Meet our Team

Education/Positions:

• PhD (1988): Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA (Advisor: Prof. Robert. A. Moss)

Professional Career:

• 2023 - Present: Director and Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati, India. (On deputation from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

• 2023 - Present: Honorary Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

• 2008 - Present: J C Bose National Fellow, Department of Science & Technology, New Delhi, India

• 2001 - 2023: Professor, Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

• 05/2018 - 04/2021: Vice-Chancellor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Deemed-to-be-University, Kolkata, India. (On deputation from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

• 04/2015 - 04/2021: Director and Senior Professor, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India (on deputation from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

• 03/2016 - 10/2016: Director (Additional Charge) - S.N. Bose National Centre for the Basic Sciences, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India

• 1/2012 - April 21, 2015: Chairman – Department of Organic Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science

• Since 2001: Professor – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

• 1996-2001: Associate Professor – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

• 1991-1996: Assistant Professor – Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India

• 1988-1991: Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA (Prof. Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Laureate)