Membership

Member of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) (Membership No: LMB3297).
Member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) (Membership No: L38300).
Member of the Association of Chemistry Teachers (ACT) (Membership No: 1772).
Member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) (Membership Number: 31022128).
Member of the Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (ISCB) (Membership Fellow Number: LF-882/18).
Member of the Prof. H. S. Srivastava (PHSS) Foundation for Society and Science (Membership No: PHSFS-LP8).
Executive Guest Editor of Current Applied Polymer Science (CAPS) of Bentham Science Publishers.
Review Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry).

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Book Chapters (Accepted: 1 and Under Review: 1)

Handbook of Functionalized Carbon Nanostructures (Springer)

1. S. K. Pandey*, S. Awasthi., and S. De, Chapter 25: Surface Grafting of Carbon Nanostructures, (Accepted on Oct 11, 2023)

Book Title: Handbook of Composite Materials for Advanced Biomedical Application (Springer)

2. A. Srivastava, S. K. Pandey*, S. Awasthi., Chapter 15: Green Supercapacitors in Transportation Systems (Chapter Under Review Process) (Oct, 2023)

Book Title: Sustainable Materials in Supercapacitors: New Developments in Green Energy Storage (Elsevier)

Research Experience with Fellowships

1. Worked as D. S. Kothari - National Postdoctoral Fellow (DSK-NPDF) Under University Grant Commission (UGC) Scheme, New Delhi, India from Feb 28, 2020 to Feb 27, 2023.

2. Under DST (Indo-French) Scheme, India for funding emolument (Postdoctoral Fellow as RA) from May 6, 2019 to Feb 27, 2020.

3. SERB under the Department of Science and Technology, India for funding emolument for the posts held as ‘Senior Associate Researcher’ from April 2, 2018 to June 12, 2018 and ‘Project Scientist’ from June 13, 2018 to April 30, 2019.

4. SERB under the Department of Science and Technology, India for providing stipend for the post held as ‘Senior Research Fellow’ from Feb 8, 2017 to April 1, 2018.

5. IIT Kanpur for providing emolument for the post held as ‘Senior Research Fellow’ from Jan 1, 2017 to Feb 7, 2017.

6. UGC for facilitating the ‘Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)’ from Jan 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2016 and ‘Junior Research Fellowship (JRF)’ from Jan 1, 2012 to Dec 31, 2013.

Academic/Research/Professional Activities

Papers Reviewed During and After PhD (Available on Publons)

Reviewed four research articles for Frontiers in Chemistry (Theoretical and Computational Chemistry) in Nov 2021, Feb 2022, April 2022, and July 2022.
Reviewed four research articles for Main Group Chemistry in Oct 2015, May 2018, and July 2021, April 2022, and July 2022.
Reviewed a research article for Journal of Cluster Science in Aug 2017.
Reviewed a research article for Australian Journal of Chemistry in Dec 2017.
Reviewed a research article for ChemistrySelect in 2018.
Reviewed five research articles for the Current Computer-Aided Drug Design (CC-ADD) in Jan 2019, Mar 2019, Sep 2019, Jan 2020, Mar 2020.
Reviewed a research article for the International Journal of Computational and Theoretical Chemistry in Feb 2019.
Reviewed a research article for the Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology in Mar 2020.
Reviewed four research articles for the Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy in May 2019, Aug 2020, Aug 2021, and June 2023, respectively.
Reviewed two research articles for the Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (CPB) in Aug 2020.
Reviewed a research article for the Ind. J. Chem in May 2020.
Reviewed a research article for the Chiang Mai Journal of Science in Jan 2020.
Reviewed a communication paper for the Chem. Phys. Lett. in Sep 2020.

Invited Talks in Conferences/Seminars/Workshops/Symposiums

Invited Lecture in “Lucknow Climate Change Conference on Control of Greenhouse Gases at the Source by Physical and Chemical Technology (LCCCCGGSPCT_2k22)” Organized by Department of Chemistry, School of Physical & Decision Sciences (SPDS), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow during April 22-24, 2022.
Invited for ‘Young Scientist Award Talk’ under the Young Scientists Award Program in Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) conference organized by ISCA during Jan 3-7, 2020.
Invited Talk in “Global Conference on the Control of Greenhouse Gases at the Source by Physical and Chemical Technology (GCGHGSPCT-2019)” Organized by Department of Chemistry, School of Physical & Decision Sciences (SPDS), Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (A Central University) Lucknow during April 22-24, 2019.
Invited Talk as “Young Scientist” in “International Symposium on Advances in Functional & Biological Materials (ISAFBM - 2019)” Organized by Humboldt Academy Lucknow and Physics Department, University of Lucknow on Feb 28, 2019 on the Occasion of National Science Day.

