Dr. Rajesh Das was born in Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, India, in July 1996. He received his B.Sc. (Honours in Chemistry) from the Department of Chemistry at A.S.D. College, Utkal University, Odisha, India, in 2016. After completing his bachelor’s degree, he joined the School of Chemistry at Sambalpur University, where he earned his M.Sc. in 2018 with a specialization in Inorganic Chemistry.

In July 2018, he joined the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar to pursue his Ph.D. under the supervision of Dr. C. M. Nagaraja. His doctoral thesis, entitled “Design of Functional Metal–Organic Frameworks for Catalytic Conversion of CO₂ to Value-Added Chemicals,” focused on advanced materials for sustainable catalysis. He completed his Ph.D. in April 2023.

Following this, he joined the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, working with Professor Anthony K. Cheetham and Professor Dan Zhao (2023–2026). He is currently a member of the research group of Prof. Dr. Bettina V. Lotsch at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research (Stuttgart, Germany).

His research lies in the field of Inorganic Chemistry, with a focus on the synthesis of porous framework materials, including Metal–Organic Frameworks (MOFs), Covalent Organic Frameworks (COFs), and Porous Organic Polymers (POPs), for energy and environmental applications.