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-Undergraduate: Analytical Techniques, Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, Visakhapatnam  2020

-Undergraduate and Postgraduate Courses: Nanochemistry, Nanomaterial Fabrication             

Techniques, Nanomaterial Characterization, Advanced Nanochemistry, Special Topics in       

          2019.

      Department of Chemistry, I.I.T. Kanpur, India.

      Harjender Nagar, Kanpur - 208007, India.

·       Ph.D: IIT Kanpur (July 2009 – July 2013).

·       M.Sc: CSJM University Kanpur (July 2003 – Jun 2005).

· Ramalingaswami Faculty: Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (Jan 2020 – till date)

· Assistant Professor: Gachon University, South Korea (Apr 2017 - Dec 2019)

· Research Professor: Gachon University, South Korea (Dec 2015 – March 2017)

·  Research Associate: IIT Kanpur (Apr 2015 – Nov 2015)

·  Postdoctoral Researcher: University of South Brittany, Lorient France (Feb 2014 -March 2015)

· Postdoctoral Researcher: National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan (August 2013 – Dec 2013)

1. Suvam Nag Chowdhury, Tran Thanh Tung, Qui Thanh Hoai Ta, Gunture Kumar, M. Castro, J. F. Feller, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Upgrading of Diesel Engine Exhaust Waste into Onion-like Carbon Nanoparticles for Integrated Degradation Sensing in Nano-biocomposites, New Journal of Chemistry, 2021, DOI: 10.1039/D0NJ05950A. H-index 118

2. Jaidev Kaushik, Vishrant Kumar, Anjali Kumari Garg, Kumud Malika Tripathi* and Sumit Kumar Sonkar*, Bio-Mass Derived Functionalized-Graphene-Aerogel: A Sustainable Approach for the Removal of Multiple Organic Dyes and their Mixtures. New Journal of Chemistry, 2021, Just accepted. H-index 118

3. Gouri Sankar Das, Amit Bhatnagar, Pasi Yli-Pirilä, Kumud Malika Tripathi*, TaeYoung Kim*, A Sustainable Nitrogen-Doped Functionalized Graphene Nanosheets for Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Water Splitting. Chemical Communications, 2020, 56, 6953-6956. Impact Factor-6.16, ISSN No. 1364-548X. H-index 318

4. Anshul Sharma, Neha Sharma, Archana Kumari, Hae-Jeung Lee, TaeYoung Kim,* Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Nano-carbons based sensors for bacterial detection and discrimination in clinical diagnosis: A junction to meet material scientist and biologist, Applied Materials Today, 2020, 18,100467. Impact Factor-8.35, ISSN No. 2352-9407. H-index 35

5. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Hee Tae Ahn, Minsoo Chung, Xuan Ai Le, Deepika Saini, Anshu Bhati,Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Moon Il Kim,* TaeYoung Kim,* N, S, and P-co-doped carbon dots: Intrinsic peroxidase activity over a broad pH range and its antibacterial applications. ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 2020, 6, 5527-5537. Impact Factor-4.15, ISSN No. 2373-9878. H-index 39

6. Sunghoon Jeong, Yusik Myung, Gouri Shankar Das, Amit Bhatnagar, Jun-Woo Park, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* TaeYoung Kim,* Carbon Nano-Onions from Waste Oil for Application in Energy Storage Devices, New Journal of Chemistry, 2020, 44, 7369-7375. Impact Factor-3.28, ISSN No.1369-9261. H-index 118

7. Vivek K. Bajpai, Imran Khan, Shruti Shukla, Sung-Min Kang, Faisal Aziz, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Deepika Saini, Sumit K. Sonkar*, Yun Suk Huh,* Young Kyu Han, Multifunctional N-/Pdoped carbon dots for regulation of apoptosis and autophagy in B16F10 melanoma cancer cells and in vitro imaging applications, Theranostics, 2020, 10, 7841-7856. Impact Factor-8.57, ISSN No. 1838-7640. H-index 80

