Education:

1. Bachelor’s Degree : Dibrugarh University (North Lakhimpur College)
2. Master’s Degree : Dibrugarh University
3. M.Phil: Dibrugarh University
4. Ph.D.: Dibrugarh University
5. Other: B.Mus. awarded by Prayag Sangit Samiti, Allahabad in Classical Dance (Kathak)

Professional Experience:

Professor & Head: 01-07-2021- 30-06-2024

Professor:  30-06-2014 to date

Associate Professor:  17-11-2008 to 29-06-2014

Associate Professor & Head:  01-04-2011 to 30-06-2012

Reader: 18-11-2005 to 16-11-2008

Sr. Lecturer: 25-03-2003 to 17-11-2005 ( in Lakhimpur Girls' College)

Lecturer: 25-03-1998 to 24-03-2003 ( in Lakhimpur Girls' College)

Other Academic and Administrative Assignments:

1. Court Member, D.U. Court : 01-04-2011 to 30-06-2012 ; 01-07-2021 to 30-06-2024
2. Member of Research Council, D.U. : 01-04-2011 to 30-06-2012; 01-07-2021 onwards
3. Member of Academic Council,D.U.: 01-04-2011 to 30-06-2012 ;01-07-2021 onwards
4. Member of the Board of Studies of Chemistry Department in 2023: North Lakhimpur College( Autonomous)
5. Member of Academic Council, North Lakhimpur College( Autonomous), 2024

Workshop/Seminar( National/International)

1. UGC Sponsored Orientation course at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 2001.
2. UGC Sponsored Refresher course at Dibrugarh University, 2002.
3. Participated in International Winter School on Chemistry of Materials, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, 12-19 Dec, 2006.
4. Workshop on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, 28^th March, 2008.
5. Workshop on Prospects of Natural Product Research in North East India, Dibrugarh University,13^thMarch, 2009.
6. Presented 21 research papers in National and International seminar.

Awards/Recognition:

1. National Merit Scholarship from Higher Secondary onwards (Govt. of Assam).
2. Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) Best Poster presentation award had been bestowed upon me for the paper presented in the 87^th session in the Pune University.

Event Organized:

1. Joint Convener: National Seminar on “Recent Developments in Synthesis and Catalysis ( RDSC-2017)" held on  10-11 March 2017  in the Department of Chemistry, D.U.

2. Joint Secretary: 1st Alumni Meet on 28^th December 2017 of Chemistry Department.

 

Areas of Interest/ Specialization:    

Specialization- Inorganic Chemistry

Areas of Interest- Co-ordination Chemistry, Catalysis, Nanochemistry

 

Research Projects:

  A.

• Name of the Project: Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Platinum Metals Complexes of Multifunctionalized Phosphino-Amine Ligands
• Funding Agency:  UGC
• Amount: 4.21 Lakhs
• Duration: 01.05 2009-30.04.2012
• Role: Project Investigator
  

  B.

• Name of the Project: Development of Novel Transition Metal Based Catalytic Systems for Cross-Coupling Reactions
• Funding Agency: UGC
• Amount: UGC
• Duration: 01.07.2012 - 01.07.2015
  
• Role: Co- PI
  

 M.Phil Produced: One, in the year 2008

Ph.D. Produced: 11

Ph.D Scholars (Produced/Ongoing)

Sl. No.	Name	Topic	Status (Ongoing /Completed)
1.	Devajani Boruah	Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Platinum Metals Complexes of Multifunctionalized P,N-Donor Ligands .	Degree Awarded
2.	Jayantajit Baruah	Synthesis, characterization and biological studies of some transition metal complexes of mono / multinucleating N, S – donor ligands	Degree Awarded
3.	Hirok Jyoti Borah	Studies on Nanofiltration for Separation of Certain Biomolecules from Some Plant Species of Assam	Degree Awarded
4.	Nebedita Gogoi	Development of Transition Metal Based Catalysts for Oxidative Transformations and Cross-Coupling Reactions	Degree Awarded
5.	Mr. Ujwal Pratim Saikia		Degree Awarded
6.	Mr. Farhaz Liaquat Hussain		Degree Awarded
7	Ms. Samim Sultana		Degree Awarded
8.	Ms. Taskia Rahman		Degree Awarded
9.	Mr.Chandan Pathak	Development of some Transition Metal-Based Catalytic Systems for Organic Transformations and Dye Degradation.	Degree Awared
10	Mr. Rajjyoti Gogoi	Development of Supported Copper and Palladium Catalysts for some Organic Transformation	Degree Awarded
11	Mrs Shikharani Hazarika	Development of some Transition Metal Based Nanoparticles as Catalyst for Industrially Important Organic Transformations	Degree Awared

