I am working as Professor in Department of Physics, Fergusson College in Pune, India. My Ph.D. majored in Materials Science on the thesis entitled "Zinc Oxide based Nanostructures: Hydrophobic and Optoelectronic properties" in NCL,Pune & awarded with one-year post-doctoral research fellowship (Raman Fellowship) on the project entitled “Highly efficient photo-electrochemical water splitting using semiconductor thin films grown by chemical vapor Deposition" at the University of Alabama, USA.