2024

• April 2024: Ms. Lavanya K has published her research article ' The Role of Nitrogen Doping in Modulating Ruthenium Nanocatalysts for Enhanced Electrochemical Hydrogen Evolution Reaction in Alkaline Medium in Chemistry of Materials, ACS. Congratulations to the authors.

• March 2024: Ms. Lavanya K and Ms. Neha Ghosh published their critical review paper 'Shell waste valorization chemicals: methods and progress in Green Chem., 2024, Advance Article. Congratulations to the authors.

• January 2024:  Ms. Harshada Shivtare and Ms. Shrushti Lonare joined the group as Project Associate-I. Welcome!

2023

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• December 2023:  Ms. Priya Lokhande successfully submitted her PhD Thesis. Congratulations!

• December 2023:  Ms. Priya Lokhande received consolation prize for the Best Poster Award at the BASF Network for Asian Open Research (NAO) Family Day India 2023 held at the BASF Innovation Campus Mumbai. Congratulations!

• November 2023:  Ms. Lavanya K received 2nd runner up Award for 3 minute thesis competition in 5th NCL RF Conference held at CSIR-NCL, Pune . Congratulations!

• November 2023:  Ms. Jyoti Kadam successfully submitted her PhD Thesis.Congratulations!

• October 2023:  Mr. Sameer Shaikh joined our Lab as PA, Welcome to the group..

• October 2023:  Ms. Kruti Paradkar got 1st prize in Essay Writing in the Rajbhasha Hindi Pakhavada 2023. Mr. Dipak Shikare and Ms. Lavanya K received 'on the spot' prize in the GK Quiz Congratulations to all...

• September 2023: Ms. Priya Lokhande published her work 'Selective and Robust Ru Catalyst for the Aqueous Phase Aerobic Oxidation of Furfural to 2-Furoic Acid'  in  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023. Congratulations to the authors.

• September 2023:  Ms. Lavanya K received the award for the 'Best Paper in the Oral Presentation' at the International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2023 (SusChemE 2.0) held at the Institute of Chemical Technology (ICT), Mumbai from 14th-16th September 2023. Congratulations...

• ​September 2023:  Mrs. Priya Lokhande gave her PTOC presentation.

• August 2023: Mr. Jayprakash has been selected for PhD program at Ashoka University, Haryana. Congratulations...

• July 2023: Mrs. Kruti Paradkar joined as Ph.D. student in our group, Welcome...

• July 2023: Priya and kalyani published their work 'Industry-oriented method for the aqueous phase oxidation of crude 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (HMF) to 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid (FDCA)' in RSC, New Journal of Chemistry. Congratulations to the authors.

• May 2023:  Ms. jyoti Kadam gave her PTOC presentation.

• March 2023:  Jyoti & Tufeil published their work "Designing an industrially viable bimetallic catalyst for the polyol synthesis" in RSC New Journal of Chemistry. Congratulations to the authors.

• March 2023: Our Lab received the Best Safety Compliance Lab Award during the National safety week celebration 2023 held at CSIR-NCL. Kudos to the team...

• March 2023: Mr. Akshay Kote Joined the group as Project Associate-I, Welcome...

• February 2023: Dr. Sunita Singh got selected for the Research Associate position at HPCL, Bangalore. Congratulation!

• January 2023: Mr. Waseem Shaikh joined the group as project associate-I and Mr. Ranjan Kumar joined the group as Project trainee. Welcome to you both.

2022

• December 2022: Mrs. Priya Lokhande received the Best oral presentation price at the 3rd National Seminar on “Frontiers in Heterogeneous Catalysis (HETCAT-2022)” held at MS University, Vadodara in association with Catalysis Society of India during December 10-11, 2022. Congratulations!

• September 2022: Mrs. Priya Lokhande Got 2nd prize in Poster Competition, Ms. Lavanya secured 3rd prize in GK Competition and Mr. Jayprakash received a consolation prize for poem writing. which was held on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada Samaroh 2022 at CSIR-NCL, Congratulations...

• September 2022: Congratulations to Mrs. Neha Ghosh for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis. She has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, Ghaziabad, India

• August 2022: Mr. Deepak  and Mr. Leo Philip joined the group as Project Associate-I, Welcome to the group

• August 2022: Dr. Sunita Singh joined the group as Project Associate-I, Welcome to the group

• July 2022: Mr. Ankit, Mr. Rohit, Mr. Tufeil and Ms. Priya Lokhande participated in 'Get Set Start Up' Marathon 2022 organized by Venture Centre, Pune. Ankit won first prize for 3 km, Congratulations! 

