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Dr. Gitish Kishor Dutta

Dr. Gitish Kishor Dutta

Professor
gitish.dutta@nitm.ac.in   
9485177036
Qualification : Post-Doc, Ulsan National Institute of Science & Technology
Area of Research : Carbon-based and composite materials for energy, storage devices, fuel cell, Electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reactions and electrochemical sensors

1.         Uddin, N.;  Roy, S.;  Baruah, R.;  Nareda, A.;  Dutta, G. K.; Chatterjee, P. N., Synthesis of symmetrical bis(indolyl)methanes via Sc(OTf)3 catalyzed tandem C–O and C–C bond breaking reaction and their anti-bacterial studies. Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters 2026, 137.

2.         Uddin, N.;  Roy, S.;  Giri, S.;  Dutta, G. K.; Chatterjee, P. N., Decarbonative routes to generate N-acyliminium ion intermediates for the synthesis of 3-substituted isoindolinones via an intermolecular amidoalkylation reaction. Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry 2025, 23 (32), 7448-7455.

3.         Deb, R.;  Gogoi, R.; Dutta, G. K., Single-step process for creating nitrogen and oxygen-enriched carbon using organic polymers for supercapacitor applications. Diamond and Related Materials 2025, 151.

4.         Uddin, N.;  Roy, S.;  Roy, S.;  Paul, D.;  Basumatary, G.;  Dutta, G. K.; Chatterjee, P. N., Formation of Bis-indolylmethanes from Symmetrical Triarylmethanes via Brønsted Acid Catalyzed C−C Bond Breaking Reaction. ChemistrySelect 2024, 9 (30).

5.         Deb, R.;  Barman, J.; Dutta, G. K., Iron, cobalt embedded nitrogen-doped carbon derived from conjugated macrocyclic polymers as electrocatalysts for oxygen reduction reaction. Electrochimica Acta 2024, 508.

6.         Deka, N.; Dutta, G. K., Recent advancement in carbon-based materials as sulfur hosts for rechargeable aluminum–sulfur (Al–S) batteries. Current Opinion in Electrochemistry 2023, 38.

7.         Barman, J.;  Deb, R.;  Deka, N.; Dutta, G. K., Nitrogen-Enriched Porous Carbon Materials from Expanded Polystyrene Waste for Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Rechargeable Zinc–Air Battery. Energy Technology 2023, 11 (10).

8.         Rudra, S.;  Deka, N.;  Nayak, A. K.;  Pradhan, M.; Dutta, G. K., Facile hydrothermal synthesis of Au-Mn3O4 decorated graphene oxide nanocomposites for solid-state supercapacitor. Journal of Energy Storage 2022, 50.

9.         Barman, J.;  Deka, N.;  Rudra, S.; Dutta, G. K., Promising N, P Co-doped Porous Carbon Materials as Metal-Free Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Reduction Reaction in Alkaline Medium. ChemistrySelect 2022, 7 (28).

10.       Barman, J.;  Deka, N.;  Maji, P. K.; Dutta, G. K., Nitrogen and Sulfur Enriched Porous Carbon Materials with Trace Fe Derived from Hyper-Crosslinked Polymer as an Efficient Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalyst. ChemElectroChem 2022, 9 (15).

11.       Kalita, G.;  Deka, N.;  Paul, D.;  Thapa, L.;  Dutta, G. K.; Chatterjee, P. N., Sulfonated Tetraphenylethylene-Based Hypercrosslinked Polymer as a Heterogeneous Catalyst for the Synthesis of Symmetrical Triarylmethanes via a Dual C-C Bond-Cleaving Path. Synlett 2021, 32 (3), 304-308.

12.       Deka, N.;  Barman, J.;  Gawas, P.;  Parse, H. B.;  Kakade, B.;  Nutalapati, V.; Dutta, G. K., Nitrogen-Doped Microporous Carbons Synthesized from Indole-Based Copolymer Spheres for Supercapacitors and Metal-Free Electrocatalysis. Energy and Fuels 2021, 35 (3), 2785-2794.

13.       Deka, J.;  Saha, K.;  Gogoi, R.;  Dutta, G. K.; Raidongia, K., Fabrication of Pressure-Responsive Energy Device from Nanofluidic Vanadium Pentoxide and Polymeric Hydrogel. ACS Applied Electronic Materials 2021, 3 (1), 277-284.

