Dr. Bharti Khungar @ BITS Pilani

Research Interests

Broad Area

Green Chemistry, Inorganic and Bioinorganic Chemistry

Specific Area

Synthesis and characterization of metal complexes of Schiff base and ion-tagged ligands
Catalytic application of metal complexes for simple organic transformation in aqueous medium
Exploring antibacterial, antifungal, DNA cleavage activities of ligands and metal complexes
Using ion-tagged molecules as chemosensors for the detection of ions

Ongoing Project

Imidazolium-based fluorescent probes for Selective Sensing of Metal Ions in Environmental Samples, SERB-POWER, (29.67 lakhs)

Completed Projects

Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Environmentally Benign Ionic Liquid Tagged Schiff Base Metal Complexes funded under DST FAST TRACK SCHEME, India. (19.47 lakhs)
Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Novel Ionic Liquid Supported Metal Complexes, funded by UGC, India. (13.40 lakhs)

Ph D students

Dr. Kasiviswanadharaju Pericherla (Ph D awarded 2015): Synthesis of Novel Fused Azaheterocycles by One-pot, Tandem and Multicomponent Reactions.
Dr. Pankaj Nehra (Ph D awarded 2018): Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Ionic Liquid-tagged Schiff Base Complexes of Pd, Cu and Zn.
Dr. Vaishali Saini (Ph D awarded 2020): Synthesis, characterization and catalytic applications of functionalized ionic liquid nickel, cobalt and chromium complexes.
Ms. Pragya (Ph D ongoing)
Ms. Payal Panwar (Ph D ongoing)
Ms. Nidhi (Ph D ongoing)

Awards and Recognition

University Immersion Abroad Scheme of BITS Pilani, 2016 and worked at Chapman University, Irvine, California, USA.
Summer Research Fellowship twice from Academies’ of Science, India for 2013 and 2014, worked at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai.