EDUCATION
- 2014 – Ph.D. Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (Bangalore, India)
- 2008 – M.Sc. Chemical sciences ( Inorganic Chemistry), Department of Chemistry Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.
- 2006 – B.Sc. ( Maths, Physics Chemistry), Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada INDIA.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2014 :– ICMS Postdoctoral Fellow, International center for Material Science (ICMS), Bangalore, Supervisor: Prof. CNR Rao
- 2014 :– ICN2 Postdoctoral Fellow, ICN2, Barcelona, Spain, Supervisor: Prof. Daniel Maspoch
- 2015-2016 :– Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB), Germany, Super Visor: Prof. Roland A Fischer
- 2017-2019 :– Senior Researcher Technical University Munich (TUM), Munich, Germany Regional Centre of Advanced Technologies and Materials, Palacky University Olomouc (UPOL), Czech Republic
- 2019 :– Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry Indian Institute of Technology Jammu, J&K, INDIA.
- 2020-2022 :– Head of the Department, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, J&K, INDIA.
- 2021:- Visiting Professor, Czech Advanced Technology and Research Institute, Czech Republic
- 2023 :- Nanotechnology Centre VŠB Technical University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
- 2023 –Japan Science and Technology - Sakura Science Program (JST-SSP) Exchange programme
- 2023 – Membership of Prestegious Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS_INSA)
- 2023 – Early-Career and Emerging Researchers in Physical Chemistry, ACS
- 2023 – Up and Coming, Rising early career stars, Chemistry of Materials, ACS
- 2022 – Torch Barrer at IIT Jammu 2022
- 2021 – Faculty Innovator at IIT Jammu 2021
- 2020 – Fabulous Faculty at IIT Jammu 2020
- 2019 – Guest Editor MSET- Special issue on “Nanowires for Energy Technologies”
- 2019 – Member of Materials Research Society, USA
- 2015 – Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) postdoctoral Fellowship, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany
- 2014 – ICN2 postdoctoral fellowship, Barcelona, Spain
- 2014 – International Centre for material science Postdoctoral fellowship
- 2011 – Senior Research Fellowship, United Grant Commission (UGC), India.
- 2009 – Junior Research Fellowship, United Grant Commission (UGC), India.
- 2003 – Intermediate MPC topper in Andhra Loyola College, Vijayawada.
- 2001 – School Topper in 10 th Class, Vijayawada. Cash Prize from Municipal Corporation of Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.