Invited Talk as “Young Scientist” in “International Conference on Chemical Sciences: National and Global Prospective” at Lucknow Christian College, University of Lucknow during Oct 29-31, 2018.
Invited Talk on “87th Birth Anniversary Seminar on Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam” at BBAU, Lucknow (A Central University) during Oct 15-16, 2018.

Paper Presented in Conferences/Seminar/Workshop

International

Oral Talk in International Conference (Virtual) on Recent Advancements in Chemical Sciences – 2021 organized by the Department of Chemistry, J. C. Bose University of Science & Technology, Faridabad during Jul 14-16 2021.

Oral Talk in “Indian Society of Chemists and Biologists (ISCB) 25th ISCB International Conference (ISCBC-2019)” on "Trends in Chemical and Biological Sciences: Impact on Health and Environment” in Chemical Sciences organized by “CSIR-CDRI Lucknow” during Jan 12-14, 2019.
Presented Poster at “IUPAP conference on Computational Physics” held at IIT Guwahati during Dec 2-5, 2015.
Presented Poster in “Theoretical Chemistry Symposium - 2014” organized by “CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune” during Dec 18-21, 2014.
Presented Poster in “International Symposium Dynamics of Complex Chemical and Biological Systems” held at IIT Kanpur during Feb 13-15, 2014.
Presented Poster at “International Conference on Bimolecular Simulations and Dynamics: 2013 Recent Advances and Future Perspectives” at IIT Madras during Nov 28-30, 2013.
Presented Paper in “India International Science Festival (IISF) 2019” on the theme “Frontier Area of Research” held at Biswa Bangla Convention Centre Kolkata during Nov 5-8, 2019.

National

Oral Talk in “National Conference on Chemical Sciences: Advancing Frontiers” (NCCSAF - 2019)” Organized by the Department of Chemistry, the University of Lucknow during Mar 15-16, 2019.
Oral Talk in “National Student Research Convention – 2018” organized by “IIT Kanpur” during Mar 9-11, 2018.
Presented Paper in “1st National Virtual Conference on Scientific Research and Advances (VCSRA)” organized by the “VCSRA Community” during Feb 20-25 2018.
Presented Poster at “National Symposium on Innovative Methods in Chemistry Education” organized by the “Department of Chemistry, University of Lucknow” during Oct 8-10, 2015.
Oral Talk at “National Symposium on Innovative methods in Chemistry Education” organized by the “Department of Chemistry, the University of Lucknow” during Oct 8-10, 2015.
Presented Paper at “5th National Conference on Nanotechnology and Material Science” held at the Department of Physics, the University of Lucknow during Dec 21-23, 2013.

Institute/University/College

Presented Poster at “Research Scholar Day – 2016” organized by the “Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur” on Feb 27, 2016.
Presented Poster in “Royal Society of Chemistry Symposium – 2015” organized by the “Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur” on Nov 23, 2015.
Presented Poster in “Student Research Convention – 2014” at IIT Kanpur held during Aug 9-10, 2014.

Participated in Seminar/Conference/Workshop (More than 25 Participations)

1. Participated in an International Conference on Water Future Conference: Towards a Sustainable Water Future Organized by Divecha Centre of Climate Change & Sustainable Water Future Programme Hosted by Indian Institute of Science during Sep 24-27, 2019.

2. Participated in “Introduction to Gaussian: Theory and Practice Workshop” organized by “SCUBE Scientific Software Solutions and Gaussian, Inc. Researcher” during Jan 16-20, 2017.

3. Participated in “4th Annual Research Meet-ARM2018” organized by the “Centre for Advanced Research and Design (CARD)” of “Venus International Foundation (VIF)” on Aug 11, 2018 in Chennai.

4. Participated in a national seminar “Mini Colloquium on Nanoelectronics” organized by the “IEEE Electron Devices Society, Uttar Pradesh Chapter and the Department of Electrical Engineering” at IIT Kanpur on Aug 26, 2017.

5. Participated in “National Seminar on Ancient India Science and Technology” held at IIT Kanpur on Oct 14, 2015.

6. Participated in “National Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry” at IIT Kanpur during Mar 9-11, 2015.

7. Participated in “ACS Reviewer Lab Training” organized by “American Chemical Society Community and Department of Chemistry, IIT Kanpur” on Jan 13, 2017.

