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Dr. Ajay Kumar Sah

Professor, Department of Chemistry, Nucleus Member, CPU, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Room No.: 3268-N
Department of Chemistry
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
Rajasthan- 333031; India.

About the Faculty

Dr. Ajay Kumar Sah is Associate Professor of Chemistry at Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani; Pilani Campus. He holds PhD in Inorganic Chemistry from IIT Bombay, Mumbai and his research interest lies in the areas of metal complexation, catalysis and bioinorganic chemistry. Dr. Sah is a recipient of prestigious JSPS fellowship and he was postdoctoral Fellow at Department of Chemistry, Nara Women's University, Japan. He has also visited University of Florida, USA and Toho University, Japan as postdoctoral fellow before joining BITS Pilani.

Dr. Sah is involved in teaching and research since 2007 at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. Three Ph.D. students have graduated under his supervision and currently he is supervising two Ph.D. students. He has successfully completed three research project as PI, (sponsored by DST, New Delhi, SERB and UGC) and another one (sponsored by CSIR) is under progress. He has published thirty four peer-reviewed research papers in various international journals and one in national journal.

Education

  • Ph.D. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay; India (1996 – 2002)
  • M. Sc. (Chemistry): Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India (1993 –1995)
  • B. Sc. (ChemistryHonours): University of Calcutta, India (1990 – 1993)

Work Experience

  • Professor, Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, INDIA (Jun, 2021 - till date)
  • Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, INDIA (Feb, 2015 - May, 2021)
  • Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, INDIA (May, 2007 - Feb, 2015)
  • Associate Scientific Manager at Syngene International Pvt. Ltd., INDIA (Nov, 2006 - May, 2007)
  • Postdoctoral research, Toho University, JAPAN (Nov, 2005 – Oct, 2006)
  • Postdoctoral research, Nara Women's University, JAPAN (Nov, 2003 – Nov, 2005 as JSPS postdoctoral fellow)
  • Postdoctoral research, University of Florida, USA (Jan, 2003 – Oct, 2003)
  • Postdoctoral research, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, INDIA (March, 2002 – Dec, 2002)