School of Basic Sciences

Dr. Palas Roy

Assistant Professor
Research Interests:
Time-resolved Spectroscopy in Molecules and Materials for Energy Application

Latest News      

5. Dr. Roy has been featured in “IUPAC–Solvay Award 25-Year Retrospective“, published in Chemistry International (official magazine of IUPAC) https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2026-0306

4. PhD student Ms. Suhani received the Best Poster Award at the Material Chemistry Symposium 2026, IOP Bhubaneswar

3. Recent publication and cover art accepted in Chemical Science! Congratulations Suhani. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC05548B

2. Successfully organized International Conference AMEES 2025 at IIT Bhubaneswar!
1. OptoSpec Lab received Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant 2025 from ANRF!

Spectroscopy and Optoelectronics Laboratory

Dr. Palas Roy has joined IIT Bhubaneswar as an Assistant Professor in the School of Basic Sciences (Chemistry). He is a native of Berhampore (Murshidabad) in West Bengal. He did his BSc (Chemistry Honours) from Krishnath College Berhampore (University of Kalyani). He further went on to complete his MSc (Chemistry) from IIT Kharagpur and pursued his Ph.D. from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Mumbai (TIFR). His dissertation focused on the “Probing the Fate of Excitons in Organic Semiconductors”. His research interests include developing femtosecond spectroscopic tools to characterise excited state in organic semiconductors. Dr. Palas Roy has also worked as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Northwestern University, USA and Senior Research Associate at the University of East Anglia (UEA), UK. His postdoctoral work focused on developing femtosecond spectroscopic tools for studies of molecular photoswitches and dimers.

He received several awards for securing university topper position during BSc. His PhD was selected for the “2018 IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists” (one of five winners worldwide) and “2019-Best PhD thesis award at TIFR”. He received Travel Grant from the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) for attending an international conference (HOPV-2016) in the UK. His postdoctoral work at UEA received a “2021-Special Merit in Research Award” and oral presentation at several international conferences.

At IIT Bhubaneswar, Dr. Roy plans to investigate photodynamics in next-generation energy materials using time-resolved spectroscopy and provide design principle to improve their efficiency. Current focus of his Spectroscopy & Optoelectronics Lab is to control and efficiently harvest photogenearted triplet and charges.

Education
 Degree Discipline Year School
  BSc Chemistry (Hons) 2006-2009 Krishnath College (University of Kalyani))
  MSc Chemistry 2009-2011 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
  PhD Experimental Physical Chemistry 2011-2017 Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Mumbai

MSc Spring 2023-25                  Group Theory and Spectroscopy (CY5L008)

MSc Autumn 2024-26               Application of Fluorescence Spectroscopy (CY7L017)

ITEP Autumn 2024                   Thermodynamics and Colligative Properties (CY2L301)

ITEP Spring 2025-26                Chemical Equilibrium & Electrochemistry (CY2L304)

BTech Spring 2023-25              Chemistry (Physical) (CY1L001, CY1L002)

BTech Autumn 2023-24            Chemistry Laboratory (CY1P001)

Current PhD Students

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Sushree Suhani Puhan

[Ph.D. Joined Jul 2024]  Research- Novel Blue light emitters; Email – a24cy09019@iitbbs.ac.in ; Hometown – Bhubaneswar; B.Sc. Chemistry Ravenshaw University; M.Sc. Chemistry Odisha University Of Technology & Research

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Shubhendu Sekhar Patra

 [Ph.D. Joined Dec 2024]   Research- NIR Harvesting Photovoltaics; Email – s25cy09001@iitbbs.ac.in ; Hometown – Balasore; B.Sc. Chemistry Fakir Mohan Auto. College ; M.Sc. Chemistry Utkal University

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Satyasmita Swain

[Ph.D. Joined Jul 2025]    Research- Long-range Charge Separation; Email – a25cy09005@iitbbs.ac.in ; Hometown – Cuttack; B.Sc. Chemistry Utkal University; M.Sc. Chemistry Utkal University

Current Project Students 

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Pushkar Suman

[MSc Project, Jul 2025- May 2026]   Research- Plasmonic Nanomaterials; Email – 24CY05019@iitbbs.ac.in  ; Hometown – Rajasthan; B.Sc. Chemistry ….; M.Sc. Chemistry IIT Bhubaneswar

