Present Position:

Assistant Professor | Department of Chemistry | IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, Jharkhand, India| June 2021- Present

Past Experience:

• Assistant Professor | VIT Bhopal University, Bhopal, India | Sep 2020 - May 2021

• Postdoctoral fellow | Oak Ridge National Lab, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA | May 2018 - Aug 2020

• Mentor for Appalachian Regional Commission/ Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2019 High School Summer Math Science Technology Institute | July 6-19, 2019

• Assistant Professor | St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India | Aug 2017 - April 2018

Education:

Ph.D. in Chemistry - IIT Delhi, Delhi, India

M.Sc. Chemistry (Specialization-Physical Chemistry)-St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

B.Sc. (HONS.) Chemistry - St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

International Oral Presentations:

1. "Role of position and pattern of acetylation in xylan-cellulose interactions" at ACS Fall 2022 from August 21-25, 2022. 

2. "Spontaneous change in O-2 acetylated xylan conformations on the (110) hydrophilic cellulose surface" at ACS Spring 2021 from April 5-30, 2021.

3. “Understanding heterogeneous catalyst deactivation by biogenic impurities” presented in “21st Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference” held at Hyatt Regency, Reston, Virginia, U.S.A. from June 13-15, 2017.

Conferences Organized:

1. Convenor for 2-day national workshop on "Green Steel Production via Decarbonization for Sustainable and Circular Economy (GSP2024)" supported by DSIR, ANRF, JCSTI, CSIR and INYAS at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from 16th-17th December 2024. 

2. Organizing committee of National conference on “Emerging Trends in Earth Sciences: Geohazards and Resource Management”, ETES-2024, from 27-29th September  2024.  

3. Co-Convenor for Technical Symposium on Science and Technology for Sustainable Future (STSF 2023) organized by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, TEXMiN Foundation, and INYAS from 15-17 September, 2023.  

4. Joint Secretary in core committee for organizing an international conference on "Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences-2022 (RTCS-2022)" hosted by Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad under the aegis of Indian Chemical Society from 16-18 December 2022.  

5.  Co-Convenor for organizing a DSIR supported two days national workshop on “Low-Cost Bio-coal Production and Its Potential Impact on Steel Industries” at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad from 14-15 May 2022.  

6. Member of the Organizing committee for 2nd National Conference on “Recent Trends in Applied Sciences and Computing Engineering” held at VIT Bhopal University from 18-20 December 2020.

7. Coordinating and organizing National Conference on "Chemical Sciences: Opportunities and Challenges 2018” held at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, India from 19-20 March, 2018.

8. Volunteer for organizing Indo-US Bilateral workshop on “Nanoparticle Assembly: From Fundamentals to Applications” held at IIT Delhi, Delhi, India from 12-14 December, 2011.

Outreach Activities:

1. Convenor for Srijan 2026 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

2. Nominated to attend the Workshop on Conduct of Inquiry on Complaints relating to Sexual Harassment of Women at Work Place from 05 May to 06 May, 2025 at Institute of Secretariat Training and Management, Delhi

3. Organized exposure visit for JNV Kalpathar on 06th February 2025. 

4. Organized Mr. and Miss India Fashion show sponsored by Feel star on 09th February 2025. 

5. Organized exposure visit for JNV Deoghar on 10th February 2025. 

6. Coordinator for Cultural and Fete Committee of III 2025 and Basant 2025 from 31st January to 2nd February 2025.   

7. Co-Convenor for Srijan 2025 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from 31st January to 2nd February 2025.

8. Organizing committee for Innovation, Design, and Entrepreneurship (IDE) Bootcamp for School Teachers under Innovation Cell, Ministry of Education, Government of India from 29-30th November 2024.   

9. Empowering girls in STEM: Visit of girls students from JNV Dhanbad under Vigyan Jyoti Programme of Department of Science and Technology on 03rd September 2024.

10. Empowering girls in STEM: Visit of girls students from JNV Koderma under Vigyan Jyoti Programme of Department of Science and Technology on 20th August 2024.

11. Selected among 24 participants from the country for the Work & Industry Neutral Growth Skills Workshop (WINGS) 2024 Capacity Building Workshop organised by the Indian National Young Academy of Science (INYAS) under its flagship event WiSDoM (Women in Scientific Domain) program at IIT Bombay from 8th to 10th August 2024.

12. Coordinator of Cultural and Fete Committe in BASANT-2024 & III-2024 from 3rd - 4th February 2023 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

13. Anchor for BASANT-2024 and III-2024 from 3rd - 4th February 2023 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

14. Treasurer for cultural fest Srijan 2024 of IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

15. Co-treasurer for Techno-Management Fest CONCETTO- 2023 from 13-15th October 2023 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. 

