Interested Topics

• Synthetic inorganic/Organometallic chemistry/Homo- and Heterogeneous Catalysis
• Chiral Transition Metal Complexes and Asymmetric Catalysis
• Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
• Composites of Graphene and Graphene Oxide
• Metal Catalysed Organic Synthesis
• Green Chemistry

Honors

• 1975-1978 - National Scholarship
• 1978-1979 - Meritorious Scholarship
• 1979-1981- National Loan Scholarship
• 1981-1985 - Centre of Advanced Studies Fellowship, University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India
• 1986-1990 - Australian National University, Canberra (Australia) Ph.D. Fellowship
• 1991-1996 - Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) and DTI Link Post-doctoral at the University of Sheffield, United Kingdom
• 1996-1997 - Senior Scientist, Managerial III, at Ranbaxy Research Laboratories, Gurgaon,  Haryana, India
• 1997-1998 - Scientist Pool Officer (Senior Research Associate), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi
• 2005-2006 - Award of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Fellowship at the Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India
• Member, American Chemical Society
• Life Member, Indian Science Congress
• Life Member, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata.
• Life Member, Indian Council of Chemists (ICC)
• Associate Life Member, International Congress of Chemistry & Environment(A.I.C.C.E.)
• Nominee of Department of Science and Technology (DST) for Sophisticated Analytical Instrument facility (SAIF),  CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute,  Lucknow, India from 2014 onward.

International Collaborations

•    Dr. Rakesh Ganguly (Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore 639798): Single crystal X-Ray studies.
• Dr. Nercmi DEGE (University of Ondokuzmayıs Science Faculty Department of            

    Physics Samsun TURKEY): Single crystal X-Ray studies.

National Collaborations

•    Dr Om. P. Khatri (CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, India: Graphene and Graphene Oxide composites in Catalysis
•   Prof. M. Lakshmi Kantam, Ex-Director, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, India: Homo- and Heterogeneous Catalysis
•  Dr. Manish Kumar Jha, CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML), Jamshedpur,         India: Recovery of Precious Metals From Small Electronic Devices
•  Dr. P. K. Roychowdhury, Associate Director, TCG Lifescineces/Chembiotek, Kolkata, India: Synthetic and Analytical Chemistry

 Editorships

• International reviewer of several national/international journals of Royal Society of Chemistry, American Chemical Society, Elsevier, Springer etc.

Publications as an Author and Co-author

1. “Palladium nanoparticles immobilized on a magnetic Chitosan-anchored Schiff base: Application in Suzuki-Miyaura and Heck-Mizoroki coupling reactions”,Anuradha, S. Kumari, S. Layek, and D. D. Pathak, New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 5595-6604.

2. “[Zn(L-proline)2] catalyzed one-pot green synthesis of propargylamines under solvent-free condition”S. Layek, B. Agrahari, S. Kumari, Anuradha, and D. D. Pathak, App. Organomet. Chem. 2017(under review)

3. “Synthesis and Characterization of a new Pd(II)-Schiff base complex [Pd(APD)2]: An efficient and recyclable catalyst for Mizoroki-Heck and Suzuki-Miyaura reactions”,S. Layek, Anuradha, B. Agrahari and D. D. Pathak, J. Organomet. Chem, 2017,846, 105-112.

 4. “Chitosan-supported Copper(II)-Schiff base complexes: Applications in synthesis of 5-substituted 1Htetrazoles and oxidative homo-coupling of terminal alkynes” Anuradha, S. Layek, B. Agrahari and D. D. Pathak, Chemistry Select, 2017 (accepted, Manuscript number: slct.201701252R5, in Press)

5. Synthesis, crystal structure, and application of two new pincer type palladium(II)-Schiff base complexes in C-C cross coupling reactions B. Agrahari, S. Layek, Anuradha, R. Ganguly and D. D. Pathak, Inorganica Chimica Acta. 2017(Under review)

6. “Synthesis, spectroscopic and single crystal X-ray studies on three new mononuclear Ni(II) pincer type complexes: DFT calculations and their antimicrobial activities”, S. Layek, B. Agrahari, A. Tarafdar, C. Kumari, Anuradha, , R. Ganguly and Devendra D. Pathak, J. of Mol. Struct.2017, 1141, 428-435

7. “Room-Temperature In-Situ Design and Use of Graphene Oxide-SBA-16 Composite for Water Remediation and Reusable Heterogeneous Catalysis”, H. Chaudhuri, S. Dash, R. Gupta, D. D. Pathak, and A. Sarkar, Chem. Select, 2017, 2, 1835-1842.

