Meet The Team
Dr. Paresh Dhepe
Group Leader
Senior Scientist, CSIR-NCL, Pune
Assistant Professor, AcSIR pl.dhepe@ncl.res.in
020-2590-2024
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Tufeil Khan
SRF (PhD)
Joined in PA-PhD program of AcSIR in 2022
Project associate-I in the group (2018 -2022)
M.Sc. from AKI'S Poona College, Camp, Pune University, Maharashtra.
Email: ts.khan@ncl.res.in
Kruti Paradkar
JRF (PhD)
Joined with UGC-SJSGC fellowship in 2023
M.Sc. in Material Science from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda,Gujarat
Email: kn.paradkar@ncl.res.in
Waseem Shaikh
Project associate-I since 2023
M.Sc. from AKI'S Poona College, Camp, Pune University, Maharashtra.
Email: wn.shaikh@ncl.res.in
Akshay Kote
Harshada Shivtare
Project associate-I since 2024
MSc in Organic Chemistry
M.Sc. from Baburaoji Gholap College Sangavi,Savitribai Phule Pune University
Email: hb.shivtare@ncl.res.in
Sameer Shaikh
Project associate-I since 2023
MSc in Analytical Chemistry
M.Sc. from Fergusson College, Pune.
Email: sameer.shaikh@ncl.res.in
Shrushti Lonare
Project associate-I since 2024
MSc in Organic Chemistry
M.Sc. from Fergusson College, Pune.
Email: s.lonare@ncl.res.in
Where are they Now?
Ph.D - 2011
Postdoc: Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, South Korea
Presently, Project officer at NCCR,
IIT Madras, Chennai
Dr. A. K. Deepa
Ph.D - 2015
Postdoc: Israel Institute of TechnologyTechnion, Israel & presently post-doc fellow at West Virginia University, USA
Dr. Prasenjit Bhaumik
Ph.D - 2015
Postdoc: Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taiwan. Presently working in Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.(IOCL)
Dr. Ramakanta Sahu
Dr. Anup Tathod
Ph.D - 2015
Postdoc: Israel Institute of Technology, Technion, Israel.
RA at CSIR- NEERI Nagpur. Presently Scientist at Indian Institute of Petroleum (IIP) Dehradun.
Dr. Babasaheb Matsagar
Ph.D - 2016
Presently postdoc fellow at National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Dr. Sandip Kumar Singh
Ph.D - 2017
Worked at IIT Indore as RA
Postdoc fellow at Montana State University, Bozeman, USA
Postdoc fellow at University of Gottingen, Germany
Postdoc fellow Kansas University, USA (since 2022)
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Dr. Manisha Dohade
Ph.D - 2018
Presently, Forensic officer at Regional forensic laboratory, Nagpur, Maharashtra
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Dr. Richa Chaudhary
Ph.D - 2018
Presently RA at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Dr. Nilesh Tangale
Completed Ph.D. in 2019
Presently, Senior Laboratory Technician and Chief Ex. Officer at Interface Reference laboratory, STDC, Aundh, Pune
Dr. Dheerendra Singh
Completed Ph.D. in 2021
Presently Postdoctoral Researcher at
Shell India Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, Karnataka.
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Dr. Neha Ghosh
Completed Ph.D. in 2022
Presently as Application Specialist at JKG BioSciences Pvt. Ltd.,Delhi
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Dr. Jyoti R. Kadam
Completed Ph.D. in 2024
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Project Assistants & Research fellows
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Ms. Deepali Kondhekar : PA with group, presently PhD Student at CSIR- NCL,Pune.
Mr. Dipak S. Shikare : PA with group, presently Graduate teacher at Govt. of Maharashtra and PhD
Scholar at SPPU.
Mr. Jayprakash Prajapati: PA with group, presently PhD student at Asoka University, Haryana
Dr. Sunita Singh : PA with group, presently Research Associate at HPCL, Bangalore
Mr. Sandip Lavare : PA with group
Mr. Leo Philip : PA with group
Mr. Ankit S. Tiwari : PA with group
Mr. Rohit Kumar Yadav: PA with group, presently M.Tech student at IIT-BHU
Mr. Akhilendra Mishra : PA with group, presently works at Mangalore Refinery
Ms. Kalyani Sonone : PA with group
Mr. Manuraj K : PA with group
Mr. Titto Sunil John : PA with group. Presently PhD student at University of Florida, USA
Mr. Shiv Kumar S S : JRF with group, Presently Assistant professor at Govt College Gohparu, MP
Dr. Shilpa Varshney : RA with group
Mr. Yayati Naresh Palai : PA with group, Presently PhD Student at Hokkaido University, Japan
Ms. Neethu T V : PA with group, Presently works at Aurigene Discovery Technologies Limited Bangalore
Mrs. Prajakta Manal : PA with group
Mr. Shankar Gholap : PA with group
Dr. Manoj Zanwar : PA with group, Postdoc fellow at National Taiwan Normal University,Taiwan &
Joined Survival Technologies, Mumbai.
Mr. Sanil E. S. : PA with group, Presently PhD student at Korea Research
Institute of Chemical Technology, S. Korea.
Ms. Tanushree Kane : PA with group, Presently Project Fellow at CSIR-NCL.
Mr. Ajay Singh Tomer : PA with group, Presently PhD student at Université d'Artois, France.
Project Students
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Mr. Tushar Shinde
Ms. Lashitha P.
Ms. Pranalee Kulakarni
Ms. Nilofer Landge
Ms. Aysha Roshni
Mr. Mohamed Hifsudhen
Ms. Gauri Deodhar
Ms. Christy Joseph
Mr. Rajnikant Jadhao
Ms. Asha K. S. (Presently Ph. D scholar at IISER, Trivandrum)
Mr. Nuthan Kumar
Mr. Sanil E. S. (Presently Ph. D. scholar at Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, S. Korea)
Ms. Deepthi
Mr. Nanda Kumar (Presently Ph. D scholar. at Vellore Institute of Technology)
Ms. Nidhina
Mr. Chetan Pandey
Ms. Sneha V.
Ms. Keerthi C. V.
Ms. Aswathy K. R.
Mr. Tufeil Sartaj Khan (Presently PA in the group at CSIR-NCL Pune)
Ms. Camey Monica (Presently PA at CSIR-NIO, Kochi)
Mr. Shyam Kumar
Ms. Aishwarya Menon
Ms. Sheethal
Ms. Shinju
Ms. Surabhi Mishra
Mr. Sivanesh Murugan (Presently doing MS at University of Calgary, Canada)
Ms. Sayali kamle
Mr. Ranjan Kumar
Dr. Priya Lokhande
Dr. Lavanya K
Completed PhD in 2024
Completed PhD in 2024
Currently working at Forbes Marshall,Pune