Faculty at School of Natural Sciences

Sebastian C. Peter

Sebastian C. Peter

Adjunct Professor

School of Natural Sciences


Contact Information

  • Sustainable energy, Carbon capture, and CO2 utilization technologies

2003-2006, Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry (under the supervision of Prof. Rainer Pottgen), Institute of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry, University of Munster, Germany

2000-2002 M.Tech. in Industrial Catalysis

Cochin University of Science & Technology, Kochi, Kerala, India

1998-2002 M.Sc. in Chemistry

St. Thomas College, Calicut University, Thrissur, Kerala, India

1995-1998 B.Sc. in Chemistry

St. Thomas College, Calicut University, Thrissur, Kerala, India

2022 Professor

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

2017 - 2022, Associate Professor

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore

2014 - 2017, Faculty Fellow

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore,

2010 - 2014, Ramanujan Fellow

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India

2008 – 2010, Post doctoral Associate,

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL-60208, USA  

2007 – 2008, Post doctoral Associate

Max Plank Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany,

2006 – 2007, Research Associate

University of Munster, Germany

2002 – 2003, Project Assistant

National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

1) Winner of National Start-up Awards 2023 in the category of Sustainability Champion (2024)

2) Rajib Goyal Prize by Kurushetra University in Chemical Sciences (2024)

3) Elected as Fellow of Indian Acadmy of Science (2024)

4) Advisory board member of Journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS) (2024)

5) Advisory board member of ChemSusChem (Wiley) (2024)

6) Scientist Medal by International Association of Advanced Materials (2024)

7) Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC (2023)

8) Winner of MaterialsNext 4.0 hosted by Tata Steel (2023).

9) CRS Research Partnerships and Industry Translation Award by Chirantan Rasayan Sanstha (2023)

10) J C Bose Diamond Jubilee Lecture Award by IAAM (2022)

11) IAAM Fellow (2022)

12) National Prize for Research in Environmental Chemistry, including CO2 Reduction and Green Hydrogen (2022)

13) Sheikh Saqr Career Award Fellowship (2022)

14) SMC Bronze medal (2022)

15) Listed in “75 under 50 scientists shaping today's India” released by DST, India (2021)

16) Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) young Innovator and Entrepreneur Award (2021)

17) Winner of KPMG ENRich21 on the theme ‘Decarbonaization” (2021)

18) Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze medal (2020)

19) National Technology Award, Technology Development Board, Department of Science and technology on CO2 to Methanol pilot scale development (2021).

20) DST Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Chemical Sciences (2018)

21) Finalist of NRG COSIA carbon XPRIZE global competition prize worth 20M USD for the utilization of CO2 generating from power generation sectors (2016-2021)

22) Elevate 100, Karnataka State Government for CO2 to methanol technology (2017)

23) Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) medal (2016)

24) Emerging Investigator in Material Science by Institute of Physics (IOP) (2016)

25) Indian National Young Academic of Sciences (INYAS) Membership (2016-2020)

26) Emerging Investigator by Royal Chemistry Society (RSC) (2016).

27) Emerging Young Investigator in the field of solid state chemistry by the American Chemical Society (2014).

28) Ramanujan Fellowship for the best performance outside India by DST, India (2010-2014).

29) Editorial board member of Journal of Solid State Chemistry (Since 2016 December)

30) Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) (2016).

31) Ramanujan Fellowship, DST, India (2010-2014)

32) Int. Graduate School of Chemistry fellowship,University of Munster, Germany (2003-06).

Total number of research papers published: 234

2025

1) High Entropy Alloy Formation Derived from High Entropy Oxide: Unlocking the Active Sites for Green

Methanol Production from CO2. Goud, D.; Sarkar, M.; Kopperi, H.; Das, A.; Ray, B.; Vijayaraghavan, S.;

Pathak, B.; Peter, S. C. Adv. Mater. 2025, DOI: 10.1002/adma.202504180 (Impact Factor: 32.086).

