Education

• Ph.D. in Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2013)

• M.Tech. in Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2010)

• B.Tech. in Biotechnology, Heritage Institute of Technology, WBUT (2008)

Professional Experience

• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (Aug 2021- Present)

• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Mandi (2014- Aug 2021)

• Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences Bangalore (2020 -Present)

• Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Hossam Haick, The Laboratory of Nanomaterial Based Devices, Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Israel (2014)

• Postdoctoral Researcher with Prof. Srikanth Singamaneni, Soft Nanomaterial Lab, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, USA (2013)

Awards and Honor

• Selected as an Associate at The Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2020

• Received the IIT Mandi Foundation Day award 2021 for excellence in institute service as the chief warden of the Institute.

• Received a certificate of appreciation for highly cited author (top 5%) in the Royal Society of Chemistry Journals, 2019.

• The Teaching Honour Roll Award by Indian Institute of Technology Mandi for excellence in teaching during the academic year 2017-18

• The Young Scientist MAHE Award by the Society for Biomaterials and Artificial organs (India), 2018

• ACS Pittcon Travel Award 2018

• The Young Scientist Research Award by DAE-BRNS, 2016-17

• The Best Young Investigator Award at the International conference on “Advances in Biological Systems and Materials Science in NanoWorld” (ABSMSNW-2017) organized by Indian Institute of Technology BHU

• Dr. DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2014

• Selected as Young Researcher for expense free participation at the International Conference On Nanoscience And Technology (ICONSAT-2012)

• CSIR-UGC-NET JRF, 2011

• GATE 2007 and 2008 in Life Sciences 

• Gold Medal in National Level Biotechnology Examination, 2009

• Certificate for distinctive performance in 5th National Science Olympiad, 2003

Teaching

• IC136: Understanding Biotechnology and its Applications

• BY501: DNA nanotechnology

• BY505: NanoBiotechnology

• BY514: Analytical Biotechniques

• BY522P: Analytical and Molecular Biotechnology Lab

• BY524P: Medical and NanoBiotechnology Lab

• BE504: Biomaterials

Additional Responsibilities

• Reviewer: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Chemistry of Materials, Theranostics, npg 2D materials and applications, Biosensors & Bioelectronics, Chemical Communications, Nanoscale, Langmuir, JMC-B, Lab on Chip, Analyst, Analytical Methods, Polymer Chemistry, RSC Advances, etc.

• Review Editor, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology and Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences (nanobiotechnology) 

• Chief Warden, IIT Mandi

Invited Talks/Guest Lecture

• Metal and semiconductor based nanocomposites for Theranostics, Invited Talk, National Conference on Nanomaterials in Biology (NCNB 2019), Jaipur, Rajasthan.

• Nano-Biotechnological Applications of Plasmonic Nanostructures and 2-D Material-based Nanocomposites, Expert Talk, Chandigarh University on 2nd September 2019.

• Plasmonic Nanostructures and 2-D Material based nanocomposites for applications in Biology, Catalysis and Sensing, Invited Lecture,  Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science (ACES-2019) Department of Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal.

• Stimuli Responsive Nanomaterials for Drug Delivery and Photothermal Therapy, Invited Talk,  6th world congress on Nanomedical Sciences-ISNSCON-2018, Chemistry-Biology Interface 2019 and Conference on Science and Technology for the Future of Mankind (2019) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. 

• Gold Nanorattles: an emerging nanoplatform for sensing and theranostic applications, Oral Talk, NanoBioteck 2018, 3rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Nanomedicine, AIIMS, New Delhi.

• Advanced nanomaterials for Biomedical Applications, Selected Talk, UK-INDIA Interdisciplinary Workshop on Advanced Biomaterials and Biosensors (2018), IIT Ropar.

• Plasmonic Nanorattles: Engineering  its Structure for Applications in Catalysis, Sensing and Theranostics, Invited Talk, International conference on Biomaterials, Bioengineering and Biotheranostics (BioMET 2018), VIT Vellore.

Projects Completed

• Stimuli Responsive Smart Nanocarriers for Theranostic Applications (SERB), 2015-2018

• Engineering novel plasmonic nanocapsules for cancer therapy and diagnostics (DBT), 2016-2018