Dr. Snehadrinarayan Khatua

Academic Background:

• Ph.D.: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, 2007 

• MSc: Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India, 2001
• BSc: Midnapore College, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India, 1999

Professional Experience:

1. • Associate Professor:  North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India: July, 2023-Present
   • Assistant Professor:  North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya, India: 2013
   • Fast Track Scientist:  Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India (2012-2013).
   • Alexander von Humboldt Fellow: Universität Siegen, Germany (2009-2011). 

1. • BK21 Postdoctoral Fellow: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), South Korea (2007-2009). Supervisor: Prof. David. G. Churchill

Awards & Fellowships:

• CRS Bronze Medal Award 2024, Vidyasagar University, West Bengal
• Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship, Bonn, Germany: July, 2009.
• BK21 (Brain Korea) Postdoctoral Fellowship, KAIST, South Korea: July, 2007.
• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and SRF, IIT Kharagpur, India: 2002 and 2004.

Fellow and Membership:

• Fellow of the Indian Chemical Society (FICS), Calcutta.
• Life member (Membership no LM 2431) of the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), Bangalore.
• Life member of Chirantan Rasayan Sangstha (CRS), West Bengal.

Academic Affiliations:

• Member of the Departmental Research Committee, Dept. of Chemistry, NIT, Meghalaya (2016-2019).
• Member of the School Board of Chemistry (2017 to 2019).
• Member of the BOS of the Statistics Department (from 2020-2023).
• Member of the BOS of the Chemistry Department (from 2020-2023).
• Member of the School Board of Life Science (2020-2023).
• Member of the MOOCs technical committee, NEHU (from 2022-2024).
• Member of the IPR cell, NEHU (from 2022-2023)
• University SWAYAM Coordinator (from 2023)
• Member, Institutes Innovation Council (IIC), NEHU (from 2023)
• Member, Anveshan, NEHU (from 2023)
• Member of Doctoral Research Committee, Dept. of Chemistry, SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Chennai (2023).

Administrative Responsibilities: 

• Warden of Undergraduate (B.Tech) hostel (Hostel No 19)  2017-2025.

Technical Responsibilities: 

• In-charge of Waters HRMS instrument (Chemistry Dept., NEHU)

• In-charge of Cyclic Voltammetry instrument (Chemistry Dept., NEHU)

Invited lecture in conference/symposia and Chairperson of technical session : 

1.  Invited lecture on “Excited-State Synergy in Heteroleptic Metal Complexes: A Route to High-Performance Sensors and Bioimaging Agents” at SCBIER-2025 during December 4-5, 2025, Mugberia Mahavidyalaya, West Bengal.

2.  Invited lecture on “Ligand-Driven Excited-State Modulation in bis-Heteroleptic d⁶ Metal Complexes for Sensing and Bioimaging” at a workshop on 'Sustainability in Chemical Sciences' (SCS 2025) during December 3-4, 2025, as a part of 'Scientific Social Responsibility', IISER Kolkata.

3.  Invited lecture on “Excited-State Interplay in Heteroleptic d6/d10 Complexes for High-Performance Sensing and Bioimaging, at IACBS-2025 from December 1-2, 2025 IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

4.  Invited lecture on “Triplet Emitting d6 and d10 Metal Polypyridyl Complexes for Sensing and Bioimaging” RAC 2025 held from 30th October -1st November, 2025, NIT Meghalaya.

5.  Chaired a Technical Session at RAC 2025 held from 30th October -1st November, 2025, NIT Meghalaya.

6.  Invited lecture on “Vikshit Bharat” and Bis-Heteroleptic d6 Metal Polypyridyl Complexes for Sensing and Bioimaging on National Science Day celebration, NIT Meghalaya, February 28, 2025.

7.      Invited lecture on “Photoactive d6 metal polypyridine complexes for sensing and biological applications” at National Conference on Luminescence and its Applications (NCLA-2024), held on 28th -30th August, 2024 at Department of Physics, NEHU, Shillong.