8. “Template-free single pot synthesis of SnS2@Cu2O/ reduced graphene oxide (rGO) nanoflowers for high performance super capacitors” G. Hatui,  G. C. Nayak, G. Udayabhanu, Y. K. Mishrab and D. D. Pathak, New J. Chem., 2017, 41, 2702-2716.

9. “Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of Cu(II) complex of trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine: Application in synthesis of symmetrical biaryls”, B. Agrahari, S. Layek, S. Kumari, Anuradha, R. Ganguly and D. D. Pathak, J. of Mol. Struct.2017, 1134, 85-90.

10. “Chitosan supported Zn(II) mixed ligand complexes as heterogeneous catalysts for one-pot synthesis of amides from ketones via Beckmann rearrangement”, Anuradha, S. Kumari, S. Layek and D. D. Pathak, J. of Mol. Struct. 2017, 1130, 368-373.

11. “Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of a diketone based Cu(II) complex and its catalytic activity for the synthesis of 1,2,3-triazoles”, S. Layek, S. Kumari, Anuradha, B. Agrahari, R. Ganguly and D. D. Pathak, Inorg. Chim. Acta 2016, 453, 735-741.

12. “Graphene oxide-TiO2 composites: an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for the green synthesis of pyrazoles and pyridines”, K. Shweta, S. Amiya and Pathak, D. D., New J. Chem., 2016 , 40, 5053-5060.

13. “Synthesis and characterization of Cu(II) Schiff base complex immobilized on graphene oxide and its catalytic application in the green synthesis of propargylamines”, K. Shweta, S. Amiya and Pathak, D. D., RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 15340-15344.

14. “Recovery of copper and recycling of acid from the leach liquor of discarded Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs)”, Choubey P. K., Panda, R., Jha, M. K. Lee, J.-C. and Pathak, D.D. Sep. Purif. Technol., 2015,156, 269-275.

15. “Synthesis and development of Chitosan anchored copper(II) Schiff base complexes as heterogeneous catalysts for N-arylation of amines”, Anuradha, K. Shweta, Pathak, D. D., Tetrahedron Letters, 2015, 56, 4135–4142.

16. “Graphene oxide supported MnO2 nanorods: an efficient heterogeneous catalyst for oxidation of aromatic amines to azo-compounds”, K. Shweta, S. Amiya and Pathak, D. D., RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 61187-61192.

17. “Metal-free one-pot synthesis of amides using graphene oxide as an efficient catalyst”, K. Shweta, S. Amiya, M. P. Harshal, K. P. Om and Pathak, D. D., RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 41690-41695.

18. “Ultrasound-Promoted Synthesis of 9-Aryl-l,8-dioxo-octahydroxanthenes Using TiO2 as a Cheap and Reusable Catalyst”, K. Shweta, S. Amiya and Pathak, D. D., Chem. Sci. Trans., 2014, 3(2) 652-663.

19. “A New Catalyst and Solvent-free Green Synthesis of α-Hydroxy Phosphonates and α-Amino Phosphonates”, K. Shweta, S. Amiya and Pathak, D. D., Chem. Sci. Trans., 2014, 3(1) 45-54.

20. “Multi-Nuclear NMR Investigation of Nickel(II), Palladium(II), Platinum(II) and Ruthenium(II) Complexes of an Asymmetrical Ditertiary Phosphine”, Gerald Joe. J. R., Pathak, D. D.; Kapoor, P. N. J. Korean Chem. Soc. 2013, Vol. 57, 726-730.

