Glycochemistry Research Lab

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Powai, Mumbai 400076

Phone : 022-2576 7166
Fax      : 022 -2576 7152
Email   : suvarn[at]chem.iitb.ac.in

Teaching :

  1. CH-821 Topics in Chemistry (2009, 2010, 2011)

  2. CH 222 Organic Chemistry II (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014)

  3. CH 521 Interpretative molecular spectroscopy (2012, 2013, 2014)

  4. CH 103 T First year B.Tech (2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

  5. Number of Lab Courses co-ordinated = 107 L, 318L and 418L

  6. CH 105 Organic & Inorganic Chemistry (2015)


Lectureships :

  1. Short-Term Visiting Professor, Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan Sep 29 - Oct 11, 2014


 

Invited Research Seminars :

36. Invited talk at the Gregynog Organic Synthesis workshop, UK, visit sponsored by RSC, September 15, 2016.
 
35. Invited talk at Southampton University, UK, visit sponsored by RSC, September 13, 2016.
 
34. Invited talk at Oxford University, UK, visit sponsored by RSC, September 12, 2016.
 
33. Invited talk at "100 years of chemical bonding" a tributary symposium at IICT Hyderabad, August 4, 2016.
 
32. Invited talk at IISc Bangalore, Department of Organic Chemistry, Bangalore, June 27, 2016.
 
31. Invited talk at JNCSAR Bangalore, June 28, 2016.
 
30. Synthesis of Complex Bacterial GlycoconjugatesInvited talk at Indo-French Meeting on Glycochemistry, IISER Pune, March 15, 2016.
 
29. Expeditious Synthesis of Bacterial GlycoconjugatesInvited talk at RSC conference "Recent trends in Chemical Sciences" Devanga Arts College, Madurai, Feb 12, 2016
 
28. My journey as a Researcher Special invited talk at the International Conference on Research and Entrepreneurship ICRE2016, R. K. University, Rajkot, Jan 6, 2016
 
27. " Chemical Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" Invited talk at international symposium FACT-15 organized by RSC-WIS, NMU, Jalgaon, Dec 12, 2015
 
26. " Expeditious Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" at Chemical frontiers, Goa, Aug 16, 2015, Received young scientist best presentation award for this talk.
 
25. " Chemical Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" Northeastern University, Boston, June 19, 2015.
 
24. "Synthesis of Trehalose Containing Glycolipids and Oligosaccharides from Mycobacteria" A short talk at Gordon Conference Carbohydrates, Vermont, NH, USA, June 17, 2015.
 
23. "Expeditious Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" Special seminar, University of California Davis, June 11, 2015.
 
22. " Chemical Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" Feb 27, 2015, Invited seminar at Nicolas Piramal, Goregaon.
 
21. " Chemical Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" Jan 12, 2015, Invited seminar at Advinus, Hinjewadi, Pune.
 
20. " Chemical Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" Dec 8, 2014, New Directions in Chemical Synthesis-I, IIT Bombay
 
19. "Desymmetrization of Trehalose to Access Unsymmetrically Substituted Trehalose Glycolipids and Oligosaccharides " Invited talk at National Chiau Tung University, Hsinchu, as a part of Short-Term Visiting Professor program sponsored by Ministry of Science & Technology Taiwan, Oct 03, 2014.
 
18. "Expeditious Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" Invited talk at Academia Sinica, Taipei, as a part of Short-Term Visiting Professor program sponsored by Ministry of Science & Technology Taiwan, Oct 02, 2014.
 
17. "Regio and Stereoselective Approaches for Glycoconjugate Synthesis" Invited talk at National Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, as a part of Short-Term Visiting Professor program sponsored by Ministry of Science & Technology Taiwan, Oct 01, 2014.
 
16. "Regio and Stereoselective Approaches for Glycoconjugate Synthesis" Invited talk in DCS seminars at TIFR, July 28, 2014.
 
15. "Glycochemistry of Infectious Diseases", invited talk at Kaleidoscope: a discussion meeting, July 05, 2014, Goa.
 
14. "Desymmetrization of Trehalose to Access Unsymmetrically Substituted Trehalose Glycolipids and Oligosaccharides", invited talk at Frontiers in Chemistry and Biology of Oligosaccharides (FCBO-2014) IISER Pune, a satellite symposium of ICS-27, Jan 19, 2014.
 
13."Expeditious Synthesis of Bacterial Glycoconjugates" invited talk at 27th International Carbohydrate Symposium (ICS-27), IISC Bangalore, Jan 15, 2014
 
12."Expeditious Synthesis of Bacterial, Rare Sugar Building Blocks to Access Prokaryotic Glycome", at Emerging Trends in Glycosciences and Glycotechnology (ETGG-2014), a satellite symposium of International Carbohydrate symposium ICS-27, IIT Delhi, Jan 9, 2014
 
11."Regio and Stereoselective Approaches for Glycoconjugate Synthesis" Invited lecture at Chirality, a national symposium at MSU Baroda Oct 08, 2013.
 
10. "Regio and stereoselective approaches for glycoconjugate synthesis", invited talk at Department of Chemistry, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, USA, June 24, 2013
 
9. "Expeditious synthesis of bacterial glycoconjugates" Invited lecture at the Gordon Research Conference on carbohydrates, Vermont, USA, June 21, 2013.
 
