Specialization: Organic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG: Stereochemistry, Spectroscopy and Green Chemistry

PG: Stereochemistry (point group, asymmetric synthesis), Application of heterocyclic compounds in organic synthesis

Research Interest:

• Chemistry of chromones and bischromones
• Multicomponent reactions involving chromones.
• Studies on the reactivities of substituted benzopyrans
• Reactions in micellar medium
•   Synthesis of heterocyclic compounds having pharmaceutical as well as material values

Ph D guided: 05

Selected Publications (best 5): Total number of publications: 67

1. Synthesis of 2,2'-diaminobischromones using a modified procedure for the rearrangement of 5-(2-hydroxyphenyl) isoxazole to 2-aminochromone. Tarun Ghosh, Satyajit Saha and Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay, Synthesis, 2005 (11), 1845-1849.

2. Synthesis of dispiropyrrolidines from chromone-3-carbaldehyde using sarcosine and ninhydrin as the source of an azomethine ylide. Suman Kalyan Panja, Partha Karmakar, Jishnunil Chakraborty, Tarun Ghosh and Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay, Tetrahedron Lett., 2008, 49 (28), 4397-4401.

3. Iodine/CuI-mediated alkyne-carbonyl metathesis reaction: synthesis of 1-aryl-1,2-dihydrochromeno[2,3-b] azepine-3,6-dione. Sourav Maiti, Pritam Biswas, Jaydip Ghosh, Michael G. B. Drew and Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay_, Tetrahedron, 2014, 70, 334-339.

4. A one-pot three-component reaction involving 2-aminochromone in aqueous micellar medium: a green synthesis of hexahydrochromeno[2,3-b] quinolinedione. Jaydip Ghosh, Pritam Biswas, Michael G. B. Drew and Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay, Mol Divers. 2015, 19, 541-549.

5. Design and synthesis of dichromeno[2,3-b;3',2'-e] pyridine-12,14-dione to evaluate its optical properties.    Pritam Biswas, Jaydip Ghosh, Tapas Sarkar, Debabrata Jana and Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay, New J. Chem. 2017, 41, 3887-3893. 

Projects (completed): 6 (Minor-2; Major-4)

1. UGC sponsored Minor Research Project

No. F.16-9/95(SR-1); Duration: 01-01-96 to 31-12-97

2. UGC sponsored Minor Research Project

No. F. PSW-016/99-00(ERO); Duration: 15-9-99 to14-9-01

3. UGC sponsored Major Research Project

No. F. 12-23/2003(SR); Duration: 01-7-2003 to 30-6-2006

4. CSIR sponsored Major Research Project

No. 01(2206)/07/EMR-II; Duration: 1-12-2007 to 30-11-2010 extended upto 31-5-2011

5. DBT sponsored collaborative Major Research Project

No. BT/PR8217/Med/14/1239/2006; Duration 30-01-08 to 29-1-2011

6. CSIR sponsored Major Project

No. 02(0029)/11/EMR-II dated 19-12-2011. Duration: 21-02-2012 to 31-03-2016

Ph D guided: 5 students

Books published:

 (a) ‘An Insight into Green Chemistry’, Publisher – Books and Allied (P)    Ltd, Kolkata, ISBN 978-81-939848-7-1 (First Edition on May 2019); 

Second Edition: 2021; ISBN 978-81-946982-6-5.

(b) ‘Basic Concepts on Solid phase synthesis and Combinatorial chemistry’ Publisher – Books and Allied (P)    Ltd, Kolkata, ISBN 978-81-953189-0-2.

Awards and Honors:

1. Prof.  Navneeth Rao Best Teacher Award, 2013

      by A. V. Rama Rao Research Foundation, Hyderabad.

2. Coastal Chemical Research Society  (CCRS)  Category –  C  award, 2015

      by Coastal Chemical Research Society, Visakhapatnam,  Andhra  Pradesh

3. Certificate of excellence in teaching, 2021 by UNICEF

Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG: Acid-Base Chemistry; Coordination Chemistry; Group Chemistry; Titrimetric Analysis; Nanomaterials Chemistry

PG: Borane Chemistry and Cluster Compounds; Supramolecules; Inorganic Reaction Mechanism

Research Interest:

ü  Synthesis of Nanomaterials and Their Applications;

ü  Supramolecular Gels

ü  Functional Materials

Selected Publications (best 5):

1. Cu (II)-Based Nanofibrous Metallogel for Phenoxazinone Synthase-like Activity. ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2021, 4, 2, 1455-1466.

