Former M.Sc Students:
| Name | M.Sc Thesis Title | Year |
| Ms. Palle Swapna Rao | Synthesis, Characterization and Redox Properties of Ruthenium(II) Phenolato Complexes In Presence of Strong π-Acidic Co-Ligand | 1995 |
| Mr. Ganesh A. Thakur | A New family of Ruthenium(II) Dithiocarbonato Complexes Having 2, 2/-Bipyridine Co-Ligands. Synthesis, Characterization, High Resolution 1H-NMR Spectra and Redox Properties. Electro-oxidation to Ruthenium(III) Congener and Distortion Parameters | 1995 |
| Ms. Kripa Devi Keerthi | Ruthenium(II) Bipyridine Complexes with Modified Phenolic Schiff Base Ligands. Synthesis, spectroscopic Characterization and Electron Transfer Properties | 1997 |
| Mr. Ramanathan Hariram | Paramagnetic Ruthenuin(III) Cyclometallated complexes. Synthesis, Spectroscopic Studies and Electron-Transfer Properties | 1997 |
| Ms. Shilpa K. Kulkarni | Rutheniun(II/III) Bipyridine Complexes with Four-Membered Sulphur Donor Co-Ligands. Synthesis, Metal Valence Preference Spectroscopy and Electron Transfer Properties | 1998 |
| Mr. A. Bharath | Cobalt-Mediated Selective C-H Bond Activation Direct Aromatic Hydroxylation in the Complexes [CoIII(o-O-C6H3(R)N=NC5H4N)2]ClO4.H2O (R= H, o-Me/Cl, m-Me/Cl, p-Me/Cl). Synthesis Spectroscopic and Redox Properties |
1998 |
| Mr. Debdeep Bhattacharya | Ruthenium (II/III) Bipyridine Complexes Incorporating Thiol Based Imine Functions: Synthesis Spectroscopic and Redox properties | 1999 |
| Mr. Prateek U. Jain | The Chemistry of Ruthenium and Osmium Complexes Incorporating Dithio-acid Based Phosphate Ligands | 1999 |
| Mr. Shantanu Karve | Spin State Preference in Octahedral Cobalt(II) System Incorporating Azo-Imine Functionalities | 2000 |
| Ms. N. Renuka | Development of New Class of Ruthenium-Quinone Systems Incorporating α, α/ -Diimine Function | 2000 |
| Mr. Biprajit Sarkar | Dinuclear Ruthenium(II)-Bipyridine Complexes Incorporating Tetrazine Derived Bridging Ligand | 2001 |
| Mr. Ranitendranath Tagore | Development of Dinuclear Ruthenium(II) Phenanthroline Complexes Incorporating α, α/- Diimine Based Bridging Ligands | 2001 |
| Mr. Pijus Kanti Roy | Studies on the Chemistry of Ruthenium-Aminoquinoline Species Incorporating A Stable Free Radical | 2002 |
| Mr. Soumava Santra | Synthesis and Spectroelectrochemical Aspects Diruthenium Complexes Incorporating α, α/- Diimine Based Bridging Ligands | 2002 |
| Mr. Debabrata Maiti | Synthesis, Structure, Spectral and Electron-Transfer Properties of Octahedral-[CoIII(L)2]+/ [ZnII(L)2] and Square Planar-[CuII(L){OC(=O) CH3}] Complexes Incorporating Anionic Form of Tridentate Bis(8-Quinolinyl)amine [N1C9H6-N2- C9H6N3, L-] Ligand | 2003 |
| Ms. Debamita Paul | Stepwise Synthesis of [RuII(trpy)(L)(X)]n+ (trpy = 2, 2/, 6/, 2// -terpyridine; L= 2-(2-Pyridyl)-N-Methyl-Benzimidazole; X= Cl-, H2O, NO2-, NO+), An Example of Moderately Strong Electrophilic Ru-NO+ Center | 2004 |
| Mr. Animesh Nayak | Ruthenium-Tetrazine Complexes Incorporating Ancillary Ligands of Different Electronic Nature. Synthesis, Structure, and Spectro-electrochemical Properties | 2004 |
| Mr. Sounak Sarkar | The Complex Series [Ru(trpy)(dpk)(X)]n+ (trpy = 2,2/:6/,2//-terpyridine, dpk = 2,2/-dipyridylketone, X=Cl- , CH3CN, NO2-, NO+, NO•, NO-): Substitution and Electron- Transfer, Structure and Spectroscopy | 2005 |
| Ms. Chandrani Chatterjee | Development of Moderately Strong Electrophilic Ruthenium-Nitrosyl Center in [Ru(trpy)(L)(NO)]3+(trpy = 2,2/:6/,2//- Terpyridine, L = 3-Pyridyl-5,6-Diphenyl-as-Triazine) | 2006 |
| Ms. Sriparna Mukherjee | Investigation of Mixed Valency in [{(aap)2Ru}2 (μ-L2-)]2+ Complexes, where aap = NC6H4-N=N-C6H4(R) (R = H, Cl, Me) and L2- = 5,8-Dioxido-1,4-naphthoquinone via Spectroelectrochemistry and EPR | 2006 |
| Mr. Arnab Dutta | Investigation of Mixed Valency and Valence State Distributions in Diruthenium(III)-Acetylacetonate Derivatives [{(acac)2RuIII}2(μ-L2-)] Bridged by Large Quinonoid Frameworks | 2007 |
