^Faculty Profile

Personal Details

Academic background: M. Sc, Ph.D.
Joined WBES on: 10/02/1986
Joined Bidhannagar College on: 01/08/2013
Number of Publications: 27 (Twenty Seven)
Mobile: 9874647505
Email: nr_pramanik@yahoo.co.in
URL of Google Scholar/Research Gate/ORCID/Personal Website:
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Name of the Colleges served till date

1. Taki Government College
2. Presidency College
3. Darjeeling Government College
4. Chandernagore College
5. Bidhannagar College

Areas of Specialization

1. Physical Chemistry

Areas of Teaching

1. Chemistry (UG and PG)

Areas of Research Interests

1. Coordination Chemistry
2. Crystal structures
3. Cyclic Voltammetry
4. Protein Interaction
5. Catalytic activities
6. Spectroscopy
7. Kinetic study

List of Publications (Journal/Proceedings)

1. Studies on the Reaction of Oxomolybdenum(V) Ion using 2-(2/-Quinolyl) benzimidazole as a Potential Ligand. S.S.Mandal*, P.C.Ghorai, N.R.Pramanik, T.K.Raychaudhuri, J.Indian Chem.Soc. 74 (1997) 212.
2. Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of Oxomolybdenum (VI) and (IV) complexes of some tridentate ONS donor ligands. Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri, Sibdas Ray, Ray J. Butcher and Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal*, Polyhedron, 23 (2004) 1595.
3. Chemical, Electrochemical and structural studies of some cis-dioxomolybdenum (VI) complexes of two tridentate ONS chelating ligands Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik , Saktiprosad Ghosh , Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri Siddhartha Chaudhuri , Mike G.B Drew , Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal *, J.Coord.Chem. 60 (2007) 2177.
4. Magnetic Field Effect on Photoinduced Electron Transfer between[Cu(phen)2]2+ and DNA. Debarati Dey, Adity Bose, Nikhil Pramanik, and Samita Basu*, J.Phys.Chem. A 112 (2008) 3943.
5. Exploring the Mechanism of Electron Transfer between DNA and a Ternary Copper Complex. Debarati Dey, Nikhil R. Pramanik, and Samita Basu*. J.Phys.Chem.B 113 (2009) 8689.
6. Synthesis and characterization of oxothiomolybdenum (VI) complexes of some ONS chelating ligands by in situ oxo removal and sulphido insertion in the corresponding dioxomolybdenum (VI) complexes. Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik , Saktiprosad Ghosh , Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal*. J.Indian Chem.Soc.86 (2009), 564.
7. Synthesis, Chemical and Electrochemical studies of Oxomolybdenum(IV) Complexes with two tridentate ONS donor ligands Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik , Saktiprosad Ghosh , Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal*. J.Coord.Chem. 62 (2009), 3845.
8. The absorption and emission characteristics of some dithiocarbazate ligands and their MoVI complexes. Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Jayanta Ray, Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal*. J.Ind.Chem.Soc, 88 (2011), No.4, 531.
9. Synthesis, Chemical, Electrochemical and Structural Characterization of Binuclear Dioxo Bridged Molybdenum (VI) Complexes of Tridentate ONS Donors. Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri, Ray J. Butcher, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal*, J.Coord.Chem. 64 (2011), issue-7, 1207.
10. Synthesis, chemical, electrochemical characterization of oxomolybdenum(V) complexes of 2-(3,5-dimethyl pyrazol-1-yl) benzthiozole ligand. Crystal structure of ligand and oxomolybdenum(VI) complex and density functional theory ( DFT) calculation. Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri, Mike G.B Drew , Tapan Kumar Mondal and Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 383 (1012) 60.
11. Synthesis, characterization, crystal structure and density functional theory (DFT) calculation of dioxomolybdenum (VI) complexes of ONS donor ligand derived from benzoylacetone and S-benzyl dithiocarbazate Manashi Chakraborty, Sathi Roychowdhury, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri, Tapan Kumar Mondal, Subhankar Kundu, Michael G.B Drew, Saktiprosad Ghosh, and Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal.* Polyhedron, 50 (2013) 602.
12. Dimer formation by symbiotic donor-acceptor interaction between two molecules of a specially designed dioxomolybdenum(VI) complex containing both donor and acceptor centers – a structural, spectroscopic and DFT study Sathi Sinha , Manashi Chakraborty , Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri, Tapan Kumar Mondal, Deblina Sarkar, Michael G.B Drew, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal* and Saktiprosad Ghosh* Polyhedron, 55 (2013) 192.
13. Synthesis, characterization and oxo-transfer kinetics of oxomolybdenum (IV) complexes with two tridentate ONS donor Schiff’s base ligands derived from benzoylacetone and S- benzyl / S-methyl dithiocarbazate Manashi Chakraborty, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Sathi Sinha, Dilip Maji, Debanjana Biswal, Syamal Chakrabarti, Tapas Kumar Raychaudhuri , Saktiprosad Ghosh, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal*, J. Indian Chem. Soc. 91 (2014) 2063-2072.
