Faculty Details

• PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry, University of North Bengal (2005)
• MSc in Organic Chemistry, University of North Bengal (1998)
• BSc in Chemistry (Hons), University of North Bengal (1996)

• Warden at SMIT, Sikkim (March 2017 - Present)
• Visiting Research Fellow at Indian Institute of Science (2010-2011), Lead a project on chemosensors
• Post Doctoral Fellow at University of Padova (2008-2010), Designed and synthesized Peptide and saccharide coated Au-NPs for drug delivery and inhibitor for Hepatocellular carcinoma and Neisseria meningitides
• Post Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (2006-2008), Designed and synthesized novel chemosensors and studied their interaction with various analytes
• Research Associate at Zydus Research Centre, Ahmedabad (2004-2006), Designed and synthesized novel bioactive molecules

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

• Area of Interest Develop Newer Methodology in Organic Reactions, Develop New Chemosensor to Detect Analytes with High Selectivity and Sensitivity, Develop Nanomaterials for Various Applications


• Area of Expertise Establish New Methodology for Organic Synthesis, Development of Novel Chemosensor for Various Analyses, Development of Drug Delivery Vehicle for Cancer Therapy, Well-Versed in Multi-Step (~20 Step) Organic Synthesis, Develop Cutting-Edge Organic Synthesis Technology, Hands-On Experience in Various Biophysical/Analytical Techniques, Software Used for Scientific Writing, Presentation, Data Analysis, Database Searching


• Area of Research Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Supramolecular Chemistry, Nanosciences, Nanomaterials

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

• CSIR-UGC NET-Lecturarship qualified in Chemical sciences, 1999, 2000.
• CSIR SRF qualified in Chemical Sciences, 2003.
• Membership: Complimentary Royal Society of Chemistry Affiliate membership received on 5^th June, 2013.
• GATE -2000 (percentile 83.55)
• Associate Member, RSC, Cambridge since 2019 (www.rsc.org)

RESEARCH and CONSULTANCY:

• Title: DESIGN AND SYNTHESIS OF ANTHRAQUINONE BASED MOLECULES AND STUDIES ON THEIR CHEMOSENSING STUDIES
• Subject: Chemical Sciences
• PI: PI
• Date: Dec 2021
• Amount: 2,00,000/-

Dr Satadru Jha is Head & Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at SMIT.

• Teaching both UG and PG students with different subject areas such as engineering chemistry (CH1108), Organic reactions & Mechanisms (CH2202), Synthetic Organic Chemistry (CH2332), Group Theory-A Chemistry Approach (CH2403).
• Two students pursuing PhD under guidance of me
• BOS member
• DTPO
• Member, DRPC for intra and inter department
• Hostel warden
• Disciplinary committee
• Teacher Guardian/Mentor

• Solid phase one pot synthesis of some 3,4-dihydropyrimidin-2(1H)-one derivatives using Al2O3/MS mixture

  February 18, 2017 | Dr. Satadru Jha

  Recent trends in Chemistry, RTC 2017 organized at SMIT, Sikkim on 17-18 Feb 2017

• Tuning of Band gap and Photocatalytic activity of PEG capped ZnO nanoparticles synthesized using different chemical routes

  February 18, 2017 | Dr. Satadru Jha

  Recent trends in Chemistry, RTC 2017 organized at SMIT, Sikkim on 17-18 Feb 2017

• Synthesis of robust Au-NP with precise composition and control in size in greener way

  January 01, 2014 | Dr. Satadru Jha

  Development of facile and versatile method for synthesis of Au-NP

• Binding and Uptake into Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells of Peptide-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles

  February 28, 2017 | Dr. Satadru Jha

  Authors: Satadru Jha, Federico Ramadori, Santina Quarta, Alessandra Biasiolo, Enrica Fabris, Paola Baldan, Gaetano Guarino, Mariagrazia Ruvoletto, Gianmarco Villano, Cristian Turato, Angelo Gatta, Fabrizio Mancin, Patrizia Pontisso, and Paolo Scrimin.

• Ratiometric, reversible, and ppb level detection of multiple toxic transition metal ions using a single probe in micellar media

  January 01, 2013 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari N Dey, N Satadru Jha, Bhattacharya S

  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces Vol 5, Pg 2438-2445, 2013 (Impact Factor: 4.76). Development of chemosensor for detection of more than one toxic metal cation in ppb levels.

