Functional Materials Laboratory
IISER Bhopal
ALUMNI
PhD Students
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Dr. Sujoy Bandyopadhyay
PhD Thesis (February, 2018)
Current Position: Assistant Professor in Dept. of Chemistry at Indrashil University, Gujarat
Dr. Waseem Hussain
PhD Thesis (November, 2019)
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Michigan, United States
Dr. Pragyan Pallavi
PhD Thesis (April, 2019)
Current Position: Chemistry Tutor at TG Campus, Mumbai
Dr. Bahadur Sk
PhD Thesis (December, 2020)
Current Position: Postdoctoral Fellow at The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
Dr. Subhankar Kundu
PhD Thesis (September, 2022)
Current Position: Postdoctoral research scholar at Hoxworth Blood Center, Research Division, College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
Dr. Shilpi Jaiswal
PhD Thesis (March, 2024)
Current position: To be updated soon
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Dr. Arkaprabha Giri
PhD Thesis (April, 2023)
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech, United States
Dr. Aniket Sahoo
PhD Thesis (June, 2024)
Current position: Staff scientist at Exposome
Dr. Tapas Kumar Dutta
PhD Thesis (December, 2024)
Current position: To be updated soon
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Dr. Madhurima Sarkar
PhD Thesis (March, 2025)
Current position: Postdoctoral fellow at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India
Master's Students
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Khushi Luvani
MS Project (2024-2025)
Current position: To be updated soon
Vishal Ghule
MS Project (2024-2025)
Current position: To be updated soon
Tapolabdha Lodh
MS Project (2023-2024)
Current position: Joining Ph.D. at University of Texas (Dallas), US
Dhanashri Rathod
MS Project (2022-2023)
Current position: Ph.D. at Arizona State University, United States
Swarna Naidu
MS Project (2021-2022)
Current position: Ph.D. at University of Wollongong, Australia
Ajay Sah
MS Project (2021-2022)
Current position: Ph.D. at Michigan State University
Yashna Khakre
MS Project (2020-2021)
Current Position: Ph.D. at University of Southern California
Abir Dutta
MS Project (2020-2021)
Current Position: PO at Panjab National Bank
Mr. Samarth Sharma
MS Project (2018-2019)
Current Position: IIM Lucknow
Subha Biswas
MS Project (2018-2019)
Current Position: Ph.D. at IISc Bangalore
Prime Minister's Research Fellow
Kuldeep Singh
MS Project (2017-2018)
Current Position: Chemist officer (class II) at MPPGCL Jabalpur
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Saurabh Khodia
MS Project (2016-2017)
Current Position: Ph.D. at IIT Hyderabad
Myla Pradeep Kumar
MS Project (2016-2017)
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Amith G Anil
MS Project (2015-2016)
Ph.D.: IISc Banglore
Current Position: Post-doc at Momentive Performance Materials
Jesna Louis
MS Project (2015-2016)
Current Position: Ph.D. at CUSAT, Kerela
Sahiba Naqvi
MSc Project (2024-2025)
Current position: To be updated soon
Shradha V T K
MS Project (2023-2024)
Current position: Ph.D. at University of Florida, US
Shibashis Nayak
MS Project (2022-2023)
Current position: Ph.D. at University of Strasbourg, France
Isha Rawal
MS Project (2021-2022)
Current position: Chemistry tutor at Futuregenic Education, Nadiad, Gujarat
Soumyanil Adhikary
MS Project (2021-2022)
Current position: Ph.D. at Penn State University
Prashant Anand
MS Project (2020-2021)
Current Position: Ph.D. at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Biswajit Behera
MS Project (2019-2020)(Proficiency Gold Medal)
Current Position: Ph.D. at IISER Pune
Niraj Nitish Patil
MS Project (2019-2020)
Current Position: Ph.D. at University of Limerick, Ireland
Arkaprava Chowdhury
MS Project (2018-2019)
Current Position: Ph.D. at IIT Bombay
Prime Minister's Research Fellow
Jummana Hasin M
MS Project (2018-2019)
Current Position: Ph.D. at IISER Tirupati
Sarvesh Kumar
MS Project (2017-2018)
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Palak Ahir
MS Project (2016-2017)
Current position: Ph.D. at Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
Arundhati Deshmukh
MS Project (2015-2016)
Ph.D.: University of California, Los Angeles
Current Position: Post-doc at Stanford University
Anto James
MS Project (2015-2016)
Current Position: Ph.D. at IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Ravendra G
MS Project (2013-2014)
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Yale University, United States
Post-doctoral fellows
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Dr. Nishesh Kumar Gupta
SERB-NPDF (2024-2025)
Current Position: Postdoctoral fellow at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Dr. Suprabhat Sarkar
Post-doc. Fellow (2021-23)
Current Position: At Reliance Industries Ltd., Vadodara
Dr. Jyotsana Pathak
SERB-NPDF
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Dr. Virendra Kumar
Post-doc. Fellow (2016-19)
Current Position: Dr. D.S. Kothari Post-doctoral Fellow​
Background courtesy: Mr. Rajesh Dey