evaluative report of the department of industrial...

Evaluative Report of the Department of Industrial Chemistry

1. Name of the Department : Industrial Chemistry

Its year of establishment : 1994

2. Names of Programmes / Courses offered (UG, PG, M.Phil., Ph.D., Integrated Masters; Integrated

Ph.D., etc.)

UG (Honours) ;

PG (Applied Chemistry – This is an inter-disciplinary course

introduced in collaboration with Chemistry Department)

3. Interdisciplinary courses and departments involved :

In fact, B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry course is an

interdisciplinary course by nature as the Departments of

Statistics, Chemistry and Industrial Chemistry take essential

parts to run the course.

Post Graduate course in Applied Chemistry is an

interdisciplinary course where Departments of Chemistry,

Mathematics and Industrial Chemistry are involved.

4. Annual/ semester/choice based credit system :

Upto 2009 : Annual System (under affiliating system)

From 2010 : Semester System (after being declared as autonomous

college from the session 2010-2011)

5. Participation of the department in the courses offered by other departments :

Uttam Kr Ghorai, Course Co-ordinator of Industrial

Chemistry Department, offers practical course in the 6th

semester of Chemistry Honours where he teaches Sophisticated

Instrumental Techniques (UV-Vis Spectrometre, FTIR)

6. Number of teaching posts sanctioned and filled (Professors/Associate Professors/Asst. Professors)

Sanctioned Filled

Professor 0 0

Associate Professors 0 0

Asst. Professors 0 0

Note : The department has not been sanctioned any permanent teaching post but a number of

guest faculties have been teaching in this department and some of them are fully honorary. We are

giving the number of these regular guest faculties of this department :

7. Faculty profile with name, qualification, designation, specialisation (D.Sc./D.Litt./ Ph.D./M.Phil., etc.)

Name

Qualification Designation Specialization No. of

Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

students

guided

in the

last 4

years

Prof Partha

Sarathi Ray

Ph D, D.Sc. Retd

Professor,

Chemical

Engineering,

CU

Artificial Network,

Membrane

Technology,

Thermodynamics&

Modeling

Prof Karna

Roy

Ph D Retd Reader,

Chemistry,

Inorganic

Chemistry

Nil

Prof Debnath

Mukherjee

Ph D Retd Reader,

Chemistry

Inorganic

Chemistry

Nil

Smarajit Sen M Tech Retd Govt

Officer,

Excise Dept,

Presently

Chemical

Engineering &

Chemical

Nil

Name


Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

students

guided

in the

last 4

years

Technical

Consultant

Technology

Sankar Prasad

Ghoshal

M Tech RetdManager,

Bengal

Pharmaceuticals

Ltd

Chemical

Engineering &

Chemical

Technology

Nil

Dipak Moy

Gupta

B Tech Retd Manager,

Sindhri

Fertiliser

Mechanical

Engineering

Nil

Gyanendra Kr

Jha

MS Retd Engineer,

M N Dastoor

Metallurgical

Engineering

Nil

Pranab Kr Sur M Tech Retd Manager,

Sur Enamel

Chemical

Engineering &

Chemical

Technology

Nil

Dr Sudip Kr

Das

Ph D Professor,

Chemical

Engineering,

CU

Chemical

Engineering

Dr Subrata Kr

Ganguli

Ph D Associate

Professor

Dr Abhijit

Banerjee

Ph D, FLS

(London)

FICER

Assistant

Professor,

Poylmer

Science &

Technology,CU

Polymer Science &

Technology

8

Sajal Samanta M Sc Visiting Faculty Organic Chemistry

Name


Years of

Experience

No. of

Ph.D.

students

guided

in the

last 4

years

Sumit Mandal M.Sc,

M Tech

Visiting Faculty Materials Science

Uttam Kr

Ghorai

M.Sc,

M Tech

Visitng Faculty Nano Technology

Subhajit Saha M.Sc,

M Tech

Visting Faculty Materials Science

Rahul

Bhattacvharya

M Sc Visiting Faculty Ceramic

Technology

Arabinda

Chakraborty

M Sc Visiting Faculty Physical

Chemistry

8. Percentage of classes taken by temporary faculty – programme-wise information :

As there is no permanent faculty, hence all the classes are taken

by temporary faculty members.

9. Programme-wise Student Teacher Ratio :

UG – (42 : 9) 14 : 3

PG – 39 : 25

10. Number of academic support staff (technical) and administrative staff: sanctioned and filled :

Although there is no support staff, technical or administrative, in

this department, the staff who work in the Chemistry Department

help sufficiently as and when required.