Alumni
Chandan Kumar [MSc Project, Jul 2023- May 2024]: Thermally activated delayed fluorescence
Kaibalya Moharana [MSc Project, Jul 2024- May 2025]: Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials

Aniket Kapri [MSc Project, Jul 2023- May 2024]: Photon upconversion

Rittik Das [MSc Project, Jul 2024- May 2025]: Novel Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials

Lingampalli Likhith [Summer Intern 2024, 25]: Erasmus Mundus SERP master program

Hitanshu Kar [Summer Intern 2024]: BS-MS Chemistry NISER

Rudranarayan Pradhan [Winter Intern 2025]: MSc Chemistry IIT Delhi

 

Postdoctoral Opportunities:

Currently Roy group does not have funded postdoctoral opportunities. However, any prospective candidates can apply for NPDF fellowships. If you are interested, please send the resumes and a brief summary of research interests to palasroy@iitbbs.ac.in

 

PhD Opportunities:

The Roy Group currently has three PhD students and is looking for more enthusiastic and motivated students to join the team. Applications are invited from NET-JRF / DST Inspire qualified candidates interested in exciting research on the photodynamics of emerging nanomaterials. In addition, one Institute Fellow position is available for a highly motivated SC/ST candidate. If you are interested in joining our research group, please send your resume to palasroy@iitbbs.ac.in 

2026 Featured in “IUPAC–Solvay Award 25-Year Retrospective”, published in Chemistry International (official magazine of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) https://doi.org/10.1515/ci-2026-0306

2025    Research artwork selected for Inside Back Cover, Chemical Science Journal.

2025-till date    Mentor, BIS Chemistry Student Chapter

2025    Invited talk, AOSC 2025, Goa, India.

2025    Invited talk, NSRP 2025, NISER Bhubaneswar, India.

2024    Invited talk, First Materials Chemistry Symposium2024, ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar, India.

2023    Invited Hot-topic talk, International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer in Complex Systems, Jaipur, India.

2023    Invited talk, Kaleidoscope: A Discussion Meeting in Chemistry, Udaipur, India.

2023    Selected for Oral presentation, International conference on TRVS, The Netherlands.

2022    Selected for Oral presentation, International conference on ICORSXXVII, Rome.

2021    Special Merit in Research Award, University of East Anglia, UK (https://sites.google.com/view/2021researchersummit/special-merit-winners).

2019    Best PhD Thesis, Department of Chemical Sciences (DCS), TIFR, India.

2018    IUPAC-Solvay International Award for Young Chemists, One of the five winners worldwide for my PhD thesis at TIFR, India (https://iupac.org/winners-2018-iupac-solvay-international-award-young-chemists/).

2016    Best Poster Prize, Annual Meeting of Department of Chemical Sciences (DCS), TIFR, India (judged by Prof. Martin Gruebele, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign).

2016    Selected for Oral presentation, International conference on HOPV16, Swansea, UK.

2016    Invited talk, Recent Advances in Optical Sciences-II conference, University of Hyderabad, India.

2014    1-year membership award by Royal Society of Chemistry for winning TIFR-DCS logo contest.

2012    Rank- JRF 57, ‘National Eligibility Test’ Research Fellowship in Chemical Sciences, India.

2011    Rank-9, ‘Graduate Aptitude test in Engineering’ in Chemistry, India.

2009    University Gold Medal, First class First in BSc Chemistry (Hons), University of Kalyani, India.

2008    Medal & Certificate of Merit In Memory of Prof. D.N. Roy, University of Kalyani, India.

2008    Medal & Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Chemistry Hons., University of Kalyani, India.

2008    Medal & Certificate of Merit In Memory of Prof. Khagendra Chandra Karmakar, University of Kalyani, India.

Roy Group is aiming to push the limit of current state-of-the-art optoelectronic technologies by addressing the following questions.

  • How molecules/materials behave in presence of light? 
  • What are the efficiency loss mechanisms? 
  • How to harvest photogenerated carrirers efficiently? 
  • Novel design principle to control their performance?

   We develop time-resolved spectroscopic tools to investigate photodynamics in optoelectronic molecules and materials and design  novel molecular breadboards. The current focus of Roy Group is alligned towards three challenging directions as follows.

