• Feb 1, 2024: Ayan has given Pre-submission Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• Jan 25, 2024: Sovan has given Pre-submission Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• Jan 17, 2024: Congratulations to Souvik Pal for Best Poster Award  in the Indo-French FCSB-2024 Conference hosted by the University of Hyderabad !

• Jan 16, 2024: Congratulations to Gavit Vipin and the team on their J. Org. Chem.  article on "Total Synthesis of Diterpenoid Quinone Methide Tumor Inhibitor, (+)-Taxodione" (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.3c02541)!

• Dec 19, 2023: Congratulations to Souvik Pal for Best Poster Award  in 4th Flow Chemistry and Natural Product Synthesis Symposium organized by NIPER Kolkata!

• Nov 20, 2023: Congratulations to Ranjit Murmu for the Best Poster Award (IPS Research Excelence Award) in 4th International Conference on Emerging Smart Materials in Applied Chemistry (ESMAC-2023) organized at CSIR IMMT & KIIT Bhubaneswar!

• Nov 20, 2023: Congratulations to Debgopal Jana for the Best Poster Award from @RSC Advance at 4th International Conference on Emerging Smart Materials in Applied Chemistry (ESMAC-2023) organized at CSIR IMMT & KIIT Bhubaneswar!

• Nov. 16, 2023: Souvik has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• Nov. 09,  2023: Sourav has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Many congratulations to Dr. Sourav Kundu!

• Oct. 26, 2023: Congratulations to Mr. Suman Noskar for receiving the prestigious PMRF fellowship from Ministry of Education, Government of India!

• Oct. 12, 2023: Saina has successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis. Many congratulations to Dr. Saina Shaheeda M K!

• Oct. 12, 2023: Rhituparna has successfully defended her Ph.D. Thesis. Many congratulations to Dr. Rhituparna Nandi!

• Oct. 12,  2023: Mintu has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Many congratulations to Dr. Mintu Munda!

• Aug 21, 2022: The Group welcomes Sreyashi Sadhukhan as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Kalyani University, WB)!

• July 28, 2022: The Group welcomes Apurba Das as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry,Assam University, Silchar)!

• July. 06, 2023: The research proposal of Prof. Alakesh Bisai has been accepted for funding under the 'STARS' in Chemical Sciences on 'Accessing Potent Antiviral Indolosesquiterpene Alkaloids of Marine Sources'.  Highlighted in IISER Kolkata News Letter ( June 2023 Edition)

• June. 20, 2023: Congratulations to  Rhituparna,  Sovan,  Sourav and the team on their Chemical Science article on "Total Synthesis of Atropisomeric Indolosesquiterpenoids by N-N Bond Formation: Dixiamycins A and B" (DOI: 10.1039/D2SC07119C)!

• May 15, 2023: Arindam has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• April 18, 2023: Sourav has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• April 13, 2023: The President of the RSC has invited Prof. Alakesh Bisai, Department of Chemical Sciences of IISER Kolkata, to become a 'Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry' (2023) through the ‘Leaders in the Field’ Scheme, based on research contributions in the field of Natural Product Synthesis [research highlights in 'Organic Chemistry Portal' as 'The Bisai Synthesis of (-)-Physovenine’ and ‘The Bisai Synthesis of Lycoramine’]. Highlighted in IISER Kolkata News Letter ( March 2023 Edition).

• March 15, 2023: Congratulations Alakesh for becoming the Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry ! Highlighted in IISER Kolkata News Letter ( May 2023 Edition)

• March 14, 2023: Rhituparna has given Open Seminar as a part of her Ph.D. program. She will be submitting her Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• Feb 14, 2023: Saina has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. She will be submitting her Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• Jan 25, 2023: Congratulations to Rhituparna Nandi for the Best Oral Presentation award in "ChemSci-2023: Leaders in the field Symposium" held at JNCASR.

• Jan 25, 2023: Congratulations to Sulekha, Saina and the team on their ACS Catalysis article on "Two-Electron- and One-Electron-Transfer Pathways for TEMPO-Catalyzed Greener Electrochemical Dimerization of 3-Substituted-2-Oxindoles" (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.2c06361)!

• Jan 17, 2023: Mintu has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• Jan 12, 2023: Abhinay has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Many congratulations to Dr. Abhinay Yadav!

• December 28, 2022: The AB Research Group welcomes Debopam Pal (M.Sc. from Visva-bharati University, WB) , Souvik Biswas (M.Sc. from Kalyani University, WB) and Moumita Majhi (M.Sc. from Kalyani University, WB) as Ph.D. students in the group!

• Dec 19, 2022: Kundan has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Many congratulations to Dr. Kundan Shaw!

• Dec 18, 2022: Congratulations to Mintu Munda  for the Association of Kinetics Award  for his poster research work on Total Syntheses of Indolosesquiterpene Alkaloids, Xiamycins C-F via Csp3-H Functionalization at the 59th Annual Convention of Chemists 2022 organized  by Indian Chemical Society and hosted by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad!

• Dec 18, 2022: Congratulations to Arindam Khatua  for the Prof. S. T. Nandibewoor Award for his poster research work on Approach to Cyclotryptamine Alkaloids via Organocatalyzed Michael Addition onto Nitroethylene at the 59th Annual Convention of Chemists 2022 organized  by Indian Chemical Society and hosted by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad!

• Dec 18, 2022: Congratulations to Ayan Mondal for the Prof. P. Sengupta Memorial Award for his poster research work on the total synthesis of (+)- and (-)-Crinane via Palladium Catalyzed Deacylative Allylation at the 59th Annual Convention of Chemists 2022 organized  by Indian Chemical Society and hosted by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad!

