Academic Credentials :
- Postdoctoral Position (July, 2002 – June, 2004), School of Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.
Topic: Designing Radiolabelled Organic Ligands for Human Brain Imaging.
Mentor: Professor Harry Chugani
- Postdoctoral Position (January, 2000 – June, 2002 & July 2004-Sept,2005), Jadavpur Univarsity, Kolkata, India.
Topic: Synthesis of Carbohydrate Molecules and Fabrication of Their Organic Nanomaterials.
Mentor: Professor Rina Ghosh
- Ph. D.: Jadavpur University, Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta-700032, India (1994-1998); Major: Synthetic Organic Chemistry.
Topic: Studies on Stereoselective Syntheses of Organic Compounds
Mentor: Late Dr. Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya
- M. Sc.: University of Calcutta, University College of Science, Calcutta, India (December, 1993); Major: Organic Chemistry (Other Subjects: Physical and Inorganic Chemistry).
- B. Sc.: University of Calcutta, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Howrah, India (August, 1991); Major: Chemistry Honours (Other Subjects: Physics, Mathematics & English)
Faculty Appointments (Academic & Industry) :
- Professor (2005 (September)-Till date), Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, University College of Science, 92 A.P.C. Road, Kolkata –700 009, India.
- Senior Lecturer (January, 2000- September, 2005, Department of Chemistry, Dumkal College Basantapur, Murshidabad-742303
- Scientist (R & D), 1999 (May)-1999 (December), Research and Development Center, RPG Life Sciences Limited, Navi Mumbai-400705.
- 1998 (August)-1999(April), Scientist (R & D), Research and Technology Department, Ciba India Private Limited, Mumbai-400063.
Award :
- Dr. Dilip Kumar Maiti is the recipient of Basudev Banerjee Memorial Medal and Prize of 2011 awarded by Indian Chemical Society.
Associate Editor of Journals :
- American Journal of Nanomaterials
- World Journal of Organic Chemistry
Organized Major Event :
- Local Secretary: Chemical Sciences Section-Indian Science Congress-2013
Handling Projects as a Principal Investigator :
- Funder: DST Project under SERC Organic Chemistry scheme, Govt. Of India; Project
No.: SR/S1/OC-22/2006; Title of the Project: Development of Lewis Acid Catalysed
Nitrile Oxide Cycloaddition Reactions towards Syntheses of Sugar-Based Chiral
Heterocycles; Fund Awarded: Rs.17,79,600.00; Status: Completed; Duration:
06/12/2006 to 05/12/2009.
- Funder: Center for Research in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (CRNN, CU),UGC, Govt. of India; Project No. Con./002/ NanoRAC(2008); Title of the Project:Synthesis of New Chiral Surfactants and Studies of Their Novel Applications; Fund Awarded: Rs.2.0 Lakh as Seed Money to Initiate Research Work in Nanoscience with one senior research fellow; Status: Completed; Duration: 2nd February 2009 to 31st January, 2010.
- Funder: DST Project under SERC Nanoscience scheme, Govt. of India; Project No.: SR/NM/NS-29/2010; Title of the Project: Design, Synthesis and Fabrication of LowMolecular Mass Organic Nanostructured Materials and Studies of Their Optical and Optoelectronic Properties; Fund Awarded: Rs.53,26,300.00; Status: Running (3rd
Year); Duration: 01/10/2010 to 30/09/2013.
- Funder: OSDD CSIR Scheme, Govt. of India; Project No.: OC-UCKLT0001&0002 Title of the Project: Functionalized and Sugar-Based Chiral Heterocyclic Scaffolds to be Submitted to OSDD Program for Development of Their Antimalarial and Antituberculosis Activities; Fund: Rs.9,00,000.00; Status: Running (2nd Year)
- Funder: DST Project under SERC (Organic Chemistry), Govt. of India; Project No. No. SR/S1/OC-05/2012; Title: Development of Robust Cyclization Processes Involving Selective Activation of C-H, N and π-Bonds toward Construction of Ubiquitous Frameworks: Studies on Mechanistic Insight with DFT Calculation; Fund: Rs.54,90,000.00; Status: Running (1st Year); Duration: April 2013 to March, 2016.
- Funder: DST Project under DST Green Task Force, Govt. of India; Project No.: SR/S5/GC-Meet/2012; Title of the Project: Development of Benign and Robust Brominating Processes Involving Direct Transfer of Bromide: Synthesis of Valuable Bromosynthons, Their Chiral Analogues and Sequential Coupling Compounds; Fund: Rs.54,90,000.00; Status: Running (1st Year); Duration: April 2013 to March, 2016.
