1) Satyabrata Sahoo received the Best Oral Presentation Award at the conference “Emerging Trends in Chemistry, Biopolymers and Sustainable Materials,” organized by Gurukul Kangri, Haridwar, 18 August 2026.

2) Priyanka Kumari received the Best Oral Presentation Award in the International Conference, "CBRNE Related Threats to National Security and Safety – Antiterrorism Measures for a Safe Environment (ICCTNSS-2026) ", organized by the University of Delhi, March 12-13, 2026.

3)Meera received the Best Oral Presentation Award in the International Conference, "Recent Advancements in Materials and Chemical Sciences (RAMCS-2025)", organized by SRM University, Sonepat, Haryana, September 19-20, 2025.

4) Meera received the Best Oral Presentation Award in the conference "Main-Group Molecules to Materials-4  (MMM4)", organized by IIT Bombay, February, 9-12, 2025.

5) Prachi Bhatia received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the international conference '14th International Workshop on Combustion and Propulsion' at Pescara, Italy, July, 28-31, 2024.

6) Krishna Pandey received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the '14th International High Energy Materials Conferences & Exhibits' organized by High Energy Materials Society of India, Thiruvananthapuram Chapter, Kerala, February, 1-3, 2024.

7) Prachi Bhatia received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the '14th International High Energy Materials Conferences & Exhibits' organized by High Energy Materials Society of India, Thiruvananthapuram Chapter, Kerala, February, 1-3, 2024.

8) Priyanka Das received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the ‘Lecture Workshop on J. Chem. Sci. Outreach Program’ organized by the Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, November, 18, 2023.

9) Krishna Pandey received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the ‘Research Scholars' Day (ChemDay-2023)’ organized by the Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, November, 4, 2023.

10) Prachi Bhatia received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the 'Institute Research Day, 2023' at IIT Roorkee, March, 13, 2023.

11) Prachi Bhatia received the Best Poster Presentation Award in the conference 'Emergent Materials for Energy and Environment (EMEE-2023)' at IIT Roorkee, March, 4-5, 2023.

12) Prachi Bhatia received the Best Oral Presentation Award in the ‘Research Scholars' Day (ChemDay-2022)’ organized by the Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, November, 25, 2022.

13) Krishna Pandey received the Best Oral Presentation Award in the ‘Research Scholars' Day (ChemDay-2022)’ organized by the Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Roorkee, March, 26, 2022.

(58) Das, P.; Bhatia, P.; Khatri, M.; Kumar, D. N-Methylene-C Bridged 4-Azido-3,5-dinitropyrazole and N-Hydroxytetrazole: Metal-Free Primary Explosive and Powerful Secondary Explosives.  Org. Lett., 2026, DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01830

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01830

(57) Khatri, M.; Das, P.; Pandey, K.; Sahoo, S.; Kumar, D. Design and Synthesis of Insensitive Fused Triazolo-Pyrimidine-Based Energetic Materials.  Org. Lett., 2026, 28, 17, 5598–5602.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.6c01282

(56) Bhatia, P.; Kumar, D. N-Methylene-C linkages: a versatile tool for engineering unsymmetrical energetic materials with an energy–stability balance.  Chem. Commun., 2026, 62, 5124-5140 .

https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2026/cc/d5cc06482a 

(55) Das, P.; Bhatia, P.; Khatri, M.; Kumar, D. N-Acetimidamide Functionalized 4-Amino-3,5-dinitropyrazole as an Oxygen-Containing Cation for Thermally Stable Energetic Salts.  J. Org. Chem., 2026, 91, 122–137.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.joc.5c02095 

(54) Bhatia, P.; Das, P.; Khatri, M.; Jena, S. K.; Kumar, D. N-Methylene-C Linked 4-Hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyrazole and N-Hydroxytetrazole: Insensitive Energetic Materials Enlivened by N-Hydroxyl Group.  Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 12059–12063