• Nov 01, 2022: Congratulations to Mr. Monosij Nandy for receiving the prestigious PMRF fellowship from Ministry of Education, Government of India!

• Sep 29, 2022: Congratulations Alakesh for the prestigious Professor Dhananjay Nasipuri Memorial Award for the year 2021 from Indian Chemical Society in recognition of scholastic contribution to the field of chemical sciences.

• Sep. 21, 2022: Congratulations to Mintu, Rhituparna and the team on their Chemical Science article on "Total syntheses of naturally occurring antiviral indolosesquiterpene alkaloids, xiamycins C-F via Csp3-H functionalization" (DOI: 10.1039/D2SC03479D)!

• Sep 12, 2022: Satyajit has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Many congratulations to Dr. Satyajit Majumder!

• July 11, 2022: The Group welcomes Mr. Abhishek Mondal as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, Visva-bharati University)!

• July 03, 2022:  Congratulations to Dr. Gavit Vipin Rajendra for receiving Ph.D. degree in 9th Convocation of IISER Bhopal!

• July. 01, 2022: The Group welcomes Mr. Kunal Chakraborty from the Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College as a Summer Research Fellow through Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS).

• June 22, 2022: The Group welcomes Mr. Debabrata Mondal as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, Visva-bharati University)!

• May 25, 2022: Congratulations to Satyajit and the team on their J. Org. Chem. article on Asymmetric Total Syntheses of (-)-Lycoramine, (-)-Lycoraminone, (-)-Narwedine, and (-)-Galanthamine (DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.2c00420)!

• May. 21, 2022: The Group welcomes Mr. Suman Noskar as a Graduate student (Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Kolkata)!

• May 10, 2022: The Group welcomes Mr. Sajad Hussain Mallah from the Central University of Kashmir as a Summer Research Fellow through Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS).

• April 09, 2022: The Group congratulates Anoushka Raj  for getting offer of admission from University of Wurzburg, Germany for graduate studies and wish her all the best!

• March. 24, 2021: The Group congratulates Avneesh Kumar  for getting offer of admission from University of Florida, USA for graduate studies and wish her all the best!

• February 24, 2022: Congratulations to Arindam Khatua and the team on their ChemComm article on Concise Total Syntheses of Bis(cyclotryptamine) Alkaloids via ThioUrea Catalyzed One-Pot Sequential Michael Addition (DOI: 10.1039/D2CC01008A)(Invited)!

• Febuary 17, 2022: Congratulations Alakesh for the prestigious CDRI Awards for the Excellence in Drug Research from the Chemical Sciences category for the year 2022.

• Dec. 24, 2021: Congratulations to Sovan Niyogi for the Prof. B. N. Mankard Memorial Award for his research presentation on total synthesis of natural products at the 58th  RTCS-OBC-2021 jointly organized by IISER Kolkata and IIT Kharagpur!

• Dec. 24, 2021: Congratulations to Arindam Khatua for the ICS Research Excellence Award for his work on total synthesis of (±)-folicanthine at the 58th  RTCS-OBC-2021 jointly organized by IISER Kolkata and IIT Kharagpur!

• Dec. 24, 2021: Congratulations to Sourav Kundu for the Prof. P. Sengupta Memorial Award for his poster research work on the total synthesis of deoxyxiamycin A at the 58th RTCS-OBC-2021 jointly organized by IISER Kolkata and IIT Kharagpur!

• Dec. 21, 2021: Congratulations to Badrinath N. Kakde and the team on their Prayogik Raayan  paper on Total Syntheses of Naturally Occurring Taiwaniaquinoids. (DOI: 10.53023/p.rasayan-20211115) (Invited)!

• Dec. 14, 2021: Congratulations to Mintu Munda and the team on their 'Focus Review' on Electrocatalysis as a Key Strategy for the Total Synthesis of Natural Products in Org. Biomol. Chem. (DOI: 10.1039/D1OB02115J) (Invited)!

• Dec. 12, 2021: The Group welcomes Rohan Jena as a winter student from IISER Kolkata.

• Dec. 07, 2021: Vipin has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• Nov. 30, 2021: Congratulations to K. Naresh Babu and the team on their Org. Biomol. Chem. paper on catalytic decarboxylative allylation of enol carbonates: synthesis the core structure of azonazine. (DOI:10.1039/D1OB02048J)!

• Nov. 18, 2021: Congratulations to Sourav Kundu and the team on their The Chemical Record review article on Pd(0)-Catalyzed Deacylative Allylations (DaA) Strategy and Application in the Total Synthesis of Alkaloids. (DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202100267) (Invited)!

• Nov. 13, 2021: Congratulations to Arindam Maity and the team on their Tetrahedron Lett. paper on Total syntheses of Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids, (+)-pseudophrynamine 270 and (+)-pseudophrynamine 272A. (DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2021.153541)!

• Oct. 19, 2021: Congratulations to Kundan Shaw and the team on their Org. Biomol. Chem. paper on Oxidative electro-organic synthesis of dimeric hexahydropyrrolo-[2,3-b]indole alkaloids involving PCET: total synthesis of (±)-folicanthine. (DOI:10.1039/D1OB01463C)!

• Sep. 30, 2021: Congratulations to Abhinay Yadav for the ACS Organic Letters Award for his poster presentation on the Total Synthesis of (-)-Maritidine at the 27th CRSI-NSC-2021 organized by IISER Kolkata!

• Sep. 30, 2021: Congratulations to Souvik Pal for the ACS Omega award for his poster presentation on total synthesis of natural products at the 27th CRSI-NSC-2021 organized by IISER Kolkata!