Invited Lectures (2010-2014):
No |
Venue and Date |
Title of the Talk |
01 |
Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Bengal Engineering College and Science University, 6th August, 2010 |
An Absolute Regio- and Stereocontrolled Formal 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition with Organic Lewis Acid: Reaction, Scope and Construction of Functional Molecules |
02 |
Refresher Course in Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 22nd August-14th September, 2010 |
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: A New Field of Dream |
03 |
University of Kalyani, Kalyani, 25th February, 2011 |
$pi;-Bond Activated Vicinal Difunctionalization and Cyclization with Synthetic Efficiency: Synthesis of Heterocyclic Scaffolds and Their Fabricated Materials |
04 |
Indian Institute of Technology Gwahati, Gwahati, 12-13 March, 2011 |
Construction of Surfactant-Assembled Nanoreactors in Non-conventional Media: Properties, Scope and Synthesis with Synthetic Efficiency |
05 |
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 27th June, 2011 |
Selective Activation of C-H and N-H Bond: Construction of Novel Sugar-Based Chiral Heterocycles |
06 |
Refresher Course in Chemistry, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 22nd August-14th September, 2011 |
Nanoscience and Its Application in Organic Chemistry |
07 |
Maulana Azad College, Kolkata, 3rd November, 2011 |
Travelling Through the Nano World |
08 |
Dept. of Chemistry, Tripura University, Agartala, 11th Nov, 2011 |
Design and Fabrication of Nanoreactors for Synthesis of Functional Molecules: Properties, Scope, Reaction and Mechanism |
09 |
Dept. of Chemistry, M. M. College, Kolkata, 14th Dec., 2011 |
Construction of Nanoreactor in Non-conventional Reaction Medium: Reaction, Scope and Construction of Functional Molecules |
10 |
Dumkal College Basantapur, Murshidabad, 6-7th January, 2012 |
Utilization of Non-chemical Water as a Solvent in Organic Synthesis for Protecting Environment: Design, Scope, Mechanism and Synthesis |
11 |
Dept. of Physics, Tripura University, Agartala, 3-4th February, 2012 |
Packing of Small Molecules is the Key to Access Nanoreactors, Nanomaterials and Their Unique Nanoscale Properties |
12 |
Packing of Small Molecules is the Key to Access Nanoreactors, Nanomaterials and Their Unique Nanoscale Properties |
Nanoscience: Cu(0)-Nanoparticles is an Efficient Reductive Catalyst in Water Medium |
13 |
National Organic Symposium Trust (NOST), Manali, 10-14th October, 2012 |
Synthesis of Organic Compounds in a Surfactant Assembled Nanoreactor Built in Water |
14 |
Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Guwahati, 2-4th December, 2012 |
Domino Cyclization Reaction |
15 |
Behala College, Kolkata, 10th December, 2012 |
Fabrication of Low and High-Valent Metal Nanoparticles and Their Novel Properties |
16 |
Indian Chemical Society, Bhopal, 13-16th December, 2012 |
Fabrication of Nanoreactor, Nanoparticle and Nanostructured Materials and Development of Their Novel Properties |
17 |
Indian Science Congress and University of Calcutta, 3-7th January, 2013 |
Intermolecular Domino Cyclization Reaction to Functional Molecules |
18 |
Dept. of Physics, Tripura University, Agartala. 5-6th February, 2013 |
Dept. of Physics, Tripura University, Agartala. 5-6th February, 2013 |
19 |
Dept. of Chemistry, IIT Delhi; 8-10 January 2014. Emerging Trends in Glycoscience and Glycotechnology |
Exploiting Carbohydrates for C-C and C-N Bond-Forming Annulation and Organic Electronics |
20 |
International Symposium on Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends (NIICT Hyderabad) 4-6th March-2014 |
Catalyst Originator: ArCH(OMe)2 Generates PtIV-Catalyst for sp3C-H Activated Diverse Annulation |
Teaching Experience: 13 Years
- Undergraduate (~ 6 years; Dept. Of Chemistry, Dumkal College Basantapur,
Murshidabad, West Bengal; Taught Chemistry Honours and Pass Courses).
- Postgraduate (~ 8 years; Dept. Of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata;
Taught alkaloid chemistry, organometallics, carbohydrate chemistry, medicinal
chemistry and nanoscience courses).
- Medicinal Chemistry and Dynamic Stereochemistry, NIPER(IICB), Kolkata (6 years
as a Guest Professor).
