About MK
Present Position:
Since 2021: Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal, INDIA.
Professional Experience:
2015-2021: Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal, INDIA.
2009-2015: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, IISER Bhopal, INDIA.
2007-2009: Group Leader (Jubilant Chemsys Ltd., Noida, INDIA).
2006-2007: Senior Research Scientist (Chembiotek Research International Pvt. Ltd., Pune, INDIA).
Post-doctoral Experience:
2004-2006: Institut für Organische Chemie, Universität Tübingen, GERMANY (AvH Fellow).
2003-2004: Department of Chemistry, Wayne State University, Detroit, USA.
Academic Profile:
Ph.D. (1997-2003): National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, INDIA (Degree awarded by University of Pune, INDIA).
M.Sc. (1997) (Chemistry): M. E. S. Abasaheb Garware College, University of Pune, INDIA.
B.Sc. (1995) (Chemistry): M. E. S. Abasaheb Garware College, University of Pune, INDIA.
Awards and Honors:
Editorial Board member of Tetrahedron and Tetrahedron Letters (2024).
Elected Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, Prayagraj (2023).
Golden Jubilee Visiting Fellowship of ICT Mumbai 2021-22.
International Advisory Board Member of Asian Journal of Organic Chemistry (2021 onward).
CRSI Bronze Medal 2020.
SERB-STAR Award 2020.
Alexander von Humboldt Post-doctoral Research Fellowship, Germany, 2004.
Administrative positions held:
Dean of Faculty Affairs (June 2021 - June 2022).
Professor In-charge, Institute Works Department (June 2021- June 2022).
Dean of Strategy, Planning and Development (February - June 2021).
Chief Vigilance Officer (part-time) (April 2019 - June 2021).
Dean of Research and Development (Oct 2015-Jan 2018).
Coordinator, Department of Chemistry (Jan 2014- Dec 2014).
Coordinator, Faculty Affairs (Jan 2010- Dec 2010).
Memberships:
Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI).
Activities under Scientific Social Responsibility:
Presented a Science Talk (in Hindi) over All India Radio (Bhopal) (October 2017).
Presented a Science Talk for school children (in Hindi) over Zoom and YouTube, under the Rashtriya Avishkar Abhiyaan (RAA) of the Ministry of Education (MoE), organized by Centre for Science and Society (CS2), IISER Bhopal, in association with Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Bhopal (October 2022).
Participated in several Outreach activities at IISERB, conducted every summer for school children from all over India.
Presented talks and training sessions for school and college teachers/faculty as a part of various refresher courses.
Other Links:
ORCID: 0000-0003-2592-6726
Google Scholar: Link
LinkedIn: Link
X (Formerly Twitter): @OCSLabIISERB
Invited Talks:
Presented a talk at the FCSB-2024 Symposium at the Department of Chemistry, Central University of Hyderabad, in January 2024.
Presented a talk at the FIC-24 Symposium at Department of Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, in January 2024.
Presented an online talk hosted by Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Panjab University and the India-International Science Forum (IISF) in November 2023
Presented a talk at the FORCE-IICS Symposium at the Kathmandu, Nepal, in September2023.
Presented a talk at the Department of Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, in May 2023.
Presented a talk at the National Symposium on BSCI-2022 at the Banaras Hindu University, in December 2022.
Presented a talk at the International Conference on RCTS-2022 at IIT-ISM Dhanbad, in December 2022
Presented a talk at the RSC-CFOS-2022 Conference at IIT Roorkee, in December 2022.
Presented a talk at ICT Mumbai, Dept. of Chemistry, in May 2022.
Presented a talk at IIT Kanpur, Dept. of Chemistry, in March 2022.
Presented a talk at a “Webinar on Catalysis” organized by SRIBS and MGU, India, in January 2022.
Presented a talk at the XVI-NOST Conference, Chennai, India, in November 2021.
Presented a talk at the RSC-IISER Desktop Seminar with ChemComm, in August 2021.
Presented an invited talk (online) at the Virtual Chemistry Symposium, IIT Jodhpur, Dept. of Chemistry, in October 2020.
Presented a Flash-Talk and Poster at the "International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis", Goa, India, in March 2020.
Presented a talk at CRSI-NSC 26 at VIT, Vellore, in February 2020.
Presented a talk at National Conference on “New Frontiers in Chemistry-From Fundamentals to Applications” at BITS Pilani Goa Campus, in December 2019.
Presented a talk at "Young Talent in Chemical Sciences" symposium at ICT-IOC Bhubaneshwar in November 2019.
Presented a talk at the "Organic Chemistry Symposium 2019" at Lucknow in September 2019.
Presented a talk at the Department of Chemistry, BHU, in July 2019.
Presented a talk at the Department of Chemistry, Central University of Rajasthan, in April 2019.
Presented a talk at the "National Bioorganic Chemistry Conference", NISER Bhubaneswar, in December 2018.
Presented a talk at the "International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis", Goa, India, in December 2018.
Presented a talk at IIT Kharagpur, India, in April 2018.
Presented a talk at the "NTU-IISERB Workshop in Chemistry", Bhopal, India, in January 2018.
Presented a talk at RSC-NOST Symposium on "Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry" at Leeds, UK, in October 2017.
Presented a talk at "Interfacing Chemistry with Biology and Physics" Symposium, IISER Kolkata, India, in January 2017.
Presented a talk at the "Inter-IISER Chemistry Meet (IICM) 2017", Bhopal, India, in January 2017.
Presented a talk at International Conference on Organic Synthesis (ICOS-21), IIT Bombay, India, in December 2016.
Presented a talk at the "Organic Chemistry in Sustainable Development" Symposium at BITS Pilani, India, in August 2016.
Presented a talk at CBMR, Lucknow, India, in July 2016.
Presented a talk at IISER Kolkata, India, in May 2016.
Presented a talk at the "INDIGO Meeting" at Lucknow, India, in February 2016.
Presented a talk at the "Chemistry-Biology And Interfaces" Symposium at CBMR, Lucknow, India, in July 2015.
Presented a talk at the one-day workshop on "Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences" at Bhopal, India, in June 2015.
Presented a talk at the "IISERB-NTU Symposium in Chemistry", Bhopal, India, in May 2015.
Presented a talk at the "Chemical Frontiers" Conference, Goa, India, in August 2014.
Presented a talk at the XVI-NOST Conference, Agra, India, in April 2014.
Presented a talk at the Conference on “Advances in Pharmaceutical Research and Chemistry" at NITTTR Bhopal, India, in March 2012.
Presented a talk at University of Leicester, UK, in September 2011.
Presented a talk at University of Bath, UK, in September 2011.
Presented a talk at the Gregynog Conference, Newtown, UK, in September 2011.
Presented a talk at 98th Indian Science Congress, SRM University, Chennai, India, in January 2010.