• Aug. 09, 2021: The Group congratulates Geeta Goyal  for getting offer of admission from University of Georgia, USA for graduate studies and wish her all the best!

• July 30, 2021: Satyajit has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• July 27, 2021: The AB Research Group welcomes Mr. Monosij Nandy (M.Sc. from IIT Kharagpur, WB) and Mr. Nandakishore Roy (M.Sc. from IIT Guwahati, Assam) as Ph.D. students in the group!

• July 26, 2021: Kundan has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• July 20, 2021: Geeta has successfully defended his MS Thesis as a part of his BSMS dual degree program. Congratulations Ms. Geeta Goyal! All the best!

• April 01, 2021: Arindam Maity joined as a Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli in the Dept. of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA!

• March 23, 2021: The Group congratulates to  Rahul Giri  for getting offer of admission from University of Fribourg, Switzerland for graduate studies and wish her all the best!

• February 08, 2021: Arindam has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Congratulations Dr. Arindam Maity! All the best wishes from the Group members!

• January 04, 2021: Avishek joined as a Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Zhendong Jin in the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Iowa, Iowa city, Iowa, USA!

• Dec. 29, 2020: Congratulations to Saina Shaheeda MK for the ICS Research Excellence Award for his poster presentation on Total Syntheses of Naturally Ocurring Bis-Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids from 57th  RTCS-OBC-2020 organized by IISER Kolkata!

• Dec. 29, 2020: Congratulations to Kundan Shaw for the Journal of Natural Products award for his research presentation on the total synthesis of natural products at the 57th  RTCS-OBC-2020 organized by IISER Kolkata!

• Dec. 29, 2020: Congratulations to Souvik Pal for the Dr. D. S. Bhakuni award for his research presentation on the total synthesis of naturally occurring sesquiterpenes at the 57th  RTCS-OBC-2020 organized by IISER Kolkata!

• November 25, 2020: Congratulations Alakesh for the prestigeous SERB-Science & Technology Award for Research (SERB-STAR Award)!

• August 10, 2020: Congratulations Alakesh for becoming the Elected Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (FICS)!

• July 27, 2020: The AB Research Group welcomes Mr. Ranjit Murmu (M.Sc. from IIT Guwahati) as a Ph.D. student in the group!

• July 16, 2020: Congratulations Alakesh for the Prestigious 'Bronze Medal' from the CRSI, India

• July 16, 2020: Congratulations Mrinal and team for their work on Catalytic deacylative alkylations (DaA) of enolcarbonates: Total synthesis of (±)-Crinane in Tetrahedron Lett.! This has appeared as the Editor's Choice Collection!

• June 30, 2020: Vimal has successfully defended his MS Thesis as a part of his BSMS dual degree program. Congratulations Mr. Vimal Kumar! All the best!

• June 30, 2020: Rahul has successfully defended his MS Thesis as a part of his IPh.D. program. Congratulations Mr. Rahul Giri! All the best!

• June 02, 2020: Avishek has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis. Congratulations Dr. Avisehk Roy! All the best wishes from the Group members!

• May 08, 2020: Arindam (Maity) has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• December 31, 2019: The AB Research Group welcomes Mr. Pranay Shyamal (M.Sc. from Vidyasagar University, WB) and Mr. Debgopal Jana (M.Sc. from Vidyasagar University, WB) as Ph.D. students in the group!

• Oct. 21, 2019: Congratulations to Satyajit for the best poster award for his poster on "Asymmetric Total Syntheses of Architecturally Complex Amaryllidaceae Alkaloids" from XV-JNOST-2019 held at University of Delhi!

• October 10, 2019: Congratulations to Souvik on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar!

• October 03, 2019: Congratulations to Abhinay on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar!

• Sept. 19, 2019: Alakesh will be visiting the Dept. of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA (February 28-29, 2020) for an Invited Lecture

• September 12, 2019: Congratulations to Mintu on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar!

• August 10, 2019: Alakesh has been invited for a lecture at the Prestigious 'FloHet-2020' Conference in the Dept. of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA (March 1-4, 2020)

• August 01, 2019: The Group welcomes Mr. Abhinay Yadav as a Graduate student (MS from Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal)!

• August 01, 2019: The Group welcomes Mr. Rahul Giri as a Graduate student (MS from Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal)!

• July 26, 2019: The Group welcomes Mr. Sovan Niyogi as a Graduate student (M.Sc from Department of Chemistry, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad)!

• July 26, 2019: The Group welcomes Mr. Ayan Mondal as a Graduate student (M.Sc from Department of Chemistry, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad)!

• July 03, 2019: Avishek has given Open Seminar as a part of his Ph.D. program. He will be submitting his Ph.D. Thesis soon! All the best!

• May 31, 2019:  Congratulations to Dr. Mrinal Kanti Das for receiving Ph.D. degree in 7th Convocation of IISER Bhopal!

• May 31, 2019:  Congratulations to Mr.Abhinay Yadav for receiving MS degree in 7th Convocation of IISER Bhopal!

• May 20, 2019: Mrinal joined as a Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli in the Dept. of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA!

• May 20, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Vishal Chandel from IISER Bhopal! 

• May 17, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Ms. Harshita Meena from IISER Bhopal!

• May 17, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Debasish Mandal from IISER Bhopal!

• May 16, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Pallav Sharma from IISER Bhopal!

• May 15, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Akash Pradhan from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya!

• May 15, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Vikas Pradhan from Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya!

• May 15, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Ms. Anjali from IISER Bhopal!

• May 13, 2019: The Group welcomes summer intern student Ms. Yashly Yesudas. K from VIT ,Vellore!

