Group Members
Dr. Jai Prakash
Principal Investigator
Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Komal Srivastava
Ph.D student
B.Sc Chemistry: Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University
M.Sc. Chemistry: Banasthali Vidyapith
Sayani Barman
Ph.D student
Integrated MSc Chemistry: IISER Kolkata
Swati
Ph.D student
B.Sc. Life science: Hansraj College, Delhi University
M.Sc. Chemistry: Jamia Hamdard University
Sambit Shashanka Sekhar Rout
Ph.D student
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry: Bhadrak Auto College
M.Sc. Chemistry: Central University of Punjab
Aishwarya Sinha
Ph.D student
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry: Basanti Devi College, West Bengal
M.Sc. Chemistry: Scottish Church College, West Bengal
Parvesh
Ph.D student
B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry: Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi
M.Sc. Chemistry: Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur.
Rittapalli Prasanna
Ph.D student
B.Sc.: Aditya Degree College, Andhra University
M.Sc. Analytical Chemistry: Andhra University
Past Members
Omair Shahid
Ph.D. (2025), IIT Hyderabad (2020-2025)
B.Sc.(Hons) Chemistry: Aligarh Muslim University
M.Sc. Chemistry: Aligarh Muslim University
Sweta Yadav
Ph.D. (2025), IIT Hyderabad (2020-2025)
B.Sc.(Hons) Chemistry: Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth
M.Sc. Chemistry: National institute of technology, Jamshedpur
Current Position: Postdoc, Baylor University, USA
Gopabandhu Panigrahi
Ph.D. (2023), IIT Hyderabad (2018-2023),
B.Sc.(Hons) Chemistry: Fakir Mohan University, Balasore
M.Sc. Chemistry: Sambalpur University (Odisha)
M.Tech. Nanoscience & Technology: Hyderabad Central University
Current Position: Postdoc, University of South Carolina, USA
Subhendu Jana
Ph.D (2022), IIT Hyderabad (2017-2022)
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry: Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur
M.Sc. Chemistry: University of Hyderabad
Mohd Ishtiyak
Ph.D (2022), IIT Hyderabad (2017-2022)
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry: Aligarh Muslim University
M.Sc. Chemistry: Aligarh Muslim University
Current position: Postdoc, Louisiana State University, USA
Prasoon Kumar Jha
Project student
MSc. 2024-2026
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Drishti Sinha
Project Intern
June 2025-July 2025
VNIT Nagpur
Vikrant Mishra
Project student
MSc. 2023-2025
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Diljith Unni Ambavat
External MSc project student
Jan 2024 to July 2025
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Nevin Alexander
External MSc project student
Jan 2023 to July 2024
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Sneha Rachel
External MSc project student
Jan 2023 to July 2024
Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Saiprava Shial
Project student
MSc. 2022-2024
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Fatima Fatin
Project intern
May to July 2023
Dharavath Sai Kumar
Project student
MSc. 2021-2023
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Shantanu K. Maharana
Project student
MSc. 2021-2023
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Archana Yadav
Project student
MSc. 2020-2022
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Animesh Bhowmik
Project Student
MSc. 2020-2022
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Swagata Saha
Project Student
MSc. 2020-2022
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Subinoy Samanta
B.Sc. (Hons) Chemistry: Presidency University, Kolkata
Project Student
MSc. 2019-2021
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Arnab Makhal
B.Sc. Chemistry: Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur
Project Student
MSc. 2019-2021
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Piyush Gupta
B.Sc. Chemistry: PDUSU (Shekhawati University)
Project Student
MSc. 2019-2021
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Pallavi Nayyar
Project Student
MSc. 2018-2020
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Aiswarya Pradhan
Project Student
MSc. 2018-2020
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Manajit Das
Project Student
MSc. 2017-2019
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Current Position: Ph.D. student (IIT Bombay)
Abhishek Kumar Nishad
Project Student
MSc. 2017-2019
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Arindam Ghosh
Project Student
MSc. 2016-2018
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Current Position: Ph.D. student (JNCASR, Bangaluru)
Susmita Podder
Project Student
MSc. 2016-2018
Department of Chemistry
I. I. T. Hyderabad
Dr. K. Sritharan
Postdoctoral Fellow (NPDF), 2017-2019
Ph.D. Bharathiar University, TN
Research Interest: Polymorphism & Crystallization of Co-crystals for potential applications