Education Details

• Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2012

• M.Sc. Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India, 2007

• B.Sc. Madurai Kamaraj University, Tamilnadu, India, 2005

Experience

• Feb.2022- till date: Associate Professor, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science

• Feb.2016- Jan. 2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Inorganic & Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science

• Nov.2015- Jan-2016: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata

• Feb.2015–Aug. 2015: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Würzburg, Germany with Prof. H. Braunschweig.

• Feb.2013–Jan. 2015: Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) postdoctoral fellow at University of Würzburg, Germany with Prof. H. Braunschweig

• Sep.2012-Jan. 2013: Postdoctoral fellow at University of Würzburg, Germany with Prof. H. Braunschweig

Awards and Honors

• SERB-Women Excellence Award 2020

• NASI-Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award 2019

• Young Scientist Medal (2019), Indian National Science Academy (INSA)

• Young Associate, Indian Academy of Sciences (2018-2021)

• DST Inspire Faculty Award, 2015.

• Alexander von Humboldt postdoctoral fellowship, Germany, 2013

• "Werner prize”- Best Ph.D. thesis in Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India, 2013

• CSIR-JRF (Council for Scientific & Industrial Research-Junior research fellowship) in Chemical Sciences, 2008

• Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry, 2007

Professional Activities

• Early Career Advisory Board, European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry (EurJIC)(Wiley-VCH GmbH)(2022-)

• Editorial Board Member, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES)(2022-)

• Early Career Advisory Board, Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Asian Chemical Editorial Society (ACES)(2020-)

• Member, Selection Committee for selecting Indian participants for attending the 4th BRICS YS Conclave (2019)

Institute-level Responsibilities

• Member, Institute NMR facility Committee (2021-)

• Member, Selection Committee for Raman and IoE Post-doctoral Fellowship (2020-)

• Member, Departmental COVID-19 Committee (2020-)

• Member, Committee for Women's Equity and Inclusion (2020-)

• Member, Institute X-ray facility Committee (2019-)

• Safety Champion - All the safety related issues in the Department

• Member, Department Curriculum Committee (DCC)

• Member, Int. PhD Committee, Chemical Sciences Division (2017-)

• In-Charge, NMR facility, IPC Department

• In-Charge, Glass blowing facility, IPC Department