• May 5, 2019: The Group welcomes Mr. Vimal Kumar as a Graduate student (MS from Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal)!

• March 28, 2019: Congratulations to Arindam on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar!

• Feb. 21, 2019: Congratulations to Rhituparna  on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar!

• Feb. 14, 2019: Congratulations to Sourav on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar!

• Feb. 07, 2019: Congratulations to Saina on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar!

• Jan. 06,  2019: Naresh joined as a Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Ahmad Masarwa in the Dept. of Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel!

• Dec. 31, 2018: The Group welcomes Mr. Souvik  Pal as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, Visva-bharati University)!

• Dec. 08, 2018: Congratulations to Avishek Roy for the best poster award on his poster on Thiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Malonate Addition from  I-DEC 2018 held at IISER Bhopal!

• Dec. 06, 2018: The Group welcomes winter intern student Mr. Arjun Rana from IISER Bhopal.

• Dec. 01, 2018: The Group welcomes winter intern student Ms. Tamannya from VNIT!

• Nov. 26, 2018: The Group welcomes winter intern student Mr. Rousan Shing from IISER Bhopal!

• Oct. 09, 2018: Congratulations to Naresh Babu and the team on their Org. Lett. Paper on Thiourea-Catalyzed Enantioselective Malonate Addition (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b02327)!

• Sept. 11, 2018: The Group welcomes Mr. Souvik  Pal as a Project student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, Visva-bharati University)!

• August 31, 2018: Congratulations to Naresh Babu for successful completion of Ph.D. defense!

• August 28, 2018: Congratulations to Mrinal for successful completion of Ph.D. defense!

• August 2, 2018: The Group welcomes Ms. Saina Shaheeda as a Graduate student (MS from Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal)!

• August 01, 2018: The AB group welcomes our new MS Project students Mr. Abhinay Yadav.

• July 26, 2018: The Group welcomes Mr. Mintu Munda as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur)!

• July 26, 2018: The Group welcomes Ms. Rhituparna Nandi as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Bidhannagar College under the West Bengal State University)!

• July 26, 2018: The Group welcomes Mr. Sourav Kundu as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, Burdwan University)!

• July 26, 2018: The Group welcomes Mr. Arindam Khatua as a Graduate student (M.Sc. from Department of Chemistry, Vidyasagar University)!

• July 23, 2018: Congratulations to Nivesh and the team on their ChemComm article on catalytic approach to hexahydro[2,3-b]-pyrroloindoline alkaloids (DOI: 10.1039/c8cc04117b)!

• July 15, 2018: Congratulations to Dr. Alakesh Bisai for the prestigious CRSI Young Scientist Award at the 23rd CRSI-NSC held at IISER Bhopal!

• July 15, 2018: Congratulations to Arindam Maity for the best poster award on his poster on synthetic approaches to the hexahydro[2,3-b]-pyrroloindoline alkaloids from 23rd CRSI-NSC held at IISER Bhopal!

• July 01, 2018: Congratulations to Mrinal and the team on their Org. Lett. Paper on total syntheses of Amaryllidaceae alkaloids (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01703)!

• June 30, 2018: Congratulations to Dr. Vishnumaya Bisai and team on their ARKIVOC article on Naturally Occurring Taiwaniaquinoids: Biosynthetic Relationships and Synthetic Approaches as an Invited Article!

• June 29, 2018: The Group welcomes Mr. Tamal Ballav from the IIEST Sibpur, WB as a Project student in SERB funded project.

• June 20, 2018: The Group welcomes Mr. Rahul Giri as a Graduate student (MS from Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal)!

• June 18, 2018: Congratulations to Naresh Babu and team on their ChemComm article on synthetic approaches to dimeric cyclotryptamine alkaloids via Cu(II)-tBu-PHOX catalysed malonate addition onto 3-hydroxy-2-oxindoles (DOI: 10.1039/c8cc04338h)!

• June 07, 2018: Dr. Amarchand Parida joined as an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in the research group of Dr. Prasenjit Mal in the School of Chemical Sciences, NISER Bhubaneswar.

• May 30, 2018: The Group welcomes Ms. Diksha Bansal from the Thapar University as a Summer Research Fellow through Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS).

• May 28, 2018: The Group welcomes Ms. Gayatri Dangi from the St. Stephen's College (Delhi Univ.) as a summer intern student.

• May 26, 2018: Congratulations to Nivesh and the team for their recent publication on "Development of Pd(0)-Catalyzed Chemoselective Deacylative Alkylation (DaA) of N-Acyl-2-oxindoles" in  J. Org. Chem. (accepted).

• May 25, 2018: Congratulations to Vishnumaya and Alakesh on their book chapter (John Wiley & Sons Ltd.) entitled 'Protecting-Group-Free Synthesis of Natural Products and Analogs, Part III' edited by Rodney A. Fernandes (Invited)!

• May 25, 2018: The Group welcomes Ms. Jaskiran Kaur from the Hindu College (Delhi Univ.) as a Summer Research Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS).

• May 22, 2018: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Snehangshu Paine from IIT Kanpur.

• May 21, 2018: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Ajay Tomar from IIT-BHU.

• May 19, 2018: The Group welcomes summer intern student Mr. Dibyaranjan Sahoo from IISER Kolkata.

• May 17, 2018: The Group welcomes summer intern students Ms. Shilpa Mary Paul and Mr. Rahul Bhuyan from IISER Berhampur.

