Direct reductive amination of carbonyl compounds with variety of amines has been reported by using magnetically separable Fe@Pd/C as an efficient catalyst in aqueous reaction medium. The developed methodology offers synthesis of various secondary and tertiary amines using different aldehydes and ketones with amines giving excellent yield. Moreover, the magnetically separable Fe@Pd/C catalyst was easily separated from reaction mixture and can be recycled for further reaction. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.