Photodynamics in Molecules and Materials

Absorption of light by molecules leads to the formation of molecular excited states, consisting of coloumbically bound electron-hole pairs, called excitons. The excitons can undergo different processes (relaxation, emission, annihilation, formation of triplets and charges etc) depending on the nature of potential energy surfaces. In order to engineer the excited state potential, first it is important to understand the nature of the excited states and molecular parameters that govern their dynamics. We are investigating the photodynamics in next-generation optoelectronic molecules and materials. Novel insights thus obtained will be useful to design efficient photomaterials which will be vital to place India at the forefront of optoelectronic research. The current projects are*Tuning thermally activated delayed fluorescence (Suhani et al., Chem. Sci. 2026 Advance Article)*Efficient blue light generation through Upconversion*Harvesting  triplets for energy conversion

Designing Molecular Optoelectronic Breadboards

Controlling the photogenerated excitons is essential for many new and emerging technologies in optoelectronics that will be vital to the economic success of India. However the current state-of-the-art optoelectronic materials are limited by the number of available methods and their efficacy in guiding these excitons for an output that can be radically new and lead to efficient emerging technologies. We are coupling different molecules and materials in Molecular optoelectronic breadboards such that the excitons can follow the designed photodynamical pathways. This will direct excitons from one place to another providing a novel output. Efficacy of these processes in the breadboard will be investigated using time-resolved spectroscopic tools. The current projects are  *Designing photodynamics in hybrid materials* Long-range charge separation for photovoltaics

Time-resolved Spectroscopic Tools

We are developing cost-effective time-resolved electronic and vibrational spectroscopic tools to characterise the excited state photodynamics. The current projects are  building

* Time-correlated single photon counting spectrometer*Flash photolysis spectrometer* ns-Raman spectrometer

 