2) Electrochemical CO2 Reduction in Acidic Media: A Perspective. Dutta, N.; Peter. S. C. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2025, 147, 11, 9019–9036 (Impact Factor: 16.383).

3) Two-Dimensional Perovskites for Photocatalytic CO2Reduction. Kaur, J.; Peter, S. C. Angew. Chem. Int. Edn. 2025, https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202418708 (Impact Factor: 16.82).

4) International Conference on Carbon Capture and Utilization (ICCCU-24): A Platform to Sustainability and Net-Zero Goals. Peter. S. C. ACS Energy Lett. 2025, 10, 3, 1139–1142 (Impact Factor: 23.991).

5) In Situ Metal Vacancy Filling in Stable Pd-Sn Intermetallic Catalyst for Enhanced C-C Bond Cleavage in Ethanol Oxidation. Chandran, A. P.; Mondal, S.; Goud, D.; Bagchi, D.; Singh, A. K.; Riyaz, M.; Dutta, N.; Peter, S. C. Adv. Mater. 2025, 37, 2415362. (Impact Factor: 32.086)

6) Exploration of halogen-free sustainable superhydrophobic materials for surface protection from multi-contaminants in all weather conditions. Pulparambil, A.; Ray, B.; Chakraborty, S.; Peter. S. C. Mater. Horizon. 2025, Accepted,

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D4MH01304B. (Impact factor: 14.356)

7) Metal Deficiency Tuned Charge transfer in Intermetallic Ni2-xSn (x = 0.37-0.65) Enhances Selective Conversion of Furfural to Furfuryl Alcohol Towards Theoretical Limit. Cherevotan, A.; Singh, A. K.; Yadav,

A.; Maligal-Ganesh, R.; Raj, J.; Pulparambil, A.; Goud, D.; Vinod, C. P.; Peter. S. C. J. Mater. Chem. A, 2025,13, 6042-6048. (Impact factor: 14.511)

8) Thermal and Pressure-Dependent Lattice Dynamics of TlBiSe2 and Its Chromium-Doped Variants. Singh, A. K.; Chattaraj, A.; Saha, P.; Manna, G.; Ramarao, S. D.; Bagchi, D.; Peter, S. C. Chem. Mater. 2025, 37, 1037– 1046. (Impact Factor: 10.508).

9) Transition Metal-based Perovskite Derivatives for Selective CO2 Photoreduction: Role of Orbital Occupancy. Choudhary, S.; Tailor, N. K.; Venkanna, G.; Singh, N.; Nayak, P. K.; Garcha, J. K.; Deka, D. J.; Peter, S. C.; Ghosh, D.; Pant, K. K.; Tripathi, K.; Satapathi, S. Small, Accepted (Impact Factor: 15.153).

10) Solar-fuel Production by Photo-driven CO2 Reduction: Facts, Challenges, and Recommendations. Chakraborty, S.; Peter, S. C. ACS Energy Lett. 2025, Accepted, (Impact Factor: 23.991).

11) Indian beamline at Photon Factory, KEK, Tsukuba, Japan: Indian beamline at Photon Factory, KEK, Japan".Yadav, P.; Peter, S. C. Accepted. Current Science (Impact Factor: 1.0).

2024

12) In Situ Metal Vacancy Filling in Stable Pd-Sn Intermetallic Catalyst for Enhanced C

The following news about his research activities have been published in various newspapers, magazines, online platforms, etc. This includes Nature Career News, Times of India, Economic Times and so on.

  1. National Start-up Award Winner

https://www.tice.news/tice-trending/national-startup-award-results-2022-meet-the-topstartups-of-2022-2388306

https://inc42.com/buzz/meet-the-20-winners-of-national-startup-awards-2023/

https://www.startupindia.gov.in/nsa2023results/sustainability-champion.html

  1. Turning CO2 into Products https://carbon.xprize.org/prizes/carbon
  2. Bengaluru scientists enter semifinals of $20m green prize

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Bengaluru-scientists-enter-semifinals-of-20m-green-prize/articleshow/55022078.cms (October 24, 2016).

