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DR. DILLIP KUMAR CHAND

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY

Professor

  • Email: dillip@iitm.ac.in
  • Phone: +91-44-2257-4224
  • Address: CYB 319, Department of Chemistry
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BIOGRAPHY

Dillip Kumar Chand is a Professor in the department of chemistry. He was born on 11th September, 1970. Before joining IIT Madras, Chand worked as Research Associate at the University of Tokyo, Japan (2003). He has spent several years as post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Tokyo in Japan. Chand also Previously served as a Humboldt Fellow at Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany (2000). He got his PhD degree in chemistry from IIT Kanpur, India (1998). He completed his MSc degree at Sambalpur University, India (1992). He joined IIT Madras, India as a faculty in March 2003.

  • Ph.D., Chemistry (1993-1998), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
  • M.Sc., Chemistry (1990-1992), Sambalpur University, India
  • July 2014- Present: Professor at Dept. of  Chemistry IIT Madras, India
  • June 2010- July 2014: Associate Professor at Dept. of Chemistry IIT Madras, India
  • March 2003- May 2010: Assistant Professor at Dept. of Chemistry IIT Madras, India
  • Sep 2002 – March 2003: Research Associate at The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • April 2002- August 2002: JSPS Research Fellow at The University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Aug 2000- March 2002: JSPS Research Fellow at Nagoya University, Japan
  • Dec 1998 – May 2000: Humboldt Fellow at Universitaet des Saarlandes, Germany
  1. 2019 Mid-Career Research & Development Award, Institute Research & Development Award (IRDA), IIT Madras, India
  2. 2017 Lectureship Award, Soft Molecular Systems (MEXT, Japan)
  3. 2010 JSPS Bridge Fellowship, JSPS, Japan
  4. 2003 R. C. Tripathy Young Scientist Award, OCS, Orissa, India
  5. 2000 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, JSPS, Japan
  6. 1998 Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, AvH, Germany
  7. 1996 Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi, India
  8. 1993 Junior Research Fellowship, IIT Kanpur, India
  9. 1992 First Rank  in M. Sc. Chemistry, Sambalpur University, India