OUR RESEARCH GROUP
Contact Information
Email: indranath@iitkgp.ac.in
Phone: +91-3222-214980
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Dr. Indranath Chakraborty
Assistant Professor
School of Nanoscience and Technology
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Kharagpur - 721302, W.B., India
Biography
Dr. Indranath Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nano Science and Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. His research group investigates the emerging properties of atomically precise nanoparticles, structure-property correlations, and their functions. He obtained his Ph.D. in 2015 from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (India). He was then a postdoctoral research associate at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, IL, USA. In 2016, he moved to Philipps University of Marburg, Germany, as an Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellow. In 2018, he moved to the Center for Hybrid Nanostructure, University of Hamburg, Germany as a research associate. Before Joining IIT Kharagpur (2022), he was an Assistant Professor in the School of Basic Sciences at IIT Mandi (India). He has received numerous awards for his research contributions, including the Humboldt Fellowship, Malhotra Weikfield Foundation Nano Science Fellowship Award, and J. C Bose patent award.
Post Doc
Dedication! Expertise! Passion!
Dr. Saptarshi Roy
Institute Post Doctoral Fellow
Joined in: 2025 (Dec)
Ph.D. (Chemistry): National Institute of Technology, Silchar
M.Sc. (Chemistry): Dibrugarh University, Assam
B.Sc. (Chemistry): Jagannath Barooah University, Assam
Hobbies: Reading Novels, travelling, and adventurous sports
Dr. Saurav Shankar
Senior Project Associate
Jointly with Prof. Suman Chakraborty
Joined in: 2026 (March)
Ph.D. (Chemistry): University of Delhi
M.Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
B.Sc. (Chemistry): University of Delhi
My research primarily focuses on the synthesis of nanomaterials and their application in biosensing, particularly the development of flexible substrate-based platforms (thread and paper) for the detection of various analytes.
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Hobbies: Cricket, Badminton, Travelling, Movies
Dr. Anna Sebastian
Senior Project Associate
Jointly with Prof. Suman Chakraborty
Joined in: 2026 (March)
Ph.D. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad
M.Sc. (Chemistry): Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
B.Sc. (Chemistry): Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
Hobbies: Travelling and exploring different cuisines
PhD Students
Dedication! Expertise! Passion!
We are a group of enthusiastic researchers who believe in teamwork, discipline and consistency. Besides research, we love to socialize and create a fun environment for a healthy work-culture.
Interns and Project Students
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