About

Education

  • Aug 2019- Present

Ph.D. in Chemistry (ongoing)

Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram (IISER TVM)

Kerala, India (Research Supervisor: Prof. Mahesh Hariharan).

  • 2016-2018

M. Sc. in Chemistry

Deapartment of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology

Kochi, Kerala, India (CGPA: 8.5/10)

  • 2013-2016

B. Sc. in Chemistry

Nirmalagiri College, Koothuparamba, Kerala, India (affiliated to Kannur University, Kerala). (CGPA: 3.61/4)

  • 2011-2013

Senior Secondary School Examination

Kerala State Board of Higher Secondary Education, Government Higher Secondary School Chittariparamba, Kerala.

Percentage score: 94.5%.

  • 2010-2011

Secondary School Examination

Kerala State Board of Higher Secondary Education, Government Higher Secondary School Chittariparamba, Kerala. Percentage score: 94%.

Achievements


  1. Achieved "Recommendation with Commendation" in the May 2022 review cycle in the PMRF Portal

  2. Awarded Prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF), Government of India (May 2020)

  3. Qualified Joint Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – University Grants Commission (UGC) test, Eligibility for Lectureship (National Eligibility Test -NET) in Chemical Science (December 2018). All India Rank: 26.

  4. Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE -2019) in Chemistry, National Level Entrance Examination in India. GATE Score: 488, All India Rank: 1163

Research experience


  • Synthesis of Lead Free Zero-Dimensional Perovskite and Evaluation of Photoresponse (Part of M. Sc. Programme, Project Supervisor: Dr. Vijayakumar C. Nair)

Chemical Sciences and Technology Division (CSTD), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research- National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (CSIR-NIIST), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India

  • Synthesis of silver nanoparticles using plant extract (Part of B. Sc. Programme, Project Supervisor: Dr. Nygil Thomas)

Nirmalagiri College, Kuthuparamba, Kerala, India

Workshops and Conferences


  1. The 3rd International Conference on “Crystal Engineering: From Molecule to Crystal” – CE:FMC2022 will be held at Pahalgam Kashmir (August 31-September 02, 2022)

  2. 12th National workshop on Fluorescence and Raman Spectroscopy (FCS 2021), Fluorescence Chemical Society, IISER Thiruvananthapuram and RGCB Thiruvananthapuram ( November 29-December 4, 2021).

  3. Light-matter Interactions from scratch: Theory and Experiments at the Border with Biology, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy (November 22-25, 2021).

  4. International workshop on "High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering", Center for High- Perfomance Computing, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India (August 16-17, 2021).


  1. Virtual Chemistry Course “Functional π-Systems – Organic Materials Design by Molecular and Supramolecular Engineering”, Department of Chemistry & Pharmacy at the Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg, Germany (July 19-23, 2021).


  1. Advanced Molecular Dynamics Simulation: A SAARC Regional Summer School 2021 Department of Chemistry, IISER Pune and Department of Physics with the Green Club of Thoughts, Kathmandu University (July 5-16, 2021).


  1. International Conference on Ultrafast Spectroscopy (ICUS 2020), IISER TVM, Kerala, India (February 21-22, 2020).


  1. IISERTVM-RSC Symposium on Advances in Chemical Sciences, IISER TVM, Kerala, India (February 4, 2020).


  1. International Conference on Emerging Frontiers in Chemical Science (EFCS-2017), Department of Chemistry, Farook College, Calicut, Kerala,India (September 23- 25, 2017).


  1. Conference on Emerging Medicinal Chemistry Approaches against Neuropsychiatric and Neurodegenerative Diseases (MEDCHEM 2017), Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras (November 27-28, 2017 )

  1. National seminar on ‘Current Trends in Chemistry’, ‘CTriC 2017’, Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, Kerala, India.


  1. National Seminar on ‘Towards a Greener and Cleaner Environment’,Nirmalagiri College, Koothuparamba, Kerala, India (October 2014).


  1. National Seminar on ‘Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences’Nirmalagiri College, Koothuparamba, Kerala, India (March 2014).

Course Work -Ph. D.

  • Quantum chemistry

  • Chemical kinetics

  • Methods in structure determination

  • Physical organic chemistry

Teaching Assistance

  • Principles of Physical Chemistry (Course code: CHY221) January-April 2020

  • Principles Instrumental Methods (Course code: CHY414/617) August-December 2020

  • Principles of Physical Chemistry (Course code: CHY221) January-April 2021

  • Physical Chemistry Experiments (Course code: CHY415) August 2021(ongoing)

  • Foundation Course – II (Course Code- CH1221) for B.Sc. Chemistry programme semester- 2, January- May 2021

Outreach Programme

  • Turning Point 2022; Educational expo (May 28 and 29, 2022), Govt. Engineering College Kannur, Conducted by Thaliparamba municipality, Kerala.