Work Experience:

• Professor:  May 2021 till date, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

• Associate Professor: December 2016 – May 2021, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

• Assistant Professor: September 2011 – November 2016, Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

• Visiting scientist: 2011 Materials Science Division, IGCAR, Kalpakkam

• Postdoc: 2008 - 2010, Department of Chemical Engg., University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Academic Qualifications

• Ph.D.: Institute for Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology, University of Saarlandes, Saarbruecken, Germany.

• M.Tech. Materials Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology  Kharagpur, India.

Award / Fellowship: 

• Corrosion Awareness Award 2024 for  Excellence in Corrosion Science & Technology in Research & Education, AMPP India chapter, NACE, CORCON 2024 International Conference, Chennai, India.

• Shri S. K. Seshadri Memorial MASCOT National Award for excellence in corrosion 2021, Electrochemical Society of India (ECSI).

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) fellowship, IFW Dresden, Germany, May 2001-February 2002.