  1. Karnataka picks up 100 most innovative startups, to give Rs 35 Cr in funding

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/karnataka-picks-up-100-mostinnovative-startups-to-give-rs-35-cr-in-funding/articleshow/60294651.cms (August 30, 2017)

  1. CO2 Solutions Announces Partnerships with Hago Energetics and Breathe Applied

Sciences in the NRG COSIA Carbon XPrize Competition

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/co2-solutions-announces-partnerships-withhago-energetics-and-breathe-applied-sciences-in-the-nrg-cosia-carbon-xprize-competition-650569663.html (October 12, 2017)

  1. Karnataka picks up 100 most innovative startups, to give Rs 35 Cr in funding

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/karnataka-picks-up-100-mostinnovative-startups-to-give-rs-35-cr-in-funding/articleshow/60294651.cms (August 30, 2017).

  1. Bengaluru’s Windtalkers: Innovative minds from 3 teams are harvesting pollutants in air to give to the world water, ink and methanol

https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/bengalurus-windtalkersinnovative-minds-from-3-teams-are-harvesting-pollutants-in-air-to-give-to-the-world-waterink-and-methanol/harvesting-pollutants-in-air-to-give-to-the-world-water-inkandmethanol/articleshow/63560989.cms?fbclid=IwAR0pcBZBjyT4NBIAOtqXMRo2zYb4hA7AXVIDmC3bFPwe7GFI7WKBAzmtoss (April 07, 2018)

  1. Bengaluru firm makes it to finals of $20m global XPrize contest

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bluru-firm-makes-it-to-finals-of-20mglobal-xprize-contest/articleshow/63703260.cms (April 11, 2018).

  1. Bengaluru firm makes it to finals of $20m global XPrize contest

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/bluru-firm-makes-it-to-finals-of-20mglobal-xprize-contest/articleshow/63703260.cms (April 11, 2018).

  1. Carbon X Prize finalist Professor Sebastian C Peter on a 2-day visit to the University

https://www.southampton.ac.uk/cleancarbon/news/2018/04/denis-kramer-sebastiancpeterevent. page (April 20, 2018).

  1. How business-savvy scientists can find success in the risky start-up world

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00523-0 (February 13, 2019).

  1. How business-savvy scientists can find success in the risky start-up world

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-00523 0?fbclid=IwAR18EhU8TAesBZsWPCuzoqW84RSSB6fd2B7lnFOS2bLD4Nenwd_vsNL

M6GU (February 13, 2019)

  1. https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/indias-science-start-ups/3008269.article
  2. For that breath of fresh air https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/clean-tech/forthat-breath-of-fresh-air/article26924645.ece ( April 23, 2019).
  3. When scientists become startup founders https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/businessof-life/when-scientists-become-startup-founders-11569948048874.html (October 1, 2019).
  4. JNCASR, Breathe Applied Sciences sign MoU https://www.manufacturingtodayindia.com/sectors/7544-jncasr-breathe-applied-sciencessign-mou (June 09, 2020).
  1. JNCASR signs MoU with incubated company for scaling up technology for reducing CO2 to methanol & other useful chemicals

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1630408 (June 09, 2020).

  1. Coal India, steel giant in talks with JNCASR for CO2 reduction tech

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tata-steel-coal-india-in-talks-with-jncasr-for-co2-reduction-tech/articleshow/76284717.cms (June 10,2020)

  1. Bangalore-based JNCASR signs MoU with Breathe for scaling up technology

https://government.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/technology/bangalore-basedjncasr-signs-mou-with-breathe-for-scaling-up-technology/76295609(June 10,2020).

