Honours
Fellow
The Royal Society of Chemistry
DAAD Fellow
University of Siegen, Germany, 2012
Visitng Scientist
National Centre for Nans Structured Materials, CSIR, Pretoria (June, 2017)
Council Member
International Council on Materials Education, UNT, USA
MRSI Medal-2023
Materials Research Society of India
Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata
Professor R. D. Desai 80th Birthday Commemoration Award-2021, Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata
Fellow
Indian Chemical Society
Young Scientist
Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, Govt. of India (Under Young Scientist Scheme), 2010
Administrative Responsibilities
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August 16, 2022 - Till Date
Dean (Research & Development)
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
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March 02, 2023 - Till Date
Professor-in-Charge
Tata Steel Innovation Centre on Mining and Mineral Research
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad.
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April 01, 2020 - October 19, 2023
Associate Dean (R&D)-Research Infrastructure
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
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September 06, 2018 - August 15, 2022
Head
Central Research Facility
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
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July 01, 2018 - June 30, 2021
Faculty Coordinator - PhD
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
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July 01, 2014 - September 05, 2018
Faculty-in-Charge
Central Research Facility
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
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2017
Faculty Coordinator
Concetto - 2017 (Annual Techno-Management Festival)
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
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2016
Faculty Co-Coordinator
Concetto - 2016 (Annual Techno-Management Festival)
IIT(ISM), Dhanbad
Invited Talks/Session Chair
Delivered Invited Talk
HIT, Haldia on 8th Aug, 2024
Delivered an Invited Talk on “Biopolymeric Materials: From Development to Applications in Environmental Remediation” in AICTE-VAANI sponsored seminar on RA2M-SD 2024 during August 7-9, 2024 at HIT, Haldia.
Chairperson of Technical Session 4
CSMCRI, Bhavnagar on 11th July, 2024
International Conference on Materials and Membranes for Water and Energy (ICMMWE-2024), CSMCRI, Bhavnagar, during July 10-12, 2024.
Delivered Invited Talk
ICT-Mumbai, IOC Bhubaneswar Campus on 16th March, 2024
Delivered an Invited Talk on “Biopolymeric Gels and Micelles for Biomedical Applications” in International Conference for Functional Materials and Polymer Technology (ICFMPT-2024) during March 14-16, 2024 at ICT-Mumbai, IOC Bhubaneswar campus.
Delivered MRSI Medal Lecture
IIT(BHU)Varanasi on 14th December, 2023
Delivered MRSI Medal Lecture on “Polysaccharide-based Copolymeric Gels and Micelles for Biomedical Applications” in 34th AGM of MRSI during December 12-15, 2023 at IIT(BHU), Varanasi.
Delivered Invited talk
KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar on 18th November, 2023.
Delivered an Invited talk on “Polysaccharide-Based Reagents for the Treatment of Mine Process Water” in 4th International Conference on Emerging Smart Materials in Applied Chemistry (ESMAC-2023)" during November 18-20, 2023 at KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar.
Delivered Invited talk
KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar on 14th March, 2023
Delivered an Invited talk on “Polysaccharide/oligosaccharide based copolymeric gels for various biomedical applications” in a National Conference on the theme "Science & Technology for Sustainable World" during March 14-15, 2023 at KIIT-DU, Bhubaneswar.
Delivered Invited talk
IIT Roorkee on 4th March, 2023.
Delivered an Invited talk on “Biopolymeric materials towards treatment of industrial wastewater” in conference on “Emergent Materials for Energy and Environment (EMEE-2023)” during March 04-05, 2023 at IIT Roorkee.
Delivered Award Lecture
IIT(ISM) Dhanbad on 18th December, 2022
Delivered an Award Lecture on “Biopolymeric flocculants: Development and applications” in an International Seminar Recent Trends in Chemical Science-2022 (RTCS-2022) during December 16-18, 2022 at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad in collaboration with Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata.
Delivered Invited talk
Online Platform on 8th August, 2020
Delivered an Invited talk on “Polysaccharides/oligosaccharide-based gels as drug carriers” in an International Seminar (Platform: Google meet) on Recent Advances in Chemistry & Material Sciences -2020 (RACMS-2020) in Commemoration of the birth anniversary of Acharya Prafulla Chandra Ray, organized by Indian Chemical Society in collaboration with American Chemical Society on August 8, 2020.