2. A two-component hydrogelator from citrazinic acid and melamine: synthesis, intriguing role of reaction parameters and iodine adsorption study. CrystEngComm, 2015,17, 8119-8129.

3. Redox-Switchable Copper(I) Metallogel: A Metal-Organic Material for Selective and Naked-Eye Sensing of Picric Acid. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2014, 6, 9, 6308–6316.

4. Redox-Responsive Copper(I) Metallogel: A Metal-Organic Hybrid Sorbent for Reductive Removal of Chromium(VI) from Aqueous Solution. Langmuir 2014, 30, 26, 7833–7841.

5. Intrinsic peroxidase-like activity of mesoporous nickel oxide for selective cysteine sensing. J. Mater. Chem. B, 2014, 2, 6097-6105.

Projects (completed & ongoing):

Project sanctioned by DSTBT, GoWB

Project sanctioned by SERB

Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG: Chemical Periodicity, Chemistry of p-block elements, Organometallic Chemistry, Composite Materials, Specialty Polymers

PG: Organometallic Chemistry, Nuclear Chemistry

Research Interest:

ü  Polymer Nanocomposites

ü  Biodegradable polymer composites

ü  Solid waste (polymeric) management

Selected Publications (best 5):

1. Exfoliated and Optically Transparent Polycarbonate/Clay Nanocomposites Using phosphonium Modified Organoclay: Preparation and Characterizations S Suin, BB Khatua Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 51 (46), 15096-15108, 2012.

2. Phosphonium modified organoclay as potential nanofiller for the development of exfoliated and optically transparent polycarbonate/clay nanocomposites: Preparation and characterizations; S Suin, NK Shrivastava, S Maiti, BB Khatua; European Polymer Journal, 49(1), 49-60, 2013.

3. Highly exfoliated eco-friendly thermoplastic starch (TPS)/poly (lactic acid) (PLA)/clay nanocomposites using unmodified nanoclay Ayana B., S Suin, BB Khatua, Carbohydrate Polymers 110, 430-439, 2014.

4. An approach to reduce the percolation threshold of MWCNT in ABS/MWCNT nanocomposites through selective distribution of CNT in ABS matrix NK Shrivastava, S Suin, S Maiti, BB Khatua; RSC Advances, 4 (47), 24584-24593, 2014.

5. Polystyrene/MWCNT/Graphite Nanoplate Nanocomposites: Efficient Electromagnetic Interference Shielding Material through Graphite Nanoplate-MWCNT-Graphite Nanoplate Networking. S Maiti, NK Shrivastava, S Suin, BB Khatua; ACS applied materials & interfaces, 5 (11), 4712-4724, 2013.

Specialization: Organic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG:

CC-I: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-I: Chemistry of alkenes and alkynes 

CC-IV: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-II: Substitution and Elimination Reactions

CC- VII: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-III: Carbonyl and Related Compounds

CC- X: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-IV: Rearrangements

CC- XII: ORGANIC CHEMISTRY-V: Carbohydrates 

DSE-3: GREEN CHEMISTRY

PG:

MCT02: Unit -1: Synthetic strategy & Methodology

MEO4: Unit-1: Carbohydrate Chemistry

Research Interest: Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Selected Publications (best 5):

1. Conformational and steric requirements of the side chain for sulphur participation in benzthiepin derivatives, Tetrahedron Letters, 1989, 30, 4279.

2. Carbanion addition to acetylenes: An efficient stereoselective route to α-methylene-γ-lactams, Tetrahedron Letters, 1991, 32, 1363.

3. A simple route to optically active, functionalized five-, six- and seven-membered carbocyclic derivatives, Tetrahedron, 1996, 52, 11265.

4. An entry to unusual classes of nucleoside analogues, Tetrahedron, 1997, 53, 4727.

5. Synthesis of Coumarin derivatives from 4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-carboxaldehyde via 3-(arylaminomethylene) chroman-2,4 -dione, Tetrahedron, 2000, 56, 3583.

Projects (completed & ongoing):

Completed 2 UGC minor projects.

Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG: Radioactivity and nuclear Chemistry, s- and p- block elements, f-block elements, silicate industries.

