GRANT, AWARDS, LECTURES

Research Grants/Awards/Honors

2017 Travel grant award from the European Federation of Catalysis Societies (EFCATS).

2016 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (H2020-MSCA-IF-2015-EF) from the European Commission.

2013 DAAD-Leibniz research fellowship from Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) and Leibniz Association, Germany.

2012 “Best Ph.D. thesis award” from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India.

2011 Travel grant award from the Department of Science and Technology (India).

2008 Junior and Senior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), India.

Lectures/Seminars/Oral Presentations

[13] 2nd March 2019: “Interrogating Reaction Mechanisms for the Pursuit of New Renewable Technology”, Central China Normal University, China.

[12] 28th February 2019: “Interrogating Reaction Mechanisms for the Pursuit of New Renewable Technology”, Wuhan University, China.

[11] 6th February 2019: “Interrogating Reaction Mechanisms for the Pursuit of New Chemical Technology”, University of Nottingham, UK.

[10] 17th January 2019: “Interrogating Reaction Mechanisms for the Pursuit of New Chemical Technology”, University of York, UK.

[9] 23rd March 2018: “Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis: From Operando Spectroscopy to Industrial Application”, IISER-Mohali, India.

[8] 31st May 2017: “Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis: From Operando Spectroscopy to Industrial Application”, IISER-Kolkata, India.

[7] 24th May 2017: “Industrial Catalysis: From Operando Spectroscopy to Industrial Application”, CSMCRI-Bhavnagar, India.

[6] 19th May 2017: “Heterogeneous Catalysis: From Operando Spectroscopy to Industrial Application”, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India.

[5] 17th May 2017: “Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis: From Operando Spectroscopy to Industrial Application”, IIT-Patna, India.

[4] 27th - 31st August 2017: “Zeolite-Trapped Acetate and Methyl Acetate Provide Evidence for the Initial Carbon-Carbon Bond Formation During the Early Stages of the Methanol-to-Olefin Process”, 13th European Congress on Catalysis (EUROPACAT), Florence, Italy.

[3] 2nd - 6th April 2017: “Mechanistic Investigation and Development of New Catalytic Routes for the Zeolite Catalyzed Hydrocarbon Conversion Processes as Aided by Operando Spectroscopy”, 253rd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting (CATL: Division of Catalysis Science and Technology), San Francisco, USA.

[2] 30th June - 3rd July 2014: “Practical Development Towards Homogeneous Photocatalytic Atom Economical Dehydrogenation of Alkanes and Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers”, 2nd International Symposium on C-H Activation, Rennes, France.

[1] 4th - 6th November 2013: “Carbon dioxide Mediated Photocatalytic Alkane Dehydrogenation”, Project meeting at Evonik Industries, Marl, Germany.