  1. https://mailchi.mp/xprize/nrg-cosia-carbon-xprize-announces-10-teams-advancing-to-thefinals?e=07f4b0f444

   21.https://www.youtube.com/watchv=z14Tf6uzoVA&fbclid=IwAR2cgCB55OTRPHRhTaD9 EHXWH3bJ8o-qApyS3zX5THKdqX2AZCfDGFnmrvU

   22.https://www.cleanequitymonaco.com/?fbclid=IwAR3wIOAkum7KTto0lKy5Nn6Eo82YLwLg6b5Ox9dHhzcTFt1oY_ZDqOBTu6I

  23.JNCASR signs MOU with incubated company for scaling up technology for reducing CO2 to Methanol & other useful chemicalshttps://dst.gov.in/jncasr-  signs-mou-incubatedcompany-scaling-technology-reducing-co2-methanol-other-useful37chemicals?fbclid=IwAR0gV5PCNGhKcV4sqru50cY9u5V9LbAcJwbhn9jOr0ahdCPvyuuEDutaM

 24.Coal India, steel giant in talks with JNCASR for CO2 reduction tech

  https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/tata-steel-coal-india-in-talks-with-jncasr-for-co2-reductiontech/articleshow/76284717.cms?       fbclid=IwAR3tHGWPnop8mOblwoeWYy3Q6wUN66H_X2M_MltjOyDpUvQphb54CKwEJ0g&from=mdr (June 10, 2020)

25.https://www.cleanequitymonaco.com/?fbclid=IwAR2Y_J86MCPHQb9zeJKNF8Ug0FLTec0_KCAtoxl4Yob0JaF4scrqbSaCdzY

26.https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/cover-story/bengalurus-windtalkersinnovative-

minds-from-3-teams-are-harvesting-pollutants-in-air-to-give-to-the-world-waterink-

and-methanol/harvesting-pollutants-in-air-to-give-to-the-world-water-ink-andmethanol/

articleshow/63560989.cms?fbclid=IwAR0pcBZBjyT4NBIAOtqXMRo2zYb4hA7

AXVIDmC3bFPwe7GFI7WKBAzmtoss

27.Lab2Market: JNCASR to set up India’s first CO2-to-methanol p ..

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/105541212.cms?from=mdr&fbclid=IwAR0XA7MbsV3gI B6-B0BaJ1ldUgQDRy4lfvpjdiUzFEvcHObnh8mysj2UmEI&utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst

