Interdisciplinary and Applied Research Laboratory (IAR LAB)

Delivered an invited talk on "Significant Research and Technology Landscape on Electrostatically Charged Sprays for Agro-Food and Health Industry" in an international conference on "Electrostatics 2023" at Brunel University London, UK on September 06, 2023.

Group photograph with the participants of "Electrostatics 2023" at Brunel University London, UK. 

Farewell was given by CDRSP staff when I was leaving to India on March 24, 2023. how can I forget the Farewell that they have have arrangements. 

Amazing!

It was a memorable time spending at CDRSP. Apart from professional work, I had a good time and great fun during lunch and coffee hours.

See off lunch by CDRSP staff during my visit to Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal.

Visited Center for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP), Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal on March 17, 2023 as visiting scientist. During this visit, a comprehensive brain storming sessions were organized for planning of the collaborative research activities and to organize the joint events such as workshops and international conferences.

Discussions were made with Dr. Artur Mateus, Director, Center for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development (CDRSP), Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal, Prof. Geoffrey Mitchell, Former Vice-Director and my major host for my visit to CDRSP. I had a comprehensive detailed interactions and discussions with Dr. Florindo Gaspar, Vice-Director, CDRSP and Dr. Juliana Rosa Dias, Junior Researcher, CDRSP and their respective groups of research scholars and students. 

During an event of Transfer of Technology (ToT) of "Handheld Electrostatic Disinfection Device to Ms. Rite Water Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur, Maharashtra, India for commercial production. The technology was transferred to Industry in presence of Prof. S. Anantha Ramakrishna, Director, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh and other departmental heads and representatives.

This technology was an outcome of a COVID-19 Ignition Grant project funded by U.S-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF) in collaboration with M/s. Rite Water Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur, India and University of Florida, USA.

During an MoU signing event between CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organization (CSIR-CSIO) and The Polytechnic of Leiria, Portugal on June 14, 2022.

Both CSIR-CSIO and The Polytechnic of Leiria share a common vision for conducting cutting edge research in the areas of 3D printing and direct digital manufacturing which is applied to Agriculture, Environment, Biomedical, Healthcare and Food Science and have come together and signed an MoU to work in a collaborative manner to pursue the development and commercialization of products for sustainable and secure societies.

Lighting the lamp along with Chief Guest, Air Vice Marshal Praveen Bhatt VSM (Veteran) of two-day mentoring workshop for the State Level Awardees selected under INSPIRE awards-MANAK 2020-2021 (Million Minds Augmenting National Aspirations and Knowledge) at CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh on May 05-06, 2022. 

The awardees of INSPIRE Awards-MANAK 2020-21 were from three states i.e. Chandigarh, Haryana and Punjab. The aim of this program is to motivate students of classes 6-10 in the age group of 10-15 years to be critical thinkers and provide support to convert their ideas/innovations into prototypes.

With the Chief Guest of the valedictory session, Dr. Kundan Yadav, Additional Commissioner, CGST, Chandigarh and Prof. S. Anantha Ramakrishna, Director, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh.

Speaking in the event "Vigyanika: Road to Scientific Success" in India International Science Festival 2021 (IISF-2021) held at Panjim, Goa on December 10-13, 2021.
The focus of the lecture was to inspire the younger generation in the audience and those who were online — Why they should stay in India and serve the nation through their science and technological interventions?

Interaction with Hon. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Minister of Science and Technology, Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Earth Sciences and Vice President, CSIR, India, during his visit to CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh, India on March 21, 2021

This was a part of interaction with the national and international award winning scientists of CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh

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With Dr. Jeremy Smallwood, Managing Director, Electrostatic Solutions Ltd, London, UK

Spent some fruitful time With Dr. Nadarajah Manivannan, Brunel University, London, UK in his lab during my visit to UK

With Prof. Professor Geoffrey Mitchell, Vice-Director, CDRSP - Centre for Rapid and Sustainable Product Development, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal during the international conference "Electrostatics 2019" during my visit to Manchester

Spent some time with the student of Design Workshop, Mathematics Department during my visit to Brunel University, London, UK for an invited talk

With Dr. Atsushi Ohsawa, Professor, National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Japan

