Hello.

Please start by introducing your professional journey in academia

I am Sadhana Akshay from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I completed my. Add Music City. Under the mentorship process, K Shanthi. In the field of catalysis. After that, I joined as a postdoctoral research. Researcher, Department of. And Michael Engineering. Under the mentorship role. Ship off of Professor Pithiagalyam.

I am Sadhana Akshay from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I completed my. Add Music City. Under the mentorship process, K Shanthi. In the field of catalysis. After that, I joined as a postdoctoral research. Researcher, Department of. And Michael Engineering. Under the mentorship role. Ship off of Professor Pithiagalyam. In the field of. Locks ammonia. Knox SCR. So after that so where I worked. Years after that. Have you joined us here? Research. A professor in the Department of Chemistry at. National University.

I am Sadhana Akshay from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I completed my. Add Music City. Under the mentorship process, K Shanthi. In the field of catalysis. After that, I joined as a postdoctoral research. Researcher, Department of. And Michael Engineering. Under the mentorship role. Ship off of Professor Pithiagalyam. In the field of. Locks ammonia. Knox SCR. So after that so where I worked. Years after that. Have you joined us here? Research. A professor in the Department of Chemistry at. National University. Under the Metashiba professor. Ayeon Sung Kim. So what?

I am Sadhana Akshay from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I completed my. Add Music City. Under the mentorship process, K Shanthi. In the field of catalysis. After that, I joined as a postdoctoral research. Researcher, Department of. And Michael Engineering. Under the mentorship role. Ship off of Professor Pithiagalyam. In the field of. Locks ammonia. Knox SCR. So after that so where I worked. Years after that. Have you joined us here? Research. A professor in the Department of Chemistry at. National University. Under the Metashiba professor. Ayeon Sung Kim. So what? Six years of. And sixty are. So after that I worked as a scientist. Chem Bioscience Private Limited. Nitra water so. Uh. Three months before January. Joppa so this is my. The postdoc and Asir assist professor.

I am Sadhana Akshay from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I completed my. Add Music City. Under the mentorship process, K Shanthi. In the field of catalysis. After that, I joined as a postdoctoral research. Researcher, Department of. And Michael Engineering. Under the mentorship role. Ship off of Professor Pithiagalyam. In the field of. Locks ammonia. Knox SCR. So after that so where I worked. Years after that. Have you joined us here? Research. A professor in the Department of Chemistry at. National University. Under the Metashiba professor. Ayeon Sung Kim. So what? Six years of. And sixty are. So after that I worked as a scientist. Chem Bioscience Private Limited. Nitra water so. Uh. Three months before January. Joppa so this is my. The postdoc and Asir assist professor. I means published nearly 35 research articles. I have hands on experience of handling so many. How many type of? Catalytic reactors. Fixed like a fixed bit reactor Atmosphere atmosphere.

Okay, so you worked on catalysis under Professor K Shanthi, and then continued with postdoctoral research in chemical engineering under Professor Pithiagalyam. Did you focus on any particular area or application in catalysis or chemical engineering during your postdoc?

I am Sadhana Akshay from Chennai, Tamil Nadu. I completed my. Add Music City. Under the mentorship process, K Shanthi. In the field of catalysis. After that, I joined as a postdoctoral research. Researcher, Department of. And Michael Engineering. Under the mentorship role. Ship off of Professor Pithiagalyam. In the field of. Locks ammonia. Knox SCR. So after that so where I worked. Years after that. Have you joined us here? Research. A professor in the Department of Chemistry at. National University. Under the Metashiba professor. Ayeon Sung Kim. So what? Six years of. And sixty are. So after that I worked as a scientist. Chem Bioscience Private Limited. Nitra water so. Uh. Three months before January. Joppa so this is my. The postdoc and Asir assist professor. I means published nearly 35 research articles. I have hands on experience of handling so many. How many type of? Catalytic reactors. Fixed like a fixed bit reactor Atmosphere atmosphere. Fixed bit reactor. And steered reactor. And uh. So many sophisticated instrument I can address so. Such experience and academic. OK, Johnny. HD2 till now.

Alright, you've worked across catalysis, NOx ammonia SCR, and now you're teaching at a university. Of the foundational chemistry courses you teach, which one do you find most rewarding to introduce to new undergraduates, and why?

Alright, so you mentioned working on NOx SCR and then moving into a faculty role under Professor Ayeon Sung Kim. For new undergraduates in your department, which foundational chemistry concept do you find most challenging for them, and how do you approach teaching it?

