Funding

Funding

Ongoing Research Projects:

 

SERB: Unravelling the Potentials of Dinaphthoporphycene (DNP) as a ligand towards Photodynamic Therapy and Out-of-Plane Monometallic Chiral Complexation & Cis-bimetallic Complexation [January 2023 - January 2026]

IoE (University of Hyderabad): New Shortwave Infrared (SWIR) Emitting Dyes based on Bronzaphyrin, a 26π (2.0.0.2.0.0)Hexaphyrin [December 2020 - December 2023]

 

CSIR: Synthesis and characterization of new anthracene-fused second generation B(III)subporphyrins -Potential dyes for efficient dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs) [June 2018 - March 2023]

 

Completed Research Projects:

 

DRDO (through ACRHEM Phase III; Center-based project): Synthesis of energetic materials [December 2016- November 2022]

 

SERB: Exploration of cis-bimetallic complexes in Porphycene and its Isomeric Analogues Corrphycene and Porphyrin [Sept 2018 - Mar 2022]

 

DAE-BRNS: Synthesis of p-extended Subchlorins: Potential photosensitizers for photodynamic therapy (PDT)  [June 2017 - Dec 2020]

 

DST-CERI (with Dr. L. Giribabu, IICT, Hyderabad): Strong NIR absorbing BODIPY incorporated Ru and Porphyrin dyes for design of efficient dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) [June 2016 - Dec 2019]

 

UPE2 (University of Hyderabad): New ways to develop asymmetric Porphyrins [May 2014 - April 2016]

 

SERB: Synthesis and characterization of novel naphthalene fused π-extended  porphyrinoids - Potential third order nonlinear optical materials with multi-photon absorption [November, 2013 - October, 2017]

 

DRDO (through ACRHEM Phase II; Center-based project): Synthesis of energetic materials and sensing of energetic materials [June, 2011 - November, 2016]

 

UGC: New sapphyrin derivatives for anion discrimination [September, 2012 - December, 2015]

 

CSIR: Synthesis and anion binding studies of biscalix[4]pyrroles: Potential host for cooperative anion binding [March, 2011 - March, 2014]

 

DST - Synthesis and characterization of novel extended porphycenes - Potential photosensitizers for photodyanamic therapy (PDT) [November, 2007 - November, 2010]

 

DRDO (through ACRHEM Phase I; Center-based project) - Synthesis of energetic materials and sensing of energetic materials [August, 2007 - May 2011]