Curriculum Vita

Puneet Gupta
4th Year Undergraduate
5 Year Integrated Master of Science
Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Personal Details
Present Room No. B-115,
Address Hall-1, I.I.T.

Kanpur, India208016
Phone 9935053007
Permanent 703/E, Barra-3,
Address Janta Nagar,
Kanpur,India208027

Email

puneetg@iitk.ac.in
puneetg.iitk@gmail.com

Date of Birth

March 30th, 1985

Sex

Male

Education
Examination/Degree Year

Institution

Performance

5 Year Integrated M.Sc.

Chemistry
Board of Intermediate
Education Uttar Pradesh,
Allahabad, India
Board of Intermediate
Education Uttar Pradesh,
Allahabad, India

I.I.T. Kanpur

7.0( CPI, after 6

semesters)

2008( expected)

2002

2000

Chacha Nehru
Smarak Inter
College
Chacha Nehru
Smarak Inter
College

80%

80.2%

Courses Undertaken at IIT Kanpur

Departmental Courses:
General Chemistry

Inorganic Chemistry-1

Basic Organic Chemistry-1

Inorganic Chemistry-2

Basic Organic Chemistry-2

Physical Chemistry-1

Basic Inorganic Chemistry

Basic Physical Chemistry

Physical Chemistry-2
Introduction to NMR
Spectroscopy
Physical Organic
Chemistry*
Chemical Binding*

Organic Chemistry-1
Organic Chemistry-2

Mathematics for
Chemistry*
Modern Physical Methods
in Chemistry*
Chemistry of Polyhedral
Crystals*
Organic Chemistry Lab-1
Organic Chemistry Lab-2
Inorganic Chemistry Lab-1
Physical Chemistry Lab-1*

Other Courses:
Mathematics: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Complex Algebra, Fourier Analysis &
Differential Equations.
Physics: Classical Mechanics, Electrodynamics & Electro Magnetic theory.
Programming Language: Java.
Electronics: An Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering.
Material Science: Nature & Properties of Materials.
Chemical Engineering: Chemical Thermodynamics.
Mechanical Engineering: Engineering Graphics, Manufacturing processes.
Courses to be completed *Dec 2006.

Work Experience
Summer Internship at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, U.S.A.
(May-July, 2006)

Project Title: To Synthesize Poly (hydrido carbyne) via cheap and less
dangerous method and to characterize the physical properties of Diamond
films.
Project Guide: Dr. Patricia Bianconi
I did this project this summer (May-July, 2006) as a part of my summer internship.
Project was in the area of Material Science. The first part of the project was to discover a

new path, which should be cheap and less dangerous, to synthesize the Poly (hydrido
carbyne). Poly (hydrido Carbyne), which is known as PHC, has a great importance in
Material Science, because Diamond films can be made by just spinning the PHC films
under certain environment. For synthesizing the PHC, Ealier Chemists used to mix a
reaction mixture of Bromoform, Sodium Potassium alloy and THF by sonicator energy in
an Ar or Notrogen atmosphere. But this is not a very good way to make PHC because
sodium potassium alloy (NaK) is a pyrophobic compound, which means, it catches fire
very easily, and also reaction is very expensive because it uses sonicator energy. So In
my internship, I had to work on these two, and I got success in both of them. I used Na2K
in place of NaK, which was not pyrophobic, and simple stirring was used to mix the
reaction mixture in place of using expensive sonicator energy.
The second part of the project was to get the physical properties of the Diamond films,
which were made from PHC. So, to get physical properties, I used AFM, XPS and
Goniometer machines.
Apart from all this, I learnt how to order chemicals and how to set own work space.

Summer Project at IIT Kanpur, India

(May-July, 2005)

Project Title: The synthesis of a new Schiff Base Complex of Zn(II).

Project Guide: Dr. V. Chandrasekhar, Mr. P.Thilagar.
Synthesis of ferrocene carboxaldehyde by using reported procedure and a new schiff base
{1,3- Bis- (ferrocene-amino)-propan-2-ol} has been synthesized by the interaction of 1,3Diamino-2-propanol with already prepared ferrocene carboxaldehyde in benzene as a
solvent. The metalation has been done in between the schiff base and the zinc (II)
chloride (anhydrous) by taking dichloro methane as a solvent.

Mechanical Engineering Project at IIT Kanpur, India (awarded by best

project award among 200 students), (Jan. 2004-March 2005).
Project Title: A Mechanical Drum
Project Guide: Dr. Ashish Garg, Mr. Anil Jha.
A mechanical drum was designed and manufactured by using different techniques of a
manufacturing lab such as Lathe Machine, Drilling Machine. I have worked in a group of
five students which improved my working skills in a group.

Material Engineering Project at IIT Kanpur, India

(Jan 2004-March 2005)

Project Title: The Tyne Bridge

Project Guide: Dr. Ashish Garg, Dr. V.K. Jain.
Design and manufacturing of The Tyne Bridge (model) by applying the methods of Arc
Welding, Gas Welding and Sheet Metal Forming. I have worked in the group of three
students.

Term Paper at IIT Kanpur, India

(Aug.-Nov., 2005)

Title: Platinum group metal complexes contain pincer ligand.

Submitted to: Dr. V.Chandrasekhar
This term paper was based on the last ten years researches of Dr. Gerard Van Koten on
Pincer Chemistry. This is a type of review article on pincer chemistry.

Publication
My summer internship work has been submitted in Diamond & Related materials, and
its a one of the good journal of U.S.A.

Awards, Scholarships and Extra curricular:

I have done one summer internship at University of Massachusetts,Amherst,USA

in this summer( May-July, 2006)
I won a prize of 500rs in a Chemical society event by giving the best name to one
of the event organized by Chemical society.( July, 2006)
Selected as a most regular student by Dr. S.P. Rath in the course of CHM 341.
Got the best project award in a mechanical course.(Year 2005)
Receiving scholarship (MCM) at IIT Kanpur.
Coordinator of Stratagem, Antaragni2004.
98.50 Percentile in IIT-JEE 2003 amongst 1, 50,000 candidates.
th
th
27 rank in 12 examination among around 9, 00,000 students.
Got highest marks in physics (97/100) in 12th examination among around 9,
00,000 students.
Stood first in the class in my schooling from class 6th to class 12th.

All the details provided here are correct to best of my knowledge.