Dr. Bidyutjyoti Dutta

Education

Teaching Experience

1. Currently working as Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Murkong Selek College, Jonai, Dhemaji from 1 December 2025 till date.
2. Worked as Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Mohali, Punjab from August 2024 to November 2025.
3. Worked as Assistant Professor on contractual basis, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam from 13 March 2024 to 12 June 2024.
4. Worked as Assistant Professor on contractual basis, Department of Chemistry, Manohari Devi Kanoi Girls College, Dibrugarh, Assam from 7 August 2023 to 12 March 2024.

Administrative Experience

1. Supervising Officer for High School Leaving Certificate (C) Examination 2026 at Jonai HSS from 29 May 2026 to 5 June 2026.
2. In-Charge, Static Surveillance Team (I) of 80 Jonai (ST) LAC from 16 March 2026 to 9 April 2026 in the Election Expenditure Monitoring Cell for Legislative Assembly Election of Assam, 2026.
3. Founder Co-ordinator, MS College Science Forum, Murkong Selek College, Dhemaji from December 2025 till date.
4. President, Dibrugarh University Research Scholars Association for the session 2022-23.
5. President, Assam Students Forum, Rajiv Gandhi University, Assam for the session 2017-18.
6. Worked in an inspection team under Deputy Commissioner of Dhemaji District for physical verification of PWS Scheme under Jal Jeevan Mission-reg.
7. Served as an official in the 21st Convocation of Dibrugarh University.
8. Served as an official in the 20th Convocation of Dibrugarh University.
9. General Secretary, Students Union (Chatra Bharati), Sankardev Vidya Niketon, Dhemaji for the session 2009-10.

Research Experience

1. Worked as Post-Doctoral Fellow (IPDF and NPDF), Department of Chemical Sciences, IISER Mohali from 14 June 2024 to 19 November 2025. Mentor: Dr. Ujjal K. Gautam.
2. Worked as Ph.D. research scholar in organic synthesis and green chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University from February 2019 to June 2024. Supervisor: Prof. Diganta Sarma.
3. Worked on the M.Sc. dissertation project titled BF3.Et2O catalyzed synthesis of tosylhydrazones under microwave irradiation at Rajiv Gandhi University (Central) in 2018. Supervisor: Dr. Lakhinath Saikia.
4. Worked at IISER Mohali on carbon quantum dots under the guidance of Dr. Ujjal K. Gautam from 20 October 2023 to 28 October 2023 and 21 March 2024 to 28 March 2024.
5. Worked as a trainee for 3 months at CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad from 1 September 2018 to 30 November 2018.

Membership of Professional Bodies

1. Member of Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), Membership ID: 750037.
2. Member of American Chemical Society, Membership ID: 33051319.
3. Life Member of Chemical Research Society of India, Membership No.: LM 3311.

Other Experience

1. Technical experience in handling sophisticated instruments including LCMS, GCMS, UV-Vis, FT-IR, NMR, photoluminescence spectrometer, powder-XRD and TEM.

FIP / FDP/ Orientation

1. Completed 28-day UGC Sponsored Guru Dakshata Programme (FIP) under UGC-MMTTC organized by University of Lucknow from 16 January 2026 to 13 February 2026 and awarded A+ grade.
2. Completed one-week FDP on Current Issues and Perspectives of Environmental Remediation: Special Emphasis to Detect and Remediate Micro-plastic and Non-plastic Toxicity, organized by DBT-IBT Hub, Nanda Nath Saikia College in collaboration with UGC-MMTTC, Gauhati University from 17 March 2026 to 23 March 2026.

Workshop / Lecture / Event Organized

1. Organized National Science Day as Co-ordinator in the premises of Murkong Selek College on 28 February 2026.
2. Organized National Science Day as joint-convenor in the premises of Manohari Devi Kanoi Girls College on 28 February 2024.
3. Organized two-day workshop on Thesis and Dissertation Writing and Plagiarism as Organizing President at Dibrugarh University from 4 November 2022 to 5 November 2022.
4. Organized a nine-day workshop Onuxilon 1.0 for the General Paper of NET/SLET/GATE as Organizing President at Dibrugarh University from 1 June 2022 to 9 June 2022.
5. Organized a lecture on Revisiting Coal Science and Technology for Sustainable Development on 11 April 2022 as Co-ordinator in collaboration with Department of Applied Geology, Dibrugarh University.

