2024

• Gaurav Dake's work on Total Syntheses of Discoipyrroles A, B, and C, Three Marine Natural Products ', got accepted in J. Org. Chem. in 2024..
• Ajad graduated in April 2024. .

2023

• Khushboo joined as Guest Faculty in the Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi.
• Megharani, Khushboo Chaudhary and Aftab Sayyed joined Prof. KPK’s lab for their PhD in Jan 2023
• Sheetal and Supriya successfully completed their MSc thesis in May 2023
• Sheetal got PhD admission under Prof. Jérôme Lacour at the University of Geneva.
• Supriya got PhD admission at the University of Alberta, Canada.
• Tirth from IISER Pune joined Prof. KPK’s lab for his 5th-year Master’s thesis in May 2023
• Khushboo Chaudhary got PMRF in May 2023.
• Riya joined Prof. KPK’s lab for her Master’s project in July 2023.
• Papan Das and Shivangi Singh joined KPK lab in July 2023, for their Ph.D.

2022

• Pratibha joined Prof. KPK’s lab for her PhD in Jan 2022
• Saurabh and Shishir successfully completed their MSc thesis in May 2022
• Sheetal and Supriya joined Prof. KPK’s lab for their Master’s project in July 2022
• Vijay Kumar Reddy graduated in Aug 2022.
• Vijay joined as a senior scientist at Anthem Biosciences Pvt. Ltd
• Saurabh joined as Scientist B at the Bureau of Indian Standards
• Shishir joined as a Data Analyst apprentice at Google.
• Khushboo graduated in Dec 2022

2021

• Trisha's work on 'A serendipitous one-pot cyanation/hydrolysis/enamide formation: direct access to 3-Methyleneisoindolin-1-ones', got accepted in Chem. Eur. J. in 2021.
• Anisha and Akash joined Prof. KPK’s lab for their PhD in Jan 2021
• Trisha and Priyanka graduated in 2021.
• Trisha joined as a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Tokyo with Prof. Shu Kobayashi
• Anisha got PMRF in May 2021.
• Sreelekshmi, Animesh and Ramees joined Prof. KPK’s lab for their PhD in July 2021
• Saurabh and Shishir joined Prof. KPK’s lab for their Master’s project in July 2021
• Nishu got PhD admission at Max Plank Institute with Prof. Peter H. Seeberger.
• Sreelekshmi got PMRF in December 2021.

2020

• Priyanka's and Parthasarathi's work on 'A process for preparing 1,8-naphthalimide, biphenyl dicarboxamide and N-heterocyclic amides from 1,2 diketones', got patented in Indian Pat. App. in 2020.
• Satrajit's and Rahul's work on 'Construction of key building blocks towards the synthesis of cortistatins' got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem. in 2020.
• Satrajit's review on 'Synthetic approaches towards cortistatins: evolution and progress through its ages', got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem. in 2020.
• Matthias' and Priyanka's work on 'Serendipitous synthesis of pyridoquinazolinones via an oxidative C-C bond cleavage', got accepted in J. Org. Chem. in 2020.
• Parthasarathi's work on 'A one-pot copper-catalyzed 3-fold C-N bond coupling strategy to the synthesis of substituted benzimidazoles', got accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem. in 2020.
• Anandaraju's and Debjani's work on 'Synthesis of C1-C9 and C10-C21 fragments of (-)-Dolabriferol' got accepted in Asian J. Org. Chem. in 2020.
• Anandaraju's work on 'Synthesis of the C1-C10 fragment of Muamvatin', got accepted in Chem. Asian J. in 2020.
• Debjani's work on 'Synthesis of C9-C13 and C15-C21 subunits of Discodermolide', got accepted in Asian J. Org. Chem. in 2020.
• Ashik's and Khushboo's work on 'Synthetic studies on palmerolide C: synthesis of an advanced intermediate towards the revised structure of palmerolide C', got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem. in 2020.
• Satrajit joined as an Assistant Professor at Tohoku University, Japan with Prof. Yujiro Hayashi.
• Anirban got PMRF in May 2020.

