| Department | Department of Chemistry |
| Designation | Associate Professor |
| Educational Qualification | M.Sc., Ph.D., Post-Doc |
| dralekhasutar@gmail.com | |
| Contact Number | 7008316314 |
राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान रायपुर
An Institute of National Importance
Alekha Kumar Sutar
Areas of Interest
• Engineering/Materials
Science,
• High Performance Polymer
based Nanocomposites,
• Ring Opening Polymerization
• CO 2 Sequestration
• Polymer Composites for
Supercapacitor Application
Publications
Details of Patent.
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S.No |
Patent Title |
Name of Applicant(s) |
Patent No. |
Award Date |
Agency/Country |
Status |
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1. |
Polythiophene-Ruthenium Oxide-Polyaniline Nanocomposite Based Electrodes for High- Performance Supercapacitors |
Tungabidya Maharana, Dharmendra, Alekha Kumar Sutar |
569481 |
31/07/2025 |
India |
Granted |
|
2. |
Flexible Carbon cloth electrode enrobed with polypyrrole coated MnFe2O4 nanoparticles for Supercapacitor and method of fabrication |
Rama Devi; Jagabandhu Patra; Kavita Tapadia; Alekha Kumar Sutar; Jeng-Kuei Chang; Tungabidya Maharana |
202521094359 |
31/10/2025 |
India |
Published |
Publications
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Sl. No |
Authors |
Title |
Publication |
Volume |
Pages |
Year |
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1 |
Dharmendra; Patra, Jagabandhu; Nayan, Rajiv; Sheelam, Anjaiah; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; Chang, Jeng-Kuei; |
Polythiophene–RuO2–Polyaniline Ternary Nanocomposite for High-Performance Supercapacitor Electrodes |
ACS Applied Engineering Materials |
9 |
|
2026 |
|
2 |
Kumar, Mahendra; Samal, Sushanta Kumar; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
MnFe2O4@ polyindole/carbon cloth electrodes for high-energy long-life symmetric pseudocapacitors |
Journal of Energy Storage |
164 |
122213 |
2026 |
|
3 |
Kumar, Mahendra; Samal, Sushanta Kumar; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Symmetric faradaic assembly of Zn-Ferrite@ Polyindole enrobed carbon cloth for high performance flexible pseudo-capacitor device |
Journal of Power Sources |
677 |
240028 |
2026 |
|
4 |
Kumar, Chandra; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Design and Fabrication of PTh/WO3/TiO2 Ternary Nanocomposites for Enhanced Supercapacitor Performance |
Journal of Electronic Materials |
55 |
1908-1922 |
2026 |
|
5 |
Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Fabrication and electrochemical evaluation of polythiophene-polypyrrole-RuO2 ternary nanocomposite electrodes for high performance supercapacitor applications |
Reactive and Functional Polymers |
|
106662 |
2026 |
|
6 |
Behera, Gundicharani; Maharana, Tungabidya; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; |
Synthesis and Multifunctional Applications of First Row Transition Metal Chromites ACr2O4 (Aâ• Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn) |
ChemistrySelect |
11 |
e06929 |
2026 |
|
7 |
Behera, Gundicharani; Sidhanty, Renuka; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Schiff bases and their transition metal complexes as cornerstones in applied chemistry |
Discover Chemistry |
3 |
119 |
2026 |
|
8 |
Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Sidhanty, Renuka; Maharana, Tungabidya; Chowdhury, Soumyadeep Roy; |
Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antioxidant, and Molecular Docking Study of (E)-4-(1-(2-aminophenylimino) ethyl) benzene-1, 3-diol |
Indian Journal of Chemistry (IJC) |
65 |
219-226 |
2026 |
|
9 |
Kumar, Chandra; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Advancing supercapacitor technology: Synthesis and characterization of PTh/MoO3/TiO2 ternary nanocomposite electrodes for enhanced performance |
Polyhedron |
117827 |
2025 |
|
|
10 |
Kumar, Chandra; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Synthesis and electrochemical investigation of polythiophene/MoO3/Al2O3-based ternary nanocomposites for symmetric pseudocapacitors |
Reactive and Functional Polymers |
106519 |
2025 |
|
|
11 |
