Dr. Rituraj Kalita
Associate Professor
Ph.D. : Gauhati UniversityResearch Interests:
Theoretical and Computational ChemistryJoined the University in May 13, 1993
Phone: +91-9864015207
Email: rituraj.kalita@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
M.Sc. in Chemistry (1992, I.I.T., Kharagpur, W.B.), Ph.D. (2010, GU, Guwahati)
Joined as Lecturer in May, 1993, Associate Professor since July, 2008.
Teaching
Teaching physical, quantum and computational chemistry and some aspects of analytical chemistry at B.Sc. and M.Sc. as well as H.S. levels.
Research paper publications till 2021
(1) Prediction of pKa from basic principles: Ab initio and DFT studies on some molecules. P. Hazarika, R.L. Sarma, M. Karim, B. Bezbaruah, R. Kalita, and C. Medhi. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 48A, 520-525.
(2) The compatibility of molecular structures of diphenyl diamines drugs with minor groove of DNA and the importance of cationic amidine group in DNA binding. B. Bezbaruah, R. Kalita, P. Hazarika and C. Medhi, Sciencia Acta Xeverianaa, 2009, 1(1), 1-18
(3) Ab initio molecular orbital and force field calculations on the interaction of daunomycin with GC base-pair and intercalation within DNA. R.L. Sharma, R. Kalita, M. Karim, B. Bezbaruah, and C. Medhi. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2009, 47B, 1605-1610.
(4) Is DFT method useful for analysis of sequence specificity of bases in nucleic acid? R. Parajuli, R. Kalita, and C. Medhi. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2006, 45B, 782-791.
(5) Are there variations in hydrogen bonding abilities of Watson-Crick Region and other donor-acceptor sites of nucleobases? An ab initio method of Studying proton and metal-ion affinities of nucleobases. D. Talukdar, R. Parajuli, R. Kalita, and C. Medhi. Indian Journal of Chemistry, 2006, 45A, 1804-1812.
Other Informations
Authored many on-web study booklets in various topics of degree and postgraduate level chemistry e.g., electrochemistry, thermodynamics, statistical thermodynamics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics, solid structure, basic quantum chemistry, advanced topics in quantum chemistry, computation chemistry, data analysis and tests of significance, etc., maintained in a personal website https://sites.google.com/view/chemistry-rk
Developed several freely distributed scientific, linguistic and mathematical computer-software such as Shabda-Brahma, Force-on-Nuclei, Assam-Calcu, Power-Surface, Granthaalok, etc., hosted free for many years by the popular software-hosting organisations such as Softpedia.
Has written extensively for promotion of social justice, peace, social harmony, etc. and on popular science topics in local print media as well as on the Internet.