8. Ankit Tyagi, Yusik Myung, Kumud Malika Tripathi, TaeYoung Kim* and Raju Kumar Gupta* High-performance hybrid microsupercapacitors based on Co–Mn layered double hydroxide nanosheets. Electrochimica Acta, 2020, 334, 135590. Impact Factor-6.25, ISSN No. 0013-4686. H-index 224

9. Vivek K. Bajpai, Imran Khan, Shruti Shukla, Pradeep Kumar, Satyesh Raj Anand, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Anshu Bhati, Sung-Min Kang, Hoomin Le, Cheol Hwan Kwak, Yun Suk Huh*, YoungKyu Han, and Sumit Kumar Sonkar, N,P-doped carbon nanodots for food-matrix decontamination, anticancer targeting, and cellular bio-imaging applications. Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, 2020, 16, 283-303. Impact Factor-5.28, ISSN No. 1550-7041. H-index 70

10. Chella Santhosh, Ehsan Daneshvar, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Pranas Baltrėnas, TaeYoung Kim, Edita Baltrėnaitė, Amit Bhatnagar, Synthesis and characterization of magnetic biochar adsorbents for the removal of Cr (VI) and Acid orange 7 dye from aqueous solution, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2020, 27, 32874-32887. Impact Factor-3.05, ISSN No. 0944-1344. H-index 98

11. Shruti Shukla, Imran Khan, Vivek K. Bajpai, Hoomin Lee, TaeYoung Kim, Yun Suk Huh, Yong Kyu Han, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Sustainable biomass based graphene aerogel as an ecofriendly cell growth promoter and highly efficient adsorbent for histamine from red wine. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 11, 18165-18177. Impact Factor-8.75, ISSN No. 1944- 8244. H-index 199

12. Seung Jun Park, Gouri Sankar Das, Fabian Schütt, Rainer Adelung, Yogendra Mishra, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* and TaeYoung Kim,* Visible Light Photocatalysis by Carbon-nano-onions functionalized ZnO Tetrapods: Degradation of 2,4-Dinitrophenol and Plant-model-based Ecological Assessment. NPG Asia Materials, Nature, 2019, 11:8, 1-13. Impact Factor-8.05, ISSN No. 1884- 4057. H-index-65.

13. Yusik Myung, Sunghoon Jeong, Tran Thanh Tung, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* and TaeYoung Kim,* Graphene-based Aerogels Derived from Biomass for Energy Storage and Environmental Remediation. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, ACS, 2019, 7, 3772-3782. Impact Factor-7.63, ISSN No. 2168-0485, H-index-85.

14. Gunture Kumar, Anupriya Singh, Anshu Bhati, Prateek Khare, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* and Sumit Kumar Sonkar,* Soluble Graphene Nanosheets for the Sunlight-Induced Photodegradation of the Mixture of Dyes and its Environmental Assessment. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 2522. Impact Factor-4.01, ISSN No. 2045-2322. H-index 179

15. Gouri Sankar Das, Jong Pil Shim, Amit Bhatnagar, Kumud Malika Tripathi*, and TaeYoung Kim, Biomass-derived Carbon Quantum Dots for Visible-Light-Induced Photocatalysis and Label-Free Detection of Fe(III) and Ascorbic acid. Scientific Reports, 2019, 9, 15084. Impact Factor-4.01, ISSN No. 2045-2322. H-index 179

16. Gouri Sankar Das, Sabyasachi Sarkar, Ruchi Aggarwal, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* and TaeYoung Kim,* Fluorescent Microspheres of Zinc 1,2-dicarbomethoxy-1,2-dithiolate Complex Decorated with Carbon Nanotubes. Carbon Letter, Springer, 2019, 29, 595-603. Impact Factor 2.31, ISSN No. 2233-4998. H-index 15

