Information
- Designation : Associate Professor
- Email : rgnair@phy.nits.ac.in
- Phone :
Research Group
- Solar Energy Materials Research and Testing Laboratory (SMaRT Lab)
Key Notes
- Conference: International - 8 , National - 3
- Journals: 49
- Conferences: 14
- Book Chapters: 3
- Books: 2
- Patents: 2
- PhD: Guided: 10
- Post Graduates: Guided: 21
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PUBLICATIONS10
DOCTORAL STUDENTS2
PATENTS5
PROJECTSAreas of Interest
- Solar Photocatalysis
- Solar Photovoltaics
- Green Hydrogen Production
- Solar Energy Materials
- Surface Plasmon Resonance
- Multiphasic Heterojunctions
- Doped Heterojunctions
- Photocatalytic Reactors
| Institution | Year | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Tezpur University in association with Montpellier University, France | 2013 | Ph.D. |
| Bharathiar University | 2008 | M.Phil. |
| Mysore University | 2006 | B.Ed. |
| Bharathiar University | 2005 | M.Sc. |
| University of Calicut | 2003 | B.Sc. |
Teaching Experience
National Institute of Technology Silchar
National Institute of Technology Silchar
National Institute of Technology Silchar
National Institute of Technology Silchar
National Institute of Technology Silchar
Studies on TiO2-CdS Heterojunction on physiochemical and photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation
Bhushan Kumar
Enrolled: 28 May 2022
Completed :
21 May 2024
Development of Surface Plasmon Resonance Enabled TiO2-ZnO Nanocomposite as an Efficient Photocatalyst
Maurya Suraj Pannalal
Enrolled: 28 July 2022
Completed :
21 May 2024
Studies on the role of binary and ternary heterojunction on photocatalytic performance under solar irradiation
Anand Shankar Malik
Enrolled: 28 July 2022
Completed :
21 May 2024
Studies on the Role of Reaction Parameters on Photocatalyticand Sonophotocatalytic Hydrogen Production
Laldingliana
Enrolled: 28 July 2022
Completed :
22 May 2024
Development and Testing of an Indigenous Continuous Fixed Mode Photocatalytic Reactor for Waste Water Treatment
Abani Mahankur
Enrolled: 3 August 2021
Completed :
24 May 2023
Solving The Chip Component Placement Optimization Problem Using Hybrid Classical Quantum Machine Learning
Somil Sahu
Enrolled: 3 August 2021
Completed :
22 May 2023
Performance Engineering of SnO2 based Dye Sensitized Solar Cell Through Optimization of Dye Loading and Film thickness
Tusar Rakshit
Enrolled: 3 August 2021
Completed :
22 May 2023
Synergy of Plasmonic Silver and Mixed Phase Titania for Improved Performance of Dye Sensitized Solar Cell
Arun Pandey
Enrolled: 29 July 2020
Completed :
24 May 2022
Role of Iron (Fe) dopant concentration on titania phase transformation and photocatalytic performance
Gopika Rajeev Nair
Enrolled: 30 July 2020
Completed :
24 May 2022
Role of Various Photocatalytic Reaction Parameters on Degradation of Dyes using Degussa P25 as Photocatalyst
Mrigendra Yadav
Enrolled: 2 August 2019
Completed :
17 May 2021
Role of A/R ratio on photocatalytic performance of pristine and Cr doped Titania
Amandeep Kour
Enrolled: 2 August 2019
Completed :
17 May 2021
A Study of the Influence of pH on Anatase-Rutile Phase Composition of pristine and doped TiO2
Joshi Pushkar Shrikant
Enrolled: 1 August 2018
Completed :
31 May 2020
Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Continuous Photocatalytic Reactor
Manoj Hazarika
Enrolled: 1 August 2017
Completed :
14 May 2019
Performance engineering of ZnO based nanocomposite photocatalyst for solar energy applications
Moumita Patra
Enrolled: 29 July 2016
Completed :
18 May 2018
Cationic doped ZnO: An efficient nanophotocatalyst for solar energy applications
Riu Riu Wary
Enrolled: 29 July 2016
Completed :
18 May 2018
Design, fabrication and testing of a prototype indigenous photocatalytic reactor along with reusability analyses of some photocatalysts
Pradip Kumar Gupta
Enrolled: 28 July 2015
Completed :
9 May 2017
Engineering ZnO nanostructures for efficient solar photocatalysis
Panchali Malakar
Enrolled: 28 July 2015
Completed :
9 May 2017
CFD Modeling of Immobilized Photocatalytic Reactor for Waste Water Treatment
Kan Deka
Enrolled: 1 August 2014
Completed :
1 May 2016
Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Nano Photocatalyst for Solar Energy Application
Jintu Pathak
Enrolled: 1 August 2014
Completed :
3 May 2016
Effect of pH and Crystallite Phase on Solar Photocatalytic Performance of Titania
Rubi Barman
Enrolled: 1 August 2014
Completed :
3 May 2016
Physicochemical Characterization of Vanadium doped mesoporous Titania for Solar Energy Applications
Abinash Das
Enrolled: 24 July 2013
Completed :
6 May 2015
Visible active titania-chalcogenide heterojunction photocatalyst for solar energy applications
Nisha Banerjee
Enrolled: 12 August 2020
Ongoing
Thin film photocatalysis
Priya Verma
Enrolled: 7 August 2024
Ongoing
Plasmonic Titania based heterojunction photocatalyst for clean energy production and environmental remediation
Trinayana Deka
Enrolled: 28 February 2019
Ongoing
Multiphasic Titania based Heterojunctions for Multifunctional Solar Energy Applications
Pujita Ningthoukhongjam
Enrolled: 25 July 2019
Studies on visible active transition metal doped biphasic TiO2 photocatalyst for solar energy applications
Nikhil S. K.
