National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Physical Chemistry
Areas of Interest
  • Computational Chemistry, Density Functional Theory (DFT), Metalloenzymes, Transition metal Catalysis, Stereoselectivity of enzyme catalysis

Rajeev R Assistant Professor Grade-II

Chemistry

rrajeev@nitrkl.ac.in

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PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

4

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Rajeev R

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Chemistry

Room Number:

Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2012

Ph.D.
Computational Chemistry
IIT Bombay

Teaching Experience
  • Physical Chemistry,  NIT Rourkela,   01 Jul 2020 - till
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Computational Chemistry,  The Michigan Technological University, USA,   02 Apr 2018 - 13 Mar 2020
  • Computational Chemistry,  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel,   01 Oct 2013 - 28 Dec 2017

Synergizing short-range and long-range interactions to upregulate catalysis in Biotin-Streptavidin (Bio0Sav) enzyme complexes. A computational Study. Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 1

K. Gopakumar, S. Shaik, and A. R,"Two-Way Catalysis in a Diels–Alder Reaction Limits Inhibition Induced by an External Electric Field", Angewandte Chemie, Wiley 2023, doi.org/10.1002/anie.202307579       Article

  • CY1101 : Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY5302 : Computational Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY534 : Computational Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY6303 : Computational Methods in Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY7303 : Computational Methods in Chemistry {Theory}
  • CY1170 : Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY2702 : Basic Physical Chemistry Laboratory - I {Practical}
  • CY3702 : Natural Products Isolation Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY4703 : Physical Chemistry Laboratory {Practical}
  • CY4704 : Mathematical and Computational Methods in Chemistry {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [3]
Inorganic Chemistry
Karthik Gopakumar
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Computational Chemistry
Lopita Swain
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMISTRY
Vivekananda Samantaray
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [1]
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Pooja Kumari
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • The PBC Program for Fellowships for Outstanding Postdoctoral Fellows from China and India (Planning and Budgeting Committee, Israel Science Foundation. Israel 2013),   2013
  • First prize in “2012 Eli Lilly and Company Asia Outstanding Thesis Awards”,   2012
  • CSIR-JRF – June 2005, GATE 2005,   2005
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan Technological University, USA. March 2018 – March 2020,   2018
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University, Jerusalem. October 2013- December 2017,   2013