Goutam Kumar Lahiri
(Professor)


Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076
Ph: 022-2576 7159
Fax: 022-2576 3480
Email: lahiri[at]chem.iitb.ac.in
  
  

Academic Background

Ph.D., IACS-Kolkata, Jadavpur University, India, 1990
 

Professional Experience

Post Doctoral Fellow, West Virginia University, USA (1990 - 1993)
Assistant Professor-IIT Bombay, 1993-1997
Associate Professor-IIT Bombay, 1997-2001
Professor-IIT Bombay, 2001- present
Visiting Professor, Bristol University, UK, 2000
Research Professor, Stuttgart University, Germany, 2002 - present 1
Visiting Professor, Stuttgart University, Germany, 2007-2008
 

Awards and Recognitions

Subject Editor: Indian J. Chem., New Delhi.
Associate Editor: J. Chem. Sci., Bangalore.
J C Bose Fellowship (SERB).
Fellow, Indian National Science Academy (FNA)
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (FNASc)
Institute (IIT Bombay) Chair Professor
CRSI Silver Medal
Rev.Fr. L. M. Yeddanapally Memorial Award; Indian Chemical Society
Excellence in Teaching (IIT Bombay)
Institute (IIT Bombay) Chair Professor
Institute (IIT Bombay) Chair Professor
Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya Award for Excellence in Research (IIT Bombay)
Ramanna Fellowship (DST)
Excellence in Teaching (IIT Bombay)
Ramanna Fellowship (DST)
Mercator Chair Professorship (DFG-Germany)
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences-Bangalore (FASc)
Fellow, Maharashtra Academy of Sciences
Royal Society Award for International Authors
B. M. Birla awards in chemistry
 

Research Interests

Electrochemical, spectroscopic, magnetic, structural and theoretical manifestations of delicate intramolecular valence and spin state interactions at the interface of redox sensitive metal-ligand frameworks and catalysis.
 

Recent Representative Publications

 
  • Diverse Coordination Modes and Bidirectional Noninnocence of Pyridyl- - Diketonate on Ruthenium Platforms as a Function of Co-Ligands
    M. Biswas, S. M. Mobin, S. Dey and G. K. Lahiri
    Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 13664.

  • Fine Tuning between Radical versus Nonradical States of Azoheteroarenes on Selective Osmium Platforms
    L. Seikh, S. Dhara, A. Shukla, A. Singh and G. K. Lahiri
    Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 12175.

  • Sequential Oxygenation of Bis(β-diketiminate) on a Selective Diruthenium Platform
    L. Seikh, S. Sutradhar, S. Dhara, S. K. Bera, S. Panda, T. K. Paine and G. K. Lahiri
    Inorg. Chem. 2024, 63, 10312.

  • Superior Electrocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution Activity of a Triply Bridged Diruthenium (II) Complex on a Carbon Cloth Support
    Y. Arya, T. Ansari, S. K. Bera, S. Panda, A. Indra and G. K. Lahiri
    Chem. Commun. 2024, 60, 6011.

  • Azo Appended Modified Lawsone Derived Ru-Systems with Multi-Redox Entities. Competitive Electronic Form and the Question of Azo Reduction
    Y. Arya, S. K. Bera and G. K. Lahiri
    Chem.Eur.J. 2024, 29, e202204049.

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