2019

• Arpan joined as a post-doctoral fellow in Shangahai Institute of Organic Chemistry with Prof. Ang Li.
• Rajat got PhD admission in Max Plank institute of Colloids and Interfaces with Prof. Peter Seeberger.
• Arpan and Satrajit graduated in 2019.
• Priyanka and Parthasarathi's paper on "Copper Catalyzed Oxidative C-C Bond Cleavage of 1,2-Diketones: A Divergent Approach to 1,8-Naphthalimides, Biphenyl-2,2-dicarboxamides, and N-Heterocyclic Amides" got accepted in J. Org. Chem.
• Netai got Ph.D. admission in IISER Kolkata.
• KPK received a grant from CEFIPRA Project Fund.

2018

• Trisha and Vipul's paper on "A Unprecedented, Lewis Acid-Mediated, Metal-Free Iodoannulation Strategy to Aromatic Iodides" got accepted in Chem. Asian. J.
• Satrajit's review on "A new and informative [a,b,c,d] nomenclature for one-pot multistep transformations: a simple tool to measure synthetic efficiency." got accepted in RSC Adv.
• Vipul's review on "Transition-Metal-Free Multicomponent Approach to Sterioenriched Cyclopentyl-isoxazoles through C-C bond Cleavage" got accepted in Chem. Asian. J.
• Prof KPK was elected as Dean of Faculty Affairs Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
• Anand joined as a post-doctoral fellow in Academia Sinica,Taiwan with Prof. Hung, Shang-Cheng.
• Prof. KPK was invited to deliver A.V. Rama Rao Foundation Lecture at JNCASR, Bengaluru
• Dheeraj got Ph.D. admission at at UMASS, Amherst, USA.

2017

• Prof. KPK took charge as Dean (Faculty Affairs), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
• Ashik joined as a post-doctoral fellow in Academica Sinica, Taiwan with Prof. Cheng, Wei-Chieh.
• Vipul joined as a post-doctoral fellow in Tokyo Institute of Technology with Prof. Keisuke Suzuki.
• Anand joined as a post-doctoral fellow in Academica Sinica, Taiwan with Prof. Hung, Shang-Cheng.
• Anand, Vipul, Ashik and Anjali graduated in 2017.
• Ashik's paper on "Sequential Enyne-Metathesis/Diels-Alder Strategy: Rapid Access to Sugar-Oxasteroid-Quinone Hybrids" got accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem.
• Prof. KPK was awarded the Prof. S. C. Bhattacharyya Award for Excellence in Pure Sciences at IIT Bombay
• Somnath joined ONGC.

2016

• Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay organized ICOS 21 under the Chairmanship of Prof. KPK
• Kota graduated in 2016 and joined as a post-doctoral fellow in University of Geneva with Prof. Jerome Lacour.
• Parthasarathi and George's review on "Recent Trends in Copper-Catalyzed C-H Amination Routes to Biologically Important Nitrogen Scaffolds" got accepted in Chem. Asian. J.
• Prof. KPK was elected as a Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences.
• Gaurav got Ph.D. admission in University of Florida.
• Arup joined NTPC.
• Prof. KPK was invited as Juliot Visiting Professor at ESPCI, Paris.
• Prof. KPK was elected as Head Of the Department of Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay.

2015

• Parthasarathi joined ESPCI, France as a post-doctoral fellow with Prof. Janine Cossy.
• Parthasarathi graduated and he was awarded with Eli-Lilly best thesis award in 2015.
• Kota's paper on "An enantioselective total synthesis of Sch-725674" got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem.
• Prof. KPK was awarded the C. N. R. Rao National Prize in Chemical Sciences.

