F O R M A T
Please report for the period April 1, 2014 to March 31, 2015.
A hard copy and a soft copy are required. Tex users should give the
ASCII command file along with the final hard copy generated through
Tex. Please arrange to send in the completed report latest by May 15, 2015.
1. School / Centre / Department / Group: TCIS Hyderabad
2. Highlights (This material will be used for compiling the TIFR
Annual Report to be submitted to the Parliament)
3. Text
Each subheading should be followed by a short description of the work
(approx. 150 words). Lengthy descriptions will have to be edited in
order to meet the size requirements of the Annual Report. Names of the
persons involved in the work should be given in brackets at the end.
Please write the report in past tense only. The report should not
contain the experimental details or lengthy explanations. Preferably,
only those works should be included where a reportable result has been
obtained. Abstracts and future plans should be strictly avoided.
4. Figure / Photograph Captions (Please indicate position of the figure in
Text)
5. Staff List
Mr. Amit Malakar; Project Student (May 2014 to Dec 2014)
Mr. Sourav Sarkar; Summer Project Student (May 2014 to June 2014)
Mr. Debabrata Dhara; Project B and PhD Student (August 2014 to )
Mr. Debdeep Mandal; Project B and PhD Student (August 2014 to )
6. National and International Involvement (Professional and Academic)
Memberships of editorial, academic and national committees, Office
bearership of professional societies, etc.
7. Visits
8. Awards and Distinctions
9. Invited Talks in Conferences and Meetings (Speaker, Title,
Occasion, Place, Date)
24-26th September, 2014: Presented a poster in Wöhler Conference, Saarland University, Germany with
a title of "Unsaturated Ge2 Moieties with Directly Attached and Remote Functional Groups"
10-11 December, 2014: Attend a meeting of “New Directions in Chemical Synthesis-II (Inorganic
Synthesis)” at IIT Bombay, India
10. Conference Organised by the School / Deptt. / Group (Title, Place,
Date, Short Description)
11. Non DAE Research Projects (Investigators, Title, Funding Agency,
Duration)
Investigators: Anukul Jana
Title: Design and utility of appropriate anionic ligands for the syntheses and mutual conversion of
multiple bond of heavier Group 14.
Funding Agency: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Duration: Equipment Grant
Amount: EUR 20,000-
12. Publications (only those published during the period of report)
a) In Journals [Authors, Title, Journal, Volume No., Page, Year]
1. Anukul Jana, Volker Huch, Henry S. Rzepa and David Scheschkewitz
"A Molecular Complex with a Formally Neutral Iron Germanide Motif (Fe2Ge2)"
Organometallics 2015, 34, DOI: 10.1021/om501286g
2. Anukul Jana, Volker Huch, Henry S. Rzepa and David Scheschkewitz
"A Multiply Functionalized Base-Coordinated GeII Compound and Its Reversible
Dimerization to the Digermene"
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2015, 54, 289–292.
3. Anukul Jana, Isabell Omlor, Volker Huch, Henry S. Rzepa and David Scheschkewitz
“N-Heterocyclic Carbene Coordinated Neutral and Cationic Heavier Cyclopropylidenes”
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2014, 53, 9953–9956.
b) In Proceedings [Authors, Title, Title of Proceedings, Volume,
Page, Year]
c) Web Publications
d) In Books
e) Books/Book Reviews
f) Technical Reports/Internal Reports
13. Lectures / Lecture Courses Given Elsewhere
5 November 2014: "Multiple Bonded Compounds in Heavier Elements" at In-House Symposium 2014 of
TCIS, Hyderabad, India.
19 February 2015: "Recent Advances in Main Group Chemistry" at NISER Bhubaneswar, India.
26 February 2015: "Low-Valent Main Group Chemistry: Beyond Academic Curiosity" at Jadavpur
University, India.
2-7 March 2015: Special lectures on "Chemistry of Low-Valent Low-Coordination" in TIFR Mumbai for
Chemistry Graduate students as part of "Advanced Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry" course.
14. Lectures by Visitors
15. Graduate Courses
August - November 2014: "Advanced Inorganic and Organic Chemistry" course for first year Chemistry
PhD students.
16. Ph.D. Theses / M.Sc. Theses (Please indicate the University
awarding the degree)
17. Popular Science Articles / Lectures
18. Radio & TV Programmes
19. Any other information
Member of the Chemistry Subject Board of TIFR Mumbai