Professional Details

November 2024-Present: Associate Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of  Technology Delhi  (IITD), India.

December 2019-Present: Assistant Professor at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of  Technology Delhi  (IITD), India.

February 2019-December 2019: Worked as Postdoctoral fellow at University of Victoria, Canada, with Prof. Ian Manners 

October 2015-December 2018: Worked as Postdoctoral fellow at Georg-August-Universitaet Goettingen, Germany, with Prof. Herbert W. Roesky 

Academic Background 

Ph.D. (2010-2015): Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, under the supervision of Prof. V. Chandrasekhar and Prof.  Sandeep Verma

M.Sc. (2008-2010): Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, under the supervision of Prof. S. Nagendran

B.Sc. (2005-2008): Bishnupur Ramananda College affiliated  to The University of Burdwan

Awards and Fellowships

8.  IIT Delhi Teaching Excellent Award  Sem-II, 2021-2022 

7. Awarded Young Faculty Incentive Fellowship from IIT Delhi, 2019-2022  

6. Post-Doctoral Fellowship from University of Goettingen, Germany, 2015 

5. DST (Department of Science and Technology) travel grant to attend an international conference, 2014

4. Qualified NET-JRF (National Eligibility Test- Junior Research Fellowship) in 2010 conducted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

3. Qualified All India GATE in Chemistry, 2010 

2. Received Merit-cum-Means scholarship from IIT Delhi, India, 2008-2010

1. Qualified Joint Admission Test to M.Sc. in Chemistry, 2008 

Invited Lectures 

11. Conference on recent trends and advances in chemical sciences (CACS 2025 ) 7-8 March 2025, Ashoka University.  Title of the talk:  Isolation and Reactivity of Ambiphilic Carbenes and Bis-Imino Terminal Olefins   

10. The 2nd International Conference on Main Group Synthesis and Catalysis (ICMGSC-2025) IISER Thiruvananthapuram 13-16th February 2025. Title of the talk: Isolation and Reactivity of Ambiphilic Carbenes and Bis-Imino Terminal Olefins.  

9.  30th International Conference on Organometallic Chemistry (ICOMC 2024; 14-8 July, Jaypee Palace, Agra.  Title of the talk: Exploring the Isolation and Reactivity of Ambiphilic Carbene-Stabilized Bis-Imino Olefin (AIO), Phosphenium Cation, and Bimetallic Complexes

8. 60th Annual Convention of Chemists (ACC 2023) at IIT Delhi from 20-21 December 2023. Title of the talk: Ambiphilic Carbenes: Enhancing Radical Stability, Catalytic Activity, and Enabling the Synthesis of Halo-Phosphinidenes

7. 3rd International Symposium on Main-group Molecules to Materials (MMM) from 09th to 11th Dec 2023, IIT Hyderabad. Title of the talk: The Use of Ambiphilic Carbenes to Improve Radical Stability and Catalytic Activity  

6. Recent Advances in Inorganic Molecules to Materials (RAIMM-2023) at IIT Kanpur, 4th November 2023.  Cyclic (alkyl)(amino)carbenes (CAACs) Stabilized Air-Stable Radicals and Phosphinidenes 

5. One-day lecture series entitled "Emerging Technologies in Chemistry", 19th March 2021, Department of Chemistry, CMP Degree College (University of Allahabad )

Title: Cyclic (Alkyl)(amino)carbene stabilized low valent main-group chemistry 

4.  Lab demonstration: Virtual visit to chemistry laboratory (Gangotri International School), January 11, 2021 

3. 7th session of the International Webinar Series "Recent Trends in Chemical Science and Technology (RTCST-2020)" September 18, 2020, Christian College (University of Kerala) 

Title: Recent Developments of Low Valent Main Group Chemistry 

2.  Webinar Series on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (web-RETICS-2020), June 23, 2020, Sambalpur University, Odisha 

Title: Stabilization of Highly Reactive Group 13-15 Species by Cyclic Alkyl(amino) Carbenes 

1.  Functional Smart & Supramolecular Materials (FSSM-2020), January 29-30, 2020, IIT Kharagpur, India 

Title: Polymers and Functional Materials Featuring Phosphorus: Metal-Free Synthesis of Poly(phosphinoboranes)