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c03763 

(53) Bhatia, P.; Das, P.; Bijlwan, A.; Kumar, D. K2MODNP: A Lead-Free Initiator with Excellent Thermal Stability and Promising Energetic Performance.  Org. Lett., 2025, 27, 13426–13431.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.5c04069 

(52) Das, P.; Bhatia, P.; Verma, S.; Yadav, A.; Sahoo, S.; Kumar, D. Extensive Evaluation of Dinitropyrazole and Tetrazole-Based Energetic Compounds: Role of Isomerism and Oxygen Balance on the Overall Performance.  J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 14683–14694.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acs.joc.5c01729 

(51) Das, P.; Bhatia, P.; Kumar, D. Zwitterionic Energetic Compound Based on N-Acetamidinium Functionalized Nitroimino-tetrazole: Towards High-Performance and Stability.  Chem. Asian J., 2025, 20, e70359.

https://aces.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/asia.70359 

(50) Bijlwan, A.; Das, P.; Bhatia, P.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. A Family of Methylene-Bridged Fully Functionalized Polynitroarenes and Tetrazole-Based Energetic Materials.  Eur. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 28, e202500823.

https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejoc.202500823 

(49) Pandey, K.; Das, P.; Bijlwan, A.; Kumar, D. 1,3,4-Oxadiazole-Bridged 3,5-Dinitropyrazoles: Powerful Alliance toward High Performance and High Thermal Stability. J. Org. Chem. 2025, 90, 7700– 7711.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.5c00530 

(48) Chandra, A.; Cheekatla, S. R.; Vishwakarma, V. K.; Kumar, D. The Significant Role of Burgess Reagent and Its Analogues in Organic Synthesis. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2025, 14, e202500338.

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202500338 

(47) Bhatia, P.; Das, P.; Kumar, D. N-Alkylation of 4-Hydroxy-3,5-Dinitropyrazole: A Facile Route for the Synthesis of Insensitive Energetic Materials. Propellants, Explos. Pyrotech., 2025, 50, e12022.

https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.12022

(46) Tiwari, A.; Pandey, K.; Das, P.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. Benzofuroxan‐Based Energetic Materials with Alternating Nitro and Hydroxyl Groups: Synthesis, Characterization, and Energetic Properties. Eur. J. Org. Chem., 2024, 27, e202400794. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202400794

(45) Bhatia, P.; Das, P.; Kumar, D. Engaging Two Anions with Single Cation in Energetic Salts: Approach for Optimization of Oxygen Balance in Energetic Materials. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 2024, 16, 64846−64857.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.4c15237

(44) Bhatia, P.; Das, P.; Bijlwan, A.; Kumar, D. Systematic Synthesis of Thermally Stable Zwitterionic Energetic Materials Based on 4-Hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyrazole. Org. Lett., 2024, 26, 9781−9786.

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c03822

(43) Pandey, K.; Das, P.; Khatri, M.; Kumar, D. N-Methylene-C-Linked Nitropyrazoles and 1,2,4-Triazolone-3-one: Thermally Stable Energetic Materials with Reduced Sensitivity. Dalton Trans., 2024, 53, 17179-17189.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT02494J

(42) Bhatia, P.; Pandey, K.; Kumar, D. Zwitterionic Energetic Materials: Synthesis, Structural Diversity and Energetic Properties. Chem. Asian J., 2024, 19, e20240048.

 https://doi.org/10.1002/asia.202400481

(41) Pandey, K.; Das, P.; Bhatia, P.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. Insights into Structural and Energetic Features of 3,5-Dinitropyrazole-4-Carboxylic Acid and Its Energetic Salts. Cryst. Growth Des., 2024, 24, 6790−6799.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.cgd.4c00780

(40) Bhatia, P.; Jangra, P.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. Combination of Namino-1,2,4-triazole and 4-hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyrazole for the Synthesis of High Performing Explosives. J. Heterocycl. Chem. 2024, 61 (8), 1299−1305.

