Subjects Taught:

Chemistry (Paper code: BS-CH101 & BS-CH201)
Environmental Science (Paper code: MC-HU(EE)301, MC-401, MC-IT401, MC-EC401, MC-ME481)

Practical Chemistry (Paper code: BS-CH191 & BS-CH291)

Current Administrative Post:

Head of the Department of Chemistry

Superintendent of Ladies Hostel (Marie-Curie Hall)

Educational Qualification:

Graduation: B.Sc. in Chemistry from University of Kalyani (Krishnath College, Berhampore)

Post Graduation:  M. Sc. in Chemistry (Spl: Organic Chemistry) from University of Kalyani

Doctorate:  Ph.D. from Visva-Bharati (A Central University)

Awards and Honours:

CSIR-UGC NET-December, 2008 (CSIR-JRF)
GATE-February, 2009

Career/Faculty Development Program:

1. Orientation Course: OP-NBU-32; 32nd Orientation Programme UGC-HRDC, University of North Bengal during 3rd to 30th November 2017.

2. Refresher Course at UGC-HRDC, University of North Bengal in ‘Recent Trends in Chemistry & Biology’ during 20th August 2019 to 2nd September 2019.

3. One week faculty development programme on 'NBA accreditation and SAR preparation' organised by NITTTR, Kolkata during 24th to 28th April 2023.

4. Refresher course at UGC Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Center, Jadavpur University in ‘Sustainability and Interdisciplinarity in Chemistry’ (RCCHEM 23-24) during 12th to 28th February 2024. 

Memberships:

Society for Materials Chemistry (SMC), India

Research Interest:

Nanotechnology: Synthesis and applications of Nanomaterials

Md. Niharul Alam (researchgate.net) 

‪Prof. Md. Niharul Alam‬ - ‪Google Scholar‬ 

Academia.edu 

Publications: 

1. N. Roy, Md. N. Alam, S. Mondal, I. Sk, R.A. Laskar, S. Das, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Exploring Indian Rosewood as a promising biogenic tool for the synthesis of metal nanoparticles with tailor-made morphologies, Process Biochemistry, 2012, 47, 1371-1380.

2. Md. N. Alam, N. Roy, D. Mandal and N. A.  Begum, Green chemistry for nanochemistry: exploring medicinal plants for the biogenic synthesis of metal NPs with fine-tune properties, RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 11935-11956.

3. Md. N. Alam, S. Das, S. Batuta, N. Roy, A. Chatterjee, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Murraya koenegii Spreng. Leaf Extract: An Efficient Green Multifunctional Agent for the Controlled Synthesis of Au Nanoparticles, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2014, 2, 652−664.

4. S. Das, Md. N. Alam, S. Batuta, N. Roy and N. A. Begum, Exploring Comparative Antioxidant Activity of Some Popular Cultivars of Mangifera indica L., National Fruit of India, International Journal of Fruit Science, 2014, 00, 1–19.

5. S. Das, I. Mitra, S. Batuta, Md. N. Alam, K. Roy and N. A. Begum, Design, synthesis and exploring the quantitative structure-activity relationship of some antioxidant flavonoid analogues, Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2014, 24, 5050–5054.

6. Md. N. Alam, A. Chatterjee, S. Das, S. Batuta, D. Mandal and N. A.  Begum, Burmese grape fruit juice can trigger the “logic gate” like colorimetric sensing behavior of Ag nanoparticles towards toxic metal ion, RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 23419–23430.

7. Md. N. Alam, S. Batuta, G. Ahamed, S. Das, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Tailoring the catalytic activity of Au nanoparticles synthesized by a naturally occurring green multifunctional agent, Arabian Journal of Chemistry, 2019,12,3825-3835.

8. S. Batuta, Md. A. Ali, A. Chatterjee, Md. N. Alam, S. Das, D. Mandal, N. A. Begum, Understanding the efficacy of N,N-dimethylformamide and oxalyl chloride combination as chemoselective O-formylating agent: An unified experimental and theoretical study, Synthetic Communication , 2016, 46, 692-700.

9. Md. N. Alam, S. Das, S. Batuta, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Green-nanochemistry for safe environment: Bio-friendly synthesis of fluorescence monometallic (Ag and Au) and bimetallic (Ag/Au alloy) nanoparticles having pesticide sensing activity, Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 2016, 6, 373-395.

10. S. Das, S. Batuta, Md. N. Alam, C. Fouzder, R. Kundu, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Antioxidant flavone analog functionalized fluorescent silica nanoparticles: Synthesis and exploration of their possible use as biomolecule sensor, Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces, 2017, 157, 286-296.

11. S. Das, Md. N. Alam, S. Batuta, G. Ahamed, C. Fouzder, R. Kundu, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Exploring the efficacy of Basella alba mucilage towards the encapsulation of the hydrophobic antioxidants for their better performance, Process Biochemistry, 2017, 61, 178-188.

12. T. Mallick, A. Karmakar, S. Batuta, G. Ahamed, S. Das, Md. N. Alam, M. Mukherjee, N. Das, D. Mandal, and N. A. Begum, Fluorescent Small Molecules Are BIG Enough To Sense Biomacromolecule: Synthesis of Aromatic Thioesters and Understanding Their Interactions with ctDNA, ACS Omega, 2018, 3, 334−348.

13. A. Karmakar,T. Mallick, Md. N. Alam, S. Das, S. Batuta, S. K. Chandra, D. Mandal and N. A. Begum, Understanding of the interactions of ctDNA with an antioxidant flavone analog: Exploring the utility of the small molecule as fluorescent probe for biomacromolecules, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2018,1165, 276-287.

Conference /Seminar/Workshop attended:

1. International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (January 20-23, 2012), Hotel Taj Krishna, Hyderabad, India.

2. Science Academies’ Education Programmes, Lecture workshop on “Recent Developments in Chemistry” (November 29- December 1, 2012) organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, West Bengal, India.

3. National Workshop on Materials Chemistry NWMC-2013 (November 22-23, 2013) focused on catalytic materials and is being held at Multipurpose Hall, BARC Training School Hostel, Anushaktinagar– 400094, Mumbai, India.

4. National Workshop on Advances in Instrumental Techniques for Nanomaterial Characterization, (March 7-8, 2014). IIUCNN, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam-686560, Kerala, India.

5. National seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Chemistry Research’, 25th to 26th March 2017; Department of Chemistry, Visva Bharati, W.B.

6. International seminar on ‘The History of Science & Technology- A Journey from Metal age to E-age’, 12th March, 2019, Department of Chemistry & IQAC, Alipurduar College, West Bengal, India.

7. One day multidisciplinary International seminar on ‘Education in India: Vedic to Modern Era’ 5th September 2023, IQAC, Government General Degree College at Kaliganj, Nadia, West Bengal, India.

8. International Seminar on ‘Innovation, Expansion, Impacts and Challenges in Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICBS-2024)’ 22nd December 2023, Department of Chemistry & IQAC, Surendranath College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.