Another important feature of this department is, a group of

students under the leadership and training of the young faculty

members maintain the laboratories regularly.

11. Number of faculty with ongoing projects from a) national b) international funding agencies and c)

Total grants received. Mention names of funding agencies and grants received project-wise. : Nil

12. Departmental projects funded by DST-FIST; DBT, ICSSR, etc.; total grants received : Nil

13. Research facility / centre with : Nil

state recognition

national recognition

international recognition

14. Publications: (PL see Annexure 1)

number of papers published in peer reviewed journals (national / international) : List

attached

Monographs

Chapter(s) in Books

Editing Books

Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers

number listed in International Database (For e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities

International Complete, Dare Database - International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO

host, etc.)

Citation Index – range / average

SNIP

SJR

Impact factor – range / average

h-index

15. Details of patents and income generated : Nil

16. Areas of consultancy and income generated : Nil

17. Faculty recharging strategies :

i) Orientation Programme (not Applicable as all are visiting faculty)

ii) Refresher Courses : (not Applicable as all are visiting faculty)

iii) Seminar & Workshop Separate list is attached for individual faculty member.

18. Student projects

percentage of students who have done in-house projects including inter-departmental :

PG : 7.5% (3 students of PG 2nd

year)

UG : Nil

percentage of students doing projects in collaboration with industries / institutes :

In 5th

semester undergraduate students are sent to different industries for a 5 week

project ; In the Current Session, i.e. in 2012-2013 the students have undergone this

training in industries like : a) ACC Cement Ltd, (Chaibasa, Jharkhand) ; b) H R

Johnson Ltd. (Thane plant, Maharashtra) ; c) Tata Refractories Ltd, (jharsugda,

Orissa) ; d) Vesuvius Ltd, (Kolkata).

In 4th

semester pots graduate students may opt to go industry / institute to do their

project work for 3 months. In the session 2012-2013, 18 students of 4th

semester post

graduate course are going to renowned institutes like : a) IACS, Kolkata, b) Chmical

Engineering Dept, CU, c) IISER, Kolkata, d) CGCRI, Kolkata, e) CHEMBIOTECH,

f) BESU, Howrah, Shibpur, g) Jadavpur University, h) Presidency University, i) Itag

Rubber Ltd, Himachal Pradesh.

19. Awards / recognitions received at the national and international level by

Faculty : Nil

Doctoral / post doctoral fellows : Nil

Students :

20. Seminars/ Conferences/Workshops organized and the source of funding (national / international)

with details of outstanding participants, if any.

Date Theme Speakers

22.02.12 Prospect of Research in Bio-organic Chemistry : Scope in Abroad

Supratim Ghosh, Asst Professor, Montril University, Kanada

17.09.10 The Prospect of Non-conventional Energy

Sujoy Basu, Former Prof, Jadavpur University ; Joy Mukherjee, Industrialist ; Rudrendu Basu, Dy Director,

WBREDA

25.03.2009 Global Warming : Role of Green House Gases and Their Management

Tapan Chakrabarti, Acting Director, NEERI ; Umesh Kulshrestha, School of Environmental Sciences ; Ashim Kumar Bhattacharya, Focal Point Consultant, West Bengal, National CTC Phase Out Plan German Technical Co-operation (GTZ) ; Suresh Jain, Department of Natural Resources, TERI University ; Chittatosh Bhattacharya, Assistant Director (Tech.), National Power Training Institute, Eastern Region ; Sujoy Kr saha, Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, BESU, Shibpur ; Basab

Chaudhuri, Registrar, Calcutta University 24 July 2008

Engineering Thermo-Plastics and Its Industrial Applications

Dr Sudhakar Marur, Technical Director, Application Technology and I. P. Lab, Global Research Centre, Bangalore Technology Centre, G.B Jholm F Welch

21. Student profile course-wise:

Name of the Course

(refer question no. 2)

Applications

received

Selected

Male Female

Pass percentage

Male Female

UG – 2008

UG – 2009

UG – 2010

UG – 2011

UG – 2012

136

113

130

168

141

11 NA

11 NA

9 NA

17 NA

15 NA

100% NA

100% NA

- NA

- NA

- NA

PG – 2011

PG - 2012

117

210

21

19

Results yet to be published

22. Diversity of students

Name of the

Course

(refer question no.