Courses Taught

1. Chemistry courses at undergraduate level at Murkong Selek College.
2. Organic Chemistry and related chemistry courses as Teaching Assistant/Assistant Professor in earlier institutions.

Laboratory Teaching

1. Laboratory teaching and hands-on training related to organic chemistry, green chemistry and instrumental techniques.

Curriculum Development

1. Curriculum development details can be added here.

Research Areas

1. Organic synthesis and green chemistry.
2. Task-specific ionic liquids as bifunctional catalysts.
3. Synthesis of medicinally important scaffolds.
4. Microwave assisted metal-free synthesis protocols.
5. Carbon quantum dots and nanomaterials.
6. Nanocatalysis and organic transformations.

Awards / Recognition

1. Young Researcher Award by STEM Research Society in collaboration with NIT Jalandhar, Punjab on 5 December 2025.
2. National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by ANRF for 2025-26.
3. Scholarship for presentation in recognition of outstanding presentation by Chemical Society of Thailand at the 20th Asian Chemical Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, 23 June 2025 to 27 June 2025.
4. Inside back cover feature for a research work in Green Chemistry, Royal Society of Chemistry, issue dated 6 May 2025.
5. Institute Post-Doctoral Fellowship (IPDF) by IISER Mohali for 2024-25.
6. CSIR Travel Award for oral presentation in the Rising Star Young Researcher section at the 19th Asian Chemical Congress, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey, 9 July 2023 to 14 July 2023.
7. Best Poster Award in the National Workshop on Science for Society, Sustainability and Environment (SSES-2022), CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam, 24 November 2022 to 26 November 2022.
8. Front cover feature for a research work in The Journal of Organic Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Volume 88, Issue 20, 20 October 2023.
9. SLET-NE 2021.
10. Resource Person on Ionic Liquids in the Student Enrichment Programme organized by Faculty Development Cell of Duliajan College on 1 November 2021.
11. Oil Merit Scholarship in 2011.
12. Anundoram Borooah Award in 2011.

Seminar / Workshop Presentations

1. Presented a poster in the 36th CRSI-National Symposium in Chemistry and CRSI-RSC Lecture Series, Dibrugarh University, Assam, 5 February 2026 to 7 February 2026.
2. Presented an oral presentation in the 20th Asian Chemical Congress organized by Chemical Society of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand, 23 June 2025 to 27 June 2025.
3. Presented a poster in the 34th CRSI-National Symposium in Chemistry and CRSI-RSC Lecture Series, IISER Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 6 February 2025 to 8 February 2025.
4. Delivered an invited talk in the 7th International Conference on Physical Chemistry and Functional Materials (PCFM-2024), Malatya Turgut Ozal University, Turkiye, 16 May 2024 to 17 May 2024.
5. Presented a poster in the 32nd CRSI-National Symposium in Chemistry and CRSI-RSC Symposium in Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, 2 February 2024 to 4 February 2024.
6. Presented an oral presentation in the 19th Asian Chemical Congress, Istanbul Technical University, Turkiye, 9 July 2023 to 14 July 2023.
7. Presented a poster in the International Conference on Recent Advances in Materials Chemistry and Catalysis (RAMCC-2023), Dibrugarh University, Assam, 1 March 2023 to 3 March 2023.
8. Presented an oral presentation in the Annual Seminar, Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University on 6 December 2022.
9. Presented a poster in the National Conference on Science for Society, Sustainability and Environment (SSES-2022), CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, 24 November 2022 to 26 November 2022.
10. Presented a poster in the 29th CRSI-National Symposium in Chemistry and CRSI-ACS Symposium in Chemistry, IISER Mohali, Punjab, 7 July 2022 to 9 July 2022.
11. Presented an oral presentation in the International Conference on Emerging Areas in Science and Technology organized by Royal Global University, Guwahati, Assam on 1 June 2021 and 2 June 2021.

1. Microwave Assisted Metal Free Rapid Protocol for the Synthesis of Quinazolinones in Acidic Ionic Liquid. Filing No./date: 202231034752 dated 17-06-2022. Indian Patent. Status: Published.