Rambabu Dandela Group

RD GROUP

Organic Synthesis and Chemical Biology

GROUP MEMBERS

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Kenguva Gowtham

Dr. Gowtham earned his Ph.D. in chemistry from Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai in 2025. His research expertise includes “Synthesis and characterization of novel molecular adducts for BCS Class II and IV drugs to enhance its Aqueous solubility and Intestinal permeability”, “Handling sophisticated Instruments like Single-Crystal XRD and its structure solution”, and also “Electrocatalysis and its applications in converting Waste to Wealth”. He is currently working on a DRDO sponsored project  entitled “Development of Novel Energetic Co-crystals for Application in Insensitive Munitions”

Ph.D Scholars

Vishal S. Dodke

Mr. Vishal S. Dodke received M.Sc. degree in Organic Chemistry from Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune) in 2010. He qualified ICT Ph.D. entrance examination conducted by ICT-Mumbai and he joined as a Ph.D. fellow under Dr. Rambabu Dandela in September 2023. His research interests include efficient synthetic methods, and small molecule drugs and their analogues.
Email: [email protected]

Jayshree Nandkumar Solanke

Ms. Jayshree Nandkumar Solanke completed her M.Sc. degree with a specialization in Inorganic Chemistry in 2021 from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. She worked as Research Trainee at Symbol Discovery Ltd., Hyderabad. She qualified ICT Ph.D. entrance examination conducted by ICT-Mumbai. Afterward, she joined as a Ph.D. fellow under Dr. Rambabu Dandela in in February 2024. Her research is based on the synthesis of important heterocyclic scaffolds relevant to pharmaceuticals.
Email: [email protected]

Savita Narayanrao Gat

Ms. Savita Narayanrao Gat received her M.Sc. degree with a specialization in Physical Chemistry in 2021 from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. She worked as Research Trainee at Symbol Discovery Ltd., Hyderabad. She qualified ICT Ph.D. entrance examination conducted by ICT-Mumbai and joined as a Ph.D. fellow under Dr. Rambabu Dandela  in February 2024. Her research interests include alternative studies for synthesizing various organic compounds with modern synthetic methodologies.
Email: [email protected]

Sanjukta Roy

Ms. Sanjukta Roy received her degree in I.M.Sc. Chemical Sciences (2016-2021) from the School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. After completing her Master’s, she worked as a Project Associate at CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow (Aug 2022 – Jun 2023). She qualified GATE and later also qualified ICT Ph.D. entrance examination conducted by ICT-Mumbai and joined as a Ph.D. fellow under Dr. Rambabu Dandela in April 2024. Her research is based on expeditious synthetic approach and biological evaluation of potential fluorescent active organic analogues.
Email: [email protected]

Priteeparna Das

Ms. Priteeparna Das received her M.Sc. Organic chemistry from Central University of Haryana (2021-2023) and B.Sc. with chemistry honours from Shailabala Women’s Autonomous College (2018-2021). She qualified ICT Ph.D. entrance exam conducted by ICT-Mumbai and joined as a Ph.D. fellow under Dr. Rambabu Dandela in April 2024. Her research interests include the development of oxygen-containing privileged scaffolds for biological applications.
Email: [email protected]

Anuradha Hota

Ms. Anuradha Hota graduated from Shailabala Autonomous College, Cuttack, with a BSc in chemistry in 2018 and an MSc in Organic Chemistry (2021–2023) from Berhampur University. She qualified ICT Ph.D. Entrance Exam conducted by ICT-Mumbai and joined as a Ph.D. fellow under Dr. Rambabu Dandela in April 2024. Her research is based on convenient methodologies towards the synthesis of diverse functionalized heterocycles.
Email: [email protected]

T. Nalinikanta Patra

Mr. Patra received his degree in M.Sc. Organic Chemistry from Arunodaya University (2022-2024), and B.Sc. Organic Chemistry from Berhampur University (2018-2021). He worked as a Production officer in Marksans Pharma Pvt. Ltd. and later as a Laboratory Attendant at Institute of Chemical Technology- Indian Oil Campus. He qualified ICT Ph.D. Entrance Exam conducted by ICT-Mumbai and joined under project of Green Waves Pvt. Ltd. as a Ph.D. fellow under the supervision of Dr. Rambabu Dandela in January 2025.
Email: [email protected]

Sagarika Padhan

Ms. Padhan received her degree in M.Tech. Plastic Engineering from CIPET-IPT, Bhubaneswar (2020-2022), M.Sc. Organic Chemistry from VSSUT Burla Sambalpur (2018-2020) and B.Sc. Chemistry from Ispat Autonomous College Rourkela (2015-18). She worked as a R&D and QC Engineer in Design Tree Ltd. and later as a Quality Engineer in Banyan Sustainable Waste Management Pvt. Ltd.(2023-2024). Thereafter, she joined ICT-IOC as a JRF project fellow in 2024 and also qualified ICT Ph.D. Entrance Exam conducted by ICT-Mumbai and joined as a Ph.D. fellow under Dr. Rambabu Dandela and co-supervisor Dr. Smrutirekha Mishra in January 2025.
Email: [email protected]

Abishek K G

Mr. Abishek had graduated from the Institute of Chemical Technology – IOC, Bhubaneswar with an Integrated M. Tech Degree in Chemical Engineering (2019-24). After graduation, he worked as a Process Engineer at MacLeods Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Aug 2024 – July 2025). He had qualified for the ICT Ph.D. entrance examination and joined as a Junior Research Fellow under the supervision of Dr. Rambabu Dandela from July 2025. Later he enrolled as a Ph.D. fellow under Prof. Anand V Patwardhan and co-supervisor Dr. Rambabu Dandela in July 2025
Email: [email protected]

