SPM lab

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• ​2026 to Present - Senior Principal Scientist (F), Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, Maharashtra

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• 2021 to 2026 - Principal Scientist (E-2), Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, Maharashtra

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• 2018 to 2021 - Senior Scientist (E-1), Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, Maharashtra
   

• 2015 to 2018 - Scientist (C), Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, Maharashtra
   

• 2012 to 2013 - IRCSET-EMPOWER Postdoctoral Fellow, Inorganic and Materials Chemistry Division, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland (Mentor: Prof. Wolfgang Schmitt)
   

• 2011 to 2015 – Scientist (C), Inorganic Materials and Catalysis Division, Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar, Gujarat
   

• 2010 to 2011 – CSIR-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellow, Physical & Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune, Maharashtra
   

• 2007 to 2009 – Deputy Manager (Scientist), Tata Chemicals Innovation Centre, Pune, Maharashtra
   

• 2002 to 2007 – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, AP
  Thesis Title: In situ Fabrication of Metal Nanoparticle-Embedded Polymer Films: Optical Limiting and Bactericidal Applications (Mentor: Prof. T. P. Radhakrishnan)

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• 1999 to 2001 - Master of Science (Organic Chemistry), Burdwan University, Burdwan, West Bengal