Reflecting Excellence in Scientific Innovation
We gratefully acknowledge research support from DST, SERB, CSIR, DRDO, and IIT Delhi. These grants sustain our programme in synthetic organic chemistry, photoredox catalysis, medicinal chemistry, and functional materials, and enable us to carry fundamental discoveries through to technologies and sustainable solutions with real-world impact.
Ongoing & Previous Projects
2025-2026
Integrated photochemical and microbial strategies for the degradation of microplastics and nanoplastics in water systems, IITD-KU MFIRP
2022-2025
Visible light mediated organic functionalization using photoredox and copper catalysis, CSIR (PI)
2021-2024
Visible light photocatalysis in heterocycle synthesis and functionalization, DST- SERB (PI)
2018-2021
Development of a point-of-care (POC) diagnostic panel for rapid detection and stratification of bacterial septicemia in critically ill patients, DST Nanomission (Co- PI)
2019-2022
Synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials for thermoelectric applications, DST Women Scientist
2018-2020
Design and Synthesis of Quinoline as antidiabetic agents, CSIR-RAship
2017-2019
Visible light photoredox catalysis with semi-conductor nanocrystals: Application in Organic Synthesis, IIT Delhi-IRD (PI)
2017-2020
Thio-click approach for the synthesis of stable glycomimetics and chiral oxathiacrown ethers, DST, Indo-Hungary (PI)
2015-2017
Conjugates and analogues of antiviral compound AUY11, Indo-Russia, DST-RFBR (PI)
2014-2017
Transition-metal assisted C-H activation approaches to hetero (aromatic) systems,CSIR (PI)
2011-2014
Organic Synthesis in Task-Specific Ionic Liquids catalyzed by transition-metal nanoparticles, DST-Fast Track (PI)
2010-2012
Applications of ionic liquids in synthesis and catalysis, IIT Delhi-IRD (PI)
2010-2011
Formation and bio-efficacy evaluation of water-dispersible organic nanoparticles, Planning Unit, IIT Delhi
2009-2011
Preparation of nanoparticles of curcumin and evaluation of their bio-efficacy, DRDO, (PI)
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