National

  1. International conference on advanced materials - ICAM 2008, Kottayam, India (February 2008)
  2. The seventh JNC research conference on chemistry of materials, Kochi, India (October 2011)
  3. International year of chemistry, department of chemistry, Central College Campus, Bangalore (9th Dec 2011)
  4. Modern trends in inorganic chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India (11th Dec 2011)
  5. Faculty development program “Materials: Present and future perspectives”, NIT Calicut, India (16th Dec 2011)
  6. Recent advances in Chemistry, Bharathidasan University, Thiruchirappalli, India (22nd March 2012)
  7. The twelth structural materials unit seminar, NIMS, Japan (5th Nov 2012)
  8. JNCASR Christ university on advances in Chemistry, Christ University, Bangalore (13th Feb 2013)
  9. Prof. K. K. Mohammed Yussuf Endowment Lecture, Ctric-2013, CUSAT, India (23rd March 2013)
  10. Chemical frontiers, Goa, India (29th August 2013)
  11. Winter School-2013, JNCASR, Bangalore, India (3rd Dec 2013)
  12. Prof. Antony Endowment lecture, St. Thomas College, Thrissur, Kerala (23rd March, 2014)
  13. 41st International Conference on Coordination Compounds (21-25th July 2014)
  14. Invited talk at Physical Departmental Seminar, IIT (BHU), Varanasi (14th November 2014)
  15. ECMESS-2015, St. Joseph college, Bangalore, India (13th Feb 2015)
  16. JNCASR-Purdue Joint Networked Centre on Nanomaterials for Energy (21st March 2015).
  17. Faculty Development Programme on Recent Advances in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, Amal jyothi College of Engineering, Kanjirappally (29th April 2015)
  18. The eleventh JNC research conference on chemistry of materials, Kochi, India (2-4 October 2015)
  19. Foundation for Capacity Building in Science (FCBS), in Thiruvananthapuram (October 15-17, 2015).
  20. International Conference on Twenty First Century Energy Needs-Materials, Systems and Applications: 2016 (ICTFCEN) in IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India (November 17-19, 2016)
  21. International symposium on solid state chemistry, in JNCASR, Bangalore, India (December 1-3, 2016)Winter School 2016, JNCASR, Bangalore, India (5-9 Dec 2016)
  22. Discussion Meeting on Synchrotron Techniques in Material Research at Sinclairs Retreat, Dooars, Chalsa, Jalpaiguri, West Bengal (2-5th Feb 2017)
  23. Workshop on Energy Materials, Department of Chemistry, Christ University (March 9, 2017)
  24. AMMOA, IISER KOLKATA (May 9-10th 2017)
  25. CFM 2017, Goa (August 17-20,2017)
  26. Invited talk on CO2 to methanol at Coal India Limited, Kolkata (Host: Dr. Binay Dayal,Driector)
  1. Invited talk on CO2 to methanol SABIC, Bangalore (Host: Kishan Gurram, Driector)
  2. Invited talk on materials design strategies for fuel cell at National Chemical Laboratory (NCL) (Host: Dr. Ashish Lele)
  3. Departmental Seminar at Central University Hyderabad (24August, 2017)
  4. Twenty-Fourth Congress and General Assembly of the International Union of Crystallography (IUCR), Hyderabad (26August, 2017)
  5. Invited talk at 23rd National Symposium on Catalysis CATSYMP-23, Bengluru (Jan17-19, 2018)
  6. Invited talk at Conference on Advances in Catalysis for Energy and Environment (CACEE),TIFR (Jan 10-12, 2018)
  1. Invited talk at CCUS conference, IIT Bombay (11-12 October 2018)
  2. Invited talk on CO2 to methanol translation research at Infosys, Bengaluru (22nd May, 2018)
  3. Society of defence technologies (SODET) Workshop on Nano Technology, CeNS, Bangalore (July 6, 2018)
  4. Chemistry of nanomaterials, JNCASR, Bangalore, India (17 July 2018)
  5. Invited talk on materials design strategies for fuel cell ARCI, Chennai
  6. JNC Conference, Thiruvanathapuram
  7. Winter School, JNCASR, Bengaluru (Dec 3-8, 2018)
