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Members of Humboldt Academy Pune Chapter (as on 26 July 2023)

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Dr. Ramesh C. Samanta

Affiliation/Residential Address: DST INSPIRE Faculty, Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, India
Area of Specialization: Organic Synthesis; Organocatalysis; Transition-Metal Catalysis; Asymmetric Catalysis; Electrosynthesis
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2018-2020
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Institute for Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, Tammannstr. 2, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
email id: rc.samanta@ncl.res.in / rsamanta5@gmail.com

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K Krishnamoorthy

Affiliation/Residential Address: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory
Area of Specialization: Organic materials and devices
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2017-2018
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Oldenburg
email id: k.krishnamoorthy@ncl.res.in
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/k.krishnamoorthy

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Dr. Shabana Khan

Affiliation/Residential Address: Associate Professor, Chemistry Department, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune (IISER PUNE), Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, India.
Area of Specialization: Organometallic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Catalysis
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2021-2022
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Institut für Anorganische Chemie Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Am Hubland, 97074 Würzburg, Germany
email id: shabana@iiserpune.ac.in / shabanakhan01@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-20-2590 8137 (Off.) / +919158353900 (Mobile)
Website link: http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~shabana/

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Dr. G. Kishore Kumar

Affiliation/Residential Address: Assistant Professor Department of Atmospheric and Space Science Savitribai Phule Pune University Ganeshkhind, Pune, Maharastra-411 007
Area of Specialization: Atmospheric Science
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2012-2014
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Leibniz-Institut für Atmosphärenphysik an der Universität Rostock (IAP), Kühlungsborn, Germany
email id: kishoreg@rocketmail.com / kishoreg@unipune.ac.in
Phone No: +91-9113964941

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Dr. Sanak Mishra

Affiliation/Residential Address: F-1401, Nine Hills Society, NIBM Road Extension, Mohammedwadi, Pune-411060
Area of Specialization: Materials Science & Engineering
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1979-81
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Aachen Technical University
email id: mishra.sanak@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-9810956664 and +91-20-66240737 (Home)

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Dr. Atul Bharde

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email id: atulbharde@gmail.com
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Dr. Santosh B. Mhaske

Affiliation/Residential Address: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
Area of Specialization: Organic synthesis- Natural products, Drugs, Methods, Process
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2008-2010
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: University of Hannover, Hannover
email id: sb.mhaske@ncl.res.in
Phone No: +91-8956560737
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/sb.mhaske

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Dr. Kesharsingh J. Patil

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email id: patilkesharsingh@hotmail.com
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Dr. Chetan J. Bhongale

Affiliation/Residential Address: Defence Institute of Advanced Technology (DU), Pune
Area of Specialization: Organic and Hybrid Nanomaterials, Self-assembly, Mesoporous Materials, Fluorescent Organic Nanoaprticles, Organic Electronics Devices
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2007-2009
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Institute of Makromolecular Chemie, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
email id: chetanbhongale@gmail.com and chetanjb@diat.ac.in
Phone No: +91-20-2430 4155 (Office)
Website link: https://diat.ac.in/

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Dr. A. V. Ramaswamy

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email id: av_ram@hotmail.com
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Dr. Seergazhi G. Srivatsan

Affiliation/Residential Address: Associate Professor, Chemistry Indian Institute Of Science Education And Research (Iiser), Pune Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan Pune 411008, India
Area of Specialization: Chemical Biology, Nucleic Acid Chemistry and Biophysics
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2003-2005
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: University of Bonn, Germany
email id: srivatsan@iiserpune.ac.in
Phone No: +91-20-25908086 / +91-20-25908186
Website link: http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~srivatsan/

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Dr. Vivek Asgekar

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email id: asgekar@physics.unipune.ernet.in
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Professor Shridhar R. Gadre

