Qualifications
•Ph.D. in Chemistry (August, 2013)- Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University), Agra, India
Thesis: Experimental & First-Principles Theoretical Studies on Metal Oxide Nanostructures in Photoelectrochemical Splitting of Water
Thesis Advisor: Prof. Sahab Dass, Dept. of Chemistry, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra
Thesis Co-Advisor: Prof. Umesh V. Waghmare, Theoretical Sciences Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore, India
Experience
• Worked as Young Scientist at Indian Oil Research & Development Centre, Faridabad in a SERB (Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi) funded project entitled “Graphene based metal oxide nanostructures/nanocomposites for water splitting using photoelectrochemical splitting of water” from 24th May-2016 to 4th June-2017
• Worked as Guest Lecturer/Visiting Fellow at Department of Chemistry, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra from 7th October-2014- 30th April-2015.
• Worked as Research Assistant & Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at NANOCAT, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on the project entitled “Catalyst Design” from 26th August-2013 to 26th March-2014.
• Worked as Senior Research Fellow under Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India on the topic entitled “Doped metal oxides in photoelectrochemical splitting of water: Experiments and first-principles study” (Application No. 123058/2K12/1) from 1st April-2013- 7th August-2013.
• Worked as a Project Fellow under a UGC Major Research Project (Government of India, New Delhi, vide letter no. 37-123/2009(SR) dated 12-01-2010) entitled “A study on preparation and characterization of nanostructured zinc oxide in photoelectrochemical splitting of water” (From 25-05-2010- 31st –January, 2013).
Current Courses Taught
Applied Chemistry
Nanostructured Materials
Photoelectrochemical methods for hydrogen generation
Research Interests
Materials for Energy Conversion
Nanostructured Materials
Electrochemical Energy Conversion
Ab-initio methods based on density functional theory (DFT)
Teaching Interests
Nanomaterials Chemistry
Hydrogen generation methods
Electrochemistry
Professional Affiliations
Life Member of "Society for Materials Chemistry", BARC-Mumbai
Professional Activities
Reviewer of Referred Journals ;International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Nanoscale, RSC Advances etc
Other Achievements
INSA-Visiting Scientist Award 2019 by the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi
Young Scientist award by SERB, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India.
Senior Research Fellowship by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) Govt. of India, New Delhi, India.
Awarded with DST International Travel grant support scheme to attend an International Conferernce in Athens (Greece), MRE-2013.
Contact Information
Amity Institute of Nanotechnology
Amity University, Sector-125, Noida-201313