After Joining IITBBS:
  1. Sushree Suhani Puhan, Laxmipriya Dash and Palas Roy@; “Hydrogen-Bonding Environment Suppresses Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence” Chemical Science 17, 187 (2026) DOI: 10.1039/D5SC05548B (selected for Cover Art)
  2. Palas Roy, Andy S. Sardjan, Wojciech Danowski, Wesley R. Browne, Ben. L. Feringa@ and Stephen R. Meech@; “Substituent effects on first generation photochemical molecular motors probed by femtosecond stimulated Raman” Chem. Phys. 161, 074504 (2024) DOI: 10.1063/5.0216442 
  3. Palas Roy, Andy S. Sardjan, Wesley R. Browne, Ben. L. Feringa@ and Stephen R. Meech@; “Excited State Dynamics in Unidirectional Photochemical Molecular Motors” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 146, 18, 12255 (2024) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.4c01019
  4. Palas Roy, ≠ Andy S. Sardjan,≠ Wojciech Danowski, Wesley R. Browne, Ben. L. Feringa@ and Stephen R. Meech@; “Control of Photoconversion Yield in Unidirectional Photomolecular Motors by Push-Pull Substituents” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 145, 36, 19849 (2023) DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c06070 (≠equal contribution)
  5. Palas Roy, Wesley R. Browne, Ben. L. Feringa@ and Stephen R. Meech@; “Ultrafast Motion in a Third Generation Photomolecular Motor” Nat. Commun. 14. 1253 (2023) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-36777-6 (Editors’ Highlight)
  6. Kiri Addison, Palas Roy, Giovanni Bressan, Karolina Skudaite, Josh Robb, Philip B. C. Page, Eleanor K. Ashworth, James N. Bull and Stephen R. Meech@; “Photophysics of the Red-form Kaede Chromophore” Chemical Science, 14, 3763 (2023) DOI: 10.1039/D3SC00368J
Before Joining IITBBS:
  1. Pragya Verma, Mariusz Tasior, Palas Roy, Stephen R. Meech@, Daniel T. Gryko, and Eric Vauthey@; “Excited-state Symmetry Breaking in Quadrupolar Pull-push-pull Molecules: Dicyanovinyl vs. Cyanophenyl Acceptors” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. (2023 Advance Article) DOI: 10.1039/D3CP02810K
  2. Palas Roy, Faisal Al-Kahtani, Andrew N. Cammidge, and Stephen R. Meech@; “Solvent Tuning Excited State Structural Dynamics in a Novel Bianthryl”, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 14, 253 (2023) DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c03469
  3. Palas Roy, Gokul T. Anandan, Nagaraj Nayak, Anil Kumar, and Jyotishman Dasgupta@; “Raman Snapshots of Side-Chain Dependent Polaron Dynamics in PolyThiophene Films” J. Phys. Chem. B 127, 567 (2023). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.2c06185
  4. Giovanni Bressan, Michael Jirasek, Palas Roy, Harry Anderson, Stephen R. Meech@ and Ismael Heisler@;“Population and Coherence Dynamics in Large Conjugated Porphyrin Nanorings”, Chem. Sci. 13, 9624 (2022). DOI: 10.1039/D2SC01971J
  5. Palas Roy, Andy S. Sardjan, Arjen Cnossen, Wesley R. Browne, Ben. L. Feringa@ and Stephen R. Meech@; “Excited State Structure Correlates with Efficient Photoconversion in Unidirectional Motors” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 12, 3367 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c00710
  6. Palas Roy, Giovanni Bressan, Jacob Gretton, Andrew N. Cammidge, and Stephen R. Meech@; “Ultrafast Excimer Formation and Solvent Controlled Symmetry Breaking Charge Separation in the Excitonically Coupled Subphthalocyanine Dimer” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 60, 10568 (2021). DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101572Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
  7. Palas Roy, Andy S. Sardjan, Wojciech Danowski, Wesley R. Browne, Ben. L. Feringa@ and Stephen R. Meech@; “Photophysics of First-Generation Photomolecular Motors: Resolving Roles of Temperature, Friction, and Medium Polarity” J. Phys. Chem. A. 125, 1711 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.0c11050
  8. Palas Roy@ “Hot-carriers in Organic Photovoltaics” Pure Appl. Chem. 93, 223 (2021). DOI: 10.1515/pac-2020-1001 (Invited article)
  9. Dale Green, Palas Roy, Christopher R. Hall, James N. Iuliano, Garth A. Jones, Andras Lukacs, Peter J. Tonge and Stephen R. Meech@; “Excited State Resonance Raman of Flavin Mononucleotide: Comparison of Theory and Experiment” J. Phys. Chem. A. 125, 6171 (2021). DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c04063
  10. Palas Roy@, and Jyotishman Dasgupta; “Temporal Probing of Excitons in Organic Semiconductors” Pure Appl. Chem. 92, 707 (2020). DOI:10.1515/pac-2018-1230 (Invited article)
  11. Andy S. Sardjan, Palas Roy, Giovanni Bressan, Laura Comprido, Wesley R. Browne, Ben. L. Feringa@ and Stephen R. Meech@; “Ultrafast Excited State Dynamics in a First Generation Photomolecular Motor” ChemPhysChem 21, 594 (2020). DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201901179 (Journal Cover Feature)
  12. Shawn Irgen-Gioro, Palas Roy, Suyog Padgaonkar, and Elad Harel@; “Low Energy Excited State Vibrations Revealed in Conjugated Co-Polymer PCDTBT” J. Chem. Phys. 152, 044201 (2020). DOI:10.1063/1.5132299
  13. KC Krishnapriya≠, Palas Roy≠, Ulrike Salzner, Jyotishman Dasgupta@ and Satish Patil@; “Spin Density Encodes Intramolecular Singlet Fission in Pentacene Dimers” Nat. Commun. 10, 1  (2019). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07736-3 (≠equal contribution)
  14. Palas Roy, Shreetama Karmakar, and Jyotishman Dasgupta@; “Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy” Book Chapter-9 in “Molecular and Laser Spectroscopy: Advances and Applications” by Prof. V. P. Gupta, Elsevier 193-215 (2018). DOI:10.1016/B978-0-12-849883-5.00009-7
  15. Palas Roy, Ajay Jha, Vineeth B. Yasarapudi, Thulasi Ram, Boregowda Puttaraju, Satish Patil and Jyotishman Dasgupta@; “Ultrafast bridge planarization in donor-π-acceptor copolymers drives intramolecular charge transfer” Nat. Commun. 8, 1 (2017). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01928-z
  16. Melby Johny, K. Vijayalakshmi, Ankita Das, Palas Roy, Aseem Mishra and Jyotishman Dasgupta@; “Modulating Phe-Phe dipeptide aggregation landscape by covalent attachment of an Azobenzene photoswitch” Chem. Commun. 53, 9348 (2017). DOI: 10.1039/C7CC04106C
  17. Tushita Mukhopadhyay, Boregowda Puttaraju, Palas Roy, Jyotishman Dasgupta, Andreas Meyer, Alexander Rudnick, Steffen Tscheuschner, Frank-Julian Kahle, Anna Köhler, and Satish Patil@; “Facile Synthesis and Chain-length Dependent Optical and Structural Properties of Diketopyrrolopyrrole-based Oligomers” Chem. Eur. J. 23, 13718 (2017). DOI: 10.1002/chem.201702131
  18. Palas Roy, Ajay Jha, and Jyotishman Dasgupta@; “Photoinduced Charge Generation Rates in Soluble P3HT:PCBM Nano-aggregates Predict the Solvent-dependent Film Morphology” Nanoscale 8, 2768 (2016). DOI: 10.1039/C5NR06445G

