

Established in 1944, we are one of the oldest departments on the campus. The department has grown with strong research interests in the Physical Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Bioorganic Chemistry, Medicinal Chemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, etc.
Equipped with a state of the art instrumentation facility and research laboratories, we are counted amongst the best departments for education in Chemistry across the country.

Ph.D. Topic - Heterogeneous Catalysis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Saumi Ray,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis, Spectroscopic and Biological Evalution of Organoborane Complexes
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Dalip Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Madhushree Sarkar, Prof Rachna Sadana
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design, Synthesis, Molecular Docking and Biological Evaluation of Novel Indolyl Heterocycles as an Anti-Cancer Agents.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Dalip Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Kavita Shah
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis of N-heterocyclic compiunds and their multi-pronged applications
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Paritosh Shukla,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Strategic Design and Synthesis of Solid-state Luminescent Materials for Sensitive Detection of Analyte (Explosives in vapor phase, Acid vapors and Pressure
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Inamur Rahaman Laskar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Studies in catalytic conversion of biomass-based platforms to chemicals involving C1-reactants
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bibhas Ranjan Sarkar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Fixation of carbon dioxide and its conversion into useful chemicals via Host-Guest Heteeogenous Catalysis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Saumi Ray,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Effect of dopant on Transition metal chalcogenides for electrocatalytic water splitting
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Surojit Pande,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF NEW TRANSITION METAL PINCER COMPLEX AND THEIR APPLICATION
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anil Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Transition metal-catalyzed functionalization of indole and chromene derivatives.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anil Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Satyajit Patra,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing


Ph.D. Topic - Aggrigation induced emission Based biomarker sensing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Inamur Rahaman Laskar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anil Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis of novel N-heterocyclic compounds: their design, biological, and docking studies.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Paritosh Shukla,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Zeolite Encapsulated Transition Metal Complexes: A targeted Drug Delivery System
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Saumi Ray,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design and synthesis of Novel porphyrin based Photosensitizers
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Dalip Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Asymmetric synthesis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Indresh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - EXPERIMENTAL AND THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF NON PHOTOSYNTHETIC BIO MITIGATION OF FLUE GAS (CO2 , SOX , AND NOX ) BY CHEMOLITHOTROPHS IN BIOREACTOR SYSTEM
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Smita Raghuvanshi,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Organic Chemistry
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Paritosh Shukla,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Organic synthesis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anil Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bibhas Ranjan Sarkar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Exploring the potential of waste Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP) for sustainable solutions: Scope & Applications
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Indresh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Radha Raman Mishra,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Heterogeneous catalysis driven by zeolite and zeolite encapsulated metal complexes for wastewater treatment.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Saumi Ray,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - ‘Functional Luminescent Complex for Cost-Effective Analyte Sensing and Polymer Synthesis for Tunable White-Light Emission’
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Inamur Rahaman Laskar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Sakhuja,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Deepak Chitkara,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Sakhuja,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H activation of Diazaheterocycles
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Sakhuja,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis and functionalization of peptides
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Sakhuja,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Kiran bajaj
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Paritosh Shukla,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bharti Khungar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis and C-H Funtionalization of heterocyclic molecules via ball-milling
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anil Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Electrochemical approach towards the synthesis of carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom bond formations: Selective synthesis of bioactive compounds
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Indresh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Sakhuja,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Organocatalyzed asymmetric synthesis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Indresh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Sythesis and characterisation of Single atom catalyst on cobalt based nanomaterials for Electrocatalytic water splitting reaction
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Surojit Pande,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Pritam Kumar Jana,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design and utility of ion-tagged compounds for chemosensing and catalysis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bharti Khungar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Madhushree Sarkar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Madhushree Sarkar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Inamur Rahaman Laskar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing


Ph.D. Topic - Study in sustainable catalytic routes for CO2-utilization using polyols.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Bibhas Ranjan Sarkar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis and Application of Glycoconjugate-Based Amphiphilic Metallosurfactants.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Ajay Kumar Sah,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis and application of ditopic ligands and their metal complexes in chemosensing and catalysis.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Ajay Kumar Sah,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Investigation of chalcogen bonding interaction, R-Ch•••X (Ch = S, Se; X = O, S, I, Br) using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Shamik Chakraborty,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Satyajit Patra,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Probing the nature of intermolecular Se-H···B (B = O, N, and Se) hydrogen bonding interactions and C-X···Se (X = Br and I) halogen bonding interactions using matrix isolation infrared spectroscopy.
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Shamik Chakraborty,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis of versatile and robust carboxylate-based metal organic frameworks (MOFs) and their applications in catalysis and sensing
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Madhushree Sarkar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis of D-glucose derived glycoconjugates and their applications in molecular recognition and catalysis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Ajay Kumar Sah,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Orgaocatalytic approach towards the asymmetric /Non-asymmertical synthesis of N-heterocyclic compounds
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Indresh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Utilization of propargylic/cyclic-imines for the synthesis of Nitrogen-heterocycles and and their photophysical studies
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Indresh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Bharti Khungar,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Indresh Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design and synthesis of iridium(III) based AIE active MOFs
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Inamur Rahaman Laskar,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design and Synthesis of Stimuli responsive systems for biomedical applications
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Partha Sarathi Addy ,
Co. Supervisor -
Rajdeep Chowdhury,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Design, Synthesis and Biological activity of indolyl heterocycles as potent anti-cancer agents
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Dalip Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Rajeev Sakhuja,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Indium Based Ternary Metal Chalcogenides Hybrid Nanostructured Photoelectrodes for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting Reaction
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Mrinmoyee Basu,
Co. Supervisor -
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing

Ph.D. Topic - Synthesis and functionalization of imidazoheterocycles via transition metal catalyzed CH activation
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Dr. Anil Kumar,
Co. Supervisor -
Dr. Anil Kumar,
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing






Ph.D. Topic - Promoting Women Entrepreneurship in Indian Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME’s) - An Empirical Analysis
Ph.D. Supervisor -
Prof. R Raghunathan ,
Co. Supervisor -
DAC Members - Prof. Jyoti & Prof. Leela Rani
Ph.D. Status - Ongoing
BITS Pilani offers one of the best laboratory facilities to enable the faculty and students to perform high quality research. In addition to research, the faculty is also involved in performing experiments for the consultancies. The following is the list of well equipped laboratories:

🌊 Call for Junior Research Fellow (JRF) —Department of Civil Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus 🌿

Admission to the Ph.D Programme (Full-time and Part-time) in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad Campuses of BITS Pilani for Second Semester, Academic Year 2025-26 is now open.
Admission to the Ph.D. Program (Full-time and Part-time) in the Department of Chemistry at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, for the First Semester, Academic Year 2025-26 is now open. Deadline is 29th April, 2025.
Newsletter, 2024 of Chemistry Department, Pilani Campus is available here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19PmKEaV0J_iqD_7sGj0pi0U7uJsIMwws/view?usp=sharing
Admission to the Ph.D. Program (Full-time and Part-time) in the Department of Chemistry at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, for the Second Semester, Academic Year 2024-25 is now open.
Prof. Akhil Sahoo, University of Hyderabad and Prof. Akhilesh Verma, Delhi University visited the department on September 6, 2024, and delivered talks in the event of Half-a-day Lecture Series.

Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Satyajit Patra for receiving the prestigious Scientific High-Level Visiting Fellowship (SSHN)

Welcome to Mr. Afraz Roshan from Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) in Kochi, Kerala. He joins our Chemistry Department as a summer intern under the Scientific Social Responsibility (SSR) program, sponsored by the SERB-SRG (ANRF) project of Prof. Satyajit Patra

Dr Mrinmoyee Basu has been selected for the prestigious hashtag INSA Young Associates Award

Special Drive for JRF Recruitment in the PhD program:a walk-in interview on September 16, 2023.
Dr Mrinmoyee Basu has been selected for the prestigious hashtag INSA Young Associates Award
15 May, 2024Special Drive for JRF Recruitment in the PhD program:a walk-in interview on September 16, 2023.
11 September, 2023Welcome Dr. Nitika Grover in the Department of Chemistry.
1 August, 2023Congratulation to Prof. Indresh Kumar for receiving the CRSI Bronze Medal 2024.
1 August, 2023One JRF/Project Associate-I position is available in the group of Dr. Partha Sarathi Addy
1 August, 2023Head, Department of Chemistry Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani 333031, Rajasthan (India)
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