PG: environmental chemistry, inorganic materials.

Research Interest: heterogeneous catalysis, microporous and mesoporous materials, zeolites

Selected Publications (best 5):

1. B. Dutta, S. Jana, R. Bera, P. K. Saha, and S. Koner, Immobilization of copper Schiff base complexes in zeolite matrix: Preparation, characterization and catalytic study, Applied Catalysis A: General, 318, 89-94 (2007).

2. B. Dutta, S. Jana, S. Bhunia, H. Honda, and S. Koner, Heterogeneous Baeyer–Villiger oxidation of cyclic ketones using tert-BuOOH as oxidant, Applied Catalysis A: General, 382, 90-98 (2010).

3. B. Dutta, S. Jana, A. Bhattacharjee, P. Gütlich, S.-I. Iijima, and S. Koner, γ- Fe₂O₃ Nanoparticle in Y Zeolite Matrix: Preparation, Characterization, and Heterogeneous Catalytic Epoxidation of Olefins, Inorganica Chimica Acta, 363, 696-704 (2010).

4. S. Jana, B. Dutta, R. Bera, and S. Koner; Immobilization of Palladium in Mesoporous Silica Matrix: Preparation, Characterization, and Its Catalytic Efficacy in Carbon-Carbon Coupling Reactions, Inorganic Chemistry, 47, 5512-5520 (2008).

5. R. Ray, B. Dutta, S. K. Mandal, A. G. González, O. S. Pokrovsky, and T. K. Jana; Bioaccumulation of Vanadium (V), Niobium (Nb), and Tantalum (Ta) in Diverse Mangroves of the Indian Sundarbans, Plant and Soil, 448, 553-564 (2020).

Projects (completed & ongoing): 

One, funded by DSTBT, Govt. of West Bengal. (Completed)

Specialization: Organic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG:

Sem1: Basics of Organic Chemistry – I :  Bonding and Physical Properties of Organic Molecules.

Sem2: Organic Chemistry – II: Aromatic Electrophilic and Nucleophilic Substitution

Sem3: Organic Chemistry – III: Substitution at sp² carbon (C=O system), Chemistry of Alcohol, ethers, epoxides and phenols.

Sem4: Organic Chemistry – IV: Aromatic Nitrgen compounds, The Logic of Organic Synthesis: Retrosynthetic Analysis

Sem5: Organic Chemistry – V: Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, Natural Products

Sem6: DSE – III: Green Chemistry: Examples of Green Synthesis/ Reactions and some real world cases.

PG:

Sem1: Chemistry of Natural Products - I: Monoterpenoids – Reaction and Biosynthesis

Alkaloids - Reaction and Biosynthesis.

Sem4: Chemistry of Natural Products – II: Total Synthesis of Nelected Natural Produuts, Biosynthesis of Nucleosides and Nucleotides.

Research Interest: Bioactive Natural Products, Oxygen Heterocycles, Single Electron Transfer Reactions.

Selected Publications (best 5)

1.     1. Reaction of lupenyl acetate with m-chloroperbenzoic acid: Transformation of lupeol to naturally occurring triterpenoids, Ind. J. Chem. Sec B,34,338-41(1995), Banerji, A.; Kumar Ranabir Sur; Chandi Prasad Dutta; Dutta, G.

2. Synthesis of Coumarin derivatives from 4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-carboxaldehyde via 3-(arylaminomethylene) chroman-2,4-dione, Tetrahedron, 56(2000), 3583-3587, Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay, Kumar Ranabir Sur, Ranjan Patra and Arunabha Sen.

3. Zinc-induced reduction of ethyl 2-cyano-3-(4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-yl)propenoates - a medium-dependent reaction, Journal of Chemical Research. Part S Synopsis, 9 (2002), 414-415, Chandrakanta Bandyopadhyay, Kumar Ranabir Sur & Ranjan Patra.

4. Effect of Sodium Naphthalenide, a key SET reagent, on trifluoroacetyl derivatives, Tet. Lett. 46 (2005) 7033-7035, Avijit Banerji, Debasish Bandyopadhyay, Bidyut Basak, Kumar R Sur, Jyotinath Paul, Julie Banerji, and Asima Chatterjee.