2014

• Kota's paper on "Enantioselective Total Synthesis of Sch-725674" got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem.
• Vipul and Ashik's paper on "A Domino Enyne/IMDA Approach to the Core Structure of (-) Vinigrol" got accepted in Org. Lett.
• Satrajit and Parthasarathi's paper on "Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Selective Cycli¬zation Strategy to 2-Substituted Benzofurans and Indoles En Route to the Oxa Analogues of Isocryptolepine" got accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem.
• KPK was awarded the C. N. R. Rao National Prize in 2014.
• KPK was elected as an Institute Chair Professor from June, 2014.
• Parthasarathi's paper on "A Unified Strategy Towards N-Aryl Heterocycles by a One-Pot Copper-Catalyzed Oxidative C-H Amination of Azoles" got accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem.

2013

• Devendar's paper on "Total syntheses of rubiginone A2, C2, and fujianmycin A" was accepted in RSC Advances.
• KPK was invited to join the Advisory Board of "Chemistry-An Asian Journal"
• KPK was invited to join the International Advisory Board of "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry"
• Sudipta got Ph.D. admission in Purdue University
• Krish won the Institute Silver Medal for topping the Department
• Kartik was awarded the "Best M.Sc. Project Thesis" award and also won the Institute Silver Medal for topping the Department
• Rama's paper on "A Stereoselective Synthesis of Trifluoromethyl-Analogues of Polyhydroxy Pyrrolidines" got accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem.
• Rama's microreview on " Kinugasa Reaction: A Direct One Pot Route to Highly Functionalized ßLactams" got accepted in Eur. J.Org. Chem.
• Kalanidhi's review on "A hybrid approach to new molecular scaffolds" got accepted in Pure. Appl. Chem.
• Devender received his Ph.D. and moved to National University of Singapore to work with Prof. Valiyaveettil Suresh.
• Rama received her Ph.D.
• Debjani received her Ph.D.
• Parthasarathi's paper on "A One-Pot synthesis to 2-Indolyl-C-glycosides" got accepted in Eur. J.Org. Chem.

2012

• Kalanidhi received his Ph.D. and moved to Institut de Chimie des Substances Naturelles(ICSN) in France to work with Prof. Robert Dodd
• Sankar got Ph.D. admission in University of Berne, Switzerland
• Nidhi Kakkar got Ph.D. admission in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign USA
• Subir Goswami got Ph.D. admission in Oregon State University
• Rahul's review on "Recent Developments on Domino Metathesis Reactions in India" got accepted in Chimia.
• Devendar's paper on" Total Synthesis and Stereochemical Assignment of (-)-Zenkequinone B " got accepted in Synlett.
• Debjani's paper on "Total Synthesis of (+)-Cladospolide D" got accepted in Synlett.
• Rama's paper on "Aza-C-aryl Glycosides from Chiral Nitrones" got accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem.
• Anand's paper on "Synthetic Utility of Sugar Derived Cyclic Nitrones to Linear 4-Azatriquinanes" got accepted in Synlett.
• Kalanidhi and Sankar's paper on "Copper Catalyzed 3-Component Synthesis of 3-C-Linked Glycosyl Iminocoumarins" got accepted in Synthesis.
• Sandip moved to University of Geneva to work with Prof. Jerome Lacour for post doctoral studies.
• Samaresh Panda's paper on "Otteliones" got accepted in Organic Letters.
• Sandip's paper on "Callystatin A" got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem.
• Devendar's paper on"Angucyclinone Antibiotics" got accepted in Eur. J.Org. Chem.

2011

• Chintan got Ph.D admission in University of Chicago.
• Shyamal got Ph.D admission in University of Munster.
• Sandip and Gowrisankar’s full paper on palmerolide A got accepted in Chem. Asian Journal.
• Subrahmanyam and Kalanidhi’s full paper on platencin got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem.
• Debjani and Murthy’s full paper on cladospolides got accepted in Org. Biomol. Chem.
• Kota’s paper on oxa-Michael addition to trioxatriquinanes got accepted in Synlett.
• Rama’s paper on Kinugasa reaction to sugar derived bicyclic lactams got accepted in Eur. J. Org. Chem.
• KPK received a grant from Astrazenecca Research Foundation.