2)

% of students

from the

College

% of students

from the State

% of students

from other

States

% of students from

other countries

Undergraduate NA 97.62% 2.38% Nil

Post Graduate 2011 – 57.14%

2012- 47.36%

90.47 9.53% Nil

23. How many students have cleared Civil Services, Defense Services, NET, SLET, GATE and any

other competitive examinations?

Since, upto 2012, it was mainly an undergraduate department, hence we do not have the

full data of the successful candidates in the above mentioned competitive examinations.

However, from the feed backs of our ex-students, we have come to know that from 2008-

2010, a total number of 10 students have qualified Gate exam amongst whom 5 students

have secured All India Rank (AIR) within first 20.

24. Student progression

Student progression Percentage against enrolled

UG to PG 2008 – 27%

2009 – 100%

2010 – 100%

2011 – 82%

2012 – 100%

PG to M.Phil. 1st batch yet to pass out

PG to Ph.D. 1st batch yet to pass out

Ph.D. to Post-Doctoral Nil

Employed

Campus selection

Other than campus recruitment

Previously, this department had a memorable

legacy of 100% placement in Industries like

ACC Limited, Philips Carbon Black Ltd.,

Hindusthan Lvr Ltd., etc. In 2008 pass out

batch all the students got placement. But, from

2009 onwards, a new trend appeared, when the

students preferred to go for higher studies.

Hence, the college had to stop arranging for

placement. Since then, all the students are

going for M.Sc degree after passing the B.Sc.

However, in 2011, once again some students

desired to appear in Campus Placement and 10

students out of 11 were selected by ACC Ltd.

Entrepreneurs NIL

25. Diversity of staff :

Since, this department does not have any fulltime faculty member, the following data can not be

provided.

Percentage of faculty who are graduates

of the same parent university

from other universities within the State

from other universities from other States

26. Number of faculty who were awarded Ph.D., D.Sc. and D.Litt. during the assessment period :

Same as above

27. Present details about infrastructural facilities

a) Library :

b) Internet facilities for staff and students :

For Faculty members, there is one computer with internet facility.

For students, there are 5 computers with internet facility.

c) Total number of class rooms : : 2

d) Class rooms with ICT facility : Shared with Chemistry Department

e) Students’ laboratories :

Laboratory and Equipments:

Lab.-1: Inorganic /Organic / Analytical Chemistry/Materials synthesis Laboratory

(Ist floor) [ for Semester - I, II & III , Paper code: AC 105, 205, 305 & 306 and project

work]

o Chemical reagents and glass apparatus

o Magnetic stirrer

o Hot plate cum magnetic stirrer

o Reflux condenser

o Ultra sonicator

o Cyclo Mixer

o Heating oven-I (upto 1500C )

o Microprocessor based flame photometer*

o BOD, COD apparatus*

o Digital PH Meter, Conductivity Meter, TDS Meter, Turbidity Meter*

o Dissolved Oxygen Analyser*

Lab.-2: Physical Chemistry Laboratory (Ground floor) [Semester -I , Paper

code: AC 105 and project work]

o Polarimeter

o pH meter

o Conductometer

o Potentiometer

o Spectrophotometer

Lab.-3: Instrument Laboratory -I (Ist floor) [Semester -III & IV, Paper code: AC

306 , 403 and project work]

o Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)/Differential thermal analysis(DTA)*

o Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)*

o Temperature measurement set up*

o Study of Diode Characteristics.

o Four probe set-up for measuring the resistivity and Band gap*

o Dielectric constant and curie temperature measurement apparatus*

o Study of energy band gap and diffusion potential of p-n junction*

o Hall Effect experiment set up*

o Magnetic hysteresis loop tracer*

o Oscilloscope.

Lab.-4: Instrument Laboratory -II (Ist floor) [Semester -III & IV, Paper code: AC

306 , 403 and project work]

o Electronic Digital Balance

o ii)Ultraviolet- Visible (UV/Vis) spectrophotometer.

o Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectrophotometer.

o Hydraulic Press for making pellet.