  8. Carbon capture and Utilization Conference at NCL, Pune (14-15 December, 2018)
  9. Invited lecture at Jain University, Bengaluru on Energy research (December 17, 2018)
  10. St. Thomas College (Dec 17-19, 2018)
  11. Invited talk at Energy and Environmental challenge (CE2C) at VNIT, Nagpur (January 18-19, 2019)
  12. Invited talk on CO2 methanol translational research at IOCL, Faridabad (18th December, 2018)
  13. Development of Integrated Technologies for Conversion of Industrial waste CO2 to MeOH & other Value-added chemicals via Thermochemical Route. Invited talk at MRSI AGM, IISc, Bengaluru (12-15 February, 2019).
  14. Synthesis of Metal Based Nanomaterials for Energy, Environmental and Healthcare Applications. Invited talk at NMNTD-5, IIT Guhawati (22-24 February, 2019)
  1. Frontiers of Chemistry, Goa, Hosted by JNCASR (August 2019)
  2. The fifteenth JNC research conference on Chemistry of Materials, Thiruvanthapuram (30 September -2 October 2019)
  3. Reduction of CO2 into Value-Added Chemicals using Sunlight. Invited talk at CeNS,Bengaluru, conference on Energy, Materials, and Devices (16th December 2019)
  1. The Boon of CO2: Carbon Negative Approach from an Academic Entrepreneur. Pleanary talk at E-Summit 2020, IIT Bombay (1-2 February 2020).
  2. Rational Design of Materials as Efficient Catalysts for the Conversion of CO2 to Value-Added Chemicals and Fuels. Invited talk at 14th International Conference on Ecomaterials (ICEM- 14), NIST Thiruvanathapuram (5th February 2020).
  3. Reduction of CO2 into Value-Added Chemicals using Sunlight. Invited talk at 26th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry, VIT Vellore (6th February, 2020)
  1. Operando Generated Intermetallic Ni3In as an Efficient Catalyst for the Selective Conversion of CO2 to Methanol at Low Pressure. Pleanary talk at Bangalore India Nano, (2nd March 2020)
  2. The Boon of CO2 Carbon Negative Approach. Pleanary talk at Webinar on "Catalysis: From Life to Livelihood”, Ramanujan Institute for Basic Sciences, Kerala State Council for Science, Technology and Environment, Govt of Kerala (10th August 2020)
  3. Catalysis in Energy & Environment Fuel Cell, Water Splitting and CO2 Capture & Utilization.Invited talk at Vaibhav Summit, online platform (15th October 2020)
  1. Journey of Breathe in translating Economical de-Carbonization from Science to Technology.Invited talk at National Science Day 2021, JNCASR, Bengaluru (28th Feb 2021).
  1. Operando Generated Materials as an Efficient Catalyst for the Selective Conversion of CO2 to Methanol. Invited talk at Material Chemistry Annual Day, IACS, Kolkata (12th March 2021)
  2. Invited talk at SUNtoX, Solar Energy for Carbon Free Liquid Fuel, Mission Innovation, IC5 (29th July 2021)
  3. Invited talk at Chem@Nano 21 organised by INST Mohali (10th - 11th September 2021)
  4. RGCB Webinar Series/Brainstorming on Promoting Enterprise Innovation at RGCB,Thiruvananthapuram (20th September 2021)
  1. CRSI Award Lecture, CRSI-NSC Symposium, Kolkata (27th-30th September 2021)
  2. Keynote lecture at RAiSE 2021 organised by IIT Madras (2nd - 4th December 2021)
  3. KIOSK at the Sustainable Innovation Lounge/Award Lecture, KPMG ENRich 2021 (8th December 2021)
  1. Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) Award Lecture for INAE Young Engineer Award (16th December 2021)
  2. Invited talk at Centre of Excellence-Oil, Gas and Energy (CoE-OGE) conference, IIT Bombay (17th December 2021)
  3. International Conference on Materials Genome (ACCMS-ICMG-II) SRM university, Andra Pradesh (24-25 March 2022).
  4. Invited talk in International Symposium “What paradigm shift can we expect in materials chemistry in the next decade? - From fundamentals to translational research (MCFTR-2022), SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Tamil Nadu,(29 - 30th March 2022)
