Debashis Chakraborty joined the Department of Chemistry, IIT – Madras in 2005 after the rigourous post – doctoral and industrial experience. He is an organometallic chemist and his research focusses upon catalyst development for polymer synthesis and homogeneous catalysis, activation of water and CO2

List Patents

Polymerization Process Using a Highly Active Catalyst

Eugene Y.-X. Chen, Debashis Chakraborty PCT Int. Appl. 2003, WO 2003000750 A1 20030103.

A method for synthesis of polymers and copolymers

Ravikumar R. Gowda, Debashis Chakraborty Indian Pat. Appl. 2011, IN 2009CH03099 A 20110624. (Approved)

Group 4 metal aryloxy compounds used as polymerization catalyst in lactide polymerization

Ravikumar R. Gowda, Venkatachalam Ramkumar, Debashis Chakraborty Indian Pat. Appl. 2012, IN 2010CH02550 A 20120622. (Approved)

Group 4 metal aryloxy compounds

Ravikumar R. Gowda, Venkatachalam Ramkumar, Debashis Chakraborty Indian Pat. Appl. 2012, IN 2011CH01376 A 20121026. (Approved)

Metal free catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters and lactide

Debashis Chakraborty, Payal Malik, Ravikumar R. Gowda, Venkatachalam Ramkumar Indian Pat. Appl. 2013, IN 2011CH04571 A 20130628. (Approved)

Metal free catalysts for the ring opening polymerization of cyclic esters and lactide

Debashis Chakraborty, Payal Malik, Ravikumar R. Gowda, Venkatachalam Ramkumar Indian Pat. Appl. 2013, IN 2011CH04568 A 20130628. (Approved)

Catalysts for poly(lactide) synthesis and uses thereof

Debashis Chakraborty, Swarup Ghosh, Venkatachalam Ramkumar PCT Int. Appl. 2014, WO 2014155213 A2 20141002. (Approved)

Catalysts for poly(lactide) synthesis and uses thereof

Debashis Chakraborty, Swarup Ghosh, Venkatachalam Ramkumar Indian Pat. Appl. 2015, IN 2013CH01338 A 20150116. (Approved)

A process for the preparation of biopolymers

Debashis Chakraborty, Mrinmay Mandal Indian Pat. Appl. 2016, IN 2014KO01271 A 20160610.

Catalysts for Poly(lactide) synthesis and uses thereof

Debashis Chakraborty, Swarup Ghosh, Venkatachalam Ramkumar US Patent 2018, US 20160053048 A1.

Metal-free approach and method for synthesis of polyesters

Piyush Kumar Gupta, Anjaneyulu Kummari, Santosh Gupta, Debashis Chakraborty, Rama Shanker Verma Indian Pat. Appl. 2019, IN 201841019916 A 20191129. (Approved)

Metal-free polyester based nano-drug carrier

Piyush Kumar Gupta, Anjaneyulu Kummari, Santosh Gupta, Debashis Chakraborty, Rama Shanker Verma Indian Pat. Appl. 2019, IN 201841019915 A 20191129. (Approved)