Academic Profile

• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, B.H.U., Varanasi                        January 23 , 2018 - Present

• Assistant Professor, Rajendra College (JP University) Chapra, Bihar                 October 30, 2017 - January 20, 2018 

• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa                           December 1, 2013 - September 30, 2017

• EU Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellow, Lund University, Sweden                December 16, 2012 - September 15, 2013 

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Israel            May 1, 2012 - November 29, 2012

• Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur                      July, 2007 - April, 2012

• Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Chemistry, D.D.U. Gorakhpur University            July, 2004 - June, 2006

• Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.), D.D.U. Gorakhpur University                                     July, 2001 - June, 2004

Awards and Honors

• University Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Johannesburg, SA                       2013-2017

• Postdoctoral Fellowship, Technion-IIT, Israel                                                           2012-2012

• European Union Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellowship                                2012-2013

• Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR-UGC, India                                     2009-2012

• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) from CSIR-UGC, India                                      2007-2009

Research Experience 

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (December, 2013-September, 2017), University of Johannesburg, South Africa (Advisor: Prof. James Darkwa) 

• European Union Erasmus Mundus Postdoctoral Fellow (December, 2012­­-September, 2013), Lund University, Sweden (Advisor: Prof. Ebbe Nordlander) 

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow (May, 2012–November, 2012), Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel (Advisor: Prof. Moris S. Eisen)

• Doctoral Research (2007-2012), IIT Kanpur, India (Thesis Advisor: Prof. B. D. Gupta (deceased) and Dr. G. Anantharaman) 

Invited Talks

1.  National conference, ETCS-2023 held during 15-16 December, 2023 in the department of chemistry, Institute of Science, BHU. 

2. International Conference on Immersing Trends in Chemical Sciences (ICETCS), D. D. U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, February, 2018. 

3. Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC), I.I.Sc. Bangalore, India, December, 2009. 

Conference Papers (Only abstracts) 

1. Modern Trends in Inorganic Chemistry (MTIC-XVIII), Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, 11-14th December 2019.

2. National Conference on “Trends and Innovation in Chemistry” (NCTIC-19), R. N. T P. G. College, Kapasan, Rajasthan, 6-7th December 2019.

3. Workshop on “Developing Trends in Quality Education – The New Journey” 23rd January 2019, Jagadguru Tontadarya College, Gadag-Betageri, Karnataka.

4. National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (NSETCS-2018), 17-18th November, 2018, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

5. CATSA-2015, Cape Town, South Africa, November, 2015. 

6. CATSA-2014, Pretoria, South Africa, November, 2014. 

7. 3rd Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC-3), New Delhi, India, October, 2011. 

8. International Conference on Chemistry: Frontier and Challenges, Department of Chemistry, AMU Aligarh, March, 2011.

Workshop Courses (Attended) 

1. Bruker Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Workshop, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur (27-28 February, 2020)

2. Computational Chemistry workshop, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (16-20 May, 2016)

3.  Industrial Chemistry in 21st Century, University of Johannesburg, South Africa (November, 2015)