Profile

Professional Appointments and Experiences:

• Assistant Professor (2023- Present): Department of Chemistry, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), Hyderabad, India.

• Assistant Professor (2020- 2023): Department of Chemistry, GITAM School of Science, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Hyderabad, India.

• Post-Doctoral Fellow (2018- 2020): School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland.

• Post-Doctoral Research Associate (2017- 2018): Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India.

• Post-Doctoral Fellow (2016- 2017): Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science, KAIST Campus, South Korea.

• Post-Doctoral Fellow (2014 - 2016): KAUST Solar Center (KSC), King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia.

Administrative Responsibilities:

• 12/2022-12/2023: Chairman, Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Hyderabad, India 

• 09/2020-06/2022: 1st Year MSc Chemistry Class Coordinator, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Hyderabad, India 

Educations:

•  Ph. D (2009- 2014): Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore, India under the supervision of Prof. Swapan K. Pati.

Thesis Title: "Theoretical Investigations of Electronic Structure and Opto-electronic Properties of a few DNA and Modified DNA Systems".

• Master of Sciences (M. Sc., 2007 - 2009): M. Sc. in Chemical Sciences from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, India.

• Bachelor of Sciences (B. Sc., 2004 - 2007): B. Sc. in Chemistry (Honors), Physics and Mathematics from S. A. Jaipuria College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India    

Awards and Achievements:

1. Best Poster Award in “JNCASR In-house Symposium”, JNCASR, India. (11/2013)

2. CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (SRF, 2012).

3. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE). I had scored 99.96 percentile (All India Rank= 44) (2009).   

4. National Eligibility Test (NET) and CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research)  Research Fellowship (2009).

5. Integrated Ph. D fellowship from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) and S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (SNBNCBS), Kolkata, India (2007-2009).

Short-term Project Experiences:

1. "Molecular Dynamics (MD) of Lennard – Jones Particles using Velocity Varlet Algorithms", JNCASR, Bangalore, 2009 (Project supervisor: Dr. Subir K. Das).

2. “Study of Quantum Localization in Driven Quantum System”, M. Sc. Project (4th Semester), IACS, Kolkata, 2009.  (Project supervisor: Prof. S. P. Bhattacharyya)

3. “Determination of Transition Temperature in an ISING Model System using Genetic Algorithm (GA)”, M. Sc. Project (3rd Semester), IACS, Kolkata, 2008 (Project supervisor: Prof. S. P. Bhattacharyya).

Short term Visit:  

• Prof. Anna Painelli’s group, University of Parma, Italy (Sept. 1- Sept. 30, 2012)

• Prof. Anna Painelli’s group, University of Parma, Italy (May 13- June 11, 2011)

• Dr. N. Nair’s group, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India (Nov. 14- Dec. 7, 2010)  

Invited Talks:

1. "Modelling Excited State Properties and Processes in Various OLED Emitters", ICMG-III, SRM University - AP, Amaravati, India (2024)

2. "Excited State Properties and Processes in Molecules for OLED Applications", GCRC-2023, GITAM, Visakhapatnam, India (2023)

3. "Photophysical and Excited State Properties of Multi-resonant Emitters using Combined DFT and CCSD Methods", ICLA 2023, IICT, Hyderabad, India (2023)

4.  "Optical and Excited State Properties of Molecules for OLED Applications", ICSPPCB 2023, Assam University, Silchar, India (2023)

5. "Role of Intersystem Crossing in Optoelectronic Materials", CTTC 2022, BARC, Mumbai, India (2022) 

6. "Modeling Excited State Properties in Optoelectronic Materials", SINP, Kolkata, India (2022)

7. "Modeling Molecules and Materials for Various Application Purposes", IIT Palakad, India (2021)

8. "Excited State Properties in Optoelectronic Materials", IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India (2019)

9. "Excited State Properties in Optoelectronic Materials", IIT Madras, India (2019)

10. "Excited State Properties in Optoelectronic Materials", SSCU, IISc, Bengaluru, India (2019)

11. "Excited State Properties in Optoelectronic Materials", IIT Mandi, India (2019)

12. "Excited State Properties in Organic Molecules and Materials", IIT Patna, India (2019)

13. "Excited State Properties in Organic Molecules and Materials", IIT Delhi, India (2019)

14. "Light Matter Interactions and Their Responses", IISER Mohali, India (2018)

Schools, Conferences and Workshops Attended:

1. 3rd International Conference on Materials Genome (ICMG - III), 22-24 February 2024, SRM University - AP, Amaravati, India. (Invited Talk)

2. GITAM Chemistry and Research Conference (GCRC-2023), 07-10 December 2023, GITAM, Visakhapatnam, India. (Invited Talk)

3. International Conference on Luminescence and it's Applications (ICLA 2023), 03-06 July 2023, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, India. (Invited Talk) 

