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Prof. Mukul Pradhan

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Chemistry

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Room No: 505 +91-870-246 mukulchem@nitw.ac.in https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=48V5RIcAAAAJ&hl=en Bio Sketch

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    • Journal(s): 49
    • Book Chapter(s): 2
    • PhD: Current - 3  Awarded - 2

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    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

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    PATENT

    Research Areas

    Catalyst (composites) for generation of hydrogen from water
    Energy storage (super-capacitor & battery) application
    Novel composite nanomaterials synthesis
    Oxygen reduction reaction
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy IIT Kharagpur 2012
    Master of Science University of Calcutta 2007
    Bachelor of Science University of Calcutta 2005
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Engineering Chemistry(CY1161) 3-0-2 4 UG
    Main Group and Transition Metal Chemistry(CY16001) 4-0-0 4 UG, PG
    Inorganic Chemistry(CYB302) 3-1-0 4 UG
    Advanced Inorganic Materials(CY16032) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Chemical and Electrochemical Energy Systems(CY17056) 3-0-0 3 UG, PG
    Environmental Chemistry(CYI311) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Nanomaterials(CY5204) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Inorganic Chemistry(CYI251) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Engineering Chemistry(CY133) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Main Group and Transition Metal Chemistry(CY4102) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Engineering Chemistry(CY185) 3-0-2 4 UG
    Basic Organometallic Chemistry(CYI361) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Fundamental Methods of Chemical Analysis(CY395) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Organometallic Chemistry(CY4162) 3-0-0 3 PG
    Chemical, Electrochemical and Biosensors(CY5213) 3-0-0 3 PG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Redox-mediated synthesis of Cu2O/CuO/Mn3O4/C quaternary nanocomposites as an efficient electrode material for oxygen reduction reaction and supercapacitor application, By A.Sharma, Y. N. Banothu, P. Majee, S. Kumar, M. Prajapati, K. Kumar, M Pradhan*, Elsevier, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, vol.196, pp.112402, 2025
    Tuning Light–Matter Interaction in Two-Dimensional Bi2Se3 through Plasmonic Particle Coupling, By T. S. Bhattacharya, S. Raha, P. K. Mondal, M. Pradhan, S. Ghosh, A. Singha., Wiley, Advanced Functional Materials, vol., pp., 2025
    Transformation of Waste Agarwood Leaves into Heteroatom-Doped Microporous Carbon for Highly Active Metal-Free Catalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Efficient Capacitive Energy Storage Application, By R. Chakraborty, Avinash Sharma, P. Majee, Pooja, Pradip K. Maji, R. Pawar, Y. N. Banothu*, and M.l Pradhan*, American Chemical Society, ACS Sustainable Resour. Manage, vol.1, pp.1, 2024
    Nitrogen and oxygen self-doped hierarchical porous carbon nanosheets derived from turmeric leaves for high-performance supercapacitor, By R. Chakraborty, A. Sharma, P.K Maji, S. Rudra, A. K. Nayak, P. N. Chatterjee, Y. N. Banothu, M. Pradhan*, Elsevier, Inorganica Chimica Acta, vol.567, pp.122056, 2024
    Investigation of Electrical Transport Properties in Solution-Processed Bi2Se3-AgMnOOH Nanocomposite., By R. Chakraborty, S. Das, S. Rudra, A. K. Nayak, P. K. Maji, U. Nandi * and M. Pradhan*., Royal Society of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol.25, pp.14606, 2023
    Transformation of Waste Agarwood Leaves into Heteroatom-Doped Microporous Carbon for Highly Active Metal-Free Catalytic Oxygen Reduction Reaction and Efficient Capacitive Energy Storage Application., By R. Chakraborty, A. Sharma, P. Majee, Pooja, P. K. Maji, R. Pawar, Y. N. Banothu*, and M. Pradhan*., American Chemical Society, ACS Sustainable Resource Management, vol.1, pp.28-41, 2023
    Engineering Multifunctionality in MoSe2 Nanostructures Via Strategic Mn Doping for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Photosensing, By S. Masanta, C. Nayak, S. Maitra, S. Rudra, D. Chowdhury, S. Raha, M. Pradhan, B. Satpati, P. Pal, A. Singha, American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol.6, pp.5479-5492, 2023