 

12	Mrs. Kongkona Gogoi	Studies on metal-catalyzed annulation reactions for the synthesis of biologically important heterocycles	Submitted Ph.D. Abstract
13	Abida Begum	Fabrication of Metal Oxides or Graphene Oxide Supported Metal Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications	Ongoing
14	Ms Rashmirekha Nath		Ongoing
15	Nilakshi Deori		Ongoing
16	Abhinandan Neogi		Ongoing

 Post Doctoral Fellow:

1. Dr. Anindita Dewan, Women Scientist Scheme A( WOS-A)-Completed

2. Dr.Shreemoyee Bordoloi,Women Scientist Scheme A (WOS-A)-Completed

Extension Activities:

1.Devasri Das from USTM; Supervised M.Sc. Project Work: Title of the project:''Synthesis and Characterization of a Schiff-base and it's Co(II) complex''.-, 2018.

2.Priyanka Gogoi from USTM:Supervised M.Sc. Project Work: Title of the project:"Synthesis and Characterization of a Schiff-base and it's Fe(II) complex

 

''.2018.

3.Khusboo Rajak from Tezpur University:Integrated B.Sc.B.Ed.-2021

4.Birinchi Kashyap Sarmah from North Lakhimpur College( Autonomous): Supervised M.Sc. Project work, 2022 Ongoing

5. Trinayan Bhuyan from North Lakhimpur College ( auto nomous) : Supervised M.Sc. Project Work, 2022, Ongoing

(Research paper):

           

1. Rajjyoti Gogoi, Rashmirekha Nath and Geetika Borah*,"CTAB-assisted synthesis of reduced graphene oxide supported Pd nanoparticles (Pd@rGO) as a sustainable heterogeneous catalyst for C-2 arylation of indoles with aryl boronic acids", Journal of Organometallic Chemistry, 8 July 2024,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jorganchem.2024.123261.  
2. Shikharani Hazarika and Geetika Borah,"Green synthesis of reduced graphene oxide anchored Fe3O4-Pd hetero-nanostructure: An efficient, magnetically separable and reusable catalyst for Beckmann rearrangement of aldoximes to amides", Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 2023 ( accepted).
3.  Shikharani Hazarika, Pankaj Dutta and Geetika Borah,"Surfactant-free synthesis of Ag@TiO2 and CuO@TiO2 Photocatalyst: A comparative study of their photocatalytic activity for reduction of nitroaromatics in water", Mater. Res. Express., 10, 12th Sept. 2023, 095002.
4. Shikha Rani  Hazarika and Geetika Borah,  Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 36(11)16^th August 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.6864 .
5.   4.  Chandan Pathak and  Geetika Borah*,"Cu2O/CuO@montK10 promoted one-pot synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles through azide-alkyne cycloaddition reaction", Chemical Papers, 2022, DOI:10.1007/s11696-022-02203-2.

6. Rajjyoti Gogoi and Geetika Borah*,” Bio-derived nanosilica-anchored Cu (II)-organoselenium complex as an efficient retrievable catalyst

   for alcohol oxidation" Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 35, 9th Sept.2021, DOI:10.1002/aoc.6416 .

7. Shreemoyee Bordoloi, Rupkamal Chetia, Geetika Borah* and Surajit Konwer*, “Removal of As (III) and As(V) from water using reduced

   GO-Fe⁰ filled PANI composite”, Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research (Taylor & Francis), Accepted 21 June 2021,

   Published Online 23 July 2021, https://doi.org/10.1080/23249676.2021.1948361.