https://doi.org/10.1002/jhet.4856

(39) Bhatia, P.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. Time for mixing: Mixed dicationic energetic salts based on methylene bridged 4-hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyrazole and tetrazole for tunable performance. Energy Mater. Front. 2024, 5, 105– 111. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmf.2024.05.001

(38) Pandey, K.; Tiwari, A.; Singh, J.; Bhatia, P.; Das, P.; Kumar, D.; Shreeve, J. M. Pushing the Limit of Oxygen Balance on a Benzofuroxan Framework: K2DNDP as an Extremely Dense and Thermally Stable Material as a Substitute for Lead Azide. Org. Lett. 2024, 26 (9), 1952−1958. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.4c00398

(37) Bhatia, P.; Priya, P. S.; Das, P.; Kumar, D. N-Acetonitrile functionalized 3-nitrotriazole: precursor to nitrogen rich stable and insensitive energetic materials. Energy Mater. Front. 2024, 5, 8– 16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmf.2024.01.003

(36) Das, P.; Bhatia, P.; Pandey, K.; Kumar, D. Taming of 4-azido-3,5-dinitropyrazole based energetic materials. Mater. Adv. 2024, 5, 171– 182. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3MA00742A

(35) Bhatia, P.; Pandey, K.; Das, P.; Kumar, D. Bis(dinitropyrazolyl)methanes Spruced up with Hydroxyl Groups: High Performance Energetic Salts with Reduced Sensitivity. Chem. Commun. 2023, 59, 14110– 14113.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3CC04445A

(34) Bhatia, P.; Pandey, K.; Avasthi, B.; Das, P.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. Controlling the Energetic Properties of N-Methylene-C-Linked 4-Hydroxy-3,5-dinitropyrazole- and Tetrazole-Based Compounds via a Selective Mono- and Dicationic Salt Formation Strategy. J. Org. Chem. 2023, 88, 15085– 15096.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.3c01530

(33) Pandey, K.; Bhatia, P.; Mohammad, K.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. Polynitro-Functionalized 4-Phenyl-1H-Pyrazoles as Heat-Resistant Explosives. Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21 (32), 6604– 6616.

https://doi.org/10.1039/D3OB00949A

(32) Pandey, K.; Bhatia, P.; P. Dolui, P.; Ghule, V. D.; Kumar, D. Connecting Energetic Nitropyrazole and Nitrobenzene Moieties with C−C Bonds using Suzuki Cross-Coupling Reaction: A Novel Route to Thermally Stable Energetic Materials. Asian J. Org. Chem. 2022, 11, 202. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/ajoc.202200543

(31) Zhao, G.; He, C.; Kumar, D.; Hooper, J. P.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. 1,3,5-Triiodo-2,4,6-Trinitrobenzene (TITNB) from Benzene: Balancing Performance and High Thermal Stability of Functional Energetic Materials. Chem. Eng. J. 2019, 378, 122119. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.122119

(30) Zhao, G.; Yin, P.; Kumar, D.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. Bis (3-Nitro-1-(Trinitromethyl)-1 H-1, 2, 4-Triazol-5-Yl) Methanone: An Applicable and Very Dense Green Oxidizer. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2019, 141, 19581–19584.

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.9b11326

(29) Zhang, P.; Kumar, D.; Zhang, L.; Shem-Tov, D.; Petrutik, N.; Chinnam, A. K.; Yao, C.; Pang, S.; Gozin, M. Energetic Butterfly: Heat-Resistant Diaminodinitro Trans-Bimane. Molecules 2019, 24 (23). 

https://doi.org/10.3390/molecules24234324

(28) Kumar, D.; Elias, A. J. The Explosive Chemistry of Nitrogen: A Fascinating Journey From 9th Century to the Present. Resonance 2019, 24, 1253–1271. 

