Great effort by vinay who effectively used Pincer–Ruthenium as a catalytic handle to tune the value-addition of methanol selectively to precious formic Acid and clean-burning hydrogen pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… IIT Guwahati SERB DSTIndia ACS Catalysis

Very educative for akshara bisarya who attempted to attain a better control on the systematic formation of NNN Pincer-Manganese and their eventual disproportionation. Yet active for Guerbet β-Alkylation of Alcohols | pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… IIT Guwahati SERB Organometallics

Congratulations to all authors. As always it was a pleasure to be associated with this wonderful team. IIT Guwahati

Nicely done by Pran Gobinda Nandi in a comprehensive study on β-Methylation of Alcohols Catalyzed by Pincer–Ruthenium | Organometallics pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Department of Chemistry IITG IIT Guwahati SERB Organometallics

Three cheers to vinay for demonstrating the catalytic conversion of feed-agnostic ethanol to clean-burning hydrogen and value-added acetic acid using pincer-ruthenium complexes pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… IIT Guwahati Department of Chemistry IITG SERB DSTIndia Catalysis Sci & Tech

To her pleasant surprise, Narjinari's Live realized that a simple base metal salt CoCl2 could catalyze the acceptorless or transfer dehydrogenation of glycerol to lactic acid and hydrogen or isopropanol – …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ch… IIT Guwahati Department of Chemistry IITG SERB ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal

Nicely done by all the authors. Thoroughly enjoyed the discussions that shaped this Feature Article on Production of hydrogen from alcohols - now published in Chemical Communications pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… IIT Guwahati Department of Chemistry IITG Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) Arnab Dutta IIT Bombay

A Comprehensive work by Babu V on Pincer-Iron Catalysts for transformation of Bio-Diesel waste Glycerol to Lactic Acid in high yields and excellent selectivity | Inorganic Chemistry pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… IIT Guwahati Department of Chemistry IITG Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati Inorganic Chemistry

Following our continued efforts towards transformation of Bio-Diesel waste Glycerol to Lactic Acid akshara bisarya demonstrates that NNN pincer–Mn and precursor MnCl2 can act as catalyst- Dalton Transactions pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… IIT Guwahati Department of Chemistry IITG Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati DaltonTransactions

Nicely done by Pran Gobinda Nandi for a comprehensive work on Pincer-Ruthenium-Catalyzed Direct Formation of Fuel-Grade Alkanes via a Net-Decarboxylative Coupling of Alcohols | ACS Catalysis pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Department of Chemistry IITG IIT Guwahati Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati Anusandhan National Research Foundation

Kudos to Vikas Saini for a detailed work on Pincer–Ruthenium Catalyzed Selective α‐Alkylation of Nitriles - Vikas - ChemCatChem - Wiley Online Library …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cc… Department of Chemistry IITG IIT Guwahati Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati Anusandhan National Research Foundation Chemistry Europe

Great team effort. Thanks to Chemical Communications and all the co-authors

Indeed enjoyed this collaborative effort Department of Chemistry IITG IIT Guwahati Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati Anusandhan National Research Foundation