Professional, Research and Academic Background
April 2022 - Present: Head, Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati , Assam, INDIA.
June 2021 - Present; Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati , Assam, INDIA.
July 2015 - June 2021; Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati , Assam, INDIA.
2012 - 2015; Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Chemistry, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA.
(Research Supervisor: Prof. Alan. S. Goldman)
2010 - 2012; Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Goethe University, Frankfurt, GERMANY.
(Research Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Terfort)
2009 - 2010; Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA.
(Research Supervisor: Prof. Ashoka G. Samuelson)
2004 - 2009; PhD in Organometallics and Coordination Chemistry,
Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, INDIA.
(Research Supervisor: Prof. Ashoka G. Samuelson)
2002 - 2004; M.Sc. in Inorganic Chemistry,
Department of Chemistry, Mangalore University, Mangalore, INDIA.
(Obtained First Class with Distinction)
1999 - 2002; B.Sc. [Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics],
St. Aloysius College, Affiliated to Mangalore University, Mangalore, INDIA.
(Obtained First Class with Distinction)
Academic Scholarships / Awards received
December 2021 - Fellow of Indian Chemical Society (FICS - Life Fellow)
Feb 2021 - Jan 2026; Selected as Member of Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS), Indian National Science Academy
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022; Member of American Chemical Society.
2015 - 2018; DST Young Scientist.
2012 - 2015; Centre for Enabling New Technologies Through Catalysis (CENTC) Post Doctoral Fellow.
2012 - 2015; Post Doctoral Fellowship funded by CHEVRON Energy Technology Company.
2010 - 2012; Post Doctoral Fellowship funded by Beilstein Institute under the NANOBIC Project.
2009 - 2010; Indian Institute of Science Senior Research Associate Fellowship.
2007; Best poster award: 12th Symposium on Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC XII - Dec 2007), IIT Madras, Chennai, INDIA.
2006 - 2009; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Senior Fellowship
2004 - 2006; Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Junior Fellowship
2004; Indian Institute of Science Graduate Student Fellowship
2002 - 2004; Rastriya Pratibha Vidyarthi Vetana Scholarship from Mangalore University
Professional Affiliations
September 2021-Present, Member, Bureau of Indian Standards.
International Advisory Board member of the workshop entitled “Tools and techniques to perform molecular modelling and computer-aided drug design” (MMTT-2021).
Editor, Book titled “PINCER-METAL COMPLEXES: APPLICATIONS IN CATALYTIC DEHYDROGENATION CHEMISTRY ” Elsevier Publications, 2021
September 2020 - Present, Visiting Faculty, NIPER Guwahati
Jan 2020 - Present; Member, Board of Studies, St. Aloysius College, Mangalore
Lifetime Member of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
Jan 2013 - Jan 2015; Member of American Chemical Society.
Jan 2019 - Jan 2022; Member of American Chemical Society.