    Redox-Guided Synthesis of Au–V2O5–MnO2 Nanoflower Composites with Enhanced Electrical Conductance for Supercapacitor Applications, By S. Rudra, S. Das, P. K. Maji, A. K. Nayak, Y. Negishi, M. Pradhan, and U. Nandi, American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Nano Materials, vol.6, pp.1649, 2023
    Recent Advancement of Biomass-derived Porous Carbon-Based Materials for Energy and Environmental Remediation Applications, By R. Chakraborty, K Vilya, M. Pradhan, A. K. Nayak, Royal Society of Chemistry, Journal of Materials Chemistry A , vol.10, pp.6965-7005, 2022
    Facile hydrothermal synthesis of Au-Mn3O4 decorated graphene oxide nanocomposites for solid-state supercapacitor, By S. Rudra, N. Deka, A. K. Nayak, M. Pradhan*, G. K. Dutta*, Elsevier, Journal of Energy Storage, vol.50, pp.104615, 2022
    Inherent Oxygen and Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Derived from Biomass of Tamarind Leaf for High-Performance Supercapacitor Application., By Chakraborty, P. K. Maji*, C. Verma, A. K. Nayak, Shib Shankar Singha, M. Pradhan*, Wiley, Energy Technology, vol.9, pp.2000734, 2021
    Intercalation pseudocapacitance in Bi2Se3-MnO2 nanotube composite for high electrochemical energy storage, By M. Pradhan*, R. Chakraborty, S. Rudra, S. Koley, P. K. Maji, A. K. Nayak, S. Das, U. Nandi, Elsevier, Electrochimica Acta, vol.367, pp.137531, 2021
    Mn incorporated MoS2 nanoflowers: A high performance electrode material for symmetric supercapacitor, By Singha, S. S.; Rudra, S.; Mondal, S.; Pradhan, M.; Nayak, A. K.; Satpati, B.; Pal, P.; Das, K.; Singha, A. , Elsevier, Electrochimica Acta, vol.338, pp.135815, 2020
    Redox-Mediated Shape-transformation of Fe3O4 Nanoflake to Chemically Stable Au-Fe2O3 Composite Nanorod for High-Performance Asymmetric Solid-State Supercapacitor Device, By S. Rudra, A. K. Nayak, S. Koley, R. Chakraborty, P. K. Maji, M. Pradhan*, American Chemical Society, ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering, vol.7, pp.724, 2019
    Intercalation pseudocapacitance in chemically stable Au-α-Fe2O3-Mn3O4 composite nanorod: Towards highly efficient solid-state symmetric supercapacitor device, By S. Rudra, R. Chakraborty, P. K. Maji, S. Koley, A. K. Nayak, D. Paul, M. Pradhan*, Elsevier, Electrochimica Acta, vol.324, pp.134865, 2019
    Synthesis and characterization of Pd-Fe2O3 nanocomposite and its application as a magnetically recyclable catalyst in ligand-free Suzuki-Miyaura reaction in water, By D Paul, S Rudra, P Rahman, S Khatua, M Pradhan*, PN Chatterjee.*, Elsevier, Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, vol. 871, pp.96-102, 2018
    Synthesis of Au-V2O5 composite nanowires through the shape transformation of a vanadium(III) metal complex for high-performance solid-state supercapacitors, By S. Rudra, A.K. Nayak, R. Chakraborty, P. Maji and M. Pradhan*, Royal Society of Chemistry, Inorg. Chem. Front., vol.5, pp.1836-1843, 2018
    Large-area two-dimensional bismuth selenide crystals synthesized by solution-based control of the nucleation environment, By M. Pradhan, I. Song, J. Lee, M. Lee, C. Park and H. C. Choi, Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Adv, vol.6, pp.106960, 2016
    Redox-Mediated Synthesis of a Fe3O4–MnO2Nanocomposite for Dye Adsorption and Pseudocapacitance, By 1Sahoo, R.; 1Pradhan, M.; Roy, A.; Dutta, S.; Ray, C.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, A.; Pal, T. , Wiley, Chem. Asian. J., vol.10, pp.1571, 2015
    Sensing trace arsenate by surface enhanced Raman scattering using a FeOOH doped dendritic Ag nanostructure, By Pradhan, M.; Maji, S.; Sinha, A. K., Dutta, S.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, J. Mater. Chem. A , vol.3, pp.10254, 2015
    Solid-State Transformation of Single Precursor Vanadium Complex Nanostructures to V2O5 and VO2: Catalytic Activity of V2O5 for Oxidative Coupling of 2-Naphthol, By Pradhan, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Sahoo, R.; Deb, D.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, Dalton Trans. , vol.44, pp.1889, 2015
    Synthesis of active tin: an efficient reagent for allylation reaction of carbonyl compounds, By Sinha, A. K.; Sil, A.; Sasmal, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, New J. Chem., vol.39, pp.1685, 2015
    Pyridine intercalated facile synthesis of ultra-long V2O5 nanowire from commercial V2O5: Catalytic application in selective dye degradation, By Roy, A.; Pradhan, M.; Ray, C.; Sahoo, R.; Dutta, S.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, CrystEngComm , vol.16, pp.7738, 2014
