since 2006

Ph.D. student
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany

• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. Stamm, Dr. A. Kiriy

1998 - 2003

Master of Science in Chemistry (Integrated 5 year program)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

1997

Indian School Certificate
St. Francis' College, Lucknow, India

1995

Indian Certificate for Secondary Education
St. Paul's School, Lucknow, India

since 2006

Research Associate
Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany

• Supervisors: Prof. Dr. M. Stamm, Dr. A. Kiriy

2005 - 2006

Research Associate in the area of Porphyrinogen Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

• Supervisor: Prof. Dr. S. Sarkar

2005

GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) Fellowship Award
GATE is the prerequisite for post graduate research work in any of the seven prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology

2004

CSIR (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Junior Research Fellowship Award
CSIR JRF is the fellowship program of Govt. of India to directly finance junior researchers in any of the country's post graduate research institutes

1998

JEE (Joint Entrance Examination)
an all India exam jointly conducted by the seven Indian Institutes of Technology to carefully pick up a handful of lucky Grade XII youngsters who would be enrolled as under graduates with these institutions of excellence

• Nanoparticles and -devices based on single molecules
• Single-molecule studies

• Atomic Force Microscopy
• NMR 1D and 2D
• UV, IR and X Ray Crystallography
• Fluid Mechanics and Rate Processes
• Packages Used
  
  • GAUSSIAN 98 and GAMESS
  • Chemdraw (std. 4.5) and Chemsketch
  • MATLAB
  • XTAL and WINGX