8. Kongkona Gogoi†, Bidisha R. Bora†, Geetika Borah^§, Bipul Sarma‡ , and Sanjib Gogoi†, *”Synthesis of Quaternary Carbon Centered Indolo[1,2- a]quinazolinones and Indazolo[1,2-a]indazolones via C-H Functionalization” Chem. Com., 2021, issue 11, https://doi.org/10.1039/D0CC07419E.
9. Taskia Rahman, Geetika Borah* & Pradip K. Gogoi*,“Activated Mont K10-Carbon supported Fe₂O₃: A versatile catalyst for hydration of nitriles to amides and reduction of nitro compounds to amines in aqueous media”, J. Chem. Sci., 2021 ,  133, 27 , https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-021-01888-4.

    

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10. Nibedita Gogoi, Chimi Rekha Gogoi, Geetika Borah, Pradip K. Gogoi*, “Versatility of magnetic Fe₃O₄ supported copper nanocomposite catalyst towards reduction of carbonyl and nitro compound”, Indian Journal of Chemistry-A,  60A, January 2021, pp. 10-18.

     

    
    
11. Samim Sultana, Swapna Devi Mech, Farhaz Liaquat Hussain, Pallab Pahari, Geetika Borah*, Pradip K. Gogoi*, “Green synthesis of graphene oxide (GO)- anchored Pd/Cu bimetallic nanoparticles using Ocimum sanctum as bio-reductant: an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the Sonogashira Cross-Coupling reaction”, RSC Advances,2020, 10, 23108 - 23120 .
12.  Chandan Pathak, Geetika Borah*,“Green synthesis of Pd@rGO nanocomposite using Piper (Piper nigrum) leaf extract and its catalytic activity towards alcohol oxidation in water at room temperature”, Materials Research Express, 29th Jan. 2020, Vol 6, No.12. 
13. Taskia Rahman, Geetika Borah* & Pradip K. Gogoi*, “Spinel Structured Copper Ferrite Nano Catalyst with Magnetic Recyclability for Oxidative decarboxylation of Phenyl acetic acids”, Catalysis. Letters., 2020, DOI.10.1007/s10562-020-03131-0.
14. Samim Sultana, Shreemoyee Bordoloi, Surajit Konwer*, Geetika Borah*, Pradip K. Gogoi*, “Reduced Graphene Oxide/iron oxide hybrid composite material as an efficient magnetically separable heterogeneous catalyst for transfer hydrogenation of ketones”, Appl. Organomet. Chem., 27th Jan.2020, DOI. 10.1002/aoc.5582.
15. Rajjyoti Gogoi, Rituraj Saikia & Geetika Borah* , “Agro WaDerived Nanosilica Supported Pd(ll) Complex: A Protocol forCopper FreeSonogashira Reaction in Water ”, J. Orgmet. Chem., 2019,  897, 80-88.
16. Samim Sultana, Geetika Borah*, Pradip. K. Gogoi*,   “Mont-K10 supported Fe(II) Schiffbase complex as an efficient catalyst for transfer hydrogenation of ketones”,Catalysis Letters, 2019, 149(8),2142-2157.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10562-019-02810-x.
17. Hirok Jyoti Borah^a, Rajiv Goswami^a, Geetika Borah*^b, Swapnali Hazarika*^a, "Green synthesis of cellulose-supported Pd(0) nanoparticles using resveratrol as bio reductant and their catalytic activity for Suzuki-Miyaura and Heck coupling reaction”, Canadian Journal of Pure and Applied Sciences,2019, Vol. 13, No.1, pp.4685-4698.
18. Farhaz Liaquat Hussain, Geetika Borah, Mrinaly Suri, Dipanka Dutta, Tridip Goswami, Pallab Pahari^*, “A mild aerobic oxidation of benzyl alcohol and oxidative decarboxylation of phenylacetic acid by cellulose supported Ag-Ag₂S Janus nanoparticles”, Catalysis Communication, 2019 ,124,76-80.