5. Antimicrobial activity and DNA-fragmentation effect of isoflavonoids isolated from seeds of Millettia ferruginea, an endemic legume tree in Ethiopia, Journal of Coastal Life Medicine 2016; 4(7): 556-563, Manash Kumar Choudhury, Yoseph Shiferaw, Kumar Ranabir Sur, Diganta Dey, Sukalyani Debnath, Subhalakshmi Ghosh, Ratnamala Ray and Banasri Hazra

Projects (completed & ongoing): Completed two UGC minor projects

1. Study of Single Electron Transfer Reactions on Oxygen Heterocycles, No. F. 16-8/95(SR-I)

2. Hydrodimerisation and cyclisation of arylidene active methylenes, No. F. PSW-17(ERO), 1999

Awards and Honors:

Received Dr.  J. M. Dasgupta Memorial Award for the paper presented in the Organic Chemistry Section during the Convention of Chemists, 1991, held at Jadavpur University on Dec17 – 21.

Course Taught:

UG: Extranuclear structure atom, Coordination Chemistry, Chromatography, Atomic Spectroscopy.

PG: Electro-analytical Techniques, Thermal analysis, Atomic Spectroscopy, Chromatography, Magneto-chemistry.

Research Interest:

ü  Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

ü  Rection mechanism of inorganic reactions.

ü  Hydrogen generation from hydrogen enriched molecules by Pd-based nano-catalysts.

Selected Publication (best five):

1. Hydrazine assisted catalytic hydrogenation of PNP to PAP by Ni_xPd_100-x nanocatalyst   Debaleena Bhattacharjee, Kaustab Mandal, Subrata Dasgupta RSC Advances, 6, 2016, 64364-64373. IF= 3.2

2. High performance nickel palladium nanocatalyst for hydrogen generation from alkaline hydrous hydrazine at room temperature. Debaleena Bhattacharjee, Kaustab Mandal and Subrata Dasgupta. Journal of Power Sources, 287, 2015, 96-99. IF = 9.12

3. Synthesis of nanoporous PdAg nanoalloy for hydrogen generation from formic acid at room temperature.Kaustab Mandal, Debaleena Bhattacharjee and Subrata Dasgupta. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 40, 2015, 4786-4793. IF = 5.81

4. Room temperature synthesis of Pd-Cu nanoalloy catalyst with enhanced electrocatalytic activity for the methanol oxidation reaction. Kaustab Mandal, Debaleena Bhattacharjee, Partha Sarathi Roy, Swapan Kumar Bhattacharya and Subrata Dasgupta. Applied Catalysis A: General, 492, 2015, 100-106. IF = 5.7

5. Kinetics of oxidation of nitrosodisulfonate anion radical with a metallo-superoxide. Kaustab Mandal and Rupendranath Banerjee. Dalton Transactions, 41, 2012, 2714- 2719. IF = 4.39

Patents:

1. A process of making bimetallic Palladium based nanoporous alloy for hydrogen generation from formic acid at near ambient temperature. India Patent (Appl. No. 0622DEL2015). Inventors: Subrata Dasgupta, Kaustab Mandal and Debaleena Bhattacharjee.

2. A process of making impervious Palladium membrane over ceramic substrate at near ambient temperature. India Patent (Appl. No. 2461DEL2013). Inventors: Subrata Dasgupta, Debaleena Bhattacharjee, Kaustab Mandal and Trilochan Prasad Sahoo.

Project (Ongoing):

‘Catalyst for hydrogen generation from catalytic decomposition of formic acid, hydrazine etc. hydrogen enriched compounds. Funded by SERB, Delhi.

Specialization: Physical Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG:      Semester 1: Chemical Kinetics, Physical Chemistry Lab

            Semester 3: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Physical Chemistry Lab

            Semester 4: Electrochemistry and Electrical Properties, Physical Chemistry Lab

            Semester 5: Solid State Chemistry

            Semester 6: Photochemistry, Physical Chemistry Lab

PG:      Semester 1: Physical Chemistry Lab

            Semester 2: Molecular Spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry Lab

            Semester 4: Physical Chemistry Lab

Research Interest:  Heterogeneous Catalysis, Adsorption of gases on solid

Selected Publications (best 5):

1. Catalysts for combustion of methane and lower alkanes (Review) T. V. Choudhary, S. Banerjee, V. R. Choudhary, Applied Catalysis, A: General 234(1-2) (2002) 1-23

