Khamkar Sunil Laxman (Registration No. 10CC19A26015) Ph.D. student of AcSIR will defend thesis entitled “Stereoselective diels-alder approach for the synthesis of formicins and reductive amidation of nitro compounds using acyl saccharins” on September 29, 2025 at CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory, Pune Ph.D work was completed under the supervision of Dr. D. Srinivasa Reddy, Outstanding Professor, AcSIR/CSIR-NCL, Pune