Present Position
Associate Professsor, AcSIR
Senior Principal Scientist and Head,
Chemical Technology Division
CSIR-Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology, Palampur, 176061, Himachal Pradesh, India
Professional Experience
2016-Continuing: Principal Scientist & Associate Professor, same division.
2012-2016: Senior Scientist & Assistant Professor, same division.
2008-2012: Scientist & Assistant Professor, Natural Product Chemistry and Process Development
Division, Institute of Himalayan Bioresource Technology (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research),
Palampur (H.P.)-176061, India.
2007-2008: Senior Research Scientist, Chembiotek, Division of TCG Lifesciences Ltd., Kolkata, W.B.,
India
2005-2007: Post-Doctoral Fellow, Under the supervision of Prof. Fredrik Almqvist, Department of
Organic Chemistry, Umea University, Umea, Sweden
Post Doctoral Position
2005-2007: Umea University, Sweden with Prof. Fredrik Almqvist
Academic Profile
Ph.D. (2006, submitted 2005), Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India.
M.Sc. (2000), Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of North Bengal, Darjeeling,
West Bengal, India.
B.Sc. (Chem. Hons) (1998), Malda College, NBU, West Bengal.
Awards & Honours
2002-2004: Junior Research Fellowship during Ph.D.
2004-2005: Senior Research Fellowship during Ph.D.
2005-2007: Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Umea University, Umea, Sweden.
2003-Continuing: Life Member- Chemical Research Society of India, Member ID: LM551.
2006: Tetrahedron Letters Most Cited Paper 2003–06 Award” by Elsevier Ltd. Oxford, UK.
Microwave-assisted Suzuki coupling on a KF–alumina surface: synthesis of polyaryls, Basudeb Basu,
Pralay Das, Md. M. H. Bhuiyan and Satadru Jha, Tetrahedron Letters, 2003, 44(19), 3817-3820.
2011-12: Member of American Nano Society, Member ID: 113120.
2016: ACS Publications Award, Certificate of Recognition for Reviewing Activities.
2019-2021: Bentham Ambassador, Bentham Science Publishers.
2020: Honorary Rosalind (Franklin) Member of London Journals Press, #UB66344.
2021-2022: Affiliate member of Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC).
2022: Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal Award, 2022.
Administrative Assignments
2013-2018: Hostel Warden, CSIR-IHBT
2016-2019: Head of the Department of Instrumentation Section, CSIR-IHBT
2018-2021: Head of the Department of Engineering and Servise Unit, CSIR-IHBT
2019-Continuing: Head of Chemical Technology Division.
2016-2018: Member of Management Council (MC) committee, CSIR-IHBT.
2019-Continuing: Staff-Club member, CSIR-IHBT.