Professional Experience:

2024 –            : Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad

2020 – 2024 : Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, Central University of Jammu

2017 – 2020  : Associate Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, Central University of Jammu

2012 – 2017   : Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, SASTRA University

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Postdoctoral Research Experience:

2010 – 2012    : JSPS Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

2009 – 2010   : Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

2008 – 2009  : Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Paul Cézanne University Aix-Marseille III, Marseille, France

2005 – 2008   : Postdoctoral Research Fellow – Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

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Education:

2000 – 2005  : Ph.D. Organic Chemistry – Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

1997 – 1999    : M.Sc. Chemistry – Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai 

                            (University First Rank – Gold Medalist)

                          Qualified CSIR-NET-JRF

1994 – 1997    : B.Sc. Chemistry – Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai

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Administrative Experience:

2017 – 2024  : Head, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Sciences, Central University of Jammu

2019 – 2021  : Head, Department of Nano Science and Materials, Central University of Jammu

2024 – 2024  : Dean Alumni Affairs, Central University of Jammu

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Honours and Awards

• Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2023

• Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze Medal, 2022

• Council Member – Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI), 2023-2026

• Convener, Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Local Chapter J & K, 2020-2023

• Best Publication Award from Central University of Jammu, 2019, 2020

• Visiting Professor – University of Vienna, Austria, 2016, 2017

• ​'Premio Cofares' Research Prize from the Spanish National Royal Academy of Pharmacy, 2015

• Japanese Society of the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2010

• ​'Premio Carlos del Castillo Leyva' Research Prize - Spanish National Royal Academy of Pharmacy, 2009

• Postdoctoral Fellowship from Complutense University of Madrid, Spain (2005-2008 & 2009-2010)

• CNRS Postdoctoral Fellowship from Paul Cézanne University Aix-Marseille III, France (2008-2009) 

• Selected by DST to participate in the Meeting of Nobel Laureates and Students in Chemistry at Lindau, Germany, 2002

• Gold medal from Madurai Kamaraj University for University First Rank in Master of Science, 1999

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