Okay, so you’ve moved from academic research in catalysis and NOx SCR to a scientist role in Chem Bioscience, and now into professorship. When you first started teaching at the university, what was one thing that surprised you about how students learn core chemistry concepts?

Okay, so you've published around 35 research articles and have hands-on experience with several catalytic reactor types, including fixed-bed reactors at different atmospheres. What's one thing you do in your classroom or lab to help students really grasp how these reactors work, rather than just memorizing the theory?

Alright, so you've got extensive hands-on experience with different types of catalytic reactors, including fixed-bed and stirred reactors, and you've published about 35 research articles—quite a range. You also mentioned working with sophisticated instruments. Can you share a specific example of how you introduce a challenging concept, like reactor design or operation, to students who are struggling with the fundamentals?

WhatsApp the. Fixed so that I have. University. So what's the? Means it is a high pressure reactor. And maintaining pressure. And handling. And packing catalyst. Uh, during the. Difficult and also. And the performing. Catalytic reaction. In high pressure reactor. It's very difficult for that we. Either extensive. And for example, uh. For example, if. So what's the problem? Again, it means.

WhatsApp the. Fixed so that I have. University. So what's the? Means it is a high pressure reactor. And maintaining pressure. And handling. And packing catalyst. Uh, during the. Difficult and also. And the performing. Catalytic reaction. In high pressure reactor. It's very difficult for that we. Either extensive. And for example, uh. For example, if. So what's the problem? Again, it means. We have to control the. Mass flow limited. The limitation and also we have to maintain the. The pressure says. Form pressure like 20 bar means we have to maintain 20 or 30 bar. Under handling cylinders up to. Miss Moti bar pressure. Director Tube. These are the difficulties. I have faced while handling the high pressure, fixed, repeated. That we have sorted out. During the long. Operation procedure so. We saw the problem. We. Faced during the high pressure. Reactor handling in Anonymous.

So you're describing the challenges of handling high-pressure reactors, especially maintaining pressure and safely packing catalysts. You started to mention a particular problem—can you give a concrete example of a situation where a student struggled with this in the lab, and how you guided them through it?

Professor, I noticed your recent publication in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces on the synergistic interaction between ruthenium catalysts and grafted niobium for 2,5-furandicarboxylic acid production. How has your research in that area influenced the way you teach catalysis or reaction engineering to undergraduate students?

Because the first first of all. The these work I have carried out in. Young Master city booth on South Korea. So these. I understood the type of. Reactors there. So what's the chemistry?

So you drew on your reactor experience in South Korea while working on that project. When you bring that back to your own classroom, how do you help students connect experimental reactor design—like what you did with high-pressure systems—to the core theoretical principles they learn in lectures?

Because the first first of all. The these work I have carried out in. Young Master city booth on South Korea. So these. I understood the type of. Reactors there. So what's the chemistry? For example that. First of all, the reactor designing so this. Obviously reaction is aerobic, kind of. Oxidation reaction. Is a selective reactions. Under the next one is the. It is basically condition so because the base base assets are. It creates corrosive. It is a not in Roman. Currently, so for that we have. Need to develop more. Most active catalyst for this kind of? Reactions. For that, so we have taken the ruthenium is one of them. Cheap material, cheap. Catalysts are cheap metal. So that I have taken so we have preferred as a nanoparticles. Supported Supported. We know it very well. SBA 15 is a. Santa Barbara Ahmed. Amarth was kind of materials. It has high surface area. So why I'm very much interested in SBA 15, kind of. Material as a support means it has a. Eye wall thickness. 325 sometimes 5 to 7. Uh, nanometers. Uh. So we can use this kind of material in this kind of high pressure. Reactors. Alumina. I want to thank you that much of that. Reactivity because the. Support selectivity is one of them. He role and in this kind of a. Reaction, Sir. So what I can? To the student. You I am guiding the student. Means the reactor fabrication for this kind of reaction and the catalyst selections are develop. Important for this kind of active reaction because the select. Key role for this kind of uh. Reaction, Sir. That's why I have taken, uh, ruthenium. And they referred us a nanoparticles on the. 15 anchored means I have anchored this routine nanoparticle anger. Kind of. Materialistic under. Uh, kind of, uh. Uh, support materials. So that's why it has to. Given high selectivity, nearly 95 percentage of FFT. Yeah, this kind of discrete reaction is a. I select your reaction because we don't need the. Other side reaction. Side reaction reacted product like. Yeah. And other kind of products. So we are targeted only FTCA. Yeah, our children, nearly 95 percentage of. Selectivity. Umm. So what I can teach means? To the student. So systematic. Development of the support and catalyst is very important. With the help of the. Sophisticated instrument. Patient technical icamps. And. XRD. TPD, TPR. XRP AB. From that XRD we come to know that. The Catalyst faces What are the faces present on the? Support of the. A catalyst to material. And another thing is dacitity we come to know from the TPTPR instrumentation. And surface area we come to know from the BET Surface Area analyzer. So and after that, if we have done the. One small reaction, whether the reaction is going or not with the. Uh, three different constellation of. Yeah, some of like 1%, two percent, 3%. There with different solvents we have right there. Friday, but we are our professor. Pretty much interested in water based reactions and. So we tried and we achieved it. Hello. Hello.

