Ph.D. (Completed – 09):
(1) Pratap Kumar Chotaray (CY11D026) (Dec 2010 – March 2015) – Guide Thesis Title: Study on thermophysical properties of ammonium and lactam based protic ionic liquids and their mixture with molecular solvents and saccharides
(2) Akash Kumar Gupta (CY11D001) (Dec 2010 – July 2015) – Guide Thesis Title: Acyclic and cyclic ammonium carboxylate ionic liquids: Chemical constitution and structuring in water through thermophysical characterization
(3) Venkataramana Avula (OE11D022) (Aug 2011 – Dec 2015) – Co-Guide Thesis Title: Models for phase equilibrium of gas hydrates in the presence of inhibitors, promoters and their mixtures
(4) Sivabalan Sakthivel (OE12D023) (Aug 2012 – July 2016) – Co-Guide Thesis Title: Evaluation of ionic liquids for crude oil dissolution and enhanced oil recovery
(5) Akhil Pratap Singh (CY11D039) (Aug 2011 – Nov 2016) – Guide Thesis Title: Study of the aqueous solutions of biocompatible tetramethylguanidinium cation based ionic liquids in bulk and in confinement: Experiments and simulations
(6) Somenath Panda (CY12D033) (Dec 2011 – July 2017) – Guide Thesis Title: Study on Thermophysical Properties and Self-assembled Behaviour of Pyrrolidone and Choline Based Ionic Liquids
(7) Dharmendra Singh (CY13D010) (Dec 2012 – July 2017) – Guide *Thesis Title: Brønsted Acidic Ionic Liquids: Synthesis, Physiochemical Properties and Stability of Biomolecules *Received Best Thesis Award – 2018 in Chemical Sciences from The Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (ISCB).
(8) Gyanendra Sharma (CY13D013) (Dec 2012 – July 2017) – Guide Thesis Title: Structural Influence on Thermophysical Properties of Protic Ionic Liquids and their Evaluation for Drug Extraction Medium and Heat Transfer Fluids
(9) Bharath Chennuri (CY13D009) (Dec 2012 – June 2018) – Guide Thesis Title: Structural Influence on Physicochemical Properties, Solvation and Self-assembly Behavior of Ethanolammonium Based Protic Ionic Liquids
Ph.D. (Ongoing – 10):
(1) Dasthaiah Keshapolla (CY14D049) (Since Aug 2014) – Guide
(2) Anusha Basaiahgari (CY14D044) (Since Aug 2014) – Guide
(3) Sumana Brahma (CY15D038) (Since Aug 2015) – Co-Guide
(4) V Ramkumar (CY15D108) (Since Dec 2015) – Guide
(5) Rabi Narayan Patra (CY14D074) (Since Aug 2014) – Guide
(6) Bhaswati Sarkar (CY16D040) (Since Aug 2016) – Guide
(7) Priyanka V.P. (CY17D040) (Since Aug 2017) – Guide
(8) Jisha K.J. (CY17D048) (Since Aug 2017) – Guide
(9) Sachind Prabha P. (CY18D022) (Since July 2018) – Guide
(10) Athira K.K. (CY18D085) (Since July 2018) – Guide
M.Sc. Research Projects (Completed – 14):
(1) Gundala Maheshkumar (CY10C014) (Aug 2011 – May 2012) Project Title: Novel Amino acid Ionic Liquids: Synthesis, Purification, Characterization and Thermophysical properties
(2) Suman Som (CY10C044) (Aug 2011 – May 2012) Project Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Thermophysical study of Novel Protic Ionic Liquids
(3) Shankar Jella (CY11C039) (Aug 2012 – May 2013) Project Title: Synthesis and Thermophysical Studies on Novel Caprolactam and Butyrolactam based Ionic Liquids
(4) Dasthaiah Keshapolla (CY11C015) (Aug 2012 – May 2013) Project Title: Amino acid based Ionic liquids- Synthesis, Purification and characterization of benzyltrimethylammonium and 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium Compounds
