June 2025

Our alumni Dr. Sk Amanullah, CNRS researcher, visited our department and lab on 16th June, 2025.
Congratulations to summer intern Mr. Priyanath Das for securing a PhD opportunity at UMass Amherst, USA.
Congratulations to summer intern Mr. Shubhankar Mishra for securing a PhD opportunity at Iowa State University, USA.

May 2025

A warm welcome to the new summer project student Ms. Alfiza Shaikh and Mr. Priyanath Das to our SKP group.

April 2025

Congratulations to Ms. Supriya Das for her recent publications in the Chemistry – An Asian Journal.

March 2025

Mr. Suman Dolai has attended the Gordon Research Conference 2025 on Inorganic Reaction and Mechanism in Pamona, California, USA.
Congratulations to Ms. Supriya Das for her recent publications in the Journal of Chemical Sciences.
Congratulations to Mr. Suman Dolai and Mr. Chinmoy K. Behera for their recent publication Selected under the Themed Collection of "2025 Frontier and Perspective articles" and been selected as Dalton Transactions HOT articles.
Ms. Supriya Das has attended the ACS Spring 2025 in San Diego, California, USA.

December 2024

Mr. Suman Dolai, Ms. Supriya Das and Ms. Poulami Panja participated in the International Conference MTIC-XXI, held at IIT Kharagpur.
Congratulation to Ms. Poulami Panja for receiving the best poster award in the International Conference MTIC-XXI, held at IIT Kharagpur.
Congratulations to Mr. Suman Dolai and Mr. Chinmoy K. Behera for their recent publications in the Dalton Transactions.
We heartily welcome Mr. Priyanath Das for his one month winter project to our group.

August 2024

We heartily welcome the new year-long M.Sc project student Ananya Priyadarshini Mohanty to our group.

July 2024

Dr. S.K.Patra has attended the 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry 2024 (ICOMC-2024), Jaypee Palace, Agra. (Invited talk).

May 2024

A warm welcome to the new summer intern project students Mr.Tanmay Tathastu Das and Ms.Sunita Naik to our group.
We welcome Mr. Sanskar Dixit for his two months IAS-sponsored summer project work to our group.

April 2024

A successful 2nd Colloquium on 1st April, 2024 was organized by the SPSI (Society of Polymer Science, India) Kharagpur Local Chapter on "Advances in Functional Polymers". Prof. Anil Kumar (Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay) was the guest speaker.

March 2024

Congratulations to Mr. Suman Dolai for recent publications in the Inorganic Chemistry journal.

Feb 2024

1st Colloquium on 12th Feb, 2024 was successfully held by SPSI (Society of Polymer Science, India) Kharagpur Local Chapter on "Advances in Functional Polymers". The Speaker was Prof. Greg G. Qiao (University of Melbourne, Australia).
Mr. Suman Dolai has attended the 9th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry 2024 (ACCC-9), Chulalongkorn University & Suranaree University of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

January 2024

Congratulations to Mr. Chinmoy K Behera for recent publication in the Polymer journal.

December 2023

We would like to express our sincere condolence for the loss of one of the finest and popular organometallic and polymer chemist Prof. Ian Manners.
Ms. Soumita Basu Mallick, Mr. Chinmoy K Behera, and Ms. Chhanda Mondal participated in the 17th International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, "SPSI-MACRO-2023," held at IIT Guwahati.

June 2023

A warm welcome to the new summer project student Ms. Anindita Das to our SKP group.

June, 2023

We heartily welcome the new year-long M.Sc project student Mr. Manas Sahu and Ms. Indrani Khan to our group.

May, 2023

A warm welcome to the new Ph.D. student Mr. Sudip Ghorai to our group.
A warm welcome to the new summer intern project student Mr. Shubhankar Mishra to our group.

March, 2023

A warm welcome to the new M.Sc. project student Mr. Rudra Shankar Das to our group.

January, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Patra for being invited as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Organometallics by American Chemical Society.