Sl No. |
Name |
M/F |
Specialization |
Topic |
Status/Remark |
1 |
Yasmin Saima |
F |
Organic Chemistry |
Stereoselective Syntheses of Chiral Heterocycles |
Successfully went through 5000 Word Seminar/ FIP Scheme (UGC) |
2 |
Tista Sengupta |
F |
Organic Chemistry |
Studies on Metal Catalyzed Cyclization Processes involving selective C-H Bond Activation: Construction of functionalized Heterocyclic and Carbocyclic Scaffolds |
SRF-CSIR |
3 |
Krishnanka Sekhar Gayen |
M |
Organic Chemistry |
Studies on Metal, Metal Nanoparticle and Organic Lewis Acid Mediated Activation, Transformation & Cyclization Processes: Synthesis of valuable Heterocycles & Investigation of reaction course |
JRF-SPM(CSIR) |
4 |
Dipankar Dhara |
M |
Organic Chemistry |
Studies on Cerium and other Metal Catalyzed Organic Transformation Reactions toward Syntheses of N-Heterocycles |
Self-finance (Part time) |
5 |
Nabeyndu Pramanik |
M |
Organic Chemistry |
Design, synthesis and characterization of transition metal-ligand complexes and development of their novel catalytic activity in fundamental organic transformations |
Self-finance (Part time) |
6 |
Saikat Khamarui |
M |
Organic Chemistry |
Design, synthesis and fabrication of low dimensional organic nanostructured materials and studies of their semiconducting properties toward construction of high-tech devices |
JRF-CSIR |
7 |
Deblina Sarkar |
F |
Organic Chemistry |
Synthesis of new chiral surfactants and studies of their self-aggregation properties toward generation of nanoreactor and mesoporous material for practical application in organic synthesis |
JRF-CSIR |
8 |
Dipanwita Roy |
F |
Organic Chemistry |
Development of Cyclization Process toward Synthesis of Natural Product-like Small Functional Molecules |
JRF-CSIR |
List of Ph.d Awardees during the year :
Sl No. |
Name |
M/F |
Specialization |
Topic |
Status/Remark |
1 |
Dr. Nirbhik Chatterjee |
M |
Organic Chemistry |
Approach to Heterocycles from Carbohydrate Derivatives and Others Involving Cycloaddition and Cyclization Reaction |
Awarded in 2011 |
2 |
Dr. Palash Pandit |
M |
Organic Chemistry |
Studies on Formal 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition and Oxidative Reaction Processes Involving Organic Lewis Acid: Synthesis of Functional Molecules and Fabrication of Their Organic Nanostructured Materials |
|
3 |
Sri Samiran Halder |
M |
Organic Chemistry |
Studies on metal complex mediated Syntheses of Organic compounds with special reference to Carbohydrates |
Submitted |
Participation in Conference/ Seminar/ Symposium/ Workshop During the year :
Sl No |
Organized by |
National / International |
Title |
Theme |
Activity Date |
Place |
1 |
Jadavpur University |
National |
National Symposium on Organic Chemistry-IV (NSOC-IV): Modern Trends and Perspectives |
Presentation of our poster No. OP-3,p-39 |
2-3rd February 2011 |
Kolkata |
2 |
University of Calcutta |
International |
International Symposium on Facets of Weak Interactions in Chemistry, |
Presentation of our poster No. p-36 |
13-15th January 2011, |
Kolkata |
3 |
University of Kalyani |
National |
Current Trends in Chemistry |
Invited Speaker |
25th February, 2011 |
Kalyani |
4 |
IIT Gwahati |
National |
Summer Workshop on Green Chemistry |
Invited Speaker |
12-13 March, 2011 |
Assam |
Invited Lectures during the year :
Sl No. |
National |
International |
1 |
National Seminar on Current Trends in Chemistry, 25th February, 2011, Kalyani University (KU), Kalyani. Topic: π-Bond Activated Vicinal Difunctionalization and Cyclization with Synthetic Efficiency: Synthesis of Heterocyclic Scaffolds and Their Fabricated Materials |
|
2 |
Summer Workshop on Green Chemistry on 12-13 March, 2011, jointly organized by IIT Gwahati and DST, India Assam. Topic: Construction of Surfactant-Assembled Nanoreactors in Non-conventional Media: Properties, Scope and Synthesis with Organic Lewis Acid-Like Oxidant |
|
3 |
Invited talk in the Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal on 27th June, 2011, organized. Topic: Construction of Surfactant-Assembled Nanoreactors in Non-conventional Media: Properties, Scope and Synthesis with Lewis Acid-Like Non-metallic Oxidant |
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Whether the teacher has participated in Organising and/or delivered Lectures in refresher Course/ Orientation Programme during the year :
- 2Delivered two lectures in the refresher course organized by the Department of Chemistry, University of Calcutta, 2011. Topic: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: A New Field of Dream
Any other related matter :
- I was invited and participated in the planning of a unique OUTREACH project during the 12th Five Year Plan namely, Open Source Drug Discovery (OSDD) program (www.osdd.net) under the CSIR, Govt. Of India, at Delhi on 24th June, 2011 to initiate the practical training to large number of M.Sc. students specializing in Organic Chemistry in various universities, IITs, IISERs and other academic institutes across the length and breadth of the country.
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