Department of Chemistry

National Institute of Technology Silchar

List Of Research Funded Project

SlNo	Title of the Project	Name of the Investigators/ Consultants/ Leader etc.	Funding Agency	Duration of The Project	Amount
1	Development of Visible Active Multi Phasic Titania-Metal Oxide Nanoheterojunction photocatalysts with enhanced Green Hydrogen Production Capacity and Test It’s Utility in an Indigenously Fabricated Prototype Solar Photocatalytic Reactor for Large Scale pr	Principal Investigator: Dr Ranjith G Nair Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar and Dr Agnimitra Biswas		3 years	4638801.00
2	Effect of metal doped TiO₂ on photoanode and lead free organic-inorganic metal halide perovskite on photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cell: experimental and theoretical approach	Principal Investigator: Dr S K Tripathy Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar	SERB, DST	3 years	42,38,585.00
3	Nanostructured Metal Oxides Immobilized Ionic Liquids as Green Catalysts for Selective Organic Transformations	Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar Co-Principal Investigator: Dr Avijit Chowdhury	SERB, DST	3 years	28,64,430.00
4	Solvent-free oxidations and brominations of organic substrates catalyzed and/ or promoted by peroxo-metal complexes	Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar	DST	3 years	8.52 lacs
5	Engineered superhydrophobic biomass-derived organocatalysts for biodiesel production: Process optimization using response surface methodology, kinetic studies and cost-analysis	Principal Investigator: Samuel L. Rokhum		3 years	46,82,830/-
6	Defect-engineered Acid-Functionalized Monolithic Metal-Organic Frameworks as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for Biodiesel Production	Principal Investigator: Samuel L. Rokhum		3 years	20,52,000/-
7	Development of Nano-structured Materials for Energy Production and Environmental Remediation	Principal Investigator: PI - Prof. SS Dhar (HoD, Chemistry) Co-Principal Investigator: Dr. Samuel L. Rokhum, Prof. MA Zaman, Prof. P. Barman, Dr. NS Moyon		5 years	151,00,000/-
8	Towards the synthesis of bio- active molecules using solid phase organic synthesis (SPOS) pathways	Principal Investigator: Samuel L. Rokhum, NIT Silchar		4 years	32,16,000/-
9	Spectrofluorimitric investigation of representative nitrogen heterocyclic drugs and their interaction with DNA-nucleotides	Principal Investigator: Dr. N. Shaemningwar Moyon Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Silchar	DST-SERB	3 years	33.09 lakhs
10	Photo-induced Pathway Control in Aqueous Metallosupramolecular Polymers for Switchable (Semi)conductor	Principal Investigator: Dr. Papri Sutar, Department of Chemistry, NIT Silchar	ANRF/PM-ECRG		60 Lakh
11	Sustainable Energy Systems for Achieving Novel Carbon Neutral Energy Communities “SUSTENANCE”"	Principal Investigator: Pranjit Barman, NIT Silchar		3 years 5 months 16 days	1504.4 Lakhs
12	Metal complexes of new chiral Schiff bases: Design, structure, elucidation, reactivity and synthetic applications	Principal Investigator: Pranjit Barman, NIT Silchar	DST SERB	3 years	35,00,448
13	Investigation and remedial measures of greenhouse gas emission in HOT mix plan	Co-Principal Investigator: Pranjit Barman, NIT Silchar	STIS	2 years 11 months 30 days
14	Studies of Co-operative Assistance to Nucleophilic Substitution reaction at Disulfide bridge.	Principal Investigator: Pranjit Barman, NIT Silchar	AICTE	3 years	10,00,000
15	Synthesis of Indenoisoquinolinedione	Principal Investigator: Samuel L. Rokhum, NIT Silchar		3 years	16,50,000/-
16	1. Development of surface modified adsorbent for removal of Fe(III) and Cr(VI) from wastewater
17	2. Development of tailored metal-oxide nanostructures for the removal of As(III) and Fe(III) from water bodies