    Mn Oxide-Silver Composite Nanowires for Improved Thermal Stability, SERS and Electrical Conductivity, By Pradhan, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Pal, T., Wiley, Chem.–Eur. J., vol.20, pp.9111, 2014
    Redox transformation reaction for hierarchical hollow Au–MnOOH flowers for high SERS activity, By Pradhan, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Adv. , vol.4, pp.30315, 2014
    Evolution of amorphous selenium nanoballs in silicone oil and their solvent induced morphological transformation, By Sinha, A. K.; Sasmal, A. K.; Mehetor, S. K.; Pradhan, M.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical communications, vol.50, pp.15733, 2014
    Tin oxide with a p–n heterojunction ensures both UV and visible light photocatalytic activity, By Sinha, A. K.; Manna, P. K.; Pradhan, M.; Mondal, C.; Yusuf, S. M.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Adv. , vol.4, pp.208, 2014
    Silver Nanoparticle Decorated Reduced Graphene Oxide (rGO) Nanosheet: A Platform for SERS Based Low-Level Detection of Uranyl Ion, By Dutta, S.; Ray, C.; Sarkar, S.; Pradhan, M.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces , vol.5, pp.8724, 2013
    Large-Scale Solid-State Synthesis of Sn−SnO2 Nanoparticles from Layered SnO by Sunlight: a Material for Dye Degradation in Water by Photocatalytic Reaction, By Sinha, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, Environmental Science & Technology , vol.47, pp.2339, 2013
    Synthesis of gold nanochains via photoactivation technique and their catalytic applications, By Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Sarkar, S.; Pradhan, M.; Pal, T., Elsevier, JCIS, vol.398, pp.13, 2013
    Hierarchical Gold Nanoflower Substrate from Controlled Galvanic Replacement for High Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering Activity, By Pradhan, M.; Chowdhury, J.; Sarkar, S.; Sinha, A. K.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. C , vol.116, pp.24301, 2012
    Selective and Sensitive Recognition of Cu2+ in an Aqueous Medium: A Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)-Based Analysis with a Low-Cost Raman Reporter, By Sarkar, S.; Pradhan, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Pal, T., Wiley, Chem.–Eur. J. , vol.18, pp.6335, 2012
    Methylene Blue-Cu2O Reaction Made Easy in Acidic Medium, By Basu, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Pal, A.; Mondal, C.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. C, vol.116, pp.25741, 2012
    Morphology Controlled Uranium Oxide Hydroxide Hydrate for Catalysis, Luminescence and SERS Studies, By Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, CrystEngCommunication, vol.13, pp.2878, 2011
    Solvent effect on the optical property of uranylacetylacetonate monohydrate., By Pradhan, M.; Basu, M.; Sarkar, S.; Sinha, A. K.; Pal, T., Elsevier, SpectrochimicaActa, Part A, vol.78, pp.205, 2011
    Redox Transmetalation of Prickly Nickel Nanowires for Morphology Controlled Hierarchical Synthesis of Nickel/Gold Nanostructures for Enhanced Catalytic Activity and SERS Responsive Functional Material, By Sarkar, S.; Sinha, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Basu, M.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. C , vol.115, pp.1659, 2011
    Redox Switchable Superhydrophobic Silver Composite, By Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, Langmuir, vol.27, pp.11629, 2011
    Fabrication and Functionalization of CuO for Tuning Superhydrophobic Thin Film and Cotton Wool, By Basu, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. C, vol.115, pp.20953, 2011
    CuO Barrier Limited Corrosion of Solid Cu2O Leading to Preferential Transport of Cu(I) Ion for Hollow Cu7S4 Cube Formation, By Basu, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. C, vol.115, pp.12275, 2011
    High-Yield Synthesis of 1D Rh Nanostructures from Surfactant Mediated Reductive Pathway and their Shape Transformation, By Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. C, vol.114, pp.16129, 2010
    Surface Enhanced Raman spectroscopy and Transition Metal Nanoparticles, Chelate Effect in Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering with Transition Metal Nanoparticles., By Sarkar, S.; Pradhan, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters , vol.1, pp.439, 2010
