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About

Dr. Soumabha Bag was born in West Bengal, India. After concluding his undergraduate study in Chemistry (Honours) from the R. K. Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (affiliated to University of Calcutta), he earned his M. Sc. (2008) and Ph. D. (2014) from the Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, India under guidance of Prof. T. Pradeep.

He spent few years overseas for his postdoctoral research in the Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, USA; Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany and Institute of Materials, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany, respectively, before joining to the Mizoram University in July 2021. ​  

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Education

2008 - 2014

Ph. D.

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai - 600036, India

Supervisor: Prof. T. Pradeep; Institute Professor, Deepak Parekh Institute Chair Professor and Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

2006 - 2008

M. Sc.

Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras), Chennai - 600036, India

Professional Experience

Tests, Awards and Scholarships

  • Assistant Professor

    • ​Department of Industrial Chemistry, School of Physical Sciences, Mizoram University, Aizawl, India (July 2021 - till date)

  • Postdoctoral Researcher 

    • ​Institut für Werkstoffe, Materials Discovery and Interfaces, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany (September 2020 - July 2021)

    • Institute for Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany (October 2016 - June 2020)

    • Department of Chemistry, IIT Madras, India (March 2016 - September 2016) 

    • Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, USA (November 2013 - June 2015)    

  • INSA Visiting Scientist Program in 2024.

  • INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship in 2017. 

  • Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) in Chemistry in 2008.  

  • National Eligibility Test (NET) in Chemical Sciences in CSIR scheme to pursue Ph. D. in 2008.

  • IIT Madras 50% free student scholarship (merit-cum-means) during M. Sc. (all semesters).

  • Joint admission in M. Sc. to IITs (JAM) in 2006 (rank 87 among 4283 examinee).  

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