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Sambasivarao Kotha  (FNASc, FASc, FRSC, FNA)


Professor
Department of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay

Email : srk@chem.iitb.ac.in
Fax : +91(022) 2576 7152 or 2578 3480
Phone : (022) 2576 7160

Department Profile

Educational Qualifications

  • - B.Sc. (Andhra Loyola College-Vijayawada) Nagarjuna University, Nagarjunanagar, 1977
  • - M.Sc. University of Hyderabad-Hyderabad, 1979
  • - Ph.D. University of Hyderabad-Hyderabad, 1985 (research supervisor: Prof. G. Mehta )

Professional Experience

  • - Pramod Chaudhari (P.C) Chair Professor, IIT-Bombay- Sep 2011- 2020 (Green Chemistry & Industrial Biotechnology)
  • - Professor, IIT-Bombay - 2001 Feb- present.
  • - Associate Professor 1997 July -2001 Feb IIT-Bombay.
  • - Assistant Professor 1994 -1997 July IIT-Bombay.
  • - Visiting Scientist, INSA (1996), SERC (1999).
  • - Research Chemist II 1992-1993, Hoechst Celanese, TX.
  • - Visiting Scientist 1990-1991, Cornell Uni, NY.
  • - Research Associate 1987-1989, Univ. of Wisconsin, WI.
  • - Research Associate 1986-1987, UMIST, Manchester, UK.
  • - Post Doctoral Fellow 1984-1986, Univ. of Hyderabad.

Awards and Recognition

  • - Graduated as a valedictorian from High School, 1972.
  • - B. M. Birla Science Prize in Chemistry from Birla Centre Hyderabad, 1996.
  • - N. S. Narasimhan Endowment Award from Pune University Pune, 2000.
  • - Bronze Medal, CRSI from CRSI, Bangalore, 2004.
  • - IIT-Bombay Best Research Paper Award from IIT Bombay, 2004
  • - IIT-Bombay Best Review Paper Award from IIT Bombay, 2005.
  • - Bhagyatara National Award from Punjab University, 2005.
  • - Innocentive Champion Award from Innocentive company, 2005.
  • - NOST Council Member (2007-10)
  • - Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya Award for Research Excellence in Pure Sciences -IIT Bombay, 2008
  • - J. C. Bose Fellowship from DST, 2010-2020
  • - Prof. Y. T. Thathachari National Award from Bhramara Trust Mysore, 2010
  • - Shri. G.D. Gokhale Endowment Lectureship from ICT Mumbai, 2010
  • - IIT-Bombay best review paper award from IIT-Bombay, 2010.
  • - IIT-Bombay best review paper award from IIT-Bombay, 2011.
  • - Pramod Chaudhari Chair (Green Chemistry) from IIT-Bombay, 2011-2020.
  • - Coastal Chemical Research Society Award-2013.
  • - Prof. W.U. Mallik Memorial Award, 2014.
  • - Prof. B.D. Tilak Endowment Lectureship, 2015.
  • - Prof. Sethna Memorial Lecture Award 2016.
  • - Fellow-Indian National Science Academy 2017.
  • - IIT Bombay Research Dissemination Award 2016.
  • - Distinguished Alumius Lecture Award 2018.
  • - Golden Jubilee Distinguished Alumius 2019.
  • - Dr. D. S. Bhakuni Award Indian Chemical Society 2020.
  • - Dr. S.K. Pradhan Endowment 2021.

Involvement in Editorial Boards

  • - Indian J. Chem. (B)-Editorial board member, 2005-2014.
  • - J.Chem. Sciences- Editorial board member, 2009-2011.
  • - J. Amino Acids- Editorial board member, 2009-2017.
  • - Open Catalysis Journal- Editorial board member, 2009-2015.
  • - Eur. J. Org. Chem.- International Advisory Board Member, 2014-2016.
  • - Ind. J. Chem. - Editorial Board Member, 2022-present.

