Highlights of the Group:
The glorious journey of Advanced Materials
Group has started from 1964. At the beginning it was established as Fuel Division for research
in Vertical Shaft Kiln technology for cement making. In 1967, it was converted to Cement Division
for working on Vertical Shaft Kiln (VSK) technology. In 1971 the division was renamed as Silicate
Technology Division for working in the areas of value added silicate materials. The department was
further converted to Inorganic Chemistry Division in 1976, with its areas of research extending to
cement and building materials, iron ore beneficiation and pelletization, oil field chemicals, zeolites,
catalysts and other inorganic chemicals. Later the department added new and exciting research areas like
ores and minerals of North Eastern region, adsorption, clay chemistry, organometallic and coordination
compounds, supported nanometals, nanostructured materials, layered materials, homogeneous and heterogeneous
catalysts. The department was renamed in 1994 as Materials Science Division and from 2016 the group is
rechristened as Advanced Materials Group. The group has taken up research in the fields of nanocomposite
materials, metal organic frameworks, catalysis, small molecules activation and nano oxidic membranes for
water and gas purification etc.
Education : M.Sc. (Chemistry), Ph.D (Materials Science)
Employee ID: ID No. 1081
Email: mrdas@neist.res.in, mnshrdas@yahoo.com
Phone: +91-0376-2370081 (O)
Fax: 0376-2370011
Area of Interest: Graphene-based Nanocomposites, Surface Chemistry, Nanoscience . Personl Website
Education : Ph.D (Inorganic Chemistry)
Employee ID: ID No. 1082
Email: lsaikia@neist.res.in
Phone: +91-0376-2370081 (O)
Fax: 0376-2370011
Area of Interest: Materials Synthesis & Characterization, Clay Materials . Personl Website
Education : M.Sc. (IIT Kanpur), Ph.D (IIT Kanpur)
Employee ID: ID No. 1259
Email: bsaha@neist.res.in, bischem@gmail.com
Phone: +91-0376-2370081 (O)
Fax: 0376-2370011
Area of Interest: Organometallics, Catalysis, Small Molecule Activation, Green Chemistry, Reaction Mechanism . Personl Website
Education : M.Sc. (NEHU Shillong), Ph.D (IIT Guwahati)
Employee ID: ID No. 1306
Email: sandeep@neist.res.in
Area of Interest: Supramolecular Chemistry, Molecular Recognition, Crystal Engineering, Self-Healing Crystalline Materials, Porous Crystalline Materials
Education : M.Sc
Employee ID: ID No. 1244
Phone: +91-0376-2370121 Extn: 2411
Fax: +91-0376-2370011
Area of Interest: Materials Science
Education : M.Sc
Employee ID: ID No. 1148
Area of Interest: Materials Science
Education : M.Sc, Ph.D
Employee ID: ID No. 1150
Phone: +91-0376-2370121 Extn: 2411
Fax: +91-0376-2370011
Area of Interest: Materials Science
Employee ID: ID No. 1072
Phone: +91-0376-2370121 Extn: 2411
Fax: +91-0376-2370011
Area of Interest: -
Ongoing R&D Programs:
Technology Developed & Commercialized:
A. R & D Expertise
B. Equipment Facilities
