.D. Admission 2024-25-I Semester
- Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur was one of the organizers of the conference titled "International Conference on Energy and Environmental Materials (E2M-2024)" from July 11-13, 2024, at IIT Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. For details, visit https://e2m.iiti.ac.in/
- Research Scholars Day (RSD-2024) was held on April 19, 2024 at the Outreach Auditorium
- Opening for Postdoctoral Fellows
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Open Seminar
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Open Seminar
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PhD Viva of Ritu Gupta
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Special Seminar
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PhD Viva of Deepak Kumar
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Open Seminar
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PhD Viva of Ramranjan Mishra
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Distinguished Lecture Series
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Open Seminar
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Open Seminar
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Special Seminar
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PhD Viva of Ayushi Awasthi
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Special Seminar
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Special Seminar
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Open Seminar
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PhD Viva of Rakesh Kumar
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PhD Viva of Syed Jehanger Shah
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PhD Viva of Indresh Verma
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PhD Viva of Ganesh Chandra Upreti
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PhD Viva of Navin Yadav
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PhD Viva of Sayantani Banerjee
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PhD Viva of Razia
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Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Shreya Rastogi
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Open Seminar
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PhD Viva of Ravi Malik
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Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Monika Ahlawat
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Prof N. Sathyamurthy Endowment Lecture
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Venue: L19
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Speaker: Mr. Manish Kumar
Venue: FB-426
Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Nidhi Garg
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PhD Viva of Mamta
Venue: Online
Open Seminar
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General Seminar
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PhD Viva of Rajib Mandal
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PhD Viva of Abhijit Manna
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Open Seminar
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Open Seminar
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Open Seminar
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Seminar on Nobel Prize in Chemistry
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Venue: L16, Lecture Hall Complex
PhD Viva of Deepika
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Open Seminar
Speaker: Ms. Anju Mishra
Venue: FB-426
Open Seminar
Speaker: Mr. Manmohan
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PhD Viva of Rahul Verma
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Message From Head
The Department of Chemistry at IIT Kanpur reiterates its commitment to excellence in contemporary research and teaching. Some courses initiated by my former and present colleagues in this department have become beacons for chemical education in India. We also have one of the strongest Industry-Academia connections. As its newly appointed head, I invite you to explore our department and witness the impactful research and educational initiatives
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- Prof. Gurunath Ramanathan
Head, Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur- 208016