14.       Deka, N.;  Barman, J.;  Kasthuri, S.;  Nutalapati, V.; Dutta, G. K., Transforming waste polystyrene foam into N-doped porous carbon for capacitive energy storage and deionization applications. Applied Surface Science 2020, 511.

15.       Nath, N. K.;  Gupta, P.;  Hazarika, P. J.;  Deka, N.;  Mukherjee, A.; Dutta, G. K., Plastically Deformable and Exfoliating Molecular Crystals of a 2-D Coordination Polymer and Its Ligand. Crystal Growth and Design 2019, 19 (11), 6033-6038.

16.       Lee, S. M.;  Lee, H. R.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Lee, J.;  Oh, J. H.; Yang, C., Furan-flanked diketopyrrolopyrrole-based chalcogenophene copolymers with siloxane hybrid side chains for organic field-effect transistors. Polymer Chemistry 2019, 10 (22), 2854-2862.

17.       Dutta, G. K.;  Kasthuri, S.;  Marappan, G.;  Jayaraman, S. V.;  Sivalingam, Y.;  Di Natale, C.; Nutalapati, V., Aggregation behavior in naphthalene-appended diketopyrrolopyrrole derivatives and its gas adsorption impact on surface potential. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 2019, 7 (32), 9954-9965.

18.       Deka, N.;  Patidar, R.;  Kasthuri, S.;  Venkatramaiah, N.; Dutta, G. K., Triazine based polyimide framework derived N-doped porous carbons: A study of their capacitive behaviour in aqueous acidic electrolyte. Materials Chemistry Frontiers 2019, 3 (4), 680-689.

19.       Deka, N.;  Barman, J.;  Deka, J.;  Raidongia, K.; Dutta, G. K., Microporous Organic Polymer-Derived Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Spheres for Efficient Capacitive Energy Storage. ChemElectroChem 2019, 6 (13), 3327-3336.

20.       Deka, J.;  Saha, K.;  Konch, T. J.;  Gogoi, R. K.;  Saikia, S.;  Saikia, P. P.;  Dutta, G. K.; Raidongia, K., Reconstruction of Soil Components into Multifunctional Freestanding Membranes. ACS Omega 2019, 4 (1), 1292-1299.

21.       Deka, N.;  Deka, J.; Dutta, G. K., Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Carbazole-Substituted Tetraphenylethylene-Based Hypercrosslinked Polymer for High-Performance Supercapacitor. ChemistrySelect 2018, 3 (29), 8483-8490.

22.       Kang, S. H.;  Lee, H. R.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Lee, J.;  Oh, J. H.; Yang, C., A Role of Side-Chain Regiochemistry of Thienylene-Vinylene-Thienylene (TVT) in the Transistor Performance of Isomeric Polymers. Macromolecules 2017, 50 (3), 884-890.

23.       Chen, S.;  An, Y.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Kim, Y.;  Zhang, Z. G.;  Li, Y.; Yang, C., A Synergetic Effect of Molecular Weight and Fluorine in All-Polymer Solar Cells with Enhanced Performance. Advanced Functional Materials 2017, 27 (2).

24.       Lee, K. C.;  Kim, T.;  Song, S.;  Kim, Y.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Kim, D. S.;  Kim, J. Y.; Yang, C., Medium bandgap copolymers based on carbazole and quinoxaline exceeding 1.0 v open-circuit voltages. RSC Advances 2016, 6 (21), 17624-17631.

25.       Han, A. R.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Lee, J.;  Lee, H. R.;  Lee, S. M.;  Ahn, H.;  Shin, T. J.;  Oh, J. H.; Yang, C., ε-branched flexible side chain substituted diketopyrrolopyrrole-containing polymers designed for high hole and electron mobilities. Advanced Functional Materials 2015, 25 (2), 247-254.

26.       Moghe, D.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Patil, S.; Guha, S., Photocurrent spectroscopic studies of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based statistical copolymers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2014, 16 (9), 4291-4298.

