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Department of Chemical & Biological Sciences

Head of Department

Dr. Amit Kumar Paul
Ph.D, IACS, University of Calcutta

E-mail:
hod.cy@nitm.ac.in

Ph.D

Ms. Poonam Gupta Research Scholar

  • B. Sc. Chemistry from St. Anthony’s College, Shillong (NEHU) 2015
  • M. Sc. Chemistry from NIT Meghalaya (2017).

poonamgupta@nitm.ac.in poonamgpt13s@gmail.com
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Full Time/Part Time Scholar: Full-Time

Highest Degree with specialization

  • M.Sc Chemistry (NIT Meghalaya)

Academic Honours and awards:

  • Ranked 4th in B.Sc. (Chemistry), NEHU 2015.
  • Best Poster Award in “ORGANIX-2018: An International Conference In Chemistry”, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Assam, 20th-21st December, 2018.
  • Best Research Work Demonstration Award in the Research Conclave-2020 on 28th February at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India.
  • 1st Prize in Oral Presentation in the Research Conclave-2021 at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India.
  •  Best Research Work Demonstration Award in the Research Conclave-2021 at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India.
  • Best Research Work Demonstration Award in the Research Conclave-2023 at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India.
  • 2nd Prize in Oral Presentation in the Research Conclave-2023 at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, India.
  • 2nd Prize in Techno Exhibit-2022, organized by Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) National Institute of Technology Meghalaya & State Council of Science, Technology & Environment Meghalaya

Research Area:

  • Single, Dual and Multi Stimuli Responsive Molecular Crystals

Seminar/Conference Attended:

  •  Workshop on Basic Sciences, programme of the Star College Scheme, 5th-7th December, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, 2012.
  • National workshop on maintenance of Opto Analytical Instruments (NWMOAI-2013), 14th-21nd September, St. Anthony’s College, Shillong, 2013.
  • Workshop on Nanotechnology, 28th July, St. Mary’s College, Shillong, 2014
  •  Workshop on Biophotonics - A Multidisciplinary Approach, November 18th-19th, NIT Meghalaya, 2016.
  • National Symposium On Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences, NIT Meghalaya, October 12th-13th, 2017.
  • ORGANIX-2018: An International Conference In Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, 20th-21st December 2018.
  • National Conference on Recent Advances in Chemistry (RAC-2019), October 14 -15, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, 2019.
  • ETCS-2020: International Conference on Emerging Trends In Chemical Sciences, February 13th-15th 2020, Guwahati University.
  • National Conference, Research Conclave, NIT Meghalaya, 2020.
  • National Conference, Research Conclave, NIT Meghalaya, 2021.
  • Theoretical and Computational Chemistry-2021, NIT Meghalaya .
  • Techno Exhibit-2022, organized by Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) National Institute of Technology Meghalaya & State Council of Science, Technology & Environment Meghalaya.
  • National Conference on “Recent Advances in Chemistry: Theoretical and Computational Aspects” (RAC-TCA 2022), November 18-20, NIT Meghalaya-NEHU, 2022.
  • National Conference, Research Conclave, NIT Meghalaya, 2023.

Publications:

  1. N. K. Nath, M. Hazarika, P. Gupta, N. R. Ray, A. K. Paul, Plastically bendable crystals of probenecid and its cocrystal with 4,4?-bipyridine, J. Mol. Struct., 2018, 1160, 20-25.
  2. 2. P. Gupta, D. P. Karothu, E. Ahmed, P. Naumov and N. K. Nath, Thermally twistable, photobendable, elastically bendable and self healable soft crystals, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2018, 57, 8498-8502.
  3. P. Gupta, T. Panda, S. Allu, S. Bora, A. Baishya, A. Gunnam, P. Naumov, N. K. Nath, Crystalline acylhydrazone photoswitches with multiple mechanical responses, Cryst. Growth Des., 2019, 19, 3039-3044.
  4. P. Gupta, S. A. Rather, B. K. Saha, T. Panda, D. P. Koruthu, P. Naumov, N. K. Nath, Cryst. Growth Des., 2020, 20, 2847-2852. 
  5. P. Gupta, S. Allu, D. P. Koruthu, T. Panda, N. K. Nath, Organic Molecular Crystals with Dual Stress-Induced Mechanical Response: Elastic and Plastic Flexibility, Cryst. Growth Des., 2021, 21, 1931-1938. 
  6. P. Gupta, Suryanarayana Allu, Pragyan J. Hazarika, Nisha R. Ray, Ashwini K. Nangia, and Naba K. Nath, Fast and Reversible Bidirectional Photomechanical Response Displayed by a Flexible Polycrystalline Aggregate of a Hydrazone, CrystEngComm,2022, 24, 7261-7265.
  7.  N. K. Nath, P. Gupta, P. J. Hazarika, N. Deka, A. Mukherjee, G. K. Dutta, Plastically Deformable and Exfoliating Molecular Crystal of a 2-D Coordination Polymer and its Ligand, Cryst. Growth Des., 2019, 19, 6033-6038.
  8.  P. J. Hazarika, P. Gupta, A. Gunnam, S. Allu, A. Nangia, N. K. Nath, Photomechanical Response of Sulfonylhydrazone Molecular Crystals, CrystEngComm, 2021, 23, 4910-4916.
  9. K. K. Sarmah, P. Sarmah, D. R. Rao, P. Gupta, N. K. Nath, M. Arhangelskis, R. Thankuria, Mechanochemical Synthesis of Olanzapine Salts and Their Hydration Stability Study Using Powder X-ray Diffraction, Cryst. Growth Des., 2018, 18, 2138-2150.          
  10. P. J. Hazarika, P. Gupta, A. Gunnam, R. Thankuria, A. Nangia, N. K. Nath, Flexible Chlorinated Azine Molecular Crystals and Their Photothermally Driven Actuation, Cryst. Growth Des. 2024, 24, 2, 763–773.

Any other remarkable Experience:

  • Summer internship programme on “Mechanical Properties of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds”, 1st-22nd June, NIT Meghalaya, 2016

Teaching Experience:

  •  M.Sc Inorganic Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty (2018).
  • M.Sc Inorganic Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty (2019).
  • M.Sc Inorganic Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty (2020).
  • M.Sc Inorganic Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty (2021).
  • B.Tech Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty (2018).
  • B.Tech Chemistry laboratory classes as TA duty (2019).