19. Taskia Rahman, Geetika Borah*& Pradip K. Gogoi*, “Hybrid composite of CuO with g- C₃N₄  as a photoactive catalyst: An efficient approach for the oxidation of alcohols”, 

    J. Chem. Sci., 2019, 131:4; https://doi.org/10.1007/s12039-018-1581-6
20. Samim Sultana, Geetika Borah*, Pradip.K.Gogoi* ,“ Ru(III) Schiff-bas    complex anchored on nanosilica as an efficient and retrievable catalyst fo   hydration of nitriles”, Appl. Organometal. Chem, 2018  ,DOI: 10.1002/aoc.4595.
21.   Taskia Rahman, Geetika Borah*& Pradip K. Gogoi*,“A Ligand Free Protocol Using Cu(AcO)₂@Mont K-10 as Versatile Reusable Catalyst for Efficient Homocoupling of Arylboronic Acids for Synthesis of Symmetric Biaryls”, J. Indian Chem. Soc.,  Vol. 95, July 2018, pp. 795-800.
22. Nibedita Gogoi, Geetika Borah* &Pradip K. Gogoi^*, “Cu(II) complex of phenylthiosemicarbazone: an in situ Catalyst for formation of C-N bond between different N- based neucleophiles with aryl boronic acids at room temperature” Heteroatom Chemistry, ( Wiley) ,2018, DOI: 10.1002/hc.21414 .
23. Ujwal Pratim Siakia, Geetika Borah and Pallab Pahari," Lewis Acid Catalyzed Activation of Nitriles: A Mild and Expedient Synthesis of 2,4-disubstituted Quinazoline and 1,3-Diazaspiro[5,5] undec-1-ene " European J of Organic Chemistry, ( Wiley-VCH), 2018 ,1211-1217,    DOI: 10.1002/ejoc.201701585 .
24.  Nibedita Gogoi, Geetika Borah^*, Pradip K. Gogoi^*, Tridip Ranjan Chetia ,     "TiO₂ Supported Gold Nanoparticles: An Efficient Photocatalyst for         Oxidation of Alcohol to Aldehyde and Ketone in Presence of Visible    Light   irradiation ", Chemical Physics Letters, ( Elsevier), 2018, 692, 224-231.
25. Jayantajit Baruah, Rajjyoti Gogoi, Nibedita Gogoi, Geetika Borah*, “A thiosemicarbazone-palladium(II)–imidazole complex as an efficient pre-catalyst for Suzuki–Miyaura cross-coupling reactions at room temperature in aqueous media”,Transit Met Chem., 23 August, 2017, DOI 10.1007/s11243-017-0174-4.
26. Jayantajit Baruah,† Kongkona Gogoi,† Anindita Dewan,‡ Geetika Borah,†,* and Utpal Bora‡,*, “Carbothioamide as Highly Efficient Ligand for Copper-catalyzed Room Temperature Chan–Lam Cross-Coupling Reaction”, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc. , 26 September, 2017, DOI: 10.1002/bkcs.11248.
27. Jayantajit Baruah, Devid Kardong & Geetika Borah*, Asian Journal of Chemistry, 2016, vol.28, No.11, pp.2446-2452 ISBN: 0970-7077, http://www.asianjournalofchemistry.co.in/, "Ni(II), Cu(II) and Pd(II) complexes of Anisaldehyde-4-phenyl-thiosemicarbazone: Synthesis, Spectral Characterization and Biological study”.
28. Nibedita Gogoi, Pradip K. Gogoi*, Geetika Borah*, Utpal Bora*, Tetrahedron Letters, 2016, vol. 57, pp.4050-4052, "Grafting of Ru(III) complex on to nanosilica and its implication as heterogeneous catalyst for aerobic oxidative hydroxylation of arylboronic acids”.
29. Nibedita Gogoi, Utpal Bora, Geetika Borah*, Pradip K. Gogoi*, Appl. Organometal. Chem, 2016; DOI 10.1002/aoc.3686, "Rice Husk Derived Nanosilica Anchored Pd(II) Schiff Base Complex: An Efficient Recyclable Heterogeneous Catalyst For Suzuki-Miyaura Cross Coupling Reaction in aqueous media”.
30. Nibedita Gogoi, Porismita Bordoloi, Geetika Borah, Pradip K. Gogoi*, Catalysis Letters, 2016; DOI 10.1007/s10562-016-1937-9, "Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticle by Bio-reduction Method and its Effectiveness as Heterogeneous Catalyst towards Selective Oxidation of Benzyl Alcohol in Aqueous Media".
31. Ankur Gogoi, Anindita Dewan*, Geetika Borah and Utpal Bora*, New Journal of Chemistry, 2015, DOI:10.1039/c4nj01822b,"Palladium salen complex : an efficient catalyst for the Sonogashira reaction at room temperature”.
32. Geetika Borah*, Podma Pollov Sarmah and Devajani Boruah, Bull. Korean Chem. Soc.,vol.36, issue 4, April, 2015, p.1226-1230, "Synthesis and Characterization of Rhodium (I) Complexes with P-N Donor Ligands and Their Catalytic Application in Transfer Hydrogenation of Carbonyl Group ”.
