Curriculum Vitae
AVISHEK KUMAR JHA
Research Scholar
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram,69551, Kerala, India.
E-Mail: avishek21@iisertvm.ac.in
Present Position
Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF)
School of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Thiruvananthapuram, 695551
Kerala, India
Supervisor: Dr. Veera Reddy Yatham
Academic Qualification
Ph. D.
August 2021-Present
School of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Thiruvananthapuram, 695551
Kerala, India
MSc. (Chemistry)
July 2018 – June 2020
National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchirappalli, Tamilnadu, India.
BSc. (Chemistry honours)
August 2013- 2017
T. N. B. College Bhagalpur, Tilkamanjhi Bhagalpur University, Bihar, India.
Awards and Honours
Got an Oral Presentation Award at TFCS-2023 organized by the department of chemistry NIT Tiruchirappalli in August 2023.
Awarded Prime Minister Research Fellowship in August 2022.
All India Rank of 634th in GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) 2021.
All India Rank of 419th in IIT-JAM (Joint admission test for M.Sc.) 2018.
Teaching and Mentoring Experience
Inside IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Sep 2021 - Oct 2021 - Teaching Assistant in BS-MS Minor lab for the course CHY-112.
Nov 2021 - April 2022 - Teaching Assistant in BS-MS Minor lab for the course CHY-212.
March 2022 - May 2022 - Teaching Assistant in BS-MS Minor lab for the course CHY- 222.
August 2022 – Nov 2022 - Teaching Assistant in BS-MS Minor lab for the course CHY-212.
Outside IISER Thiruvananthapuram
Jan 2023- March 2023 - Taught Analytical Chemistry at IQBAL COLLEGE, Peringammala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695563.
April 2023- Feb 2024- Taught Chemistry couses at IQBAL COLLEGE, Peringammala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala-695563.
Mentorship
Mentored Dhananjay P Nair for his BS-MS major project from July-2022 to April 2023.
Mentored Sanjay Kumar P for his BS-MS major project from July-2023 to Nov 2023.
Technical Skills
Experience in working with all the modern instruments such as GC-MS, UV-VIS, IR, CV, HRMS, Fluorometer and NMR.
Experience in working on applications like Chem Draw, MestreNova, TopSpin, Origin, and Microsoft Applications.
Experience in working with air-sensitive compounds and performing sensitive reactions in the glove box.