Fellowships

  • - National Academy of Sciences
  • - Indian Academy of Sciences
  • - Indian National Academy of Sciences
  • - Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences
  • - Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
  • - Royal Society of Chemistry

Research experience

  • - Ph. D. work with Prof. G. Mehta-Chemistry of Caged Molecules
  • - UMIST work with Prof. R. Stoodley-Synthesis of Anthracycline Antibiotics
  • - Wisconsin work with Prof. J. Cook-Synthesis of Polyquinanes
  • - Cornell work with Prof. A. Kuki-Synthesis of Aib rich peptides
  • - Hoechst work-Bulk drugs, asymmetric synthesis, NSAID.
Dr. Vidyasagar
Thesis Title :Design and Synthesis of Unusual Alpha-Amino Acid Derivatives and Heterocycles
Education : Ph.D - IIT Bombay
Email-ID : vidyasagargaikwad1234@gmail.com
Dr. Ramakrishna Reddy
Thesis Title :: Synthesis of Carbocyclic Frameworks of Polyquinane Natural Products Involving Olefin-Metathesis and Norbornene Derivatives
Education : Ph.D - IIT Bombay
Email-ID : rama.keesari@gmail.com
Dr. Yellaiah T.
Thesis Title : Development of metal-free strategies to diverse heterocycles and synthesis of β-carboline, dihydrofuran congeners as potential anticancer agents
Education : Ph.D - CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
Email-ID : yellaiah.chem@gmail.com
Dr. B.V. Lakshmi
Thesis Title : Synthesis of Dienynes and its applications to access complex Molecules.
Education : Ph.D - National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
Email-ID : vijayareddy285@gmail.com
Dr. Naveen K. Gupta
Thesis Title : Development of new synthetic methods to hydantoins, dipeptides and thiacyclophanes
Education : Ph.D - IIT Bombay
Email-ID : naveendu2014@gmail.com
Dr. Saima Ansari
Thesis Title : Design and synthesis of propellanes and polyquinanes via metathesis
Education : IIT Bombay
Email-ID : saima.raansari@gmail.com
Ms. Punam Meher
Research-Interest :Design of drug like molecules via Fischer indolisation and pyridine
Email-ID : punam.meher@gmail.com
Mr. Salman
Research-Interest :Design and synthesis of cage molecules
Email-ID : salman101d@gmail.com
Mr. Gulzarhind Mehta
Research-Interest :Applications of Metathesis in Cage Molecules
Email-ID : gahind123@gmail.com
Mr. Balaji
Research-Interest :Design and Synthesis of New Heterocycles via Metathesis
Email-ID : balajisolanke2@gmail.com
Ms. Usha
Research-Interest :Design and Synthesis of Polycyclic cage compound via Metathesis
Email-ID : usharie3@gmail.com
Ms. Kunkumita Jena
Research-Interest :Application of RRM in organic synthesis
Email-ID : jena.kunkumita@gmail.com
Ms. Deepshika Singh
Research-Interest :Heterocycles synthesis via metathesis
Email-ID : deepshikha070693@gmail.com
Mr. Arpit Agrawal
Research-Interest :Development of new synthetic methodologies using metathesis
Email-ID : arpit0154@gmail.com
Mr. Kishore Solanki
Email-ID : kishores@chem.iitb.ac.in
  
  

PostDoctoral Fellows :

  1. Dr. Saima Ansari

  2. Dr. Naveen K Gupta

  3. Dr. Vijaya Lakshmi

  4. Dr. Yellaiah T.

  5. Dr. Bharathiraja G.

  6. Dr. G. Dhangar

  7. Dr. V. Aswar

  8. Dr. Sommu G Naidu (PhD. BARC, Mumbai)

  9. Dr. Dommaraju Yuvraj (PhD. From CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat)

  10. Dr. Milind Meshram (PhD. From IIT-Bombay)

  11. Dr. Nageswara Rao P (PhD. From Bangalore University)

  12. Dr. Nageswara Rao N. (PhD. From IICT Hyderabad)

  13. Dr. Mohd. Saifuddin (PhD. From CDRI-Lucknow)

  14. Dr. Mukesh Shirbhate (PhD. From IIT-Bombay)

  15. Dr. D Deodhar

  16. Dr. A. Chavan

  17. Dr. B. Venkata Babu (Ph. D. from IIT Roorkee)

  18. Dr. V. Sreenivas (Ph. D. from University of Hyderabad)

  19. Dr. N. Thota (Ph. D. from University of Jammu)

  20. Dr. (Ms). P. Khedkar (Ph. D. from IIT-Bombay)

  21. Dr. D. Nagaraju (Ph. D. from Kakatiya University, Warangal)

  22. Dr. (Ms). K. Lahiri (Ph. D. from IIT-Bombay)

  23. Dr. S. Kumar (Ph. D. from Bombay University-Mumbai)

  24. Dr. R. Vinod Kumar (Ph. D. from JNTU-Hyderabad)

  25. Dr. T. Ganesh (Ph. D. from Osmania University-Hyderabad)

Ph.D Students :