8.  CRS bronze medal award lecture on “Photoactive d6 Metal Polypyridine Complexes for Sensing and Biological Applications at CRS Symposium 2024 – Rasayan 19, "Sustainability and Interdisciplinary in Chemical Sciences" (SICS) at IISER Kolkata, 29-30th July 2024.

9.  Presented a poster upon invitation in the brainstorming session in Future Oriented Research Conferences & Exhibitions (FORCE) Interdisciplinary Initiatives in Chemical Sciences (IICS), FORCE–IICS–2023, Hyatt Regency, Kathmandu, Nepal, September 28 – October 1, 2023.

10.  Chaired a Technical Session at Sustainability & Interdisciplinary in Chemical Sciences (SICS-2023) Conference at IISER Kolkata July 13-15, 2023

11.  Invited lecture on “Research fellowship and research grant: Writing report, manuscript and thesis. UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU, Shillong, 6th March, 2023.

12.  Invited lecture on “Publication on research findings: Writing report, manuscript and thesis. UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU, Shillong, 16th February, 2023.

13.  Invited lecture on “Design, synthesis and application of ruthenium(II) and iridium(III)  polypyridine complex-based triplet emitters at CSIT, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, 4th February 2023.

14.  Invited lecture on “Design and construction of triplet emitting d6-metal polypyridine complexes: Sensing and bioimaging application at IISER Kolkata, 18th January 2023.

15.  Invited lecture on “Luminescence tuning of d6-metal polypyridine complexes for sensing and bioimaging” on International Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RTCS-2021), by Indian chemical society, at IIT, Guwahati, December 22-23, 2021.

16.  Invited lecture on “Development on metal complex-based materials for sensing toxic and bio-relevant species” at Refresher course on the theme “Materials Science and Nanotechnology", NEHU, Shillong September 21, 2021.

17.  Invited Lecture at National Seminar and Discussion Meeting on 150th anniversary of Periodic Table (NSDPT-2020), March 13-14, 2020, Dept. of Chemistry, NEHU, Shillong, Meghalaya.

18.  Invited lecture on “Ru(II) and Ir(III) based luminescent probes for bio-relevant species and chemical warfare agents detection” at Interaction Meeting of Alumni and Faculties of Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur 30th March 2019.

19.  Invited Lecture on Development of chemical sensors for bio-relevant species, environmental hazards and chemical warfare agents: Special Summer School in Basic Sciences & Technology, UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU, Shillong, 11th July, 2019.

20.  Invited lecture on “Tuning the luminescence of Ru(II) and Ir(III) complexes for sensing and bioimaging” at RAC-2019, NIT, Meghalaya, October 14 – 15, 2019.

21.  Invited lecture at Modern trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC)–XVIII, IIT Guwahati December 10-14, 2019,.

22.  Invited lecture on Photoluminescent d6-metal complex-based probes for the detection of biorelevant species and chemical warfare agents” at Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS)–2018, IIT Guwahati, December 6-8, 2018.

23.  Invited lecture at RTCS, NIT Meghalaya, Shillong, October 12-13, 2017.

24.  Invited Lecture on Research Methodology: UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU, Shillong, 12th November., 2015.

25.  Invited Lecture on Research Methodology: UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU, Shillong, 14th October, 2015.

26.  Invited Lecture on Publication of Research Findings: UGC Academic Staff College, NEHU, Shillong, 20th August, 2015.

27.  Invited Lecture on Environmental, Biological Problems and CHEMISTRY: UGC-Academic Staff College, NEHU, Shillong, 7th July, 2015.

28.  Invited Lecture on “Molecular Sensors/Probes for Sensing Environmentally Hazardous Ions and Biologically Relevant Species (NTCE-2014), Don Bosco College, Tura, Meghalaya, India. 10th -11th Dec, 2014.