(5) Dongari Nikhil Saxena (CY12C014) (Aug 2013 – May 2014) Project Title: Thermophysical Property Study of Caprolactam based Ionic Liquids and their application in Biodiesel Production
(6) T. Ranjit Kumar (CY12C027) (Aug 2013 – May 2014) Project Title: Synthesis and Physicochemical properties of Piperidinium and Morpholinium based Ionic Liquids
(7) Sudipta Ray (CY13C042) (Aug 2014 – May 2015) Project Title: Synthesis, Purification and Characterization of Pyrrolidonium based Ionic Liquids and Thermophysical Study of their Pure and Binary Mixtures
(8) Nikhil Gupta (CY14C032) (Aug 2015 – May 2016) Project Title: Interpreting of the molecular interactions in Protic Ionic Liquids with Organic Solvents and Synthesis of 1,5-benzodiazepine using the ASILP catalyst
(9) Shankha Banerjee (CY14C048) (Aug 2015 – May 2016) Project Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Testing of the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients based Ionic liquids
(10) Anirban Sarkar (CY15C003) (Aug 2016 – May 2017) Project Title: Physico-Chemical and Calorimetric study of Protic Ionic liquids
(11) Indrajit Das (CY15C014) (Aug 2016 – May 2017) Project Title: Thermophysical and Crystallographic study of Aprotic Ionic liquids
(12) Jisha K.J. (CY15C016) (Aug 2016 – May 2017) Project Title: Study on Thermodynamic Properties and Applications of Triazolium based Ionic liquids
(13) Priyanka V.P. (CY15C023) (Aug 2016 – May 2017) Project Title: Study on Aqueous Biphasic Systems composed of Ionic liquids and Bio compatible Salts
(14) Sandeep Kumar Yadav (CY16C035) (Aug 2017 – May 2018) Project Title: Studies on Aqueous Biphasic Systems as formed by Ammonium based Zwitterionic compounds
M.Sc. Research Projects (Ongoing – 01):
(1) Sunariwal Neelam (CY17C051) (from August 2018) Project Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Study on Physicochemical properties of Polymeric Ionic liquids
Summer Projects (Completed – 12):
(1) D. Kalyanbabu (Andhra University) (May 2011 – July 2011 ) Project Title: Estimation of solubility parameter of ionic liquids using viscosity and surface tension
(2) Rapaka S. Chandra Bose (Kakatiya University) (May 2012 – July 2012 ) Project Title: Thermodynamic Properties of Binary Mixtures of Alkanolamines with n-Alkanols
(3) Jeetendra Panda (Berhampur University) (May 2014 – July 2014 ) Project Title: An experimental and Computational Study on Thermophysical Properties of Tetramethylguanidinium cation based Biocompatible Ionic Liquid/water binary mixtures
(4) Soubhagyabati Sahoo (NIT Rourkela) (May 2014 – July 2014 ) Project Title: Synthesis and Thermophysical Properties of Tripropylammonium Based Ionic Liquids
(5) Suchit Gupta (Veer Narmad South Gujarat University) (May 2015 – July 2015 ) Project Title: Thermophysical Properties of Pure Protic Ionic Liquids and Amino Acids in Aqueous Choline Chloride Solutions
(6) Raveena Meena (SVNIT Surat) (May 2016 – July 2016 ) Project Title: Synthesis and Thermophysical Properties of Benzyltriethylammonium based Ionic Liquids and their Binary Mixtures
(7) Pradeep Rawat (NIT Jalandhar) (May 2016 – July 2016 ) Project Title: Osmotic Properties of Aqueous Cholinium Ionic Liquids through Vapour Pressure Osmometry
(8) Deepika Paranjothi (Thiagarajar College, Madurai) (May 2017 – July 2017 ) Project Title: Thermodynamic Studies of Ionic Interactions in Aqueous Solutions of Alkylammonium Halides: Volumetric and Osmotic approach