14. Binuclear dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes of some tridentate ONS donor ligand containing [MoO2]2+ as the acceptor centre: Synthesis, crystal structure, supramolecular architectures via hydrogen bonds, π-π stacking and DFT calculations Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Manashi Chakraborty, Debanjana Biswal, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal*, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Syamal Chakrabarti, William S. Sheldrick, Michael G.B Drew, Tapan Kumar Mondal and Deblina Sarkar, Polyhedron, 85 (2015) 196-207.
15. Lewis base controlled supramolecular architectures via non-covalent interactions of dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with an ONS donor ligand: DFT Calculations and Biological Study Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Syamal Chakrabarti*, Nirmalya Chakraborty, Krishnendu Acharya, Sudhanshu Sekhar Mandal, Saktiprosad Ghosh, Michael G.B Drew, Tapan Kumar Mondal and Sujan Biswas, New J. Chem., 39 (2015) 2778-2794.
16. Supramolecular frameworks of binuclear dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with ONS donor ligands using 4,4'-azopyridine as a pillar: crystal structure, DFT calculations and biological study Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Syamal Chakrabarti*, Michael G.B Drew, Payel Mitra, Krishnendu Acharya, Sujan Biswas and Tapan Kumar Mondal, New J. Chem., 39 (2015) 8681-8694.
17. New pillared dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with ONS donor ligands and 4,4'- azopyridine spacer: 3D metal-organic supramolecular architectures and DFT calculations Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Syamal Chakrabarti*, Michael G.B Drew, Inorg. Chim. Acta, 451 (2016) 92–101.
18. New polymeric, dimeric and mononuclear dioxidomolybdenum(VI) complexes with an ONO donor ligand: crystal structures, DFT calculations, catalytic performance and protein binding study of the ligand Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Syamal Chakrabarti*, Michael G. B. Drew, Bithika Sarkar, Mannar R. Maurya, Sanjib K. Mukherjeee and Pramit Chowdhury, New J. Chem., 41 (2017) 4137.
19. Syntheses, crystal structures, DFT calculations,protein interaction and anticancer activities of water soluble dipicolinic acid-imidazole based oxidovanadium(IV) complexes Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*,Syamal Chakrabarti* ,Michael G. B. Drew, Krishnendu Acharya and Swarnendu Chandra, Daltan Transactions, 46 (2017) 16682.
20. New mononuclear and binuclear oxomolybdenum(V) complexes containing N-N chelator: Syntheses, DFT calculations, interaction with BSA protein and in vitro cytotoxic activity Malini Roy, Debanjana Biswal, Oiendrilla Sarkar, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik,⁎ Michael G.B. Drew, Pritam Sadhukhan, Mousumi Kundu, Parames C. Sil, Syamal Chakrabarti,⁎ Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry, 199 (2019) 110755.
21. Characterization and Inception of a Triterpenoid Astrakurkurol, as a Cytotoxic Molecule on Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells, Hep3B Sudeshna Nandi, Swarnendu Chandra, Rimpa Sikder, Saurav Bhattacharya, Manisha Ahir, Debanjana Biswal, Arghya Adhikary, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Tapan Kumar Lai, Michael G. B. Drew, and Krishnendu Acharya, Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 67 (2019) 7660-7673.
22. Synthesis, crystal structure, DFT calculations, protein interaction, anticancer potential and bromoperoxidase mimicking activity of oxidoalkoxidovanadium(V) complexes Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Michael G. B. Drew, Nancy Jangra, Mannar R. Maurya, Mousumi Kundu, Parames C. Sil and Syamal Chakrabarti*, New J. Chem., 43 (2019) 17783.
23. The vital role of ditopic N–N bridging ligands with different lengths in the formation of new binuclear dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes: synthesis, crystal structures, supramolecular framework and protein binding studies Debanjana Biswal, Malini Roy, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Suvendu Paul, Michael G. B. Drew and Syamal Chakrabarti*, New J. Chem., 2020, 44, 16645.
24. Synthesis, characterization, DFT calculations, protein binding and molecular docking studies of mononuclear dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with ONS donor ligand Malini Roy, Debanjana Biswal, Oiendrilla Sarkar, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Suvendu Paul, Chandan Kumar Manna, Tapan Kumar Mondal, Syamal Chakrabarti*, Journal of Molecular Structure, 2021, 1234, 130192.
25. Structural elucidation, DFT calculations and catalytic activity of dioxomolybdenum(VI) complexes with N-N donor ligand: Role of halogen atom coordinated to the molybdenum centre Malini Roy, Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Michael G.B. Drew, Suvendu Paul, Payal Kachhap, Chanchal Haldar, Syamal Chakrabarti* Polyhedron 2021, 200, 115144.
26. Oxidative stress imposed in vivo anticancer therapeutic efficacy of novel imidazole-based oxidovanadium (IV) complex in solid tumor Noyel Ghosh, Sharmistha Chatterjee, Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik, Syamal Chakrabarti, Parames C. Sil*, Life Sciences, 2022, 301, 120606.
27. Structural exploration and protein binding efficiencies of binuclear dioxidomolybdenum(VI) complexes constructed from ONO chelator and linear N-N ditopic spacer Oiendrilla Sarkar, Malini Roy, Debanjana Biswal, Nikhil Ranjan Pramanik*, Suvendu Paul, Michael G.B. Drew, Syamal Chakrabarti*, Chemistry Select (Accepted on 24.06.2022).

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