Assistant Professor of Chemistry, School of Chemistry (2020), Gangadhar Meher University, Amruta Vihar, Sambalpur-768 004, Odisha

Research Area

Nanocatalysis

Research Guidance

International Publications

1. Vysakh, A. B., K. J. Shebin, Ruchi Jain, P. Sumanta, Chinnakonda S. Gopinath, and C. P. Vinod. "Surfactant free synthesis of Au@ Ni core-shell nanochains in aqueous medium as efficient transfer hydrogenation catalyst." Applied Catalysis A: General, 575 (2019): 93-100. [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 5.5 ]
2. Soni, Yogita, Sumanta Pradhan, Mahesh K. Bamnia, A. K. Yadav, S. N. Jha, D. Bhattacharyya, Tuhin Suvra Khan, M. A. Haider, and C. P. Vinod. "Spectroscopic evidences for the size dependent generation of Pd species responsible for the low temperature CO oxidation activity on Pd-SBA-15 nanocatalyst." Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 272 (2020): 118934. [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 22.1 ]
3. Rao, Ramana Sreenivasa, Anita Sahani, Sheikh Haider Ali, Sumanta Pradhan, and Chinnasamy Ramaraj Ramanathan. "??Al2O3/triflic acid as cooperative catalysts for the tandem Michael addition/carbocyclization: An easy access to 2?substituted pyrrolo [2, 1?a] isoquinolines and 3?substituted pyrrolidine?2, 5?diones." Journal of Heterocyclic Chemistry 58, no. 7 (2021): 1415-1428. [Index: Scopus; Impact Factor: 2.4 ]
4. Jain, Deepti, 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 ]

Graduate Level:

Main group chemistry, Green Chemistry, Organometallic chemistry

Post Graduate Level:

CHE-101:Inorganic Chemistry-I
CHE-204:Bioinorganic and Supramolecular Chemistry
CHE-401: Inorganic Chemistry-IV

Seminar / Symposia / Workshops / Short term Course organized

1. 1. Co-coordinator, Science Academies' Lecture Workshop on "Frontiers on Material Sciences" held at School of Chemistry, GM University on 9th and 10th October, 2020.
2. 2. Coordinator, National Webinar on "Problem, Challenges and Opportunity During Pandemic Situation" held at School of Chemistry, GM University on 14th October, 2020.
3. 3. Coordinator, National Webinar on "Career and Opportunities after Graduation and Post graduation in Chemistry" held at School of Chemistry, GM University on 16th October, 2020.
4. 4. Co-coordinator, Science Academies' Lecture Workshop on "Chemical Strategies for Novel Material Design Towards Specific Applications" held at School of Chemistry, GM University on 12th and 13th December, 2022.