Sustainable Catalysis and Energy Materials (SCEM) Lab
Research Institute for Sustainable Energy (RISE)
About PI
Professional Development History:
2023 onwards: Assistant Professor, RISE, TCG CREST, India
2022-2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwig-Maximilian-University (LMU) Munich, Germany
2021-2022: Research Scientist, RISE, TCG-CREST, India
2020-2021: Postdoctoral Fellow, IISER Pune, India
2019-2020: Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India
2019: PhD, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
Awards:
i. Emerging Women in Materials Science Award at International Conference on Advanced Functional Materials and Devices (AFMD) -2026, SRMIST, Chennai.
ii. Empowering Women Award at the Global Conference for Decarbonization of Energy and Materials, NTU, Singapore, 2025.
iii. JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardee
iv. University Gold Medal: Ranked 1st in M.Sc.
v. Award of DST-INSPIRE Fellowship by DST, Government of India
PhD Students
Tanu Bagaria
B.Sc.: Chemistry (Hons.); Rammohan College, University of Calcutta
M.Sc.: Chemistry; Techno India University, Kolkata
Research Area: Electrocatalytic Green Fuel Production
Joining Year: August 2024 - Present
Email: tanu.bagaria.153@tcgcrest.org
Awards:
i. Best Poster Award from RSC at EMES-25 at VIT Chennai.
ii. Second Best Oral Presentation Award at National Conference on Photobiology Research towards Achieving Sustainable Development organized by Techno India University and Indian Photobiology Society in the year 2025.
iii. Best Oral Presentation Award at InnoChem-2026 at Woxsen University’s, Hyderabad.
iv. Best Poster Presentation Award from ACS at AFMD-2026 at NRC, SRMIST, Tamil Nadu.
Sameer Rai
B.Sc.: Chemistry; Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Varanasi
M.Sc.: Nanotechnology; Central University of Gujarat
Research Area: Photocatalytic N2 Fixation
Joining Year: January 2025 - Present
Email: sameer.rai.199@tcgcrest.org
Awards:
Best Oral Presentation Award at NFM-2026 Conference at BITS-Pilani
Rettick Dinda
B.Sc.: Chemistry (Hons.); Prabhat Kumar College, Vidyasagar University
M.Sc.: Chemistry; Vidyasagar University, Midnapore
Research Area: Electrocatalytic ammonia synthesis
Joining Year: August 2025 - Present
Intern
Chirashree Mondal
B.Sc.: Chemistry (Hons.); Bethune College, University of Calcutta
M.Sc.: Chemistry; University of Calcutta Kolkata
Research Area: Photocatalysis
Joining Year: December 2025 - Present
Email: chirashree.mondal@tcgcrest.org
Awards:
Best Paper (Poster Presentation) at ACMS-2026, at Jadavpur University, April, 2026
Visiting Student
Aayushi Miglani
B.Sc.: Physical Science, IIS University, Jaipur.
M.Sc.: Physics, Central University of Haryana, Haryana.
PhD.: IIT Indore.
Research Area: Photovoltaics
Email: phd2201151013@iiti.ac.in
Alumni
Ayesha Rahman
B.Sc.: Chemistry (Hons.); Maitreyi College, University of Delhi
M.Sc.: Inorganic and Materials Chemistry, Gauhati University, Assam
Research Area: Electrocatalytic N2 Fixation
Joining Year: February 2025 - December 2025
Email: ayesha.rahman@tcgcrest.org
Current Position: Joined PhD at BITS-Pilani
Srija Ghosh
M.Sc.: Techno India University, Salt Lake, Kolkata
Duration: August 2023 - September 2024