Affiliation/Residential Address: Distinguished Professor Interdisciplinary School of Scientific Computing Savitribai Phule Pune University Ganeshkhind Pune-411007, INDIA
Area of Specialization: Theoretical and Computational Quantum Chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1991
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: University of Karlsruhe and University of Hannover
email id: gadre@unipune.ac.in and gadresr007@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-20 25601406 / 25693699
Website link: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~gadre/

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Prof. Gopal Krishna

Affiliation/Residential Address: Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CEBS), University of Mumbai, Kalina Campus, Mumbai – 400 098
Area of Specialization: Astrophysics
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1978 - 80
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Max-Planck-Institut f. Radioastronomie, Bonn
email id: gopaltani@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-9850415719

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Dr. A. Pramesh Rao

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email id: prameshrao@gmail.com
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Dr. Vilas Rane

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email id: vh.rane@ncl.res.in
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Dr. Ashok P. Giri

Affiliation/Residential Address: Chair and Principal Scientist, Division of Biochemical Sciences, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008
Area of Specialization: Plant Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2005, 2009 and 2014
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, Jena, and Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany
email id: ap.giri@ncl.res.in
Phone No: +91-20-25902710 / +91-20-25902237

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Dr. Rajiv Kumar

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email id: rajivkc1954@gmail.com
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Dr. V. G. Vaidya

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email id: drvgvvgv@yahoo.co.in
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Pradeep Kumar Tripathi

Affiliation Address: Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory Pune- 411008
Residential Address: Mont Vert-1, B-17, Pashan Sus Road, Pune-411021
Area of Specialization: Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1996-97
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Konstanz, Tubingen, Berlin.
email id: pk.tripathi@ncl.res.in and pktncl@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-20-25902050

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Shrikrishna Dattatraya Sartale

Affiliation/Residential Address: Department Of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune - 411007
Area of Specialization: THIN FILMS and NANOMATERIALS
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2003
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Hahn Meitner Institute (now Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie), Berlin.
email id: sdsartale@physics.unipune.ac.in
Phone No: +91-9763973766
Website link: http://physics.unipune.ac.in/~sdsartale

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Sakya Singha Sen

Affiliation/Residential Address: Sr. Scientist Gr. IV(3)
Area of Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2011
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Wuerzburg.
email id: ss.sen@ncl.res.in
Phone No: +91-20-2590 2052

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Dr. Nayana Vaval

Affiliation/Residential Address: National Chemical Laboratory
Area of Specialization: Theoretical Chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2005-6
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: University of Heidelberg.
email id: nayana.vaval@gmail.com and np.vaval@ncl.res.in
Phone No: +91-20-2590 2499

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B S M Rao

Affiliation/Residential Address: 17 Khagol Society Panchavati Pune 411008
Area of Specialization: Chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1984-86
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Karlsruhe.
email id: bsmrao@hotmail.com
Phone No: +91-9890334564

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Dr. B Gnanaprakasam

Affiliation/Residential Address: Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education Research, Pune 411008, Maharashtra
Area of Specialization: Natural Product Synthesis, Catalysis, Asymmetric synthesis, Flow Chemistry, Fluorination chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: Between September 2012 and February 2014
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Gottingen University with Prof. L. F. Tietze– Worked in the area of total synthesis of Secolonic acid.
email id: gnanaprakasam@iiserpune.ac.in
Phone No: +91-20-2590 8164
Website link: http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~gnanaprakasam

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Dr. Amol A. Kulkarni

Affiliation/Residential Address: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune
Area of Specialization: Reactor design, microreactors, microfluidics, nanomaterials, scale-up
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2004
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg.
email id: aa.kulkarni@ncl.res.in and amol.kulkarni@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-20-2590 2153
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/aa.kulkarni

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Dr. Swati Acharya

Affiliation/Residential Address: Department of Foreign languages, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Area of Specialization: German Literature from 19th century uptil now
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2015 -17
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: University of Tübingen and Freie Uni., Berlin.
email id: swarami@gmail.com

