Experiences

Aug 2025 - till date  -  Associate Professor (Grade I), Department of Chemistry, SAS, VIT-AP University, Vijayawada, India

Jan 2023 - July 2025 -  Assistant Professor (Sr. Grade II), Department of Chemistry, SAS, VIT-AP University, Vijayawada, India

Jan 2021 - Dec 2022 - Research Assistant Professor, Hanyang University, Seoul, S. Korea

Sep 2019 - Nov 2020 - Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, India

Oct 2018 - Sep 2019 - Postdoctoral Research Associate, Kyungpook National University, S. Korea

Sep 2016 - Aug 2018 - JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Dec 2015 -June 2016 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Yonsei University, Seoul, S. Korea

Awards & Recognitions

• Awarded Brain Pool Fellowship (formerly KRF) at Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea (2019)

• Awarded Senior Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India (2019)

• Awarded Dr. DS Kothari Post-Doctoral Fellowship (Application ID CH/17-18/0177) by UGC, New Delhi (2018)

• Awarded JSPS-Post-Doctoral Fellowship (P16082) at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan (2016)

• Selected one among 15 Indian researchers in India to participate in IGCS Winter School at Madras (IITM), Chennai (2015)

• Best Poster presentation award (I prize) at International Conference at NIOT, Chennai (2014)

• UGC-Senior Research Fellow - Awarded by UGC-Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students (2014)

• UGC-Junior Research Fellow - Awarded by UGC-Research Fellowship in Sciences for Meritorious Students (2012)

• DST-Junior Research Fellow - Awarded by Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi (2012)

• Selected for Summer Training Programme in Chemistry-2010 (STPIC-2010), in Tamil Nadu level, conducted by Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Madras, Chennai (Sponsored by the Science City) on May-June (2010)