Chirag Porwal, PhD - Experience and background

Experience:

DST-Parvartak Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (December 2025-Present)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (July 2025-December 2025)
Institute Research Fellow (IRF), Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (July 2024-July 2025)
Visiting Scholar: University of Johannesburg, South Africa (May 2024-July 2024)
Senior Research Fellow (SRF), Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (February 2023- July 2024)
Junior Research Fellow (JRF), Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (February 2021-February 2023)
Project intern: Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL-DRDO), Hyderabad (June 2019-March 2020)

Awards:

ITS SERB-DST travel grant to attain "2 nd São Carlos School on Glasses and Glass-Ceramics" in Brazil.
CSIR travel grant to attain "The International Workshop on Advanced Materials" in UAE.
Best Poster award in "Anusandhan" organized by Indian Institute of Technology Mandi.
Ph.D. Fellowship, MHRD, Government of India
M.Tech. Fellowship, MHRD, Government of India

National/International Visits:

Conference participant, XXVII International Congress on Glass (ICG 2025) at CGCRI, Kolkata. (20-24 January 2025)
University of Johannesburg, South Africa (May 2024-July 2024)
2 nd São Carlos School on Glasses and Glass-Ceramics, the Department of Materials Engineering Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, SP, Brazil. (April 22 to 27, 2024)
The International Workshop on Advanced Materials, United Arab Emirates. (19-21 February 2024)
Conference participant, Catalysis for Energy, Environment, and Sustainability at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. (25-27 September 2023)
Conference participant in a 3-day Virtual International Conference organized by the Department of Chemistry, Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science, Andhra Pradesh, (9-11 August 2023)
Conference participant on Desalination, Brine Management, and Water Recycling, DeSaltM 23 organized by the Environmental Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai. (21-22 July 2023)
Conference participant in Anusandhan organized by Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. (23-25 June 2023)

IIT Mandi

MANIT Bhopal

GIT Jaipur

Education:

Ph.D. in Material Science from Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, Kamand, Mandi (Himachal Pradesh): (2021-2024): 8.92 CGPA
M.Tech in Nano Technology from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): (2018-2020): 9.03 CGPA
B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from Global Institute of Technology, Jaipur (Rajasthan Technical University): (2014-1018): 74.4%

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