Brief Curriculum Vitae

Complete CV

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (2021 - present)

Department of Physics, IIT Gandhinagar

Postdoctoral Associate (2017 - 20)

Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania

Education

Ph.D. (2013 – 17)

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) Bangalore

M.S. (2010 – 13)

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) Bangalore

B.Sc. (2007 – 10)

Hindu College, University of Delhi

Awards and Grants

2023

International Travel Support (ITS), SERB to attend STATPHYS 28 Tokyo, Japan

2021

Start-up Research Grant (SRG), SERB, DST, Govt. of India

2021

Research Initiation Grant (RIG), IIT Gandhinagar

2017

Best Ph.D. Thesis Award in Physical Science, JNCASR Bangalore

2016

Travel grant from CICS, Chennai to attend STATPHYS 26 Lyon, France

2013

Bapu Narayanaswamy Prize for the best M.S. Thesis, JNCASR Bangalore

Science Outreach

2018 – 20

Philly Materials Science and Engineering Day (Exhibition: Surprising Behavior of Soft Matter)