• May 16, 2018: Congratulations to Mr. Manvendra Singh, Ms. Neha J. Hedge, and Mr. Nikhilraj Kariyandi for receiving their BS-MS dual degree in 6th Convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• May 16, 2018:  Congratulations to Dr. Nivesh Kumar, Dr. Saikat Chaudhuri, and Dr. Amarchnd Parida for receiving Ph.D. degree in 6th Convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• May 14, 2018: The Group welcomes summer intern student Ms. Kirti from IISER Mohali.

• May 13, 2018: The Group welcomes summer intern students Mr. Shiva Singh and Mr. Akhand Pratap Singh from VNIT Nagpur.

• May 12, 2018: The Group welcomes Monojit Nandi as a summer student from IISER Bhopal.

• May 04, 2018: Congratulations to Vishnumaya and Alakesh on their 'Focus Review' on 'Diels-Alder Reactions in Creating Complexity in Higher Order Isoprenoids:Proposed Biosynthesis and Biomimetic Total Syntheses' in Asian J. Org. Chem. (doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.201800158)(Invited)!

• April 16, 2018: Congratulations to Amarchand for successful completion of Ph.D. defence.

• April 14, 2018: Saikat joined as a Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli in the Dept. of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA.

• April 12, 2018: Congratulations to Satyajit on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar.

• April 10, 2018: Lakshmana joined as a Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Jakob Magolan in the Dept. of Biochemistry and Biomedical sciences, Macmaster University, Canada.

• April 05, 2018: Congratulations to Kundan on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar.

• March 08, 2018: Congratulations to Subhajit, Saikat and the team for their publication in Org. Biomol. Chem. 2018, (DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C7OB03069J).

• February 28, 2018: The Group Congratulates Alakesh on receiving research grant from the Ministry of Earth Science (MoES) under the Scheme  'Drugs from Sea' on the project entitled "Total Syntheses of Marine-Derived Sesquiterpenoids and Related Analogues for the Discovery of New Anti-Cancer  Drugs".

• Jan. 15, 2018: The group welcomes Arindam Khatua as a Project Student in a SERB sponsored project.

• Jan. 10, 2018: Alakesh will be visiting the Department of Chemistry, University of Connecticut, CT, USA on 9th March to deliver a Research Seminar (Host: Prof. Steven Suib, Director, IMS).

• Jan. 01, 2018: Nivesh joined as a Postdoc in the research group of Prof. Ahmad Masarwa in the Dept. of Chemistry, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.

• Dec. 19, 2017: Alakesh received invitation to give a Research Seminar in the Department of Chemistry, Temple University, PA, USA (Host: Prof. Eric Borguet).

• Dec. 18, 2017: Congratulations to  Saikat, Santanu, and Subhajit  for their recent publication on "Catalytic Asymmetric Formal Total Synthesis of Cycloclavine" in Chem. Commun.

• Dec. 18, 2017: Alakesh is invited to speak at the prestigious 'FloHet-2018' at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.

• Dec. 17, 2017: Alakesh received invitation to give a Research Seminar in the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Davis, CA on 22nd Feb. (Host: Prof. Dean Tantillo).

• Dec 14, 2017: Congratulations to  Avishek and the team for their recent publication on "Transition-Metal Free Oxidative Alkynylation of  2-Oxindoles with Ethynylbenziodoxolone (EBX) Reagents" in  J. Org. Chem.

• Dec. 13, 2017: Alakesh will be visiting the Department of Chemistry, University of California at Berkeley, CA to give a Research Seminar on 20th Feb. (Host: Prof. Richmond Sarpong).

• Dec 13, 2017: Congratulations to  Saikat  and the team for their recent publication on "Biomimetic Total Syntheses of Clavine Alkaloids" in Org. Lett.

• Dec. 8, 2017: Alakesh received invitation to give a Research Seminar in the Department of Chemistry, Georgetown University, Washington DC on 28th Feb. (Host: Prof. Nagarjuna Gavvalapalli).

• Dec. 01, 2017: Dr. Subhajit Bhunia has been awarded the prestigious CAS, President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) Postdoctoral Fellowship, who is currently working with Prof. Dawei Ma Group, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

• Nov 29, 2017: The group congratulates Nivesh and the team for their publication,  in the J. Ind. Chem. Soc.

• Nov 24, 2017:  We welcome our new project student  Mrityunjay  from IISER Bhopal.

• Nov 21, 2017: Congratulations to Saikat for successful completion of Ph.D. Defence and he will be received degree during 6th convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• Nov 20, 2017: Congratulations to Nivesh for successful completion of Ph.D. Defence and he will be received degree during 6th convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• Sept 14, 2017: Congratulations to Vipin on successful completion of his Graduate Seminar.

• August 2, 2017: Congratulations to Subhajit and the team for their recent publication on "Total Syntheses of  Pyroclavine, Festuclavine, Lysergol, and Isolysergol via a Catalytic Asymmetric Nitro-Michael Reaction” in Chem.- Eur. J.

• August 1, 2017: The AB research group welcomes Satyajit and Kundan as graduate students.

• July 18, 2017: Congratulations to  Lakshmana and the team for their recent publication on "FeCl3-Catalyzed Allylation Reactions onto 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles: Formal Total Syntheses of Bis-cyclotryptamine Alkaloids, (±)-Chimonanthine, and (±)-Folicanthine” in  J. Org. Chem.

• June 11, 2017: The AB group is eagerly waiting for the 'XVIII-NOST-OCC Conference', which has been scheduled on Aug. 24, 2017 at IISER Bhopal.

• June 10, 2017: The AB group welcomes our new MS Project students Manvendra, Neha and Nikhil.

• June 03, 2017: Congratulations to   Gaurav , Prathyusha & Saina for completing their MS Project work and  received degree in  5th convocation of IISER Bhopal of IISER Bhopal.

