Tamas Panda

Education

• PhD. 2009-2014, National Chemical Laboratory-Pune. Advisor: Prof. Rahul Banerjee
• M.Sc. 2004-2006, Gurughasidas Central University, Bilaspur
• B.Sc. 2001-2004, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, West Bengal

Professional Experience

• 11/2018-Present Assistant Professor of VIT University, Vellore campus, India.
• 10/2016-10/2018 Postdoc Research Associate at Newyork University, Abudhabi campus with Prof. Pance Naumov.
• 09/2014-09/2016 Postdoc Research Associate at Kyoto University, Katsura campus, Japan with Prof. Susumu Kitagawa.
• 01/2008-12/2008 Project research Fellow at Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan.
• 01/2007-12/2007 Research Associate at Dabur Pharma, Kalyani, West Bengal.

Awards and Honours

• Received research grant 30 Lakhs INR from DST-SERB, India
• JSPS Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (Japan), September 2014 to August 2016 BK21 Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, South Korea, September 2016 (Offer Declined)
• Best Poster award in ICMAT13 symposium, Singapore (5th July 2013)
• Best Research Scholar award at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (28th Feb, 2013)
• Best High Impact Research paper award at National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, (28th Feb, 2014)
• Best Poster award in National Chemical Laboratory, Pune (28th Feb, 2011)
• Travel Grant Award (2013) by DST, India to attend Int. Conference.
• Senior Research Fellowship, CSIR-NET, India. 2011-2014.
• Junior Research Fellowship, CSIR-NET, India. 2009-2011.
• Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, India. 2007.

Teaching

• CHY1001 Material Chemistry (UG)
• CHY1701 Engineering Chemistry (UG)
• CHY6040 Group theory and Spectroscopy (PG)
• Basic of Xray Crystallography (PhD coursework)