Professional Experience:

•    Senior Principal Scientist (F) and Professor, AcSIR at NCL, Pune from May 2021

•    Principal Scientist (E2) and Associate Professor, AcSIR at NCL, Pune from May 2017

•   Senior Scientist (E1) and Assistant Professor, AcSIR at NCL, Pune, from May 2013

•   Ramanujan Fellow Scientist of DST at NCL, Pune, from June 2010-May 2013

•   Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Hannover, Germany, April 2008- March 2010

•   Postdoctoral Fellow, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA, 2007

•   Postdoctoral Research Scholar at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 2006

•    Research associate at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune, India, 2005

•    CSIR-NET JRF-SRF, Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry at NCL, Pune, March 1999-February 2005

•   Project Assistant on an INDO-FRENCH Project at NCL, Pune, India, March 1997-March1999

Credentials:

      - More than 50 publications in reputed scientific journals

    - Twelve patents

    - Seven students completed Ph. D. and five currently working for Ph. D.

    - Completed three Industry sponsored projects as a project leader

    - Completed two DST projects as a project leader

    - Completed two mega projects under major programs, as one of the project investigator

    - One DST project and one mission mode project under progress

    - More than 1500 citations till Jan 2020