Education

• M.Sc.

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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India (1982)

• M.A.

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Princeton University, Princeton, USA (1984)

• Ph.D.

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Princeton University, Princeton, USA (1987)

    Academic appointments

• Post-doc

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University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, USA (1987)

• Scientist

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Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India (1988)

• Lecturer

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University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India (1989 - 1993)

• Reader

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University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India (1993 - 2001)

• Professor

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University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, India (2001 - )

    Academic recognitions

• Young Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore (1990 - 95)

• Indian National Science Academy Young Scientist Medal (1992)

• Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies, Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1996 -)

• Swarnajayanti Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (1998 - 2003)

• Bronze Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India (2002)

• Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2004 - )

• Ramanna Fellowship of the Department of Science and Technology (2008 - 2011)

• Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (2010 - )

• Fellow of the A P Akademi of Sciences (2010 - )

• J. C. Bose National Fellowship (2011 - 2020)

• Silver Medal of the Chemical Research Society of India (2012)

• Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences (2012 - )

• Academician (Fellow) of the Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials (2013 - )

• Associate Editor, Journal of Chemical Sciences (Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru) (2015 - 2022)