2016 -till date : Assistant Professor, Madras Christian College, Chennai, India

2014 - 2016 : Post Doc. Associate, University of South Carolina, USA

2012 - 2014 : Post Doc., University of Basel, Switzerland

2008-2012 : Ph.D., at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli

2007-2008 : Summer project at Material Science Laboratory, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.

2006-2008 : M. Sc., at Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli

2003-2006 : B. Sc., at St. Xaviers College, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli

• Awarded with Shri. C. D. S. Chetti Excellence Award for Outstanding Professor of MCC (Male) for the year 2020-2021 in October 2022

• Successfully completed Harvard BOK Higher Education Teaching Certificate online short course in November 2021

• Awarded with MCC Alumni Research Publication Award in Sciences for the academic year 2018-19 for highest cumulative impact factor by Madras Christian College management in March 2020

• Awarded with Early Career Research Fellowship for the year 2018-2022 from DST-SERB

• Successfully Completed PG diploma in Cheminformatics in June 2017

• Awarded with the Post Doctoral Associate position with Prof. Dr. Andreas Heyden, University of South Carolina, USA from Feb. 2014- Feb.2018

• Awarded with Swiss Excellence Scholarship 2012-13 from Government of Switzerland to work with Prof. Dr. Markus Meuwly,
  University of Basel, Switzerland from Nov. 2012-Jan. 2014

• Awarded with Maulana Azad National Fellowship for the year 2009-2014 from University Grants Commission (UGC), INDIA.
  ​[Junior Research Fellow (2009 - 2011) and Senior Research Fellow (2011-2012)]

• Awarded with Summer Research Fellowship for the year 2007-2008 from Indian Institute Technology, Kanpur (IITK)

• Secured best Paper Presentation award (poster) for “can triazene be better NLO candidates? – A DFT/TDDFT investigation” in an international conference “Applied Theory on Molecular Systems 2011 (ATOMS-2011)” during 2-5 November 2011 at Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

• Secured best Paper Presentation award (poster) for “Bifunctional reactivity and catalytic activity of imidozirconocene complex: evidences from DFT study on its reaction with epoxides” in “Molecular Modeling and Drug Design” workshop during 2-7 august 2010 at Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad

• Secured best paper presentation award (oral) for “study on the effectof removal of Arsenic poisoning using prepared Fe3O4 nanoparticle via sonochemical route” in “National Conference on Nano materials – Preparation , Characterization and Devices” organized by PG Department of Physics, Bishop Heber College on 14th march, 2008

• Secured best Paper Presentation award (poster) for “Structural and Magnetic properties of cubic Zirconia/Co composites synthesized by microwave route” in “Chem-Amigos” an inter collegiate meet held at Bishop Heber College on 17th march, 2008

• Secured 100% in Mathematics in the public State Board S.S.L.C Examination during March/April 2001