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Dr. Kumar Vanka

Senior Principal Scientist

Physical and Material Chemistry Division

National Chemical Laboratory

​​​Professional Track

  • 2020-Present: Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

  • 2016-2020: Principal Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

  • 2012-2016: Senior Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

  • 2008-2012: Scientist at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India

  • 2005 - 2007: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow (with Prof. Dr. Ward Thompson, Kansas  University, Kansas, USA

  • 2000 - 2004: Ph.D. Student (with Prof. Dr. Tom Ziegler, University of Calgary, Alberta,  Canada)

  • 1997 - 2000: MSc. Student (with Prof. Dr. Tom Ziegler, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada)

  • Undergraduate studies from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITK), West Bengal, India

Honors and Awards

  • CRSI Bronze Medal 2023

  • Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam High-Performance Computing Award 2021

  • Scientist of the year award 2018-19, CSIR-NCL Research Foundation

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