33. Geetika Borah*, Jayantajit Baruah and Devid Kardong, Indian J. of Chemistry, 53A, Dec. 2014, pp. 1520-1525,“Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(I) and Pd(II) complexes of p-anisaldene-thiosemicarbazone: Spectral,electrochemical and biological studies".
34. Anindita Dewan, Utpal Bora, Geetika Borah, Tetrahedron Letters, Vol. 55, issue 10, 5 March 2014, pp 1689-1692, A simple and efficient tetradentate Schiff base derived palladium complex for Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction in water.
35. Kongkona Gogoi, Anindita Dewan, Ankur Gogoi, Geetika Borah and Utpal Bora, Heteroatom Chemistry, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2014, Boric acid as highly efficient catalyst for the synthesis of phenols from arylboronic acids.
36. Anindita Dewan, Zenith Buragohain, Monoj Mondal, Gayatri Sarmah, Geetika Borah and Utpal Bora, Appl. Organometal. Chem. 30 January, 2014, Acetanilide  palladacycle : an efficient catalyst for room-temperature Suzuki-Miyaura cross coupling reaction.
37. J. Baruah, D. Kardong, G. Borah, Bull. Life Sci., Vol. XIX, 03-12, March 2013 (ISSN 0971-5746), Characterization and Antibacterial Study of Synthetic Benzil Bis (Thiosemicarbazone) and its Palladium Complex.
38. Geetika Borah*, Devajani Boruah, Gayatri Sarmah, Saitanya K Bharadwaj and Utpal Bora, Appl.Organometal. Chem. 2013, The Development of Phosphinoamine-Pd(II)-Imidazole complexes: Implication in room temperature Suzuki-Miyaura cross-coupling reaction.
39. Geetika Borah* & Devajani Boruah, Indian J. of Chemistry, 52A, March 2013, pp. 334-341, Ruthenium(II), rhodium(I) and iridium(I) complexes with [p-(N,N-dimethylamino) phenyl] diphenylphosphine ligand: Synthesis, characterization and rhodium-catalysed carbonylation of methanol.
40. Geetika Borah* & Devajani Boruah, Indian J. of Chemistry, 51A, March 2012, pp. 444-452, Coordination chemistry of the multi-funtionalized 3-(diphenylphosphino)1-propylamine ligand with ruthenium(II).
41. Geetika Borah* & Ponchami Sharma, Indian J. of Chemistry, 50A, Jan 2011, pp.41-45, A novel route to size and shape controlled synthesis of DMSO capped ruthenium dioxide nanoparticles.
42. Geetika Borah, Pradip K Gogoi, Aicharjya Borah and Ponchami Sharma, J. of Indian Chem. Soc., Vol.87, Nov.2010, pp.1345-1349, Sol-Gel method of Synthesis and Characterization  of some Mixed-Oxide Nanocomposites.
43. Dilip Konwar, Pradip K Gogoi, Pranjal Gogoi, Geetika Borah, Ruby Baruah, Neelakshi Hazarika and Rituraj Borgohain, Indian J. of Chemical Technology, 15,2008, 75-78, Esterification of Carboxylic Acids by Acid Activated Kaolinite Clay.
44. Pradip K Gogoi, Geetika Borah, Nayanmoni Bharali and Diganta Saikia, Indian J. of Chemistry, 46A, 2007, 1113-1115, Synthesis and Characterization of new Complexes formed by Insertion of Carbon disulphide in RuL3Cl3 (L=PPh3 & AsPh3).
45. Geetika Borah and Tankeswar Bora, Asian J. of Chemistry,16 (3- 4) 2004, 1711-1715, Thermal Studies on Trans Imidazoliumtetrachlorobis-(Imidazole Ruthenate(III) Dihydrate and Rhodate(III) Dihydrate.
46. Geetika Borah and Tankeswar Bora, Asian J. of Chemistry, 16(2) 2004, 659-664, Synthesis and Characterization of some Iridium(III) Complexes with N-Donor Ligands.
47. Geetika Borah and Tankeswar Bora, Asian J. of Physics, 11(1) 2002, 86-90, Spectroscopic Study of some Ruthenium(III) Complexes with N-Donor Ligands.
48. Geetika Borah and Tankeswar Bora, Indian J. of Chemistry,40A (2001), 216-218, Synthesis and Characterization of some Imidazolium Complexes of Rhodium.
49. Geetika Borah and Tankeswar Bora, Proceedings of the 46th Annual Technical  Session, AssamScience Society, 2, 2000, 90-98, Synthesis and Characterization of some Imidazolium Complexes of Platinum Metals.
50. Geetika Borah and Tankeswar Bora, Asian Chemistry Letters, 3(1&2 ) 1999,18-23, Study of UV- Visible Spectra of some Platinum Metals Complexes of Imidazoles.                                                                                                              