  5. Invited talk at ChemCatCon2.0, IIT Gandhinagar (14-15 May 2022)
  6. Invited talk in International Union of Materials Research Societies (IUMRS), Jodhpur (19-23 Dec 2023)
  7. Invited talk in “Sustainable Nanomaterials: Application in Catalysis, Environment and Energy“, ICT Mumai (10 -11 Jan 2023)
  1. Invited talk in “International Conference on Advances in Renewable Energies 2023’', HRI, Allahabad (CARE- 02-04Feb 2023)
  2. Invited talk at Frontiers in Chemical Sciences FCS-2023 at University of Calicut (01s Feb 2023)
  3. Invited talk at ‘Indo-French Workshop on Clean and Sustainable Energy Technologies (INFINITE), at National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS) complex, New Delhi (22- 24 Feb 2023)
  1. Invited talk in “Emergent Materials for Energy and Environment (EMEE-2023), IIT Roorkela (04-05 March, 2023)
  2. Invitation as a speaker for C1 utilization research theme in NCL's One Week One Lab (OWOL)” initiative (22-27 May 2023).
  1. ”First CSIR-Industry-Academia meet, 4th August 2023
  2. “Workshop on Carbon Capture, Storage, and Utilization (CCUS) organized by Process Tech Group, Tata Steel” (18th August 2023)
  3. Industry-Academia Conclave on Green Hydrogen in IIT Roorkee (1 Sept 2023)
  4. CatCE2 @ BITS PILANI Hyderabad” 21st September 2023
  5. CRS Research Partnerships and Industry Translation Award and presentation of the Award Lecture in the One-Day Symposium: Science Beyond Boundary: Invention, Discovery, Innovation and Society, Jain University, Bengaluru (9 October 2023)
  1. Fuel Cell workshop at VIT Vellore (18th October 2023)
  2. International Conference on Organometallics and Catalysis at Goa (3 Oct – 2nd November 2023)
  3. 89th Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Goa (3 November 2023)
  4. Trends in Emerging Nano Science: Energy, Healthcare & Quantum Materials (TENS-2023) at INST (5-8 November 2023)
  1. JNCASR-Rice Workshop (8-9 November 2023)
  2. In-house symposium 2023, JNCASR (14-15 November 2023)
  3. “Climate Resilience and Sustainable Development” by KSTA (22-24 November 2023)
  4. HSBC & IIT Bombay (2 December, 2023)
  5. 8th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology at Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT Guwahati (29th November to 1st December 2023).
  1. MRSI AGM 2023 IIT BHU (13-14 December 2023)
  2. International Conference on Molecular Matter (ICMM) – Emerging Directions for Sustainability”, IIT Madras (December 16-18, 2023).
  1. EFCS-2023, Farook College (19-21 December 2023)
  2. International Technical workshop on Advanced Materials Challenges and Standardisation Needs for Net Zero Technologies at NPL (October 9-10, 2023)
  1. NCE-23 at SRM Chennai (4-5 January 2024)
  2. International Conference on Advances in Interdisciplinary Nanoscience (ICAINS-24 at Govt Engineering College for Women at Thiruvanathapuram (10-11 January 2024)
  1. Carbon Management in Chemical Industry (CMCheI), BASF Innovation Campus, Mumbai – 27th February 2024
  2. India@DESY Synchrotron X-ray Users Workshop, JNCASR (12th March 2024)
  3. Celebration of World Environment Day 2024” by KSTA (8 June 2024)
  4. ACS Ignite in JNCASR (23 June 2024)
  5. Two-day Training Workshop on CCUS” by ACS and TERI ( 29 June 2024)
  6. IGSTC Workshop CatChemPro-2024 (21-23 August 2024)
  7. Department Seminar, Shiv Nadar University (11 September 2024)
  8. Circular Chemistry- A Roadmap to Sustainability, Christ University (14-15 October 2024)
  9. Energy Technologies for India’s Decarbonization – Schmidt Sciences, IIT Kanpur (6 November 2024)
  1. Seminar at SCCL/STPP, Telangana (22 November 2024)
  2. Chemistry Day 2024 @ IISER Tirupati (23 November 2024)
  3. 23rd Prof. K. V. Thomas Endowment National Seminar on Frontiers in Materials Science, Sacred Heart College Thevara (27 November 2024)