• July 2022: Mr. Sandip Lavare and Athira Murali joined the group as Project Associate-I, Welcome to the group

• June 2022: Mr. Jayprakash Prajapati joined the group as Project associate-I, Welcome to the group

• May 2022: Mrs. Neha Ghosh has submitted her Ph.D. Thesis to AcSIR, Congratulations...

• January 2022: Mr. Akhilendra Mishrah received the prize for Hindi-speech competition

• January 2022: Mr. Tufeil Khan joined as Ph.D. student (NCL-PA-PhD program)

2021

• September 2021: Mr. Akhilendra Mishra has joined the group as Project Assistant

• August 2021: Mr. Rohit Kumar Yadav has joined the group as Project Associate

• April 2021: Mr. Dheerendra Singh has joined the Shell Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Banglore as Postdoctoral Researcher.

• March 2021: Mr. Ankit S. Tiwari has joined the group as Project Assistant.

• January 2021: Congratulations to Mr. Dheerendra Singh for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, Ghaziabad, India

2020

• December 2020: Ms. Neha Ghosh have been awarded 'Indian Chemical Society Research Excellence Award' for the poster presented in 57th Annual Convention of Chemists 2020 & International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences’ organized virtually by the Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata during December 26-29, 2020

• June 2020: A. K Deepa's Publication on "Lignin Depolymerization into Aromatic Monomers over Solid Acid Catalysts" (ACS Catal. 2015, 5, 1, 365–379- citations 144) has got listed in ACS catalysis highlights of most cited papers from around the globe: India in ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 12, 6786–6787 (DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02418). Congratulations to the authors......

• June 2020: Mr. Dheerendra Singh Submitted the Ph.D. thesis successfully.

• May 2020:  AGNIi (@agni_goi) Tweeted:  Dr. Paresh L. Dhepe, Senior Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune share insights about the Agri waste-derived alternative to Terephthalic acid in plastic synthesis & its benefits! https://twitter.com/agnii_goi/status/1263711581369561089?s=20

• February 2020: Mr. Titto Sunil John got selected for the Ph.D. program at the University of Florida, USA

• February 2020: Congratulations... to Mr. Manuraj K for receiving the best poster award on the occasion of "National Science Day", 2020 held at CSIR-NCL, Pune.

• February 2020: Ms. Priya Lokhande got selected for the joint AcSIR-RMIT PhD program at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

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2019

• December 2019 : Mr. Dheerendra Singh gave Pre-synopsis presentation on 27 December 2019

• December 2019 : Mr. Shiv Kumar S S  joined as Assistant Professor in Chemistry at Govt. College Gohparu, M P

• August 2019: Dr. Paresh L. Dhepe, Ms. Neha Gosh, Mr. Shiv, Ms. Lavanya, and Ms. Jyoti attended APCAT-8 held in Bangkok, Thailand on 4-7th January 2019. Dr.Paresh Dhepe has delivered a talk and Ms. Neha Ghosh, Ms. Lavanya and Ms. Jyoti presented posters.

• July 2019 : Mr. Titto Sunil John has joined the group as PA.

• July 2019: Congratulations to Dheerendra Singh, Priya Lokhande, Kalyani Sonone for getting third prize in poster competition by Merck "Curious minds"  held in IISER, Pune

• March 2019 : Congratulations to Mr.Nilesh Tangale for successfully defending his Ph.D. thesis.He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, New Delhi,India

• Mr. Shivkumar singh Got 1st prize in General Knowledge Competition and secured 2nd prize in 'Lekhak evam Ghoshvakya Pratiyogita'  held on the occasion of Hindi Pakhwada Samaroh 2019

• Mr. Shivkumar singh and team won the Volleyball competition held on the occasion of Research Scholar Meet (RSM) 2019  

• March 2019 : Mr. Yayati Naresh Palai has been selected for PhD admission in Hokkaido University, Japan.

• January 2019 :Dr. Paresh L.Dhepe received  "NCL RF Scientist of the Year" on the occasion of "CSIR-NCL Foundation Day

2018

• September 2018 : Mr.Nilesh Tangale has submitted his Ph.D. thesis successfully

• September 2018 : Dr.Shilpa Varshney has joined the group as RA. Welcome Dr.Shilpa

• August 2018 : Ms. Lavanya. K,  joined the group as JRF.

• June 2018 : Congratulations to Dr. Richa Chowdhary for defending his Ph.D. thesis successfully. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, New Delhi, India

• May 2018 : Congratulations to Dr. Manisha Dhohade for defending his Ph.D. thesis successfully. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, New Delhi, India

• April 2018 : Mr.Nilesh Tangale gave Pre-synopsis presentation on 2 April 2018.

