Group members

 

Prof. Dr. Prasun K. Mandal

Professor

  • Designation

    Principal Investigator

  • email

    prasunchem@iiserkol.ac.in

Dr. Arijit Saha

National Post-Doctoral Fellow (NPDF).
After completing doctoral research at Pondicherry University, India, Arijit joined the group during April 2022.
Currently working on photoluminescent crystals.

  • Designation

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    arijit.pdf@iiserkol.ac.in

Dr. Manjeev Singh

Post-doctoral Researcher.
After completing doctoral research at Central University of Kerala joined the group during February 2023.
Currently working on photoluminescent crystals.

  • Designation

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    manjeevsingh.pdf@iiserkol.ac.in

Dr. Jugal Kishore Rai Deka

CSIR RA (Post-doctoral Researcher).
After completing post-doctoral research at JNCASR Bangalore, joined the group during August 2024.
He completed his doctoral research with the same professor.
Currently working on fluorophores for cell organelle specific bioimaging.

  • Designation

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    jugal29@iiserkol.ac.in

Swarnali Ghosh

Senior Research Fellow (INSPIRE).
After finishing M.Sc. from Burdwan University joined the group during August 2017.
She secured third rank in M.Sc. in Burdwan University.
Currently working on toxic metal free semiconductor quantum dots.

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    sg17rs041@iiserkol.ac.in

Soumen Mukherjee

Senior Research Fellow (INSPIRE).
Joined our research group during August 2019.
Currently working on perovskite nanocrystals.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    sm19rs018@iiserkol.ac.in

Mainak Ghosal

Prime Minister Research Fellow (PMRF) after becoming Junior Research Fellow (CSIR).
After finishing M.Sc. from IIT Kanpur joined our research group during August 2021.
Currently working on perovskite nanocrystals.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher (PMRF)

  • email

    mg21rs004@iiserkol.ac.in

Sukumar Mardanya

Junior Research Fellow (INSPIRE).
After finishing M.Sc. from IIT Bhubaneswar, joined our research group during January 2022.
Currently working on photoluminescent crystals.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    sm21rs103@iiserkol.ac.in

Rahul Debnath

Junior Research Fellow (UGC).
After finishing B.Sc. from R.K. Mission V.C. College, Rahara in 2020 and M.Sc. from Kalyani University in 2022,
joined our research group during August 2023.
Currently working on fluorophores for cell organelle specific bioimaging.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    rd23rs054@iiserkol.ac.in

Sourav Dey

Junior Research Fellow (UGC).
After finishing MSc from West Bengal State University in 2022, joined our group during January 2024.
Currently working on perovskite nanocrystals.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    sd23rs093@iiserkol.ac.in

Swagata Das

Junior Research Fellow (IISER Kolkata).
After finishing MSc from Calcutta University, joined our group during August 2024.
Currently working on toxic metal free quantum dots.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    sd24rs001@iiserkol.ac.in

Sandip Haldar

Junior Research Fellow (INSPIRE).
After finishing MSc from Sidho Kano Birsha University in 2022, joined our group during August 2024.
Currently working on perovskite nanocrystals.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    sh24rs045@iiserkol.ac.in

Aniket Kapri

Junior Research Fellow (INSPIRE).
After finishing BSc from Midnapore college and MSc from IIT Bhubaneswar in 2024, joined our group during January 2025.
Currently working on toxic metal free perovskites.

 

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    ak24rs077@iiserkol.ac.in

x

MS Thesis Student. Currently working on Y.

 

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    @iiserkol.ac.in

Anup Ghosh

He was UGC Fellow (JRF-SRF).Submitted and defended his Thesis entitled: "Optical Spectroscopic investigation of nanoscopic environment in neat room temperature ionic liquids and in presence of dissolved solutes" during May, 2015.

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    NA

  • Current position

    Assistant Professor at Bose Institute, Kolkata, India.

Tanmay Chatterjee

He was CSIR Fellow (JRF-SRF).Submitted and defended his Thesis entitled: "Understanding Optical Behaviour of Green Fluorescent Protein through It's Chromophore Analogues" during May, 2016.

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    tanmacha@gmail.com

  • Current Position

    Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of Michigan, USA

Ananya Das

She was CSIR Fellow (JRF-SRF).Submitted and defended her Thesis entitled: "Optical Behaviour of Carbon Dot:Spectral, Dynamical and Structural Aspects" during September, 2018.

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    ad12rs041@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current Position

    Post-Doctoral Researcher at Rochester University, USA

Debjit Roy

He was CSIR Fellow (JRF-SRF).Submitted and defended his Thesis entitled: "Understanding Optical Behaviour of CdSe based Core/Gradient-Alloy-Shell/Shell Quantum Dots through Ultrafast Dynamics and Single Particle Spectroscopy"
during November, 2018.