o Abbe refractrometer

o Planck’s Constant by Photoelectric Effect*

Lab.-5: Instrument Laboratory -III (Ground floor) [Semester -III & IV, Paper

code: AC 306, 403 and project work]

o Rockwell –Cum-Brinell Hardness Tester*

o Electrically operated compression testing machine*

o Blain Air Permeability Apparatus IS : 4031, IS : 5516, BS : 4359

Lab.-6: Chemical Engineering & Electric Workshop Laboratory [Transport

process and Unit operation]: (Ground floor) [Semester IV, Paper code: AC 403,

and project work]

o Flow measurement devices (Orifice meter, Venturi meter, Pitot tube, Rota meter)

o Pump and pressure gauge*

Lab.-7: Fuel Testing Laboratory & Furnaces and Heating oven Laboratory (2nd

floor) [semester II, Paper code: AC 205 and project work]

o High temperature furnace-I ( upto 11000C )

o High temperature furnace-II (upt0 15000C)

o Heating oven -III (upto 2500C)

o Bomb Calorimeter

o Pensky Martens Flash Point Tester

o Flash & Fire Point Cleveland Apparatus

o Redwood Viscometer

o Heating oven-II (upto 2500C )

o Orsat Gas Analysis apparatus

Lab.-8 : Engineering Drawing Laboratory [for B.Sc (H) Industrial Chemistry]

o 20 Drawing Boards with tables (2nd

floor of Chemistry Building)

o 20 Computers with CAD software (1st floor of Main Building)

Lab.-9 : Mechanical Workshop & Heat Exchanger Laboratory [for B.Sc (H)

Industrial Chemistry]

o Parallel flow and counter flow heat exchanger

o Crushing and grinding unit

f) Research laboratories : NIL

28. Number of students of the department getting financial assistance from College. :

2012-2013 : 20

2011-2012 : 16

2010-2011 : 17

2009-2010 : 21

2008-2009 : 17

29. Was any need assessment exercise undertaken before the development of new program(s)? If so,

give the methodology. :

i) Before the introduction of Post Graduate course in Applied Chemistry the college underwent a

series of discussions. This is as follows :

In 2009, the final year students first appealed to the college administration to introduce M.Sc

course in Applied Chemistry.

This appeal was followed by a meeting of the in-house faculty members of the department and

the external experts of the Calcutta University and other institutes.

Although, this meeting could not reach any definite decision, but all came to a decision of

discuss the issue in more detailed form.

Thereafter, the department spent two long years on deliberating upon every tit-bit of the issue

and it sought opinion from people of the industries, ex-students of the department and other

stake holders.

All of them gave suitable suggestions and after a number of meetings the department and the

college as a whole decided to seek permission from the Calcutta University for starting the

course with effect from 2011-2012 sessions.

Calcutta University, according the suggestions and recommendations of a Visiting Team,

finally gave the green signal following which the course started from the 2-11 session.

ii) When, under autonomous system, the process of restructuring of the syllabus began, the

department discussed the new pattern of the syllabus with the ex-students and experts of

universities

30. Does the department obtain feedback from

a. faculty on curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation? If yes, how does the

department utilize it?

The departmental teachers meet among themselves as and when required,

especially at the beginning of every semester and after mid-semester.

After discussion, if it is found, that any portion of the syllabus has not been

covered properly, the department redistribute it to other teachers.

b. students on staff, curriculum as well as teaching-learning-evaluation and what is the response

of the department to the same?

At the end of an academic session, the departmental faculty members sit together

for an open discussion on the students’ feedback received through Principal.

Teachers also receive feed backs from the students in the “Open House’

organized after evry end-sem and mid semester examination.

c. alumni and employers on the programmes and what is the response of the department to the

same?

In the Board of Studies of this subject, one ex-student is a member and also one

member has come from Industry. They contribute significantly in framing and

updating the syllabus.

31. List the distinguished alumni of the department (maximum 10) :

1. Tushar Kanti Ghorui, ACC Limited

2. Paltu Ghoshal, Hindusthan Lever Ltd

3. Swarnava Bandyopadhyay, TCS

4. Subhajit Bandypadhyay, ACC Ltd

5. Pushan Das, Allahabad Bank

6. Debabrata Ghosh, Tata Motors

7. Debdipta Bose, Doctoral Fellow, Frankfurt, Germany

8. Amiya Banerjee, Doctoral fellow, IISc Bangalore,

9. Rajib Halder, Doctoral fellow, Melbourne University

32. Give details of student enrichment programmes (special lectures / workshops / seminar) with external

experts.

33. List the teaching methods adopted by the faculty for different programmes.

a. Traditional Lecture method.

b. Power Point presentation.

c. Interactive Discussion.

