Research Interests
- Laser Assisted Control of Chemical Reactions
- Resonances in Electron — Molecule Scattering
- Electronic Structure Theory and Quantum Molecular Dynamics of Small to Large Systems
Development of new theoretical approaches to :
Current Courses
- CH 644 : Applied Quantum Chemistry (B.Tech., M.Sc., PhD)
Positions Held
| Professor | December 11, 2024 — Present | IIT Guwahati |
| Associate Professor | February 21, 2015 — December 10, 2024 | IIT Guwahati |
| Assistant Professor | April 01, 2009 — February 20, 2015 | IIT Guwahati |
| Senior Lecturer | August 2008 — November 2008 | IIT Patna (on deputation) |
| Senior Lecturer | May 15, 2008 — March 31, 2009 | IIT Guwahati |
| Junior Research Fellow | February 01, 2008 — May 14, 2008 | IIT Bombay (BRNS Project) |
| CSIR Senior Research Fellow | February 2005 — January 2008 | IIT Bombay |
| CSIR Junior Research Fellow | February 2003 — January 2005 | IIT Bombay |
| Junior Research Fellow | September 2002 — January 2003 | IIT Bombay (DST Project) |
Awards & Honors
- Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), December 2020
- BOYSCAST Fellowship for the year 2010 — 2011 at the University of Heidelberg, Germany under Professor Lorenz S. Cederbaum
- CSIR Senior Research Fellowship, February 2005 — January 2008
- CSIR Junior Research Fellowship, February 2003 — January 2005
- Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Qualified, 2002
Membership of Scientific Societies/Bodies
- Member, American Chemical Society (ACS), August 2020
- Life Member of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), May 2020
- Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC), April 2019
- Associate Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (AMRSC), November 2018
Administrative Responsibilities
- Coordinator, Vigyanika – Science Literature Festival, India International Science Festival (IISF) 2024.
- Vice Chairman, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) – Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM), 2024, 2025.
- Paper Vetter, Chemistry, Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2022.
- Member, Official Language Implementation Committee, 2021 – 2024.
- Member, Committee for Regional Languages in Technical Education of Higher Education, 2020 –
- Member, Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee (DPPC), Department of Chemistry, 2020 – 2022.
- Member, Departmental Space Allocation Committee, Department of Chemistry, 2020 –
- Member, Committee for Enhancing Community’s Response to Covid-19, 2020 –
- National Service Scheme (NSS) Programme Coordinator, 2019 – 2023.
- External Member, Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee (DPPC), Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2018 – 2022.
- Ex Officio Member, Departmental Undergraduate Programme Committee (DUPC), Department of Chemistry, 2017 – 2020.
- Ex Officio Member, Departmental Postgraduate Programme Committee (DPPC), Department of Chemistry, 2017 – 2020.
- Member, Institute Time Table Committee (ITTC), 2017 – 2020.
- Time Table Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, 2017 – 2020.
- Paper Setter, Chemistry, Joint Admission Test for Masters (JAM), 2015.
- Associate Warden : Hostel Kapili, 2010 — 2011.
- Faculty Advisor : B.Tech. (CST) 2009 batch, 2009 — 2011.