DR. YATENDRA S. CHAUDHARY, Ph.D. (Chem.)
- Senior Principal Scientist: (2019- Continuing) Materials Chemistry Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Professor: (2019-Continuing) Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India.
- Principal Scientist: (2015- 2019) Materials Chemistry Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Associate Professor: (2015-2019) Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), New Delhi, India.
- Senior Scientist: (2012 –2015) Colloids & Materials Chemistry Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Scientist : (2008 –2012) Colloids & Materials Chemistry Department, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
- Marie Curie Fellow: (2010 – 2012) Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- Postdoctoral Fellow: (2005 – 2007) Department of Chemical Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India.
AWARD/HONORS:
- IIM Bhubaneswar Chapter Award-2022 from the Indian Institute of Metals, Kolkata.
- CSIR Young Scientist Award-2013 in Chemical Sciences from the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, India.
- Green Talent-2011 Award from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany.
- Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Union.
- Member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Photoenergy.
- DST-DFG award for participating in “18th Nobel Laureates Meeting with Young Scientists” in Chemistry, held at Lindau, Germany during 24th – 30th June, 2006.
- Received Research Fellowships (SRF/JRF/PF) from CSIR/UGC/DST, Delhi (July 2000 - February 2005).
- Recipient of National Scholarship (1991-1995).
- Session Chair in the “4th International Conference on Emerging Smart Materials in Applied Chemistry (ESMAC-2023) & Interdisciplinary Science for Sustainability” organized by Indian Photobiology Society, held at KIIT-IMMT Bhubaneswar, November 18-20 , 2023.
- Session Chair in the “International Conference on Emerging Materials & Processes” (ICEMP-2014), 2held at IMMT, 6th-28th February 2014 Bhubaneswar.
TEACHING:
AcSIR Ph.D. program Course Coordinator and tutor for the following courses:
- Advanced Materials Chemistry [CHEM-IMMT-2-001- for Chemical Science)
- Energy Materials (CHE-IMMT-2-3303 -for Chemical Science & PHY-IMMT-2-3307 -for Physical Science)
- Chemistry at Surfaces & Interfaces (CHE-IMMT-3-3304 -for Chemical Science & PHY-IMMT-3-3309 -for Physical Science)
- IDDP-IMMT-2-3305, Energy Materials
- IDDP-IMMT-3-3306, Advanced Materials Chemistry
- IDDP-IMMT-3-3313 Chemistry at Surfaces & Interfaces
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Member of the Management Council, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Jan 2018- Dec. 2019.
- Member of the Business Development Group, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar.
- Member of the Academic Council of AcSIR at CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar.
- Coordinator of the Central Characterization Cell (CCC), CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, 2014-2017.
- Member of the Management Council, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, Jan 2014- Dec. 2015.
- Member of the Human Resource & Development Committee, CSIR-Institute of Minerals & Materials Technology, Bhubaneswar, 2014-2015.
INVITED TALKS:
- Design of Functional Materials for the Artificial Photosynthesis, in the National Conference on Recent Development in Applied Science and their Biological and Industrial Relevance (RDABIR-2020), Midnapur, India (7th-8th January, 2020).
- Engineering the Interface and Surfaces of Photocatalysts for Improved Solar to Chemical Fuel Generation, in the International Conference on Nanomaterials for Energy Environment and Sustainability (ICNEES-2019), SOA Bhubaneswar, India (20th-22nd December, 2019).
- Tapping Renewable Energy: Solar Fuels, in the National Conference on Recent Advances in Energy, Environment and Health Sciences (RAEEHS-2019), SOA Bhubaneswar, India (18th-19th October, 2019).
- Engineering the Nanomaterials for Self-cleaning Photocatalytic Paint Application” in the “National Conference on Industrial Coatings (NCIC-2019)”, CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, India (24th -25th January, 2019).
- “Design of Heterostructures for Solar Fuel Conversion”, in the National Conference on Advanced Materials for Energy and Environmental Application (AMEEA-2018), NIT Rourkela, India (12th -14th December, 2018).
- “Design of Heterostructured Photocatalysts for Solar to Chemical Fuel Conversion”, in the Indo-U.K International Workshop Technologies for Solar Driven Fuel Generation, CEERI/IIT, Chennai, India (2nd November, 2018).
- Design of Heterostructured Photocatalysts for Solar to Chemical Fuel Conversion”, in the International Conference on Microscopy and XXXIX Annual Meeting of EMSI (EMSI2018), Bhubaneswar, India (18th -20th July, 2018).
- “Photocatalytic and Photo-Electrochemical Pathways for Solar Fuel (H2) Generation“ in the 2nd National Workshop on Hydrogen Energy and Fuel Cells at National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE), Gurugram, India (22nd-23rd November, 2017).
- “Photoelectrochemical Cells and Energy Rich Chemicals” Mission Innovation India first workshop on Converting Sunlight Innovation Challenge, ICGEB, New Delhi (14th September, 2017).
- “Strategies for Solar Fuel Generation: An Overview” in National Seminar on Solar Energy, Paramanda College, Bolagarh, Odisha, India (26-27 March 2017).
- “Solar For Fuel Generation: A Perspective” in National Workshop on Solar Energy Utilization CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur. India (23-24 March 2017).
- ”Hybrid Photocatalytic Systems For Solar For Fuel Generation” in National Conference on Recent Trends in Chemical Sciences (RETICS-2017), Sambalpur University, Sambalpur, India (22-23 March 2017).
- Keynote on “Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development”, in the workshop in Green Talents Alumni Conference sponsored by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) Germany, Berlin, Germany (27-28 October 2016).
- “Hydrogen-As an Energy Vector”, Workshop on Innovative and Sustainable Energy Technologies, IIT Bhubaneswar, India (30th December 2015).
- “Nanomaterials for Solar Fuel Generation”, CSIR-National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur. India (30th October 2014).
- “Nanostructured Photocatalysts for Solar Fuel Generation”, Institute of Technical Education & Research, Bhubaneswar. India (23rd January 2014).
- “Nanochemistry: Old Materials with New Properties”, CSIR-HRDG Programme: Faculty Motivation For Science Teachers” held at IMMT Bhubaneswar, India (26th March 2013).
- “Nanotechnology and Its Implications” Rajdhani College, Bhubaneswar, India (28th February 2009).
- “Perspectives in Materials Science” D.A.V. School, NTPC, Talcher, Orissa, India (25th February 2009).
- “Nanotechnology and Its Perspectives” at KIIT Science College, Bhubaneswar, India (29th February 2008).
- “Template Guided Synthesis of Functional Materials” at Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center (BARC), Mumbai, India (23rd August 2007).
MEMBERSHIP:
- Life Member of “Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI)”, Bangalore, India.
- Life Member of “Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)”, Bangalore, India.
- Life Member of “Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE)”, Kolkata, India.
- Life Member of “Indian Institute of Metals (IIM)”, Kolkata, India.
- Life Member of “Catalysis Society of India”, IIT Chennai, India.