Because the first first of all. The these work I have carried out in. Young Master city booth on South Korea. So these. I understood the type of. Reactors there. So what's the chemistry? For example that. First of all, the reactor designing so this. Obviously reaction is aerobic, kind of. Oxidation reaction. Is a selective reactions. Under the next one is the. It is basically condition so because the base base assets are. It creates corrosive. It is a not in Roman. Currently, so for that we have. Need to develop more. Most active catalyst for this kind of? Reactions. For that, so we have taken the ruthenium is one of them. Cheap material, cheap. Catalysts are cheap metal. So that I have taken so we have preferred as a nanoparticles. Supported Supported. We know it very well. SBA 15 is a. Santa Barbara Ahmed. Amarth was kind of materials. It has high surface area. So why I'm very much interested in SBA 15, kind of. Material as a support means it has a. Eye wall thickness. 325 sometimes 5 to 7. Uh, nanometers. Uh. So we can use this kind of material in this kind of high pressure. Reactors. Alumina. I want to thank you that much of that. Reactivity because the. Support selectivity is one of them. He role and in this kind of a. Reaction, Sir. So what I can? To the student. You I am guiding the student. Means the reactor fabrication for this kind of reaction and the catalyst selections are develop. Important for this kind of active reaction because the select. Key role for this kind of uh. Reaction, Sir. That's why I have taken, uh, ruthenium. And they referred us a nanoparticles on the. 15 anchored means I have anchored this routine nanoparticle anger. Kind of. Materialistic under. Uh, kind of, uh. Uh, support materials. So that's why it has to. Given high selectivity, nearly 95 percentage of FFT. Yeah, this kind of discrete reaction is a. I select your reaction because we don't need the. Other side reaction. Side reaction reacted product like. Yeah. And other kind of products. So we are targeted only FTCA. Yeah, our children, nearly 95 percentage of. Selectivity. Umm. So what I can teach means? To the student. So systematic. Development of the support and catalyst is very important. With the help of the. Sophisticated instrument. Patient technical icamps. And. XRD. TPD, TPR. XRP AB. From that XRD we come to know that. The Catalyst faces What are the faces present on the? Support of the. A catalyst to material. And another thing is dacitity we come to know from the TPTPR instrumentation. And surface area we come to know from the BET Surface Area analyzer. So and after that, if we have done the. One small reaction, whether the reaction is going or not with the. Uh, three different constellation of. Yeah, some of like 1%, two percent, 3%. There with different solvents we have right there. Friday, but we are our professor. Pretty much interested in water based reactions and. So we tried and we achieved it. Hello. Hello. Hello.

So you emphasized the importance of catalyst support selection, reactor design, and advanced characterization tools like XRD and BET in both your research and teaching. When you have students who struggle to connect theoretical catalyst design with what actually happens in the lab, how do you help them bridge that gap?

And teach because. The best instrument. Take. X for the. At least from XRD first. I asked the student. To to prepare the basic. It's like alimony. In support. With the propaganda. After that. Because it. Also it involves. Solid-state. These are all solid-state reactions. I asked them to. And all the chemicals carefully. With the standard operating procedure. After the catalyst. Because it didn't. Are drying, so eat procedure. And the handling of chemicals. After a material preparation. I asked them to. Means to to the. Chemical reaction. Proper for XRD from the XRD unless it. I didn't what are the? Present. So from that Phase I. Identify whether the active phases present in the. Support material or the. Albeit catalyst. We come to know that the catalyst we as the. Activation after that with the catalyst. To do the. Chemical reactions. High vector. Our atmospheric pressure reactors. So I'll I. Carefully. Out to handle. The high pressure reactor. And the other things. Means firstly I basically. Teach them. How to take a? And this is a. XRD and how the data can be. A cure day or a. At a. Software Swim. Excels and other software. After that. Awesome. Uh. Other. Chemical analysis like BT surface area analyzer.