• June 01, 2017:Congratulations to  Lakshmana and the team for their recent publication on "Lewis-Acid-Catalysed Reaction of 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles with Terminal Alkynes: Synthetic Approaches to the Pyrroloindoline Alkaloids" in  Eur. J. Org. Chem.(VIP article)!

• May 28, 2017 : The Group congratulates to Gaurav  for getting offer of admission from University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA for graduate studies and wish him all the best!.

• May 25, 2017 : The Group congratulates to  Prathyusha  for getting offer of admission from University of Cincinnati, USA for graduate studies and wish her all the best!.

• May 20, 2017: We welcome our new summer project students Ashutosh Sahoo,  NISER , Bhubaneswar & Ritesh from VNIT, Nagpur.

• May 13, 2017: We welcome  Integrated Ph.D. students Pirudhan Karak & Upasana Gayen  for Lab rotation  from  IISER Bhopal.

• May 10, 2017: We welcome our new summer project students Rahul Prakash & Asim Kumar  from IISER Kolkata.

• May 07, 2017: We welcome our new summer project students Suman & Malay from IIT Kanpur.

• May 06, 2017: We welcome our new summer project students Rahul (IAS) from VNIT, Nagpur.

• Feb. 28, 2017 : The AB Group congratulates  Arindam for successful completion of his comprehensive exam!

• Jan. 19, 2017:Congratulations to  Nivesh and the team for their recent publication on "Development of Catalytic Deacylative Alkylations (DaA) of 3-Acyl-2-Oxindoles: Total Synthesis of meso-Chimonanthine and Related Alkaloids" in Chem. Commun.

• Jan. 01, 2017: The group is waiting for the 'Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet 2017' (IICM 2017)', which has been scheduled on Jan. 20-22, 2017 at IISER Bhopal.

• Dec. 26, 2016: The AB group welcomes Vipin as a graduate student!

• Dec. 21, 2016: Dr. Badrinath Kakde has been awarded the prestigious CAS, President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) Postdoctoral Fellowship, who is currently working with  Prof. Ang Li, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

• Dec. 21, 2016: Dr. Subhadip De has been awarded the prestigious CAS, President's International Fellowship Initiative (PIFI) Postdoctoral Fellowship, who is currently working with Prof. Dawei Ma Group, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry.

• Dec. 18, 2016:  Congratulations to Santanu for being offered Post-Doctoral position under Prof. Armen Zakarian , University of California,   Santa Barbara, USA. Wish him all the best!

• Dec. 16, 2016: Congratulations to  Nivesh  for receiving best poster prize at 'International Conference in Organic Synthesis 21' organized by IIT Bombay, (11th - 16th December, 2016)! 

• Dec. 14, 2016: Congratulations to  Alakesh for the recent publication in collaborative work with Dr. J. Sankar on "Zwitterionic BODIPYs with large stokes shift: small molecular biomarkers for live cells" in Chem Comm., (10.1039/C6CC09325F)!.

• Nov. 28, 2016:  Congratulations to Subhadip  and the team for their recent publication on "Synthesis of 2 Oxindoles Sharing Vicinal All-Carbon Quaternary Stereocenters via Organocatalytic Aldol Reaction" in The Journal of Organic Chemistry.,(10.1021/acs.joc.6b02195).

• Sept. 21, 2016: Congratulations to IISER Bhopal  and Alakesh for successfully conducting RSC publishing Workshop.

• Aug. 25, 2016: The AB group congratulate Gaurav & Prathyusha selected to work under Prof. Koenig's Group (University of Resensburg, Germany) for one week collaborative project.

• Aug. 22, 2016: Congratulations to Alakesh for successfully conducting short modular GIAN course on “photoredox catalysis” along with Prof. Koenig's Group (University of Resensburg,Germany).

• Aug. 02, 2016:  Welcomes Arindam and Rajib as Graduate student.

• Aug. 01, 2016:  Congratulations to Badrinath and the team for their recent publication on "FeCl3-Catalyzed Highly Efficient Nazarov Type Cyclization of Arylvinylcarbinols: Total Synthesis of Dichroanal B and Related Taiwaniaquinoids" in Chemistryselect.

• July 09, 2016: Congratulations to Santanu for receiving SERB Indo-US postdoctoral fellowship.

• June 06, 2016: Congratulations to Subhadip  and Badrinath. for their paper, Highlighted  in nature index. 

• May 31, 2016: Congratulations to Subhadip for being offered Post-Doctoral position under Prof. Dawei Ma Group, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China. Wish him all the best!

• May 30, 2016: The AB group congratulate Vaishnavi for Proficiency Medals 2016 in Chemistry Discipline for the BS-MS (Dual Degree) Programme.

• May 25, 2016: Congratulations to Badrinath and the team for their recent publication on "Total Syntheses of Taiwaniaquinol D and Taiwaniaquinone D via a key Lewis Acid-Catalyzed Nazarov Type Cyclization" in Tetrahedron Lett.

• May 16, 2016: Congratulations to Nivesh and the team for their recent publication on “Synthesis of 2-oxindoles via 'transition-metal-free' intramolecular dehydrogenative coupling (IDC) of sp2 C–H and sp3 C–H bonds” in Beilstein J. Org. Chem. (Just accepted as an invited article)!

• May 15, 2016: The AB group welcomes our new MS Project students Gaurav, Pratyusha and Saina.

• May 10, 2016: We welcome our new summer project students Kousik from IIT Kanpur, Dikshaa from VSSUT, and Shiv Pratap from IISER Bhopal.

