Acedemic Profile

EDUCATION: 

• B.Sc. (Chemistry Honors); Vidyasagar University, 2002

• M.Sc. (Physical Chemistry Specialization), Vidyasagar University, 2005

• Ph.D. (Theoretical Computational Chemistry), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, 2011

                Thesis Title: Density Functional Treatment of Aromaticity, Dynamics and Reactivity

                 Supervisor: Prof. Pratim Kumar Chattaraj, Department of Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur, India

POSITIONS HELD:

• Associate Professor, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, WB, INDIA (Dec-2021-till date)

• Assistant Professor, Haldia Institute of Technology, Haldia, WB, INDIA (Jan 2019 - Nov-2021)

• DST-INSPIRE Faculty, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Odisha, INDIA (Sep 2015 – Dec 2018)

• DST-INSPIRE Faculty, National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telengana, INDIA (Oct 2014 – Sep 2015)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), Richmond, USA (May 2013- Oct 2014)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, CIMAT, Universidad de Chile and QTC, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile (September 2011 – April 2013)

• Research Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (January, 2011 –August 2011)

•  Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2008-2011)

• Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India (2006 - 2008).

AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS:

• CRSI Bronze Medal for  2024

• Fellow of Indian Chemical Society, 2019

• DST INSPIRE Faculty Award, 2014

• Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists, (Chemical Science) SERB, DST, 2014.

• Eli – Lilly & Company Asia Outstanding Thesis Award, by Eli-Lilly Company 2011.

• Sir P. C. Ray Research Award by Calcutta University 2009.

• Professor Santi Ranjan Palit Memorial Award for the Best Oral Presentation at 46th Annual Convention of Chemist, VIT, Vellore organized by Indian Chemical Society 2009.

• GATE: 2004; NET: 2005

• Associate Editor :  Frontiers in Chemistry

•  Reviewer: Chemical Communications, Coordination Chemistry Review, PCCP, Molecular Physics, JPCA, Inorganic Chemistry, ACS Sustainable Energy, New Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Modeling; Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids; International Journal of Quantum Chemistry; Chemical Physics Letters; Physica E, RSC Advances, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Frontiers in Chemistry, Theoretical Chemistry Account, Journal of Computational Chemistry.

• Life Membership: Orissa Chemical Society, 2016; Indian Photobiology Society, 2017, CRSI-2020.