CSIR-NCL
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
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CSIR-NCL
7th November, 2025
"Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Aza-Aromatics as Dual 5-HT2A and 5-HT2C Receptor Agonists": Adhikari, Amit Singh; Yadav, Annu; Pandit, Soumen; Kumar, Suresh; Pandey, Vinay Kumar; Maurya, Arvind Kumar; Umrao, Deepmala; Chand, Diwan; Maity, Debalina; Gayen, Jiaur R.; Srivastava, Kinshuk Raj; Yadav, Prem N.*; Majumdar, Nilanjana*: Accepted in ACS Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
3rd October, 2025
Soumen awarded PhD degree and officially became Dr. Soumen Pandit
1st September, 2025
Group welcomes Akanksha, Vaishnavi and Jaysinh
29th August, 2025
NM group moved to CSIR-NCL, Pune
23rd June, 2025
NM joined Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
28th March, 2025
Amit awarded PhD degree and officially became Dr. Amit Singh Adhikari........1st PhD from NM group
18th February, 2025
NM got Thieme Chemistry Journals Award.
9th August, 2024
"Catalytic Intermolecular [4+2]-Cycloaddition toward Stereoselective C2-C3 Annulation of Indoles" (Invited Review Article): Pandit, Soumen; Majumdar, Nilanjana*: Accepted in Synthesis.
13th May, 2024
NM has been promoted to Principal Scientist from 02/04/2022.
12th February, 2024
SERB-CRG has been awarded.
11th January, 2024
'Catalytic Asymmetric Ring Opening Reactions of Vinylcyclopropanes' (Invited Review Article): Adhikari, Amit Singh; Majumdar, Nilanjana*: Accepted in European Journal of Organic Chemistry.
6th December, 2023
Amit has been internationally selected by JSPS for chemistry from India to participate in 15th HOPE meeting in Kyoto, Japan (organized by JSPS to interact with the Nobel Laureates and other distinguished Scientists). He will be presenting his research there. Many congratulations to Amit !!! This is a really proud moment for our group.
24th November, 2023
'Unconventional Reactivity of Grubbs Catalyst: Hydroalkylation Overriding Metathesis': Adhikari, Amit Singh; Majumdar, Nilanjana*: Accepted in Organic Letters.
11th October, 2023
Soumen gave the oral presentation highlighting his research in XVIII J-NOST 2023 in IISER Pune.
10th September, 2023
The group welcomes Rimu. He has joined as a visiting research student this month.
27th September, 2023
Amit has been nominated by DST as 1 out of 9 students from India to participate in 15th HOPE meeting in Japan (organized by JSPS to interact with the Nobel Laureates and other distinguished Scientists). Many congratulations to Amit !!! This is a really proud moment for our group.
28th June, 2023
SERB-POWER Grant has been awarded.
18th April, 2023
'Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Allylic Substitution of Vinylcyclopropanes by Carboxylic Acids': Adhikari, Amit Singh; Pandit, Soumen; Kant, Ruchir; Majumdar, Nilanjana*: Accepted in ACS Catalysis.
24th November, 2022
'Palladium-Catalyzed Dearomative [4+2]-Cycloaddition Towards Hydrocarbazoles': Pandit, Soumen; Pandey, Vinay Kumar; Adhikari, Amit Singh; Kumar, Suresh; Maurya, Arvind Kumar; Kant, Ruchir; Majumdar, Nilanjana*: Accepted in The Journal of Organic Chemistry.
30th September, 2022
'Iridium-Catalyzed Enantioselective Ring Opening of Alkenyl Oxiranes by Unactivated Carboxylic Acids'-Majumdar, Nilanjana*; Pandit, Soumen; Adhikari, Amit Singh: Accepted in Organic Letters.
9th June, 2022
'Carboxylic Acids as Building Blocks in Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions'-Majumdar, N.*: Accepted in ACS Catalysis.
17th February, 2022
CDRI-Dr. Mridula Kamboj Award (see below).
26th August, 2021
The group welcomes Suresh. He has joined as Ph.D. student this month.
19th February, 2021
CDRI Incentive Award for Technology 2021
17th February, 2021
Title: Process for the Preparation of Umifenovir (Antiviral)
Dr. Nilanjana Majumdar
Mr. Amit Singh Adhikari
Mr. Soumen Pandit