16. Member of Fete and Cultural, Food and Catering committee for BASANT-2023 & III-2023 from 4th - 5th February 2023 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad.

17. Anchor for BASANT-2023 and III-2023 from 4th - 5th February 2023 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. 

18. Supervision for smooth execution and deliberation of pre-convocation and convocation food during 41st convocation 2022. 

Administrative Responsibilities:

1. Chief Warden of Ruby and Rosaline hostel for 2024-2025 for IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. 

2. Warden for  Ruby and Rosaline hostel for 2022-2024 at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.

3. Nodal officer for the Vigyan Jyoti Program of the Department of Science and Technology from IIT(ISM) Dhanbad since July 2023.

4. Member of the Internal Complaints Committee at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from 27 September 2023 to Present. 

5. Faculty advisor for the Dance Club (Legends in the Making and We the Crew) at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad since 10th February 2023.

6. Faculty advisor product management club at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad since 30th January 2023 to 2024.   

7. Member of DPGC for the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from October 2022-2024.

8. Departmental Faculty Coordinator for International Relations at IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.

Additional Responsibilities:

1. Invited session chair for "Net-zero Emission Technologies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities (N0ET-2023)" organized by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad  from 16-17 December 2023. 

2. Anchor for the inaugural session of Global Initiative Academic Network (GIAN) Course on Functional Material and Heterogeneous Catalysis (Course ID: 171058B01) from December 11 – 15 2023.

3. Invited session chair for Technical Symposium on Science and Technology for Sustainable Future (STSF 2023) organized by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, TEXMiN Foundation, and INYAS from 15-17 September, 2023. 

4. Invited Jury member for INYAS National Research Competition for Best Thesis in Carbon Materials 2023.  

5. Anchor for international workshop on "CO2 and Biomass as Feedstock for the Production of Fuels and Chemical Intermediates" on 23rd January 2023 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad sponsored by Indo-German Centre for Science and Technology. 

6. Invited Jury member for 30th District Level National Children's Science Congress 2022 & 25th District Level Child Rights' Congress 2022 on the theme "Understanding Ecosystem for Health and Well-Being" on 3rd December 2022.

7. Invited session chair for "National Conference on Molecular Modeling and Simulations" (NCMMS 2022) held at VIT Bhopal University from February 28 to March 02 2022.

Invited Talks:

1. Guest Speaker as a distinguished alumnus at the CONNECT-2025: Alumni, Parents, and Students Meet at the Chemistry Department, St. Stephen's College, Delhi on March 21, 2025. 

2. Invited as the Chief Guest on the occasion of Women's day at SSLNT Mahila Mahavidyalya, Dhanbad on 8th March 2025.

3. "Role model talk" under PM Shree at JNV Koderma on 9th September 2024.

4. Role model talk on "Why girls need to choose STEM" under Vigyan Jyoti Programme of Department of Science and Technology at JNV Koderma on 9th September 2024.  

5. "Trends in interactions of variably acetylated xylan on cellulose surface" at "Net-zero Emission Technologies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities (N0ET-2023)" organized by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad  from 16-17 December 2023.

6. "Impact of position of substitution and degree of acetylation in driving xylan-cellulose interactions" at the 8th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology organized by the Centre for Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati from 29th November to 1st December 2023 

7. "Effect of Hemicellulose Decoration on Biomass Recalcitrance" in Technical Symposium on Science and Technology for Sustainable Future (STSF 2023) organized by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad, TEXMiN Foundation, and INYAS from 15-17 September 2023.

8. "Computational Study of Catalyst Poisoning" in "Contemporary Techniques in Chemical Engineering Characterizations" under the aegis of DST-STUTI Programme of IIT(ISM) Dhanbad on 30th July 2023.

9.  Motivating young minds to work hard and build up network required for digital marketing and business during "Forever Mission Growth" at Invitee Banquet Hall, Delhi on 18th June 2023.

10. "Computer-aided Drug Discovery" in "Computational Chemistry Symposium" at VIT Bhopal University on 2nd February 2023.

11. Motivating tribal school children to pursue research career in science, engineering and technology under the DST funded project on "Motivate School Students and Teachers Concerning the relevance of Science and Technology through Innovative Communication Techniques" on 11th December 2022.

12. "Understanding Biomolecular Recognition in Human Interleukin for Therapeutic Intervention" in 27th ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2022) entitled "Research and Innovation in Chemical, Pharmaceutical, and Biological Sciences" at BIT-Mesra Ranchi, Jharkhand, India on 18th November 2022.

