Brief Biography
I joined IIITM as Assistant Professor in October 2006, became Associate Professor (Direct Selection) in June 2010, and currently working as a Professor since Feb 2019, having multidimensional experience in both the research and development activities, particularly in the area of Nano-Material based Devices for Energy and Environment and in IT product development for various services.
Earlier to IIITM, I worked as a faculty of the Computer Science & Information Technology (CSIT) department of G. G. University (a central university), Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. At CSIT, I have established various laboratories and also worked in various academic cum administrative capacities.
During my stay at G. G. University, I have completed a mega project (Rs. 100 Lakh) of Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Govt. of India, on Content creation and IT Localization Network as Chief Investigator of the project.
In 2010, MeiTy has awarded a project of Rs. 155 Lakh for Entrepreneurship and Startups promotion at IIITM Gwalior. And in 2019, MeiTy has again awarded a project for Entrepreneurship and Startups promotion in IT and Electronics (TIDE-2.0) with a financial support of 1.7 Cr.
So far, I have nurtured 22+ startups under Technology Innovation and Incubation Centre, Gwalior. Recently, a multi institutional project PAVITRAM has been sanctioned by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change with a financial outlay of Rs. 1.92 Cr. One International project grant of Rs. 79.32 Lakh has been received under SPARC scheme of Ministry of Education through IIT Kharagpur Nodal centre.
I have postdoctoral experience in India and Abroad (Sweden, Italy, Japan, USA, UK, Singapore, Hungary) in various capacities with the research groups of renowned scientists, like Prof. Borje Johansson, Prof. Rajeev Ahuja, Prof. Ravindra Pandey, Prof. Yoshihiro Hayakawa etc..
This experience in different domains of Materials Science has produced a number of International and National Publications include the regular referred papers in journals, conference, and seminars.
I have written a few e-books in Hindi (Unicode) on different subject of Information Technology and guided a number of software development projects. All these efforts have resulted in various recognitions and awards, like the E-excellence award in e-governance by M.P. Govt., the TGMC award as Best in-state category by IBM, and Finalist NASSCOM ICT Honors by NASSCOM Foundation, GOI, M.P. Young scientist award etc.
I have good networking with scientists in India and abroad in the area of Nanotechnology and IT, and member of elite various Scientific Communities and Societies.