MSc. Project Students

1. Namrata Pawar – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2024-2026, ICT-IOCB
2. Ananya Khamari – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2024-2026, ICT-IOCB
3. Payal Pradhan – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2024-2026, ICT-IOCB
4. Nidhi Singh – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2024-2026, ICT-IOCB
5. Vikas Pote – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2024-2026, ICT-IOCB

6. Sohan Bairi – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2025-2027, ICT-IOCB

7. Harsh Hirpara – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2025-2027, ICT-IOCB

8. Mrunmayee Suralkar – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2025-2027, ICT-IOCB

9. Sheetal Nayak – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2025-2027, ICT-IOCB

10. Deblina Santra – M.Sc. Chemistry, 2025-2027, ICT-IOCB

Group Alumni

  1. Dr. Piyusa Priyadarsan Pattanaik, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2024-2025). Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow (Industrial Postdoc for High-Throughput Catalysis) at Centralle Lille Institut, France.
  2. Ananya Kar, PhD. (2021-2025)
  3. Dr. Rana Chatterjee, Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (2021-2024). Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Fellowship) at University College Dublin.
  4. Ms. Deepika Sharma, PhD. (2021-2024). Current Position: Publishing Editor, ACS, Delhi.
  5. Ms. Smruti Rekha Rout, PhD. (2020-2024). Current Position: Senior Research Associate at Rusan Pharma Ltd., Process Research & Development Department, Gujarat.
  6. Mr. Omkar Kamble, PhD. (2019-2023). Current Position: Research Scientist at Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Process Research & Development Department, Mumbai.
  7. Mr. Ravi Kumar Bandaru, PhD. (2019-2023). Position: Sales Process Associate at Bruker India Scientific Pvt. Ltd.
  8. Mr. Gaware Sujeet Ashok PhD. (November 2019- May 2023) Position: Research Scientist at Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Process Research & Development Department, Mumbai.
  9. Mr. Swadhapriya Bhukta PhD. (May 2019- May 2023) Current Position: Research Scientist at Macleods Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Process Research & Development Department, Mumbai.
  10. Dr. Lopamudra Giri (Postdoc June 2021- March 2023) Current position: Assistant Professor at OUTR, Bhubaneswar.
  11. Mr. P. Mohan Reddy PhD. (April 2019- January 2023). Current position: Post Doctoral Fellow at Dr. Reddy’s Institute of Life Sciences in Central Process Research Innovation Division.
  12. Nanda Rambabu, M.sc Chemistry (2024-2026), Central University of Kerala
  13. SourSandip Das, Msc Chemistry (2024-2026), NIT Rourkela
  14. Jyoti Swarup Dash, BS MS 4th year (2022-2027), IIser Berhampur
  15. M Bujji Babu Naik, M.sc Chemistry (2024-2026), Central University of Kerala
  16. Prem Kumar Sethi, BTech in Chemical Engineering ,National Institute of Technology, Calicut
  17. Shubha Prasad Samal, UG chemistry (hons) (2022-2025), Buxi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar Autonomous College, Bhubaneswar
  18. Ambika Shivadarshini Ojha, MSc Chemistry (2024-2026), Central University of Karnataka
  19. Manu K R, i-MTech, Chemical Engineering. (2021-2026)
  20.  Siddhant Kumar, i-MTech, Chemical Engineering (2021-2026)
  21. Guruprasad Ojha, i-MTech, Chemical Engineering. (2021-2026)
  22. Gurucharan S.- i-MTech, Chemical Engineering, 2020-2025, ICT-IOCB.
  23. Pratyush Biswal- i-MTech, Chemical Engineering, 2020-2025, ICT-IOCB.
  24. Aaroh Aakash Mukkirwar- i-MTech, Chemical Engineering, 2020-2025, ICT-IOCB. 
  25. Akshat Jain- i-MTech, Chemical Engineering, 2020-2025, ICT-IOCB. 
  26. Dinesh Raja K- i-MTech, Chemical Engineering, 2020-2025, ICT-IOCB.  
  27. Shraddha S. Pawar- M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023-2025, ICT-IOCB
  28. Aiswarya M. R.- M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023-2025, ICT-IOCB
  29. Rohit Yadav- M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023-2025, ICT-IOCB
  30. Kuldeep Biswal- M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023-2025, ICT-IOCB
  31. Tanmay Rajendra Sawale- M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023-2025, ICT-IOCB
  32. Nihal Dasaram Patle- M.Sc. Chemistry, 2023-2025, ICT-IOCB
  33. Gadi Harsha Preethi- i-MTech, Chemical Engineeeing, ICT-IOCB. (2019-2024)
  34. Darshan Sandeep Thole, i-MTech Project, ICT-IOCB. (2018-2023)
  35. Kishan Prakash, i-MTech Project, ICT-IOCB. (2018-2023)
  36. Gurleen Kaur, i-MTech Project, ICT-IOCB. (2021-2026)
  37. Baishaki Sahoo, i-MTech Project, ICT-IOCB. (2021-2026)
  38. Atharv Ravi Thakare, i-MTech Project, ICT-IOCB. (2019-2024)
  39. Amartya Prashant Thakare, i-MTech Project, ICT-IOCB. (2019-2024)
  40. Ajinkya Vijay Shinde, i-MTech Project, ICT-IOCB. (2019-2024)
  41. Mahesh Kumar, M.Sc. Project, NIT Warangal. (2020)
  42. Shefayali Routray, NIT Rourkela. (2019)
  43. Ajay Uppuluru, M.Sc Project, Krishna University. (2018)
  44. Venka Reddy Pammi, M.Sc Project, Krishna University. (2018)
  45. Balu Khandare, M.Pharm. Project, NCL Pune. (2018)