And teach because. The best instrument. Take. X for the. At least from XRD first. I asked the student. To to prepare the basic. It's like alimony. In support. With the propaganda. After that. Because it. Also it involves. Solid-state. These are all solid-state reactions. I asked them to. And all the chemicals carefully. With the standard operating procedure. After the catalyst. Because it didn't. Are drying, so eat procedure. And the handling of chemicals. After a material preparation. I asked them to. Means to to the. Chemical reaction. Proper for XRD from the XRD unless it. I didn't what are the? Present. So from that Phase I. Identify whether the active phases present in the. Support material or the. Albeit catalyst. We come to know that the catalyst we as the. Activation after that with the catalyst. To do the. Chemical reactions. High vector. Our atmospheric pressure reactors. So I'll I. Carefully. Out to handle. The high pressure reactor. And the other things. Means firstly I basically. Teach them. How to take a? And this is a. XRD and how the data can be. A cure day or a. At a. Software Swim. Excels and other software. After that. Awesome. Uh. Other. Chemical analysis like BT surface area analyzer. Right, it's nothing but a. Nitrogen. With the liquid nitrogen so it can be get from the. Adoption. Physics option technique. So how much of nitrogen? Start on the surface of. Early to nitrogen company. That how much of A. Surface area present in the material if the material has eye surface area means. I can prepare, ask them to prepare support. As well as the catalyst and. And a difference of the characteristics. I have some to prepare and a different proportion, 1% by 3. Signature and after that also you ask them to take a. Identification of XRD. X-ray diffraction technique though. After that I asked them to. Check the Braxtlaw bracks. Ask them to check them. Face identification followed by the. How much of? Average customers, I say. So the question. Very low means the catalyst. More active for the. Reaction set. After that I. Uh, do the uh. Other basic characteristics technical like. ITPR, Temper, Temperature, Programmer, Dissuasion. Ammonia and. And temperature program. And reduction. With that, we can. Identify other characteristic. Of characteristic characteristic feature of the. Catalyst so the. That's all.

Alright, so you walk students through the step-by-step process of catalyst preparation, XRD analysis, and even data handling with software like Excel, which is pretty hands-on. How do you assess whether those students have actually internalized the concepts—do you use lab reports, oral exams, or something else to gauge their understanding?

Right, so you focus on linking each characterization step back to the catalyst's real-world performance, helping students see how the data translates into chemical activity. Shifting to your research program—given your extensive work in catalysis, where do you see the most fundable research directions over the next few years, and what kinds of grants would you target to support that work?

That I have. Well. Means I got fellowship from the. Central funding.

So you mentioned your fellowship from a central funding agency, but for your next phase—if you were building a research group here, what specific national or international grants would you go after to support advanced catalysis or energy research?

That I have. Well. Means I got fellowship from the. Central funding. See under the scheme of Basic Scientific research BSR. I got. From the Department of. Engineering. It's a previous pre. Fellowship Institute Fellowship, uh. And in that. PhD postdoc. Also I have worked Profess. Project funding project. So I have, I know. How to build processing and each and everything and I have fabricated a. Reactors. HD under post docker.

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That I have. Well. Means I got fellowship from the. Central funding. See under the scheme of Basic Scientific research BSR. I got. From the Department of. Engineering. It's a previous pre. Fellowship Institute Fellowship, uh. And in that. PhD postdoc. Also I have worked Profess. Project funding project. So I have, I know. How to build processing and each and everything and I have fabricated a. Reactors. HD under post docker. Who's talking in the Department of Chemical Engineering? Still 5 Fab. A fixed bit reactor for a. Ammonia. Get updated underst. Setup also have done. Telephone and for all. A wide experience in this field. So I can easily handle because. The next five years it would be. Research Direction. One fuel here, because fuel. So you know. On on was the. To commodity, for example. After that day. Fuel. Everyone needs the fuel. The public for the transportation. Under the for running the factories. For a. Any other applic? Uh, farther to uh, crude oil altern. So I Fielder. Play hydrogen production. Catalytic of ammonia. So. King and ammonia SCR catalytic converter. Somewhat important. So. In this area also, these are a very thirsty area. In public, Public. Funding. So far getting funding. Are obtaining funding from the Central Institute. It is very easy for me. I also work the online city and. So I easily make collaboration with them. I have also. Postdoc research professor. Foreign countries in Pukyang National University. Easily make a collaboration with them also. So it is very means. It is plus plus. Yeah, such a great it means. Basically get a collaboration and funding from the. Uh, Funding Agency.