2. Influence of Temperature on the Product Selectivity and Distribution of Aromatics and C8 Aromatic Isomers in the Conversion of Dilute Ethene over H - Galloaluminosilicate (ZSM-5 type) Zeolite Vasant R. Choudhary, Subhabrata  Banerjee, Devadas Panjala  Journal of Catalysis  205 (2002) 398-403

3. Continuous Production of H₂ at Low Temperature from Methane Decomposition over Ni-containing Catalyst followed by Gasification by Steam of the Carbon on the Catalyst in Two Parallel Reactors Operated in Cyclic Manner, V. R. Choudhary, S. Banerjee and A. M. Rajput  J. Catal. 198 (2001) 136-141

4. A- and B-site Substituted Lanthanum Cobaltite Perovskite as High Temperature Oxygen Sorbent. 1. Thermogravimentric analysis of equilibrium and kinetics S. Guntuka, S. Banerjee, S. Farooq, M. P. Srinivasan Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 47 (2008) 154 – 162

5. Combustion of dilute propane over transition metal-doped ZrO₂ (cubic) catalysts Vasant R. Choudhary, Subhabrata  Banerjee, Suryakant G. Pataskar,  Applied Catalysis, A: General  253(1) (2003) 65-74

Patents (if any):

1.     Process for the activation of perovskite-type oxide,

V. R. Choudhary and Subhabrata Banerjee

US Patent US 6,197,719 (2001).

2.   Low temperature process for the production of hydrogen     

Vasant Ramchandra  Choudhary, Amarjeet Munshiram Rajput, Subhabrata Banerjee

US Patent US  6,509,000 (2003)

Projects (completed & ongoing): TWO UGC Minor Projects

Awards and Honors:

Best Teacher Award by ISISAR on 29^th December, 2019 

Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG: Chemical Bonding, General Principles of Metallurgy, Chemistry of d- block elements, Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry

PG: Coordination Chemistry, Chemistry of Elements-2, Advanced Spectroscopy [(Optical Rotatory Dispersion (ORD) and Circular Dichorism(CD)]

Research Interest: Coordination Chemistry

Selected Publications (best 5):

1.       1. T. Ghosh, B. Mondal, T. Ghosh, M. Sutradhar, G. Mukherjee and M. G. B. Drew. Synthesis, structure, solution chemistry and the electronic effect of para substituents on the vanadium center in a family of mixed-ligand [V^VO(ONO)(ON)] complexes. Inorg. Chim. Acta,  2007, 360, 1753-1761.

2. B. Mondal, T. Ghosh, M. Sutradhar, G. Mukherjee, M. G. B. Drew and T. Ghosh. Synthesis, structure and solution chemistry of a family of dinuclear hydrazonato-Vanadium(V) complexes with [OV(μ-O)VO]⁴⁺ core. Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 2193-2201.

3. B. Mondal, M. G. B. Drew, R. Banerjee and T. Ghosh. Chemistry of mixed-ligand methoxy bonded oxovanadium(V) complexes with a family of hydrazone ligands containing VO³⁺ core and their substituent controlled methoxy bridged dimeric forms. Polyhedron, 2008, 27, 3197-3206.

4. B. Mondal, M. G. B. Drew and T. Ghosh Synthesis, structure and solution chemistry of dioxidovanadium(V) complexes with a family of hydrazone ligands. Evidence of formation of centrosymmetric dimers via H-bonds in the solid state. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2010, 363, 2296-2306.

5. N. Biswas, D. Patra, B. Mondal, S. Bera, S. Acharya, A. K. Biswas, T. K. Mukhopadhyay, A. Pal, Michael G. B. Drew and Tapas Ghosh. Exploring the effect of hydroxylic and non-hydroxylic solvents on the reaction of [V^IVO(β-diketonate)₂] with 2-aminobenzoylhydrazide in aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 10963-10985.

Projects (completed & ongoing): Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) (Ongoing)

Specialization: Organic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG: Basic Organic Chemistry, Pericyclic and Photochemistry, Organometallic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Amino acid, Protein, Green Chemistry.

PG: Photochemistry, Bio-organic Chemistry, Spectroscopy, Natural Product.