17. Emmanuel Abu-Danso, Sirpa Peräniemi, Tiina Leiviskä, TaeYoung Kim, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Amit Bhatnagar,* Synthesis of clay-cellulose biocomposite for the removal of toxic metal ions from aqueous medium. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2019, 381, 120871-120881. Impact Factor-9.03, ISSN No. 0304-3894. H-index 260

18. Vivek K Bajpai, Shruti Shukla, Imran Khan, Sung-Min Kang, Yuvaraj Haldorai, Kumud Malika Tripathi, SungHoon Jung, Lei Chen, TaeYoung Kim, Yun Suk Huh, Young-Kyu Han,* A Sustainable Graphene Aerogel Capable of the Adsorptive Elimination of Biogenic Amines and Bacteria from Soy Sauce and Highly Efficient Cell Proliferation. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2019, 11, 43949-43963. Impact Factor-8.75, ISSN No. 1944-8244. H-index 199

19. Gouri Sankar Das, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Gautam Kumar, Sudip Paul, Surbhi Mehara, Soumalya Bhowmik, Bholanath Pakhira, Sabyasachi Sarkar, Manas Roy and TaeYoung Kim,*Nitrogen-doped fluorescent graphene nanosheets as visible-light-driven photocatalysts for dye degradation and selective sensing of ascorbic acid, New Journal of Chemistry, 2019, 43, 14575-14583. Impact Factor-3.28, ISSN No. 1144-0546. H-index 118

20. Prateek Khare, Anupriya Singh, Sankalp Verma, Anshu Bhati, Amit Sonker, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Sumit Kumar Sonkar,* Sunlight-Induced Selective Photocatalytic Degradation of Methylene Blue in Bacterial Culture by Pollutant Soot Derived Nontoxic Graphene Nanosheets. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2018, 6, 579-589. Impact Factor-7.03, ISSN No. 2168-0485. H-index 85.

21. Anshu Bhati, Gunture, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Anupriya Aingh, Sabyasachi Sarkar, Sumit Kumar Sonkar,* Exploration of nano carbons in relevance to plant systems. New Journal of Chemistry, 2018, 42, 16411-16427. Impact Factor-3.28, ISSN No. 1144 0546. H-index 118

22. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Abhishek Sschan, Mickael Castro, Veena Choudhary, Sumit kumar Sonkar, Jean-Francois Feller,* Green carbon nanostructured quantum resistive sensors to detect volatile biomarkers. Sustainable Materials and Technologies, 2018, 16, 1-11. Impact Factor-4.37, ISSN No. 2214-9937. H-index 18

23. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Tuan Sang Tran, Yoon Jin Kim, TaeYoung Kim,* Green Fluorescent Onion like Carbon Nano Particles From Flaxseed Oil for visible-light induced Photocatalytic Applications and Label-Free Detection of Al(III) Ions. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 3982-3992. Impact Factor-7.03, ISSN No. 2168-0485. H-index 85.

24. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Anshu Bhati, Anupriya Singh, Amit Kumar Sonker, Sabyasachi Sarkar, Sumit Kumar Sonkar* Sustainable changes in the contents of metallic micronutrients in first generation gram seed imposed by carbon nano-onions: A life cycle seed to seed study. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 2906–2916. Impact Factor-7.03, ISSN No. 2168- 0485. H-index 85.

25. Anupriya Singh, Prateek Khare, Sankalp Verma, Anshu Bhati, Amit Sonker, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Sumit Kumar Sonkar,* Pollutant Soot for Pollutant Dye Degradation: Soluble Graphene Nanosheets for Visible Light Induced Photodegradation of Methylene Blue. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2017, 5, 8860-8869. Impact Factor-7.03, ISSN No. 2168-0485. H-index 85.

26. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Tuan Sang Tran, Tran Thanh Tung, Dusan Losic, TaeYoung Kim,* Water soluble Fluorescent Carbon Nano Dots from Bio-Source for Cells Imaging. Journal of Nanomaterials, 2017, 2017, 7029731. Impact Factor-2.23, ISSN No. 1687-4129. H-index 57

27. Tuan Sang Tran, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Sun Oh Bae, Bit Na Kim, In-Kyu You, Byung Jun Park, Young Hee Han, TaeYoung Kim,* Three-dimensional α-MnO2 Nanowire–Graphene Hybrid Hydrogels for High Performance Asymmetric Supercapacitors. Materials Research Bulletin, 2017, 96, 395-404. Impact Factor-4.09, ISSN No. 0025-5408. H-index 104

28. Kumud Malika Tripathi, TaeYoung Kim,* Dusan Losic, Tran Thanh Tung,* Recent advances in engineered graphene and composites for detection of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and noninvasive disease diagnosis. Carbon, 2016, 110, 97-129. Impact Factor-8.82, ISSN No. 0008-6223. H-index 264

29. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Anshu Bhati, Anupriya Singh, Sabyasachi Sarkar and Sumit Kumar Sonkar*, Sustainable feasibility of the environmental pollutant soot to few layered photoluminescent graphene nanosheets for multifunctional applications. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 2016, 4, 6399-6408. Impact Factor-7.03, ISSN No. 2168-0485. H-index 85.

30. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Frédéric Vincent, Mickaël Castro, Jean-François Feller*, Flax fibres -epoxy with embedded nanocomposite sensors to design lightweight smart bio-composites. Nanocomposites, 2016, 2016, 2, 125-134. ISSN No. 2055-0332. H-index 12

31. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Anshu Bhati, Anupriya Singh, Nidhi Rani Gupta, Sankalp Verma, Sabyasachi Sarkar,* Sumit Kumar Sonkar*, From the traditional way of pyrolysis to tunable photoluminescent water soluble carbon nano-onions for cells imaging and selective sensing of glucose. RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 37319-37329. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 2046-2069. H-index 128

32. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Ankit Tyagi, Mohammad Ashfaq, Raju Kumar Gupta,* Temperature dependent, shape variant synthesis of photoluminescent and biocompatible carbon nanostructures from almond husk for applications in dye removal. RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 29545-29553. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 2046-2069. H-index 128

33. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Anshu Bhati, Amit Kumar Sonker, Jagannath Bhuyan, Anupriya Singh, Ajay Singh, Sabyasachi Sarkar,* Sumit Kumar Sonkar*, Large-scale synthesis of soluble graphitic hollow carbon nanorods with tunable photoluminescence for the selective fluorescent detection of DNA. New Journal of Chemistry, 2016, 40, 1571-1579. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 1144-0546. H-index 118

34. Ankit Tyagi, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Narendra Singh, Shashank Choudhary, Raju Kumar Gupta,* Green synthesis of carbon quantum dots from lemon peel waste: Applications in sensing and photocatalysis. RSC Advances, 2016, 6, 72423–72432. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 2046-2069. H-index 128

35. Anshu Bhati, Anupriya Singh, Kumud Malika Tripathi* and Sumit Kumar Sonkar*, Sun light induced photochemical degradation of methylene blue by water soluble carbon nano rods. International Journal of Photoenergy. 2016, 2583821-2583828. Impact Factor-2.02, ISSN No.1687-529X. H-index 46

36. Ankit Tyagiǁ, Kumud Malika Tripathi,ǁ Raju Kumar Gupta*, Recent progress on micro-scale energy storage devices and future aspects. Journal of Materials Chemistry A, 2015, 3, 22507-22541. Impact Factor-11.3, ISSN No. 2050-7488. H-index 185

37. Prashant Dubey,* Kumud Malika Tripathi, Ragini Mishra, Anshu Bhati, Anupriya Singh, Sumit Kumar Sonkar,* A simple one step hydrothermal route towards water solubilization of carbon quantum dots from soya-nuggets for imaging applications. RSC Advances, 2015, 5, 87528-87534. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 2046-2069. H-index 128

38. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Amit Kumar Sonker, Sumit Kumar Sonkar,* Sabyasachi Sarkar*, Pollutant soot of diesel engine exhaust transformed to carbon dots for multicoloured imaging of E. coli and sensing cholesterol, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 30100-30107. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 2046-2069. H-index 128

39. Ameerunisha Begum*, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Sabyasachi Sarkar*, Water-induced formation, characterization, and photoluminescence of carbon nanotube-based composites of gadolinium(iii) and platinum(ii) dithiolenes, Chemistry - A European Journal, 2014, 20, 16657-16661. Impact Factor-5.16, ISSN No. 1521-3765. H-index 237

40. Chih-Huang Weng, Yao-Tung Lin, Deng-Yen Hong, Yogesh Chandra Sharma, Shih-Chieh Chen, Kumud Tripathi, Effective removal of copper ions from aqueous solution using base treated black tea waste, Ecological Engineering, 2014, 67, 127-133. Impact Factor-3.51, ISSN No. 0925-8574. H-index 118

41. Prashant Dubey*, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Gram scale synthesis of green fluorescent water soluble onion-like carbon nanoparticles from camphor and polystyrene foam, RSC Advances, 2014, 4, 5838-5844. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 2046-2069. H-index 128

42. Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Sabyasachi Sarkar*, Ferromagnetic behavior of anthropogenic multi-walled carbon nanotubes trapped in spider web indoor. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2014, 14, 2532-2538. Impact Factor-1.35, ISSN No. 1533- 4880. H-index 101

43. Dipak Gorakh Babar, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Sabyasachi Sarkar*, P2O5 assisted synthesis of multicolor fluorescent water soluble carbon dots. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2014, 14, 2334-2342. Impact Factor-1.35, ISSN No. 1533-4880. H-index 101

44. Kumud Malika Tripathi, Ammerunshia Begum, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Sabyasachi Sarkar*, Nanospheres of Copper(III) 1,2-dicarbomethoxy-1,2-dithiolate and Its Composite with Water Soluble Carbon Nanotubes. New Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 37, 2708-2715. Impact Factor-3.28, ISSN No. 1144-0546. H-index 118

45. Prashant Dubey*, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, S. Majumdar, Kumud Malika Tripathi, Sabyasachi Sarkar,* Isolation of water soluble carbon nanotubes with network structure possessing multipodal junctions and its magnetic property. RSC Advances, 2013, 3, 7306-7312. Impact Factor-3.11, ISSN No. 2046-2069. H-index 128

·  Nitrogen Doped Functionalized Graphene Nanosheets as Sustainable Photocatalyst for Visible Light induced Overall Water Splitting, Clusters and Nnostructures, July 16-21 2019, Les Diablerets, Switzerland. Organized by Gordon Research Conference.

·  New science to Increase Plant Productivity and to Secure Sustainable Energy Future and Environment, NIT Rourkela, India, January 28, 2019 (Invited Talk).

·  New science to Increase Plant Productivity and to Secure Sustainable Energy Future and Environment, BHU, India, January 14, 2019 (Invited Talk).

·  Sustainable Graphene Aerogels from Pear for High Energy and Power Densities Supercapacitor and Environmental Remediation, Green Chemistry, July 29-August 03 2018, Barcelona, Spain. Organized by Gordon Research Conference.

· Enhancement of Metallic Micronutrients Content in First Generation Gram Seeds Imposed by Sustainable Carbon Nano-onions, Annual Conference of Vietnamese Young Scientist, May 20 2018, Sejong University, South Korea. Organized by Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

· From Bio-mass to Lightweight Graphene-Aerogels for applications in high-performance supercapacitors, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), September 18-21, 2017, Warsaw Poland. Organized by European Materials Research Society.

·  Green nano carbons: Synthesis and their applications, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India, August 18, 2017 (Invited Talk).

