Awards & Honours
Educational Qualifications
B.Sc. (2008) University of Allahabad, Physics, Chemistry
M.Sc. (2010) University of Lucknow, Chemistry
Ph.D. (2016) IIT Madras, Chennai, Chemistry
Supervisor: Professor Ashok Kumar Mishra
Thesis Title: White Light Emitting Vegetable Cocktail, Glucose Derived Carbon Nanoparticles and Isobenzotriazolophane as Novel Fluorescent Sensors for Analytical Applications
Experiences:
(1) Scientist, at Environment, Emissions and CRM Section CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research Dhanbad, India: 15th July 2021 to Continue
(2) Senior Project Scientist, at Department of Materials Science & Eng., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India: 10th Mar-2021 to 14th Jul-2021
(3) Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, at Department of Materials Science & Eng., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India: 30th Aug-2018 to 28th Feb-2021
(4) National Postdoctoral Fellow (SERB), at Medicinal and Process Chemistry Division, CSIR-Central Drug Research Institute Lucknow, India: 11th Aug-2016 to 10th Aug-2018
(5) Research Associate, at Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India: 19th May-2016 to 05th Aug-2016
(6) Predoctoral Fellow, at Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India: 08th Oct-2015 to 07th Apr-2016
Fellowships and Awards:
1. Best Oral Presentation Award, at National Seminar on Paradigm Shift in Chemical Sciences, Lucknow Christian Degree College, Lucknow: Nov 2017
2. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award (GYTI) at Rastrapati Bhawan New Delhi, by National Innovation Foundation (NIF), Govt. of India and SRISTI: Mar 2017
3. National Postdoctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) by DST-SERB Govt. of India: Jul 2016
4. Langmuir Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in Physical & Theoretical Chemistry, from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai: Jul 2016
5. Institute Pre and Post Doctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras Chennai: 08/10/15 - 07/04/16 (In the recognition of early thesis submission)
6. Best Poster Award, at Trombay Symposium on Radiation & Photochemistry Conference (TSRP), BARC Mumbai: Jan 2016
7. Best Poster Award, at Chemistry in House Symposium (CiHS), IIT Madras, Chennai: Aug 2015
8. Junior and Senior Research Fellow of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR/UGC exam) in Chemical Science: May 2011.
9. Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) Fellowship in Chemistry, All India Rank-247: Mar 2011.
10. Gold Medal in Master of Science (M. Sc.), Nov 2010, Department of Chemistry, Lucknow Christian College (University of Lucknow)
Invited Talks:
On the topic of the fluorescent Carbon Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications at International Seminar on New Frontiers in Chemical Sciences in the C. M. Science College Darbhanga: 30 Jul 2022
On the topic of biocompatible Carbon Quantum Dots from Natural Resources: Application to White Light Emission, Sensing & Bioimaging at the International Symposium on Advances in Functional & Biological Materials in the Department of Physics, University of Lucknow: 28 Feb 2019
The topic of an introduction to Fluorescence Spectroscopy and its Applications Inaugural Lecture Department of Chemistry, Isabella Thoburn (IT) College Lucknow: 09 Sep 2017
On the topic of development of White Light Emitting Materials Guest Lecture Department of Physics, Ewing Christian College Allahabad: 19 Sept 2015