Organic Synthesis Lab

Dr. Santosh J. Gharpure graduated with an M.Sc. degree in 1996, from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai. He obtained Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore working with Late Prof. A. Srikrishna in 2001. He held a post-doctoral position with Prof. P. Andrew Evans at Indiana University, Bloomington, U.S.A. Subsequently, he joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai in the year 2004. In 2012, he moved to the Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, Powai, Mumbai as an Associate Professor and was promoted to Professor position in 2016. Currently, he holds the position of 'Perfumery Chair Professor'. He is also Professor In-Charge of SINE, IIT Bombay's technology incubator. His research focuses on organic chemistry pertaining to natural and unnatural product synthesis and developing new synthetic methodologies. He is also working on problems relevant to industries from different domains.
Dr. Gharpure is a recipient of INSA Medal for Young Scientist. He was awarded IIT Madras Young Faculty Recognition Award (YFRA) for his contribution in teaching and research in 2010. He received B. M. Birla science Prize in Chemistry for the year 2011. He was selected as one of the Thieme Chemistry Journal Awardees for the year 2013. IIT Bombay conferred on him the Excellence in Teaching Award in the year 2015 and Departmental award for excellence in teaching in 2019. He was selected as Themis Medicare UICT Diamond Jubilee Distinguished Fellow in Pharmaceutical Science for the year 2015-16 of ICT, Mumbai. He was selected for the award of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal in 2018.

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Alumni :

PDFs
Dr. V. Karthik	(2015-2017)
Dr. Priyanka A. Adate	(2015-2017)
Dr. Ganesh Samala	(2015-2017)
Dr. P. Parthiban	(2006-2008)
Dr. Jaishri Naidu	(2010-2011)
Dr. Anita Pati	(2010-2013)
Dr. Krishna Gopal Thakur	(2014)
Dr. Dimple Kumari	(2014-2016)
Ph.D Students
	Dr. Manoj Kumar Shukla (IOC, Bangalore) Thesis Topic : Stereoselective Synthesis of Donar-Acceptor Cyclopropafuranones: Application in Divergent synthesis of cyclic ethers and lactones (July 2010). Email : manoj.organic@gmail.com
	Dr. U. Vijayasree (Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies, Andhra Pradesh) Thesis Topic : Stereoselective Synthesis of Donar-Acceptor Cyclopropapyrrolidinones: Application in the Divergent synthesis of Azacycles (Jan-2011). Email : vijayasreeu@gmail.com
	Dr. Suheel Kumar Porwal (Case Western Reserve University, USA) Thesis Topic : Stereselective Approaches To Oxa Bowls and Cages (Jan-2011). Email : skpchemistry@gmail.com
	Dr. Sathiya Narayanan A. M. (Post.Doc @ Nagoya University, Japan) Thesis Title : Syntheis of Oxazino[4,3-a]Indoles, Isoflavones and 2,4-Diarylflavones Email : amsnarayanan@gmail.com
	Dr. S. Raja Bhushan Reddy (Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies, Andhra Pradesh) Thesis Title : Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrahydropyrans, Morpholines and 1,4 Oxazepanes Email : jvkprasad@gmail.com
	Dr. J. V. K. Prasad (GlaxoSmithKline, USA) Thesis Title : Stereoselective Synthesis of Tetrahydropyrans, Morpholines and 1,4 Oxazepanes Email : jvkprasad@gmail.com
	Dr. P. Niranjana Thesis Title : Stereoselectives Synthesis of Oxa- and Azatriquinanes: Utility of Linear Cis-Bis-Nitrile-Dioxatriquinanes in the Self-Assembly of Silver Coordination Polymers Email : pkniranjana@gmail.com
	Dr. Avik Kumar Pati (Post.Doc @ Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, USA ) Thesis Title : Insights into photophysics of diaryl butadiynes Email : avik.paki790@gmail.com
	Vinod Kumar (completed M.Phil. ) M.Phil. Title :Iminium and oxonium ion cyclizations for stereoselective synthesis of oxa- and aza cycles. Email :
	Sumit Mane (completed M.Phil.) M.Phil. Title : Stereoselective synthesis and application of donor-acceptor cyclopropapyranones Email :
	Dr. V. Prasath (Project Research Scientist @ IIT Bombay) Thesis Title : Stereoselective synthesis of oxa-and aza- cycles using Lewis acid mediated reaction Email : prasathche03@gmail.com
	Dr. Laxmi Narayan Nanda (SERB National Post.Doc @ Indian Institute of Science Bangalore - IISc) Thesis Title : Asymmetric approaches to butanolide and pyrrolizidine natural products using donor-acceptor cyclopropanes. Email : nandakem@gmail.com
	Dr. D. Anuradha Thesis Title :Strategies for the stereoselective synthesis of 1,4-heterocycles Email :
	Dr. Santosh K. Nanda Thesis Title : Stereoselective synthesis of linearly fused-ketals and diversely substituted heterocycles. Email :
	Dr. Yogesh G. Shelke Thesis Title :Stereoselective synthesis of N-fused indole derivatives. Email :
M.Sc Students
	Munmun Mukherjee (2005)
	Priyanka A. Adate (Asst. manager @ discovery dept. KEVA Perfumary )
	Palash Bhar (2006, Ph.D. scholar @ Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada)
	Udishnu Sanyal (2007, Ph.D. scholar @ IISc, Bangalore)
	Kalishankar Bera (2008, Ph.D. scholar @ IIT Bombay)
	Debashis Mondal (2009, Post.Doc @The Scripps Research Institute, USA)
	Sriloy Dey (2009, Ph.D. scholar @ Arizona State University, USA)
	Tufan Kumar Mukhopadhay (2011, Graduate Student Researche Tempe, Arizona University, USA)
	P. Srinivasa Rao (2010, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies, AndraPradesh)
	Avik Kumar Pati (2011, Ph.D. scholar @ IIT Madras)
	Arindom Chatterjee (2012, Graduate Student Researcher. Graduate Student@Storrs.University of Connecticut, USA)
	Vinod Kumar (PhD at IIT Bombay)
	Saswata Banerjee (2012, Graduate Student Researcher. Tempe, Arizona University, USA).
	Dasari Praveen Kumar (Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited)
	Soumitra Mokashi Punekar (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
	Pritha Verma (The Scripps Research Institute)

Summer Research  Fellow
	Dr. Nithya P (Assistant Professor @ Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu).
	Dr. U. Vijayasree (Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge and Technologies, Andhra Pradesh)