Welcome to the Electrochemistry and Materials Science Research Group at The Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari (East-Champaran), Bihar, India
Emails: pandeyrake at gmail dot com; rakeshpandey at mgcub dot ac dot in
OPEN PhD positions: Eligible candidates are encouraged to apply for a PhD in Electrochemical Energy Storage, Materials Science, and Electrochemical Science. Candidates with CSIR-NET (JRF, LS, or PhD) are encouraged to apply for a PhD by sending an email to show their interest in joining our group.
🔥Students qualified for the NET-Third category (for PhD) are especially encouraged to apply for Non-Net PhD fellowship at MGCUB for their PhD.🔥
For our latest Research interests and output, please see our select published works this year (2025) below:
1. Redox-Active Modification of Dawson-Type Copper Molybdate Cluster for Advanced Supercapacitor Applications, Just Accepted in Dalton Trans., 2025, A. Pardiwala, R. R. Pandey, A. Andola, Rakesh K. Pandey*, and Ritambhara Jangir*
2. Electrochemically Integrated 2D Borophene-Graphene Architectures for Energy and Antimicrobial Applications. RSC Nanoscale, 2025, DOI: 10.1039/D5NR03949E. R. R. Pandey, H. Pandey, A. Andola, A. Prakash, H. Nakanishi, Rakesh K. Pandey*
3. Electron rich triazine based covalent organic framework as aqueous electrolyte symmetric supercapacitor. Chemical Communications, https://doi.org/10.1039/D5CC01105A, 2025, D. Nain, R.R. Pandey, S. Ali, Md. Ehesan, S. Kalla, Rakesh K. Pandey*, Jangir, Ritambhara*
4. Waste-to-Energy Conversion via Dual-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell Using Recycled Aluminium Beverage Cans. Just Accepted in ACS Sustainable Resource Management, 2025. A. Andola, R.R. Pandey, H. Pandey, A. Prakash, Rakesh K. Pandey*
Post-Doc positions: Eligible candidates having a PhD in Science/technology fields are requested to apply for National-level post-doc fellowships, e.g., NPDF of SERB, D. S. Kothari Fellowship of UGC, and WISE-post doc scheme of DST. The research proposal can be discussed and forwarded to the appropriate agency.
ANRF-NPDF: Please click here to apply for the NPDF (SERB)
D S Kothari Fellowship: Please click here to apply for the DS Kothari post doc fellowship
DST Women post doc Scheme: Please click here to apply for the DST WISE post doc scheme