27.       Kim, J.;  Yun, M. H.;  Kim, G. H.;  Lee, J.;  Lee, S. M.;  Ko, S. J.;  Kim, Y.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Moon, M.;  Park, S. Y.;  Kim, D. S.;  Kim, J. Y.; Yang, C., Synthesis of PCDTBT-based fluorinated polymers for high open-circuit voltage in organic photovoltaics: Towards an understanding of relationships between polymer energy levels engineering and ideal morphology control. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2014, 6 (10), 7523-7534.

28.       Kim, G.;  Kang, S. J.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Han, Y. K.;  Shin, T. J.;  Noh, Y. Y.; Yang, C., A thienoisoindigo-naphthalene polymer with ultrahigh mobility of 14.4 cm2/V·s that substantially exceeds benchmark values for amorphous silicon semiconductors. Journal of the American Chemical Society 2014, 136 (26), 9477-9483.

29.       Dutta, G. K.;  Kim, T.;  Choi, H.;  Lee, J.;  Kim, D. S.;  Kim, J. Y.; Yang, C., Synthesis of fluorinated analogues of a practical polymer TQ for improved open-circuit voltages in polymer solar cells. Polymer Chemistry 2014, 5 (7), 2540-2547.

30.       Zhang, Y.;  Pandey, A. K.;  Tandy, K.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Burn, P. L.;  Meredith, P.;  Namdas, E. B.; Patil, S., Channel II photocurrent quantification in narrow optical gap polymer-fullerene solar cells with complimentary acceptor absorption. Applied Physics Letters 2013, 102 (22).

31.       Dutta, G. K.;  Han, A. R.;  Lee, J.;  Kim, Y.;  Oh, J. H.; Yang, C., Visible-near infrared absorbing polymers containing thienoisoindigo and electron-rich units for organic transistors with tunable polarity. Advanced Functional Materials 2013, 23 (42), 5317-5325.

32.       Tandy, K.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Zhang, Y.;  Venkatramaiah, N.;  Aljada, M.;  Burn, P. L.;  Meredith, P.;  Namdas, E. B.; Patil, S., A new diketopyrrolopyrrole-based co-polymer for ambipolar field-effect transistors and solar cells. Organic Electronics 2012, 13 (10), 1981-1988.

33.       Dutta, G. K.; Patil, S., Solution processable quinoxaline based molecular materials for organic field effect transistors. Organic Electronics 2012, 13 (7), 1266-1276.

34.       Dikundwar, A. G.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Row, T. N. G.; Patil, S., Polymorphism in opto-electronic materials with a benzothiazole-fluorene core: A consequence of high conformational flexibility of π-conjugated backbone and alkyl side chains. Crystal Growth and Design 2011, 11 (5), 1615-1622.

35.       Dutta, G. K.;  Guha, S.; Patil, S., Synthesis of liquid crystalline benzothiazole based derivatives: A study of their optical and electrical properties. Organic Electronics 2010, 11 (1), 1-9.

36.       Chandrasekaran, Y.;  Dutta, G. K.;  Kanth, R. B.; Patil, S., Tetrahydroquinoxaline based squaraines: Synthesis and photophysical properties. Dyes and Pigments 2009, 83 (2), 162-167.

 

  • Invited Talk in the “International Conference on Emerging Trends in Biochemistry (ICETB-2024)” at Nalbari College 11-13th March 2024, Assam
  • Resource person in “Frontiers in Material Sciences: Challenges and Opportunities Organised by Department of Chemical Sciences”, Tezpur University, 7 – 8th March 2024
  • Paper presentation in “8th International FAPS Polymer Congress” held in Istanbul, 12 -14 September 2023
  • Resource person in the Refresher course in Chemistry during the period of August 1-14, 2023 held at NEHU
  • Conference on Electrochemistry for Industry, Health, and Environment (EIHE 2023) at DAE Convention Centre, Anushaktinagar, Mumbai 7 – 11 February 2023
  • Invited talk in “The International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS-2020)” held in Gauhati University in 2020.
  • The 3rd International Symposium on Recent Progress of Energy and  Environmental Photocatalysis held at Tokyo University of Science in 2019.
  • EPF 2015-European Polymer Federation Meeting 2015 held in Dresden, Germany.
  • 7thIndo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium held by IIT Kanpur and DST- Humboldt Foundation in 2015.
  • 7th Seminar on Hydrocarbon Industry Growth - Prospects & Challenges in   North East held at NRL, Golaghat in 2015.
  • 2nd International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (ICAFM- 14) held in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India, February 2014.
  • 10th International Symposium on Functional ?-Electron Systems (Fpi-10) held in Beijing, China, October 2011.
  • International Conference on the Chemistry of The Organic Solid State (ICCOSS-XX) held in Institute of Science Bangalore, June 2011.
  • Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry held in Indian Institute of Science- Bangalore, December 2009.