8. Participated in “Summer Radio Workshop - 2014” organized by “Media Technology Centre, IIT Kanpur” during May 20-25, 2014.

9. Participated in “Seminar on Organometallic Chemistry” organized by “Special Assistance Program (UGC) and Department of Chemistry, University of Lucknow” on Mar 31, 2010.

10. Spirited participation/contribution in “Training Workshop of Model Rocketry” at PMS Degree College, Lucknow organized by “Voluntary Institute for Community Applied Science” during Mar 21-24, 2009.

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Conference/Workshop/Seminar Organized (2)/to be Organized (1)

Role as Organizing Secretary in an International Conference on the “Recent Advances in Materials Science and Computational Techniques 2024 (RAMSACT-2024) organized by the Department of Chemistry, Manipal University Jaipur in April 2024.
Role as a Convenor in an “Online Webinar Series 2023” on "Blending of Forensic Science with Law - Crime Spot to Court Room” organized by Department of Chemistry and Department of Law, Manipal University Jaipur dated on June 2, 2023. Title of the Talk “Issues and Perspectives of Forensic Document Examination”; Guest Speaker: Professor PàvlosG. Kipouràs, Judicial and Professional Graphologist, University of Thrace, Greece).
Role as a Convenor in an “Online Webinar Series 2023” on "Blending of Forensic Science with Law - Crime Spot to Court Room” organized by Department of Chemistry and Department of Law, Manipal University Jaipur dated on June 19, 2023. Title of the Talk “Admissibility of Evidence in Criminal Court: an international overview”; Guest Speaker: Dr. Eugenio D'Orio, Director General, Bioforensics Research Center, Italy).

Academic Contributions to the Institute

Coordinator of “Industry Connect” in the Department of Chemistry, Manipal University Jaipur.
Co-coordinator of M.Sc. (Chemistry) Program in the Department of Chemistry, Manipal University Jaipur (2023-2025).
Lead role in a summer camp organized by the Department of Chemistry, Manipal University Jaipur dated May 11, 2023.
Admission Committee Member (B.Sc., M.Sc., and B.Sc. + L.L.B.) for 2023-24 (Manipal University Jaipur)
Academic Administration and Mentoring in the Department (Chemistry) and Institute (IIT-Kanpur), Setting up Labs and Quiz, Mid Semester, and End Semester Exams.

Extra-Curricular Activities

1. Worked as Volunteer in "The Salters' Chemistry Camp" organized by the Salters’ Institute in collaboration with the Royal Society of Chemistry as part of the Inspirational Chemistry Programme, sponsored by Dr Yusuf Hamied, leading Indian philanthropist and pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur during Nov 30 –Dec 2, 2018.

2. Worked as Buddy, Counseling Service, PG Wing, IIT Kanpur during 2016-2017.

3. Worked as Mentor, Counseling Service, PG Wing, IIT Kanpur during 2015-2016.

4. Worked as Orientation Team Member, Counseling Service, PG Wing, IIT Kanpur during 2014-2015.

5. Worked as Orientation Team Member, Counseling Service, PG Wing, IIT Kanpur during 2013-2014.

6. Worked as Maintenance Secretary of the Hall-7, IIT Kanpur during 2014-2015.

7. Worked as Anti Noise Committee Member of the Hall-7, IIT Kanpur during 2012-2013.

8. Worked as Maintenance Committee Member of the Hall-7, IIT Kanpur during 2012-2013.

9. Worked as Volunteer of Hall Day of the Hall-7, IIT Kanpur during 2012-2013.

10. Worked as Cultural Committee Member of the Hall-7, IIT Kanpur during 2013-2014.

11. Worked as Volunteer of Hall Day of the Hall-7, IIT Kanpur during 2013-2014.

12. Participated in 10 KM MARATHON and completed successfully organized by Adventure Club, Games and Sports Council, IIT Kanpur on Mar 15, 2015.

13. Participated in Blood Donation Camp organized by G. S. V. M. Medical College, Kanpur in IIT Kanpur in Nov 1, 2014.

Personal Skills

· Ability to work in a new and challenging environment.

· Good organizing skills and interpersonal skills and have willingness to work in groups and ability to lead group activities.

· Hardworking and very eager to learn new concepts, ideas and use new technologies.

· Strong planning and coordinating abilities and having attitude to share information and new knowledge.

· Motivated, efficient, resourceful, and reliable and have a positive thinking in every situation.

· To do something better for human beings.

· Warm and friendly as a person