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Santosh K Nanda

Also known as: Santosh

Bhadrak Autonomous College, Syngene International (India), Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Utkal University, The University of Texas at San Antonio

ORCID iD 0000-0002-6304-492X
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About

Dr Santosh Kumar Nanda, born in Barundei, a small village in the district of Jajpur, Odisha, India,
where he completed his schooling (Baitarani Uccha Bidya Pitha, Barundei). He received his B.Sc
(Chemistry Hons) from N.C. Auto. College (Utkal University), Jajpur, M.Sc. degree from Utkal
University and a PhD at IIT Bombay working with Prof. S. J. Gharpure in 2018, for which he has
gotten the BEST THESIS award by NOST-Council, India. Later, he moved to UTSA (University of
Texas, San Antonio), United States (USA) as a post-doctoral research associate under Prof. Dr.
John Cong G. Zaho. Then he joined as an Asst. Prof. in CTUM in the Department of Applied Science and a year later, he
moved to Biocon Bristol Myers Squibb R&D Centre, Syngene, Bengaluru as a Senior Research Investigator. From September-
2023, he is working as an Assistant Professor (Stage-I, OES) in the PG Department of Chemistry, Govt. (Auto) College,
Bhadrak. For research, he is a recipient of a DHE Odisha-funded project under the MRIP-2024 scheme. His research is focused on
the photocatalytic cascade functionalization of carbon-carbon unsaturated systems. He has published many publications,
patents (https://sites.google.com/view/skn-lab/home). He has already written organic books for UG Chemistry students based
on the NEP-2020 programme (Natural products, heterocyclic compounds, nitrogen-containing compounds and
polynuclear hydrocarbons, (Core-IX, semester-V) Chemistry of halogen, oxygen and sulphur-containing organic
compounds, (Core-VI, semester-IV), and Fundamental Organic Chemistry, (Core-II, semester-I).

Employment

  • Bhadrak Autonomous College Assistant Professor
    2023 - Present
  • Syngene International (India) Team Lead
    2022 - 2023
  • The University of Texas at San Antonio Post-Doctoral Fellow
    2021 - 2022
  • Centurion University of Technology and Management Assistant Professor
    2020 - 2022

Education

  • Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Ph. D.
    2011 - 2017
  • Utkal University M.Sc.
    2008 - 2010

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (22)