• Mr. Shiv kumar Singh secured 2nd Prize in Quiz Competition Held on the occasion of vigilance awareness week 2018

• February 2018 : Mr.Nilesh Tangale received the best poster award on the occasion of "National Science Day",2018 held at CSIR-NCL,Pune.

• February 2018 : Mr.Dheerendra Singh and Mr.Nilesh Tangale presented posters on the occasion of "National Science Day" ,2018 held at CSIR-NCL,Pune.

• February 2018 : Mr.Sandip Kumar Singh has joined Montana State University, Bozeman,USA as a Post Doc fellow.

• February 2018 : Mr.Tufeil Khan and Miss. Kalyani Sonone has joined the group as PA.

• January 2018 : Our group has actively participated in CATSYMP-23 held in Bangalore,India on 17-19th January,2018. Dr.Paresh Dhepe has delivered an invited talk and Mr.Dheerendra Singh & Miss Manisha Dohade delivered oral presentation in the symposium. Mr.Nilesh Tangale presented a poster at CATSYMP-23.

• January 2018: Ms. Priya Lokhande and Ms. Jyoti Kadam have joined our group as JRF and Mr. Yayati Naresh Palai and Ms.Neethu TV have joined our group as PAs.

2017

• November 2017: Mrs. Richa Choudhary has submitted her Ph.D. thesis sucessfully

• October 2017: Ms. Manisha Dohade has submitted her Ph.D. thesis sucessfully

• October 2017: Congratulations to Dr. Sandip Kumar Singh for defending his Ph.D. thesis successfully. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, New Delhi, India

• September 2017: Mr.Sandip Kumar Singh has joined IIT Indore as Research Associate(RA).Hearty Congratulations Sandip

• June 2017: Nilesh Tangale, Sandip Kumar Singh, Manisha Dohade and Richa Chaudhari presented posters during "Sustainable Catalytic Technologies" conference held at NCL, Pune on 8th and 9 th June 2017.

• May 2017: Mr. Sandip Kumar Singh submitted his Ph.D. thesis to AcSIR.

• May 2017: Ms. Richa Chaudhari, Ph.D. student presented her work at International Confrerence - ISGC-2017, France.

• May 2017: Ms. Richa Chaudhari, received DST and CSIR travel grant to deliver a talk at International Confrerence - ISGC-2017, France.

• April 2017: Ms. Manisha Dohade gave pre-synospsis presentation on 13th April 2017. 

• January 2017: Mr. Sandip Kumar Singh received best oral presentation award at APCAT-7 conference, Mumbai. 

• January 2017: Mr. Shankar Gholap joined the group as PA.

• January 2017: Mr. Sandip Kumar Singh and Ms. Manisha Dohade delivered oral presentation at APCAT-7, Mumbai.

• January 2017: Ms. Richa Choudhari made a poster presentation at APCAT-7, Mumbai.

• January 2017: Dr. Paresh Dhepe delivered an invited talk at APCAT-7, Mumbai.

2016

• December 2016: Ms. Prajakta Manal joined the group as PA.

• November 2016: Mr. Sandip Kumar Singh delivered a talk on, “Proficient conversion of lignin into low molecular aromatic products using Brønsted acidic ionic liquids” at 6th Asia-Oceania Conference on Sustainable and Green Chemistry at City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, from 27th to 30th November 2016.

• November 2016: Mr. Sandip Kumar Singh received travel grant from DST and CSIR, India for attending International conference, “6th Asia-Oceania Conference on Sustainable and Green Chemistry (AOC-SGC6)” (2016) in Hong Kong.  

• Septermber 2016: Ms. Km Richa's poster was selected as E-poster presentation in 3rd International Conference on Past and Present Research Systems of Green Chemistry, 2016.greenchemistry.conferenceseries.com/2016/eposter-presentation.php

• July 2016: Congratulations to Dr. Babasaheb Mansub Matsagar for defending his Ph.D. thesis successfully. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, New Delhi, India 

• June 2016: Dr. Paresh L. Dhepe has been selected as a guest editor for a speical issue in ChemCatChem journal.

• June 2016: Dr. Paresh L. Dhepe gave Keynote talk at "International symposium on catalytic conversion of biomass (ISCCB-2016), Taipei, Taiwan.

• March 2016: Ms. Neha Ghosh has received DST-INSPIRE fellowship from March 2016 for carrying out her Ph.D. work at NCL, Pune. 

• March 2016: Mr. Babasaheb Matsagar has submitted his Ph.D. thesis to Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India.  

