Academic Experiences:
1. Assistant Professor (AGP-6000), Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan: October 2014- October 2018
2. Assistant Professor (AGP-7000), Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan: November 2018- March 2020
3. Assistant Professor (AGP-6000), Gangadhar Meher University, Sambalpur, Odisha: May 2020- Cont.

Research Area

CORROSION SCIENCE, ELECTROCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF CORROSION INHIBITORS, DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY, GREEN CORROSION INHIBITORS

Research Guidance

1. SHUBHRA PAREEK
2. DEEPTI JAIN

International Publications

1. S. Swami, A. Agarwala, D. Behera, R. Shrivastava. Diaminomaleonitrile based chromo-fluorescent receptor molecule for selective sensing of Mn(II) and Zn(II) ions Sensors and Actuators B 260 (2018) 1012–1017 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 8.4 ]
2. M. Yadav, D. Behera, “Synthesis, Characterization, and Biological Activity of Mn(II), Fe(II), Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), and Cd(II) Complexes of N-Thiophenoyl-N?-Phenylthiocarbohydrazide,”Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 1-8 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 3 ]
3. M. Yadav, D. Behera and U. Sharma. Corrosion protection of N80 steel in hydrochloric acid by substituted amino acids. Corros. Engg. Sci. Technol. 48 (1) (2013) 19-27 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 1.8 ]
4. M. Yadav, D. Behera, S. Kumar, R.R. Sinha, “Experimental and Quantum Chemical Studies on the Corrosion Inhibition Performance of Benzimidazole Derivatives for Mild Steel in HCl,” Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 52 (2013) 6318?6328 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 4.2 ]
5. M. Yadav, D. Behera, S. Kumar and P. Yadav, Experimental and quantum chemical studies on corrosion inhibition of mild steel by Schiff base compounds in hydrochloric acid solution, Indian. J. Chem. Technol. 21 (2014) 262-271 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 0.57 ]
6. M. Yadav, D. Behera, S. Kumar, Experimental and quantum chemical studies on adsorption and corrosion inhibition effect of thiosemicarbazones on mild steel in hydrochloric acid, Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly. 53 (2014) 220-231 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 0.9 ]
7. D Behera, S Kumar, RR Sinha, M Yadav, Adsorption properties and inhibition of mild steel corrosion in 15% HCl by 3-((1H-indol-3-yl)(4-methoxyphenyl) methyl)-1H-indole: electrochemical study, AIP Conference Proceedings AIP Conference Proceedings 1591 (1), 617-619 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 00 ]
8. M Yadav, S Kumar, D. Behera, I Bahadur, D Ramjugernath, Experimental and Quantum Chemical Studies on Corrosion Inhibition Performance of Quinoline-Thiazole Derivatives for Mild Steel in HCl, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci 9 (2014) 5235-5257 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 1.5 ]
9. M. Yadav, D. Behera, S. Kumar, Experimental and theoretical investigation on adsorption and corrosion inhibition properties of imidazopyridine derivatives on mild steel in hydrochloric acid solution, Surf. Interface anal. 46 (2014) 640-652 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 1.7 ]
10. M. Yadav, D. Behera, S. Kumar and P. Yadav, Experimental and Quantum Chemical Studies on Corrosion Inhibition Performance of Thiazolidinedione Derivatives for Mild Steel in HCl, Chem. Eng. Comm. 202 (2015) 303-315 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 2.5 ]
11. M. Yadav, D. Behera and U. Sharma, “Nontoxic corrosion inhibitors for N80 steel in hydrochloric acid”. Arab J Chem. 9, (2016) S1487-S1495 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 6.0 ]
12. D. K. Singh, E. E. Ebenso, M. K. Singh, D. Behera, G. Udayabhanu, R. P. John, Non-toxic Schiff bases as efficient corrosion inhibitors for mild steel in 1M HCl: Electrochemical, AFM, FE-SEM and theoretical studies, Journal of Molecular Liquids , 250, (2018) 88-99 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 6.0 ]
13. S. Swami, D. Behera, A. Agarwala, V. P. Verma, R. Shrivastava, ?-Carboline-imidazopyridine hybrid: A selective and sensitive optical sensor for sensing of copper and fluoride ions, New Journal of Chemistry, 42 (2018) 10317-10326 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 3.3 ]
14. Deepti Jain, Sumanta Pradhan, Sudharma Kumari Singh, Rahul Shrivastava, and Debasis Behera. “Influence of Chloride Ions on Corrosion Behaviour of Zinc-Alloy in the Simulated Body Fluid Solution.” Canadian Metallurgical Quarterly, (2023) 1–10 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 0.9 ]
15. Aruna, Bhawna Rani, Suman Swami, Arunava Agarwala, Debasis Behera and Rahul Shrivastava, Recent progress in development of 2,3-diaminomaleonitrile (DAMN) based chemosensors for sensing of ionic and reactive oxygen species, RSC Adv., 9 (2019) 30599-30614 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 3.9 ]
16. S. Pareek, D. Jain, S Hussain, A. Biswas, R. Shrivastava, S. K. Parida, H. K Kisan, H. Lgaz, I. Chung, D. Behera, A New Insight into Corrosion Inhibition Mechanism of Copper in Aerated 3.5% (by weight) NaCl Solution by Eco-friendly Imidazopyrimidine Dye: Experimental and Theoretical Approach, Chemical Engineering Journal 358 (2019) 725-742 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 15.1 ]
17. S Pareek, D Jain, R Shrivastava, S Dam, S Hussain, D Behera, Tunable degree of oxidation in graphene oxide: cost effective synthesis, characterization and process optimization, Materials Research Express 6 (8), (2019) 085625 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 2.3 ]
18. S Shubhra Pareek, Deepti Jain, Debasis Behera, Effective anticorrosive performance of benzo-imidazo-pyrimidine-g-graphene oxide composite coating for copper in natural and artificial sea water, Surfaces and Interfaces 22, (2020) 100828 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 6.2 ]
19. D Jain, S Pareek, S Chattopadhyay, D Behera, Ni-Doped ZnO-Chitin Composites for Anti-Corrosive Coating on Zn Alloy in Simulated Body Fluid Solution, Journal of Bio-and Tribo-Corrosion 6 (4), (2020) 113 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 0.418 ]
20. Deepti Jain, Shubhra Pareek, Arunava Agarwala, Rahul Shrivastava, Wafa Sassi, Saroj K Parida, Debasis Behera, Effect of exposure time on corrosion behavior of zinc-alloy in simulated body fluid solution: Electrochemical and surface investigation, journal of materials research and technology 10, (2021) 738-751 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 6.4 ]
21. Shubhra Pareek, Deepti Jain, Debasis Behera, Sachin Sharma, Rahul Shrivastava, A review on inhibitors alleviating copper corrosion in hostile simulated sea-water (3.5 wt.% NaCl solution), Materials Today: Proceedings 43, (2021) 3303-3308 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 0 ]
22. SK Parida, D Behera, S Sahu, A computational quantum chemical and polarizability calculations of liquid crystal 4-cyano-4-pentylbiphenyl with water molecule (H2O), Journal of Molecular Structure 1227, (2021) 129568 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 3.8 ]
23. S Pareek, S Sharma, D Behera, Eco-friendly Green Corrosion inhibitors in Chloride Contaminated Natural Sea-Water: A review, IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 796 (1), (2021) 012024 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 0 ]
24. B Rani, A Agarwala, D Behera, VP Verma, AP Singh, R Shrivastava, A highly sensitive coumarin-thiophene hybrid chemosensor for sensing of H2O2 and aluminium, Dyes and Pigments 194, (2021) 109596 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 4.5 ]
25. Wafa Sassi, Mouna Mrad, Debasis Behera, Salah Ammar, Jean-Yves Hihn, Prediction and optimization of electroplated Ni-based coating composition and thickness using central composite design and artificial neural network, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 51 (2021) 1591-1604 [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 2.9 ]

