Professional Activities

Positions held:
Director	IISER Bhopal	12.06.08 - present
President, Chemical Sciences Division	Indian Science Congress	2010 - 11
Non-Executive Director	M. P. Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company Ltd.	2010 - present
Chairman, BoG	NITTTR Bhopal	01.05.09 - 24.10.2009
Director	SPA Bhopal	06.10.08 - 29.07.09
Umang Gupta Chair Professor	IIT Kanpur	June 1, 2007 - May 31, 2010
Professor	IIT Kanpur	September 2001 - to-date
Associate Professor	IIT Kanpur	May 1997 - September 2001
Assistant Professor	IIT Kanpur	December 1990 - May 1997
Senior Scientist	Neurogen, USA	March - December, 1990

Visiting Appointments:
May - June, 1992	Visiting Scholar	University of Waterloo, Canada
May - July, 1993	Visiting Scholar	University of Illinois at Chicago, U.S.A.
May - June, 1994	Visiting Scholar	University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
June '97 - July '98	Visiting Scientist	Neurogen Corp., CT, U.S.A.
May '05 - June '05	Visiting Professor	University of Goettingen, Germany

Administrative Experience:
Director, IISER Bhopal (12.06.08 - present) Member, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (2009 - present) Non-Executive Director, M. P. Madhya Kshetra Vidyut Vitran Company Ltd. (2010 - present) Chairman BoG, NITTTR Bhopal (01.05.09 - 24.10.2009) Director, SPA Bhopal (06.10.08 - 29.07.09) Member, BOG, IIT Guwahati (2008-2011) Chairman, IIT K REACH Symposium (2008) Chairman, NOST council (2007-2010) Convener, Education Policy Committee, IIT Kanpur (2007-2008) Member, Departmental Faculty Affair Committee (2004-2005) Member, R&D Committee, IIT Kanpur (2004-2005) Member, Fast Track Project Evaluation Committee, DST (2003-2005) Secretary, International Conference, CBISNF-2004 Convener, ETOC Symposium at IIT Kanpur (September 3-4, 2004) Convener, Infrastructure, FEAT Lab, IIT Kanpur (1997) Involved in organizing a symposium at IIT Kanpur in May 1994 Member, Techincal Advisory Committee for TDDP of DSIR, Govt of India Involved in JEE & GATE Invited member, Research Council for CDRI Lucknow and IHBT Palampur. Member, Selection board for faculty recruitment at various places