The Banerjee Research Group
Supramolecular and Functional Organic Materials Lab
Department of Chemical Sciences
IISER Kolkata
Current Members
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Dr. Sharanabasava D. Hiremath (Research Associate, CEFIPRA Project)
Ph.D. BITS Pilani K K Birla Goa
Joined the group in July, 2023
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Sourav Kumar Panda (PhD Student, SRF, UGC)
M.Sc. Vidyasagar University
Joined the group in January, 2021
Nitish Kumar (PhD Student, SRF, CSIR)
M.Sc. NIT Patna
Joined the group in August, 2021
Antara De (PhD Student, Institute-JRF)
M.Sc. Kalyani University
Joined the group in December 2022
Souvik Ghosh (PhD Student, JRF, UGC)
M.Sc. IIT Kanpur
Joined the group in July 2024
Sumanta Mondal (PhD Student)
M.Sc. Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara
Joined the group in July 2025
Sarthak Kakkad (BS-MS, IISER Kolkata)
Joined the group in June 2025
Alumni
Dr Shubhra Kanti Bhaumik
M. Sc. Vidyasagar University
Ph.D. IISER Kolkata (August 2022)
Thesis: Aqueous Supramolecular Assemblies from Organic Chromophores: Emission Control, Bio-analyte Detection, and Light Harvesting
Current position: Post-doctoral Researcher in Prof. Raz Jelinek group, Ben Gurion University, Israel
Dr. Rakesh Biswas
M.Sc. West Bengal State University
Ph.D. IISER Kolkata (July 2023)
Thesis: Luminescent Functional Materials from Bio-anion Induced Co-assemblies of Chromophoric Amphiphiles
Current position: Post-doctoral Researcher in Prof. Hyung-il Lee group, University of Ulsan, South Korea
Susmit Som
BS-MS, IISER Kolkata (2023-24)​
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at University of Montreal, Canda
Sudip Ghoshal
BS-MS, IISER Kolkata (2023-24)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at University of Muenster, Germany
Dr. Sagnik De
Institute Post-Doc, June-August, 2024
Sukanya Chakraborty
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Nabamita Dawn
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Rumen Pal
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Sk Ariyan
Summer Intern (May-July, 2024)
Richeek Sarkar
Institute JRF (2023-24)
Rohit Kumar
BS-MS (IISER Kolkata 2022-23)
Current position: Pursuing PhD at the University of Bordeaux
Sanat Kumar
MS Project (2021-22)
Current position: Pursuing PhD at IIT Kanpur
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Dhananjoy Maity
SERB-JRF (2019-2021)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at CBMR, Lucknow
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Anubhab Roy
MS Project (2019-20)
Yoti Shankar Patra
MS Project (2018-19)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar
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Surya Ghosh
MS Project (2018-19)
Current Position: Working in Asian Paints
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Arya Mukherjee
MS Project (2018-19)
Sutanu Mukhopadhyay
Summer Project (May-July, 2019)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at SNBNCBS, Kolkata
Shubhradip Guchait
Summer Project (May-July, 2019)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at University of Strasbourg, France
Pritam Kumar Pain
Guest Student (June-July, 2019)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at IISER Bhopal
Swapnil Mukherjee
Winter Project (November-December, 2018)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at Ohio State University, USA
Jhilik Dutta
Winter Project (December, 2018)
Current position: Pursuing PhD at IISER Kolkata
Saikat Mandal
Summer Project (May-July, 2018)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at Ohio State University, USA
Anubhav Kumar
MS Project (2017-18)
Current Position: Pursuing PhD at IISER Tirupathi
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Anindita Bhattacharya
SERB-JRF (2017-18)