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-019-0893-2

(27) Zhao, G.; Kumar, D.; Hu, L.; Shreeve, J. M. A Safe and Scaled-Up Route to Inert Ammonia Oxide Hydroxylammonium Azide (H7N5O2), Hydrazinium Azide (H5N5), and Ammonium Azide (H4N4). ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2019, 2 (9), 6919–6923.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.9b01447

(26) Dharavath, S.; Tang, Y.; Kumar, D.; Mitchell, L. A.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. A Halogen-Free Green High Energy Density Oxidizer from H-FOX. European J. Org. Chem. 2019, 2019 (20), 3142–3145. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.201900415

(25) Zhao, G.; He, C.; Kumar, D.; Hooper, J. P.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Jean’ne, M. S. Functional Energetic Biocides by Coupling of Energetic and Biocidal Polyiodo Building Blocks. Chem. Eng. J. 2019, 368, 244–251.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2019.02.192

(24) Zhao, G.; Kumar, D.; Yin, P.; He, C.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. Construction of Polynitro Compounds as High-Performance Oxidizers via a Two-Step Nitration of Various Functional Groups. Org. Lett. 2019, 21 (4), 1073–1077.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b04114

(23) Kumar, D.; Tang, Y.; He, C.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. Multipurpose Energetic Materials by Shuffling Nitro Groups on a 3, 3′‐Bipyrazole Moiety. Chem. Eur. J. 2018, 24 (65), 17220–17224.

https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201804418

(22) Kumar Chinnam, A.; Shlomovich, A.; Shamis, O.; Petrutik, N.; Kumar, D.; Wang, K.; Komarala, E. P.; Tov, D. S.; Sućeska, M.; Yan, Q. L.; Gozin, M. Combustion of Energetic Iodine-Rich Coordination Polymer – Engineering of New Biocidal Materials. Chem. Eng. J. 2018, 350, 1084–1091. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.06.056

(21) Zhao, G.; Kumar, D.; He, C.; Hooper, J. P.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. New Generation Agent Defeat Weapons: Energetic N,N′-Ethylene-Bridged Polyiodoazoles. Chem. – A Eur. J. 2017, 23, 16753–16757. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201704798

(20) Tang, Y.; Kumar, D.; Shreeve, J. M. Balancing Excellent Performance and High Thermal Stability in a Dinitropyrazole Fused 1, 2, 3, 4-Tetrazine. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 13684–13687. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b08789

(19) Kumar, D.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. N-Acetonitrile Functionalized Nitropyrazoles: Precursors to Insensitive Asymmetric N-Methylene-C Linked Azoles. Chem. - A Eur. J. 2017, 23, 7876–7881. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201700786

(18) Kumar, D.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. A Highly Stable and Insensitive Fused Triazolo–Triazine Explosive (TTX). Chem. - A Eur. J. 2017, 23, 1743–1747. 

https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.201604919

(17) Kumar, D.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. Aminoacetonitrile as Precursor for Nitrogen Rich Stable and Insensitive Asymmetric: N -Methylene-C Linked Tetrazole-Based Energetic Compounds. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 16767–16775. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/c7ta05394k

(16) Kumar, D.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. 3,4,5-Trinitro-1-(Nitromethyl)-1H-Pyrazole (TNNMP): A Perchlorate Free High Energy Density Oxidizer with High Thermal Stability. J. Mater. Chem. A 2017, 5, 10437–10441. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/C7TA02585H

(15) Kumar, D.; Imler, G. H.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. Resolving Synthetic Challenges Faced in the Syntheses of Asymmetric: N, N ′-Ethylene-Bridged Energetic Compounds. New J. Chem. 2017, 41, 4040–4047. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/c7nj00327g

(14) Deb, M.; Kumar, D.; Singh, J.; Elias, A. J. Unprecedented Formation of π-Copper Complexes during Sonogashira Coupling: Synthesis of a Unique, Recyclable, Ethynyl Ferrocene Derived Cu(I) Specific Ligand. Organometallics 2016, 35, 1086–1091. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.organomet.6b00069

(13) Kumar, D.; Mitchell, L. A.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. Asymmetric: N, N ′-Ethylene-Bridged Azole-Based Compounds: Two Way Control of the Energetic Properties of Compounds. J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 9931–9940. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta03536a