    An Aminolytic Approach toward Hierarchical β-Ni(OH)2 Nanoporous Architectures: A Bimodal Forum for Photocatalytic and Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Activity, By Sarkar, S.; Pradhan, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry , vol.49, pp.8813, 2010
    Fabrication of Large-Scale Hierarchical ZnO Hollow Spheroids for Hydrophobicityand Photocatalysis, By Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Pal, T, Wiley, Chem.–Eur. J. , vol.16, pp.7865, 2010
    Hierarchical Superparamagnetic Magnetite Nanowafers from a Resin-Bound [Fe(bpy)3]2+ matrix, By Basu, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Sarkar, S.; Pradhan, M.; Yusuf, S. M.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, Langmuir, vol.16, pp.5836, 2010
    Thermodynamic and Kinetics Aspects of Spherical MnO2 Nanoparticle Synthesis in Isoamyl Alcohol: An Ex Situ Study of Particles to One-Dimensional Shape Transformation, By Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, J. Phys. Chem. C, vol.114, pp.21173, 2010
    Monoclinic CuO nanoflowers on resin support: recyclable catalyst to obtain perylene compound, By Basu, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Pal, A.; Pal, T., Royal Society of Chemistry, Chemical Communications, vol.46, pp.8785, 2010
    Electrostatic Field Force Directed Gold Nanowires from Anion Exchange Resin, By Sinha, A. K.; Basu, M.; Sarkar, S.; Pradhan, M.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, Langmuir, vol.26, pp.17419, 2010
    Evolution of Hierarchical Hexagonal Stacked Plates of CuS from Liquid-Liquid Interface and its Photocatalytic Application for Oxidative Degradation of Different Dyes under Indoor Lighting, By Basu, M.; Sinha, A. K.; Pradhan, M.; Sarkar, S.; Negishi, Y.; Pal, T., American Chemical Society, Environmental Science & Technology , vol.44, pp.6313, 2010
    Ligand-stabilized metal nanoparticles in organic solvent, By Nath, S.; Jana, S.; Pradhan, M.; Pal, T., Elsevier, JCIS, vol.341, pp.352, 2010
    Book Chapter(s)
    Phosphides and nitrides for visible light photocatalysis By R. Chakraborty, M. Pradhan in Nanostructured Materials for Visible Light Photocatalysis, Elsevier, A volume in Micro and Nano Technologies, 2022
    Current status, research gap and future scope of bismuth series for the treatment of environmental pollutants By R. Chakraborty, M. Pradhan in Bismuth-Based Materials for Environmental Remediation, IOP Publishing, -, 2022
    Patent(s)
    FOCUSED SUNLIGHT MEDIATED CONVERSION IN A NEWLY DESIGNED HOMEMADE GLOVE BOX INTEGRATED WITH CONVEX LENS FOR ENERGY STORAGE (553618)
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Sunlight-mediated conversion of plastic/bio-waste to heteroatom doped graphene-based hybrid materials: Application in energy harvesting, storage, and environmental remediation.
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DRDO
    Project Cost (INR): 7226382
    Date of Commencement: 14-12-2023  
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Novel Biocompatible Nanocomposites for SERS-Based Sensing of Biomolecules and Toxic Metal Ions
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DST
    Project Cost (INR): 3500000
    Date of Commencement: 11-05-2016   Date of Completion: 10-05-2022
    Duration: 72 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    Athira C M
    Area of Research: Synthesis of composite nanomaterials for energy applications
    Mr. Avinash Sharma
    Area of Research: Synthesis of composite nanomaterials for energy application
    Ms. Amulya Jakke
    Area of Research: Carbon-based nanocomposites for energy applications
    Previous PhD Students
    Ms. Rishika Chakraborty (2023)
    Area of Research: 1D and 2D Nanostructures: Design, Synthesis and Properties
    Dr. Siddheswar Rudra (2022)
    Area of Research: Nanomaterials for energy supercapacitor application
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2016
    DST INSPIRE Faculty Award, 2016
    NTU Research Fellowship, 2016
    2013
    IBS Research Fellowship, 2013
    2007
    CSIR-UGC NET, 2007
    GATE, 2007
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  Department Purchase Committee Convener (Continuing from August, 2025)
    •  Timetable Coordinator (Continuing from December, 2024)
    •  Faculty Advisor (Continuing from January, 2024)
    •  Institute Ranking Committee (June, 2023 - December, 2023)
    •  Hostel Warden (Continuing from April, 2022)
    •  1st B.Tech Theory Course Coordinator (July, 2020 - July, 2021)
     Last updated on August 8, 2025