
Current Position
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Presently, Senior Scientist, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (Govt. of India) - Bhavnagar since 2011 in Membrane Sciencee & Separation Division.
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Scientist Fellow, CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (Govt. of India) - Bhavnagar from 2009 to 2011.
Post Doctoral Research Experience
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Senior Research Associate (2006-2009), Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio, USA (Prof. Joseph P. Kennedy)
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Post Doctoral Research Associate (2005-2006), LCPO-ENSCPB, University of Bordeaux, France (Prof. Y. Gnanou)
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Research Associate, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (Prof. B. M. Mandal), Jadavpur, Kolkata, India.
Education
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Ph.D. 2005 (Polymer Chemistry), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata, India (Prof. B. M. Mandal, Thesis Advisor).
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Thesis title: “Physicochemical Studies of Control Radical Polymerization of Acrylamide.’’
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Master of Science 1999, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
Academic awards/Fellowships
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CNRS Fellowship, University of Bordeaux, France (May, 2005-April, 2006)
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National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, USA, Department of Polymer Science, University of Akron (2006-2009).
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NET “National Eligibility Test” (Joint CSIR-UGC June’ 1999) for Research Fellowship and Eligibility for Lectureship.
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GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) in 1999.
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Postgraduate Scholarship (IIT Kharagpur) from 1997 to 1999.