• Factor affecting T cell responses induced by fully synthetic glycol-gold-nanoparticles

  January 01, 2013 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Fallarini S, Paoletti T, Battaglini CO, Ronchi P

  Nanoscale 2013, Vol 5, Pg 390-400. (Impact Factor: 6.23). Development of a vaccine for Neisseria meningitides.

• Dehydration of amides to nitrile: A review

  January 01, 2012 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Bhattacharyya NK, Bhutia TY, Adhikary G.A

  International Journal of Chemical Engineering and Applications, Vol 4, Pg 295-304, 2012 (ISSN No: 0973-9734).

• A chemodosimetric probe based on a conjugated oxidised bis-indolyl system for selective naked-eye sensing of cyanide ions in water

  January 01, 2012 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari N, Bhattacharya S

  Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol 7, Pg 2805-2812, 2012 (Impact Factor: 4.56). Synthesis of chemosensor probe for cyanide sensing in aqueous medium.

• Seeing through macromolecules: T2 -Filtered NMR for the purity assay of functionalised nanosystems and the screening of biofluids

  January 01, 2009 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Rastrelli F, Satadru Jha, Mancin F

  Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol 131, Pg 14222-14224, 2009 (Impact factor: 10.023). Purity of macromolecules such as gold-nanoparticles and serum albumin, etc., through T2 filtering using CPMG-z pulse.

• Facile synthesis, ex-vivo and in vivo screening of 3-sulfonamide derivative of 5-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-(2,4-dichlorophenyl)-4-methyl-1H-pyrazole-3-carboxylic acid piperidin-1-ylamide (SR141716) a potent CB1 receptor antagonist

  January 01, 2008 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Srivasava BK, SoniR, Patel JZ, Shedage S A

  Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 2008, 18, 3882-3886. (Impact factor: 2.589). Development of 3-sulfonamide derivative of pyrazole and its in vivo and in-vitro studies.

• A simple protocol for direct reductive animation of aldehydes and ketones using potassium formate and catalytic palladium acetate

  January 01, 2003 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Basu, B, Bhuiyan MMH, Das P

  Synlett, 2003, Pg 555 - 557 (Impact factor: 2.741). One pot amination from carbonyl compounds.

• Palladium mediated chemo-selective reduction of α, β-unsaturated cyano esters with potassium formate

  January 01, 2003 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Basu B, Bhuiyan MMH

  Synth. Commun. Vol 33(2), Pg 291-296, 2003 (Impact factor: 1.008). Chemoselective reduction of c-C double bond in presence of sensitive groups.

• Microwave-assisted Suzuki coupling on a KF-alumina surface: Synthesis of polyaryls

  January 01, 2003 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Basu B, Bhuiyan MMH, Das P

  Tetrahedron Lett. Vol 44, Pg 3817-3820, 2003 (Impact factor: 2.483). One pot synthesis of polyaryl compounds on solid phase.

• Palladium-catalysed amination of halopyridines on a KF-alumina surface

  January 01, 2002 | Dr. Satadru Jha, Basu B, NK, Bhuiyan MMH

  Tetrahedron Lett. 2002, Vol 43(44), Pg 7967 - 7969 (Impact factor: 2.483). Development of solid phase synthesis of amination.

• Colorimetric Probes Based on Anthraimidazolediones for Selective Sensing of Fluoride and Cyanide Ion via Intramolecular Charge Transfer

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari, N.; Jha, S.; Bhattacharya, S.

  J. Org. Chem. 2011, 76, 2815-2822. (Impact factor: 4.002).

• A Chemodosimetric Probe Based on a Conjugated Oxidized Bis-Indolyl System for Selective Naked-Eye Sensing of Cyanide Ions in Water

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari, N.; Jha, S.; Bhattacharya, S.

  Chem. Asian. J. 2012, 7, 2805-2812. (Impact Factor: 4.56).

• Dehydration of Amides to Nitrile: A Review

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Bhattacharyya, N. K.; Jha, S.; Jha, S.; Bhutia, T. Y.; Adhikary, G.

  Int. J. Chem. Appl. 2012, 4, 295-304 (ISSN No: 0973-9734).

