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Prof. Raghu Chitta

PhD (Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A.)

Associate Professor

Department of Chemistry

Room No: #CY405, Artificial Photosynthesis Laboratory +91-870-2462652
raghuchitta@nitw.ac.in
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Research Areas

 Design and Synthesis of Artificial Photosynthetic Systems

 Dye Sensitized and Organic Solar Cells

 Fluorescent Chemosensors

 Photodriven Water Splitting

  • Courses Handled
  • Research IDs
  • Selected Publications
  • Project/Consultancy
  • Current PhD Students
  • Awards and Accolades
  • Additional Responsibilities
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory-I(CY16009)
  • Seminar - I(CYI348)
  • Statistical Treatment of Data and Quality Control in Chemical Analysis(CYI312)
  • Statistics and Quality Control in Analytical Chemistry(CY5212)
  • Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis Laboratory - II(CY5206)
  • Chemistry for Civil Engineers(CY183)
  • General Chemistry-I(CYI101)
  • Engineering Chemistry(CY1161)
  • General Chemistry(CY2101)
  • Group Theory and Spectroscopy(CY16004)
  • Analytical Chemistry Laboratory(CYI351)
  • Advanced Topics in Optical and Resonance Techniques(CY5171)
  • Mini Project Work(CYI399)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory-II(CY16008)
  • Chemistry(CY131)
  • Seminar - II(CY5248)
  • Analytical Chemistry(CY4101)
  • Symmetry, Group Theory and Solid State Chemistry(CY4152)
  • Inorganic Chemistry Laboratory(CY4155)
  • Engineering Chemistry(CY185)
  • Physical Methods of Chemical Analysis(CY5202)
  • Dissertation Work(CY5299)
  • Comprehensive Viva-Voce(CY5297)
  • ORC ID: 0000-0003-1383-1164


  • Excitation wavelength-reliant light-induced energy and electron processes in pyrene and naphthalene functionalized dual-dye integrated polyaromatic azaborondipyrromethenes†, By Anjaiah Boligorla, Manne Naga Rajesh, Lingamallu Giribabu,* Raghu Chitta*, The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, New Journal of Chemistry, vol.47, pp.20363, 2023
  • Multichromophore Integrated Panchromatic Azaborondipyrromethenes: Synthesis, Characterization, and Exploring the Role of AzaBODIPY as an Energy and Electron Relay in Photoinduced Processes, By Boligorla Anjaiah, Manne Naga Rajesh, Lingamallu Giribabu,* Raghu Chitta*, Wiley-VCH GmbH, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, vol.e202300050, pp.1, 2023
  • Porphyrin Bearing Phenothiazine Pincers as Hosts for Fullerene Binding via Concave-Convex Complementarity: Synthesis and Complexation Study., By Jain, Kanika; Duvva, Naresh; Roy, Tapta Kanchan; Lingamallu, Giribabu*; Raghu Chitta*., The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, New Journal of Chemistry, vol.45, pp.19691, 2021
  • Excitation Followed by a Three-Step Sequential Energy–Energy–Electron Transfer Leading to a Charge-Separated State in a Supramolecular Tetrad Featuring Benzothiazole–Boron-Dipyrromethene–Zinc Porphyrin–C60., By Badgurjar, Deepak; Seetharaman, Sairaman; D’Souza, Francis*; Chitta, Raghu.*, Wiley-VCH on behalf of Chemistry Europe, Chemistry-A European Journal, vol.27, pp.2184-2195, 2021
  • Excitation-Wavelength-Dependent Light-Induced Electron Transfer and Twisted Intramolecular Charge Transfer in N,N’-Bis(4′-tert-butylbiphenyl-4-yl)aniline Functionalized Borondipyrromethene., By Gangada, Suneel; Ramnagar, Ramya Athira; Sangolkar, Akanksha Ashok; Pawar, Ravinder; nanubolu, Jagadeesh Babu; Roy, Partha; Lingamallu, Giribabu*; Chitta, Raghu.*, American Chemical Society, Journal of Physical Chemistry A, vol.124, pp.9738−9750., 2020
  • Electron-Withdrawing Boron Dipyrromethene Dyes As Visible Light Absorber/Sensitizers on Semiconductor Oxide Surfaces., By Badgurjar, Deepak; Shan, Bing; Nayak, Animesh; Wu, Lei, Chitta, Raghu; Meyer, Thomas J.*, American Chemical Society, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, vol.12,, pp.7768−7776, 2020
  • Excitation-Dependent Electron Exchange Energy and Electron Transfer Dynamics in a Series of Covalently Tethered N,N’-bis(4’-tert-butylbiphenyl-4-yl)aniline-[C60]fullerene Dyads via Varying -conjugatd Spacers., By Gangada, Suneel; Chakali, Madhu; Mandal, Haraprasad; Duvva, Naresh; Chitta, Raghu*; Lingamallu, Giribabu*; Bangal, Pakriti R*., Wiley-VCH GmbH, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, vol.20, pp.21352-21367., 2018
  • Hypochlorite Mediated Modulation of Photo-Induced Electron Transfer in PTZ-BODIPY Electron Donor-Acceptor Dyad: A Highly Water Soluble “Turn-On” Fluorescent Probe for Hypochlorite., By Soni, Disha; Duvva, Naresh; Badgurjar, Deepak; Tapta Kanchan; Nimesh, Surendra; Arya, Geeta; Lingamallu, Giribabu*; Chitta, Raghu*., Wiley-VCH GmbH, Chemistry-An Asian Journal, vol.13, pp.1594-1608., 2018
  • Hypochlorite-Promoted Inhibition of Photo-induced Electron Transfer in Phenothiazine-Borondipyrromethen Donor-Acceptor Dyad: A Cost-Effective and Metal-Free “Turn-On” Fluorescent Chemosensor for Hypochlorite, By Soni, Disha; Gangada, Suneel; Duvva, Naresh; Roy, Tapta Kanchan; Nimesh, Surendra; Arya, Geeta; Lingamallu, Giribabu*; Chitta, Raghu*., The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, New Journal of Chemistry, vol.41, pp.5322-5333., 2017