Graduate Level:

Engineering Chemistry
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies (for ARTS)
Thermodynamics and Chemical Kinetics
Electrochemistry
Phase Equilibrium & quantum chemistry
Following Courses were taught from CBCS Model syllabus from 2020:
C-II Physical Chemistry-I
GE-I
C-IV Physical Chemistry-II
GE-III
C-X Physical Chemistry-IV
C-XII Physical Chemistry-V
DSE-I
DSE-II

Post Graduate Level:

Electrochemistry
Group theory and Spectroscopy
Quantum Chemistry
Statistical Thermodynamics
Surface Chemistry and Thermodynamics
Chemical Kinetics

Books / Chapters Published

1. 1. Neelam Sharma, Shubhra Pareek, Rahul Shrivastava, Debasis Behera*, "Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Characterization." FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS, Wiley 2023
2. 2. S Pareek, D Behera*, "Mixed metal oxides composites as corrosion inhibitors." Inorganic Anticorrosive Materials, Elsevier 325-343, 2022
3. 3. S Pareek, D Jain, D Behera*, "Toxic Effects of Tinplate Corrosion and Mitigation Measures in Canned Foods." Handbook of Research on Food Processing and Preservation Technologies, Apple Academic Press, Taylor and Francis, 2021

Sponsored Projects

1. "Efficient and eco-friendly hydrophobic anticorrosion coating of nano composites formed by polymeric matrix and nitrogen rich heterocyclic molecules-grafted graphene oxide as nano-filler" Research Project Completed 2017-2020, UGC-DAE-CSR, Kalpakkam, 12.58 Lakhs

Seminar / Symposia / Workshops / Short term Course organized

1. 1. Science academics’ Lecture workshop “Frontiers in Material Sciences” 09/10/2020 to 10/10/2020
2. 2. International Symposium on “The Physical Chemistry of Molecular Interactions” 12-12-2020 to 13-12-2020
3. 3. Webinar on “Gender Sensitization” 20/10/2020
4. 4. Webinar on “Problem, Challenges and Opportunity During Pandemic Situation” 14/10/2020
5. 5. Webinar on Career and Opportunities after Graduation and Post-graduation in Chemistry 16/10/2020

Members of Professional Bodies

1. 1. ISCB (Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists): Life Member, (LF-789/2017)
2. 2. EFC (Europian Federation of Corrosion) (STUDENT MEMBER-2013)
3. 3. ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials, 2013)
4. 4. NACE-INTERNATIONAL (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), 2013
5. 5. ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), 2013
6. 6. NCCI, INDIA 2012

Extra Responsibility

1. 1. Dy. Controller of Examinations, GANGADHAR MEHER UNIVERSITY, SAMBALPUR (JULY 2021- AUGUST 2023.)
2. 2. NCC CTO of NCC Army wings, GANGADHAR MEHER UNIVERSITY, SAMBALPUR (JULY 2020- JUNE 2021)
3. 3. Member of the Organizing Committee in the 3rd Rajasthan Science Congress from 28 February to 2 March 2015 at Manipal University Jaipur.
4. 4. Member of the Organizing Committee in the DAE-BRNS 5th National Workshop on Material Chemistry, from 8 November to 9 November 2019 at Manipal University Jaipur.
5. 2. Member of the Organizing Committee of 3 days Science Camp for class X, XI, and XII students from 16 July to 18 July 2015 at Manipal University Jaipur.