Spring-2021-22 Ph.D Admissions

Ph.D Admissions Spring 2021-22

Dear Candidate,
Thank you for your interest in our department. We look forward to welcoming a fresh batch of highly motivated and competent Ph. D. students. Let us take you through the modus operandi of our Ph. D. admission.

Please have a careful look at the list of Ph. D. topics on offer. You may contact concerned faculty members if you have questions about the topics.
A shortlist of applicants will be prepared based on their CSIR/UGC fellowship, GATE score, M. Tech. degree etc. Only those candidates will be considered for interview, who fulfil educational qualifications advertised in the list mentioned above.
Shortlisted candidates will be provided with a Google form in which they need to choose one of the interview committees (out of Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry).
Online interviews will be conducted for shortlisted candidates between November 20, 2021 and December 04, 2021. Candidates will be informed about the schedule of their interviews at least 24 hours in advance. They are requested to be ready with some sheets of paper/ a pad, a few pens/ sketch pens and preferably a laptop/ desktop computer with a good camera and stable internet connection. Mobile phones may be used if computers are not available.
Duration of each interview will be 20-40 minutes. Candidates will be asked questions to test their knowledge of subject and ascertain their suitability for a Ph. D. position.
Selected candidates will be informed by Academic office of our institute.
Please note that assignment of supervisor will be done only after the students join the programme.

All the best to the candidates.

Ph. D. Admission Committee, Department of Chemistry | IIT Bombay
[Admission related queries may please be sent to admission@chem.iitb.ac.in]

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Ph.D Research Topics

INORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Serial No.	Faculty	Research Topics	Educational Requirement

1.	Prof. R. Murugavel rmv@chem.iitb.ac.in	- New Metal phosphate and phosphide materials for energy research	M.Sc. Chemistry

2.	Prof. M. Ravikanth ravikanth@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Synthesis of polyaromatic embedded porphyrinoids and their coordination chemistry. - Design and synthesis of carbaporphyrinoids and their organometallic complexes.	M.Sc. Chemistry

3.	Prof. P. Ghosh pghosh@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Transition metal N-heterocyclic Carbene Complexes in Homogeneous Catalysis. - Small Molecule Enzyme Mimics. - Organometallic Complexes for Anti-Cancer Applications	M.Sc. in Chemistry

4.	Prof. Arnab Dutta arnabdutta@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Developing CO₂ reduction catalysts. - Heterogeneous Water Oxidation catalyst preparation.	M.Sc. In Chemistry

5.	Prof. Sanjog S. Nagarkar sanjog.na@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Chemical storage and conversion in porous frameworks. - Coordination Cages.	M.Sc. In Chemistry/Material Sciences

6.	Prof. Srinivasan Ramakrishnan srini@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Multi-electron Redox in Transition Metal Complexes for Electrocatalytic Applications. - Thin Film Interphases in High Energy Batteries.	- MSc Chemistry. - M.Sc. Chemistry, B.Tech/M.Tech Chemical Engineering or Material Science.

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

Serial No.	Faculty	Research Topics	Educational Requirement

1.	Prof. Irishi N. N. Namboothiri irishi@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Catalytic Asymmetric Synthesis of Multi-functional and Bioactive Molecules. - Development of Polycyclic Cage Compounds as Novel Ligands and Organocatalysts in Asymmetric Reactions .	M.Sc. In Chemistry

2.	Prof. Krishna P. Kaliappan kpk@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Alkaloids.	M.Sc. In Chemistry

3.	Prof. Rodney A. Fernandes rfernand@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Pi-Allyl Palladium Catalysis and Applications.	M.Sc. In Chemistry

4.	Prof. Pradeep Kumar P. I. pradeep@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Synthesis and Evaluation of Nucleic Acids Interacting Molecules .	M. Sc. Chemistry, with strong interest in Organic/Bio Chemistry along with Maths and Physics in B. Sc. will be prefered .

