Department of Chemical & Biological Science

Head of Department

Dr. Amit Kumar Paul
Ph.D, IACS, University of Calcutta

E-mail:
hod.cy@nitm.ac.in

Ph.D

Mr. Palash Jyoti Boruah Research Scholar

  1. B. Sc. Chemistry from Moran College, Dibrugarh University (2017),
  2. M. Sc. Chemistry from NIT Meghalaya (2019).

palashboruah@nitm.ac.in
+918638405615
Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time
Professional Membership : NA

Highest Degree with specialization(Name of Institute)

  • M.Sc Chemistry (NIT Meghalaya)

Academic Honors & Awards:

  •  2019: Qualified GATE
  •  2017: Qualified JAM

Research Area:

Electronic Structure calculations and Non-adiabatic dynamics

Seminar/Conference/Workshop Attended:

  1. National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences, RTCS 2017, October 12-13, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong.
  2. National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry, RAC-2019, October 14-15, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong.
  3. Mumbai workshop on quantum chemistry, 6-11 July 2022, IIT Bombay.
  4. Research Conclave, NIT Meghalaya, 2020, 2021, 2022
  5. National Conference on “Recent Advances in Chemistry: Theoretical and Computational Aspects” (RAC-TCA 2022), November 18 -20, NIT Meghalaya-NEHU, 2022.
  6. One-Day Seminar on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (STCC-2021), March 13, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, 2021.
  7. International Conference on “Spectroscopy and Dynamics of Molecules and Clusters (SDMC-2022), November 10-13, TIFR Hyderabad, Malpe, 2022.
  8. International conference on molecular energy transfer in complex systems,  iCOMET 2023, 12 - 17 November, Jaipur, India.
  9. Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS) at IIT Madras, December 7th-11th, 2023.
  10. International Conference on “Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS-2023), March 2-4, NEHU, 2023.

Publications:

  1. S. Kanti Bera#, P. J. Boruah#, S. S. Parida, A. K. Paul* and P. Mal*, A Photochemical Intramolecular C-N Coupling Towards the Synthesis of Benzimidazole- Fused Phenanthridines. J. Org. Chem. 2021, 86, 14, 9587–9602. (#: equal authorship)
  2. S. Kumar, S. Kumari, S. Singh, P. J. Boruah, A. K. Paul, P. Roy*, and H. Joshi*, Oxidized Charcoal-Supported Thiol-Protected Palladium Nanoparticles for Cross Dehydrogenative Coupling of Heteroarenes. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 2, 2644–2654.
  3. A. Agarwal, P. J. Boruah, B. Sarkar, and A. K. Paul*, Post Transition State Direct Dynamics Simulations on the Ozonolysis of Catechol. J. Phys. Chem. A 2022, 126, 32, 5314–5327.
  4. S. Dey, A. Das, R. N. Yadav, P. J. Boruah, P. Bakli, T. Baishya, K. Sarkar, A. Barman, R. Sahu, Biplab Maji, A. K. Paul, Md. Fi. Hossain, Visible Light-Induced Ternary Electron Donor-Acceptor Enabled Synthesis of 2-(2-Hydrazinyl) thiazole Derivatives and The Assessment of Their Antioxidant and Antidiabetic Therapeutic Potential, Org. Biomol. Chem. 2023, 21, 1771-1779
  5. A. Das, S. Dey, R. N. Yadav, P. J. Boruah, P. Bakli, S. Sarkar, P. Mahata, A. K. Paul, Md. F. Hossain, An Expeditious One-Pot Two-Component Synthesis of Quinoxaline Derivatives in Natural Deep Eutectic Solvents (NADESs) , Chem.Selec.2023,8, e202204651.
  6. A. Agarwal, P. J. Boruah,S. Baruah, S. Ahamed, and A. K. Paul*, Post Transition State Direct Dynamics Simulations on the Ozonolysis of Catechol in N2 bath and comparison with gas phase dynamics J. Phys. Chem. A. 127, 6404 (2023).
  7. A. Pramanik, R. Das, P. J. Boruah, S. Majumder, S. Mohanta, A very rare fluorescent chemosensor of zinc (II) exhibiting AIEE, ESIPT and TICT, Spectroscopic, crystallographic and theoretical exploration, Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 2024, 308, 123780.
  8. P. J. Boruah, Venkatesh N, A. Samanta*, A. K. Paul*, A Detailed Theoretical Investigation on Intramolecular Charge Transfer Mechanism of Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary p-amino Substituted Benzaldehyde, Submitted to Chem. Phys. Impact (Special Issue: Recent Trends of Physical Chemistry in India)
  9. P. J. Boruah, M. Debnath, A. Agarwal, G. Kalita, P. N. Chatterjee*, and A. K. Paul*, A Theoretical Investigation to Understand the Difference in Reactivities of Secondary and Tertiary Propargylic Alcohols with 1,3,5-Trimethoxybenzene in Presence of Brnøsted Acid, Submitted to Int. J. Chem. Kinet.
  10. A. Das, S. Dey, R. N. Yadav, P. Dutta, S. Dhiman, P. J. Boruah, K. Sarkar, A. Sahu, A. Jana, A. K. Paul, and M. F. Hossain, Unleashing Naphthopyranopyrimidine's Anticancer Potential: A Deep Eutectic Solvent (DES) Study, submitted to New journal of chemistry.

Teaching experience:

  • B.Tech Chemistry Laboratory classes as TA duty (2019)
  • Physical Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty (2020)
  • Computational Chemistry Laboratory classes as TA duty ( 2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023)