November, 2022

A very fruitful workshop on "Scientific Writing" was organized by the Dept. of Chemistry, IIT KHARAGPUR, on November 22, 2022 and was presented by Prof. Faul.
An institute lecture was organized on November 21, 2022 under the aegis of the SPARC (MHRD) program by Prof. Charl FJ. Faul, entitled "Materials Chemistry Against Climate Change- Using Chemistry for Good".
Prof. Charl Faul (University of Bristol, UK) visits IIT KHARAGPUR again on November 21-22, 2022 under the SPARC program. Many thanks to him for coming again and for the scientific idea exchange.

August, 2022

A warm welcome to new M.Sc Project Student Mr. Shivam Sehgal and Mr. Raju Ram for their year long masters project to our group.

November, 2021

A warm welcome to new JRF Ms. Moumita Samanta to our group.

August, 2021

A warm welcome to new doctoral student Mr. Souvik Kundu to our group. Best wishes to him.
We welcome Swastik Sharma, Kiran Bhadauriya, Rabinarayana Behera for their year-long M.Sc project work.

July, 2021

We have moved to our new lab (J.C Ghosh & P.C Roy Science Building, 5th Floor, Tower A) . Lab No: 510, SKP Office: 503

September, 2020

Warm welcome to new members (Mr. Premnath Das, Ms. Supriya Das and Mr. Dhiren Singh) who have joined for their doctoral studies. Best wishes to them.

August, 2020

Welcome to Mr. Chandrasekhar Mandi and Ms. Puja Kumari for their year-long Master's Degree project work.

March, 2020

Welcome to Ms. Chhanda Mondal to our group as JRF of SERB funded project.

February, 2020

Congrats Poulami for receiving the best poster award in Green & Sustainability in Polymers and Functional Materials: Opportunity & Challenges (GSPSM-2020), organized by Rubber Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur on 07-08 February, 2020.
Prof. Ian Manners (University of Victoria, Canada), one of the leading organometallic and polymer chemists in the world, visits our lab and institute on 02-06 Feb, 2020 under the SPARC program. Thanks to him for visiting and the wonderful discussion, exchange of ideas, and exciting lectures.

January, 2020

A very successful and fruitful two-day symposium entitled "Functional Smart and Supramolecular Materials (FSSM-2020)" on 29-30th January, 2020 under the aegis of the SPARC (MHRD) program was organized. Several lectures by eminent scientists and experts from various laboratories and academic institutions were delivered. The special focus of this conference was the emerging multidirectional smart applications of the functional inorganic/organic small molecules, oligomeric, and polymeric materials.
Prof. Charl Faul (University of Bristol, UK) visits again to our lab and institute on January 22- February 2, 2020 under SPARC program. Thanks to him for visiting again and for the very fruitful discussion, exchange of ideas, exciting lectures and to attend FSSM-2020.
We welcome Chinmoy to our group as new Ph.D. scholar.

December, 2019

Prof. Charl Faul visits our lab and institute on 02-06 Dec, 2019 under SPARC program. Thanks to him for visiting and the wonderful discussion, exchange of ideas and exciting lectures.

July, 2019

Warm welcome to Trisita and Subhra a new JRF in our lab.
Warm welcome to Dr. G. Anbarasu as new Research Associate in our lab.
Warm welcome to Poulami Panja and Suman Dolai as new Ph.D students in our group.

May, 2019

We welcome Saloni, Saikat and Ritwik as new summer interns in our lab.
Our ex-member, Dr. Amit Sil joins as Postdoc at Durham University, UK. Congrats and Best Wishes.
Dipanjan delivers his Ph.D. Defense seminar on 9th May. Congrats Dr. Dipanjan Giri.

April, 2019

Apurba delivers his Ph.D. Defense seminar on 12th April. Congrats Dr. Apurba Maity.

February, 2019

Sourav delivers his Ph.D. Defense seminar on 28th February. Congrats Dr. Sourav Saha Roy.

January, 2019

Apurba submits his Doctoral Thesis. Congrats! (30th January)
Dipanjan submits his Doctoral Thesis. Congrats! (28th January)
Congrats Apurba and Utsav for acceptance of their work in Dalton Trans.