34. How does the department ensure that programme objectives are constantly met and learning

outcomes monitored?

a) Pre-mid semester and post-mid-semester class tests are regularly taken by the

teachers to assess the progress of the students.

b) Teachers also give problem-sheets to the students for solution.

c) Assignments are also given to them to evaluate their subject-understanding.

d) If the teachers find any student is lagging behind in his academic progress in any

course, they report it to the Hostel Superintendent and remedial courses are arranged

for them.

e) IF any advanced student shows his eagerness to pursue any higher project related to

his subject, the department tries to arrange for it.

35. Highlight the participation of students and faculty in extension activities.

a. Students regularly participate both in NCC and NSS activities.

b. Apart from that students of the department take part in different cultural and sports

competitions within and outside the campus.

c. One faculty member, Sri Uttam Kumar Ghorui, regularly helps many poor students by

giving scholarships.

d. Prof Smarajit Sen, is a consultant to the industries like PCI ltd, Kolkata etc.

36. Give details of “beyond syllabus scholarly activities” of the department.

The department has a rich tradition of ‘beyond syllabus scholarly activities :

a) The department publishes a wall magazine annually.

b) The departmental students have published a Science Jouranl ‘Endeavour’ which has

entirely typed and esigned by the students themselves.

c) Every year, the students visit the Swami Vivekananda Water Treatment Plant at

Belur Math and receive a first-hand experience related to the most updated water

purification technology.

d) In 2010-2011, the Industrial Chemistry students took part in the Stat Science Fair

and showed the demonstration of making Finial, Liquid Soap etc and received huge

appreciation from the onlookers.

e) In 2011-12, they again participated in the same Fair and demonstrated on some

other products.

f) Some students of Post Graduate course have gone to Research Institutes like NCL,

Pune, IACS, Kolkata, etc. in summer and Puja vacation.

g) One student of Post Graduate Applied Chemistry, Judhajit Bhattacharya, has co-

authored an article published in

37. State whether the programme/ department is accredited/ graded by other agencies. Give details.

NIL

38. Detail any five Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Challenges (SWOC) of the department

Strength :

I. A combination of brilliant and experienced senior faculty members with dedicated,

knowledgable and energetic young teachers.

II. Extremely dedicated ex-students of the department who are ever ready to help their

brothers academically.

III. 9 well-developed laboratories with highly sophisticated and modern equipment.

IV. Laboratory maintenance by the teachers and students of the department.

V. Much-required assistance by the reputed institutes and industries of the state and and

the country, such as, IACS, Kolkata, CGCRI, Kolkata, Chemical Engineering Dept,

Calcutta University, Jadavpur University, IISER, Kolkata, ACC limited, Intag Rubber Ltd,

Himachal Pradesh, H R Johnson Ltd, Mumbai, Tata Refractories, Kharsugda, Orissa,

Hindusthan National Glass Ltd, Kolkata, Visuveius Ltd, Kolkata etc.

Weakness :

I. Lack of sanctioned permanent faculty members

II. Scarcity of well trained technical staff for the modern instruments.

III. Poor communicative skill

39. Future plans of the department.

Annexure 1 :

DR.ABHIJIT BANDYOPADHYAY

A. Papers published in peer reviewed journals ( nationals/ internationals): List attached

1) Mechanical, Physical and Morphological Studies on Polypropylene-g-Maleic anhydride/ Starch and

Polypropylene-g-Maleic anhydride/ Gelatin Blends on Short Term Biodegradation , A.

Bandyopadhyay and D. Chakraborty, J. Polym. Mat. 20 (2003) 293.

2) Synthesis and Characterization of Acrylic Rubber /Silica Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Composites

Prepared by Sol-Gel Technique. Bandyopadhyay,A. K. Bhowmick and M. De Sarkar, J. Appl. Polym.

Sci. 93 (2004) 2579.

3) Epoxidised Natural Rubber /Silica Organic-Inorganic Nanoscale Hybrid Composites Prepared By

Sol-Gel Technique, A. Bandyopadhyay, M. De Sarkar and A. K. Bhowmick, Rubber Chem. Technol.

77 (2004) 830.

4) Poly (vinyl alcohol) /Silica Hybrid Nanocomposites by Sol-Gel Technique: Synthesis and Properties.

A. Bandyopadhyay,M. De Sarkar and A. K. Bhowmick, J. Materials Science (USA) 40 (2005) 5233.

5) Epoxidised Natural Rubber/ Silica Hybrid Nanocomposites by Sol-Gel Technique: Effect of

Reactants on the Structure and Properties, A. Bandyopadhyay,M. De Sarkar and A. K. Bhowmick, J.