• Mar. 30, 2016: Please see our recent publication on "Approach to Merosesquiterpenes via Lewis Acid Catalyzed Nazarov Type Cyclization: Total Synthesis of Akaol A" in Org. Lett. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6b00446). Congratulations to Badrinath and team. 

• Mar. 19, 2016: Congratulations to  Lakshmana for successful completion of PhD Defence and he will be received degree during 4th convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• Mar. 18, 2016 : The Group congratulates to Vaishnavi  for getting offer of admission from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for graduate studies and wish her all the best!.

• Mar. 17, 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Badrinath N. Kakde for being offered Post-Doctoral position under Prof. Ang Li, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China. Wish him all the best!

• Mar. 15, 2016: Congratulations to Subhajit for successful completion of PhD Defence and he will be received degree during 4th convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• Feb. 25, 2016: Congratulations to  Subhajit for being offered Post-Doctoral position under Prof. Dawei Ma Group, Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry, China. Wish him all the best!

• Feb. 22, 2016 : The Group congratulates to Mrinal and team for the publication on the "Concise Total Syntheses of (±)-Joubertiamine, (±)-O-Methyl¬joubertiamine, (±)-3′-Methoxy-4′-O-methyljoubertiamine, (±)-Mesembrane, and (±)-Crinane" which is accepted in Synthesis (DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1561583).

• Feb. 08, 2016 :  The AB group Congratulates to Subhadip for successfully defending his thesis for PhD degree and he will be received degree during 4th convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• Jan. 13, 2016 :  The AB group Congratulates to Badrinath for successfully defending his thesis for PhD degree and he will be received degree during 4th convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• Nov. 17, 2015: Congratulations to Subhadip and the team for their recent publication on "Unified Approach to the Spiro(pyrrolidinyl-oxindole) and Hexahydropyrrolo[2,3-b]indole Alkaloids: Total Syntheses of Pseudophrynamines 270 and 272A" in Org. Lett. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b03082)!

• Nov. 06, 2015: The AB group congratulates to Santanu for Eli Lilly Outstanding Thesis Award for 2015.

• Sept. 28, 2015: The AB group congratulates to Badrinath for submitting his thesis!

• Sept. 25, 2015: AB group congratulates to Santanu and team for their publication, in Chem.- Eur. J. 2015, DOI: 10.1002/chem.201502878!

• Sept. 23, 2015: Congratulations to Saikat and the team for their publication, in Synlett 2015, which is qualified for the best paper award competition by editor!

• Sept. 21, 2015: Please see our recent publication, in J. Org. Chem. 2015, DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.5b01345). Congratulations to Badrinath and team!

• Sept. 20, 2015: The AB group congratulates to Subhadip for submitting his thesis!

• Aug. 25, 2015: Congratulations to Naresh Babu and the team for their publication, in Org. Biomol. Chem. 2015, (DOI: 10.1039/C5OB01670C)!

• Aug. 01, 2015: Welcomes Avishek as Graduate student.

• July 01, 2015: The group welcomes Santanu as postdoctoral fellow.

• June 09, 2015: Welcome to Krushna in the AB Group as Summer Research Fellow from NISER Bhubaneswar.

• May 24, 2015:  The AB Group congratulates to Amarchand and the team for their publication, in Synthesis as an Invited Article 2015, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1380451!

• May 15, 2015 :  The AB group Congratulates to Santanu for successfully defending his thesis for PhD degree and he will be received degree during 3rd convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• May 01, 2015 : The group welcomes Vaishnavi as MS Project student.

• Apr. 28, 2015 : Welcome to Gourav in the Group as Summer Research Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS).

• Apr. 11, 2015 : Congratulations to Shubhashish and Raghavendra for completing their MS Project work and will be received degree during 3rd convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• Mar. 06, 2015 : Congratulations to Santanu and the team for their publication, in Org. Lett. (DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.5b00032), which is a most read article!

• Feb. 21, 2015 : The Group congratulates to Sharique for getting offer of admission from UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas for his graduate studies and wish him all the best!

• Feb. 10, 2015 : The Group congratulates to Mrinal and team for the publication,  in Org. Biomol. Chem. (DOI: 10.1039/C5OB00183H), which is a most read article!

• Jan. 02, 2015 : Congratulations to Pooja for joining in IISER Pune for her doctoral studies.

• Aug. 07, 2014 : Congratulations to Lakshmana and the team for their publication, in Org. Biomol. Chem. (DOI: 10.1039/c4ob01264j)

• June 27, 2014 : Congratulations to Pooja and Sharique for their BS-MS degree during 2nd Convocation of IISER Bhopal.

• June 18, 2014 : The Group Welcomes to Meghna as a Visiting Students from the Department of Chemistry, BHU, Varanasi.

• June 01, 2014 : Welcome to Abhishek in the Group as Summer Research Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS).

• May 19, 2014 : The Group Welcomes Aniruddh, Prathyusha, and Sachin as Undergraduate Students for their Summer Projects.

• May 12, 2014 : Shubhashish and Raghavendra officially join the group as MS project students.

• May 05, 2014 : Best wishes to Vaishnavi for joining Prof. Koenig's Group (University of Resensburg, Germany) as DAAD-WISE scholar.

• Mar. 27, 2014 : Congratulations to Saikat on successful completion of his comprehensive exam!

• Mar. 06, 2014 : The AB Group congratulates Nivesh for successful completion of his comprehensive exam!

• Dec. 19, 2013 : The AB Group congratulates Santanu and the team for publishing  in Chem. Commun. (DOI: 10.1039/C3CC49064E), which is a most read article!

• Dec. 01, 2013 : The group welcomes Shubhashish, Raghavendra, and Vaishnavi as undergraduate students for projects entitled synthetic strategies to the Amarylidaceae alkaloids and IDC approach to the 2-oxindoles!

