DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS
The Department of Chemistry is one of the first Departments to function after the Indian Institute of Technology Madras was founded in 1959.
The Department began with one Professor and one lecturer as faculty members, to conduct classes for the undergraduate engineering programme of the Institute.
Department of Chemistry welcomes Dr. Yogesh G. Shelke. He is joining the department as an Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry welcomes Dr. Aamod Vikas Desai. He is joining the department as an Assistant Professor
Prof. Kothandaraman has been appointed as the founding convenor of the Chennai chapter of Society of Materials Chemistry (SMC)
Prof. Kothandaraman has been appointed as an adjunct faculty at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ), Australia.
Department of Chemistry welcomes Dr. Sanjib Panda. He is joining the department as an Assistant Professor
Prof. Ramesh has been awarded the prestigious Dr. S.S. Deshpande National Award for the year 2023.
Prof. Pradeep has been elected as a Distinguished Fellow of the International Engineering and Technology Institute.
Prof. Debashis has won the Atal Achievement Awards 2024.
The Research Admission Portal is open now for receipt of application for 2nd round of PhD admission under CSIR/UGC-JRF categories (CSIR/UGC-JRF 2025). The last date for submission of application is . The link for registration of application is https://research.iitm.ac.in:9955/
Dr. Bharathwaj Satyamoorthy, Department of Chemistry, IISER-Bhopal, will deliver a guest lecture titled “Conformational Characterization of a Frustrated G-rich DNA Sequence” on 2nd June, 2025 at 3.00 PM in CB-310.
Prof. Prasanna S. Ghalsasi will deliver a guest lecture titled “ SDesigning Molecular Structures-Magnetism, Chirality and beyond” on 17th April, 2025 at 12.15 PM in CB-310.
Prof. Roderick W. Bates will deliver a guest lecture titled “ Synthesis, Computers and Natural Product Mistakes” on 04th April, 2025 at 3.00 PM in CB-310.
Professor Yujiro Hayashi will deliver a guest lecture titled “Total Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products Using Organocatalyst” on 19th February, 2025 at 3.00 PM in CB-310.
Prof. Holger Braunschweig will deliver a guest lecture titled “Activation of small molecules: can Boron act as a transition metal?” on 17th February, 2025 at 3.00 PM in ICSR Hall III (A. M. M).
