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About Me: I joined as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad in June 2025. Prior to this, I was a Scientist at Honeywell, UOP and worked on CO2 electroreduction into value added chemicals. I completed my PhD FROM from IISc Bangalore and worked on an ONGC Energy Centre Trust (OECT) collaborated project in the domain of platinum-based electrocatalyst design for fuel cells as a Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF - PhD scholar). I am interested in the application of electrochemistry in fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, molecule detection, and pollution control. I am also interested in nanotechnology for process development and water treatment.
Research Interest: I am interested in application of electrochemistry in fuel cells, electrolyzers, batteries, molecule detection, pollution control and nanotechnology for process development as well as water treatment.
Academics:
PhD: Chemical Engineering from IISc Bangalore (2018-2024), CGPA - 8.9 / 10 (Distinction)
MTech: Chemical Engineering from IISc Bangalore (2016-2018), CGPA - 8.6 /10 (Distinction)
B.E (Hons): Chemical Engineering from BITS Pilani, Pilani campus (2012-2016), CGPA - 9.17 /10 (Distinction)
Research Experience:
June'25 onwards: Assistant Professor, Chemical Engg. Dept., IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Nov'23 to June'25: Scientist (Electrochemistry team), Honeywell UOP, Gurgaon
Awards/Honours:
2nd prize in Oral presentation, Honeywell UOP annual TCO 2024
ECS student Travel Grant award to attend the 242nd ECS meeting in Fall-2022
Carl Storm International Diversity Award to attend the Gordon Research Conference Fuel Cells-2022
M.P. Chary memorial award by IIChE during SCHEMCON-2021
1st Prize in Short Invited Lecture, International Online Conference on Energy Sciences (ICES 2021)
Best paper award for oral presentaiotn during Electrochemical Society of India Research Scholars Meet (ECSIRM-2020)
Young Scholar award for outstanding performance in oral presentation, International Conference on electrochemistry for Industry, Health and Environment (EIHE 2020)
1st prize, New Generation Ideation Contest-2019 (all India level) by HPCL R&D
1st Prize, "HY CONTEST - 2019 on Modeling the Hydrogen Refueling Station for Heavy Duty Bus" by Hydrogen Association of India
Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (Aug’19 PMRF selection round) for pursuing a PhD
IIChE Ambuja’s young researcher award (2018) for M.Tech thesis
All India Rank-12 (top 0.1%) in GATE Chemical Engineering– 2016
Best all-rounder 1st year UG student -2013 Tresbian award in Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani
INSPIRE Fellowship Award - 2012 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
KVPY Scholarship - 2012 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India
Invited talks:
Invited speaker for the Faculty Development Program on Smart Devices & Energy Systems by the Heritage Institute of Technology, Kolkata, 13th July'26 - 17th July'26
Invited speaker at 4th edition of Short-Term Course– Electrochemistry Fundamentals & Applications (EFAE26) in Engineering at NIT Rourkela, 14th -18th April’26
Delivered an invited lecture at the International Online Conference on Energy Sciences, 10th -12th Dec’21
Invited panel member for discussion on "Life @ BITS and beyond", 5th Aug'17, at BITS Pilani, Pilani campus
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