Education:

1. Schooling : JNV Golaghat, Assam.
2. Bachelor’s Degree : D. R. College, University of Dibrugarh, 2008.
3. Master’s Degree : Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Tezpur, 2010.
4. Ph.D.: Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, 2016.
5. Other
   1. CSIR-UGC NET, 2010.
   2. GATE, 2010.

Professional Experience:

• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 01.07.2016 – present.

Areas of Interest/ Specialization:

• Supramolecular chemistry
• Molecular recognitions
• Crystallography
• Metal organic framework and metal clusters

Research Publications:

1. Arobinda Kakoti, Jhorna Borah, Dhurba Jyoti Sonowal, Shrutipriya Devi, Uddit Narayan Hazarika, Surajit Konwer and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Solution and gaseous phase sensing of formaldehyde with economical triphenylmethane based sensors: A tool to estimate formaldehyde content in stored fish samples, Analyst, 2024, 149, 2988.  
2. Jhorna Borah, Arati Chetry, Anisha Pegu, Uddit Narayan Hazarika, Arobinda Kakoti, Pankaj Dutta, Anupaul Baruah, Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Nucleophilicity mediated interactions of ions with sensor: An anion induced BODIPY based chemodosimeter for sensing of CO2 gas, Journal of Photochemistry & Photobiology, A: Chemistry, 2024, 452,15623. 
3. Uddit Narayan Hazarika, Arobinda Kakoti, Jhorna Borah, Rinki Brahma,   Ankur Kanti Guha  and  Kangkan Sarmah  and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Highly conductive three-dimensional metal organic frameworks from small in situ generated ligand, Materials Advances, 2023, 4, 6304-6311. 
4. Arobinda Kakoti, Jhorna Borah, Uddit Narayan Hazarika, Siddhartha Protim Bharadwaj, Pankaj Dutta and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Solvatochromism as a tool to visually recognise wide range of commonly used solvents and inexpensive dye based optical sensor for H₂O, D₂O and H₂O_2, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 2023, 377, 121558.
5. Jhorna Borah, Uddit Narayan Hazarika and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Extending the Chemistry of Reaction between BODIPY and Cyanide Ions: An Application in Selective Sensing of Fluoride and Cyanide Ions, ACS Omega, 2022, 7 (50), 46234-46240. 
6. Jhorna Borah, Aziza Rahman, Anupaul Baruah, Pankaj Dutta and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, 8-Hydroxyquinoline-BODIPY based dual mode pH probe: Intuits acidic and basic environments through two different mechanisms, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry, 2022, 437, 114423.
7. Arobinda Kakoti, Rakiba Rohman, Rahul Kar and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Development of Solution‐and Film‐Based Economical Sensors for Reversible Sensing of Fluoride and Cyanide Ions, ChemistrySelect, 2022,  7 (31),  e202202412.
8. Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Munendra P. Singh, Arnav Bhuyan, and Jubaraj B. Baruah, Cocrystals of Naphthalenediols with Aliphatic Amines and Their Photoluminescence Properties, ChemistrySelect, 2018, 3, 7983. 1.     
9. Prithiviraj Khakhlary, S.Holland, R. L. van Zyl and J. B. Baruah, Potent Anti-Malaria Salts, Co-Crystals and Derivatives of Aminoquinolines with Hydroxyaromatic Acids. J. Pharma Reports, 2016, 1, 111. 1.
10. Prithiviraj Khakhlary and Jubaraj Bikash Baruah, Synthesis and characterization of tri-quinoline based receptors and study interactions with Zn2+ and Cu2+ ions. Inorg. Chim. Acta, 2016, 440, 53. 1.     
11. Prithiviraj Khakhlary and Jubaraj Bikash Baruah, Studies on cluster, salt and molecular complex of zinc-quinolinate. J. Chem. Sci.,2015, 127, 95. 1.     
12. Prithiviraj Khakhlary, C. Anson, A. Mondal, A. Powell and J. B. Baruah, Structural and magnetic properties of oxyquinolinate clusters of cobalt (II) and manganese (II) and serendipitous intake of carbonate during synthesis. Dalton Trans., 2015. 44, 2964.1.     
13. Prithiviraj Khakhlary and Jubaraj Bikash Baruah, Anion-πinteractions in layered structures of salts of 5-(hydroxyimino) quinolin-8-one and related salts. J. Chem. Sci., 2015, 127, 215. 1.     
14. Prithiviraj Khakhlary and Jubaraj Bikash Baruah, Selective interactions of 5-(hydroxyimino)quinolin-8-one with tetra butyl ammonium fluoride and zinc (II) ions. RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 64643.
15. Prithiviraj Khakhlary and Jubaraj Bikash Baruah, Polymorphs and salts of 4-nitro-N-(quinolin-8-yl)benzamide. J. Mol. Struc., 2014, 1078, 188.

Conference Paper

1. S. Holland, R. Van Zyl, Prithiviraj Khakhlary and J. B. Baruah, Antimalarial Properties of Salts and Cocrystals of Aminoquinolines with Hydroxyaromatic Acids. Basic Clin. Pharmacol. Toxicol., 2014, 115,100.

Book Chapter

1. Jhorna Borah and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Optical Chemosensor for Anions: Design and Mechanism (129-145), Research Trends in Science and Technology (2022), ISBN: 978-93-5570-344-6.

2. Arobinda Kakoti and Prithiviraj Khakhlary, Bisphenol: A Multi-purpose Tool, Role of Chemical Sciences in Technology and Development for Sustainability (2020).

Seminars and Workshop:

1. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical and Applied Sciences for Sustainable Future (October, 2021) organized by Hansraj College, Delhi University.
2. Recent Developments in Sciences and Scientific Applications (March, 2020) Organized by IQAC Diphu Government College
3. International Conference of Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (February, 2018) held at Dibrugarh University.
4. National seminar on Recent Developments in Synthesis and Catalysis (March, 2017) held at Dibrugarh University.
5. 20th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry (February, 2017) held at Gauhati University.
6. National Workshop on Crystallography Education (November, 2014) held at Gauhati University.
7. 5th Symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (December, 2013) held at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.
8. 14th National Workshop on Catalysis (December, 2009) held at Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University.
9. Frontier Lecture Series organized by JNCASR Bangalore (November, 2009) held at Tezpur University.
10. Summer School on Green Chemistry (June, 2009) sponsored by DST, New Delhi, held at Tezpur University.

1. Core 103 (Spectroscopy-I): Semester-I
2. DSE 104 (Physical lab I): Semester-I
3. AEC 105 (XRD, UV, IR & BET): Semester-I
4. Core 203 (Surface Chemistry): Semester-II
5. DSE 204 (Physical lab II): Semester-II
6. GE 205 (Polymer materials): Semester-II
7. Core 303 (Chemical Kinetics & Catalysis): Semester-III
8. DSE 304 (Physical lab III): Semester-III
9. Core 405 (Non-equilibrium thermodynamics): Semester-IV

1. DST-SERB, EMEQ project: Design and synthesis of electrically conductive metal organic hybrids: A promising next generation conducting materials. Sanctioned amount: 40.59 lakh (2019-2022).