8. "Synthesis of carbohydrate antigens", invited talk at Department of Chemistry, Northeastern University, Boston, USA, June 06, 2013.
 
7. "Regio and stereoselective approaches for glycoconjugate synthesis", invited lecture at NOST, Agra, Oct. 12 2011.
 
6. "Regioselective approaches for glycoconjugate synthesis", ACS-IITB symposium, Hotel Taj Lands, Mumbai, Oct 1, 2012.
 
5. "Strategies in glycoconjugate synthesis" 5th Baltic Meeting on Microbial Carbohydrates, Suzdal, Russia, Sept 3 2012.
 
4. "Orthogonally protected D-glucosamine and D-galactosamine building blocks for the synthesis of mucin type oligosaccharides", Flash communication, International Carbohydrate Symposium, Madrid, Spain, July 26, 2012.
 
3. "Synthesis of complex carbohydrates and glycoconjugates" invited lecture at ILS Hyderabad, Dec 17, 2011.
 
2. "Regioselective approaches for glycoconjugate synthesis", invited lecture at Carbo XXVI Symposium at IICB, Kolkata, Nov 25, 2011
 
1. "One-pot Methods for Glycomics" Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering, IITB, Sept 17 2009.
 
 
 

Invited Lectures :

29. "Serendipitous discoveries that changed our world" KV IIT special lecture for science teachers, Mumbai, Oct 20, 2016 .
 
28. "NMR spectroscopy"RSC sponsored National seminar on organic synthesis and spectroscopy, to celebrate Prof. M. S. Wadia's 50 years of teaching New Arts, commerce and Science College, Parner,Oct 16, 2016 .
 
27. "Serendipitous discoveries that changed our world"in Refresher course at Ruparel College,Mumbai, Oct 12, 2016 .
 
26. "Solving Problems using NMR spectroscopy"in short term course on "Contemporary Organic Synthesis and Industrial Techniques" organized by Department of Chemistry G. N. Khalsa College,Matunga, Mumbai .
 
25. "NMR spectroscopy" in short term course on Contemporary Organic Synthesis and Industrial Techniques,organized by Department of Chemistry, G. N. Khalsa College, Matunga, Mumbai .
 
24. "Mass spectrometry"RSC-Spectroscopy Workshop for master students at Vaze college,March 16, 2016. .
 
23. "2D NMR spectroscopy"RSC-Spectroscopy Workshop for master students at Vaze college,March 16, 2016 .
 
22. "1H and 13C NMR spectroscopy" RSC-Spectroscopy Workshop for master students at Vaze college,March 16, 2016 .
 
21. "NMR for undergraduates" RSC-Spectroscopy workshop for undergraduates Vaze college,December 9, 2015 .
 
20. "Serendipitous discoveries that changed our world" DST-INSPIRE camp, Sapkal college,Nasik, December 8, 2015. .
 
19. "2D NMR spectroscopy"Refreshers course at Amravati University,December 4, 2015. .
 
18. "13C NMR spectroscopy"Refreshers course at Amravati University,December 3, 2015. .
 
17. "1H NMR spectroscopy"Refreshers course at Amravati University,December 3, 2015. .
 
16. "Serendipitous discoveries that changed our world" DST-INSPIRE camp,GSS College, Belgam, December 12, 2014. .
 
15. "Fundamentals of NMR"Spectroscopy Workshop for Undergraduates at Vaze college,December 01, 2014. .
 
14. "Advances in Carbohydrates,"Refreshers course Mumbai University, Kalina,November 04, 2014. .
 
13. "Introduction to Carbohydrates", Refresher's course Mumbai University, Kalina,November 04, 2014. .
 
12. "Serendipitous discoveries that changed our world" Invited lecture at Summer School, Mumbai University, May 13, 2014.
 
11. "Problems solving in NMR spectroscopy" PG Lecture Series at Vaze college, Mumbai, Dec 14, 2014.
 
10. "Serendipitous discoveries that changed our world" Invited lecture at INSPIRE camp, Khalasa College, Matunga, Sep 27 2013.
 
9. "NMR Spectroscopy (1H, 13C and 2D)" (5 lecture series), PI Industries Udaipur, Sept 20 - 21, 2013
 
8. "Advances In NMR Technique and applications: 13C NMR", RSC Post graduate lecture series at SIES college, Matunga, Mumbai, August 2, 2013.
 
7. "Introduction to carbohydrates" for KV teachers at Kendriya Vidyalaya Teaching Center, Kanjurmarg, Mumbai
 
6. "Accidental inventions", Invited lecture at INSPIRE camp, Khalasa College,Matunga, Nov. 17 2012.
 
5. "Protecting groups in organic synthesis" at SIES College, RSC Popular Lectures for PG Students, August 3, 2011.
 
4. "Real time applications of 2D NMR" at Vaze College, RSC Popular Lectures for PG Students, July 30, 2011.
 
3. "Protecting groups in carbohydrate synthesis" at Madurai University, Organic chemistry refresher course, July 23, 2011.
 
2. "Organic chemistry of sugars" at Madurai University, Organic chemistry refresher course, July 23, 2011.
 
1. "Introduction to carbohydrate chemistry" at Vaze College, RSC PG Lecture Series, Aug 1, 2010.