He is recipient of NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist Award for the year 2016. His research interests are in the areas of unconventional energy resources including natural gas hydrates. Role of additives in gas hydrate inhibition and growth and its application in methane recovery from marine gas hydrates, flow assurance, hydrate based gas separation process and methane storage and transportation are some of the projects in which the group is actively working. His research group has published more than 50 research articles and has delivered multiple invited talks in international and national conferences/ institutes. For more information please contact him at rajnish [at] iitm.ac.in