DR. NILADRI SARKAR, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION
 Obtained PhD in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Jadavpur
University in the year 2008.
 Qualified in National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2001 for
Lecturership.
 Obtained M.Sc. degree with 1 st class in 2001 from Calcutta
University.
 Obtained B.Sc. degree with Honours in chemistry1 st class in
1999 from R.K.M.R. College, Narendrapur, Calcutta
University.
 
Award and Fellowships
 
 Awarded Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2001) with
more than 90 percentile marks.
 
 Awarded Doctoral research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (CSIR), Govt. of India, on the basis of a nationally
competitive examination (NET-2001).
 Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) at IACS, Kolkata, 2002-2004.
 Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) at IACS, Kolkata, 2004- 2007.
 
Research Experience
Worked on the synthesis of highly functionalized biologically
active natural products as Junior Research Fellow (2002-2004)
Senior Research Fellow (2004-2007) and submitted PhD thesis
titled “Synthesis of Cyclic Compounds with Potential Biological
Activity” in 2007 from IACS, Jadavpur, Kolkata-700032 and PhD
degree was awarded in 2008.
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Publications
 
1. Copper(I) - Catalyzed Intramolecular Asymmetric [2+2]
Photocycloaddition. Synthesis of Both Enantiomers of Cyclobutane
Derivatives - Niladri Sarkar, Abhijit Nayek and Subrata Ghosh,
Org. Lett. 2004, 6, 1903.
2. Factors Influencing Ring Closure through Olefin Metathesis – A
Perspective- Subrata Ghosh, Sarita Ghosh and Niladri Sarkar, J.
Chem. Sci. 2006, 118, 223.
3. Asymmetric induction in copper (I)-catalyzed intramolecular [2 + 2]
photocycloaddition: Synthesis of enantiopure cyclobutane derivatives
- Niladri Sarkar and Subrata Ghosh, Indian J. Chem. 2006, 45B,
2474.
4. A Convenient Approach for Access to Both Carbapentofuranoses and
Carbahexo-pyranoses. Stereocontrolled Synthesis of Enantiopure
Carba-D-ribofuranoses, Carba-D-arabinofuranoses and Carba-L-
gulopyranose- Subrata Ghosh, Tanurima Bhaumik, Niladri Sarkar
and Abhijit Nayek, J. Org. Chem. 2006, 71, 9687.
 
Professional Experience
 
1. Worked as a Lecturer in chemistry in Biochemistry Department,
Gurudas College, Kolkata -700054 from 03.11.2008 to 31.03.2015.
2. Worked as a part time teacher (Govt. Approv.) in Chemistry in
Chemistry Department, Behala College, Parnasree, Behala, Kolkata-
700060 from 28.07.2008 to 31.03.2015.
3. Worked as a Guest Lecturer in Chemistry Department, R.K.M.R.
College, Narendrapur in the year 2010 and taught “Techniques of
Chemical Separation” at PG level.
4. Working as an Assistant Professor in Chemistry Department, Kandi Raj
College, Kandi, Murshidabad from 01.04.2015 to till date.
 
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