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Reaction Dynamics Research Group
Theory & Computation
Dr. Amit Kumar Paul
Associate Professor, NIT Meghalaya
Education
B.Sc.: 2005 from Anandamohan College (University of Calcutta) First Class
M.Sc.: 2007 from University of Calcutta (Rajabazar Science College) First Class
Ph.D.: Submitted May 2012. Awarded January 2013 from IACS, Kolkata (University of Calcutta)​​
Title of Thesis: Beyond Born – Oppenheimer theories and its implication to quantum dynamics
Work Experience
Feb. 2013 - Jun. 2016: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Texas Tech University (with Prof. William L. Hase)
Jun. 2016 - Nov. 2017: Assistant Professor (consolidated pay), NIT Meghalaya
Nov. 2017 - September 2019: Assistant Professor Grade II, NIT Meghalaya
September 2019 – December 2023: Assistant Professor Grade I
December 2023 - till date: Associate Professor
Contacts
Emails: ​amit.paul@nitm.ac.in, amit.kp13@gmail.com
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Phone Nos.: 9402102431, 9836728734
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Address: Department of Chemistry,
NIT Meghalaya
Bijni Complex
Laitumkhrah, Shillong 793003
Meghalaya
Awards & Recognition
2007 - Qualified the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
2007 - Qualified the National Eligibility Test under CSIR fellowship
2007 - Selected for OCES-2007 (IGCAR) at BARC, Mumbai
2012 - International travel reward (including TA, DA and accommodation) from XXIst International Symposium on the Jahn-Teller Effect
2012 - Popular Poster award at XXIst International Symposium on the Jahn-Teller Effect
February, 2013- June, 2016 - Postdoctoral fellowship by AFOSR grant, Texas Tech
University, Texas, USA
2014 - Visiting Scholar, University of Pisa, Italy
Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (Fellow no. F/8219)
2022-23 - Excellent Research Contribution Award of NIT Meghalaya for the year
2023 - Member of Editorial Board, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics
Conference, Seminars, Workshops, Organized
Oct. 12-13, 2019: Recent Advances in Chemistry (RAC 2019)
Role : Convener Status: National
March 13, 2021: One Day workshop on Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Role: Convener Status: National
November 18- 20, 2022: Recent Advances in Chemistry: Theoretical and Computational Aspects 2022
Role: Convener Status: National
Conferences, Seminars, Workshops, Symposia attended:
1. Title: International Symphosium on Atomic Molecular and Optical Sciences & High performance Computing:A seamless frontier
Status: International
Organized by: Prof. D. Mukherjee, IACS
Venue: Vedic Village, Kolkata
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
2. Title: Discussion meeting on Spectroscopy and dynamics of molecule and cluster (SDMC-08)
Status: International
Organized by: Prof. M. Sundara K., IIT Madras
Venue: Mahabalipuram, Chennai
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
3. Title: Discussion meeting on theoretical Chemistry (TCS 2009)
Status: International
Organized by: IISc, Bangalore
Venue: IISc Bangalore
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
4. Title: Current trends in theoretical chemistry and Physics
Status: International
Organized by: IACS, Kolkata
Venue: IACS, Kolkata
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
5. Title: Foundation Day In-house Symposium-2009
Status: Local
Organized by: IACS, Kolkata
Venue: IACS, Kolkata
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
6. Title: SDMC - 2010
Status: International
Organized by: Prof. N. Patwari, IIT Bombay
Venue: Goa
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
7. Title: SDMC - 2011
Status: International
Organized by: Prof. K. Srihari et al. IIT Kanpur
Venue: Jim – Korbett, Uttarakhand
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
8. Title: XXIst Jahn – Teller Symposium, 2012
Status: International
Organized by: Prof. H. Koizumi
Venue: University of Tsukuba, Japan
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster (popular poster prize
awarded)
9. Title: Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) of ACS
Status: International
Organized by: Americal Chemical Society (ACS)
Venue: WACO, TX
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
10. Title: Mesilla Chemistry Workshop, 2014
Status: International
Organized by: Bruce Garrett, Bill Hase, John Tully
Venue: Mesilla, TX
11. Title: AFOSR Molecular Dynamics/Theoretical Chemistry 2014 Program Review
Status: International
Organized by: AFOSR, USA
Venue: Arlington, VA
Contribution of the candidate: presented poster
12. Title: 8th Multi-Agency Coordinating Committee for Combustion Research (MACCCR), 21-23 October, 2015
Status: International
Organized by: Sandia National Laboratories, AFOSR
Venue: Livermore, CA
Contribution of the candidate: attended
13. Title: SDMC 2020
Status: International
Organized by: IIT J, MNIT Jaipur, BITS Pilani
Venue: Udaipur
Contribution of the candidate: Poster
14. Title: ICSD 2020
Status: International
Organized by: IISER Kolkata
Venue: Puri
Contribution of the candidate: Poster
15. Title: TCS 2021
Status: International
Organized by: IISER Kolkata, SINP Kolkata, IACS Kolkata
Venue: Vertual
Contribution of the candidate: Invited Talk
16. Title: Theoretical Chemistry Meeting: Structure and Dynamics (TCMSD-2022)
Status: International
Organized by: Prof. S. Adhikari (IACS) & Prof. S. Mahapatra (Univ. of Hyd.)
Venue: IACS Kolkata
Contribution of the candidate: Invited Talk
17. Chair a session in ML4Science Conference, Kodaikanal, 9-12 March 2023
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