21. “Chloro(ƞ3-allyl)dicarbonylmolybdenum(II) Complexes of Some Chiral and Achiral  Ditertiaryphosphines”,

Gerald Joe. J. R., Pathak, D. D.; Kapoor, P. N. Cent. Eur. J. Chem. 2012, 10(1), 165-171. “CuCl2.2H2O-Catalysed One-pot Multi-component Synthesis of β-Acetamido Ketones”, Rajat S, Shekhar, A.; Pathak, D. D., Asian J. Res. Chem. 2011, 4(12), 1930-1934

23. “Synthesis of Ttetrahydrobenzo[b] pyran derivatives using Sodium Trifluoromethanesulphonate as an efficient catalyst”, Shekhar, A.; Dey, D.; Pathak. D. D., Int. J. Chem. Sci. 2011, 9(3), 1117-1125.

24. “Zeolite (ZSM-5) as a highly efficient and heterogeneous Catalyst for the synthesis of β- Enaminones and β- Enamino Esters”, Shekhar; A.: Pathak, D. D. , E-J.  Chem., 2011, 8(4), 1632-1637.

25. “Recent Advances in Development of eco-friendly solid composite propellants for rocket propulsion”, Mahanta, A. K.; Pathak, D. D., Res. J. Chem. Env. 2010, 14(3), 94-103.

26. “Facile Synthesis of Bis(indolyl)metanes Catalysed by Aluminium Nitrate Nonahydrate” Shekhar, A.; Pathak, D. D. Res. J. Chem. Environ. 2010, 14(1), 19-23.

27. Rheokinetic Analysis of Hydroxy Terminated Polybutadiene based solid propellant slurry” Mahanta, A. K.; Monika, G.; Pathak, D. D., E-Journal of Chemistry, 2010, 7(1), 171-179.

28. “Empirical modelling of chemoselectivity of Hydroxy Terminated Polybutadiene based solid Composite Propellant Slurry”, Mahanta, A. K.; Monika, G.; Pathak, D. D., Malaysian Polymer Journal, 2010, 5(1), 1-16.

29. “Effects of Fly Ash and Marble Waste addition of on Thermo-mechanical properties of Earthenware Wall Tile Composition”, Chakraborty, A. K.; Maiti, K. N.; Pathak, D. D., Industrial Ceramics 2009, 29, 157-164.

30. "Effect on Fly Ash Addition on the Thermo-Mechanical Properties ofEarthenware Wall Tile Composition”, Chakraborty, A. K.; Maiti, K. N.; Pathak, D. D. Advances in Applied Ceramics 2007, 106, 196-201.

31. “Design and Development of a New Chelating Bis(phosphinite)-based Palladium(II) Catalyst and its Application to Heck Reaction”, Pathak, D. D.; Maheswaran, H; Prasanth, L.; Kantam, M. L. Syn. Lett., 2007, 5, 757-760.

32. “Effect of Marble Waste Addition on the Thermo-Mechanical Properties of Earthenware Wall Tile Compositions’, Chakraborty, A. K.; Maiti, K. N.; Pathak, D. D. Industrial Ceramics 2006, 26, 173-180.

33. “Investigation on the Utilization of Marble Waste and Fly Ash in the Earthenware   Wall Tile Composition, Part I: Physicochemical Characterstics of Raw Materials”, Chakraborty, A. K.; Maiti, K. N.; Pathak, D. D. Trans. Ind. Ceram. Soc. 2004, 63,169-177.

34. “An Effiecient and Convenient Method for the Synthesis of Dialkoxymethanes Using Kaolinite as a Catalyst”, Pathak, D. D.; Gerald, J. Joe. Synth. Commun., 2003, 33, 1557-1561.

35. “Chiral Sandwich Compounds of Ruthenium(II) and (IV): X-ray Crystal Structure of [Ru [h5-C5H4(neomenthyl)}2I]+I3”, Pathak, D. D.; Hutton, A. T.; Hyde, J.; Walkden, A.; White, C. J. Organomet. Chem. 2000, 606, 188-196.

36. “Copper(I)-Faciliated Methylation and Cyclic Alkylation of 1,2-phenylenbis(phosphine)”, Kang, Y. B.; Pabel, M.; Pathak, D. D.; Wild, S. B.  J. Main Group Chem. 1995, 1, 89-98.

37. “Reactions of Coordinated Phosphines and Arsines. Iron (II)-Faciliated and Direct Syntheses of Three- to Seven-Membered Heterocycles Containing  Phosphorus an Arsenic. Crystal Structure of Iron(II) complexes of 1-Phenylphosphetane and 1-phenylarsetane”, Barder, A.; Kang, Y. B.; Pabel, M.; Pathak, D. D.; Willis, A. C. Organometallics 1995, 14, 1434-1441.

