The Team

Principal Investigator

Dr. Adersh Asok (ORCiD, ResearcherID)

Scientist, Chemical Sciences and Technology Division, CSIR-NIIST

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Email: adersh.asok@niist.res.in

Professional Experience

• DST-INSPIRE Faculty, CSIR-National Institute of Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Government of India, Trivandrum-695019, India. (May 2016 to December 2019)

• Research Associate, Centre for Research in Nanotechnology & Science, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai-400076, India. (February 2015 to October 2015)

• Indo-Swiss Academia Industry Training at Swissnex: EPFL, Lausanne and Venture Lab, Zürich, Switzerland (February 2016 to April 2016).

Academic Background

• Ph. D. in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, (January 2010 – April 2015) from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay), India: IIT Bombay Ph.D. thesis excellence award for the academic year 2014-2016

• M.Tech in Nanomedical Sciences: Nanotechnology (2007–2009), Amrita University, India: ‘Exceptional M.Tech Thesis’, Amrita Center for Nanosciences, Cochin (2009).

• B.Tech in Industrial Biotechnology (2003-2007), Anna University, India

Ph.D Mentors:

1) Prof. Ajit R. Kulkarni, Institute Chair Professor, IIT Bombay

2) Dr. Mayuri N. Gandhi, Principal Research Scientist, SAIF & CRNTS, IIT Bombay

Awards and recognition

• “Startup Mentor of Change”, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India, 2020

• “Mentor of Change for Atal Tinkering Labs”, Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog, Govt. of India, 2019

• Department of Science and Technology-INSPIRE Faculty award for Engineering & Technology , 2016-2021.

• Award for the Excellence in Ph.D. Thesis Work for the year 2014-2016, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, (13^th August, 2016).

• Top ten Indo-Swiss research innovators representing India and presented research innovation during Indo-Swiss Academia Industry Training Camp at Swissnex India, EPFL-Lausanne and Venture Lab-Zurich, (February, 2016 - April, 2016) (organized by UNESCO, CODEV-EPFL, Swissnex, SINE-IIT Bombay, DST and Venture Lab)

• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE-2007), Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) Fellowship, Government of India, (2007-2009).

• ‘Exceptional M.Tech Thesis’, Amrita Center for Nanosciences and Molecular Medicine, Cochin (2009).

• Complimentary Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) annual membership for supporting RSC as a reviewer (2013).

• Reviewer: Royal Society of Chemistry, Wiley and The Optical Society (OSA).