5.	Prof. Suvarn S. Kulkarni suvarn@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Synthesis of rare sugar containing bacterial glycoconjugates for vaccine development. - Synthesis of trehalose glycoconjugates from mycobacteria.	M.Sc. In Chemistry

6.	Prof. Santosh J. Gharpure sjgharpure@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Synthesis of Musk and its Analogues: New Entities process Optimization and Structure-Odour Understanding. Project code: RD/0119-DST0000-043.	M.Sc. in Chemistry

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY

Serial No.	Faculty	Research Topics	Educational Requirement

1.	Prof. Nand Kishore nandk@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Unravelling biomolecular interactions via biophysical approach: Implications in rational drug design and neurodegenerative diseases	- M. Sc. Chemistry/Biochemistry/Life Sciences/ Biotechnology.

2.	Prof. Anindya Datta anindya@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Semiconductor nanocrystals: exciton dynamics and biophysical applications. - Turn-on fluorescence sensing of chemical analytes in live cells.	- M. Sc. Chemistry, with a strong background of Physical Chemistry, OR M. Sc. Physics OR M. Sc. in any of the life sciences/ Biotechnology with Chemistry and Physics in B. Sc.. - M. Sc. Chemistry, with a strong background of Physical Chemistry, OR M. Sc. Physics OR M. Sc. in any of the life sciences/ Biotechnology with Chemistry and Physics in B. Sc..

3.	Prof. G. Naresh Patwari naresh@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Spectroscopy and Imaging of Reactive Intermediates.	M.Sc. In Chemistry

4.	Prof. Arindam Chowdhury arindam@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Spectrally-resolved FRET Microscopy to probe dynamics in biomolecules and nanomaterials . - Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Dynamics of individual perovskite and semiconductor nanocrystals .	- B. Sc. in chemistry with physics and maths is preferred. M. Sc in (physical) chemistry or M. Tech in chemical engineering. - B. Sc. in chemistry with physics and maths is preferred. M. Sc in physical chemistry or physics or M. Tech in chemical engineering or materials science.

5.	Prof. Rajarshi Chakrabarti rajarshi@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Collective dynamics of self-propelled colloids: Theory and Simulations. - Activity driven polymer translocation: Theory and Simulations. - Hydrophobic probes in solvent mixture: Struture and dynamics from computer simulations.	- M.Sc Chemistry (with Mathmatics in B. Sc) or M. Sc Physics. - M.Sc Chemistry (with Mathmatics in B. Sc) or M. Sc Physics. - M.Sc Chemistry (with Mathmatics in B. Sc) or M. Sc Physics

6.	Prof. C. Subramaniam csubbu@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Additive manufacturing for nanomaterials based stretchable and smart, self-healing energy storage devices. - Solar to thermal energy conversion using nanostructured materials.	- M.Sc. Chemistry/Physics/Materials Science/M.Tech. Instrumentation/Chemical Engineering with a keen interest for instrumentation. CGPA is NOT a criteria. Interest and Passion to learn new things is the MAIN criteria. - M.Sc. Chemistry/Physics/Materials Science/M.Tech. Instrumentation/Chemical Engineering with a keen interest for instrumentation. CGPA is NOT a criteria. Interest and Passion to learn new things is the MAIN criteria.

7.	Prof. Achintya Kumar Dutta achintya@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Low energy electron induced radiation damage to genetic materials.	- Physics or Chemistry MSc.

8.	Prof. Rahul Maitra rmaitra@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Development of machine learning models for electronic structure theory.	M.Sc in Physics/Physical Chemistry/Computer Science

9.	Prof. Srinivasan Ramakrishnan srini@chem.iitb.ac.in	- Multi-electron Redox in Transition Metal Complexes for Electrocatalytic Applications. - Thin Film Interphases in High Energy Batteries.	- MSc Chemistry. - M.Sc. Chemistry, B.Tech/M.Tech Chemical Engineering or Material Science.