1. Mr. Naveen K. Gupta14. Mr. G. Waghule27. Mr. K. Mandal
   
2. Ms. Saima Ansari15. Mr. M. P. Meshram28. Mr. D. Kasinath
   
3. Ms. Ambareen Fatma16. Ms. D. Bansal29. Mr. A. C. Deb
   
4. Mr. Subba Rao Ch.17. Mr. A. S. Chavan30. Mr. A. K. Ghosh
   
5. Mr. Sunil P.18. Ms. S. Misra31. Mr. M. Behera
   
6. Mr. T. Saidulu19. Mr. S. Vittal 32. Ms. K. Lahiri
   
7. Mr. Aswar Vikas.R20. Ms. N. G. Krishna 33. Mr. S. Halder
   
8. Ms. Sreevani. G21. Ms. A. Tiwari34. Mr. K. Mohanraja
   
9. Ms. Rama Gunta22. Mr. M. K. Dipak35. Mr. E. Manivannan
   
10. Mr. O. Ravikumar 23. Ms. P. Khedkar36. Mr. R. Sivakumar
   
11. Mr. A. K. Chinnam24. Mr. V. Shah37. Mr. N. Sreenivasachary
   
12. Mr. Rashid Ali25. Mr. K. Singh38. Mr. E. Brahmachary
   
13. Mr. M. Shirbhate26. Mr. S. Banerjee

M.Sc. Students :


1. Mr. Samikshan Jana 17. Mr. C. Sarkar 33. Mr. A. Singh
   
2. Mr. Vicky Sharma 18. Mr. J. Rana 34. Mr. T. Kesharwani
   
3. Mr. Suraj Shukla 19. Mr. H. Bharadwaj 35. Mr. P. Chakrabarty
   
4. Mr. Satyam Soni 20. Mr. Animesh B36. Ms. S. Bhattacharjee
   
5. Mr. Sandeep Pal 21. Mr. Rohit Lakhan37. Mr. A. P. Suresh Babu
   
6. Mr. Naman Bajpai22. Mr. P. K. Shee38. Mr. C. Chatterjee
   
7. Ms. Pooja Nain23. Ms. B. Mandal39. Mr. A. Mehta
   
8. Mr. Himandhi Setti24. Ms. G. Rama40. Mr. S. R. Subbiah
   
9. Mr. Tarun Sudan25. Mr. K. Raju 41. Ms. M. S. Subhashi
   
10. Mr. Gaurav Singhal26. Mr. U. Basu 42. Ms. R. Deshpande
   
11. Mr. Tushar Agarwal27. Mr. Vaibhav Shukla43. Mr. G. Giridharnan
   
12. Ms. Tanu Jain28. Mr. Rajkumar Das44. Mr. S. Jothi
   
13. Mr. Suman Das 29. Mr. Manas Banik  
   
14. Ms. A Dungdung30. Mr. T. T. Rao 
   
15. Mr. A. Biswas 31. Mr. Arnab Pal  
   
16. Mr. J Majhi32. Mr. Vinayak Rane 

Project Staff/Summer Interns :


1. Ms. A Kaur11. Mrs. B. Makhal 21. Ms. Rama G.
   
2. Dr. K. Jajula12. Mr. Umesh. N 22.Mr. Mayuresh Raut
   
3. Mr. Sudhakar Nalpe13. Mr. Rajdip. C23. Ms. B. V. Lakshmi
   
4. Mr. Rakesh Siyaz14. Mr. Amardeep. A24. Mr. Amrendar M.
   
5. Dr. Chandravathi Chakkapaali 15. Mr. Sathyamurthy25. Mr. A. Pradeesh
   
6. Ms. Sonya Bharatkar16. Mr. C Ramakrishnan 26. Ms. M. Sridevi
   
7. Mr. V. S. Balaram 17. Mr. Mohitosh. B 27. Mr. M. J. Rihan
   
8. Ms. Asha Ghule 18. Mr. M. Madasu28. Mr. S. M. Husian
   
9. Mr. Dharmendra Sharma19. Mr. Gopinath M.29. Mr. A. Mehta
   
10. Mr. Karan. Selarka 20. Mr. K. Raju