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Awards : Medals : Recognitions : Experiennces :

1. Fellow, Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.

2. Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

3. Fellow, The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad.

4. Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science & Technology.

5. Fellow, The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ange.201400895/full

6. J. C. Bose National Fellow.

7. Institute Chair Professorship Award

8. Council Member, Chemical Research Society of India.

9. University Gold Medal.

10. Bardhaman Sammilani Medal.

11. Indian National Science Academy Young Scientist Medal.

12. Chemical Research Society of India Bronze Medal (2000).

13. Chemical Research Society of India Silver Medal (2014).

14. B. M. Birla Science Prize.

15. Dr. B. C. Deb Memorial Award ( Indian Science Congress Association ).

16. Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.

17. Affiliate Member, International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry.

18. Life Member, International Society for Theoretical Chemical Physics.

19. Life Member, Chemical Research Society of India.

20. Member, American Chemical Society.

21. Member, FWO, Belgium.

22. Selected for the International Exchange Programme between INSA and DFG ( Germany).

23. Formerly Research Associate: (a) University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA, (b) Institüt für Organische Chemie, Erlangen ‑ Nürnberg, Germany.

24. Delivered Invited lectures and chaired technical sessions in many National/International conferences.

25. Formerly Visiting Professor: (a) Departamento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile, (b) Departamento de Quimica Fisica, Facultad de Quimica, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile, (c) Departamento de Quimica, Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana- Izatapalapa, Mexico D.F. (d) Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Morelia, Mexico.

26. Invited to give a talk in a satellite symposium ( Duke University, USA) of the 9 th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry.

27. Organized a National Symposium on Theoretical Chemistry.

28. Member, National Advisory Committees of seven National Symposia on Theoretical Chemistry.

29. Organized a National Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics.

30. Twenty six years' teaching experience at the undergraduate and post graduate levels.

31. Two hundred and eighty two research publications (with about 7561 citations; h-index = 45) in the journals of International repute and large impact factors. Several research papers are cited in various text/reference books.

32. Several research papers are cited in various text/reference books.

33. Guided eight Ph.D. students, seven research associates and several M.Sc. students. Seven more research scholars are being guided at present. Also guided several summer project students (Indian Acad. Sc., Bangalore; INSA, New Delhi; NASI, Allahabad; KVPY; Centre for Theoretical Studies, IIT Kharagpur, S.N.B.N.C.B.S.)