Materials Science 40 (2005) 53.

6) Solution Rheology of Poly (vinyl alcohol)/ Silica Hybrid Nanocomposites A. Bandyopadhyay, M. De

Sarkar , and A. K. Bhowmick, Polymers and Polymer Composites 13 (2005) 429.

7) Effect of Reaction Parameters on the Structure and Properties of Acrylic Rubber/ Silica Hybrid

Nanocomposites Prepared by Sol-Gel Technique, A. Bandyopadhyay, M. De Sarkar and A. K.

Bhowmick, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 95 (2005) 1418.

8) Rheological Behavior of Hybrid Rubber Nanocomposites. A. Bandyopadhyay, M. De Sarkar and

A.K. Bhowmick, Rubber Chem. Technol 78 (2005) 806.

9) Structure-Property Relationship in Sol-Gel Derived Polymer/ Silica Hybrid Nanocomposites

Prepared at Various pH. A. Bandyopadhyay, M. De Sarkar and A.K. Bhowmick, J. Materials Science

41 (2006) 5981.

10) Polymer-Filler Interactions in Sol-Gel Derived Polymer-Silica Hybrid Nanocomposites. A.

Bandyopadhyay, M. De Sarkar and A. K. Bhowmick, J. Polym. Sci. Part B: Polym. Phys. 43 (2005)

2399.

11) Polymaide-6,6/ In-situ Silica Hybrid Nanocomposites by Sol-Gel Technique: Synthesis,

Characterizations and Properties, R. Sengupta, A. Bandyopadhyay,S. Sabharwal, T.K. Chaki and

A.K. Bhowmick, Polymer 46 (2005) 3343.

12) Novel Thermoplastic Elastomer/ Clay Nanocomposites From Rubber-Plastic Blends. M. Maity, A.

Bandyopadhyay and A.K. Bhowmick, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 99 (2006) 1645.

13) Effect of Microstructure of Acrylic Copolymer/ Terpolymer on the Properties of Silica Based

Nanocomposites Prepared by Sol-Gel Technique., S. Patel, A. Bandyopadhyay,V. Vijaybaskar and

A.K. Bhowmick, Polymer 46 (2005) 8079.

14) Effect of Acrylic Copolymer/ Terpolymer Compositions on the Properties of In-situ Polymer/ Silica

Hybrid Nanocomposites., S. Patel, A. Bandyopadhyay,V. Vijaybaskar and A.K. Bhowmick, J. Mater

Sci. 41 (2006) 927.

15) Synthesis and Properties of Nanocomposite Adhesives. S. Patel, A. Bandyopadhyay,A. Ganguly

and A.K. Bhowmick, J. Adhesion Sci. and Technol. 20 (2006) 371.

16) Synthesis, Characterization and Properties of Clay and Silica Based Rubber Nanocomposites. A.

Bandyopadhyay, M. Maiti and A. K. Bhowmick, Materials Science Technol. 22 (2006) 818.

17) Factors Influencing the Structure and Properties of Nanocomposites. A. Bandyopadhyay and A. K.

Bhowmick, J. Polymer Engineering 26 (2006) 821.

18) New Generation Layered Nanocomposites Synthesized From Ethylene-co-Vinyl Acetate and

Naturally Occurring Graphite ,J. J. George, A. Bandyopadhyay, A. K. Bhowmick J. Appl. Polym. Sci.

108 (2008) 1603.

19) Studies on Photocatalytic Degradation of Atactic Polystyrene A. Bandyopadhyay and G. C.

Basak, Materials Science Technol 23 (2007) 307.

20) Preparation and Properties of New In-situ Acrylic Copolymer/ Terpolymer- Clay Hybrid

Nanocomposites. S. Patel, A. Bandyopadhyay,V. Vijaybaskar and A.K. Bhowmick, Rubber Chem.

Technol. 79 (2006) 820.

21) Low and High Temperature Degradation of Polymer/ In-situ Silica Hybrid Nanocomposite, A.

Bandyopadhyay and A. K. Bhowmick, Plastics Rubber Composites: Macromolecular Eng 35 (2006)

210.

22) Chemical Modiifcation of Metallocene Based Polyethylene-Octene Elastomer Through Solution

Grafting of Acrylic Acid and its Effect on the Physico-Mechanical Properties, A. Biswas, A.

