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Milestones, awards, funding and new team members.

Aug 2026
We welcome Kumar Shashwat as a PhD student.
Aug 2026
We welcome Kuldip Singh, who joins the group as a Senior Project Scientist.
Jul 2026
Sudipta Nayak's review on solar-driven carbon capture strategies is now published in EES Solar, and selected as a Hot Article! Read →
Jul 2026
Sachin Verma completes his summer internship with the group and returns to his B.Voc studies at INRE. Thank you, Sachin!
Jul 2026
Ashwani Soni completes his summer internship with the group and returns to his BTech studies at RGIPT. Thank you, Ashwani!
Jun 2026
We welcome Divyansh Mishra as a Project Associate.
Jun 2026
We welcome Sayan Das as a Project Assistant.
Mar 2026
Sayan's perspective with Erwin Reisner (Cambridge) on solar-powered air-to-fuel synthesis is out now in JACS. Read →
Jan 2026
We welcome Raina Sharma, who joins the group as an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow.
Dec 2025
We welcome Devansh as a Master's student.
Nov 2025
Sayan receives the Young Scientist Award at GCDEM 2025, Singapore.
Nov 2025
We welcome Bikash Bindu Mohanty as a PhD student (co-supervised by Prof Anand Singh).
Oct 2025
We welcome Saddam Hussain as a PhD student (co-supervised by Dr Srinivas K. Yadavalli).
Sep 2025
We welcome Swetalina Das as a PhD student.
Sep 2025
We welcome Sudipta Nayak as a Project Assistant.
Aug 2025
The group receives funding from the R&D office, IIT Kanpur for carbon-capture adsorbent development.
Jul 2025
The group receives funding from the Kesavan Center, IIT Kanpur for waste-to-fuel research.
Apr 2025
And so it begins: the group starts at IIT Kanpur.