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Samir H. Chikkali

Affiliation/Residential Address: Senior Scientist, Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008
Area of Specialization: Organometallic, Inorganic and Polymer Chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: Between March 2011 and April 2012
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: The University of Konstanz, with Prof. Stefan Mecking – Worked broadly in the area of organometallic and polymer chemistry.
email id: s.chikkali@ncl.res.in
Phone No: +91-20-2590 3145
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/s.chikkali/home

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Pramod P. Pillai

Affiliation/Residential Address: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan Pune, Maharashtra – 411 008 India
Area of Specialization: Physical chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2009-2010
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Technical University of Dortmund.
email id: pramod.pillai@iiserpune.ac.in
Phone No: +91-20-2590 8252
Website link: http://www.iiserpune.ac.in/~pramod/

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Paul Ratnasamy

Affiliation/Residential Address: 4, Lalit Apartments, Gulmohar Park, ITI Road, Pune-411007
Area of Specialization: Catalysis
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1976-77 and later 2004
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Technical University, Munich.
email id: paulratnasamy@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-20-2589 8058

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Dr. Manohar V. Badiger

Affiliation Address: Chief Scientist, Polymer Science and Engineering Division, CSIR-NCL, Pune 411008, India
Residential Address: B-3 Bungalow, CSIR-NCL Colony, Pashan Road, Pune 411 008, India
Area of Specialization: Polymer Science and Technology
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1997-1999
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Institute for Physical Chemistry, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz.
email id: mv.badiger@ncl.res.in and drmanohar.badiger@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-20-2589 8623
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/mv.badiger/home

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Dr. Arun P. Kulkarni

Affiliation/Residential Address: Centre of Studies in Social Sciences, Pune 411004 (India)
Area of Specialization: Economics
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1966-67
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Institut fuer Auslaedische Landwirtshaft, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany.
email id: arun.cqr@gmail.com Website link: http://www.cssspune.org

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Chinnakonda S. Gopinath

Affiliation/Residential Address: National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 008; Professor of Chemistry, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi.
Area of Specialization: Surface Science, Heterogeneous Catalysis and Spectroscopy
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1995-97
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe
Email id: cs.gopinath@ncl.res.in
Phone No: +91-20-25902043
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/cs.gopinath and http://nclwebapps.ncl.res.in/csgopinath

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Dhananjay S. Bodas

Affiliation/Residential Address: Agharkar Research Institute, Nanobioscience Group, Gg Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004
Area of Specialization: Microelectronics
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2006-2007 AND 2015
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: IMTEK, Freiburg And Tu, Dresden
Email id: dhananjay.bodas@gmail.com and dsbodas@aripune.org
Website link: http://aripune.org/research/dhananjay-bodas/

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Jayant Khandare

Affiliation/Residential Address: Professor, Maharashtra Institute of Pharmacy / Co-founder and CSO -Actorius Innovations and Research Pvt Ltd. E 602 Eternelle, Surve no 86, Baner Road Pune 411045
Area of Specialization: Bio-polymers, targeted drug delivery and cancer diagnostics.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2008-2009
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Prof Rainer Haag, Freie University Berlin
Email id: jayant@actorius.co.in
Phone No: +91-9920526627
Website link: https://www.actorius.co.in/

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Dr. Shafeek A. R. Mulla

Affiliation/Residential Address: Chemical Engineering and Process Development Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homibhabha Road, Pune-411008, Maharashtra, India
Area of Specialization: Homogeneous and Hetrogeneous catalysis and their application to bulk and fine chemicals.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1-04-1999 to 31-03-2000
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Institut für Angewandte Chemie Berlin-Adlershof e. V., Richard-Willstätter-Straße 12, D-12489 Berlin,Germany
Email id: sa.mulla@ncl.res.in and shafeekmullancl@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-9422355501
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/sa.mulla and http://www.ncl.org.in

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Nadim Shaikh

Affiliation/Residential Address: Group Leader, Department of Chemistry, Eurofins Advinus, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Area of Specialization: Organic and medicinal chemistry.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2007/2008
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: LIKAT, Rostock.
Email id: nadims_profile@yahoo.co.in and nadim.shaikh@advinus.com
Phone No: +91-9518599720

