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About Me

Education:

  •   Persuing Ph.D. in Polymer Chemistry (Alkaline Anion Exchange Membranes and   Binders for Fuel Cell and Water Electrolyzer)

       Supervisor: Prof. Tushar Jana

       University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad

        2021-till date (Pre-Ph.D. course work CGPA: 8.6/10)

  • Master of Chemistry (Analytical Chemistry) National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana 2018-2020; CGPA: 7.55/10

Workshops/Conferences/Training attended:

  • Attended International Conference on “Advances in Chemical Sciences and Technologies” at NIT Warangal 2019.

  • Attended National Conference on “Emerging Trends in Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis” at NIT Warangal 2020.

  • Attended “International Summer Program (ISP)” 2021 online at Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Japan 2021.

  • ​Attended Symposium on Polymers and Advanced Materials for Coatings and Energy at CSIR-IICT Hyderabad, 2022.

  • Attended “Chemfest” at University of Hyderabad 2022, 2023.

  • Presented poster in ''Chemfest'' at University of Hyderabad, 2024.

  • Attended and presented poster in “International conference SPSI-MACRO-2023” held at IIT Guwahati from 10 Dec-13 Dec 2023.

  • Presented Oral Presentation in "International Conference on Materials and Membranes for Water and Energy", organized by CSMCRI Bhavnagar Gujarat, from 10-12 July 2024.

  • ·        Presented poster presentation in international conference “MolMat TPR 2025” held at BITS Pilani and received best poster presentation award.

  • ·        Attended and presented poster in international conference “SPSI-MACRO-2025” held at IIT Kharagpur from 15 Dec-18 Dec 2025.

  • ·        Attended “Chemfest” 2026.

  • ·        Attended and presented poster in “PMRF Annual Symposium-2026” held at IIT Guwahati from 6-7 March 2026.      

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Research Areas of Interest:

  • Alkaline Anion exchange membranes and binders for water electrolyzers

  • Electrochemical Sensors and their applications.

  • Electrocatalytic materials for Energy.

Awards/Fellowships/Honours:

  1. ​Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) and Junior Research Fellowship conducted by CSIR-UGC, MHRD, Government of India, with All India Rank 88, NTA score = 101

  2. • Qualified Gate (Marks- 43.67, Score- 438, AIR- 2007) in 2021 •

  3. Qualified Joint Admission Test in Chemistry, conducted by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-JAM) with rank 767 in 2018 •

  4. Got Prime Minister Research fellowship through lateral entry (cycle-9), University of Hyderabad

​Publications:

  • Das, A.; Mukherjee, N.; Saraswat, R.; Jana, T. Multicationic Anion-Exchange Membranes from Pyridine- Bridged polybenzimidazole and Polymer-Ionic -Liquid-Grafted Graphene Oxide. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2024, 7, 1, 285–301. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsaem.3c02591.

  • Das, K. S.; Bharatiya, D.; Minz, S.; Saraswat, R.; Swain, K. S. Effect of clay on dielectric behaviour of TiO2 embedded PVDF nanocomposite for charge storage applications. Mater. Science in Semiconductor Processing. 2025, 192, 109480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2025.109480.

  • Kolli, H. K.; Das, A.; Jana, D.; Saraswat, R.; Jana, T.; Das, S. K. Giant Polyoxometalate Acting as a Nanofiller into a Polymer to Fabricate Proton Exchange Membranes Exhibiting Super Proton Conductivity. Inorg.Chem.2025, 64, 7148−7163. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.5c00634.

  • Das, K. S.; Bharatiya, D.; Subudhi, N. R.; Saraswat, R.; Minz, S.; De, P.; Swain, K. S. F-MWCNT incorporated PVP/TiO2 ternary nanocomposites for charge storage applications. Diam. Relat. Mater.2026, 163, 113400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2026.113400.

  • Das, K. S.; Pradhan, L.; Bharatiya, D.; Subudhi, N. R.; Saraswat, R.; Minz, S.; Nayak, B.; Jena, K. B.; Swain, K. S. High performance energy storage applications of polyaniline based functionalized multi walled carbon nanotubes nanocomposites. J. Energy Storage.2026, 145, 119916. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2025.119916.

  • Subhadarshini, S.; Saraswat, R.; Sharma, M.; Roy, K. T.; Mekkad, A.; Janardhanan, M. V.; Jana, T. Post-crosslinking of sulfonated polybenzimidazole to develop mechanically robust PEM at elevated electrolyte loading. Polymer.2026, 355, 129992. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2026.129992.

  • Synthesis of a new class of tetraamine monomer to obtain polybenzimidazole based membrane for PEM/AEM, Inventors: Suchismita Subhadarshini and Ritu Saraswat and Tushar Jana*, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, India. Patent status: Indian Patent Application No. 202541048643, Date of Filing: 20/05/2025.

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