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Congratulations Reena on her successful Thesis Colloquium!

Reena and Ritwika's review on Mechanism and Stereoselectivity in Metal and Enzyme Catalyzed Carbene Insertion into X–H and C(sp2)–H Bonds.

Reena's paper on unveiling the importance of catalyst framework and non covalent interactions in an asymmetric Fe-catalyzed O–H insertion has been accepted in Chemical Communications!

Narmatha joins as a Ph.D. Student. Welcome Narmatha!

Romin's paper on deciphering the role of cesium and phenoxide interaction enabled by Rh which overrides the innate solvent mediated chemoselectivity has been accepted in ACS Catalysis!

Kriti is awarded the Best Poster RSC Dalton Transactions Award at the International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry organized at Agra. Congratulations Kriti!

The group welcomes Bibhas, who has joined for his M.S. thesis.

Kritika joins as an Integrated Ph.D. student. Welcome Kritika!

Congratulations to Dev for defending his BS Thesis successfully and starting his MS thesis!

Mahesh, Kriti and Arushi's perspective on Transition Metal catalysed multicomponent reactions based on trapping of allylic electrophiles.

Sapna has been awarded the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship. Congratulations Sapna!

Arushi is awarded the Best Poster Award at the Thieme Organic Chemistry Symposium organized at IISc. Congratulations Arushi!

Mahesh, Romin, and Anubhav's paper on deciphering the high enantioselectivity in a Rh(II)-catalyzed carbene insertion reaction has been published in Chemistry - A European Journal!

The group welcomes Dev, who has joined for his B.S. thesis.

Anubhav graduates with the Rajarshi Bhattacharya Memorial Medal for Best Performance in the Bachelor of Science (Research) in Chemistry! We wish him the best for his doctoral studies at UCLA.

Ritwika's paper on understanding the role of mutations in a chemoenzymatic C(sp3)–H insertion reaction is published in Chemical Science!

Reena and Niket's paper on investigating the nature of the onium ylide and michael acceptor in an Rh(I)-catalyzed MCR has been published in the Journal of Organic Chemistry!

The group welcomes summer intern Nitish.

Congratulations to Anubhav for defending his BS Thesis successfully!

Reena's paper on the viability of oxidized bridged iron (III) carbenoids as intermediates in a C–H insertion reaction has been published in Chemistry - A European Journal!

Soumik's paper on understanding enzymatic olefin hydration by Fumarase is published in Biochemistry!

Reena has been awarded the Best Poster Award at the DCC-22 (Designing Catalysts on Computers - 2022) Conference organised by IACS, Kolkata.

Ritwika has been awarded the Prime Minister's Research Fellowship. Congratulations Ritwika!

The group welcomes Anubhav, who has joined for his B.S. thesis.

Sapna joins as a Ph.D. Student. Welcome Sapna!

Reena's paper on understanding the low selectivity of the Iron-Catalyzed Indole C–H Functionalization has been published in JOC!

Romin joins as an Integrated Ph.D. student. Welcome Romin!

The group welcomes summer interns Najma, Deepti, and Dev!

Congratulations to Niket for defending his MS Thesis successfully! We wish him the best for his doctoral studies at Colorado State University, USA.

Niket's paper establishing the mechanism of an Ir-Quinoid Catalyzed C-H Functionalization reaction has been published in ChemComm!

Kriti joins as a Ph.D. Student. Welcome Kriti!

The group welcomes Niket, who has joined for his M.S. thesis.

Congratulations to Soumik for defending his BS Thesis successfully! We wish him the best for his doctoral studies at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA.

Reena and Ritwika's paper on the role of metals and axial ligands in artificial heme enzymes catalyzed C-H insertion has been published in PCCP!

The group welcomes its new Ph.D. students, Arushi and Mahesh.

The group welcomes undergraduate researchers, Soumik Das and Niket Manoj, who have joined for their B.S. thesis.

Garima receives the Rekha Rao Young Investigator Award. Congratulations!

Garima receives the Start-up Research Grant (SRG) from SERB.

Reena joins as a Ph.D. Student. Welcome Reena!

Ritwika joins as an Integrated Ph.D. student. Welcome Ritwika!