(9) Bharti Budhalakoti (NIT Jalandhar) (May 2018 – July 2018 ) Project Title: Synthesis, Characterization and Thermophysical Properties of Benzimidazolium Based Ionic Liquids and Their Binary Solutions with Ethanol
(10) Suman Yadav (NIT Jalandhar) (May 2018 – July 2018 ) Project Title: Study on thermophysical properties of trioctylammonium carboxylate ionic liquid with toluene and dodecane
(11) Arsha Maria Cherian (Central University of Kerala) (May 2018 – July 2018 ) Project Title: Understanding the Volumetric Behavior of Pyridinium and Piperidinium Based Ionic liquids with Polar Solvent
(12) Ankita Chandak (NIT Nagpur) (May 2018 – July 2018 ) Project Title: Effect of Nitro Group on Phase,Structure and Behavior of Benzyl Substituted Imidazolium based Ionic Liquids: An Experimental and Computational Approach
Project Associates:
(1) Rapaka S. Chandra Bose – UGC-CSR-DAE Project (April 2013 – Feb 2014)
(2) Shankar Jella – DST Indo-Spanish Project (June 2013 – Dec 2013)
(3) Dasthaiah Keshapolla – DST Indo-Spanish Project (July 2013 – July 2014)
(3) Indrajit Das – DST Project (since July 2018)
Post-Doctoral Researchers:
(1) Dr. Prakash Chandra – CSIR Project (April 2012 – July 2012)
(2) Dr. Satya Vani Chinnamaneni – Institute Women PDF (March 2013 – July 2013)
(3) Dr. Vickram Jeet Singh – CSIR Project (May 2013 – May 2014)
(4) Dr. Alok Raout – Consultancy Project (Sept 2013 – Oct 2013)
(5) Dr. Venkataramana Losetty – DST (SERI) Project (June 2014 – Oct 2015)
(6) Dr. Pratap Kumar Chotaray – Institute Post-Doc (March 2015 – July 2015)
(7) Dr. Srinivasarao Kancharla – Institute Post-Doc (Feb 2016 – March 2017)
(8) Dr. Rasi Gusain – DST (SERI) Project (April 2016 – Sept 2016)
(9) Dr. Anu Aravind – Institute Women PDF (since May 2016)
(10) Dr. Sunita Rajamani – Institute Women PDF (Feb 2017– June 2017)
1. (PI) Project Title:
“Thermodynamic studies of ionic interactions in pure ionic liquids and their mixtures with organic solvents”
2. (PI) Project Title:
“Thermodynamic studies of model electrolyte and non-electrolyte solutes in “protic ionic liquids” and their mixtures with the parent Brönsted acids and bases”
3. (PI) Project Title:
“High Temperature and High-Pressure Thermodynamic Properties of Energetic Nitrogen-rich Ionic Liquids and their Mixtures with Organic Solvents”
4. (Co-PI) Project Title:
“Solar absorption refrigeration systems operating with Ionic Liquids as absorbents and ammonia as refrigerant”
5. (PI) Project Title:
“Experimental measurements and prediction of thermo physical and electrochemical properties of ionic liquids useful for metal ions separation”
6. (Co-PI) Consultancy Project:
“Development of differentiated Gel Ink that can deliver better writing smoothness with controlled Ink flow than existing Gel Inks”
7. (Co-PI) Consultancy Project:
“Enhanced Oil Recovery Using Environment Friendly Ionic Liquids”
8. (Co-PI) Project Title:
“Synthesis, Fabrication and Performance Evaluation of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell (DSSC) with ionic liquid as Electrolyte and carbon Rich, Fractal type Molecular Assembly as Photon Absorbing Species: A Novel Approach to Enhance the Efficiency of DSSC”
9. (PI) Project Title:
“Solubility of gases in ionic liquid or binary mixture of ionic liquid + ionic liquid”
10. (PI) Project Title:
“Synthesis of novel superbase ionic liquids and analysis of their interactions with CO₂ – A thermodynamic approach towards rational design of efficient absorbent for CO₂ capture and regeneration”