2010

• Deepti got Ph.D. admission in Cornell University.
• Souvagya got Ph.D admission in Ohio State University.
• Ravikumar’s paper on platensimycin has been selected for IRCC best research paper award (2009) from IIT Bombay.
• Gowrisankar and Sandip’s paper on formal total synthesis of palmerolide A has been accepted in Chem. Eur. J.
• Subrahmanyam’s paper on "C-Aryl Glycosides" has been accepted in Chem. Eur. J.
• Kalanidhi completed the formal total synthesis of "platencin".
• KPK received a research grant from DST.

2009

• Amit Kumar Dutta got Ph.D. admission in University of Zurich.
• Animesh Verma joined Lovely University as a lecturer.
• Prasanta received his Ph.D and moved to University of Texas South Western Medical Center, Dallas.
• Gowrisankar and Sandip completed the total synthesis of "palmerolide A".
• Kalanidhi’s invited focus review on "Platensimycin and Platencin" got accepted in Chem. Asian. Journal.

2008

• Aniruddha Sasmal got Ph.D. admission in University of Pittsburgh.
• Subrahmanyam received his Ph.D and moved to University of Massachusetts, Amherst for a post-doc.
• Gowrisankar received his Ph.D and moved to Purdue University for a post-doc.
• Narayanamurthy received his Ph.D and moved to University of Massachusetts, Amherst for a post-doc.
• Debjani completed the total synthesis of cladospolide A.
• KPK has been awarded the "Swarnajayanti Fellowship (2006-07)" from DST.
• KPK delivered "Prof. S. Sivasubramanian Endowment Lecture" at Madurai Kamaraj University.

2007

• Subham Mahapatra got Ph.D. admission in Oregon State University.
• Ankit Sharma got Ph.D. admission from University of Geneva.
• Ravikumar received his Ph.D and moved to University of Geneva for a post-doc with Prof. Matile.
• Samaresh received his Ph.D and moved to Anthem Biosciences, Bangalore.
• Subrahmanyam’s paper on C-arylgrlycosides got accepted in Organic Letters.
• Ravikumar’s paper on platensimycin (first enantioselctive strategy for the molecule)got accepted in Organic Letters.
• Gowrisankar’s paper on palmerolide A got accepted in Synlett.
• Sandip spent four months in Prof. Rene Gree’s group at University of Rennes (France).
• KPK received "B. M. Birla prize in Chemistry for the year 2006".

2006

• Shiven Kapur got Ph.D. admission in Stanford University.
• Venuka Durani got Ph.D. admission in Ohio State University.
• Dipankar Basak got Ph.D. admission in University of Massachussets, Amherst.
• Rahul received his Ph.D and joined ETH, Switzerland as a post-doc with Prof. Vasella.
• KPK received "Third IFS Research Grant".
• KPK received a research grant from DST.
• KPK received a research grant from CSIR.

2005

• Vikram Bhat got Ph.D. admission in University of Chicago.
• Somnath Jana got Ph.D. admission in Oregon State University.
• KPK delivered "Prof. S. Swaminathan Endowment Lecture" at Department of Organic Chemistry, University of Madras.

2004

• Rahul’s paper on oxatriquinanes got accepted in Chem. Comm.
• KPK received "Second IFS Research Grant".

2003

• Raghunath Roy got Ph.D. admission in University of Massachussets, Amherst.
• Nirmal’s (group’s first) paper got accepted in Tetrahedron Letters.

2002

• KPK received "DAE Young Scientist Grant Award".
• KPK received "IFS Research Grant".
• KPK received Young Scientist Research Grant (Fast Track Proposal) from DST.
• KPK received a grant from CSIR.
• KPK received a grant from DST under the invited proposal scheme.