Professional Experience

2020- present: Senior Principal  Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
2015- 2020: Principal  Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
2011-2015: Senior Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.
2007-2011: Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India
2003-2007: PDF at Catalysis Research Center, Hokkaido University, Japan (with Prof. Atsushi Fukuoka)
1999-2003: Ph.D. at Hokkaido University, Japan (Supervisor: Prof. Masaru Ichikawa)
1996-1999: PA at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

Teaching Experience

2013 - Course coordinator for 'Green Chemistry' and 'Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass' Course Work conducted at CSIR-NCL, Pune (subjects taught: green-house gases, climate change, 12 principles of green chemistry, Kyoto protocol, laws, regulations, ionic liquids, biomass conversion...)
2012 - Course coordinator for 'Green Chemistry' Course Work conducted at CSIR-NCL, Pune (subject taught: Green and Sustainable Chemistry)
2010 - Course coordinator for 'Catalysis' Course Work conducted at CSIR-NCL, Pune
2008 - Took Lectures for 'Catalysis' Course Work conducted at CSIR-NCL, Pune (subjects taught: Catalysis-Introduction, Passivation, Activation, Poisoning,...)

Research  Interests

Green chemistry: Conversion of biomass (renewable feedstock) into value-added chemicals by environmentally benign routes (Green pathways).
Catalyst designing: Synthesis and characterization of silico-aluminophosphates (SAPO), supported metal oxides, carbonaceous catalyst, mesoporous silicas, supported metal nanostructures, solid acids, solid bases.
Catalysis: Hydrolysis, hydrogenolysis, hydrogenation, Hydroxylation, oxidation, dehydrocyclization, isomerization reactions by heterogeneous catalysts.
Research keywords: Renewable feedstock, catalysts, heterogeneous catalysis, green chemistry, biomass, cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, solid acid catalysts, solid base catalysts, hydrolysis, oxidation, dehydration.

Research  Interests

Department of Science & Technology (DST) Project
Indo-Russia Project
Indo-Japan Project
Indo-Finland Project
Indo-France IAL Program