National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Inorganic Chemistry
Areas of Interest
  • Organometllic Ferrocene chemistry
  • Transition metal phosphine cluster chemistry
  • Transition Metal-Main Group nanomaterial and its application

Saurav Chatterjee Professor & Chairperson (Intellectual Property Innovation Centre)

Chemistry

saurav@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2656

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PATENTS / COPYRIGHTS

33

PUBLICATIONS

8

SPONSORED PROJECTS

13

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Saurav Chatterjee

Professor

Chemistry

Room Number: MN-426

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

2002

Ph.D.
Organometallic Chemistry
IIT Bombay

Teaching Experience
  • Professor,  NIT Rourkela,   13 Feb 2020 - Present
  • Associate Professor,  NIT Rourkela,   01 Jul 2012 - 12 Feb 2020
  • Assistant Professor,  NIT Rourkela,   01 Jul 2007 - 30 Jun 2012
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • CSIR Pool Scientist ( RA scheme),  IIT Bombay,   01 Sep 2004 - 30 Jun 2007
  • Main Group Organometallic,  University of Bonn,   01 Jun 2003 - 31 Aug 2004
  • Group III-IV Organometallic chemistry,  Ruhr University Bochum,   15 Jan 2002 - 31 May 2003

Synthesis of functionalized Ferrocenophanes with chiral characteristics, develop facile synthetic methods for heterocycle based ferrocenophanes and explore their sensing capabilities Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Investigation of functionalized sandwich and Half-sandwich Organometallic moleccules as Optical Sensing and Molecular Switching device CSIR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Synthesis of earbens stabilized low-velent mixed binary priectogens & B(I) compounds for small molecule activation DST
  • Co-Investigator
  • 60
  • Completed   Sponsored
Synthesis, characterization and Reactivity of Transition Metal Clusters and their Potential towards Metal Nanoparticles SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Design of binary materials using transition metal chalcogenide and pnictide complexes DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Synthesis and characterization of transition metal acetylides,their reactivity studies and electrochemical behavior DST (SERC FAST TRACK)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Metal complexes of Ferrocene based ligands,their electrochemical behaviour bio-logical properties CSIR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
Transition metal complexes of thiosemicarbazone: Synthesis characterization and biological activity. DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

S. Chatterjee and R. Boddhula,"METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF IRONDITELLURIDE NANOPARTICLES",IN 399434, Granted to NIT Rourkela, 2022       << Patent >>

Total Publications: 33

S. Mishra, S. Dewangan, S. Giri, S. Mobin, and S. Chatterjee,"Synthesis of diferrocenyl Hydrazone–Enone receptor molecules–electronic communication, metal binding, and DFT study", European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry, no.35, pp.5485-5496, John Wiley & Sons, December 2016, 10.1002/ejic.201601072       Article

R. Boddhula, A. Ghosh, C. Wolper, S. Mobin, S. Giri, and S. Chatterjee,"Synthesis and structure of open and closed type iron telluride - stibine cluster compounds", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol.851, no.23, pp.22-29, Elsevier, August 2017, 10.1016/j.jorganchem.2017.08.022       Article

A. Ghosh, S. Mishra, S. Giri, S. Mobin, A. Bera, and S. Chatterjee,"Electrolyte-free dye-sensitized solar cell with high open circuit voltage using a bifunctional ferrocene-based cyanovinyl molecule as dye and redox couple", Organometallics, vol.37, no.13, pp.1999-2002, ACS Publications, May 2018, 10.1021/acs.organomet.8b00104       Article

S. Dewangan, T. Barik, S. Mishra, S. Mawatwal, S. Kumari, S. Giri, S. Das, R. Dhiman, C. Wölper, and S. Chatterjee,"Half sandwich based rhodamine - hydrazone single molecule probe: Light responsive, metal sensing and imaging properties", Applied Organometallic Chemistry, vol.32, no.12, pp.e4612, Wiley, December 2018, 10.1002/aoc.4612       Article

S. Dewangan, S. Mishra, S. Mawatwal, R. Dhiman, R. Parida, S. Giri, C. Wölper, and S. Chatterjee,"Synthesis of ferrocene tethered heteroaromatic compounds using solid supported reaction method, their cytotoxic evaluation and fluorescence behavior", Chemistry Select, vol.4, no.15, pp.4434-4442, Wiley, April 2019, 10.1002/slct.201901088       Article

31st CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (CRSI NSC-31) along with CRSI-ACS Symposium Series in Chemistry Chemistry (Conference)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 06 Jul 2023 - 08 Jul 2023
  • Brochure
Science Academies Lecturer Workshop on 'Functional materials and their applications' Chemistry (Workshop)
  • Co-Coordinator
  • 11 Jan 2019 - 12 Jan 2019
  • Brochure

  • CY101 : Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY1101 : Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY3201 : Chemistry of Elements {Theory}
  • CY322 : Introduction to supramolecular Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY325 : Introduction to Supramolecular Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY4201 : Main Group and Organometallic Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY421 : Main Group and Transition Metal Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY5203 : Organometallic Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY522 : Organometallic Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY525 : Advanced Co-ordination Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY558 : Organometallic Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY6204 : Special Topics in Inorganic Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY621 : Advanced Inorganic Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY622 : Organometallic Compounds and their Application {Theory}
  • CY7203 : Catalysis-Principles and Applications {Theory}
  • CY1170 : Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY170 : Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY371 : Basic Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY372 : Quantitative Analysis of Inorganic/Organic compounds {Practical}
  • CY372 : Quantitative Analysis of Inorganic/Organic Compounds Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY374 : Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY4702 : Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY478 : Product development Laboratory - II {Practical}
  • CY572 : Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY575 : Material Synthesis Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [13]
Synthesis and Characterization of Mono-, Di- and Tri- Ferrocenyl based Molecular Compounds and Study their Electronic Communication and Photovoltaic Performance
Avishek Ghosh
Enrolled: Mar 2013
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Supervisor
Synthesis and Characterization of Transition Metal-Main Group Cluster for Their Potential in Nanoparticle Synthesis and Catalytic Applications
Rajkumar Boddhula
Enrolled: Aug 2014
Graduated :  Dec 2021
Supervisor
Synthesis and Reactivity of Cyclopentadienyl based Organometallic Compounds and their Electrochemical and Biological Properties
Sasmita Mishra
Enrolled: Sep 2011
Graduated :  Feb 2017
Supervisor
Synthesis and Functionalization of Sandwich based Molecular Scaffold for their Study in Catalysis and Biological Behavior
Tulasi Barik
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  Jan 2022
Supervisor
Synthesis, Characterization and Reactivity of Ferrocene Containing Organometallic Compounds
Vijaylakshmi Tirkey
Enrolled: Aug 2009
Graduated :  Oct 2017
Supervisor
Organometallic Compounds Containing Redox and Fluorescent Active Moieties: Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Study
Smriti Dewangan
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Oct 2019
Supervisor
Functionalization of Ferrocenyl Molecules for Bridged Architectures: Synthesis, Structure, Sensing and Amyloid Inhibition
Biplob Halder
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
Swayandipta Smrutiranjan
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMISTRY
Ananya Mishra
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
ORGANOMETALLIC TRANSITION METAL CLUSTER CHEMISTRY
Baishakhi Dasgupta
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Sandwich based Organometallic Chemistry : Synthesis and properties study
Madhusri Jana
Enrolled: Jan 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Synthesis and properties study of different organometallic compounds
Arjun Datta
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Synthesis, characterization and reactivity of transition metal clusters and their role towards organic transformation
Sumanta Kumar Patel
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2013
Supervisor