Academic Qualifications:

PhD: Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University)

M.Sc.: Inorganic Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (Central University)

Work experience:

Senior Principal Scientist: July 30, 2022, Till date, CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, M.P.

Principal Scientist: July 30, 2018, July 29, 2022, CSIR-AMPRI, Bhopal, M.P.

Principal Scientist: March 24, 2017- July 27, 2018, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam

Senior Scientist: March 24, 2012-March 23, 2017, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam

Scientist: March 24, 2008-March 23, 2012, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, Assam

Visiting Scientist: July 1, 2010-August 31, 2011, UTSA, USA

Young Scientist: Feb 1, 2007-March, 20, 2008, CSIR-NPL, Delhi

Post-doc: July 1, 2005-Sept 30 2006, UWC, Cape Town, S.A.

Professional Recognition/ Award/ Prize/ Certificate, Fellowship received:

BOYSCAST Fellowship

Awarded by (DST), Govt. of India, conducted at University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio,Texas, USA

Fast Track Young Scientist Award

Fast Track Young Scientist Awarded by Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India,

Scientific Advisor (FSSAI)

Scientific Panel on Methods of Sampling & Analysis” (from 2017 – till date)

Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) 

Life Member of Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Membership number (LMB1013).

World Academy of Science

Member of International Advisory committee, World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology, ICNSS 2014: International Conference on Networked Sensing Systems.

Nature India (Cited) 

Our recent publication entitled "Electrochemical exfoliation of graphene quantum dots from waste dry cell battery for biosensor applications", Mater. Lett. (2021) Doi:10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130829. 

One of the publications entitled “Nanocrystalline bioactive TiO2/Chitosan impedimetric immunosensor for Ochratoxin-A”, Electrochemistry Communication, 10 (2008) 492.

Talks Delivered

1.  Talk delivered on "Nanomaterials based biosensors for detection of biomarkers", SERB supported workshop on "Innovation in material Science for Biomedical applications", CSIR-AMPRI, 24-25, February 2021. 

2.  Invited Talk on “Electrochemical based biosensor for biomedical applications”, National workshop on Emerging Technologies for the synthesis and characterization of nanostructured materials, MANIT, 2nd – 6th December 2019.

3.  Invited Talk on "Electrochemical biosensors in Point of Care Diagnostics”, AIIMS – AMPRI Blended Symposium On 3D Printing in Dental & Medical Sciences, AIIMS, Bhopal, 13th March 2021.

4.  Invited Talk on “Role of Nanotechnology in Biosensor Applications” Faculty Development Program on "Interdisciplinary Aspects of Nanotechnology", RGPV, Bhopal, 23-25th March 2021.