Prof. Mangalampalli Ravikanth
Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Powai, Mumbai - 400 076, India.
Telephone : (+91-22) Off. 25767176
Home : 25768176, 25725135
Fax : (+91-22) 5783480
E-mail: ravikanth@chem.iitb.ac.in
Mangalampalli Ravikanth was born in India in 1966. He received his B. Sc. And M.Sc. degree from Osmania University, Hyderabad, and PhD from IIT Kanpur, in 1994. After his postdoctoral studies in USA and Japan, he joined the faculty of chemistry at IIT-Bombay, where he is currently a full professor. He was Head of the department from 2021-2024. His current research includes porphyrin and related macrocycles. He has received many prestigious awards in his career.
The Team
Dr. Kanhu Charan Behera
Post-doc
Kanhu is a enthusiastic hard working postdoc who is interested in designing luminescent probe for chemosensor application, supramolecular interaction, development of boron dipyrromethene receptor for co-ordination chemistry and molecular recognition.
Dr. Abani Sarkar
Post-doc
Abani is a dedicated postdoc scholar working
in the field of fluorescent boron dipyrromethene dyes. He likes to play cricket and musical instruments in free time.
Gurpreet Kaur
IPDF
Gurpreet is a calm and composed student who is hosted by the prestigious PMRF fellowship. She is working on contracted porphyrinoid like triphyrins and dipyrromethane metal complexes. Her hobbies include reading books and traveling.
Shubham Tiwari
5th year PhD student
Shubham is from sultanpur, Uttar Pradesh currently working on benzene incorporated expanded porphyrinoids. Outside of lab you can find him either playing chess or reading a book.
Vratta Grover
5th year Phd student
Vratta is a 4th year Phd, student who is from Sirsa, Haryana. She is interested in exploring core modiefied porphyrinoids especially norroles and expanded corroles. She is a foodie interested in traveling, and reading books.
Pooja Varak
4th year Phd student
Pooja is the only day scholar in our group. She is also hosted by the prestigious PMRF fellowship. She is interested in exploring the chemistry of carbaporphyrinoids. Outsided lab she is interested in gardening, cooking, and painting.
Neha Tripathi
4th year Phd student
Neha is the night owl in our lab who works on the synthesis and studies of phenothiazine-embedded porphyrinoids. She loves listening to music, watching drama and travelling.
Pinky Chauhan
4th year Phd student
Pinky is from Mathura, who did her masters at IIT Guwahati. She is currently interested in designing and synthesising open-chain pyrrole-based ligands and their coordination complexes. Outside the lab, she is interested in travelling.
Akrti Sharma
3rd year Phd student
Akrti is a newly joined PhD Student who is currently working on the synthesis of functionalized triphyrins. She is interested in travelling, playing chess and reading non-fiction books.
Debendra Tewary
2nd year PhD
Debendra is a new Phd student joined our lab via Monash program. His research is focused on synthesis of nitrated highly reactive compounds. His hobbies include playing cricket, chess and travelling..
Debasish Mandal
2nd year PhD
I am Debashish from the small village of Purulia, West Bengal. My research journey focuses on the synthesis and characterization of open chain pyrrole-based chromophores.
Sukhendar Sahani
1st year PhD
My name is Sukhendar Sahani, and I am a PhD student at IIT Bombay. I hail from Bardhaman District in West Bengal. I completed my B.Sc. from Bardhaman University and obtained my M.Sc. from IIT Bombay. Currently, I am exploring the colourful chemistry of Porphycene.
Jyoti Ranjan Kabi
1st year PhD
I am Kabi hailing from Bhubaneswar,Odisha. My research interests focus on synthesis of norroles, and exploring its chemistry. Apart from my work my hobbies are playing badminton, cricket, reading short stories.
Ajay Kumar Meena
1st year PhD
I'm Ajay from Jaipur, Rajasthan. I completed my master's degree at IIT Indore. I have a passion for cars and enjoy watching automotive-related videos in my free time.
Currently, I am working on the design and synthesis of pyrrole-based ligands and their coordination chemistry