1. Project title:Metal-catalyzed new cross-coupling reactions via C-H bond activation and Metallacycle formation. Duration: 2016-22; Funding agency: DST-INSPIRE; Amount: Rs 60 Lakhs; Status: Completed 2. Project title: Photoredox and Nickel Dual Catalyst for Reductive Coupling Reactions of Alkynes: An Atom- and Step- Economic Route to Functionalized Alkenes Synthesis Duration: 2021-24; Funding agency: DST-SERB; Amount: Rs 44 Lakhs; Status: Ongoing 3. Project title: Metal based catalysts for organic synthesis and hydrogen production Duration: 2022-27; Funding agency: DST-FIST; Amount: Rs 220 Lakhs; Status: Ongoing
Awards/Recognization
1) February 2016, DST Inspire Faculty Award, INSA, India 2) August 2011 – August 2013, National Science Council Fellowship (NSC), Taiwan. 3) 2009 - 2011, Outstanding Foreign Student Award, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan. 4) 2009 - Best Poster award, International Symposium on Catalysis and Fine Chemicals (C&FC), Korea. 5) 2010 - Best Poster award, 24th International conference on organometallic chemistry (ICOMC), Taiwan.