December, 2018

Congrats Utsav for being awarded one of the best oral presentation at NIT Durgapur (RDC-2018).
Congrats Amit and Utsav for acceptance of their work in Inorganic Chemistry.
Congrats Apurba for being offered a job from Tata Steel.

November, 2018

Apurba delivers his Ph.D. Synopsis seminar on 22nd November. Congrats!
Dipanjan delivers his Ph.D. Synopsis seminar on 20th November. Congrats!
Sourav submits his Doctoral Thesis. Congrats!

October, 2018

Congrats Dipanjan for acceptance of his work in Polymer.

July, 2018

Sourav delivers his Ph.D. Synopsis seminar on 31st July. Congrats!
Congratulation to Dr. Amit Sil and Dr. Najmul Islam for being awarded Ph.D. degree in 64th convocation.
Welcome to Rudrashis and Krishnachandra (Master students) for their year-long M.Sc. project work.
SKP Group welcomes Akbar Hossain as a new Research Scholar.
Our new Research Group Homepage launches today. (16th July)

June 2025

Our alumni Dr. Sk Amanullah, CNRS researcher, visited our department and lab on 16th June, 2025.

Congratulations to summer intern Mr. Priyanath Das for securing a PhD opportunity at UMass Amherst, USA.

Congratulations to summer intern Mr. Shubhankar Mishra for securing a PhD opportunity at Iowa State University, USA.

May 2025

A warm welcome to the new summer project student Ms. Alfiza Shaikh and Mr. Priyanath Das to our SKP group.

April 2025

Congratulations to Ms. Supriya Das for her recent publications in the Chemistry – An Asian Journal.

March 2025

Mr. Suman Dolai has attended the Gordon Research Conference 2025 on Inorganic Reaction and Mechanism in Pamona, California, USA.

Congratulations to Ms. Supriya Das for her recent publications in the Journal of Chemical Sciences.

Congratulations to Mr. Suman Dolai and Mr. Chinmoy K. Behera for their recent publication Selected under the Themed Collection of "2025 Frontier and Perspective articles" and been selected as Dalton Transactions HOT articles.

Ms. Supriya Das has attended the ACS Spring 2025 in San Diego, California, USA.

December 2024

Mr. Suman Dolai, Ms. Supriya Das and Ms. Poulami Panja participated in the International Conference MTIC-XXI, held at IIT Kharagpur.

Congratulation to Ms. Poulami Panja for receiving the best poster award in the International Conference MTIC-XXI, held at IIT Kharagpur.

Congratulations to Mr. Suman Dolai and Mr. Chinmoy K. Behera for their recent publications in the Dalton Transactions.

We heartily welcome Mr. Priyanath Das for his one month winter project to our group.

August 2024

We heartily welcome the new year-long M.Sc project student Ananya Priyadarshini Mohanty to our group.

July 2024

Dr. S.K.Patra has attended the 30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry 2024 (ICOMC-2024), Jaypee Palace, Agra. (Invited talk).

May 2024

A warm welcome to the new summer intern project students Mr.Tanmay Tathastu Das and Ms.Sunita Naik to our group.

We welcome Mr. Sanskar Dixit for his two months IAS-sponsored summer project work to our group.

April 2024

A successful 2nd Colloquium on 1st April, 2024 was organized by the SPSI (Society of Polymer Science, India) Kharagpur Local Chapter on "Advances in Functional Polymers". Prof. Anil Kumar (Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay) was the guest speaker.

March 2024

Congratulations to Mr. Suman Dolai for recent publications in the Inorganic Chemistry journal.

Feb 2024

1st Colloquium on 12th Feb, 2024 was successfully held by SPSI (Society of Polymer Science, India) Kharagpur Local Chapter on "Advances in Functional Polymers". The Speaker was Prof. Greg G. Qiao (University of Melbourne, Australia).

Mr. Suman Dolai has attended the 9th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry 2024 (ACCC-9), Chulalongkorn University & Suranaree University of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand.