Enrolled: 26 June 2018
Completed :
17 March 2025
Studies on Magnetically Separable g-C3N4- based Heterojunctions for Solar Photocatalytic Dye Degradation and H2 Evolution
Suma Das
Enrolled: 24 July 2019
Completed :
25 February 2025
Heterojunction photocatalysis
Sarita Jena
Enrolled: 18 July 2023
Ongoing
Plasmonic photocatalysis
Bibek Ranjan Mangaraj
Enrolled: 17 July 2023
Ongoing
Non-metal doped biphasic titania for solar energy applications
Ajoy Kumar Dey
Enrolled: 20 January 2021
Ongoing
Studies on the role of surface morphology and type-II heterojunction on the improved photocatalytic performance of ZnO
Abinash Das
Enrolled: 7 August 2015
Completed :
29 January 2021
A system of designing an indigenous fixed mode continuous photocatalytic reactor with replaceable cartridge type photocatalyst loading
“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”
Germany
Patent
Registration ID, 20 2022 100 004.2
A system of designing an indigenous fixed mode continuous photocatalytic reactor with replaceable cartridge type photocatalyst loading, (**GRANTED**)
A cartridge-type fixed-mode continuous-flow photocatalytic reactor system for efficient wastewater treatment
“A SYSTEM FOR STUDYING AND PERFORMING THE PART-OF-SPEECH TAGGING FOR MIZO LANGUAGE”
India
Patent
Registration ID, 552278
A cartridge-type fixed-mode continuous-flow photocatalytic reactor system for efficient wastewater treatment, (**GRANTED**)
Sl.No: 1
Title Of Research Project: " Development of Visible Active Multiphasic Titania- Metal Oxide Nanoheterojunction Photocatalyst with Enhanced Green Hydrogen Production Capacity and Test its Utility in an Indigenously Fabricated Prototype Solar Photocatalytic Reactor for Large Scale Appl "
Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF
Overall Budget: Rs 4638801
Duration: Jan 24, 2023 - Jan 23, 2026 (3 years)
Status: Ongoing
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Co Principal Investigator: Prof. S. S. Dhar, Dr. A. Biswas
Sl.No: 2
Title Of Research Project: " Energetic Ion beam assisted synthesis of Ag/Au ion implanted Titania/ZnO thin film and investigation of their Utility as Photoanode for Dye Sensitized Solar Cell "
Sponsored By: IUAC
Overall Budget: Rs 675000
Duration: Aug 20, 2015 - Aug 20, 2018 (3 years)
Status: Completed
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Sl.No: 3
Title Of Research Project: " Fabrication and Testing of Tandem Layered Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cell with Elevated Absorption "
Sponsored By: SERB or ANRF
Overall Budget: Rs 2107281
Duration: Dec 27, 2016 - Dec 27, 2019 (3 years)
Status: Completed
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Avijit Chowdhury
Sl.No: 4
Title Of Research Project: " Quantum Dots integrated titania with plenty of heterojunctions and its utility for green hydrogen production: Beyond Proof of Concept "
Sponsored By: CSIR
Overall Budget: Rs 2500000
Duration: Nov 11, 2024 - Nov 11, 2027 (3 years)
Status: Ongoing
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Chinnakonda S. Gopinath, Dr. Avishek Saha, National Chemical Laboratory Pune
Collaborated With: National Chemical Laboratory Pune
Sl.No: 5
Title Of Research Project: " Development of theoretically validated plasmonic multiphasic titania thin film through ion implantation technique and test its performance for green hydrogen generation "
Sponsored By: UGC-DAE CSR
Duration: Mar 07, 2025 - Mar 07, 2028 (3 years)
Status: Ongoing
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Co Principal Investigator: Dr. Subashis Panda, NIT Silchar Dr. Saravanan K., UGC-DAE CSR Kalpakkam Dr. Uday Deshpande, UGC-DAE CSR Indore
Collaborated With: UGC-DAE CSR
| Sl.No | Course Title | Resource Person | Documents | Area | Funding Agency | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Industry - Academia workshop on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Technologies (AMST 2025) | Sustainable Energy | Jan 29 2025 |
