• Dr. Bhisma K. Patel

    HAG Professor
    Department of Chemistry
    Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
    Guwahati-781 039.
    Email: patel@iitg.ac.in
    Mobile: 9954090963
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      Securing 1st class 1st both in B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc from Sambalpur University Prof. Bhisma. K. Patel was admitted to IIT Kanpur for his Ph.D degree in the research group of Prof. S. Ranganathan (FNA) (1988-1994). Securing highest CPI in the batch during the course work he completed his Ph.D degree in the year 1994. Immediately thereafter he moved to the group of Prof. Dr. Fritz Eckstein at Max-Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine for his post-doctoral research (1994-1997).

      He joined IIT Guwahati as an Assistant Professor in April 1997 and was promoted to full Professor in August 2005, HAG Professor in September 2011 and Head Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, April 1, 2014 onwards.. Professor Patel has 125 research publications in peer reviewed journals and three patents. He has over 3068+ citations with h index 30+ and "i10 index of 61. He has guided 14 Ph.D students and 20 master students for their dissertation work.

      He is the recipient of Costal Chemical Research Society Award (CCRS-2016), CRSI Bronze Medal-2014, R.C. Tripathy Young scientist, ITS grant from DST, Visiting Professor under JSPS and UKIERI.

      His area of research include study of organic reaction mechanisms, synthesis of heterocycles, biosensors, Green chemistry, metal catalyzed oxidative functionalization, C-H bond activation (metal and metal free) and hypervalent iodine mediated organic transformations.

      He was the Dean of Student’s Affairs, Head of Central Instruments Facility, Chairman GATE, Chairman DRDO SET and a member of the Board of Governors at IIT Guwahati, NIT Nagaland, Visitors nominee to NIT Meghalaya. Presently he is head of the Department at IIT Guwahati.

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