34. Organizer of several One-day Symposia in Chemistry and Theoretical Chemistry.

35. Principal Investigator of five CSIR, one BRNS, one DST and one INDO-EU - sponsored projects.

36. Reviewer : J. Am. Chem. Soc., J. Phys. Chem., J. Org. Chem., Chem. Phys. Lett., Int. J. Quantum Chem., Langmuir, J. Chem. Phys., Bioorg. Med. Chem., J. Astrop. Astron., Tetrahedron, Chem. Res. Tox., Org. Lett., Int. J. Bif. and Chaos, Int. J. Mol. Sci., Int. Elect. J. Mol. Des., Pramana-J. Phys., Proc. Ind. Acad. Sci. (Chem. Sci.), Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett., Ind. J. Chem., Ind. J. Phys., Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett., Chirality, QSAR & Comb. Sci., Pak. J. Sci. Ind. Res., J. Chem. Educ., Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., Nucl. Ac. Res., Inorg. Chem., Spect. Chim. Acta, J.Comp. Chem., J.Chem. Theor. Comp , New J. Chem., J. Polym Sc. Tech., J. Mol. Liq., J. Phys. Org. Chem.,Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.,Chem.-Eur. J.,Crystal Growth Desgn. Eur.J. Med.Chem., Curr. Sci., J.Mol.Struc.(Theochem ), Bull. Mat. Sci., J. Mol. Modeling , J. Biomed. Biotech., The European Physical Journal D (epjd), Chem.Bio & Drug.Desg., J. Coll. Interf. Sci.; Int. J. Mod. Phys. B, J. Nanosci. & Nanotech; Angew. Chem.; Nano; J. Cluster Sci.; Molecular Simulation; Microporous & Mesoporous Materials; Mol. Phys.; Mol. Divers.; J. Sulf.Chem.; Anal. Methods, Chem. Comm., J. Nano Mater; Molecular Informatics; J. Theo. Comp. Chem. Arabian J. Chem; Int. J. Hydrogen Energy, Eur. Phys. J. Synchr. Rad., Analytical Methods, RSC Adv., European Physical Journal - Applied Physics, African J. Biotechnology, Int. J. Medicinal Chem., Curr. Org. Chem., J. Chilean Chem. Soc., J. Mex. Chem. Soc., J. Taiwan Inst. Chem. Eng., Chem. Phys., J. Raman Spect., J. Chem. Inf. Model., Curr. Topics Org. Chem., AIP Advances, J. Cryst. Growth, Physica E, J. Appl. Phys., Phys. Lett. A, J. Mol. Graphics Modell. UGC (Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship, Application); CSIR (Young Scientist Award); Infosys Prize; Boltzmann Award; Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies Award; S. S. Bhatnagar Award; World Scientific Publishing (Book Proposal), McGraw-Hill Education (Book Proposal), CSIR, DST, BRNS, QNRF (Qatar), FONDECYT - CONICYT (Chile) (Project Proposals), AVRA Chemical Award, Ahmed Zewail Prize.

37. Invited to give a talk in an American Chemical Society symposium on Quantum Chemistry in the Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.

38. Invited to give a talk in the Density Functional Theory Satellite Symposium of the 10th International Congress of Quantum Chemistry at Menton, France.

39. Invited to present a research paper in the 3rd European Nonlinear Oscillations Conference at Copenhagen, Denmark.

40. Selected twice for the South-South fellowship of the Third World Academy of Sciences, Trieste, Italy.

41. Member, Research Board of Advisors, American Biographical Institute.

42. Invited to give a talk in the Software Development for Process and Materials Design Satellite Symposium of Nano and Giga Challenges in Microelectronics in Moscow, Russia and Cracow, Poland.

43. Highlight of a paper (P. K. Chattaraj and B. Maiti, J. Chem. Educ. 2001, 78: 811) appeared in ScienceWeek (US Library of Congress), Spectrum Press Inc., Chicago, IL, USA.

44. Organizer of a symposium on “Molecular Electronic Structure and Dynamics”.

45. Guide, KVPY (Govt. of India).

46. Organizer, Academy Lecture Workshop on Chemical Theories and Applications at Gauhati University, Guwahati (Sponsored by the Indian Acad. Sc. Bangalore).

47. Member, Editorial Board, J. Chem. Sci. (Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore).

48. Member, Editorial Board, J. Assam Sci. Soc., Assam , Canadian J. Pure Appl. Sci.

49. Member, Editorial Board, J. Mol. Struc. (Theochem).

50. Member, Editorial Board, Ind. J. Chem. Section-A.

51. Member, Editorial Board, Comp. Theor. Chem.

52. Invited to chair a technical session in the “Xth International Conference on the Applicationof Density Functional Theory in Chemistry and Physics” held at Brussels, Belgium, 2003 .

53. Guest Editor, Special Issue of J. Chem. Sci. on Chemical Reactivity, 2005.

54. Invited to deliver two talks (main congress and a symposium on chemical reactivity) in the International Conference on Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (ICCMSE) at Loutraki, Greece in 2005.

55. Invited to chair a technical session in the 231st National Meeting of the American Chemical Society at Atlanta, USA in 2006.

56. Invited to give a talk in an International Conference on Chemical Reactivity in Brussels, Belgium in 2006.

57. Invited to chair a technical session and to give a talk in an International workshop on Bohmian Mechanics in Madrid, Spain in 2006.