Delivered a talk as Resource Person
Kharagpur College (Online Platform) on 20th June, 2020
Delivered a talk as Resource Person on “Modification of biopolymers and their potential applications” in the One-day National WEBINAR on Recent Development of Chemistry, RDC 2020, organized by Kharagpur College on June 20, 2020.
Delivered Invited Lecture
Park Village Resort, Kathmandu, Nepal on 20th May, 2019
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Modified Polysaccharides as Drugs Carrier”, at POLY-CHAR 2019 [Kathmandu], Polymer for Sustainable Development during May 19-23, 2019 at Park Village Resort, Kathmandu, Nepal.
Technical Talk
Tata Steel, Jamshedpur on 4th Feb, 2019
Delivered a Technical Talk on “Functionalized polysaccharides towards treatment of wastewater”, in the International Conference “Application of Supramolecular Chemistry in Water Treatment” An Innovative approach during Feb 04-05, 2019 at Tata Steel, Jamshedpur.
Delivered Invited Lecture
IISER, Pune on 20th December, 2018
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Development and applications of biopolymeric hydrogels towards controlled release of model drugs”, at SPSI MACRO-2018 during December 19-22, 2018 at IISER, Pune.
Delivered Invited Lecture
Amity University, Kolkata on 14th December, 2018
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Modified Biopolymeric Composites: Efficient Photocatalysts towards Degradation of Toxic Organic Contaminants”, at Innovation in Materials Science & Technology (IMST-2018) during December 14-16, 2018 at Amity University, Kolkata.
Delivered Invited Lecture
Pretoria, South Africa on 9th June, 2017
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Biopolymeric hydrogels/nanogels/composites: Development and applications”, at National Centre for Nano-structured Materials, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa on June 09, 2017.
Delivered Technical Talk
Tata Steel R&D, Jamshedpur on 16th January, 2017
Delivered a Technical Talk on “Functionalized Biopolymer: Development and Applications”, in Workshop on “Synthesis and Characterization of Additives”, Organized by Tata Steel R&D, Jamshedpur on January 16, 2017.
Delivered Invited Lecture
Bethun College, Kolkata on 9th September, 2016
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Biopolymeric hydrogels/nanogels: application towards controlled/targeted drug delivery”, in RECENT ADVANCES IN LIFE SCIENCE IN THE LIGHT OF CHEMISTRY, Organized by Dept. of Chemistry, Bethune College, Kolkata in collaboration with Royal Society of Chemistry (Eastern India Section) on September 09, 2016.
Delivered Invited Lecture
Kumaun University, Nainital on 27th March, 2016
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Biopolymer dextrin-based hydrogels/microgels: Application in controlled/targeted drug delivery”, in an International Conference on Energy, Functional Materials and Nanotechnology (ICEFN – 2016), held at Kumaun University, Nainital, during March 27-29, 2016.
Delivered Guest Lecture
Tata Steel R&D on 9th January, 2015
Delivered a Guest Lecture on “Modified Polysaccharides: Development, characterization and applications” at TATA STEEL R&D on January 09, 2015.
Delivered Invited Lecture
University of Calcutta, Kolkata on 22nd January, 2014
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Modified xanthan gum/SiO2 hybrid nanocomposite: Efficient adsorbent for removal of toxic dyes and metal ion” in an International Conference and Expo on Recent Advances in Polymer & Rubber Science & Technology (RAPT – 2014), held at University of Calcutta, during January 22-24, 2014.
Delivered Guest Lecture
VIT, Chennai on 17th March 2012
Delivered a Guest Lecture on “Modified polysaccharides: Application in wastewater treatment” in One Day National Seminar on “Recent Trends in Macromolecular Science and composite Technology”, held at VIT, Chennai on March 17, 2012.
Deliveted Invited Lecture
Kottayam on 16th January, 2010
Delivered an Invited Lecture on “Synthesis, macromolecular characterization and rheological applications of hydrolyzed and unhydrolyzed polyacrylamide grafted carboxymethyl starch (CMS-g-PAM)” in the International Conference ICPPC – 2010 in Kottayam, Kerala, India during January 15-17, 2010.