I was born in May 1959. I completed Master Degree from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, in 1979 with first rank. I joined National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India for PhD in 1980 under the supervision of Dr N. D. Ghatge and received PhD degree in Chemistry from the University of Pune in 1985. Currently, I am working as a Chief-Scientist in CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India. My current research focuses on the design and synthesis of monomers based on renewable resource materials, high performance polymers, controlled radical polymerization, etc. I have to my credit more than 175 research papers and 21 international patents. 

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Chief Scientist Polymers and Advanced Materials Laboratory,Polymer Science and Engineering Division,  CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune                                                                                2011-Till Date

1. LCPO, University of Bordeaux, France, June-July 2015 
2. Institut Charles Gerhardt UMR CNRS Montpellier Cedex, France in May 2013
3. ESPCI, Universite Paris 6, CNRS, Paris, France in March 2002, Feb 2004 and April 2011
4. General Electric Corporate Research and Development, Niskayuna, New York State, USA in May 2000.
5. Research Scientist   J&K Environmental Limited, UCCB,Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1996-1997. 
6. Research Associate Department of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA in  1988-1990.

Visited USA, Canada, Brazil, Germany, Netherland, Belgium, Italy, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czeck Republic, Spain for scientific assignments and conferences.