• February 2016: Dr. Anup Tathod has joined as post-doctoral fellow at Israel Institute of Technology, Israel with Prof. Oz M. Gazit from February 2016. 

2015

• December 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Anup Tathod for defending his Ph.D. thesis successfully. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, New Delhi, India  

• November 2015: Mr. Anup Tathod is selected to join as a post-doctoral fellow at Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

• October 2015: Mr. Sandip Singh is selected to present poster at SusChemE international conference, ICT Mumbai.

• September 2015:Dr. Prasenjit Bhaumik has joined as post-doctoral fellow at Institute of Chemistry, Academia sinica, Taipei, Taiwan with  Dr. Cedric from september 2015

• August 2015: Dr. A. K. Deepa has joined as post-doctoral fellow at department of chemical Engineering, Technion, Israel with Prof. Gideon Grader, Director, Grand Technion Energy rogram Israel. 

•  April 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Deepa A. K. for defending her Ph. D. thesis successfully. She has been awarded Ph.D. degree by Savitri Bai Phule Pune University, Pune, India   

• April 2015: Congratulations to Dr. Prasenjit Bhaumik for defending his Ph. D. thesis successfully. He has been awarded Ph.D. degree by AcSIR, New Delhi, India  

• Jan 2015: Mr. Anup Tathod is selected to present a 'oral presentation' during '22nd National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-22)' held at CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Gujrat, India.

• Jan 2015: Mr. Babasaheb Matsagar is selected to present a 'poster' during '22nd National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-22)' held at CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Gujrat, India. He received the "Best Poster Award" for his presentation.

• Jan 2015: Deepa A. K. is selected to present a 'poster' during '22nd National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-22)' held at CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Gujrat, India.

• Jan 2015: Mr. Sandip Kumar Singh is selected to present a 'poster' during '22nd National Symposium on Catalysis (CATSYMP-22)' held at CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, Gujrat, India.

2014

• Dec 2014: The paper published by Deepa A. K. and Paresh L. Dhepe in ACS Catalysis, entitled "Lignin deploymerization into aromatic monomers over solid acid catalysts" has recomended as most read article. For details please see the link: pubs.acs.org/action/showMostReadArticles

•  June 2014: Dr. Paresh Dhepe is selected to deliver an 'oral talk' during 'The Seventh Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT-7)' held at Kyoto, Japan. He also invited to chair a session during the conference.

• June 2014: Mr. Anup Tathod is selected to present a 'poster' during 'The Seventh Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT-7)' held at Kyoto, Japan. He received the "Best Poster Award" for his presentation.

• June 2014: Mr. Babasaheb Matsagar is selected to present a 'poster' during 'The Seventh Tokyo Conference on Advanced Catalytic Science and Technology (TOCAT-7)' held at Kyoto, Japan.

• May 2014: Dr. Paresh Dhepe is invited to deliver an 'oral talk' during the pre-conference of TOCAT-7 on 'International Symposium on Catalysis for Renewable Chemicals' held at Shiretoko, Japan.

• Feb 2014: Mr. Anup Tathod is selected to present a 'poster' during 'International Conference on Globbal Opportunities for Latest Developments in Chemistry and Technology-2014' held at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India. He received the "Best Poster Award" for his presentation.

• Feb 2014: Mr. Sandip Singh is selected to present a 'poster' during 'International Conference on Globbal Opportunities for Latest Developments in Chemistry and Technology-2014' held at North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra, India.

2013

• Oct 2013: Dr. Paresh Dhepe is invited to deliver an 'oral talk' during '7th International Symposium on Feedstock Recycling of Polymer Materials' held at New Delhi, India.

• Aug 2013: Ms. Deepa A. K. is selected to present a 'poster' during 'The Sixteenth International Symposium on Relations between Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis (ISHHC-16)' and 'Post Conference of ISHHC-16" held at Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.

• May 2013: Ms. Deepa A. K. is selected to present a 'poster' during '7th  International Symposium on Acid Base catalysis (ABC-7)' held at Tokyo, Japan.

• May 2013: Mr. Prasenjit Bhaumik is selected to present a 'oral presentation' during the '2nd International Symposium on Green Chemistry: Renewable carbon and Eco-efficient processes (ISGC-2)' held at La Rochelle, France. 

• Sept 2013: Mr. Prasenjit Bhaumik is selected to present a 'poster' during '2nd International Congress on Catalysis for Bio-refineries' held at Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP), China. He received the "Chinese Journal of Catalysis Best Poster Award" for his presentation.

2012

• Nov 2012: Mr. Babasaheb Matsagar is selected to present a 'poster' during 'Technological Innovations: For All Inclusive Growth' held at New Delhi, India.

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