(12) Kumar, D.; He, C.; Mitchell, L. A.; Parrish, D. A.; Shreeve, J. M. Connecting Energetic Nitropyrazole and Aminotetrazole Moieties with: N, N ′-Ethylene Bridges: A Promising Approach for Fine Tuning Energetic Properties. J. Mater. Chem. A 2016, 4, 9220–9228. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/c6ta02387h

(11) Kumar, D.; Deb, M.; Singh, J.; Singh, N.; Keshav, K.; Elias, A. J. Chemistry of the Highly Stable Hindered Cobalt Sandwich Compound (Η5-Cp)Co(Η4-C4Ph4) and Its Derivatives. Coord. Chem. Rev. 2016, 306, 115–170. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ccr.2015.05.012

(10) Kumar, D.; Singh, N.; Elias, A. J.; Malik, P.; Allen, C. W. Reactions of Alkyne- and Butadiyne-Derived Fluorinated Cyclophosphazenes with Diiron and Dimolybdenum Carbonyls. Inorg. Chem. 2014, 53, 10674–10684. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/ic501821v

(9) Biswas, R.; Keshav, K.; Kumar, D.; Elias, A. J. Reactions of Allylzinc Bromide with Ethynylferrocene Derived Fluorinated Cyclophosphazenes. J. Organomet. Chem. 2014, 768, 157–162. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2014.06.025

(8) Kumar, D.; Elias, A. J. Reduction Reactions of Alkyne and Butadiyne Derived Fluorinated Cyclophosphazenes. J. Fluor. Chem. 2014, 166, 69–77. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2014.07.022

(7) Singh, J.; Kumar, D.; Singh, N.; Elias, A. J. New Chiral Palladacycles from an Unprecedented Cyclopalladation of Cyclobutadiene-Bound Phenyl Groups of Cobalt Sandwich Compounds. Organometallics 2014, 33, 1044–1052. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/om500004n

(6) Kumar, D.; Singh, J.; Elias, A. J. Chiral Multidentate Oxazoline Ligands Based on Cyclophosphazene Cores: Synthesis, Characterization and Complexation Studies. Dalt. Trans. 2014, 43, 13899–13912. 

https://doi.org/10.1039/C4DT01741B

(5) Keshav, K.; Kumar, D.; Elias, A. J. Synthesis, Spectral, and Structural Studies of Porphyrins Having Sterically Hindered [Η5-CpCo(Η4-C4Ph4)] Cobalt Sandwich Units at the Meso Positions. Inorg. Chem. 2013, 52, 12351–12366. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/ic401099c

(4) Kumar, D.; Singh, N.; Keshav, K.; Elias, A. J. Synthesis and Structural Characterization of the First Examples of Butadiynyl Derived Cyclic Fluorinated Phosphazenes. J. Fluor. Chem. 2013, 153, 48–56. 

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jfluchem.2013.05.020

(3) Mandapati, P.; Singh, N.; Kumar, D.; Elias, A. J. Synthesis and Characterization of Difunctionalized Derivatives of the Cyclobutadiene Linked Dimeric Cobalt Sandwich Compound [(Η5-Cp)Co(Η4-C4Ph3)]2. J. Organomet. Chem. 2012, 716, 208–215.

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2012.06.026

(2) Kumar, M. S.; Kumar, D.; Elias, A. J. Synthesis of (β-Phenylethynyl)-Gem-Diphenyltrifluorocyclotriphosphazene and Its Reaction with RCpCo(PPh3)2 [R=MeOC(O)]. Inorganica Chim. Acta 2011, 372, 175–182.

https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ica.2011.01.064

(1) Kumar, D.; Singh, N.; Keshav, K.; Elias, A. J. Ring-Closing Metathesis Reactions of Terminal Alkene-Derived Cyclic Phosphazenes. Inorg. Chem. 2011, 50, 250.

 https://doi.org/10.1021/ic101884s