About me

Currently, I am working as a DST Inspire Faculty in the Department of Sustainable Energy Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT K). My research primarily focuses on designing novel electrode materials for energy storage and conversion applications. The materials involve hierarchical morphologies such as core-shell, hollow, double-shelled, yolk-shell, nanofibres, nanospheres etc. The energy applications in which I am interested includes hybrid supercapacitors, water splitting, catalysis and rechargeable batteries (Li-S, Na-S, Zn-Air and Al-Air). The research involves extensive materials characterization involving XRD, SEM, TEM, BET, FTIR, Raman and some other microscopic and spectroscopic techniques. As per mu current interests, I am particularly interested in designing free-standing flexible multifunctional electrodes based on 1D/2D/3D materials ranging from oxides to chalcogenides and phosphides. I did my postdoctoral research with Professor Joong Hee Lee at Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea from 2019-2020. Then, I joined IIT Bombay as an IPDF and worked with Prof. Sankara Sarma V. Tatiparti in Oct. 2020. I obtained my Ph.D. from the School of Nanosciecne and Technology at IIT Kharagpur under the supervision of Prof. Amreesh Chandra, in 2019. My Ph.D. thesis was mainly focused on designing hollow nanostructures of copper oxide for supercapacitors. I received my B.Tech-M.Tech Integrated Dual Degree in Nanotechnology from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur in 2014.