Academic Qualification

• Aug 2003 – Nov 2007 – Ph. D Organic Chemistry from (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)
• Aug 2001 – May 2003 – M. Sc (Chemistry) from University of Hyderabad
• Aug 1997 – May 2000 – B. Sc in SRR Govt degree college, afiliated to Kakatiya University

Professional Experience

• July 21 2018 – Nov 09 2022 Sept 02 2013 – July 20 2018 – Associate Professor Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai-36, Tamilnadu. Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, Chennai-36, Tamilnadu..
• Dec 2009 – Aug 2013 – Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Thomas R Hoye, Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, USA..
• Nov 2008 – Nov 2009 – Research Associate with Prof. A. Srikrishna Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India..
• Aug 2007 – Oct 2008 – IISc Research Associate with Prof. A. Srikrishna Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.

Conference Organized

• Convener – Chemistry in-House Symposium (CiHS-2017), IIT Madras.
• Treasurer – MEDCHEM 2015, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras.
• Organizing Committee Member – MEDCHEM 2017, Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras.
• Co-Convener – Chemistry in-House Symposium (CiHS-2016), IIT Madras.
• Treasurer – Chemistry in-House Symposium (CiHS-2015), IIT Madras.
• Organizing Committee Member – JNOST (2014), IIT Madras

Scholistic Awards

• July 2016–Nov 2016 – Visiting Faculty IIT Palakkad, Kerala, INDIA.
• 2016 – Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing Tetrahedron Letters (2016) Elsevier, in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the quality of the journal.
• 2017 – Best Poster Presentation Award Poster entitled “Mild approach to 2-Acylfurans via Intercepted Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement”. Presented at CiHS-2017, IIT Madras – INDIA.
• 2017 – Best Poster Presentation Award Poster entitled “Detailed mechanistic study of Beeraiah-Meyer-Schuster Rearrangement leads to a New Class of butyrolactone based Atropisomeric compounds”. Presented at CiHS-2017, IIT Madras – INDIA.
• 2017 – Even semester – Institute Research Award Quality and Quantity of the research work done by the Dr. Prabhakararao Tharra.
• (2018-Odd semester) – (2018-Odd semester)
• 2017 – 18 – Best Thesis Award (in Organic Chemistry) for the year 2017-18 by Dr. Prabhakararao Tharra.

Academic Standings

• Member – Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK
• Member – American Chemical Society (ACS), USA
• Member – International Society of Heterocyclic Compounds (ISHC), Japan
• Life-member – Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)
• Life-member and Associate Fellow – Andhra Pradesh Akademy of Sciences, AP
• Active Reviewer – From various publishers, like American Chemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, Elsevier, Wiley, Taylor & Francis etc.