People

PB Group

Prof. Prabal Banerjee

Prabal Banerjee received his M. Sc. degree in chemistry from The University of Burdwan in 1998. After that he joined Prof. Ganesh Pandey’s Group at National Chemical Laboratory Pune and earned his Ph. D. in 2005. Later he worked as postdoctoral fellow in the RWTHAachen University, Germany and Purdue University, USA. He joined Indian Institute of Technology Ropar as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry in 2010. He is now associate professor in Chemistry Department.

 

Prabal Banerjee (prabal@iitrpr.ac.in)
CV


The Banerjee Group

IMG-20240502-WA0002

Postdoctoral Researcher

007A2969

Dr. Sumit Kumar Rastogi

Sumit joined the group in June 2024 and is working as  Project Research Scientist-II.

He received his PhD from CSIR – Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow, UP, India (CSIR-SRF). Before joining the group he worked as a Post-Doc in SNIoE, Delhi NCR.

Email: ratogisumitkumar1995@gmail.com

Ph.D. Students

IMG_0524

Neeraj Yadav

Neeraj joined the group in September 2020 and currently working as a Senior Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from Allahabad University (Uttar Pradesh, India) in 2019.

Email: neeraj.20cyz0014@iitrpr.ac.in

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/view/neerajyadav97/home

_MG_7648_edited

Nakshatra Banerjee

Nakshatra joined the group in January 2021 and currently working as a Senior Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from Jadavpur University (West Bengal, India) in 2020.

Email: nakshatra.20cyz0024@iitrpr.ac.in

IMG_0570

 Shiv Dutt 

Shiv joined the group in August 2021 and currently working as a Prime Minister Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from DAV College, Panjab University (Chandigarh, India) in 2019.

Email: shiv.21cyz0006@iitrpr.ac.in

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/iitrpr.ac.in/shivdutt

299301540_462792549033740_5639287024694762895_n.webp

Vikas Kale

Vikas joined the group in July 2022 and currently working as a Prime Minister Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from Savitribai Phule Pune University (Maharastra, India) in 2020.

Email: kale.22cyz0004@iitrpr.ac.in

Webpage: https://sites.google.com/iitrpr.ac.in/vikaskale

Adobe_Express_20220819_2110070.4148037598880361-removebg-preview (4)_1

Rohan Bag

Rohan joined the group in July 2022 and currently working as a Senior Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from IIT(ISM) Dhanbaad (Jharkhand, India) in 2021.

Email: rohan.22cyz0007@iitrpr.ac.in

WhatsApp Image 2024-07-08 at 23.08.48

Neelam

Neelam joined the group in July 2023 and currently working as a Senior Research Fellow.

She received her M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from IIT Roorkee (Uttarakhand, India) in 2022.

Email: neelam.23cyz0004@iitrpr.ac.in

Chandan Laru

Chandan joined the group in July 2023 and currently working as a Senior Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from Visva-Bharati University (West Bengal, India) in 2022.

Email: chandan.23cyz0009@iitrpr.ac.in

WhatsApp Image 2024-07-08 at 20.59.37

Umesh

Umesh joined the group in January 2024 and currently working as a Junior Research Fellow.

She received her M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from Maharshi Dayanand University (Haryana, India) in 2021.

Email: umesh.23cyz0030@iitrpr.ac.in

IMG_2635

Pallavi

Pallavi joined the group in January 2025 and currently working as a Junior Research Fellow.

She received her M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from Mukand Lal National College, Yamuna Nagar (Haryana, India) in 2022.

Email: pallavi.24cyz0026@iitrpr.ac.in

1000036339

Mahendra Singh Solanki

Mahendra joined the group in July 2025 and currently working as a Junior Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from IIT Ropar, Punjab in 2025.

Email: 2023cys1004@iitrpr.ac.in

IMG-20250510-WA0038 (1)

Vasu Dev

Vasu dev joined the group in July 2025 and currently working as a Junior Research Fellow.

He received his M. Sc. degree in Chemistry from NIT Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in 2024.

Email: vasu.25cyz0007@iitrpr.ac.in

M.Sc. Students

IMG-20250804-WA0042 (1)

Mehak 

Mehak has joined the group in July 2025, as a M.Sc. research trainee. She received the B.Sc. degree from Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

IMG-20250831-WA0007

Harjot Singh Ghuman

Harjot has joined the group in July 2025, as a M.Sc. research trainee. He received the B.Sc. degree from Panjab University, Punjab.