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.
Prof. Beeraiah has been selected to receive CRSI Bronze Medal for the year 2026.
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.
Please visit the Research Admission Portal for the details about the PhD admission: https://research.iitm.ac.in/
Dr. Deepak Badgurjar, Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Chemistry, Physical Science Division, The University of Chicago will deliver a guest lecture titled “Engineering Microenvironments at Electrochemical Interfaces and Light-Driven Charge Transfer” on 14th October, 2025 at 4.00 PM in CB-310.
Dr. Neha Vithani, Scientific Software Developer, Openeye Cadence Molecular Sciences, USA will deliver a guest lecture titled “Empowering Drug Discovery Using Protein Dynamics and Machine Learning” on 9th October, 2025 at 3.00 PM in CB-310.
Dr. Bhuvaneswari, Adjunct Faculty, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, will deliver a guest lecture titled “Trajectory to Industry Career – Publication to product” on 24th September, 2025 at 3.00 PM in CB-310.
Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bombay, will deliver a guest lecture titled “Unlocking new chemical space via selective catalysis” on 12th August, 2025 at 4.00 PM in CB-310.
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.