58. Invited to give a talk in an International Conference on The Nature of the Chemical Bond in Girona, Spain in 2006.

59. Invited Speaker, International Workshop on �Quantum Trajectories�, Centre for Nonlinear Studies, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA July 2008

60. Parr- Chattaraj proof of the Maximum Hardness Principle [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1991, 113, 1854] is included in the M. Sc. course on "Quantum Chemistry" in the Mendeleyev University, Moscow, Russia.

61. Two papers [ Parr-Chattaraj and Chattaraj-Schleyer, both J. Am. Chem. Soc.] are included in the IUPAC database and two papers [Chem. Rev. and Chem. Com.] are included in Wikipedia.

62. Several papers have become hot/most accessed/most cited articles.

63. Bioorg.Med.Chem.;(Article);12, 5533, (2004) has been recognised in the "Tetrahedron top 50 most cited articles" as published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2003-2006.

64. Bioorg.Med.Chem.; (Article);13, 3405, (2005) has been recognised in the "Tetrahedron top 50 most cited articles" as published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2003-2006.

65. Bioorg. Med. Chem.;(Article); 13, 3405, (2005) article is selected as one of the 'ScienceDirect TOP 25 Hottest Articles' in that journal., 2005 .

66. Bioorg.Med.Chem., 13, 3405 (2005) has been recognised in the "Top 50 most cited articles" as published in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry, 2005-2008.

67. J. Phys. Chem. A; (Letter); 109, 3771, (2005) has been considered to be a 'Most- Accessed Article', 2005 .

68. J. Phys. Chem. A; (Article); 109, 5602, (2005) has been considered to be a 'Most-Accessed Article', 2005.

69. Chem. Rev.; (Review); 106, 2065, (2006) has been considered to be the second 'Most- Accessed Article', 2006.

70. Chem. Rev.; (Review); 106, 2065, (2006) is placed within the top 1% citation bracket in its field according to “Essential Science Indicators”, Thomson Scientific.

71. Chem. Rev.; 106, 2065, (2006) is featured on the ACS Publications website [ http://pubs.acs.org/journals/promo/most/most_cited/index.html ] as one of the  Most-Cited Articles published in 2006 and cited through the period ending December 31, 2007; Thomson Web of Science®. 

72. Chem. Rev.; 106, 2065, (2006) is featured on the ACS Publications website [http://pubs.acs.org/journals/promo/most/hot_papers/index.html] as a "Hot Paper" as defined by Thomson Scientific (ISI) Essential Science Indicators.

73. J. Phys. Chem. A; (Article); 110, 6540, (2006) has been considered to be a 'Most-Accessed Article', 2006 .

74. J. Phys. Chem. A; (Letter); 110,11401, (2006) has been considered to be a 'Most-Accessed Article', 2006.

75. Chem.Res.Toxicol; (Article); 19, 356, (2006) has been considered to be a 'Most-Cited Article', 2006.

76. 'Chem. Commun.;(Communication); 2, 135, (2007)' has been considered as a 'CrystEngSelects 7' from across the RSC journals.

77. Journal of Molecular Structure, THEOCHEM; (Article); 812, 13, (2007), is selected as one of the 'ScienceDirect TOP25 Hottest Articles' in that journal.,April-June, 2007.

78. Selected as the 'Top Reviewer' of The Journal of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society., 2006.

79. Chemical Reactivity Theory:  A Density Functional View; Ed. P. K. Chattaraj, Taylor & Francis: Florida has been selected YBP Library Services Bestselling Professional Titles (out of 10 in each area) as published in July 17, 2009 issue of Professional Publishing Report.

80. Invited to write/edit a book, by Taylor and Francis / CRC press on chemical reactivity.

81. Invited to write a review article on electrophilicity, by the Royal Society of Chemistry.

82. Invited to write/edit a book, by Taylor and Francis / CRC press on “Aromaticity and Metal Clusters”.

83. Invited to write/edit a book, by Taylor and Francis / CRC press on “Quantum Trajectories”.

84. Member, National Advisory Committee and Invited speaker in “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium”, Tiruchirappalli. in 2006.