• Nov. 20, 2013 : Congratulations to Alakesh on his promotion to Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal!

• Sept. 07, 2013 : The AB group is all set to move to the much awaited "NEW CHEMISTRY LAB" @ Bhauri Campus of the IISER Bhopal. Here comes the celebration time to the group members!

• Aug. 21, 2013 : Please see our recent publication, in Org. Biomol. Chem. (DOI: 10.1039/C3OB41482E). Congratulations to Lakshmana and the team!

• Aug. 14, 2013 : The group congratulates Subhadip and the team for their publication,  in the J. Ind. Chem. Soc. as an Invited Article.

• Jul. 30, 2013 : The AB research group welcomes Amarchand, Mrinal, and Naresh Babu as graduate students.

• July 23, 2013 : Please see our recent publication, in J. Org. Chem. (DOI: 10.1021/jo400890k). Congratulations to Subhadip and team!

• June 25, 2013 : The AB Group congratulates Sourabh and team for publishing, in the Indian Journal of Chemistry A as an Invited Article (Pdf) (Indo-German Conference)!

• May 05, 2013 : Congratulations to Sourabh for completing his MS Project work and receiving his BS-MS degree. He is going to join University of Florida for graduate studies.

• Apr. 27, 2013 : Our best wishes to Santanu for joining Prof. Koenig's Group (University of Resensburg, Germany) for two month collaborative project on 'Photocatalysis'.

• Apr. 29, 2013 : Please see our recent publication, in Organic Letters (DOI: 10.1021/ol400899e). Congratulations to Subhajit and team!

• Apr. 23, 2013 : The AB Group welcomes Sharique and Pooja as MS Project students.

• Apr. 04, 2013 : Please see our recent publication, in RSC Advance (DOI: 10.1039/C3RA41497C). Congratulations to Badrinath and team!

• Mar. 13, 2013 : AB Group congratulates Badrinath and team for the publication,  in Tetrahedron Letters (DOI: 10.1016/j.tetlet.2013.01.002)!

• Mar. 01, 2013 : Congratulations to Alakesh on receiving a research grant from the DST-SERB (FAST-TRACK), Government of India on the project entitled "Strategies and Tactics towards the Total Synthesis of Amarylidaceae Alkaloids"!

• Feb. 14, 2013 : The Group congratulates Sourabh for getting offer of admission from University of Florida for graduate studies and wishes him all the best!

• Dec. 29, 2012 : The AB Group welcomes Saikat and Nivesh as Gradute students!

• Oct. 08, 2012 : The AB Group congratulates Santanu and team for the publication,  in Organic Letters (DOI: 10.1021/ol302767w). This is one of the 5 Most-Read Article in December 2012(Pdf)!

• Sep. 28, 2012 : "Base Promoted Michael Reaction Concomitant with Alkylation of Cyclic 1,3-Dione: An Efficient Approach to 2-Substituted Vinylogous Esters" is now online in Synlett (DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1317496).  Congratulation to Subhadip and team!

• Aug. 19, 2012 : "Lewis-Acid Catalyzed Friedel-Crafts Alkylations of 3-Hydroxy-2-oxindoles: An Efficient Approach to the Core Structure of Azonazine" is now online in Chem. Commun. (DOI: 10.1039/C2CC35283D). Congratulation to Santanu and team!

• Aug. 14, 2012 : The Group congratulates Subhadip and team for the publication, online in Org. Lett. (DOI: 10.1021/ol3019677).

• Aug. 02, 2012 : The Group welcomes Suman as a Project Assiatant.

• May 23, 2012 : The Group welcomes Sourabh as a MS project students.

• May 17, 2012 : Congratulations to Alakesh on receiving a research grant from the DST-SERB, Government of India on the project entitled "Strategies and Tactics towards the Total Synthesis of Ergot Alkaloids"!

• Mar. 29, 2012 : The AB Group congratulates Subhajit for successful completion of his comprehensive exam.

• Mar. 12, 2012 : Please see our recent publication, in Tetrahedron (DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2012.03.099) as an Invited Review!

• Mar. 08, 2012 : The AB Group congratulates Lakshmana for successful completion of his comprehensive exam.

• Jan. 01, 2012 : Congratulations to Alakesh on receiving a research grant from the CSIR, New Delhi, Govt. of India on the project entitled "Organocatalysis in the Context of the Total Synthesis of Pyrroloindoline and Related Alkaloids"!

• Dec. 01, 2011 : Congratulations to Alakesh on receiving research grant from the Board of Research in Nuclear Science (BRNS), Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) on the project entitled "Strategies and Tactics towards the Total Synthesis of abeo-Abietane and Icetaxane Diterpenoids"!

• Nov. 17, 2011 : The AB Group congratulates Subhadip for successful completion of his comprehensive exam.

• Nov. 10, 2011 : The AB Group congratulates Badrinath for successful completion of his comprehensive exam.

• Nov. 03, 2011 : The AB Group congratulates Santanu for successful completion of his comprehensive exam.

• May 23, 2011 : The Group welcomes Sahil, Nikhil, Naveen, Suneet, Paramveer  and Jyothi as a summer  project students.

• May 21, 2011 : The Group welcomes Abhijeet, Pooja, Sharique and Vineet as a summer  project students.

• Dec. 28, 2010 : The Group welcomes  Lakshmana and Subhajit as Gradute students.

• July 26, 2010 : The Group welcomes Badrinath and Subhadip as Gradute students.

• Feb. 15, 2010 : The Group welcomes Santanu as Gradute student.