Dr. Ashish Kumar Sahoo

About Me
Dr. Ashish Kumar Sahoo completed her M.Sc. from Utkal University,
Bhubaneswar and Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He is working as
Assistant Professor in the Department of chemistry, School of Applied
Sciences, since 2017. His research focused upon synthesis of
semiconducting nanomaterials with diverse morphology and their
composites with conducting polymers and graphene, for exploration of
their application in environmental remediation. He is associated with
professional body INCAS.
AREA OF INTEREST
Semiconducting nanomaterials, graphene composite, polymer
composites, water remediation, graphene based dyes,
Courses Taught
• Industrial Pollution and its Management (CUTM1419)
• Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (CUTM1469)
• Applied Analytical Chemistry (CUTM1008)
• General Chemistry (CUFS1035)
• Analytical Techniques (CUTM 1426)
• Spectroscopy (CUTM1482)
• Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy (CUTM1480)
• Basic Analytical Chemistry (CUTM 3149)
• Group Theory and Spectroscopy (CUNT2472)
Courses Developed
• Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding (CUTM1469)
• Quantum Chemistry and Spectroscopy (CUTM1480)
• Basic Analytical Chemistry (CUTM 3149)
• Group Theory and Spectroscopy (CUNT2472)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE 10 years
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE: 6 years
ADMINISTRATIVE/EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE
• 2 years as Alumni Coordinator, 1 years as Laboratory-in-Charge,
1 years as Research Coordinator.
• Currently HoD Department of Chemistry, School of Applied
Sciences.
RESEARCH GUIDANCE: 15 (M.Sc. Students), 1 MPhill Student.
Publications ……
 CuO Nanorods: A potential and Efficient Adsorbent in Water Purification,
Prasanta Kumar Raul, Samarpita Senapati, Ashish Kumar Sahoo, Iohborlang
M Umlong, Rashmi Rekha Devi, RSC Advances, 2014,4.40580-40587 (IF:3.7)
 Graphene composites of CdS and ZnS nanoparticles for effective water
purification. Ashish Kumar Sahoo, Suneel Kumar Srivastava, Prasanta Kumar
Raul, Ashok Kumar Gupta and Rajneesh Srivastava. Journal of Nanoparticle
Research, 2014, 16, 2473-2480. (IF: 2.17)
 Controllable Architecture of CdS and CuS by Single Source Precursor Mediated
Approach and their Photocatalytic Activity Ashish K. Sahoo and Suneel K.
Srivastava. Journal of Nanoparticle Research, 2013, 15, 1591-1605. (IF: 2.17)
 Morpholine-4-Carbodithioate Se and Te Complex as Single Source Precursor for
Synthesis of Se and Te with Diverse Morphologies, Ashish K. Sahoo and Suneel
K. Srivastava, Crystal Growth and Design, 2011, 11, 1597-1606. (IF: 4.72)
 Reinforcement of Ball Shaped MoS2 Nanoparticles in Epoxy Resin, S. K.
Srivastava, A.K. Sahoo, K. Bindumadhavan, S.K. Manu, B. B. Nayak. K. Biswas.
A. K. Saxena and R. Singh, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2010,
10(12), 8171-8179. (IF: 2.02)
 Hydrothermal Synthesis of PbTe Nanorods Using Different Templates, A. K.
Sahoo and S. K. Srivastava, Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2010
10, 4921-4928. (IF: 2.02)
 Photocatalytic Properties of Wet Chemically Fabricated ZnS powders,
A. K. Sahoo and E.C. Tripathy, Sodh Sarita, 2019, 7, 28-32.
 Antibacterial Properties of Simple Chemically Fabricated
ZnS/Graphene Composite, A. K. Sahoo and E.C. Tripathy,Bioscience
Biotechnology Research Communications,2020, 13, 14.
 A Facile Wet Chemical Approach towards CuS and its Graphene Composite and
Determination of their Dye Degradation Efficiency Arpita Biswal, Punyatoya
Upadhyaya, Sheetal Pradhan, Swarnalata Pradhan, Ashish Kumar Sahoo Indian
Journal of Natural Sciences, Volume 10, Year 2020
 Soft Template Mediated Approach towards PbS Nanoparticles and
Application Ashish Kumar Sahoo, Indian Journal of Natural
Sciences 2020/11/28441-28448
COMPOSITE
Book Chapter …
• Carbon Nanotube-Polymer Nanocomposites: Basic Concepts and
Introductions, A.K. Sahoo, Springer Nature, 2024.
• Advanced Techniques For Fabricating Good Quality Graphene,IIP
Series, 2024 Volume 3,
Patent Published .
BIOGAS LEAKAGE DETECTING DEVICE, Mr. Prasanta Kumar Mishra
Dr. Susanta Kumar Biswal, Dr. Ashish Kumar Sahoo, Mr. Prakash Kumar
Sahoo, Patent number: 6315163, Publication date: 26/09/2023.
Conferences and Symposiums .. …….
 Participated and presented poster entitled “Development and Characterization
of Inorganic Nanostructures and Polymer Nanocomposites” in one day ACS
on campus held at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur on 26th November
2013.
 Presented poster entitled “Tribological and Mechanical Reinforcement of
Epoxy-Polysulphide Matrix by Ball Shaped MoS 2”, in 4 day (18 th to 21st Dec.
2011) International Symposium at New Delhi (ICNANO-2011).
 Presented poster entitled, “Surfactant, Biomolecule-Assisted, and Complex
Precursor Mediated Solvothermal Approach to Elemental Se and Te with
Diverse Morphologies” in Diamond Jubilee (International) Symposium on
Recent Trends in Chemistry, organized by Dept. of Chemistry Indian Institute of
Technology Kharagpur (21st to 23 rd Oct. 2011).
 Participated in 6th One-day National Symposium, 2008 organised by Dept. of
Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (8th Nov. 2008).