13. "Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Hands-On" in Refresher course in Chemistry on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences by UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Ranchi University, Jharkhand, India on 25th August 2021.

14. "Introduction to Computational Chemistry" in Refresher course in Chemistry on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences by UGC- Human Resource Development Centre, Ranchi University, Jharkhand, India on 19th August 2021.

Conferences/Workshops:

1. Attended and hosted 2025 IEEE 1st International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Developments in Electrical Engineering (SSDEE), at IIT ISM Dhanbad from 28 February to 2 March, 2025.

2. Attended National Conference on “Net-zero Emission Technologies for Sustainable Development: Challenges and Opportunities  (NOET 2024)" at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from December 06-07, 2024.

3. Attended 13th India Minerals and Metals Forum by Indian Chamber of Commerce at Le Meridien, New Delhi on 12th July 2024. 

4. Attended National Conference on "Technological Advancements in Waste Management: Challenges and Opportunities – 2023" (TAWMCO – 2023) at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from December 04–05, 2023 

5. Attended International conference on “Net Emission Zero Technologies” for sustainable development: Challenges and Opportunities under the aegis of IITChe at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad from 12-13th December 2022. 

6. Attended 26th International Symposium on Chemical Engineering (ISCRE 26) and the 9th Asia-Pacific Chemical Engineering (APCRE 9) Symposium held at IIT Delhi from December 5-8, 2021. 

7. Attended CHARMM-GUI CECAM School from September 5- 10, 2021. 

8. Webinar on "Targeted Delivery of RNA-targeted Therapeutics" by ACS on July 29, 2021.

9. Poster presentation titled “Understanding the structural and dynamic changes that relieve inhibition of IMPDH upon horizontal transfer of a pathway for coumarate catabolism into E. coli” at Biophysical Society Annual Meeting 2020 at San Diego, California, U.S.A. from February 15-21, 2020.

10. Attended CADES NVIDIA GPU BASICS workshop in Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, U.S.A. on November 11, 2019.

11. Participated in “National Conference on Scientific Innovation-A Head Start” held at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, India from April 5-6, 2018.

12. Participated in “National Conference on Chemical Sciences: Opportunities and Challenges 2018”held at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, India from March 19-20, 2018.

13. Presented poster titled “Comparison of Hydration Behavior and Conformational Preferences of Trp-cage Mini-protein in Different Rigid Body Water Models” in “Nanoparticle Assembly - From Fundamental to Applications : Faraday Discussions” held at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India from January 7-9, 2016.

14. Presented poster titled “Sensitivity of Local Hydration Behavior and Conformational Preferences of Peptide to the Choice of Water Model” in “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium 2014” held at NCL Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India from December 16-18, 2014.

15. Presented poster titled “Sensitivity of Local Hydration Behavior and Conformational Preferences of Peptide to the Choice of Water Model” in “The 3 M's of Chemistry : Molecules, Materials & Medicine” held at IIT Delhi, Delhi, India on December 11, 2014.

16. Presented poster titled “Sensitivity of Local Hydration Behavior and Conformational Preferences of Peptide to the Choice of Water Model” in “Dynamics of Complex and Biological Systems(DCCBS14)”held at IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India from February 13-15, 2014.

17. Satellite workshop on “Advances in Molecular Dynamics of Biomolecular Simulations” held at SC&IS, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India from December 3-4, 2013.

18. Presented poster titled “Sensitivity of Local Hydration Behavior and Conformational Preferences of Beta-sheet and Alpha-helical Peptides to Choice of Water Model” in “In-House Symposium: New Horizons in Chemistry” held at IIT Delhi, Delhi, India on November 16, 2013.

19. Presented poster titled “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Trp-cage using CHARMM force field” in “Symposium on Biomolecules in Motion: Theory and Simulations” held at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India from January 4-6, 2013.

20. Presented poster titled “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Trp-cage using CHARMM force field” in “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium 2012” held at IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India from December19-22, 2012.

21. Presented poster titled “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Trp-cage using CHARMM force field” in “New Directions in Chemical Sciences” held at IIT Delhi, Delhi, India from December 7-9, 2012.

22. Presented poster titled “Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Trp-cage using CHARMM force field” in “International Symposium on Protein folding and dynamics” held at National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore, India from October 15-17, 2012.

23.  Attended Indo-US Bilateral workshop on “Nanoparticle Assembly: From Fundamentals to Applications” held at IIT Delhi, Delhi, India from December 12-14, 2011.

24. Attended “Chemistry- Structure, Reaction Dynamics and Spectroscopy” held at St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India from August 21-23, 2008.