Chemistry

Faculty Details

Sourav Laha Assistant Professor
CV
Joined the Institute in June 2022
slaha[dot]ch[at]nitdgp[dot]ac[dot]in
Education
  • 2016 PhD (Integrated PhD)                                                               

Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

  • 2016 Master of Science (Integrated PhD)                                                            

Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

  • 2008 Bachelor of Science, Chemistry (Honours)                                                         

Bankura Christian College, The University of Burdwan

  • 2004 Higher Secondary, Science                                                            

Harmasra High School (H.S.), West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education

  • 2002 Secondary                                                            

Harmasra High School (H.S.), West Bengal Board of Secondary Education

 

 

 

 

Work Experiences
  • June 2022 - present                                                                 

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India

  • December 2021 - June 2022                                           

Ramanujan Fellow, Department of Humanities and Sciences, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam, India

  • February 2017 - October 2021                                                         

Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Nanochemistry, Max Plank Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany

Research Interest
  • Solid state and materials chemistry.
  • Transition metal oxides, halides, chalcogenides.
  • Exploration of new and efficient energy materials.
  • Exfoliation of layered transition metal oxide to nanosheets.
  • Electrocatalytic water splitting and CO2 reduction.
  • Supercapacitive and pseudocapacitive energy storage.

 

Teachings

Postgraduate:

§ Organometallic and Bioinorganic Chemistry (Spring, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp

§ Group theory, Applied Electro Chemistry and X-ray structure analysis (Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

§ Spectrophotometric Estimation of Cations and Anions (Laboratory, Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

  Undergraduate:

§ Chemistry of elements and Radioactivity, (Spring, Instructor) at NIT Dgp

§ Chemistry in Solution and Solid State Chemistry (Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

§ Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (Autumn, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp.

§ Quantitative Estimation of Metal ions in Mixture (Laboratory, Autumn, Co-instructor) at   NIT Dgp.

§ Engineering Chemistry (B. Tech.), (Spring, Co-instructor) at NIT Dgp

§ Chemistry Laboratory (B. Tech.), (Autumn and spring, Instructor) at NIT Dgp.

     § Nuclear, Wind and Geothermal Energy (Elective-III, Spring 2021-2022) at IIPE, Visakhapatnam.

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Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Transition metal oxide nanosheets for efficient and cost-effective green hydrogen production Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 3,300,000 Sponsored Ongoing 2023-12-21 2025-12-20
2 Exploring new transition metal oxide nanosheets for renewable energy applications: Electrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 11,900,000 Sponsored Completed 2021-12-10 2022-06-29

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
1 Transition metal oxide nanosheets for efficient and cost-effective green hydrogen production Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 3,300,000 Sponsored Ongoing 2023-12-21 2025-12-20
2 Exploring new transition metal oxide nanosheets for renewable energy applications: Electrocatalysts for water splitting and CO2 reduction Dr. Sourav Laha Not Applicable Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology 11,900,000 Sponsored Completed 2021-12-10 2022-06-29

Projects

Sl.No. Title Name of the PI Name of the CoPIs Funding Agency Amount (Rs.) Project Type Project Status Date of Initiation Date of Completion
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Awards and Recognitions
  • Ramanujan Fellowship, awarded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, August 2021.
  • Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart scholarship for Postdoctoral position (February, 2017–January, 2019).
  • Invited to Universidad Complutense and Universidad CEU San Pablo, Madrid, Spain (EU) to work with Prof. M A Alario-Franco and Prof. F. García-Alvarado’s research group at for seven months in 2012.
  • Joint Admission to M.Sc. (JAM)–2008, conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT).
  • Integrated Ph.D-2008, conducted by Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.

 

Contact

Department of Chemistry  

National Institute of Technology Durgapur                  

Mahatma Gandhi Avenue, Durgapur – 713209, India

Email: slaha.ch@nitdgp.ac.in

Phone: +91-9434789077

 

 


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