· Multifunctional Water Soluble Carbon Nano Onions from Flaxseed Oil for Visible Light Induced Photocatalytic Applications and Label Free Detection of Al(III) Ions, Trends in Nanotechnology International Conference, June 5-9 2017, Dresden Germany. Organized by Phantoms Foundation Madrid, Spain.

·  Multifunctional Water-Soluble Carbon Nano Onions from Flaxseed Oil, Annual Conference of Vietnamese Young Scientist, June 25 2017, Seongnam South Korea. Organized by Ministry of Science and Technology of Vietnam.

·  Multifunctional water soluble carbon nano onions from flaxseed oil for electrochemical energy storage applications and selective sensing of Al(III), Second International Conference on Soft Materials, December 12-16, 2016, Jaipur, India. Organized by Malaviya national Institute of Technology Jaipur, India.

1. Electrolyte for metal air cell and method for manufacturing the same, and metal air cell using the same. Korean Patent. Application No: 10-2019-0166939. Application Date: 13-12-2019.

• Prasenjit Kar, Pratyush Jain, Raju Kumar Gupta and Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Emerging Carbon-Based Nanocomposites for Remediation of Heavy Metals and Organic Pollutants From Wastewater, Emerging Carbon-Based Nanocomposites for Environmental Applications, 1-30, Scrivener Publishing, 2020.
• Tran Thanh Tung, Kumud Malika Tripathi, TaeYoung Kim, Melinda Krebzs, Tibor Pasinszki, Dusan Losic, Carbon Nanomaterial Sensors for Cancer and Disease Diagnosis, Carbon Nanomaterials for Bioimaging, Bioanalysis and Therapy, John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 2018. DOI: 10.1002/9781119373476.ch8.
• Kumud Malika Tripathi, Anupriya Singh, TaeYoung Kim and Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Sustainable nano carbons as potential sensor for safe water, Nanotechnology for Sustainable Water Resources, 141-176, Wiley-Scrivener Publishing UK. 2017.
• Anupriya Singh, Anshu Bhati, Gunture, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Nano-carbons in agricultural plants: Can be a potential nano-fertilizer? Nanotechnology in Environmental Science, 153-190, Wiley‐VCH Publishers. 2017.
• Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Mickael Castro, Jean-Francois Feller, Characterization of metal, semiconductor and metal-semiconductor core-shell nanostructures, Metal Semiconductor Core-shell Nanostructures for Solar Energy and Environmental Applications, 51-78, Elsevier Publishing 2017.
• Suvam Nag Chowdhury, Sananda Nag, Ashish Verma, Kumud Malika Tripathi,* Recent advances in Bio-Polymers for Innovative Food Packaging, Biopolymers: Structure, Performance and Applications. Nova Publisher, USA. 2017.
• Kumud Malika Tripathi, Nidhi Rani Gupta, Sumit Kumar Sonkar, Carbon dots from pollutant soot: A cleaner approach towards clean environment. Smart Materials for Waste Water Applications, 127-154, Wiley-Scrivener Publishing UK, 2016.
• Kumud Malika Tripathi, Ankit Tyagi, Amit Kumar Sonker, Sumit Kumar Sonkar*, Waste derived nano-carbons: A cleaner approach towards water remediation. Nanomaterials for Water Remediation, 135-160, Smithers Rapra Publishing UK, 2016.

1. Development of ultra-sensitive sensors based on graphene quantum dots for the non-invasive diagnoses of cancer via breath analysis (Principal Investigator, ₩ 90,000,000 2019-2022), Funded by NRF- South Korea.

-Awarded Prestigious DBT-Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellowship-2019, DBT, India.

-Nominated for The Rex Karmaveer Chakra Award and Fellowship-2019 (instituted by the UN and

iCONGO).

-MEET fellowship in 2014 for pursuing postdoctoral research in France.

-Junior Research Fellow (JRF) Award in Chemical Sciences, CSIR, New Delhi, India: 2008.

-Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) in the subject Chemical Sciences in 2007.

-Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Chemistry in 2007.