1. CY 101 (Chemistry)

2. CY 151 Chemistry Laboratory

3. CY 401 (Stereochemistry and Organic Reaction Mechanism)

4. CY 481 (Organic Chemistry Lab)

5. CY 402 (Pericyclic Reactions, Photochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy)

6. CY 409 (Analytical and Environmental Chemistry)

7. CY 501 (Advanced Organic Chemistry)

8. CY 532 Chemistry of Natural Products And Heterocyclic Chemistry

9. CY 702 Organic Materials and Their Applications

10. CY 701 (Analytical Methods in Chemistry)


Sl No. Title of Project PI CO-PI Funding Agency Sanctioned Amount StartYr - EndYr (Duration) Status Project Type
1 Development of 3-D Supramolecular Structure-Based Optoelectronic Materials Towards Photovoltaic Devices. Dr. G. K Dutta Dr. P. N. Chattarjee DST 2765560 2015-2018 Completed Sponsored
2 Diketopyrrolopyrrole and isoindigo based luminescent conjugated polymers for colorimetric and fluorogenic sensors Dr. G. K. Dutta N.A. SERB_DST 2238000 2015-2018 Completed Sponsored
 

1. Head of the Department (2015-2018)

2. Chairman, Library Committee (2019-2020)

3. Dean RC (2020-2023)

4. Faculty Advisor (2019-21) for 2019 Batch

5. Laboratory in Charge (MSc laboratory): 2020-21

6. GIAN Co-ordinator: 3-07-2023 till date

6. Examination Committee Chairman:  01-09-2023 to 14-05-2024.

7. Medical committee Chairman: 4-09-2023 to till date

8. Anti-ragging Squad committee: 05-09-2023 to till date

9. Hostal patrolling committee: 29-09-2023 to till date

10. Nodal Officer Scholarship Section:  12-02-2024 to till date

11. Head of the Department: 14-05-2024 to till date

1. Namrata Deka (Awarded)

2. Siddheswar Rudra (2017-Present): Co-Supervisor- Dr. Mukul Pradhan, NIT Warangal (Awarded)



3. Jayshree Barman (Awarded)

Research Area: Oxygen reduction reaction

Year of joining: 2018

Email id: jayshreebarman@nitm.ac.in



4. Ria Deb


Year of Joining: 2021 (Autumn)

Email: p21cy001@nitm.ac.in

Research Area: Energy Storage and Energy Conversion


5. Nazir Uddin (2021-present) Co-Supervisor: Dr. Paresh Nath Chatterjee 

Year of joining: 2021(Autumn) 

Research area: Organic synthesis via C-C bond-breaking reaction

Email address: p21cy003@nitm.ac.in



6. Sayantan Roy






7. Rimpi Gogoi

Research Area: Electrochemical storage device and Electrochemical sensor

Joining year: 2023

Email: py23cy006@nitm.ac.in




Past M.Sc. Project Students

  • Daisy Barman
  • Anusua Mukherjee
  • Rashmi Chetry
  • Sangita Kalita
  • Loknath Thapa
  • Subhrata Dutta
  • Shruti Revankar
  • Subhransu Sekhar Das
  • Ajay Bharti
  • Himadri Sikha Saikia
  • Junali Devi
  • Bhabani Shankar Nayak
  • Vivek 
  • Chamlagain
  • Vishal Yadav
  • Ram Wami Toi 
  • Gaurav Raj
  • Abhijit Gharphalia
  • Sujata Kalita

ChemistrySelect, Electroanalytical Chemistry, Materials Letters, Advanced Functional Materials, Materials Today Communications, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Applied Nanoscience, Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

1. Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI, lifetime Member)

2. Indian Society for ElectroAnalytical Chemistry (ISEAC, lifetime Member)

3. Asian Polymer Association (APA, life-time Member)