Dr. Rupa Pegu
M. Sc., Ph. D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Date of Joining: 02/11/2015
Mobile: +919101699359
E-mail: rupa@biswanathcollege.in / pegurupa06@gmail.com,
Area of Specialization: General Chemistry
Academic achievements (Graduation onwards):
| Name of degree | Year of award | Name of the awarding authority |
| B.Sc. | 2010 | Dibrugarh University |
| M.Sc. | 2012 | Tezpur University |
| Ph.D. | 2020 | Tezpur University |
| NET | 2014 | CSIR-UGC |
| GATE | 2015 | DHE-MHRD |
Teaching experience at UG/PG level (in years):
| Name of the Institute | Total no. of completed years in service | Year of Joining |
| Biswanath College | 05 | 2015 |
Member to the academic/professional bodies:
| Name of the body | Position held | Years in service |
| Women Cell | Member | 04 |
IT skills: Handling of Origin, chemdraw, ACD lab.
Experience of handling sophisticated instruments: UV-vis Spectrophotometer, Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, rotary evaporator.
Professional training programs attended:
| Name of the program | Duration (in days) | Organizing Institute | Year |
| Orientation program | 28 | Ramanujan College, University of Dehli | 2020 |
| Workshop | 01 | Gauhati University | 2019 |
Area of research interest:
- Quantitative and qualitative analysis of phytochemicals present in naturally abundant herbs and their applications as a source of drug development.
- Design and synthesis of optical chemosensors and their applications in the detection biologically importance ions.
Seminar/Symposium/Workshop attended:
- Poster presented entitled “Bis(indolyl) methanes: A selective ratiometric optical chemosensor for fluoride” at an International Conferance on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences, in the Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India, 26-28th Feb. 2018.
- Poster presented entitled “Sensing of Anions via Indole Derivatives: Scopes and Mechanistic Aspects” at Organix-2018 an International Conference in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Assam, India, 20-21st Dec. 2018.
- National Webinar on Covid 19: The Pandemic Of Mistreated Biodiversity and its Impact on Environment. Biswanath College, 12th june / 2020.
- Skycampus– Season 5 on the theme The Future of Skills – Education, Employment & Entrepreneurship. ICT Academy, 11th May 2020.
- Workshop-Science Academic Lecture Workshop on Modern Trends in Chemistry. Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, 20-22nd November 2013.
Research publications:
- Pegu, R., Majumdar, K. J., Talukdar, D. J., and Pratihar, S. Oxalate capped iron nanomaterial: from methylene blue degradation to bis(indolyl)methane synthesis. RSC Advances, 4(63):33446-33456, 2014.
- Pegu, R., Mandal, R. Guha, A. K., and Pratihar, S. A selective ratiometric fluoride ion sensor with (2,4-dinitro phenyl)hydrazine derivative of bis(indolyl) methane and its mode of interaction. New Journal of Chemistry, 39(8):5984-5990, 2015.
- Pegu, R., Guha, A. K., Sarma, B., and Pratihar, S. Pd(II) coordinated deprotonated diphenyl phosphino amino pyridine: reactivity towards solvent, base, and acid. Dalton Transactions, 43(45):17136-17144, 2014.
- Pegu, R. and Pratihar, S. Colourimetric sensing of anions with bisindolylmethane based on donor acceptor interaction: A study based on experimental and computational evidences. Chemistry Select, 1(12):3288-3296, 2016.
- Dutta, M. Mandal, S. M., Pegu, R., and Pratihar, S. PdII/AgI catalyzed room-temperature reaction of γ hydroxy lactams: mechanism, scope, and antistaphylococcal activity. Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82(4):2193-2198, 2017.
- Mandal, S. M., Pegu, R., Porto, W. F., Franco, O. L., and Pratihar, S. Noval boronic acid derivatives of bis(indolyl) mehanes as anti-MRSA agents. Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 27(10):2135-2138, 2017.
- Pegu, R., Pandit, G., Guha, A. K., Das, S. K., and Pratihar, S. Selective detection of fluoride via amplified donor-aceptor interaction of 6H-indolo[2,3-b]quinoline. Spectrochemica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 211:246-253, 2019.
Book Chapters:
- Pegu, R., Borah, R., and Pratihar. S. Synthetic compounds for antifungal chemotherapy. Recent Trends in Antifungal Agents and Antifungal Therapy. Springer, New Delhi, 2016. pp 191-215. (ISBN978-81-322-2780-9)
Seminars/Conferences attended:
- Poster presented entitled “Bis(indolyl) methanes: A selective ratiometric optical chemosensor for fluoride” at an International Conferance on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences, in the Department of Chemistry, Dibrugarh University, Assam, India, 26-28th Feb. 2018.
- Poster presented entitled “Sensing of Anions via Indole Derivatives: Scopes and Mechanistic Aspects” at Organix-2018 an International Conference in Chemistry, Department of Chemical Sciences, Tezpur University, Assam, India, 20-21st Dec. 2018.
Book Chapter:
- Pegu, R., Borah, R., and Pratihar. S. Synthetic compounds for antifungal chemotherapy. Recent Trends in Antifungal Agents and Antifungal Therapy. Springer, New Delhi, 2016. pp 191-215. (ISBN978-81-322-2780-9).