4. International Conference on Systems and Processes in Physics, Chemistry and Biology (ICSPPCB 2023), 02-04 March 2023, Assam University, Silchar, India. (Invited Talk) 

5. Current Trends in Theoretical Chemistry (CTTC-2022), 22-24 September 2022, BARC, Mumbai, India. (Invited Talk) 

6. Five Days National Workshop on Radiochemistry and Applications of Radioisotopes, 04-08 April 2022, GITAM, Hyderabad, India 

7. DSAI-IBSE HPC SYMPOSIUM (Online), 04-07 January 2022, IIT Madras, India 

8. Online Elementary FDP on "Novel Materials: Advances and Application", 24-28 September 2021, NIT Raipur, India 

9. "Five day e-workshop on Solving Problems in Physics using Python (SPPP)", 23-27 August 2021, GITAM, Visakhapatnam, India. 

10. "International e-Conference on Developments in Chemical, Biological and Environmental Sciences (DCBES-2021)", 28-30 June 2021, GITAM, Hyderabad, India. (Oral presentation) 

11. "Online Five Day Faculty Development Program on Life Science for Engineering", 23-27th June 2021, GITAM, Hyderabad, India. (Recognized as Actively Participated)

12. "International E-Conference on Advances in Chemical Research 2021 (ACR-2021)", 19-20 April 2021, GITAM, Visakhapatnam, India. (Oral presentation) 

13. "On-line Workshop on Excited Charge Dynamics in Semiconductors", 28-30 September 2020, ICTP, Trieste, Italy. 

14. "MSSC2019-Ab initio Modelling in Solid State Chemistry", 16-20 September 2019, Imperial College London, UK.

15. "ONETEP Masterclass 2019", 27-30 August 2019, University of Warwick, UK.

16. "Workshop on Crystal Structure Prediction: Exploring the Mendeleev Table as a Palette to Design New Materials", 14-18 January 2019, ICTP, Italy. (Poster presentation)

17. "Computer Simulation of Chemical Technology involving Confined Liquids", 18-19 June 2018, University College Dublin, Ireland

18. “2017 KAIST School of Molecular Science BK21 Workshop”, Feb. 06, 2017, KAIST, South Korea.

19. “2016 2nd IBS-SRC Joint Symposium”, Dec. 16- Dec. 17, 2016, KAIST, South Korea. (Poster presentation)

20. “KAUST Solar Future 2015 Meeting”, Nov. 7- Nov. 11, 2015, KAUST, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

21. “KAUST Solar Future 2014 Meeting”, Nov. 8- Nov. 11, 2014, KAUST, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

22. "ACS on Campus", Oct. 29, 2014, KAUST, Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

23. "International Conference on Biomolecular Simulation and Dynamics: Recent Advances and Future Perspectives", Nov. 28-Nov. 30, 2013, IIT Madras, Chennai, India. (Poster presentation)

24. "JNCASR In-house Symposium", Nov. 18-Nov. 20, 2013, JNCASR, Bangalore, India. (Poster presentation and Best poster award)

25. "JNCASR In-house Symposium", Nov. 19-Nov. 20, 2012, JNCASR, Bangalore, India.

26. “Winter School-2012 on Frontier of Materials Science” Dec. 3- Dec. 8, 2012, JNCASR, Bangalore, India. (Poster presentation)

27. “Unifying Concepts in Materials: JA Krumhansl School & Symposium 2012” Jan. 30- Feb. 8, 2012, JNCASR and NCBS, Bangalore, India.

28. "Winter School on Physics and Chemistry of Materials", Dec. 5– Dec. 9, 2011, JNCASR, Bangalore, India (Poster presentation)

29. "JNCASR In-house Symposium", Nov. 14-Nov. 15, 2011, JNCASR, Bangalore, India. (Poster Presentation)

30. “Workshop on High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering” Oct. 18, 2011, JNCASR, Bangalore, India.

31. “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS 2010)” Dec. 8- Dec. 12, 2010, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. (Poster Presentation)

32. “School on Understanding Molecular Simulations Theory and Applications” Nov 3- Nov 13, 2010, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India.

33. "I2CAM-School and Conference on Emergent Properties and Novel Behavior at the Nanoscale”  April  19th to 17th, 2010, JNCASR, India.

34. "Winter School on Chemistry and Physics of Materials", Nov 30 – Dec 5, 2009, JNCASR, Bangalore, India.

35. “Current Trends in Theoretical Chemistry & Physics” Jan. 03, 2009 at IACS, Kolkata, India.

36. “National Symposium on Quantum Chemistry, Soft Computation & Optimization” Apr. 04-05, 2008 at IACS, Kolkata, India.

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