Information
- Designation : Associate Professor
- Email : rgnair@phy.nits.ac.in
- Phone : 9401519326
Key Notes
- Conference: International - 8 , National - 3
- Journals: 49
- Conferences: 14
- Book Chapters: 3
- Books: 2
- Patent: 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
Physicochemical Characterization of Vanadium doped mesoporous Titania for Solar Energy Applications
Abinash Das
Enrolled: 24 July 2013
Completed :
6 May 2015
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Effect of pH and Crystallite Phase on Solar Photocatalytic Performance of Titania
Rubi Barman
Enrolled: 1 August 2014
Completed :
3 May 2016
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Synthesis and Characterization of ZnO Nano Photocatalyst for Solar Energy Application
Jintu Pathak
Enrolled: 1 August 2014
Completed :
3 May 2016
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
CFD Modeling of Immobilized Photocatalytic Reactor for Waste Water Treatment
Kan Deka
Enrolled: 1 August 2014
Completed :
1 May 2016
Supervisor : Dr. Agnimitra Biswas
Co Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Engineering ZnO nanostructures for efficient solar photocatalysis
Panchali Malakar
Enrolled: 28 July 2015
Completed :
9 May 2017
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Cationic doped ZnO: An efficient nanophotocatalyst for solar energy applications
Riu Riu Wary
Enrolled: 29 July 2016
Completed :
18 May 2018
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Performance engineering of ZnO based nanocomposite photocatalyst for solar energy applications
Moumita Patra
Enrolled: 29 July 2016
Completed :
18 May 2018
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Design, Fabrication and Testing of a Continuous Photocatalytic Reactor
Manoj Hazarika
Enrolled: 1 August 2017
Completed :
14 May 2019
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Role of A/R ratio on photocatalytic performance of pristine and Cr doped Titania
Amandeep Kour
Enrolled: 2 August 2019
Completed :
17 May 2021
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Role of Iron (Fe) dopant concentration on titania phase transformation and photocatalytic performance
Gopika Rajeev Nair
Enrolled: 30 July 2020
Completed :
24 May 2022
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Solving The Chip Component Placement Optimization Problem Using Hybrid Classical Quantum Machine Learning
Somil Sahu
Enrolled: 3 August 2021
Completed :
22 May 2023
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Studies on the Role of Reaction Parameters on Photocatalyticand Sonophotocatalytic Hydrogen Production
Laldingliana
Enrolled: 28 July 2022
Completed :
22 May 2024
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Development of Surface Plasmon Resonance Enabled TiO2-ZnO Nanocomposite as an Efficient Photocatalyst
Maurya Suraj Pannalal
Enrolled: 28 July 2022
Completed :
21 May 2024
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Studies on TiO2-CdS Heterojunction on physiochemical and photocatalytic performance under visible light irradiation
Bhushan Kumar
Enrolled: 28 May 2022
Completed :
21 May 2024
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Co Supervisor : Dr. Avijit Chowdhury
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
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Multiphasic Titania based Heterojunctions for Multifunctional Solar Energy Applications
Pujita Ningthoukhongjam
Enrolled: 25 July 2019
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Plasmonic Titania based heterojunction photocatalyst for clean energy production and environmental remediation
Trinayana Deka
Enrolled: 28 February 2019
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Visible active titania-chalcogenide heterojunction photocatalyst for solar energy applications
Nisha Banerjee
Enrolled: 12 August 2020
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Co Supervisor : Prof. Asim Roy
Non-metal doped biphasic titania for solar energy applications
Ajoy Kumar Dey
Enrolled: 20 January 2021
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Plasmonic photocatalysis
Bibek Ranjan Mangaraj
Enrolled: 17 July 2023
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Heterojunction photocatalysis
Sarita Jena
Enrolled: 18 July 2023
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
Thin film photocatalysis
Priya Verma
Enrolled: 7 August 2024
Ongoing
Supervisor : Dr. Ranjith G. Nair
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 |
