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About

Prof. Dattatraya Dethe completed his doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2005, followed by Post-Doctoral Research (2005–2008) at ICES, Singapore under the supervision of Prof. K. C. Nicolaou. He subsequently joined Albany Molecular Research Inc. (AMRI), Singapore as a Senior Research Scientist in 2008. In 2009, he moved to the National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune as an Assistant Professor, and later joined the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2011, where he currently serves as Professor of Chemistry.

Prof. Dethe’s research has been recognized through several prestigious awards, including the CSIR Young Scientist Award (2011), OPPI Young Scientist Award (2011), Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2011–2014), AVRA Young Scientist Award (2014), CRSI Bronze Medal (2020), and the C. N. R. Rao National Prize for Chemical Sciences (2024). He is also a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI).

His broad research interests lie in Organic Synthesis, Natural Product Synthesis, Transition Metal Catalysis, and Asymmetric Synthesis.

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Education

2005-2008: Post-Doctoral Research

Research Supervisor: Prof. K. C. Nicolaou

ICES, Singapore

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1999-2005: Doctor of Philosophy (Organic Chemistry)

Research Supervisor: Prof. A. Srikrishna

Department of Organic Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

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1997-1999: Master of Science (Organic Chemistry)

Pune University, Pune, India.

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1994-1997: Bachelor of Science (Chemistry)

Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India

Professional Experience

From 2019 to present: Professor

Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur

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Dec 2014 to 2019: Associate Professor

Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur

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Dec 2011 to Nov 2014: Assistant Professor

Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur

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July 2009 to Nov 2011: Scientist E1/Assistant Professor (AcSIR)

Division of Organic Chemistry

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune

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July 2008 to June 2009: Senior Research Scientist

Drug Discovery and development

Albany Molecular Research Inc., Singapore

Awards and Scholarships

  1. Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, FNASc.

  2. SERB-STAR Award 2020.

  3. CRSI Bronze Medal 2020.

  4. AVRA Young Scientist Award 2015.

  5. Young associate of Indian academy of sciences (2011-2014).

  6. OPPI young scientist award for the year 2011.

  7. CSIR young scientist award for the year 2011.

Memberships

  1. Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).

  2. American Chemical Society (ACS).

Contributions to the institute

  1. DUGC Convenor (2014-2015)

  2. Graduate Seminar Incharge (2013-2014)

  3. Chemical Society President (2013-2014)

  4. NMR Instruments Incharge (2014-till date)

  5. Member-Senate election Committee-IITK (2021-2022)

  6. General Seminar Incharge (2022)

Teaching

Courses taught:

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1. General Chemistry (CHM102A)

2. Basic Organic Chemistry (203A).

3. Organic Chemistry-I (303A/401A)

4. Chemistry Laboratory (101A).

5. Frontiers in Organic Chemistry (CHM 612).

6. Application of Modern Instrumental Methods (CHM 631).

7. Organic Structure Determination by Spectroscopic Techniques (CHM656A)

8. Chemistry of Natural Products (CHM 662).

9. Organic Qualitative and Quantitative Laboratory (CHM 305).

10. Organic Preparations Lab (CHM 503A).

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