Bandyopadhyay, N. K. Singha, A. K. Bhowmick J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 105 (2007) 3409.

23) Chemical Modification of Metallocene based Polyolefin Elastomers by Acrylic Acid and its

Influence on Physico-Mechanical Properties: Effect of Reaction Parameters, Crystallinity and Pendant

Chain Length

A. Biswas, A. Bandyopadhyay, N. K. Singha, A. K. Bhowmick J. Polym. Sci. Part A: Polym. Chem. 45

(2007) 5529.

24) Ionomeric Modification of Metallocene Based Polyolefinic Elastomers With Varying Pendant

Chain Length and its Influence on Physico-mechanical Properties, A. Biswas, A. Bandyopadhyay, N.

K. Singha, A. K. Bhowmick, J. Materials Science 44 (2009), 3125.

25) Ionomeric Modification of Metallocene Based Polyolefinic Elastomers and its Influence on

Physico-mechanical Properties: Effect of Crystallinity and Pendant Chain Length, A. Biswas, A.

Bandyopadhyay, N. K. Singha, A. K. Bhowmick, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 114 (2009) 3906.

26) Adhesion of Vulcanized Rubber Surface: Characterization of Unmodified and Electron Beam

Modified EPDM Surfaces and Their Co-Vulcanization with Natural Rubber, G. C. Basak, A.

Bandyopadhyay, Y. K. Bharadwaj, S. K. Sabharwal, A. K. Bhowmick, J. Adhesion Sci. Technol, 23

(2009) 1763.

27) Distribution of Nanoclay in Rubber-Rubber Blends and Influence on Mechanical Properties , A.

Bandyopadhyay, S. Pradhan, V. Thakur, A. K. Bhowmick, J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 115 (2) (2010), 1237-

1246.

28) Some Physico-mechanical Investigations on Near-Transparent High Hydrolyzed Grade Poly (vinyl

alcohol) Gels Impregnated with Surface-modified Waste Fly-ash., A. Saha and A. Bandyopadhyay, J.

Elastomer and Plastics, 42 (2009) 433-442.

29) Characterization of EPDM vulcanizates modified with gamma irradiation and

trichloroisocyanuric acid and their adhesion behavior with natural rubber, G. C. Basak, A.

Bandyopadhyay, Y. K. Bharadwaj, S. K. Sabharwal, A. K. Bhowmick, J. of Adhesion, accepted (2009).

30) Effect of tackifier compatibility and blend viscoelasticity on peel strength behavior of vulcanized

EPDM rubber co-cured with unvulcanized rubber, G. C. Basak, A. Bandyopadhyay and A. K.

Bhowmick, Int. J. Adhesion Adhesives, accepted (2010).

31) Swelling De-swelling Studies after Freeze-Thaw Treatment of Nano Silica Reinforced Poly(vinyl

alcohol) Based Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Hydrogel. T. Bhunia, L. Goswami, D. Chattopadhyay

and A. Bandyopadhyay, Int. J. Nanoscience, in press (2010)

32) Physico-mechanical Studies And Solvent Resistance Analysis of Melt-Blended Novel Ethylene-1-

Octene Elastomer And Ethylene-co-Acrylic Acid Interpenetrating Network Hybrids B. Gupta, D.

Banerjee, L. Goswami and A. Bandyopadhyay, J. Appl. Polym. Sci., in press (2010).

33) Surface Modification of Argon/oxygen Plasma Treated Vulcanized Ethylene-Propylene Diene

Polymethylene Surfaces for Improved Adhesion with Natural Rubber. G. C. Basak, A.

Bandyopadhyay, S. Neogi and A. K. Bhowmick, Applied Surface Science (in press) (2010).

34) Elegant Way of Strengthening Polymer-Polymer Interface using Nanoclay. G. C. Basak, K. Dinesh

Kumar, A. Bandyopadhyay and A. K. Bhowmick, Applied Materials and Interfaces 2 (2010) 2933-

2943.

35) Poly (vinyl chloride)-Chrome Tanned Waste Leather Buffing Dust Composites for Potential Use In

Geo-membrane Application. A. Bag, L. Goswami and A. Bandyopadhyay, J. Environmental Research

Development (accepted) 2010.