With Prof. Wamadeva Balachandran (Bala), Research Professor, Head of Electronic Systems Research Group, Brunel University London, UK

When I was actually a kid for the research (during my post-graduation). With Prof. Samir K. Brahmachari, Former Director General, Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) and Former Secretary, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Government of India during his visit to CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh in 2013-2014

With Prof. R. Chidambaram, Former Principal Scientific Adviser (2002-2018), Government of India during his visit to CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh at National Science Day on February 28, 2017

With his Excellency Honorable Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki, Governor of Punjab and Haryana and Administrator Chandigarh (UT), during the visit of CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh in 2016

With Prof. K. Vijay Raghavan, FRS & Principal Scientific Adviser (2018-present), Government of India during his visit to CSIR-IMTECH, Chandigarh in 2017

With Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Secretary of Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR), Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India during his visit to CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh in 2018

With my mentor and guide late Dr. Pawan Kapur, Former Director, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh. This was the last pic of his tenure in the office

With Shri Vilasrao D. Deshmukh, Former Union Cabinet Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences during his visit to CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh at the CSIR director's conference, 2012

With Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union minister, Ministry of Science & Technology, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and Ministry of Earth Sciences, Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Dr. Renu Swaroop, Secretary, Department of Biotechnology, India, Dr. Girish Sahni, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, India, Dr. Bindu Dey, Secretary, Technology Development Board (TDB), Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and Lt. General Girish Kumar, VSM, Surveyor General of India during the award ceremony of National Awards at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on May 11, 2018

Interaction and fruitful discussions with Padmashri Arun Firodia Sir, Former Chairman, Research Council, CSIR-CSIO, an Indian businessman and the Chairman of Kinetic Group during the Research Council (RC) meeting of CSIR-CSIO in 2016

Interaction and research work demonstration to an eight member Ethiopian Delegation of distinguished personalities from industry and academics led by Honorable Teshome Lemma, State Minister, Ministry of Education during their visit to CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh in 2017

With my inspiration and mentor Prof. R A Mashelkar, FRS, Padma Vibhushan, Former DG, CSIR, Former Chairperson, AcSIR during the NCSI-2017, Pune International Centre, Pune

With my guide and mentor Prof. Anil K. Gupta (my GURU), Padma Shri, Founder, Honey Bee Network, Executive Vice-Chair, National Innovation Foundation, during the NCSI-2017, Pune International Centre, Pune

Met with Padmashri Jagdish Prasad ji during the national conference at IIM Ahmedabad in 2019 who is known for organic farming among the farming community. He has grown a 25 Kgs of Cauliflower, a 3-Ft of Brinjal

Known across for organic farming and cultivation of cauliflower, Jagdish Prasad holds his name in the Guinness book of World Records. Belonging to Sikar district in Rajasthan, he has received many awards in the past

Sonnalli seygall

Matching colors 😍😍

Met to Ms. Sonnalli Seygall during my journey from Chandigarh to Lucknow. Very nice natured, polite and humble girl

An Indian actress worked in Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Wedding Pullav, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, Jai Mummy Di..........

With Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, FNA, FASc, FNASc, J.C. Bose Fellow & Director, Physical Research Laboratory

With Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood,  FNA, FASc, FNASc, FRS, FTWAS, Distinguished Honorary Professor, IISc, Bangalore

With Ms. Durga Shakti Nagpal, Deputy Secretary, Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India

With Ms. Mamta Sharma, President & Principal, M.R.S. Public School, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh

M.Tech Convocation, Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, 2012

Award of the Ph.D, AcSIR, April 2017

Republic Day celebrations, 2020

Republic Day celebrations, 2021

Independence Day celebrations 2019

With the visitors of ITEC program

Participants of ITEC program.

With the foreign visitors


Attended the meeting of IEI as an IEI Young Engineers Awardee along with core committee members

With my departmental colleagues of Agrionics


Republic Day 2021

Independence Day 2021

Republic Day 2022

Republic Day 2022

With the National Cadet Corps, ISTC students

Explaining the research activities of FOCUS mission to Director General CSIR & Secretary DSIR, Chairman, FOCUS and other members of the program