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N. N. Joshi

Affiliation/Residential Address: I-27/28 Mantri Ave.2, Panchavati, Pashan, Pune 411008
Area of Specialization: Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1984-85, 2002
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Univ. Hannover (1984-85), Rwth Aachen (2002).
Email id: joshi_nn@rediffmail.com

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Dr. Ram Rup Sarkar

Affiliation/Residential Address: Principal Scientist, Chemical Engineering and Process Development, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune, India.
Area of Specialization: Theoretical and Computational Biology; Biochemical Pathways; Cancer Biology; Infectious Diseases; Mathematical and Statistical Modelling.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2004-2005
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Institute for Environmental Systems Research, University of Osnabrueck, Artilleriestr. 34, 49069, Osnabrueck, Germany.
Email id: rr.sarkar@ncl.res.in and ramrup@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-20-2590 3040 (Office) / +91-20-2590 3041 (Lab.)
Website link: http://academic.ncl.res.in/rr.sarkar

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Dr. Anand D. Karve

Affiliation/Residential Address: 6, Koyna Apartments, Survey no. 133, Kothrud, Pune 411038.
Area of Specialization: Botany, Agriculture.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1958-60; 1983
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Botanisches Institut, Universitaet Tuebingen; Institut fuer Biologie I, Universitaet Freiburg.
Email id: adkarve@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-9881309623

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Dr. Anil Kumar

Affiliation Address: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411008.
Residential Address: Flat No. 6, Megha Terrace Cooperative Housing Society Near Wireless Colony, Aundh, Pune 411007
Area of Specialization: Physical Organic Chemistry, Thermodynamics.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1985
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, West Germany.
Email id: dranilkumar1956@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-9822074509 / +91-20-2588 8712 (Resi)

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Benudhar Punji

Affiliation/Residentia Address: Senior Scientist, CSIR-NCL Pune.
Area of Specialization: Organometallic Chemistry and Homogeneous Catalysis.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2010-2011
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: University of Goettingen, Germany.
Email id: b.punji@ncl.res.in
Phone No: +91-20-2590 2733
Website link: academic.ncl.res.in/b.punji/home


Fellows Deceased - Members of Humboldt Academy Pune Chapter

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Dr. B. B. Kulkarni

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Dr. M. V. Kaulgud

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Dr. S. K. Date

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Fellows Who Left Pune to Other Places For Various Reasons - Members of Humboldt Academy Pune Chapter

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Dr. Akkattu Biju

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email id: at.biju@ncl.res.in
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Professor Dr. Dinesh Chandra Agrawal

Affiliation/Residentia Address: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune.
Area of Specialization: Biotechnology.
Year of AvH Fellowship: 1992-1993, 2001, 2011
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Geilweilerhof 76833 Siebeldingen, Germany.
Email id: dc.agrawal99@gmail.com
Phone No: +91-9552524489

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Dr. Sourav Pal

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email id: s.pal@ncl.res.in
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Dr. Ravi Venkat

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email id: r.venkat@ncl.res.in
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Dr. M. Jeganmohan

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email id: mjeganmohan@iiserpune.ac.in
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Dr. S. S. Sengupta

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email id: ss.sengupta@ncl.res.in
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Dr. Sandip S. Shinde

Affiliation/Residential Address: Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Science, Cadre Wing 2, Ministry of Defence-College of Military Engineering, Old Mumbai - Pune Hwy, Dapodi, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Maharashtra 411031, India
Area of Specialization: Fluorine Chemistry, Enzyme Chemistry, Organic synthesis
Year of AvH Fellowship: 2019-2022
Place of Research in Germany as AvH Fellow: Department of Medicine, Friedrich-Alexander University, Erlangen-Nurenberg, Krankenhausstr. 12, 91054 Nuremberg, Germany
email id: shinde88@gmail.com
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