 

2025    AOSC-2025 International Conference, Goa, India; Invited talk “Hydrogen-Bonding Environment Suppresses Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence”

2025    NSRP-2025 Symposium, NISER Bhubaneswar, India; Invited talk “Resolving the role of solvent polarity, viscosity and hydrogen-bonding in thermally activated delayed fluorescence”

2024    First Materials Chemistry Symposium 2024, ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar, India; Invited talk “Controlling Unidirectional Motor Performance through Push-Pull Substituents”

2023    International Conference on Molecular Energy Transfer in Complex Systems, Jaipur, India; Invited Hot-topic talk “Controlling Unidirectional Motor Performance through Push-Pull Substituents”.

2023    Kaleidoscope: A Discussion Meeting in Chemistry, Udaipur, India; Invited talk “Can Ultrafast Science Help Optimise Unidirectional Motor Performance?”

2023    International Conference on Time-resolved Vibrational Spectroscopy, The Netherlands; Online participation.

2022    Chemistry Research Day, UEA; Oral presentation “Ultrafast Charge Separation in Covalently Linked Anthracene Dimer”.

2021    Chemistry Research Day, UEA; Oral presentation “Ultrafast Raman Snapshot of Unidirectional Motors in Motion”.

2021    Chemistry Seminar Series, UEA; Oral presentation “Ultrafast photophysics of molecular dimers”.

2020    Chemistry Research Day, UEA; Oral presentation “Excited state structural correlation for efficient photoconversion in artificial motors”.

2019    IUPAC World Chemistry Congress, Paris; Posters presentation “Probing the Fate of Exciton in Organic Semiconductors”.

2016    TIFR-DCS annual talks, India; Posters presentations “Ultrafast Exciton and Charge Dynamics in Organic Semiconductors” and “Tracking Singlet Fission in Semiconducting Organic Nanoparticles”.

2016    International Conference on Hybrid and Organic Photovoltaics-2016, Swansea, UK; Oral presentation “Tracking Exciton Dynamics in Low-Bandgap Conjugated Polymers using Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy”.

2016    National Conference on Recent Advances in Optical Sciences-II, Hyderabad, India; Oral presentation “Photoinduced Charge Generation Rates in Soluble P3HT:PCBM Nano-aggregates Predict the Solvent Dependent Film Morphology”.

2016    International Conference on Optics Within Life Sciences, TIFR/IITB, India

2016    National Workshop on Fluorescence and Raman Techniques, TIFR, India

2016    Modern Trends in Electron Transfer Chemistry: From Molecular Electronics to Devices, ICTS, Bangalore, India; Poster presentation “Tracking Exciton Dynamics in Low Band-gap Conjugated Polymers using Femtosecond Stimulated Raman Spectroscopy”.

2014    Advances in Spectroscopy and Ultrafast Dynamics-2014 symposium, IACS, Kolkata, India; Poster presentation “Capturing Photoinduced Charge Transfer States of P3HT:PCBM Mixtures in Solution”.

