National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Organic Chemistry
Areas of Interest
  • Bioorganic Chemistry, Supramolecular (Polymer) Chemistry, Soft & Nanomaterials

Bimalendu Adhikari Associate Professor

Chemistry

adhikarib@nitrkl.ac.in

38

PUBLICATIONS

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

6

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

6

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Bimalendu Adhikari

Associate Professor

Chemistry

Room Number: BM-422

Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2012

Ph.D.
Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science

2007

M.Sc
Chemistry (Specialization: Organic Chemistry)
University of Calcutta

Teaching Experience
  • Engineering Chemistry,  NIT Silchar,   01 Jan 2020 - 31 May 2020
  • Organic Spectroscopy,  DDU Gorakhpur University,   19 Jul 2018 - 14 Dec 2019
  • Supramolecular Chemistry,  DDU Gorakhpur University,   19 Jul 2018 - 14 Dec 2019
  • Basic Organic Chemistry,  DDU Gorakhpur University,   19 Jul 2018 - 14 Dec 2019
  • Bio-Organic Chemistry,  IISER Mohali,   01 Jan 2017 - 17 Jul 2018
  • Basic Organic Chemistry Lab,  IISER Mohali,   01 Jan 2017 - 17 Jul 2018
  • Advance Organic Chemistry Lab,  University of Toronto,   01 May 2013 - 31 Aug 2014
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry,  Chiba University, Japan,   30 May 2015 - 12 Nov 2016
  • Bioorganic and Supramolecular Chemistry,  University of Toronto, Canada,   19 Oct 2012 - 29 May 2015

Dynamic Peptide Libraries. DST-inspire
  • Principal Investigator
  • 60
  • Running   Sponsored
Devising Light-Powered Far-From-Equilibrium Supramolecular Polymers. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored

Total Publications: 38

M. U. Lone, N. Sahu, Raj. K. Roy, and B. Adhikari,"Introduction of Ferrocene as a Facilitator for the Construction of Supramolecular Polymers", Chemistry—A European Journal, Wiley, September 2022, 10.1002/chem.202202711       Article

B. Adhikari and N. Sahu,"COVID-19 into Chemical Science Perspective: Chemical Preventive Measures and Drug Development", Chemistry Select, vol.6, pp.2010 –2028, Wiley 2021, 10.1002/slct.202100127       Article

N. Sahu, I. Mohanta, A. Srivastava, and B. Adhikari,"Supramolecular polymers", Supramolecular Chemistry in Corrosion and Biofouling Protection, ch.3, pp.436, CRC Press 2021, 10.1201/9781003169130       Inbook

B. Adhikari, Y. Yamada, M. Yamauchi, K. Wakita, Xu. Lin, K. Aratsu, T. Ohba, T. Karatsu, M. Hollamby, N. Shimizu, H. Takagi, Rie. Haruki, S. I. Adachi, and S. Yagai,"Light-induced unfolding and refolding of supramolecular polymer nanofibres", Nature Communications, vol.8, no.15254, Springer Nature 2017, 10.1038/ncomms15254       Article

B. Adhikari, C. Singh, A. Shah, A. J. Lough, and H. B. Kraatz,"Amino acid chirality and ferrocene conformation guided self-assembly and gelation of ferrocene–peptide conjugates", Chemistry - A European Journal, vol.21, no.32, pp.11560-11572, Wiley 2015, 10.1002/chem.201501395       Article

FIVE(5) DAYS SKILL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP & TRAINING ON MICROSCOPY, SPECTROSCOPY, TEM, SEM & XRD (MICSPEC- 2024) Central Research Facility (Workshop)
Series4: INSPIRATION WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS, AI, SEM, XRD, BET, HRMS, SCXRD, LN & OTHER CRF EQUIPMENT Central Research Facility (Workshop)
Series3: INSPIRATION WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS, AI, SEM, XRD, BET, HRMS, SCXRD, LN & OTHER CRF EQUIPMENT Central Research Facility (Workshop)
ADVANCEMENT AND INNOVATION IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS Central Research Facility (Conference)
Series2: INSPIRATION WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS, AI, SEM, XRD, BET, HRMS, SCXRD, LN & OTHER CRF EQUIPMENT Centralized Instrumentation Facility (Workshop)
Modeling and Synthesis: Molecules to Macromolecules (MSMM-2023) Chemistry (Workshop)

  • CY1003 : Applied Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY1101 : Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY4104 : Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis {Theory}
  • CY6107 : Special Topics in Organic Synthesis {Theory}
  • CY7107 : Special Topics in Organic Synthesis {Theory}
  • CY1170 : Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY2704 : Functional Group Estimation Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY3703 : Chemical Biology Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY4701 : Organic Compounds Preparations Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [6]
Design of Photoresponsive CQD@mSiO2 hybrid nanoparticles for delivery of anticancer drugs and imaging
Sangita Bishi
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
BIOORGANIC & SUPRAMOLECULAR CHEMSITRY, NANO MATERIALS, ORGANIC SYYNTHESIS
Nihar Sahu
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Supramolecular/Bioorganic/Nano Chemistry
Indrajit Mohanta
Enrolled: Jan 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
From covalent to noncovalent synthesis
Sovik Dey Sarkar
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Supramolecular and Nano Chemistry
Chandrakanta Guchhait
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Supramolecular Polymer
Suriyaa V
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • CRSI Young Scientist Award,   2023
  • DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow Award,   2016
  • JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researcher,   2014
  • National Eligibility Test (CSIR),   2007
  • GATE (All India Rank-40),   2007
  • JAM (All India Rank-206),   2005
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Chemical Society of Japan,   2016
  • American Chemical Society,   2015
  • JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researcher, Japan,   2014