38.“Enantioselective Alkylating Reagents; Crystal Structure of [Ru{(h5C5H4(C10H19)}(dppe)(IEt)]+CF3SO3-[(C10H19)=(+)neomenthyl cyclopentadienyl, dppe=Ph2PCH2CH2 PPh2] ”, Pathak, D. D.; Adams, H.; White, C. J. Chem. Soc., Chem. Commun. 1994, 733-734.

39. “An unprecedented Mode of Co-ordination of BINAP ligand: Synthesis  and Crystal Structure of [Ru(h5-C5H5){(R)-BINAP}]+CF3SO3- and [Ru(h5-C5H5){(R)-BINAP}I]”, Pathak, D. D.; Adams, H.; Bailey, N. A.; King, P. J.; White, C.  J. organomet. Chem. 1994, 479, 237-245.

40. “Reactions of Coordinated Phosphines and Arsines. Iron(II) Faciliated Syntheses of 1-Phenylphosphetane and 1-Phenylarsetane”, Barder, A.; Pathak, D. D.; Wild, S. B.; Willis, A.C. J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans. 1992, 1751-1752.

41. (h3-allylic)Dicarobonylmolybdenum(II) Complexes of the Unsymmetrical Ditertiary Phosphines, Ph2PCH2CH2P(C6H4X)2 (X=m-F,  p-F or m-CF3)”, Kapoor, P. N.; Pathak, D. D.; Gaur, G.; Mercykutty, P.C.  J. Organomet.  Chem. 1987, 322, 71-75.

42. “Octahedral Complexes of Ruthenium(II) with Some Fluorine SubstitutedDitertiary Phosphines”, Kapoor, P. N.; Kapoor,  R. N.; Pathak, D. D.; Gaur, G. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1987, 131, 27-31.

43. “Group VI Metal Hexacarbonyl Derivatives of Some Fluorine Substituted Ditertiary phosphines”, Kapoor, P.  N.; Pathak, D. D.; Gaur, G.; Mercykutty, P.C. J. Organomet. Chem. 1986, 311, 103-109.

44. “Ni(II), Pd(II) and Pt(II) Complexes of two New Ditertiary phosphines:1-Diphenylphosphino-2-bis(m or p-fluorophenyl)phosphinoethane”, Kapoor, P.N.; Kapoor, R. N.; Pathak, D. D.; Gaur, G. Inorg. Chim. Acta 1986, 112, 153-157.

45. “Synthesis of Three New Ditertiary Phosphines: 1-Diphenylphosphino-2-bis(m-fluorophenyl)phosphinoethane,1-Diphenylphosphino-2-bis(p-fluorophenyl) phosphinoethane,1-Diphenylphosphino-2-bis(mtrifluoromethylphenyl)phosphinoethane”, Kapoor, P N.; Pathak, D. D.; Gaur, G.; Mercykutty, P.C. J. Organomet. Chem. 1984, 276,

167-170.

Chapter in Book:

1.      A. K. Mahanta and D. D. Pathak, Chapter 11 in Book Polyurethane, “HTPB-Polyurethane: A Versatile Fuel Binder For Composite Solid Propellant” ISBN 979-953-307-642-2, edited by.  Dr. Fahmina Zafar, Open Access Publisher, 2012, htpp://dx.doi.org/10.5772/47995

Paper in Conferences/Seminars:

