Professional Experience
Professor, School of Chemical Sciences, IIT Mandi – 24.12.2020 – till date
Associate Professor, School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi – 03.06.2015 – 23.12.2020
Assistant Professor, School of Basic Sciences, IIT Mandi – 15.07.2010 – 02.06.2015
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Chemistry, NIT Hamirpur – 15.07.2009 – 14.07.2010
Marie-Curie International Incoming Fellow, LCP, Universite de Paris-Sud, Orsay Cedex, France – 10.06.2007- 09.06.2009
Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Huddersfield, UK – 03.05.2004-31.05.2007
Educational Background
Ph.D., D. D. U. Gorakhpur University, 1999-2004 (With Prof. Gurdip Singh)
M.Sc. (Polymer Chemistry) from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, 1996-1999
B.Sc. (Polymer Chemistry) from University of Kerala, Thiruananthapuram, 1993-1996
DAAD Re-invitation grant, to visit Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2019.
BMBF faculty exchange fellowship to visit Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, 2015.
Foundation Day Award from IIT Mandi 2013 & 2016
Marie-Curie International Incoming Fellowship from the European Commission
Post Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Huddersfield, UK
Royal Society Visiting Fellowship, University of Huddersfield, UK
Senior Research Fellowship, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
Dean, Faculty, IIT Mandi (19.01.2021 – 31.12.2021)
Dean, Sponsored Research, Industrial Consultancy & International Relations, IIT Mandi, (01.09.2015-04.09.2019)
Member, Board of Governors, IIT Mandi (19.01.2021-31.12.2021)
Part-time Chief Vigilance Officer, IIT Mandi (08.12.2016 – 18.01.2021)
Founding Board Member & Member of BoG, IIT Mandi Catalyst (Incubator) (January 2016 – October, 2022)
Founding Board Member & Member Secretary, HGB, IIT Mandi IHUB & HCI Foundation (September 2020 – October, 2022)
CY554-Science and Technology of Nanomaterials
CY746- Self assembly of Surfactants and Polymers in Solution
IC131-Applied Chemistry for Engineers