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Professional appointments:
2010 - Lecturer, Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
2005 - 2010 Academic Fellow at the Centre for Earth, Planetary, Space and Astronomical Research, Department of Earth Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
2004 - Researcher & Scientific Associate at the Department of Mineralogy, The Natural History Museum, London, UK.
2001-2004 - Post-Doctoral Research Associate at the Planetary Geosciences Institute, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
2001 - Ph.D., Dept. of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
1997 - M.Sc. (Applied Geology), First Rank, Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T.), Bombay, India
1995 - B.Sc. (Hon.), Geology, First Rank, Gold Medal, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
Awarded a Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) fellowship to conduct collaborative research at the Hiroshima University, Japan (2007 & 2008).
Interviewed by the BBC World Service and The Times, London as a lunar rock expert on the eve of 35th Anniversary of Apollo Moon landing (2004).
Widely reported by the international news and educational media on the discovery of new mineral, Hapkeite (2004).
Discovered and named a new lunar mineral, Hapkeite (Fe2Si) (2003).
Special Mention for the student paper presentation at the Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group Conference, Durham, UK (2001).
Shared Best student paper award of the Mineralogical Society and the Geochemical Society of UK, Natural History Museum, London (2001).
Cambridge Nehru and British Chevening Fellowships for a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge, UK (1997).
Institute Silver Medal in M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India (1997).
Gold medal, B.Sc. III (Geology Hon.), Banaras Hindu University, India (1995).
Merit certificate by the Prime Minister of India for First Rank in the B.Sc. exams (1994).