• Factor affecting T cell responses induced by fully synthetic glycol-gold-nanoparticles

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Fallarini, S.; Paoletti, T.; Battaglini, C. O.; Ronchi, P.; Lay, L.; Bonomi, R.; Jha, S.; Mancin, F.; Scrimin, P.; Lombardi, G.

  Nanoscale 2013, 5, 390-400. (Impact Factor: 6.24).

• Ratiometric, Reversible, and ppb Level Detection of Multiple Toxic Transition Metal ions using a Single Probe in Micellar Media

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari, N.; Dey, N.; Jha, S.

  ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2013, 5, 2438-2445 (Impact Factor: 4.76).

• An Efficient Probe for Rapid Detection of Cyanide in Water at Parts per Billion Levels and Naked-Eye Detection of Endogenous Cyanide

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari, N.; Jha, S.

  Chem. Asian. J. 2014, 9, 830-837 (DOI: 10.1002/asia.201301390; Impact Factor: 4.56).

• A Probe for the Selective and Parts-per-Billion-Level Detection of Copper(II) and Mercury(II) using a Micellar Medium and Its Utility in Cell Imaging

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari, N.; Jha, S.; Mishra, S. K.

  ChemPlusChem 2014, 7, 1059-1064.

• Silica Supported Synthesis of Bis(Indolyl)Methane Derivatives Under Microwave Irradiation

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Pokhrel, R.; Ghosh, D.; Jha, S.

  Int. J. Inn. Res. Sci. Eng. Tech. 2014, 3, 15666-15671.

• Monitoring Local pH of Membranous Aggregates via Ratiometric Color Changing Response

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Kumari, N.; Chettri, B.; Dey, N.

  ChemPhysChem, 2022, 23, e202200355.

• Proficient route in synthesis of glucose stabilized Ag modified ZnS nanospheres for mechanistic understanding of commercially used dyes degradation

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Samanta, D.; Basnet, P.; Chatterjee, S.

  Accepted in Inorganic Chemistry Communications (Elsevier).

• Different Chromogenic responses towards F- and H2PO4- : Hydrogen bonding vs Deprotonation

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Dey, N.

  Chemistry Select 2021, 6, 9211-9216.

• Glycine - A Bio-Capping Agent for the Bioinspired Synthesis of Nano-ZnO Photocatalysts

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Basnet, P.; Samanta, D.; Chanu, I.; Chatterjee, S.

  J. Mater. Sci: Mater. Electron. 2020, 31, 2949-2966 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02839-z; Impact Factor: 2.4).

• Colorimetric Indicators for Specific Recognition of Cu2+ and Hg2+ in Physiological Media: Effect of Variations of Signaling Unit on Optical Responses

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Dey, N.; Kumari, N.; Biswakarma, D.; Bhattacharya, S.

  Inorganica Chimica Acta 2019, 487, 50-57 (Impact Factor: 2.046).

• Visual Detection of a Nerve Agent Simulant using Chemically Modified Paper Strips and Dye-assembled Inorganic Nanocomposite

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Dey, N.; Bhattacharya, S.

  Analyst 2018, 143, 528-535 (Impact Factor: 3.864).

• Efficient synthesis of anthraquinoimmidazole derivatives using Molecular Sieves in DMF

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Chettri, B.

  Abstract submitted to National Convention of Chemistry Teachers (NCCT-2021) and International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemistry & Chemical Education (ICRTC & CE-2021).

• Glycine Capped Solid-State Synthesis of ZnO Nanoparticles for Effective Decolouration of a Textile Effuent Rhodamine B

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Basnet, P.; Samanta, D.; Chanu, T. I.; Chatterjee, S.

  International Conference on "Synthetic Potent Molecule and Its Application", Abstract OP -7, p. 76 (ISBN 978-93-88467-02-5).

• Hydrothermal Synthesis of Cysteine Stabilized Nanomaterials as a photocatalyst for effective removal of Water Pollutants Under Sunlight

  Dr. Satadru Jha, Samanta, D.; Basnet, P.; Chanu, T. I.; Chatterjee, S.

  International Conference on "Synthetic Potent Molecule and Its Application", Abstract OP -8, p. 77 (ISBN 978-93-88467-02-5).