1. “FTIR and XRD characteristics of some Indian coals highly prone to spontaneous combustion”, National Conference on Instrumental Techniques in Chemical Analysis, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, Sept. 15-16, 2001.
2. “Studies on Arsenic Contamination in the Ground Water of West Bengal Region”, Pathak, D.D.; Mishra, S. National Seminar on Environmental Engineering with Special Emphasis on Mining Environment, March 19-29, 2004. Journal of the Institution of Public Health Engineers, India, page 193-196.
3. “Assignment of Coordination Mode of Ketones by Vibrational Spectroscopy”, Pathak, D. D.; Kumar, R. National conference on Emerging Areas in applied Physics (NCEAAP-2004) , Feb. 21-23, 2004, page 49.
4. “Investigation on the Utilization of Marble Waste and Fly ash in Earthenware Wall Tile composition”, Chakraborty, A. K.; Maiti, K. N.; Pathak, D. D. International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology(MPT-2005), January 6-8, 2005, page 593-604.
5. “Synthesis and Characterization of Chloro(h3-allyl)dicarbonylmolybdenum(II) Complexes of Some Chiral and Chiral and Achiral Ditertiary Phosphines”, Gerald, J. Joe; Pathak, D. D.; Kapoor, P. N.  37th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry, Cape Town, South Africa, August 13-18, 2006 (Abstract No. 54).
6. “Groundwater Analysis of Daltonganj Area of Palamu District, Jharkhand”, Singh, R, Shekhar, A., Pathak, D. D. National Seminar on Environmental Issues on Geotechniques and Mineral Industry(EIGMI-2008)”, held at Birla Institute of Technology, Sindri, April 4-5, Proceedings of EIGMI-2008, page 45-52.
7. “Studies on Fluoride Contamination in the Groundwater of Daltongang Area of District Palamu, Jharkhand”, Pathak, D. D.; Singh, R., Shekhar, A. Abstract accepted in Environmental Management in Mining & Allied Industries (EMMA-2008), held at Department of Mining Engineering, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varansi-221 005, November 07-08, 2008.
8. “Assignment of (h1-) Coordination of Various Ketones by Vibrational Spectroscopy”, Kumar, R., Pathak, D. D., Srivastava, S. K. Recent Trends in Emerging Frontiers of Physical Sciences” held at Birla Institute of Technology, Sindri, November 02-03, 2009, Sovennir-cum-Proceedings, page 159 -163.
9. “Utilization of Jatropha Oil as A Source of Renewable Energy in Terms of Biodiesel: A Review (RTEFPS-2009)”, Shekhar, A., Kumar, S., Pathak, D. D. Recent Trends in Emerging Frontiers of Physical Sciences” held at Birla Institute of Technology, Sindri, November 02-03, 2009, Sovennir-cum-Proceedings, page 215 -222.
10. “Synthesis and Charaterrization of some chiral and achiral (h3-Allyl)dicarbonyl- molybednum(II) Complexes with Chelating Ditertiary Phosphines and Arsines”, Abstract accepted in International Conference on Materials for the Mellenium(Mat Con 2010), held at Kochi, India, January 11-13, 2010.
11.  XXXI Annual Conference of Indian Council of Chemists, held at Department of  Chemistry, Saurasthra University, Rajkot, Gujrat, December 26-28, 2012                                                     

Topic: Synthesis of Cyclic Phosphines and Phosphorus Macrocycles: A Challenge to Inorganic Chemists.

1.  International Conference on Chemistry and Materials: Prospects and Perspectives-    2012 (ICCMPP-2012), held at Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,Lucknow, December 14-16, 2012.                                                                                                                          
2. Perspective of Ru (II) Complexes as New Inorganic Materials in OrganicSynthesis.
3. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ICETCS   2013), held at Gandhinagar, Gujrat, March 14-15, 2013                                                             

Topic:Cross-link Density of Hydroxyl Terminated Polybutadiene Based  Polyurethane Elastomers from Stress-Strain Profile: An Eco-friendly Method

1. Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun, March 22, 2013                                                                      
2. Topic:  Ruthenium-based Enantioselective Alkaylating Reagents for Aaymmetric       Catalysis.
3.  Department of Chemistry, Din Dayal University, Gorakhpur , June 20, 2013                                                                                                                                                  Topic:  Chiral Ruthenium(II) Complexes in Asymmetric  Catalysis.
4. International Conference on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ICETCS 2013), held at Gandhinagar, Gujrat, March 14-15, 2013.                                                                                                  
5. Topic: Template Synthesis of Cyclic Phosphines and Phosphorus Macrocycles.
6. 21st National Symposium on Catalysis, held at the Indian Institute of Chemical T  echnology, Hyderabad,February 11-13, 2013                                                                                                     

Topic: Development of Enantioselective Alkaylating  Reagents for Aaymmetric Catalysis.