  • Designation

    Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    dr12rs044@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current Position

    Post-Doctoral Researcher at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), USA

Chayan K. De

He was INSPIRE Fellow (JRF-SRF).Submitted and defended his Thesis entitled: "Understanding Optical Behaviour of InP Based Core Alloy Shell QDs through Ultrafast Dynamics and Single Particle Spectroscopy" during July, 2020.

  • Designation

    Integrated PhD student

  • email

    ckd12ip019@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current Position

    Post-Doctoral Researcher at Sloan Kettering Institute, USA

Mrinal Mandal

He was a CSIR Fellow (JRF-SRF). Submitted and defended his Thesis entitled: "Optical Spectroscopy of Meta-Fluorophores " during September, 2021.

  • Designation

    Integrated Ph.D. student

  • email

    mm13ip017@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current Position

    Post-Doctoral Researcher at Ecole Normale Superieuere (ENS) Paris, France

Saptarshi Mandal

After finishing B.Sc. from Narendrapur Ramakrishna Mission joined the institute as an I. Ph.D. student.
After finishing M.S. Thesis joined the group for Doctoral research during August 2016.
Submitted and defended his Thesis entitled: "Exploring Optical Behaviour of All Inorganic Perovskite Nanocrystals through Ultrasensitive Single Particle Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Dynamics" during February, 2022

  • Designation

    Integrated Ph.D. student

  • email

    sm14ip023@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current Position

    Post-Doctoral Researcher at The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA.

Dr. Venkatesh Gude

Finished his Ph.D. from Silchar University (Central University). He was the topper in M.Sc. from Silchar University.
He was in the group during 2014-2016. Worked on Carbon dot photoluminescence.

  • Designation

    Post-Doctoral Researcher

  • email

    venkatesh.gude@gmail.com

  • Current Position

    Post-Doctoral Researcher at IIT-KGP

Tapan Routh

Finished B.Sc. from Belur Ramakrishna Mission. Finished M.S. Thesis from the group.

  • Designation

    I.Ph.D. Student

  • email

    routh.tapan311@gmail.com

  • Current position

    At IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India.

Avinash Kumar

Finished his MS Thesis in 2014. Recipient of Young India Fellowship.

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    aviiiser@gmail.com

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, USA.

Aswin Vijay A

Finished his MS Thesis in 2015.

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    aswinfb@gmail.com

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany.

Subha Jana

Finished his MS Thesis in 2016.

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    subha@ualberta.ca

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the University of Alberta, Canada.

Kaushalendra Kumar

Finished his MS Thesis in 2017.

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    kaushalbaba1364@gmail.com

  • Current position

    NA

Subhrakanti Das

Finished his MS Thesis in 2018.

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    subhrakantidas1995@gmail.com

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the Pennsylvanis State University, USA.

Anubhav Chakraborty

Finished his MS Thesis in 2018.

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    anubhav2694@gmail.com

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the University of Arizona, USA.

Arindam Konar

Finished his MS Thesis in 2019.

 

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    ak14ms179@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the .

Parag Das

Finished his MS Thesis in 2020.

 

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    pd15ms160@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the University of Florida .

Anjali Verma

Finished her MS Thesis in 2021.

 

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    av16ms130@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the University of .

Ankit Basak

Finished his MS Thesis in 2021.

 

  • Designation

    MS Thesis Student

  • email

    ab16ms056@iiserkol.ac.in

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the MIT, USA .

Bibudha Parasar

Infrequent member of the laboratory.

  • Designation

    BS-MS Student

  • email

    bibudha2003rta@gmail.com

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the Cornell University, USA.

Alok Bharati

Alok was from Photonics Institute of Cochin University (CUSAT).

  • Designation

    Summer/Winter Trainee

  • email

    alokbharti2007@gmail.com

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Saheli Karmakar

Saheli was an M. Sc. student from West Bengal State University.

  • Designation

    Summer/Winter Trainee

  • email

    NA

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the Shiv Nadar University, India.

Sohini Mukherjee

Sohini was B.Sc. Student from Presidency University. She Was JBNSTS Fellow.

  • Designation

    Summer/Winter Trainee

  • email

    NA

  • Current position

    Pursuing M.Sc. in IIT Madras, India.

Somnath Das

Somnath has been an M.Sc. student from IIT Indore.

  • Designation

    Summer/Winter Trainee

  • email

    NA

  • Current position

    Doctoral researcher at the IIT Indore, India.