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. 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.
Dr. Mohammad Salman
IPDF
Salman is a sincere postdoctoral fellow with an outstanding knowledge in organic synthesis. Currently, he is working on thiophene and pyrrole based porphynoids. His hobbies are running, watching web-series and reading novels
Dr. Shubham Tiwari
I-PDF
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
3rd 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 Debasish from Purulia, West Bengal. My research journey focuses on the design and synthesis of pyrrole-based fluorescent molecules and their applications in material science and biology
Jyoti Ranjan Kabi
2nd 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.
Anasuya Maji
2nd year PhD
My name is Anasuya, and I am from Purulia, West Bengal. I completed my MSc. from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. Currently, I am engaged in exploring the chemistry of triphyrins. In addition to my academic pursuits, I enjoy listening to music and reading fiction.
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.