Gokarneswar Sahoo
Teaching Experience
2016-present (NIT Rourkela)
Undergraduate Courses
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Chemistry (CY1101)
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Chemistry Laboratory (CY170/CY1170)
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Hydrocarbons and Their Functional Groups (CY2101) Functional Group Identification Laboratory (CY 2701)
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Name Reactions and Rearrangements (CY213)
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Chemistry of Natural Products (CY312) Quantitative Analysis of Inorganic/Organic Compounds Laboratory (CY372)
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Natural Products Isolation Laboratory (CY3702)
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Graduate Courses:
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Stereochemistry and Reaction Mechanism (CY 4101)
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Spectroscopic Methods of Analysis (CY 4104/CY513)
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Methods in Organic Synthesis (CY511)
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PhD Courses
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (CY616/CY6106)
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Special Topics in Organic Chemistry (CY617)
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2014-2016 (2nd Post-Doc)
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KEMS526: Physical Organic Chemistry (problem exercises).
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Supervision of summer internship (2 months).
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Supervision of MSc Projects (2 students-1 year program).
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​2011-2013 (1st Post-Doc)
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KEMS528: Physical Organic Chemistry (problem exercises).
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Supervision of B.Sc. Projects (2 students-2 month program).
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2008-2010 (Industrial Job)
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Supervision of 6 FTEs (MSc Full Time Employees)
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2001-2008 (PhD duration)
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Supervision of MSc projects (2 students).
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MEMBERSHIPS IN SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
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2016- Life Member-Orissa Chemical Society
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2018 & 2019- Executive Member-Orissa Chemical Society
GRANTS AND RESEARCH FUNDING
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2017-2020: Early Career Research Award, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science and Technology (DST), India.
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2018-2022: Science and Technology Department, Odisha.
Presentation in Conference/Workshop
17. Nuclear Waste Management, Nov 2022, “Special Exclusive Interview”, All India Radio, Rourkela.
16. High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Principle and Applications, Oct 2022, “Bio-Chemical and Bio-Physical Characterization of Proteins”, NIT Rourkela.
15. Organic Synthesis: A Leap towards Amalgamating New Frontiers, Sep 2022, “Confluence of Science and Engineering Exploring New Frontiers (CSEEF-22)”, GIET University, Gunupur, Rayagada-765022, Odisha, India.
14. Food-its composition, decomposition, and preservation: The chemical perspective, Jul 2022, “Sustainable Disruptive Technology in Agri-Food Sector for Processing and Preservation, NIT Rourkela”.
13. CHEMTECH: Alliance for a Progressive Tomorrow, May 2022, “National Technology Day Lecture, Institute of Engineers, NIT Rourkela”.
12. Organic Chemistry in Daily Life, Feb 2022, ”Science Day Lecture, Vikram Deb (Autonomous) College, Jeypore, Odisha, India”.
11. An Ingenious Tool for Building Molecules, Jan 2022, “Nobel Prize Seminar-2021, Sambalpur University, Odisha, India”.
10. Analytical Techniques for Molecular Characterisation in Food Engineering Research, Dec 2021, Workshop on “Technologies for Increasing the Shelf-Life of Perishable Foods, NIT Rourkela”.
9. Umpolung of Cationic Bromine: Organocatalyzed Halogenation of olefins, Nov 2021, “Indo-German Partnership in Higher Education, DIP Regensburg–Rourkela, NIT Rourkela”.
8. NMR Spectroscopy: Extremely Useful Tool for Characterization, Feb 2021, Webinar on “Characterisation of Materials, CUTM, Paralakhemundi”.
7. 2D NMR spectroscopy: Information of and from nuclei connected, Jan 2021, Short Term Course on “Spectroscopic Techniques for Materials Characterization, MNIT Jaipur”.
6. 13C Nucleus and NMR Spectroscopy: Scarce in nature, but extremely informative, Jan 2021, Short Term Course on “Spectroscopic Techniques for Materials Characterization, MNIT Jaipur”.
5. Role of Organic Chemist in Synthesis of Natural Drug Entities, Jan 2020, “Colloquium, CUTM, Paralakhemundi”.
4. Michael Addition of Aldehydes to b-Nitrostyrenes with Hayashi-Jorgensen Catalyst, March 2019,”IC-CBSDD-2019, PG Department of Chemistry, Berhampur University”.
3. Catalytic Creation of Chiral Carbons (4Cs), 14-18th February 2018,”Recent Trends in Chemical Science and its Industrial and Biological Relevance, NIT Rourkela”.
2. Asymmetric Organocatalytic Mukaiyama-Michael reaction: Synthesis of chiral backbones of natural products. Dec- 2017, “Prof. R. C. Tripathy Young Scientist Award Lecture, 31st Annual Conference of Orissa Chemical Society & National Seminar on Recent Developments and Applications of Functional Materials, CUTM, Paralakhemundi”.
1. Dihydrooxazine Oxide: A Key Player in Organocatalytic Michael Additions of Aldehydes to nitroalkenes. Apr 2013, “4th OCRA Meeting, Amsterdam: Action on Organocatalysis”.