Akhtar Alam
INSPIRE Faculty Fellow,
Department of Chemical Sciences,
Bose Institute, Unified Academic Campus,
EN 80, Sector V, Bidhan Nagar,
Kolkata - 700091, West Bengal, India.
Website: http://www.jcbose.ac.in/faculty-details/dr-akhtar-alam
Akhtar Alam
INSPIRE Faculty Fellow,
Department of Chemical Sciences,
Bose Institute, Unified Academic Campus,
EN 80, Sector V, Bidhan Nagar,
Kolkata - 700091, West Bengal, India.
Website: http://www.jcbose.ac.in/faculty-details/dr-akhtar-alam
EMPLOYMENT
07/08/2025 – Present
DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow
Bose Institute, Kolkata, India.
15/11/2022 – 14/11/2024
Postdoctoral Research Fellow (PDRA-I)
S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India.
Adviser: Dr. Pradip Pachfule.
EDUCATION
02/01/2018 – 21/03/2022
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Indian Institute of Technology Patna (IITP), India.
Thesis: Synthesis, Characterization and Applications of Nanoporous Polymers with Triptycene Motifs.
Adviser: Dr. Neeladri Das, Associate Professor, IIT Patna.
Date of Thesis Defense: 21/03/2022 | Date Conferred: 07/12/2022.
31/07/2013 – 29/06/2015
Master of Science (M.Sc.): Polymer Science and Technology
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India - First Class (79.35%).
26/07/2010 – 22/05/2013
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.): Industrial Chemistry
Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), India - First Class (72.40%)