Research Interest:

ü  Organic Semiconductor for optoelectronic application

ü  Solid state emitters for OLEDs

ü  Organic nano-aggregates for bio-imaging

     Selected Publications (best 5):

1. Pramita Mondal, Sandip Biswas, Debabrata Jana, Bidisa Das, Uttam K Ghorai, Binay K Ghorai, Somobrata Acharya, “Aggregation induction of tetraphenylethylene AIEgen and its supramolecular aggregates toward light-emitting diodes,” Journal of Solid-State Chemistry, 2020, 282, 121122.

2. Shatabdi Boxi, Debabrata Jana, Binay K Ghorai, “Synthesis and optical properties of bipolar quinoxaline-triphenylamine based stilbene compounds,” Optical Materials: X, 2019,1, 100013.

3. Kuheli Mandal, Debabrata Jana, Binay K Ghorai, Nikhil R Jana, “AIEgen-conjugated magnetic nanoparticles as magnetic–fluorescent bioimaging probes,” ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2019, 2, 3292.

4. Sandip Biswas, Debabrata Jana, Gundam Sandeep Kumar, Subrata Maji, Pronab Kundu, Uttam K Ghorai, Rajendra P Giri, Bidisa Das, Nitin Chattopadhyay, Binay K Ghorai, Somobrata Acharya, “Supramolecular aggregates of tetraphenylethene-cored AIEgen toward mechanoluminescent and electroluminescent devices,” ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2018, 10, 17409.

5. Nibedita Pradhan, Debabrata Jana, Binay K Ghorai, Nikhil R Jana, “Detection and monitoring of amyloid fibrillation using a fluorescence “switch-on” probe,” ACS applied materials & interfaces, 2015, 7, 25813.

Specialization: Inorganic Chemistry

Courses Taught:

UG: Redox reactions and precipitation reactions, Chemical Bonding, Qualitative and quantitative aspects of analysis, Optical methods of analysis, Gravimetric and tritimetric methods of analysis, Fertilizers.   

PG: Advanced Organometallic Chemistry (Catalysis), ESR and NMR Spectroscopy.

Research Interest: Synthesis, structure, solution chemistry and study of physiological activities of complexes of first row transition elements with special emphasis on vanadium complexes.

Ph.D. guided: 03

Selected Publications (best 5):

1. N. Biswas, D. Patra, B. Mondal, S. Bera, S. Acharyya, A. K. Biswas, T. K. Mukhopadhyay, A. Pal, M. G. B. Drew and T. Ghosh* Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 10963-10985. Exploring the effect of hydroxylic and non-hydroxylic solvents on the reaction of [V^IVO(β-diketonate)₂] with 2-Aminobenzoylhydrazide in aerobic and anaerobic conditions.

2. D. Patra, S. Paul, I. Majumder, N. Sepay, S. Bera, R. Kundu, M. G. B. Drew and T. Ghosh*             Dalton Trans., 2017, 46, 16276-16293.  Exploring the effect of substituent in the hydrazone ligand of a family of μ- oxidodivanadium(V) hydrazone complexes on structure, DNA binding and anticancer activity.

3. D. Patra, A. Pal, S. Nath, R. Kundu, M. G. B. Drew and T. Ghosh* J. Inorg. Biochem, 2022, 234, 111900. Insights into the transformation of VO²⁺ motif to VO³⁺, V₂O₃⁴⁺ and VO₂⁺ motifs and their interconversion along with a detailed mechanistic study of  their anti-cancer activity in SiHa cervical cancer cells.

4. N. Biswas, S. Bera, N. Sepay, A. Pal, T. Halder, S. Ray, S. Acharyya, A. K. Biswas, M. G. B. Drew, and T. Ghosh* New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 3700-3716. Simultaneous formation of non-oxidovanadium(IV) and oxidovanadium(V) complexes incorporating phenol-based hydrazone ligands in aerobic condition.

5. N. Biswas, S. Bera, N. Sepay, T. K. Mukhopadhyay, K. Acharya, S. Ghosh, S. Acharyya, A. K. Biswas, M. G. B. Drew, and T. Ghosh* New J. Chem., 2019, 43, 16714-16729. Synthesis, characterization, and cytotoxic and antimicrobial activities of mixed-ligand hydrazone complexes of variable valence VO^z+ (z = 2, 3).

Patents (if any): 01

Projects (completed & ongoing): Completed: 03 (UGC sponsored); 

Awards and Honors: ‘Ranit Protibha Puraskar’ for the Advancement of Science in the field of Chemistry.