Peptide Synthesis Lab
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Prof. Ramesh Ramapanicker
Professor Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur
Southern Lab (SL-207)
Telephone: +91 0512 259 6684 (office)
+91 0512 259 6561 (lab)
Email: rameshr@iitk.ac.in
Graduate Students
Preeti Kapri
Joined PhD in 2021 (July)
Sumedha Gupta
Joined PhD in 2021 (July)
BSc : Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak
MSc: Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra
Email : sumedhag21@iitk.ac.in
Vikrant Vini
Joined PhD in 2021 (July)
Sruthi Manoharan
Joined PhD in 2022 (July)
Nikita Jain
Joined PhD in 2024 (July)
Shivam Mishra
Joined PhD in 2025 (Dec)
Anshika Rathi
Joined PhD in 2026 (July)
Dhiraj Joshi
Joined PhD in 2026 (July)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Payal Chauhan
Joined group in June 2026 (IPDF)
Alumni
Dr. Devki Nandan
Joined PhD in 2019 (July)
MSc : Kumaun University, Nanital
PhD Thesis : Peptide Stapling: Developing Strategies and Analysing Effects
Email : devkin@iitk.ac.in
Current Position : Assistant Professor, Department of Higher Education Uttarakhand Government
Dr. Vinithra G
Joined PhD in 2015 (Dec)
MSc : NIT Trichy, Tamilnadu
PhD Thesis : Ferrocene Containing Amphiphilic Peptides: Design, Synthesis, Properties and their Applications
Email : vinithra@iitk.ac.in
Dr. Neelakshi
Joined PhD in 2015 (July)
MSc : Miranda House, Delhi University, Delhi
PhD Thesis : Design, Synthesis, and Aggregation Studies of L-Lysine and L-Glutamic Acid Based Amphicharged Surfactants
Email : neelakshi@iitk.ac.in
Current Position : Assistant Vice President Head, Clean Tech/ Green Tech / Social Tech Domain Startup Incubation & Innovation (SIIC) IIT Kanpur.
Dr. Amol B Gorde
Joined PhD in 2014 (Dec)
MSc : Pune University, Maharashtra
PhD Thesis : Design and Synthesis of Proline Based Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Michael Addition Reactions
Dr. Ranjana Joshi
Joined PhD in 2014 (July)
MSc : Kumaun University, Nanital, Uttarakhand
PhD Thesis : Synthesis and Physicochemical Studies of Proline Derived Surfactants and Synthesis of Backbone Modified Trans-cyclopropane Amino Acids
Dr. Anas Ansari
Joined PhD in 2014 (July)
MSc : CSJM University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh
PhD Thesis : Stereoselective Applications of Proline Catalysed α-Amination of Aldehydes
Dr. Vipin Kumar Jain
Joined PhD in 2013 (July)
MSc : Rajasthan University, Jaipur
PhD Thesis : Synthetic Application of Chiral Aldehydes derived from Amino Acids
Dr. Mrinal Kalita
Joined PhD in 2013 (July)
MSc : Gauhati University, Assam
PhD Thesis : Synthesis and structural Analysis of helical Peptides containing side-chain modified Amino Acid residues
Dr. Poonam Chauhan
Joined PhD in 2012 (Dec)
MSc: M.J.P Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh
PhD Thesis : Design and Synthesis of Amphipathic molecules and their Applications
Dr. Ankita Singh
Joined PhD in 2012 (July)
MSc : Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh
PhD Thesis : Pyridine Oxime Functionalised Pseudopeptides, Surfactants like peptides and Amino Acid derived Surfactants
Dr. Anijamol T Philip
Joined PhD in 2010 (Dec)
MSc: Madras University, Tamilnadu
PhD Thesis : Asymmetric Synthesis of Non-Conical Amino Acid and its Applications
Dr. Ramu Pettakamsetty
Joined PhD in 2010 (July)
MSc : Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
PhD Thesis : Synthetic Applications of Asymmetric α-Amination of Aldehydes
Dr. Shibin Chacko
Joined PhD in 2010 (July)
MSc : Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala
PhD Thesis : Application of Amino Acids as Chiron Catalysts in Organic Synthesis
Dr. Rahul Panwar
Joined the group in 2019 (Sep) (I-PDF)
PhD : Delhi University (2019)
Dr. Gaurav Bartwal
Joined the group in 2021 (June) (I-PDF)
Current Position : NRF Postdoctoral Researcher, Drug Discovery Lab, College of Pharmacy, Keimyung University, South Korea
Past Project students
M.Sc Project Students
1) Arun singh
2) Saayak Halder
3) Turja Kanti Debnath
4) Pankaj Majhi
5) Sucharita Mandal
6) Shubhankar Gadre
7) Soumen Ghosh
8) Sampad Jana
9) Bivas Mondal
10) Subhankar Mondal
12) Deepsekhar
13) Eerlapally Raju
14) Mritunjoy
15) Pankaj
16) Niloy
17) Ritika Minz
18) Shubham