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Prof. K Hari Prasad

PhD (IIT Kanpur)

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Room No: 406 MME & Science Block   +91-870-2462679
harikokatla@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Organic Synthesis, Carbohydrate and Medicinal Chemistry 

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Organic Chemistry Laboratory-I(CY16011)
  • Organic Preparations Laboratory(CY5106)
  • Stereo Selective Synthesis(CY5102)
  • Chemistry for Civil Engineers(CY183)
  • General Chemistry-I(CYI101)
  • Engineering Chemistry(CY1161)
  • General Chemistry(CY2101)
  • General Chemistry - II(CYB201)
  • Engineering Chemistry(CY185)
  • Photochemistry and Pericyclic reactions(CY16002)
  • Carbohydrate Chemistry(CY5163)
  • Chemistry(CY131)
  • Green Chemistry(CY5111)
  • Seminar - II(CY5148)
  • Organic Chemistry Laboratory - I(CY4107)
  • Chemistry Laboratory for Mechanical Engineering(CY136)
  • Chemistry of Biomolecules(CY5172)
  • Chemistry Laboratory(CY184)
  • Photochemistry and Pericyclic Reactions(CY4153)
  • Organic Chemistry Laboratory - II(CY4156)
  • Dissertation Work(CY5199)
  • Comprehensive Viva-voce(CY5197)
  • Chemistry Laboratory(CY182)
  • ORC ID: orcid logo https://orcid.org/ 0000-0001-7517-3377
  • SCOPUS ID: 24341110800
  • Google Scholar ID: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QbwRk546OVIC&hl=en


  • N-Oxide-Induced Ugi Reaction: A Rapid Access to Quinoline-C2-amino Amides via Deoxygenative C(sp2)–H Functionalization, By Naveenkumar Anugu, Sanjeeva Thunga, Soumya Poshala, Hari Prasad Kokatla, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry , vol.87, pp.10435, 2022
  • Rongalite-Mediated Transition Metal-and Hydride-Free Chemoselective Reduction of α-Keto Esters and α-Keto Amides, By Sivaparwathi Golla, Hari Prasad Kokatla, American Chemical Society, The Journal of Organic Chemistry , vol.87, pp.9915, 2022
  • Transition metal-free functionalization of 2-oxindoles via sequential aldol and reductive aldol reactions using rongalite as a C1 reagent., By Sivaparwathi Golla, Swathi Jalagam, Soumya Poshala, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Royal Society of Chemistry, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, vol.20, pp.4926, 2022
  • Rongalite-induced transition-metal and hydride-free reductive aldol reaction: a rapid access to 3,3′-disubstituted oxindoles and its mechanistic studies., By Sivaparwathi Golla, Naveenkumar Anugu,Swathi Jalagam, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Royal Society of Chemistry, Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, vol.20, pp.808, 2022
  • Iodine Catalyzed C2-H Formamidation of Quinoline N-Oxides using Isocyanides: A Metal-Free Approach., By Naveenkumar Anugu, Sanjeeva Thunga, Sivaparwathi Golla, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Wiley, Advaned Synthesis & Catalysis, vol.364, pp.149, 2022
  • Rongalite-promoted metal-free aerobic ipso-hydroxylation of arylboronic acids under sunlight: DFT mechanistic studies, By Sivaparwathi Golla, Soumya Poshala, Ravinder Pawar, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Elsevier, Tetrahedron Letters, vol.61, pp.151539, 2019
  • A Facile One-Pot Synthesis of 2,2,2-Trichloroacetates Through Acid-Catalyzed Deimination and Its Applications., By Soumya Poshala, Sanjeeva Thunga, Sivaparwathi Golla, Vanaparthi Satheesh, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Wiley, Chemistry Select, vol.4, pp.10466, 2019
  • An Efficient Pd(II)-(2-aminonicotinaldehyde) Complex As Complementary Catalyst for the Suzuki-Miyaura Coupling in Water., By Sanjeeva Thunga, Soumya Poshala, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Elsevier, Tetrahedron Letters, vol.60, pp.2046, 2019
  • In Situ Generation of Copper Nanoparticles by Rongalite and Their Use as Catalyst for Click Chemistry in Water., By Soumya Poshala, Sanjeeva Thunga, Saikumar Manchala, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Wiley, Chemistry Select, vol.3, pp.13759, 2018
  • Methyl 2-Nitrosobenzoate, A Simple Dehydrating Agent for the Synthesis of Nitriles from Aldoximes. , By Sanjeeva Thunga, Soumya Poshala, Hari Prasad Kokatla, Wiley, Chemistry Select, vol.3, pp.4425, 2018

