Professional Experience
2022 – Continue, Editorial Advisory Board, Tetrahedron Green Chem
2017 – Continue, Assistant Professor
2018 – Continue, Ramanujan Fellow
Department of Medicinal Chemistry, National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPER)- Ahmedabad, India

2013 – 2017, Post-doctoral Fellow:
Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, North Dakota State University (NDSU), USA Supervisor: Prof. Gregory R. Cook


Academic Background
2008 – 2013, PhD (Medicinal Chemistry) 
                    Supervisor: Prof. Asit K. Chakraborti, NIPER-SAS Nagar, Punjab, India

2005 – 2007, M. S. (Pharm.): Medicinal Chemistry
                    Supervisor: Prof. Asit K. Chakraborti, NIPER-SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
2000 – 2005, B. Pharm., MCOPS, Manipal University, India
 

Awards and Honours
DST SERB-Start-up Research Grant (SRG), Gov. of India
DST SERB-Ramanujan Fellowship, Gov. of India
1st Prize of “2013 Eli Lilly and Company Asia Outstanding PhD Thesis Awards”
CSIR-Research Associate (April 2011 – Oct. 2013), NIPER-SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
CSIR-Senior Research Fellow (July 2009 – March 2011), NIPER-SAS Nagar, Punjab, India
Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE–2005 category: Pharmaceutical Sciences)