85. Member, National Advisory Committee . and Invited speaker in “National Symposium on Computational Chemistry”, Thiruvanathapuram in 2006.

86. Member, Syllabus Committee, The National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar.

87. Member, International Advisory Committee and Invited speaker in “First Indo-US Lecture Series on Discrete Mathematical Chemistry” PESIT, Bangalore. in 2007.

88. Member, Committee to review the mechanism of Conferring Distinguished Alumnus Awards, IIT Kharagpur.

89. Organised: One-day Symposium on Chemistry and Physics of Materials and Fluids, Centre For Theoretical Studies, IIT Kharagpur  (Organiser).

90. Organised: Sir J. C. Ghosh Memorial Lecture, IIT Kharagpur (Organiser).

91. Two of the ten most cited JPCA papers from India since 1997.

92. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 10, 2461 (2008) has been published as a cover article.

93. Co-convener, International Symposium on "Of Molecules and Materials" IISER-Kolkata, 2009.

94. Invited speaker, International Conference on " Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering" , Rhodes, Greece Sept 29 - Oct 4, 2009.

95. Invited speaker, Indo-German Conference on, "Modeling Chemical and Biological (Re)activity", Wildbad- Kreuth, Germany October 4-7, 2009.

96. Invited speaker, Joint Chemistry / Physics Colloquium , Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany, October 8, 2009.

97. Member, Various national Committees including that in IITs, NITs, CSIR-Laboratories, Universities, NISER, etc.

98. Member, Key Opinion Leaders Panel, Nature Collection (Chemical Sciences, Nature Publishing Group), Macmillan Scientific Communications, UK

99. Member, Nomination Council, AVRA Chemical Award.

100. Expert, Faculty (extension of service); Burdwan Univ., Kalyani University, (Selection): Indian Institute of Technology Roper, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Shibani Institute of Technology (Bhubaneswar).

101. External member, Board of Studies, National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur.

102. Journal of Physical Chemistry A (2011) 115, 187 is highlighted in Nature India.

103. Chemical Geology, (Article); 287, 102, (2011), is selected as one of the ‘Science Direct TOP25 Hottest Articles’ in the journal, July-September, 2011.

104. Nominated as expert by DST to cover the area of Theoretical Chemistry from Indian side for the meeting of the DST-DFG Joint Scientific Advisory Committee (JSAC) in Berlin, 31st Oct -1st Nov, 2011.

105. Inorganica Chimica Acta (2012) 383, 83 article is selected as one of the Inorganica Chimica Acta TOP 25 Hottest Articles' in that journal., 2012 .

106. Task force leader : IIT-KGP Vision 2020 , Research excellence.

107. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2012) 14, 14784 has been published as a cover article.

108. Senate Member IISER (Kolkata).

109. Int. J. Quantum Chem. (2013) 113, 1747 has been published as a cover article.

110. J. Phys. Chem. A, (2014) 118, 487 has been published as a cover article.

111. Expert, Review Committee, IIT Bombay.

112. Int. J. Quantum Chem. (2014) 114, 1421 has been published as a cover article.

113. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., (2014) 16, 21964 has been published as a cover article.

114. Int. J. Quantum Chem., (2015) 115, 1501 has been published as a cover article.

115. Course Director, Science Academies’ Refresher Course in Recent Advances in Chemistry 14–26 December 2015.

116. IAAM (International Association of Advanced Materials) Medal presented in the European Advanced Materials Congress held in Stockholm, Sweden during August 23-25, 2016.

117. Member, Editorial Advisory Board (EAB), Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters / A/ B/ C.

Some Slected Publications :

1. P. K. Chattaraj,"A pseudo-scattering technique for bound state calculation within density functional theory", Chem.Phys.Lett., 154, 541 (1989).