36) Effect of Nano Filler on Vulcanized EPDM Rubber Adhesion. G. C. Basak, A. Bandyopadhyay and

A. K. Bhowmick, Int. J. Adhesion Adhesives (2010) (accepted).

B. Number listed in Internaltional database ( for e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities

International Complete, Dare database-International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host

etc.) ----

SCOPUS

Sajal Samanta

A. Numbers of papers published in peer reviewed journals ( nationals/ internationals): List

attached

i) Glycosylation of Erythrocyte Spectrin and Its Modification in Visceral Leishmaniasis, by Sajal

Samanta,

Devawati Dutta, Angana Ghoshal, Sumi Mukhopadhyay, Bibhuti Saha, Shyam Sundar, Saulius

Jarmalavicius, Michael Forgber, Chhabinath Mandal, Peter Walden, Chitra Mandal, PLoS ONE,

December

2011 , Volume 6 , Issue 12 , e28169

ii) Sialoglycosylation of RBC in Visceral Leishmaniasis Leads to Enhanced Oxidative Stress, Calpain-

Induced Fragmentation of Spectrin and Hemolysis by Sajal Samanta , Angana Ghoshal, Kaushik

Bhattacharya, Bibhuti Saha, Peter Walden, Chitra Mandal, PLoS ONE, July 2012 , Volume 7 , Issue 7

, e42361.

B. Impact factor- range/average ---- 4.4

Subhajit Saha

A. Numbers of papers published in peer reviewed journals ( nationals/ internationals):

1. “Effect of Cr doping on the a.c. electrical properties of MgAl2O4nanoparticles” by Subhajit

Saha , Bhaskar Das, Nilesh Mazumder, AnuragBharati and Kalyan Kumar Chattopadhyay, J Sol-

Gel Sci Technol (2012) 61:518–526.

2. “Photoluminescence and thermoluminescence characterization of Eu3+- and Dy3+ -activated

Ca3(PO4)2 phosphor” by I.M. Nagpure ,Subhajit Saha, S.J. Dhoble, Journal of Luminescence 129

(2009) 898–905. cited by 30

3. “Effect of Mg doping on the electrical properties of SnO2 nanoparticles” by N. Mazumder, A.

Bharati, S. Saha, D. Sen, K.K. Chattopadhyay, Current Applied Physics 12 (2012) 975-982

4. “Template free synthesis of mesoporous CuO nano architects for field emission applications” by

Swati Das, SoumenMaiti, Subhajit Saha, Nirmalya Shankar Das and Kalyan Kumar

Chattopadhyay, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (accepted)

5. Facile Synthesis, Self-assembly Mechanism and Field Emission Property of Copper

Phthalocyanine Nanowires , U. K. Ghorai, S. Saha, S. Shee and K. K.Chattopadhyay, AIP proceeding

(2013), (accepted)

B. Books with ISBN numbers with details of publishers :

"Rare-earth Doped Nanophosphors", ISBN 978-3-659-11437-3 by Subhajit Saha&Kalyan

Kumar Chattopadhyay, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

C. Number listed in Internaltional database ( for e.g. Web of Science, Scopus, Humanities

International Complete, Dare database-International Social Sciences Directory, EBSCO host etc.) -

--- SCOPUS

D. Impact factor- range/average ---- range ~2.0

Sumit Mandal


i) Ni/graphene/Ni nanostructures for spintronic applications, Sumit Mandal and Shyamal K.

Saha, Nanoscale, 2012,4, 986-990

ii) X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic investigation on the elemental chemical shifts

in multiferroic BiFeO3 and its valence band structure, S. Mandal, C.K. Ghosh, D. Sarkar,

U.N. Maiti, K.K. Chattopadhyay, Solid State Sciences 12 (2010) 1803-1808.



etc.) ----- 2 (SCOPUS)

C. Citation Index-range/average : 3.5

D. Impact factor- range/average : ave 3.9

E. h-index : 2

Uttam Kumar Ghorai


i) Surface modification of amorphous carbon nanotubes with copper phthalocyanine leading to

enhanced field emission by A. Jha, U. K. Ghorai, D. Banerjee, S. Mukherjee and K. K.

Chattopadhyay,

RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 1227-1234.

ii) Facile Synthesis, Self-assembly Mechanism and Field Emission Property of Copper

Phthalocyanine Nanowires by U. K. Ghorai, S. Saha, S. Shee and K. K.Chattopadhyay, AIP

proceeding (2013), (accepted)



etc.) ---- SCOPUS

http://www.scopus.com/source/sourceInfo.url?sourceId=21100199840&origin=recordpage

evaluative report of the department of industrial...

Documents