Non-Invasive Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) Operating Near-Infrared Benzothiazole-(Aza)Borondipyrromethene Based Fluorescent Probes for the Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Ministry of Education - STARS
  • Duration 36 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4200000
  • Status Ongoing

Multi-Dimensional Spectroscopy

  • Role Co-Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Institute of Eminence - University of Hyderabad
  • Duration 39 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 5500000
  • Status Completed

Hexabenzocoronene as a versatile Template for Integrating Panchromatic Photosensitizer-Cheap Metal Catalyst to a Single Platform: A Novel Class of Cost-Effective Catalysts for Efficient Photo-Driven Water Oxidation

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST SERB
  • Duration 40 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 4253590
  • Status Completed

Design and Development of Cost-Effective and Reusable Fluorescent Chemosensors for Sensitive, Selective, and Reversible Detection of Carbondioxide: A viable Approach for CO2 Sequestration

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor NIT Warangal
  • Duration 19 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 500000
  • Status Completed

Cost Effective Zinc Oxide Nanorod – Copper (I) Polypyridine Nanohybrids for Dye Sensitized Solar Cells: Cheaper Alternatives for Harvesting Solar Energy

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor DST SERB Fast Track
  • Duration 32 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 2421600
  • Status Completed

Combinatorial Design of Panchromatic Sensitizers for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Applications

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor UGC FRPS
  • Duration 20 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 600000
  • Status Completed

Mono-dispersed Zinc Oxide Nanoparticle – Dye Dyads and Triads: Characterization of the Early Events in Dye Sensitized Solar Cells

  • Role Principal Investigator
  • Type Research
  • Sponsor Central University of Rajasthan - Seed Grant
  • Duration 17 Months
  • Project Cost (INR) 900000
  • Status Completed


Anjaiah Boligorla

  • Area of Research: Multichromophore Integrated Azaborondipyrromethenes

Srikanth Bandi

  • Area of Research: Benzothiazole-Borondipyrromethene D-A Systems

Vijaykumar Chuncha

  • Area of Research: Multichromophore Functionalized Corrole D-A systems
  • Associate Fellow
  • Best Teaching Faculty at Master’s Level
  • DAAD Fellowship
  • Summer Research Fellowship
  • Faculty Advisor (Continuing from September, 2023)