Srimani Lab
Catalysis for Sustainable Future
Post Doctoral Students
PhD Students
Dr. Akash Mondal
IPDF -IITG
PhD: IISER, Tirupati
Joined the group: January 2024
email id: @rnd.iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Mithu Roy
Prime Minister Research Fellow
BSc.: University of North Bengal
MSc.: IIT Indore
Joined the group: January 2020
email id: rmithu@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Arup Samanta
Prime Minister Research Fellow
BSc.: Vidyasagar University
MSc.: IIEST Shibpur
Joined the group: July 2020
email id: asamanta@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Joined the group: July 2022
email id: s.rajashri@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Rajashri Sarmah
Prime Minister Research Fellow
BSc.: Gauhati University
MSc.: Tezpur University
Itu Mallick
Institute JRF
BSc.: University of Calcutta
MSc.: IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Joined the group: July 2023
email id: m.itu@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Alumni
Hirak Jyoti Phukan
UGC SRF
Joined the group: July 2022
email id: p.hirak@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Integrated MSc.: Tezpur University
Kailash Mohar
Institute SRF
Integrated MSc.: Central University of Rajasthan
Joined the group: Oct 2021
email id: kailash.mohar@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Rinku Dihingia
Institute JRF
BSc.: Rajib Gandhi University
MSc.: NERIST, AP
Joined the group: July 2024
email id: r.dihingia@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
Rohit Baran Bera
Institute JRF
BSc.: Vidyasagar University
MSc.: Vidyasagar University
Joined the group: July 2024
email id: r.bera@iitg.ac.in
Contact no.: 03612584341
PostDoctoral Member
IPDF
Year: 2019-2021
Dr. T. S. Manikandan
Dr. Ramen Jamatia
NPDF (SERB)
Duration: 2019-2021
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar
PhD Scholars
Dr. Kalicharan Das
PhD, Completed : 2020
Thesis title: Synthesis of Tridentate NNS-Ligand Derived Manganese Complexes and Their Application towards Acceptorless Dehydration and Borrowing Hydrogen Catalysis.
Present Position: Assistant PGT in Govt. School, West Bengal
PhD, Completed : 2021, awarded best thesis Chem Dept, IITG
Thesis title: Catalytic Applicability of NNS and SNS Ligand Derived Air-stable Ru Complexes Towards de (hydrogenative) Construction of Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Nitrogen Bond
Present Position: Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Hebrew University, Israel
Supervisor: Prof. Dmitri Gelman
Dr. Nandita Biswas
Dr. Bitan Sardar
PhD, Completed : 2023
​Thesis title: Exploring the Potential of Homogeneous Ru-SNS/NNS Complexes and Heterogeneous Ru-Hydrotalcite in De(hydrogenative) Transformations.
Present Position: Post Doctoral Research Fellow at IIT Delhi, India
Supervisor: Dr. Kuntal Manna
Dr. Sundarraman Balaji
NPDF (SERB)
Duration: 2022-2024
Avijit Mondal
​PhD, Completed : 2024
Thesis title: Designing Bifunctional Mn(I) and Mn(II) Complexes to Control Selectivity in De(hydrogenative) Transformations
Present Position: Post Doctoral Fellow University of California, Riverside USA Supervisor: Prof. Matthew Conley
Rahul Sharma
PhD, Completed : 2025
Thesis title: Designing SNS and NNO Donor Ni and Co Complexes Toward (De)hydrogenative Alcohol Activation: A Sustainable Approach to C-C and C-N Bond Construction
Present Position: Assistant Professor,
Arya Vidyapeeth College
Master Project Students
Debjyoti Pal
PhD, Completed : 2025
Thesis title: Catalytic (De)hydrogenative Annulation by Well-defined Mn(I) and Co(II)-complexes for the Construction of N-Heterocycles
Summer Internship
1. Mr. Souvik Roy (Jan-Apr 2017)
2. Mr. Suman Maji (Jan-Apr 2020)
3. Mr. Mohananda Samanta (Jan-Apr 2020)
4. Mr. Bishal Dutta (Jan-Apr 2021)
5. Mr. Kanabeni Rajkumar (Jan-Apr 2021)
6. Mr. Bikram Pal (Jan-Apr 2022)
7. Mr. Saurabh Kumar (Jan-Apr 2022)
8. Mr. Amit Chaubey (Jan-Apr 2023)
9. Miss. Chandrika Ghosh (Jan-Apr 2023)
10. Mr. Soumen Ghosh (Jan-Apr 2024)
11.Miss. Manami Mahapatra (Jan-Apr 2024)
12. Mr. Ujjal Kumar Tripathy (Jan-Apr 2025)
13. Anirban Bera (Jan - Apr 2025)
1. Samiran Kar (June 2018)
2. Pranjal Borah (June 2019)
3. Elinda Basumatary (Mar 2022)
4. Purti Patel (June 2022)
5. Tushar Khairwal (June 2022)
6. Sangeeta Devi (Jan-Feb 2023)
7. Palash Das (June-July 2023)
8. Kaushik Soni (July 2023 )
9. Priyankar Majumder (Sept-jan 2023 )
10. Angshuman Sarma (Dec 2023)
11. Smit Nandkishore Tavate (Jun 2024)
12. Afreen (Dec 2024)