 

1. “Platinum Metals Complexes of Imidazoles” Proceedings of the 85^th session of the Indian  Science Congress, 1998.
2. "Synthesis and Characterization of some Imidazolium Complexes of Ruthenium” Proceedings of the 87thsession of the Indian Science Congress, 2000.
3. “Imidazole and Imidazolium Complexes of Ruthenium, Rhodium and Iridium” Proceedings of the  92thsession of the Indian Science Congress, 2005.
4. “Synthesis and Characterization of some Mixed-Oxide Nano Composites”, International Winter  School on Chemistry of Materials, 12-19 Dec, 2006.
5. “Synthesis and Characterization of Ruthenium Oxide Nanoparticles”, Proceedings of the  96^th session of the Indian Science Congress, 2009.
6. “A Co-precipitation Method of Synthesis and Characterization of Size-tunable High-tech Multimetal Nano Oxides” Astracts of the National Seminar on Recent Advances in Chemical  Sciences, 26-27 March, 2009
7. “Synthesis, Molecular Structure, Reactivity and Catalytic Study of Novel Ruthenium(II) complexes with the Multifunctionalized 3-Diphenylphosphino 1-Propylamine Ligand”, Abstracts of the International  Conference on Emerging Areas of Chemistry, Tripura University, Tripura,  ICEAC-2011, 12-14^th Jan/2011.
8. “Synthesis, Molecular Structure and Catalytic Study of Novel Rhodium(I) Complex with the Multifunctionalized 4-(Dimethylamino)phenyldiphenylphosphine Ligand”, Abstracts of the National Seminar on Recent Advances in  Synthesis and Catalysis, Dibrugarh University,   Dibrugarh, 10-12th Feb/2011.
9. “Cobalt(II) and Nickel(II) complexes of anisaldehydethiosemicarbazone with potential biological activity: synthesis, structure and spectral properties”, Abstracts of the National Seminar on Recent Advances in Synthesis and Catalysis, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, 10-12th Feb/2011.
10. “A Simple and Efficient Tetradentate Schiff Base Derived Palladium Complex for Suzuki-Miyaura Reaction in Water", Abstracts of the National Seminar on Recent Advances