2. P. K. Chattaraj, "First gradient corrections  in  Thomas-Fermi theory", Phys. Rev. A 41, 6505 (1990).

3. P. K. Chattaraj , "Scattering of a structureless  particle from  different  model euclidean and non-Euclidean  lattices  ", Chem. Phys . Lett.  175 , 613 (1990).

4. R. G. Parr  and  P. K.  Chattaraj, " Principle  of  maximum hardness  ", J. Am. Chem. Soc., Communication, 113 , 1854 (1991).

5. P. K. Chattaraj , H. Lee and R. G. Parr, " HSAB principle", J. Am. Chem. Soc. Communication, 113 , 1855 (1991).

6. P. K. Chattaraj, "Quantum  fluid  density  functional  theory  of  helium atom in an intense laser field", Int. J. Quantum chem., 41 ,845(1992).

7. P. K. Chattaraj and S. Nath, “Electronegativity dynamics in a chemical reaction�#157; Int. J. Quant. Chem. 49, 705 (1994).

8. P. K. Chattaraj and P.v. R. Schleyer,"An ab initio study resulting in a greater understanding of the HSAB principle",J.Am.Chem.Soc. 116 ,1067 (1994).

9. P. K. Chattaraj and  S.  Sengupta, "Popular  electronic  structure principles in a dynamical context", J. Phys. Chem. , 100, 16126 (1996).

10. P. K. Chattaraj  and   S. Sengupta, "Dynamics   of   chemical reactivity indices for a many-electron system  in  its  ground  and excited States", J. Phys. Chem. A, 101, 7893 (1997).

11. P. K. Chattaraj and A. Poddar, "A density functional treatment of chemical reactivity and the associated electronic structure principles in the excited-elctronic states", J. Phys. Chem. A 102, 9944(1998).

12. P. K. Chattaraj  and A. Poddar, "Chemical reactivity and excited-state density functional theory", J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 1274 (1999).

13. P. K. Chattaraj and  S. Sengupta , "Chemical hardness as a possible diagnostic of the chaotic dynamics of rydberg atoms in external field", J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 6122(1999).

14. P. K. Chattaraj and A. Poddar, "Molecular reactivity in the ground and excited electronic states through density-dependent local and global reactivity parameters", J. Phys. Chem. A, 103, 8691(1999).

15. P. K. Chattaraj, P. Fuentealba, B. Gomez and R Contreras, "Woodward-Hoffmann rule the light of the principles of maximum hardness and minimum polarizability: DFT and ab initio SCF studies", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 348(2000).

16. P. K. Chattaraj and B. Maiti, "Reactivity dynamics in atom field interactions: A quantum fluid density functional study", J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 169 (2001).

17. P. K. Chattaraj, "Chemical reactivity and selectivity: Local HSAB principle versusfrontier orbital theory", J. Phys. Chem. A, 105, 511 (2001).

18. P. K. Chattaraj and U. Sarkar, "Ground and excited states dynamics of hydrogen and helium atoms", Int. J. Quantum Chem., 91, 633 (2003).

19. P. K. Chattaraj and B. Maiti, "HSAB principle applied to the time evoluation of chemical reactions", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 125, 2705 (2003).

20. P. K. Chattaraj and D. R. Roy, "Local Descriptors around a Transition State: A Link between Chemical Bonding and Reactivity", J. Phys. Chem. A (Communications) 109,3771 (2005).

21. P.K.Chattaraj, U.Sarkar and D.R.Roy, "Electrophilicity Index", Chemical Reviews, 106, 2065 (2006).

22. P. K. Chattaraj and D. R. Roy, "A Possible Union of Chemical Bonding, Reactivity, and Kinetics J. Phys. Chem. A (Communication)110,11401 (2006).

23. P.K.Chattaraj and S.Giri “Stability, Reactivity, and Aromaticity of Compounds of a Multivalent Superatom, J. Phys. Chem. A 111, 11116 (2007).