Head, Studies in Science Communication Division, CSIR-NIScPR

Associate Scientific Editor: Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge (IJTK)

Co-PI: National Mission SVASTIK

Fellowship/Recognition

• India Science Media Fellowship, 2019-20 (by Nature India and India Alliance)
• DBT Postdoctoral Research Associate ship, 2016 (by Department of Biotechnology, GOI)
• Reviewer, NCERT Science textbook Curiosity Grade 7 and Grade 8

List of Completed and ongoing projects in science communication

• Documentation, communication and policy research on scientifically validated traditional knowledge of India, Co-PI, 2021-22
• Communicating science in selected Indian regional languages, Co-PI, 2021-22
• Communicating science in North East India with a focus on the Assamese language (NIScPR/OLP/0005/2022), PI, 2022-23
• Communicating science &creating knowledge products in regional languages of India (NIScPR/OLP/0002/2022), Co-PI, 2022-23
• Documentation and communication of India’s traditional knowledge with scientific basis and a survey on its public perception (NIScPR/OLP/0013/2022) Co-PI, 2022-23
• Science communication in Assamese: Promoting endeavours to break the language barrier (NIScPR/OLP/0038), PI, 2023-24
• Assessing digital health literacy and health-related misinformation on social media and drafting recommendations on the use of online platforms for health-related information (NIScPR/OLP/0040), PI, 2023-24
• Indian traditional knowledge: Communication and policy perspective (NIScPR/OLP/0039), Co-PI, 2023-24
• Communication of India's Scientifically Validated Traditional Knowledge to the Society (SVASTIK) (MLP 0017), Co-PI, 2023-25
• Breaking the barriers in Science Communication using folk media and Indian languages: A study with a focus on North East India (NIScPR/OLP/0066), PI, 2024-25
• Science Communication in the age of Artificial Intelligence: Status and Challenges in Indian languages, PI, 2025-26
• Indian Traditional Knowledge in S&T Education, Communication and Policy, Co-PI, 2025-26

Major Scientific events organised (as Coordinator)

• Coordinator, Vigyanika Science Literature Festival, India International Science Festival 2024, IIT Guwahati, Assam
• Coordinator, Vigyanika Science Literature Festival, India International Science Festival 2023, Faridabad, Haryana
• Coordinator of International Science Film Festival of India, 2020, India International Science Festival (IISF), CSIR-NISTADS, New Delhi
• Coordinator of International Science Film Festival of India, 2022, India International Science Festival (IISF), Bhopal
• Co-coordinator, International Conference Communication and Dissemination of Traditional Knowledge (CDTK) 2023 (Delhi) and CDTK 2024 (Gurugram, Haryana)
• Coordinated multiple science communication workshops and outreach programmes