1. Prof. R C Tripathy Memorial Award for Excellence in Research, Orissa Chemical Society 2021
2. SERB TETRA AWARD 2021 by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. Of India
3. ICMR- DHR Long Term Fellowship to University of Regensburg, Germany, 12 months, Govt. Of India 2019
4. DAAD-Research Stay Award 2018, University of Leipzig, Germany
5. Bentham Ambassador on Bentham Science Publishers 2020-21
6. VIFA International Young Scientist Award 2017
7. Tohoku University Visiting Professor – Awarded ( Dec 2017 – June 2018)
8. “Certificate of Appreciation” by Education Expo-FBA- 2017 ( Young Scientist Category)
9. Tohoku University, Japan Visiting Professor Award ( December 2015 to March 2016)
10. DST-INSA- INSPIRE Faculty Award-2013 in Chemical Sciences
11. Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Govt. of India - Young Scientist Award- 2014 in Chemical Sciences.
12. Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India -Fast Track Projcet award for Young Investigators- 2012
13. INDO-US RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Award 2012 in Chemical Sciences, Stanford University, California, US.
14. Doctoral Research Fellowship: Qualified with Rank among Top 100 students. National Eligibility Test (NET-December’2004); Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India.
15. Junior Research Fellowship (CSIR):September, 2005 - September, 2007
16. Senior Research Fellowship (CSIR): October, 2007 - May 2010
ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECTS
1. Title : Chemical Innovations For Sustainable Future 2020- 2024 ( Principal Investigator), 1.92 Crores Funding Agency : UGC-DAAD, Under Indo-German Higher Education Partnerships, PI ( Just sanctioned)
2. Title: Developing Enantioselective Carbon-heteroatom Bond Formations Employing Visible Light, 44 Lakhs, 2021-2024 Funding Agency: SERB, Department of Science and Technology, PI
3. Title: Developing of Efficient Tribromides as Versatile Fine Oxidative Dearomatisation Reagents, 30 Lakhs, 2021-2023 Funding Agency: SERB, Department of Science and Technology, SERB TETRA AWARD, PI
4. Title: Developing Sustainable Enantioselective Carbonheteroatom Bond Formations Employing Dearomatisation reactions (EDRs), 30 Lakhs, 2021-2024 Funding Agency: CSIR, PI ( Just Sanctioned)
1. Title : Exploring Molecular Intricacy – Developing Facile Catalytic Asymmetric Oxidative Dearomatisation Reactions (CAODRs) 2017- 2020 ( Principal Investigator), 42 Lakhs Funding Agency : SERB, Department of Science and Technology, PI
2. Title : Injectable Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite- Polyanhydride Based Paste for Bone Substitution, 48 Lakhs Funding Agency : Department of Biotechnology. ( Co- Investigator) Status : 2017-2020
3. Title : Intramural Project on Organic Farming, 5 Lakhs Funding Agency : National Institute of Technology Rourkela ( Principal Investigator) Status : 2018-2019
4. Title : Ruthenium catalysed Non-Metathesis Couplings, 35 LakhsFunding Agency : Department of Science and Technology – Indian National Science Academy- INSPIRE FACULTY AWARD. ( Principal Investigator) Status : 2014-2019
5. Title: Synthesis of Medicinally Important Natural Products employing Cyclopropyl Ring- Cleavage and Oxidative de-aromatization reactions, 25 Lakhs Funding Agency : SERB, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India ( Fast Track Scheme for Young Scientists) Status: 2013 – 2016
6. Title : Design of Multipurpose Photo reactor and Photoreactions, 5 Lakhs Funding Agency : Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme-II, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India Status : 2014-15
7. Title : Ruthenium Catalysed Atom-economic Transformations, 17 Lakhs Funding Agency : Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, Govt. of India (Young Scientist Research Award Scheme) Status : 2014-2017