Moharana, Srikanta; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Poly (aniline-co-pyrrole)/SnO2 nanocomposites: Innovative electrode materials for enhanced capacitance for symmetric supercapacitor applications |
Reactive and Functional Polymers |
106573 |
2025 |
|
|
12 |
Kumar, Chandra; Sutar, Alekha Kumar; Maharana, Tungabidya; |
Polythiophene/WO3/Al2O3 Ternary Nanocomposite Electrodes for Highâ€Performance Flexible Symmetric Supercapacitors |
ChemistrySelect |
10 |
e05285 |
2025 |
Book Chapter
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S.No |
Title |
Author’s Name |
Publisher |
Year of Publication |
|
Book Chapters |
|
|
|
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|
1 |
Functional Materials from Used PPEs for Energy Harvesting Applications and their Recycling |
Moharana S.; Sahu B.B.; Kumar K.; Sutar A.K.; Maharana T. |
Springer Nature |
2024 |
|
2 |
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Membrane for Fuel Cell Applications |
Maharana T.; Sutar A.K.; Nath N.; Routaray A.; Negi Y.S.; Mohanty B. |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
2014 |
|
3 |
|
Alekha Kumar Sutar, Tungabidya Maharana, Anita Routaray, Nibedita Nath |
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
2015 |
|
4 |
Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) |
Tungabidya Maharana, Alekha Kumar Sutar, Anita Routaray, Nibedita Nath, Yuvraj Singh Negi |
CRC Press |
2015 |
PhD students
|
S.no. |
Name of student |
Reg. Year
|
Thesis title |
Completed/ ongoing |
|
1
|
Yosobanta Das |
2009 |
Synthesis and Characterization of ONNO-based Bulky Schiff Base metal complexes and their catalytic activity |
Completed |
|
2 |
Sasmita Pattanaik |
2014 |
Synthesis and characterization of novel biodegradable copolymeric system by ROP |
Completed |
|
3 |
Narendra Kumar Sethy |
2012 |
Geochemistry of Po in the terrestrial Environment of an Uranium mineralized area Jaduguda |
Completed |
|
4 |
Jnana Ranjan Kar |
2015 |
Processing, Development and Characterization of natural Fibre reinforced composites |
Completed |
|
5 |
Harish C Pradhan |
2015 |
Synthesis and characterizations of [o-,n,n,o-] based bulky schiff base metal complexes and their catalytic activity towards cyclic carbonate formation by fixation of co2 |
Completed |
|
6 |
Anita Routaray |
2011 |
Synthesis and structural studies of Metal complexes supported by Bulky Schiff Base Ligands: Efficient catalysts for the ROP of Lactides |
Completed |
|
7 |
Nibedita Nath |
2011 |
Synthesis and Characterization and Catalytic activity studies of Polymer supported Schiff base Metal complexes |
Completed |
|
8 |
Khilawan Patel |
2017 |
Synthesis and characterization of graphene oxide and functionalized graphene oxide for removal of heavy metals in water |
Completed |
|
9 |
Somanath Mantri |
2016 |
Metal Complexes for ROP of Lactide and cycloaddition of CO2 with epoxides |
Completed |
|
10 |
Kahnu Charan Naik |
2020 |
Coordination driven self-assembled coordination cages from Pd(II) and Non-chelating unsymmetric bidentate ligands |
Completed |
|
11 |
Dharmendra
|
2021 |
Polythiophene, polypyrrole and metal Oxide based ternary composites for Supercapacitor applications |
Completed |
|
12 |
Chandra Kumar |
2021 |
Synthesis and characterization of the Polythiophene and metal Compound-based ternary Nanocomposites for supercapacitor Applications |
Completed |
|
13 |
Manikant |
2022 |
Development and Characterization of Polypyrrole and metal oxide Based nanocomposites for Energy storage applications |
ongoing |
|
14 |
Gundicharani Behera |
2024 |
Conducting polymer and supercapacitor applications |
ongoing |
|
15 |
Versha Verma |
2025 |
Polythiophene - Metal Oxide Based ternary Nanocomposite for Supercapacitor Applications |
ongoing |
|
16 |
Nebedita Majhi |
2025 |
Fabrication of MXene-Based Ternary Nanocomposite for Energy Storage Applications |
ongoing |
|
17 |
Niharika Sahu |
2026 |
Machine Learning-Guided Design of Symmetric Supercapacitors |
ongoing |
|
18 |
Kuldeep Singh |
2026 |
Topic Development of symmetric Supercapacitors: A Machine Learning- Assisted Approach |
ongoing |
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