Dr. Madhab C. Das
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Professor
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur
Kharagpur, WB-721302, India
Ph: +91-3222-282894
E-Mail: mcdas[at]chem.iitkgp.ac.in
Education
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PhD (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Kanpur (Advisor: Prof. P. K. Bharadwaj)
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MS (Chemistry): Vidyasagar University, WB, India
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BS (Chemistry): Midnapore College, WB, India
Professional Experience
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Feb, 2026 onward : Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (India)
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Sep, 2019-Jan, 2026 : Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (India)
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Dec, 2013-Aug, 2019 : Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur (India)
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2012-2013 : JSPS Postdoc Fellow at Kyoto University with Prof. H. Kitagawa (Japan)
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2011-2012 : Postdoc Fellow at University of Calgary with Prof. G. Shimizu (Canada)
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2009-2011 : Postdoc Fellow at The University of Texas at San Antonio with Prof. B. Chen (USA)
He served as an 'AvH Experienced Research Fellow' at Chair of Solid State and Materials Chemistry, Augsburg University, Germany, during the summers of 2023–2025.
Awards & Honors
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Humboldt Fellowship as Experienced Researcher (2022)
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Member of The National Academy of Sciences, India (2022)
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‘Stellar Reviewer’ of ‘Inorganic Chemistry’ (Inorg. Chem. 2021, 60, 14489−14490).
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Early Career Research Award by Science and Engineering Research Board (2015)
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JSPS Post Doctoral Research Fellowship (Japan) for FY 2012−13
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A one-time merit award for the excellent research performance at The University of Texas at San Antonio (2011)
Invited Talks
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Jan 2026: MOFES’26, JNCASR Bangalore, India
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Dec 2025: Kyoto University, Japan
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Sept 2025: North Eastern Hill University-NEHU (ACS-II), India
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July 2025: Technische Universitat (TU) Munich, Germany
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July 2025: University of Augsburg, Germany
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July 2025: National Institute of Chemistry, Slovenia
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June 2025: Ghent University, Belgium
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June 2025: École Normale Supérieure (ENS), CNRS Paris
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Mar 2025: Calcutta University (Science College)
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Mar 2025: Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi (ICFCS-2025)
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Dec 2024: IIT Kharagpur (MTIC-XXI:2024)​
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Nov 2024: IIT Kharagpur (AFS:2024)
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July 2024: EPFL, Sion, Switzerland
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July 2024: Technische Universitat (TU) Dortmund, Germany
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June 2024: University of Augsburg, Germany
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May 2024: University of Alicante, Spain
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May 2024: Instituto de Ciencia Molecular (ICMol), Universidad de Valencia, Spain
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May 2024: Bergen University, Norway
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Mar 2024: IIT Kharagpur (Emerging Trends in Catalysis: ETCS 2024), India
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Dec 2023: University of Tokyo, Japan
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Dec 2023: Kyoto University, Japan
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Oct 2023: VIT Vellore, India
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July 2023: University of Kiel, Germany
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July 2023: Technische Universitat (TU) Dresden, Germany
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June 2023: Universidad de Granada, Spain
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June 2023: Augsburg University (German Chemical Society-GDCh lecture series), Germany
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Dec 2022: IIT Jodhpur (IUMRS-ICA 2022)
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Dec 2022: IIT Guwahati (Frontiers in Chemical Sciences - FICS)
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Oct 2019: Paris (EuroMOF-2019), France
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May 2019: Kumaun University (ICEFN & SEM -2019), India
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Mar 2019: Berhampur University, (IC-CBSDD-2019), Odisha, India
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Mar 2019: Bankura University, WB (Int. Year of Periodic Table: IYPT- 2019), India
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July 2018: IISER Thiruvananthapuram (ISAFM)
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Mar 2018: Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (FIC-II)
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Dec 2017: IISER Pune & NCL Pune (MTIC-XVII, Pune)
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Dec 2017: IIT Roorkee (ICN:3I-2017)
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Mar 2017: Berhampur University (IC-RTCBSMNPDD-2017), Odisha, India
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Feb 2015: Berhampur University, (IC-IACPT-2015), , Odisha, India