2013    FCS Satellite Confocal Workshop-2013, IISC-Bangalore, India

2012    Workshop at 23rd International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy, IISC-Bangalore, India

2023-Till date   Assistant Professor, IIT Bhubaneswar (IITBBS), Odisha, India

Research Area: “Photodynamics of Optoelectronic Molecules and Materials”

2019-2023       Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich, UK

Project: “Ultrafast Dynamics of Molecular Dimers and Photoswitches”

Supervisor: Prof. Steve Meech, UEA, Norwich

2018-2019       Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Northwestern University (NU), Illinois, US

Project: “Unraveling Vibronic Coupling driving Ultrafast Generation of Polarons”

Supervisor: Prof. Elad Harel, NU, Illinois

2011-2017       PhD Chemistry, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India

Dissertation: “Probing the Fate of Excitons in Organic Semiconductors”

Supervisor: Dr. Jyotishman Dasgupta, TIFR, Mumbai

Thesis External: Prof James Durrant, Imperial College, London

Administrative Responsibilities at IITBBS
  1. Faculty Advisor:
    • ITEP Chemistry Students (October 2023 – Present)
    • BTech CS Students (August 2023 – November 2024) 
  2. Faculty-in-Charge of Institute’s High-end Instruments
    • Raman Spectrometer under CRIF (January 2024 – Present)
    • UV–Vis, Fluorescence Spectrometers, and Cryostat under Chemistry Department (May 2024 – Present)
  3. Faculty-in-Charge of UG/PG Chemistry Laboratories, IIT Bhubaneswar (July 2025 – Present)
  4. Faculty Coordinator
    • Internship in School Teaching programme of ITEP Chemistry final year students (Jul-Sep 2026)
    • Exposure Visits of School/College Students to UG/PG Chemistry Laboratories, IIT Bhubaneswar (December 2024 – Present)
    • Teaching Assistant (TA) Duties of Research Scholars, Department of Chemistry, IIT Bhubaneswar (Autumn 2025 – Present)
    • JAM Admissions (Chemistry), IIT Bhubaneswar (May-Aug, 2024)
    • Preparing syllabus for ITEP in Chemistry (2023) and BTech in Chemical Technology (2024)
    • School Exam Coordinator (School of Basic Sciences) for Spring end-semester2023
    • G20-Open Day Exhibition at IITBBS (2023)
    • Liaison Officer for Hon’ble MP Shri Biplab Kumar Deb during IIT Council Meeting 2023
  5. Convenor
    • One-day Event on World Standards Day 2025, IIT Bhubaneswar (Participants-nearly 600) (11th October 2025)
    • International Conference on Advanced Materials for Energy, Environment & Sustainability 2025 (AMEES-2025), IIT Bhubaneswar (Participants-nearly 120) (16–18th May 2025)
  6. Organizing Committee Member, 12th, 13th & 14th Convocation, IIT Bhubaneswar
  7. Institute Representative (IR) (May 2024) and Question Vetting (10-20th Dec 2023), JEE (Advanced) 2024
  8. Faculty Trainer for improving presentation skill of final year PhD students at IITBBS (2023)
Other Responsibilities
  1. Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC) Member for three PhD scholars, National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar (2024 – Present)
  2. Mentor, Chemistry Student Chapter under the Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), IIT Bhubaneswar (2025 – Present)
    • Organized National Level Quiz: BIS Chemistry Quiz (15th Feb, 2026)
    • Organized Student Industry Visit: Jindal Steel and Power Ltd, Angul (28thMarch, 2026)
  3. Reviewer for international journals and funding agencies:
    • Journal of Physical Chemistry (ACS) –2023 (Mar, May, Aug), 2024 (January)
    • Journal of Chemical Physics (AIP) – April 2025
    • ACS Applied Energy Materials (ACS) – June & August 2025
    • The Leverhulme Trust (UK) – Research Grant Proposal (2024)
  4. Invited Speaker for national and international meetings:
    • The 9th Asian and Oceanian Spectroscopy Conference (AOSC-2025), Goa, India (21–25th September 2025)
    • 16th National Symposium on Radiation and Photochemistry (NSRP-2025), NISER Bhubaneswar, India (23–25th January 2025)
    • First Materials Chemistry Symposium 2024, ICT-IOC Bhubaneswar, India (19th January 2024)
    • JNV Science Teachers’ Training Programme, IIT Bhubaneswar (December, 2024 & 2025)
  5. Question Setter (2024) and Question Moderator (2025), Odisha Staff Selection Commission (OSSC) Examination
  6. Guidance Talk in Chemistry for Class X students, Kendriya Vidyalaya (KV), IIT Bhubaneswar (12th August 2025)
  7. Honourable Judge, School-level Bal Vaigyanik Science Exhibition, Kendriya Vidyalaya, IIT Bhubaneswar (20th November 2025)
  8. National Organizing Committee Member, International Conference on Raman Spectroscopy (ICORS-2028), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata (2025 – 2028)
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