Dildar Sheikh

Heartiest Congratulations to our PI Prof. Subhajit Bandyopadhyay (@The_LightLab) for his outstanding leadership as Head Mentor, guiding Team India to a Gold Medal 🥇 at the #IChO2026. Congratulations to the entire team for this incredible achievement. 🇮🇳🥇 @iiserkol @dcsiiserkol

Another Golden Sweep by India as our Chemistry team bags 4 Gold medals securing Rank #1 (jointly with China, Vietnam, and Individual Participant (Russia)) at the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad, Uzbekistan (icho2026.uz). 1/5

Team India is ready for the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO)! The Pre-departure Camp, our four students will represent India in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, from July 10–19, 2026. Best wishes to the team✨

Heartiest Congratulations to our supervisor @The_LightLab on this remarkable achievement for your exceptional contribution in scientific research and academic excellence. We feel fortunate to be a part of your research group. @iiserkol @ChemResSocIndia @dcsiiserkol

Honored to have attended the JACS Symposium Series in Kolkata, celebrating 150 years of ACS Publications & IACS Kolkata. Grateful for the opportunity to learn from leading researchers and connect with the chemistry community. @ACS150 , @J_A_C_S @ACSPublications ,@IACS

Just published: The Emergence of Arylazopyrazole Photochromic Systems as the Next-Generation Azo Photoswitches | ACS Applied Optical Materials. Congrats to @im_Soumenadak and our smart undergrad student @pritammoha80239! @ACSPublications @ACS_AMI pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Fluorescence switching and radical formation of a dual-functional photochromic dimethyldihydropyrene - just published in Chemical Science. Well done @I_Sariful_ @AvinashKum88204 @SamyadebM . Thanks to @ANRFIndia pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

Glad to see that our article received Top Cited Article in 2025. Read it here onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… #TopCitedArticle @wileyinresearch

Big congratulations to Dr. Soumen Adak @im_Soumenadak the newly minted PhD of the lab. 🎓 Your hard work and dedication culminated in a brilliant PhD defense today. Heartfelt thanks to the awesome reviewers @SaioaCobo of LCC Toulouse, and Sugumar V of @IiserMohali @poc_at.

Our recent Chemical Science article on photonic switching of a photochromic dyad in solid state for logic operations pubs.rsc.org/doi/D5SC02467F has been selected and included in the 2025 most popular organic materials articles collection. Congratulations, @I_Sariful_ and @Jakir7_!

@im_Soumenadak @RoySocChem @The_LightLab Congratulations Dada ❤️🫂

Excited to share that I have been admitted as a 𝐌𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 of 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 (𝐌𝐑𝐒𝐂), UK! Thanks to @RoySocChem and @The_LightLab #chemistry #RSC #MRSC

We are glad to share that the Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Kolkata is ranked 1 in India in the recent Nature Index ranking. @EduMinOfIndia @PTI_News @PIB_India @Nature @skkhare781 @priyank_june