1. SNIC-RSC Joint symposium on Inorganic Chemistry, held at Institute of  Materials Research and Engineering, A* STAR, Singapore, January 7-8, 2013.                                                                        Topic: Synthesis, Characterization and Crystal Structure Determination of Rare Examples of Iodoethane Ruthenium (II) Complex [Ru(η5 C5H5)(dppe)(ICH2CH3)]+CF3SO3-[dppe=Ph2PCH2CH2PPh2].
2. “Nano Fe3O4 as magnetically recyable catalyst for the synthesis of Bis(indolyl) methanes under solvent free conditions”. Shweta Kumari, Amiya Shekhar and Devendra D. Pathak, XXXIII ICC Conference 2014, Dharwad University, Karnataka, Nov. 28-30, Page no 117.
3. Synthesis and Characterizatio of some chiral complexes of Ruthenium(II) with some optically pure Ditertiary Phosphines or Neomenthylcyclopentadienyl ligand XXXIII ICC Conference 2014 Dharwad University, Karnataka, Nov. 28-30 (Invited Lecture).
4. “Graphene oxide supported as an efficient and green catalyst for the synthesis of       amides from cyclic secondary amines and aromatic.”

 Shweta Kumari, Amiya Shekhar and Devendra D. Pathak, XXXIII ICC Conference 2014, OO-13, Page no 117.

1. “Highly Efficient one-pot synthesis of aminophosphonates using Zn(II) Schiff base complexes as catalysts”, Anuradha, Devendra D. Pathak, XXXIII ICC Conference 2014, IP-20, Page no 92.
2. “Cu(II)-mediated synthesis of bis(indolyl)metanes from indole and aryl aldehydes,” Samaresh Layek, Devendra D. Pathak,  XXXIII ICC Conference 2014, IP-19, Page no 94.
3. “Recent Advances in Chitosan-Anchored Transition Metal Complexes”, XXIV ICC Conference 2015, Uka tarsadia University, Bardoli, Surat, 26-28,December (Invited Lecture).
4. “Synthesis and Development of Chitosan- Anchored Zn(II) Schiff base complexes: An efficient heterogeneous catalysts for the synthesis of amides from ketones via Beckmann rearrangement”, XXIV ICC Conference 2015, Uka tarsadia University, Bardoli, Surat, 26-28,December, IO-CYSA-04.
5. “Synthesis and Crystal structure of Cu(dpp)2 complex: Used as a catalyst in 1,2,3-Triazole Moieties Formation”, XXIV ICC Conference 2015, Uka tarsadia University, Bardoli, Surat, 26-28,December, IO-CYSA-05.
6. “Graphene oxide and its composites as novel heterogeneous catalysts in organic synthesis”, International Conference on Futuristic Materials and Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences-2016 (ICOFMAETICS-2016), 8-10 Feb 2016, Kanpur, U.P.
7. “Development of Chitosan-Anchored Zn(II) complexes as Heterogeneous catalysts for Beckmann rearrangement”, National Conference on Recent Trends in R&D, Quality Control and Marketing in Chemical Industry, held at Jiwaji University, Gwalior from April 23-25, 2016 (Invited talk, IL03).
8.  Workshop on “Energy Resources: Future Prospects of Fuel and Chemicals”, November 07-08, 2016 at Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad.
9. “Development of Copper(II)-based Homogeneous Catalysts for the Synthesis of 1,2,3-Triazoles and Symmetrical Biaryls, XXXV  Annual Conference, Indian Council of Chemists, December, 22-24, 2016 H.V. Desai College,  Pune (Invited talk, IIL-03).
10.  “Synthesis, characterization and crystal structure of Cu(II) complex of trans-cyclohexane-1,2-diamine: Application in synthesis of symmetrical biaryls,” B. Agrahari and D. D. Pathak*

1st Annual Workshop on Catalysis, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, 06-09 March 2017, PP 07, Page No. 27.

1.  “Synthesis and Characterization of a new Pd(II)-Schiff base Complex [Pd(APD)2]: An efficient and recyclable catalyst for Heck-Mizoroki and Suzuki-Miyaura reactions,” S. Layek and D. D. Pathak*

       1st Annual Workshop on Catalysis, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, 06-09 March 2017, PP 010,

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