First Meeting of Programme Advisory Committee in Inorganic Chemistry List of Recommended Projects

S. o. File o. 1. SR/S1/IC-04/2011 PI ame & Address Dr. Debabrata Chatterjee Chemistry Group Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute Mahatma Gandhi Avenue Durgapur-713209 Dr. Dipak Kumar Dutta Materials Science Division North East Institute of Science & Technology Jorhat-785006, Assam. Prof. M. Kandaswamy Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry University of Madras Maraimalai-Guindy Campus Chennai-600025. Dr.Jogendra N. Behera NISER, IOP Campus Sainik School P. O. Bhubaneswar-751005. Dr. Manas Kanti Deb Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University G.E. Road, Amanaka Raipur-492010, Chhattisgarh. Prof. N. Rajesh Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani Hyderabad Campus Jawahar Nagar, Shameerpet(M) RR (Dist.) 500078, Andhra Pradesh. Prof. B. Singh Banaras Hindu University Varanasi-221005, UP Dr. (Ms.) Lonibala Rajkumari Manipur University Canchipur, Imphal-795003. Dr. Ganesan Mani Dept. Of Chemistry IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur-721302. Dr. V. G. Anand IISER 900 NCL Innovation Park Dr. Homi Bhabha Road Pune-411008. Dr. Mahammad Ali Dept. of Inorganic Chemistry Jadavpur University Kolkata-700032. Dr. Swadhin K Mandal Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata Mohanpur Campus, Mohanpur PO-BCKV Dist-Nadia, WB-741252. Project Title Ruthenium (III)-pac complexes catalyzed transformation of carbon di oxide to value added products. Kinetic and mechanistic studies

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SR/S1/IC-34/2011

Potential rhodium complexes of functionalized phosphines and nitrogen donor ligands: Synthesis, reactivity and catalytic carbonylation of alchohols. Synthesis of novel binuclear metal complexes containing ferrocene moiety for DNA binding and cleavage studies.

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SR/S1/IC-36/2011

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SR/S1/IC-04/2012

Controlled synthesis of heterometallic oxides from single-source precursors.

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SR/S1/IC-05/2012

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SR/S1/IC-06/2012

A novel hyphenated single drop micro extraction diffuse and attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (SDMEDRS/ATR-FTIR) technique for analysis of multiatomic metaloxy anions. Development of suitably customized polymers and clay based adsorbents for the effective removal of chromium from e-waste.

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SR/S1/IC-08/2012

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SR/S1/IC-13/2012

Design, synthesis, characterization and mesomorphic studies of discotic aroylhydrrazinato-metal complxes. Development of novel luminescent lanthanidomesogens. Trivalent and divalent lanthanide complexes bearing macro-cyclic ligands for activation of CO2 and catalyses. Design, syntheses and characterization modified dipyrrins and its complexes.

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SR/S1/IC-15/2012

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SR/S1/IC-18/2012

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SR/S1/IC-20/2012

Design and synthesis of fluorescent molecular sensors for heavy metal-ion recognition.

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SR/S1/IC-25/2012

Abnormal N-heterocyclic carbene: development of organo-metallic chemistry to design homogeneous catalysts.

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SR/S1/IC-27/2012

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SR/S1/IC-28/2012

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SR/S1/IC-29/2012

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SR/S1/IC-34/2012

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SR/S1/IC-36/2012

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SR/S1/IC-37/2012

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SR/S1/IC-39/2012

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SR/S1/IC-53/2012

PI ame & Address Dr. Prasanta Ghosh R.K. Mission Residential College Narendrapur, Kolkata-700103 Dr. N. Raman Department of Chemistry VHNSN College Virudhunagar-626001. Dr. (Ms.) Sonal Singhal Dept. of Chemistry Panjab University Chandigarh-160014. Dr. Swapan K. Chandra Visva Bharati University Santiketan-731235 Prof. Ashutosh Ghosh University of Calcutta University College of Science and Technology 92, A.P. C. Road Kolkata-700009. Dr. (Ms.) Anjali Patel The M.S. University of Baroda Sayajigunj, Vadodara-390002. Dr. (Ms.) Harapriya Rath Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032. Prof. Pradyut Ghosh Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032. Prof. P. T. Manoharan Dept. of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Madras Chennai-600036.

Project Title Transition metal complexes of redox active ligands: syntheses, spectra, X-ray structures, redox series and DFT Calculations. Synthesis and study of Copper (II) complexes of dicarboxylic acids as anticancer agents.

Magnetic properties of nano size ferrites with different morphologies and sizes.

Synthesis, structure, characterization and magnetic properties of transition metal complexes with multidenate ligands. Synthesis, crystal structure, magnetic properties and electrochemical behavior of polynuclear complexes of 1st transition metals derived from N, O donor schiff base ligands. Tailoring of catalytic materials based on polyoxometalates and their applications as catalysts for some organic transformations. Robust molecular platform for coupling electrooptic and magnetic response

Syntheses of ion assisted interlocked molecules and investigation of their properties.

Opto-magnetic properties of Cd/Zn based nanoparticles with magnetic dopants and inorganic materials