International

  1. Gordon conference on Solid State Chemistry, New London, NH, USA (27-31st July, 2014)
  2. Chemistry Department Seminar Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany (October 5, 2016).
  3. Northwestern University, Departmental Seminar, USA (Host: Mercouri Kanatzidis)
  4. Spring ACS meeting at San Diego, USA (13-17th March, 2016)
  5. Invited talk at Physics Department, Boston College, USA (18th March, 2016)
  6. Carbon XPRIZE Team Summit, in New York, USA (12-13, June, 2017)
  7. Visiting Professor as a part of DST-DAAD at Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany (Host: Prof. Barbara Albert) (Oct 5, 2017)
  8. Invited talk at Technical University Munich, Germany (Host: Prof. Tom Nilges) (Oct 16, 2017)
  9. Tenth annual International Workshop on Advanced Materials (IWAM 2018), Ras Al Khaimah, UAE (Feb 18-20, 2018)
  10. NRG COSIA Carbon XPRIZE finalist announcement talk at New York (8-9 April, 2018)
  11. Visiting Professor at University of Southampton, UK, as a part of Newton-Bhabha workshop (Host: Prof. Denis Kramer)
  12. Visiting fuel cell laboratory at Imperial College, London, UK (Host: Prof. Anthony Kucernak)
  13. University of Birmingham, UK (Host: Dr. Paramaconi Rodriguez)
  14. Visiting Professor at Neel Institute, Grenoble, France as a part of CEFIPRA project (Host: Marie-Aude Measson) (May 12, 2018)
  15. Carbon XPRIZE Team Summit, in Calgary, Canada (16 November, 2018)
  16. Invitation from Asian Development Bank at Asian Clean Energy Forum 2019 in Manila, Philippines (17-21 June, 2019)
  17. 10th International Conference on. Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2019) at Singapore (July 24-29, 2019)
  18. Invitation from Humboldt foundation to chair the session at Indo German Frontiers of Engineering Meeting (INDOGFOE 2020) at online platform (February 24-26th, 2021)
  19. Invitation from RSC to deliver a talk in Chemical Science 2022: Leaders in the Field Symposium held at JNCASR (January 23-25, 2023)
  1. Invitation to deliver a lecture in 10th Asian Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (AsiaNANO 2022) at BEXCO, Busan, Korea (November 9-11, 2022).
  2. Invitation from Prof. Frank Wuerthner to deliver a talk on sustainability at University of Wurzburg, Germany (March 22, 2023)

    22.”UK-INDIA Symposium in Chemical Sciences 2023” at York, UK (12th Sept.  2023)

  1. GRC Solid State Chemistry (21-26 July 2024)
  2. ASIA Nano @ IITM ( 24 September 2024)
  3. IFLaSC/LaFICS @ IISc (9 October 2024)
  4. Kanatzidis International Sumposium (SIPS), Crete, Greece, (20-24 October 2024)
  5. Departmental Seminar at UniSysCat - TU Berlin (24 October 2024)
  6. Chemistry Department Seminar, Oxford University, UK (30 October 2024)
  7. RSC-CSJ Symposium @ London (31 October 2024)

    30. International Conference on Engineered Chemical and Biochemical Systems      (ECBS-2024) (12 November 2024)

1) Methods and compositions for the detection of X-ray and γ -ray radiation, US Patent, (2012), US 8,519,347 B2.

2) A Method of Synthesising Intermetallic Compounds and Applications Thereof, (2019) WO2015011680A1.

3) Shape tailored ordered PdCu3 nanoparticle surpassing the activity of state-of-the-art fuel cell catalyst. (2021), 380514

4) Palladium Based Selenides as Highly Stable and Durable Cathode Materials In Fuel Cell for Green Energy Production. (2021), 373323

5) Catalyst, its process of preparation, and applications towards reduction of carbon dioxide to chemicals. INDIAN Application No. PCT/IN2019/050873. US  Patent, US No. 17/298,378. Europe No.19832739.70.

6) A Catalyst, Its Application in Production of Hydrogen. Provisional Application No. 202141037359.

7) A Catalyst for Thermochemical Reduction of CO2, Provisional Application No. 202241001975.

8) Pd based catalyst and Implementations Thereof, Provisional Application No.202241007999 and PCT/IN2023/050152.

9) A catalyst composition and processes thereof. Provisional Application No. 202241052295.

10) A SORBENT FOR CARBONDIOXIDE CAPTURE AND METHODS THEREOF. Indian Patent Application No. 202341026934 dated 11 April 2023.

11) HYDROPHOBIC MATERIAL AND PROCESSES THEREOF, Indian Patent Application No. 202341079163 dated 21 November 2023