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Professor

DR. DILLIP KUMAR CHAND

Dillip Kumar Chand received his PhD in 1998 from IIT Kanpur under the supervision of Prof. P. K. Bharadwaj. He then commenced postdoctoral research work by accepting an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship at Universitat des Saarlandes, Germany (1999–2000, Host: Prof. H.-J. Schneider) followed by a JSPS Research Fellowship at Nagoya University, and The University of Tokyo, Japan (2000–2002, Host: Prof. M. Fujita). Subsequently, in 2003 he joined IIT Madras as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Professor in 2014. His research interests include various aspects of Supramolecular Coordination Chemistry. A molecular star prepared by his group made the list of “Molecules of the Year 2017” as adjudicated by ACS – C&EN.

Education
  • 1998 – Ph. D from IIT Kanpur
  • 1992 – M. Sc from Sambalpur University (First Rank)
  • 1990 - B. Sc from Larambha College, Sambalpur University
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