January 2024

Congratulations to Mr. Chinmoy K Behera for recent publication in the Polymer journal.

December 2023

We would like to express our sincere condolence for the loss of one of the finest and popular organometallic and polymer chemist Prof. Ian Manners.

Ms. Soumita Basu Mallick, Mr. Chinmoy K Behera, and Ms. Chhanda Mondal participated in the 17th International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, "SPSI-MACRO-2023," held at IIT Guwahati.

June 2023

A warm welcome to the new summer project student Ms. Anindita Das to our SKP group.

June, 2023

We heartily welcome the new year-long M.Sc project student Mr. Manas Sahu and Ms. Indrani Khan to our group.

May, 2023

A warm welcome to the new Ph.D. student Mr. Sudip Ghorai to our group.

A warm welcome to the new summer intern project student Mr. Shubhankar Mishra to our group.

March, 2023

A warm welcome to the new M.Sc. project student Mr. Rudra Shankar Das to our group.

January, 2023

Congratulations to Prof. Patra for being invited as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Organometallics by American Chemical Society.

November, 2022

A very fruitful workshop on "Scientific Writing" was organized by the Dept. of Chemistry, IIT KHARAGPUR, on November 22, 2022 and was presented by Prof. Faul.

An institute lecture was organized on November 21, 2022 under the aegis of the SPARC (MHRD) program by Prof. Charl FJ. Faul, entitled "Materials Chemistry Against Climate Change- Using Chemistry for Good".

Prof. Charl Faul (University of Bristol, UK) visits IIT KHARAGPUR again on November 21-22, 2022 under the SPARC program. Many thanks to him for coming again and for the scientific idea exchange.

August, 2022

A warm welcome to new M.Sc Project Student Mr. Shivam Sehgal and Mr. Raju Ram for their year long masters project to our group.

November, 2021

A warm welcome to new JRF Ms. Moumita Samanta to our group.

August, 2021

A warm welcome to new doctoral student Mr. Souvik Kundu to our group. Best wishes to him.

We welcome Swastik Sharma, Kiran Bhadauriya, Rabinarayana Behera for their year-long M.Sc project work.

July, 2021

We have moved to our new lab (J.C Ghosh & P.C Roy Science Building, 5th Floor, Tower A) . Lab No: 510, SKP Office: 503

September, 2020

Warm welcome to new members (Mr. Premnath Das, Ms. Supriya Das and Mr. Dhiren Singh) who have joined for their doctoral studies. Best wishes to them.

August, 2020

Welcome to Mr. Chandrasekhar Mandi and Ms. Puja Kumari for their year-long Master's Degree project work.

March, 2020

Welcome to Ms. Chhanda Mondal to our group as JRF of SERB funded project.

February, 2020

Congrats Poulami for receiving the best poster award in Green & Sustainability in Polymers and Functional Materials: Opportunity & Challenges (GSPSM-2020), organized by Rubber Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur on 07-08 February, 2020.

Prof. Ian Manners (University of Victoria, Canada), one of the leading organometallic and polymer chemists in the world, visits our lab and institute on 02-06 Feb, 2020 under the SPARC program. Thanks to him for visiting and the wonderful discussion, exchange of ideas, and exciting lectures.

January, 2020

Prof. Charl Faul (University of Bristol, UK) visits again to our lab and institute on January 22- February 2, 2020 under SPARC program. Thanks to him for visiting again and for the very fruitful discussion, exchange of ideas, exciting lectures and to attend FSSM-2020.

We welcome Chinmoy to our group as new Ph.D. scholar.

December, 2019

Prof. Charl Faul visits our lab and institute on 02-06 Dec, 2019 under SPARC program. Thanks to him for visiting and the wonderful discussion, exchange of ideas and exciting lectures.

July, 2019

Warm welcome to Trisita and Subhra a new JRF in our lab.

Warm welcome to Dr. G. Anbarasu as new Research Associate in our lab.

Warm welcome to Poulami Panja and Suman Dolai as new Ph.D students in our group.

May, 2019