Sourav Pal

Sourav Pal

Physical and Materials Chemistry Division

About Me

We work in the field of theoretical and computational chemistry with our main focus on development of Couple Cluster methods.

Professional Experience

  • Integrated M.Sc., 1977, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
  • Ph. D. (Chemistry), 1985, Indian Association for Cultivation of Science
  • Postdoctoral, Quantum Theory Project, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA; Alexander Von Humbolt Fellow, University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Selected Publications

  • Nayana Vaval, K.B.Ghose, Sourav Pal And D.Mukherjee, Fock space multi reference coupled-cluster theory : Fourth order correction to ionization potential, Chem.Phys.Lett., 209, 292 - 298 (2012).
  • Sourav Pal And K.R.S. Chandrakumar, A critical study of local reactivity descriptors for weak interactions: A qualitative and quantitative analysis, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 122, 4145 - 4153 (2000).
  • R. K. Roy, Sourav Pal And K. Hirao , On non-negativity of Fukui function indices, J. Chem. Phys., 110, 8236 - 8245 (1999).
  • Sourav Pal, M.Rittby, R.J.Bartlett, D.Sinha And D.Mukherjee, Multireference coupled-cluster methods using an incomplete model space :?Application?to ionization potentials and excitation energies of Formaldehyde(E), Chem.Phys.Lett., 142, 575 (1987).
  • Sourav Pal, Analysis of coupled-cluster methods for first order static properties, Phys.Rev.A., 33, 2240 - 2244 (1986).
  • Sourav Pal, M.D.Prasad And D. Mukherjee, Use of size-consistent energy functional in many electron theory of closed shells, Theor.Chim.Acta., 62, 523 - 536 (1983).
  • Sourav Pal, M.D.Prasad And D.Mukherjee , On certain correspondences among various coupled cluster theories for closed shell systems, Pramana., 18, 261 - 270 (1982).
  • M.D.Prasad, Sourav Pal And D.Mukherjee, Use of modified Propagators in many body perturbation theory, J.Chem.Soc(Faraday II)., 78, 1743 - 1752 (1982).
  • M.D Prasad, Sourav Pal And D.Mukherjee, An alternative definition of the electron propagator in the super operator form and its relation to linear response theory, Pramana., 15, 531 - 543 (1980).

Research Interest

  • Theory AND Computational Science

Contact Details

    Contact

    • Dr. Sourav Pal
    • Director NCL, Physical Chemistry Division
      Office: Room 1724, Upper Floor, CMC Building 
      National Chemical Laboratory
      Dr. Homi Bhabha Road
      Pune 411008, India
      Phone +91 20 2590 2944
      Fax +91 20 2590 2636
      E-mail s.pal@ncl.res.in