Transition Metal-Free C(sp2)–H methylenation of Heterocycles by Rongalite: A rapid access to C1-Homologation

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB-EEQ
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4330000
  • Status Ongoing

Rongalite-induced Consecutive C1-Homologation/Fluorination Strategy for selective fluorination of Organic molecules

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB-SCP
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4125264
  • Status Ongoing

Rongalite/Molecular Oxygen: A mild and green reagent for oxidation of organic substrates under sunlight

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB-EEQ
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4102000
  • Status Completed

Novel glycosylation methods and their application to biologically important molecules

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST-INSPIRE
  • Duration 60 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 3500000
  • Status Completed

N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalyzed Tandem [2+2] and [4+2] Cycloaddition Reactions): Application in the Synthesis of Bioactive Compounds

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor SERB-FAST TRACK
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2300000
  • Status Completed


Inapanuri Madhu

  • Area of Research: Functionalization of N-Heterocycles by Rongalite

KandukuriRambabu

  • Area of Research: Metal-Free C-H(sp2) Methylenation by Rongalite

Naddi Nagaraju

  • Area of Research: Selective Flourination of Organic Molecules

Neetika Singh

  • Area of Research: Metal-Free C-H(sp2) Functionalization of Heterocycles

Raju Mamidi

  • Area of Research: Development of Green Methodologies by using Rongalite

Swathi Jalagam

  • Area of Research: Rongalite Induced Organic Synthesis.
  • CUNY Travel Grant Award From RF-CUNY
  • Young Researcher Award (Sciences)- 2020
  • Director’s Nominee for Ph.D Selections (December, 2023 - December, 2023)
  • Associate Dean, Faculty Welfare (Continuing from July, 2023)
  • Director’s Nominee for Ph.D Selections (June, 2023 - June, 2023)
  • Academic & Research Group: (Continuing from June, 2023)
  • Coordinator: 5 Years Int M.Sc. 5 th Year (Continuing from June, 2023)
  • Departmental Academic Appeal Committee (Continuing from June, 2023)
  • Departmental Academic Review Committee (Continuing from June, 2023)
  • PIC-Research Students (Progress & Graduation) (Continuing from June, 2023)
  • Committee member for 20th Convocation of the Institute (September, 2022 - September, 2022)
  • Faculty I/c Youth Red Cross (Continuing from August, 2021)
  • Faculty I/c - Institute (Continuing from August, 2019)
  • Faculty I/c for 400 MHz NMR (Continuing from January, 2019)
  • I. B.Tech Lab Course Coordinator (July, 2018 - July, 2021)
  • Faculty advisor (Students Elections) (Continuing from August, 2015)
  • Faculty representative, Training & placement (July, 2015 - June, 2016)
  • Member, DAC PG&R (June, 2015 - June, 2016)
  • Initiator, Rate Contract (Chemicals and Glassware) (January, 2015 - January, 2016)
  • Faculty Coordinator II MSc (Org Chem) (July, 2014 - June, 2015)
  • Faculty-in-Charge, Chemistry Association (July, 2014 - July, 2019)
  • Faculty-in-Charge, FT-IR Instrument (July, 2014 - July, 2018)
  • Monitor & Mentor for the I-B.Tech. Students (July, 2014 - July, 2018)
  • Seminars for M.Sc. III Semester (Organic) (July, 2014 - July, 2018)