| Mr. Malay Patra | Synthetic, Redox and Reactivity Aspects of [Ru(trpy)(pip)(NO)]3+ Involving Electrophilic Nitrosyl Function (trpy = 2,2/:6/,2//- Terpyridine, pip = 2- phenylimidazo[4,5-f][1,10]phenanthroline) | 2007 |
| Mr. Nirmal Chandra Kangsabanik | Mixed Valency in the Molecular Framework of [{(acac)2RuIII}2(μ-L2-)] (L2- = 2,2/-Bibenzimidazole) | 2009 |
| Mr. Raja Pal | Ruthenium Catalyzed Homogeneous Epoxidation and Water Oxidation Process | 2011 |
| Mr. Tuhin Patra | Electronic Structure of [(pap)Ru(Q)2]n (n= +3, +2, +, 0, -) Incorporating Three Redox Non-Innocent Ligands (Q=3,5-Di-tert-butyl-N-aryl-1,2-benzoquinonemonoimine, pap=2-phenylazopyridine) | 2011 |
| Ms. Garima Mathur | Ruthenium Nitrosyl Complexes in (Ru-NO)6 and (Ru-NO)7 Redox States | 2012 |
| Mr. Tamal Kanti Ghosh | Synthesis, Characterization of Ruthenium Complexes with Redox Noninnocent Ligand and Their Reactivity towards Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes | 2012 |
| Mr. Sudipta Mondal | Ruthenium Complexes of Potential Unsymmetrical Redox Non-innocent Ligand [RuII(trpy)(pio)(Cl)]ClO4, [RuII(tpm)(pio)(Cl)]ClO4; where pio = 9-Imino-phenanthren-10-one, trpy = 2,2' : 6' ,2'' -Terpyridine and tpm = Tris(1-pyrazolyl)metane | 2013 |
| Mr. Sukdev Bag | Synthesis, Structure, Spectra and Electrochemical Aspect of [RuIII(acac )2(HL )], [RuIII(pap)2(L2- )], [RuIII(pap)2(L'2- )]; where acac- = acetylacetonate, pap = 2-phenylazopyridine, H2L = 2,2' -bipyridine-3,3' -diol and H2L' = 2,2' -biphenol | 2013 |
| Mr. Rahul Dev Jana | Diruthenium Complex Incorporating Redox Non-innocent Bridging and Ancillary Ligands | 2014 |
| Mr. Mayukh Bhadra | Iron Catalyzed One-pot Oxidative Esterification of Alcohols | 2014 |
| Mr. Md Asmaul Hoque | Electronic Structural Aspects of 1,4-Diimino-9,10-Anthraquinone Bridged Asymmetric Diruthenium Complexes | 2015 |
| Mr. Shubhadeep Chandra | Ruthenium Catalyzed Efficient Oxidation of Primary Alcohols with Molecular Oxygen | 2016 |
| Mr. Vishal Yadav | Probing Electronic Structures of Ruthenium Complexes Involving Redox Non-innocent Bis(arylimino)acenaphthene (BIAN) Ligands and Their Potential Applications in the Organic Catalylic Reactions | 2016 |
| Mr. Soumyodip Banerjee | Ruthenium-Hydride Mediated Unsymmetrical Cleavage of Benzofuroxan to 2-nitroanilido with Varying Coordination Mode and Non-innocent feature | 2017 |
| Mr. Sourajit Dey Baksi | Diverse Mode of Functionalization of Ruthenium Coordinated beta ketoiminate Analogues | 2018 |
| Mr. Manish Gogia | Ruthenium Chelation Assisted Functionalization of Inert Bonds | 2018 |
| Mr. Puneet Goel | Chelation Assisted Functionalization of Bis(imidazo[1,5-a]pyridine-3-yl)methanides: A Structurally Mimicked -Diketiminate | 2019 |
| Mr. Sugam Singh | Synthesis, Reactivities and Structural Studies on High-Valent Mixed Oxo-Carboxylato [ -O)( -CH3COO)] Bridged Diastereomeric Diruthenium Complexes Involving Oxygen Donating Terminal Ligand | 2019 |
| Mr. Saikat Mondal | Probing Non-Innocence and Intermetallic Coupling Process in Symmetric Diruthenium Frameworks | 2020 |
| Ms. Rupal Baliyan | Oxygenation versus C-C Coupling of Coordinated Bis(heterocyclo)methanides | 2020 |
| Mr. Sachchidanand Vishvakarma | Water Oxidation in the Homogeneous Condition | 2021 |
| Mr. Krishnendu Dey | Varying Binding Mode Directed Selectivity in Anion Recognition by New Class of Monomeric Ruthenium-Indazole Derived Receptors | 2022 |
| Mr. Sarbajeet Chakraborty | On the Question of Redox-Noninnocence of Deprotonated Donor-Acceptor Derived 2,5-bis(2-hydroxy-phenyl)thiazolo-[5,4-d]thiazole on Selective Ruthenium and Osmium Platforms | 2023 |
| Mr. Anuj Shukla | Structural and Electronic Forms of Osmium Azo-Heteroarenes as a Function of co-Ligands | 2023 |
| Hrittik Ghosh | Questions of Noninnocence and Ease of Azo Reduction On the Modified Lawsones Derived Osmium Complexes | 2024 |