Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C.G.), India. He is recipient of TWAS-CNPq postdoctoral award (2006–07). He is awarded with UGC ResearchAward 2016-18. He has also been awarded the title of Young Scientist by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), New Delhi under the Fast Track Research Project Scheme in the year-2012. His research Interest includes applications of metal nanoparticles and quantum dot nanomaterial, catalysis, surface chemistry, and micellar catalysis.