Prof.Siddhartha S Dhar

Information

  • Designation : Professor
  • Email : ssd@che.nits.ac.in
  • Phone : 9435712188

Research Group

  • Synthesis and application of nanostructured materials as heterogeneous and electrocatalysts for organic reactions and environmental remediation

Key Notes

  • Journals: 98
  • Patents: 2
  • PhD: Guided: 15

98

PUBLICATIONS

15

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

PATENTS

4

PROJECTS

Introduction [Biosketch]

  • Siddhartha Sankar Dhar was born in Tarapur Silchar, Cachar Assam. He studied in Narsing Higher Secondary School, Silchar and passed his school leaving examination in 1988. He passed (10+2) examination from Gurucharan College, Silchar, in 1990. Subsequently he graduated from G C College Silchar in 1993 with Chemistry Honours. In 1996, he completed post-graduation in Chemistry from Gauhati University. He obtained Ph D degree from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in 2002 under the supervision of Professor Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri. He joined National Institute of Technology Silchar as Lecturer in July 2004. He was promoted to Associate Professor in July 2018 and then to Professor in July 2022.

Areas of Interest

  • Inorganic Chemistry, Chemistry of nanomaterials, Green Chemistry.

Institution Year Degree
Narsing Higher Secondary School 1988 HSLC
Gurucharan College Silchar 1990 HSSLC
Gurucharan College Silchar 1993 B Sc (Chemistry)
Gauhati University 1996 M Sc (Chemistry)
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 2002 Ph D (Inorganic Chemistry)

Teaching Experience
Professor
6 July 2022 - Present
National Institute of Technology Silchar

Associate Professor
26 June 2018 - 5 July 2022
National Institute of Technology Silchar

Assistant Professor
26 July 2004 - 25 June 2018
National Institute of Technology Silchar

Monjur Hasan Barbhuiya and Siddhartha S Dhar,, “MoS2- gC3N4 encapsulated in nitrogen-doped graphene oxide: an efficient visible light photocatalyst for removal of Cr (VI) from aqueous solution and mineralization of organic contaminant,”, Materials Science & Engineering B, Volume 318, 2025, Indexed in SCI

Linkon Bharali, Siddhartha S Dhar and N S Moyon,, “Iron(III)-acetylacetonate functionalized hydroxyapatite for efficient photocatalytic degradation of pollutants,”, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, Volume 177, 2025, Indexed in SCI

Saikatendu Deb Roy, Soumitra Nath, Treena Sengupta, Arindam Nath, Krishna Ch Das, Abhijit Nath and Siddhartha S Dhar,, “Green Synthesis of Ag-MnO nanocomposite from leaves of Hibiscus Rosa-sinesis for efficient dye degradation and antifungal applications,”, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Volume 32, 2025, Indexed in SCIE

Saikatendu Debroy
Completed
Supervisor : Dr Siddhartha S Dhar
Co Supervisor : Dr Krishna Ch Das

Sebina Yesmin
Completed
Supervisor : Dr Rajdeep Dasgupta
Co Supervisor : Dr Siddhartha S Dhar

Juri Kalita
Completed

Debarati Chakraborty
Completed

Bishal das
Completed

Meghali Devi
Completed

Debasish Guha Thakurata
Completed

Jayanta Das
Completed

Krishna Ch Das
Completed

Arijita Paul
Completed

Tankeswar Prasad
Completed
Supervisor : Dr Sudipta Halder
Co Supervisor : Dr Siddhartha S Dhar

Bishal Bhuyan
Completed

Bappi Paul
Completed

Rupa Dey
Completed

Madhudeepa Dey
Completed

Process for the preparation of metal-acetylacetonates

“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”

United States
Patent Registration ID, US 7282573 B2
Process for the preparation of metal-acetylacetonates, (**GRANTED**)

Process for Preparing Quaternary Ammonium Tribromides

“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”

United States
Patent Registration ID, US 7005548 B2
Process for Preparing Quaternary Ammonium Tribromides, (**GRANTED**)

Sl.No: 1

Title Of Research Project: " Solvent-free oxidations and brominations of organic substrates catalyzed and/ or promoted by peroxo-metal complexes "

Sponsored By: DST

Overall Budget: Rs 8.52 lacs

Duration: Jul 15, 2008 - Jul 15, 2011 (3 years)

Status: Completed

Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar

Sl.No: 2

Title Of Research Project: " Nanostructured Metal Oxides Immobilized Ionic Liquids as Green Catalysts for Selective Organic Transformations "

Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF

Overall Budget: Rs 28,64,430.00

Duration: Mar 15, 2018 - Mar 15, 2021 (3 years)

Status: Completed

Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar

Co Principal Investigator: Dr Avijit Chowdhury

Sl.No: 3

Title Of Research Project: " 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 "

Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF

Overall Budget: Rs 42,38,585.00

Duration: Mar 15, 2017 - Mar 15, 2020 (3 years)

Status: Completed

Principal Investigator: Dr S K Tripathy

Co Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar

Sl.No: 4

Title Of Research Project: " 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 "

Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF

Overall Budget: Rs 4638801.00

Duration: Jan 24, 2024 - Jan 23, 2027 (3 years)

Status: Ongoing

Principal Investigator: Dr Ranjith G Nair

Co Principal Investigator: Dr Siddhartha S Dhar and Dr Agnimitra Biswas

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