That I have. Well. Means I got fellowship from the. Central funding. See under the scheme of Basic Scientific research BSR. I got. From the Department of. Engineering. It's a previous pre. Fellowship Institute Fellowship, uh. And in that. PhD postdoc. Also I have worked Profess. Project funding project. So I have, I know. How to build processing and each and everything and I have fabricated a. Reactors. HD under post docker. Who's talking in the Department of Chemical Engineering? Still 5 Fab. A fixed bit reactor for a. Ammonia. Get updated underst. Setup also have done. Telephone and for all. A wide experience in this field. So I can easily handle because. The next five years it would be. Research Direction. One fuel here, because fuel. So you know. On on was the. To commodity, for example. After that day. Fuel. Everyone needs the fuel. The public for the transportation. Under the for running the factories. For a. Any other applic? Uh, farther to uh, crude oil altern. So I Fielder. Play hydrogen production. Catalytic of ammonia. So. King and ammonia SCR catalytic converter. Somewhat important. So. In this area also, these are a very thirsty area. In public, Public. Funding. So far getting funding. Are obtaining funding from the Central Institute. It is very easy for me. I also work the online city and. So I easily make collaboration with them. I have also. Postdoc research professor. Foreign countries in Pukyang National University.

Okay, so you've had experience securing central fellowships and working on funded projects, and you've even fabricated reactors as part of those efforts. If you were to guide student projects here at VIT University, how would you ensure those projects reflect both current industry trends and technological advancements in chemistry?

Okay, so you've worked with central funding agencies and you've got experience both applying for and managing grants, plus reactor fabrication as part of project deliverables. Thinking about building research capacity at an institution like VIT, how would you go about guiding student projects or research so they align with current industry trends in Chemistry—especially if you had limited lab resources or funding for equipment?

Alright, so you’ve developed reactors and handled funding cycles from central agencies, and you see fuel research as an urgent direction—especially with its broad industrial applications. When you’re guiding student projects in this space, how do you make sure their work both aligns with current industry needs and is rigorous enough for publication?

Okay, so you've worked closely with central agencies and have hands-on experience with the full research cycle, including reactor fabrication and project management, especially around hydrogen and ammonia catalysis. Thinking about your ability to guide student research—how do you integrate current industry trends or technological advancements into student projects, so they're not just academically sound but also relevant to what's happening in the chemical industry right now?

You mentioned collaborating internationally and having experience with both central and institutional funding, as well as reactor fabrication for ammonia and hydrogen research. One last angle here: when you're guiding student projects or research in catalysis, how do you make sure their work stays aligned with current industry trends and technological advancements?

I already explained that so. How worked? Fuel or the reactor fabrication? One of the industrial.

I already explained that so. How worked? Fuel or the reactor fabrication? One of the industrial. HPC are. I. From. Hyper selector and stereo reactors. And handle the student very easily. I can easily getting fund. Thumb, so the central. Institute or central funding agencies. So this direction. Students so easily get job in this industry.

Alright, let's shift focus to your teaching. Suppose you're running a core undergraduate chemistry lab with students who aren't confident in experimental work—how would you structure the lab sessions to maximize both safety and genuine engagement, rather than just having them follow rote procedures?

I already explained that so. How worked? Fuel or the reactor fabrication? One of the industrial. HPC are. I. From. Hyper selector and stereo reactors. And handle the student very easily. I can easily getting fund. Thumb, so the central. Institute or central funding agencies. So this direction. Students so easily get job in this industry. Reactor. Biofuel production. Production using reactors. Under Knock Samurai. After bar stage 6. The uh. Assistance has been adopted. Regulated by. Indian Government. Pollution abortment for NOx. Uh, means considerable amount of nulls should be. So for that these fields also have worked because it is implemented nearly. Only but. BSc expects this field also. So biofuel also worked. The high pressure director also worked with. I work with so many. Augmentation technique was so I published nearly 35 papers I can. Easily teach and. Students to get. Paper published in impaired factors and from that degree they can easily. Get jobs in the industry. And also.

I already explained that so. How worked? Fuel or the reactor fabrication? One of the industrial. HPC are. I. From. Hyper selector and stereo reactors. And handle the student very easily. I can easily getting fund. Thumb, so the central. Institute or central funding agencies. So this direction. Students so easily get job in this industry. Reactor. Biofuel production. Production using reactors. Under Knock Samurai. After bar stage 6. The uh. Assistance has been adopted. Regulated by. Indian Government. Pollution abortment for NOx. Uh, means considerable amount of nulls should be. So for that these fields also have worked because it is implemented nearly. Only but. BSc expects this field also. So biofuel also worked.

I already explained that so. How worked? Fuel or the reactor fabrication? One of the industrial. HPC are. I. From. Hyper selector and stereo reactors. And handle the student very easily. I can easily getting fund. Thumb, so the central. Institute or central funding agencies. So this direction. Students so easily get job in this industry. Reactor. Biofuel production. Production using reactors. Under Knock Samurai. After bar stage 6. The uh. Assistance has been adopted. Regulated by. Indian Government. Pollution abortment for NOx. Uh, means considerable amount of nulls should be. So for that these fields also have worked because it is implemented nearly. Only but. BSc expects this field also. So biofuel also worked. The high pressure director also worked with. I work with so many. Augmentation technique was so I published nearly 35 papers I can. Easily teach and. Students to get. Paper published in impaired factors and from that degree they can easily. Get jobs in the industry. And also. The industry exports. Big chip also program.

Alright, so your industry-aligned lab experience seems to set students up well for employability, especially with your background working with high-pressure reactors and central funding agencies. Last piece here—how do you approach evaluating students during exams and coursework, to make sure the process is transparent and maintains academic integrity?

Alright, so your approach is to have students actually handle support and catalyst preparation, follow SOPs, and interpret XRD and BET results themselves, which grounds the theory in real lab work. When it comes to evaluating students—especially in exams or practicals—how do you ensure your assessments are transparent and uphold academic integrity?

So you’ve worked with a lot of modern augmentation techniques and focus on giving students firsthand lab experience, which helps them publish and prepares them for industry. Before we wrap up this section—when you’re evaluating students in exams or coursework, how do you make sure your grading is transparent and upholds academic integrity?

You mentioned your experience with regulatory standards in pollution control and working with government agencies. Suppose you joined our department and discovered that outcome assessment data was inconsistent across chemistry courses—a common accreditation challenge. How would you go about fixing that?

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Of course, let me repeat the question. Let's say you join our department and notice that the outcome assessment data for chemistry courses—such as exam results or student learning objectives—is inconsistent across different classes. How would you go about addressing and fixing that issue?

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No problem, Dr. I’ll repeat it. If you joined our department and found that the data used to assess whether students were achieving course outcomes—like exam scores or project performance—was inconsistent from one chemistry class to another, what specific steps would you take to fix that inconsistency?

Alright, Dr., you've clearly got hands-on experience with central funding agencies and industrial partners, and you guide students in projects with real-world applications. Let's talk about laboratory teaching—when you're designing and delivering a lab course in Chemistry, how do you make sure the experience is structured and impactful for students, especially those new to working with complex equipment?

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Okay, so you break down the lab components and make sure students know the standard operating procedures and what each part does before they start, especially for things like high-pressure reactors and BET analysis. When it comes to exams and grading, what's your strategy for making sure student evaluation is both transparent and maintains academic integrity?

Alright, let's tackle an ethical scenario that's pretty common in academia. Imagine a student files a formal complaint, claiming your grading was biased, but at the same time your department head is pressuring you to increase pass rates. How would you handle that situation?

Okay, so you walk students through standard procedures and make sure they understand each component, especially for handling equipment like high-pressure reactors and liquid nitrogen. Now let's tackle an ethical scenario—imagine a student files a formal complaint, claiming your grading was biased, but at the same time your department head is pressuring you to improve pass rates. How would you handle that situation?

Okay, so you break down the lab components and make sure students know the standard operating procedures and what each part does before they start, especially for things like high-pressure reactors and handling liquid nitrogen. Now let's tackle an ethical scenario that's pretty common in academia. Imagine a student files a formal complaint, claiming your grading was biased, but at the same time your department head is pressuring you to improve pass rates. How would you navigate that situation?

Okay, so you really focus on step-by-step instruction and safety, especially when students are handling high-pressure or cryogenic equipment. Now, let's look at a real-world ethical scenario you might face as faculty. Imagine a student files a formal complaint claiming your grading was biased, and at the same time your department head is pressuring you to improve pass rates. How would you navigate that situation?

So in terms of. What understand?

You sound a bit unsure about the scenario—no problem. Let me shift to something more concrete. When you're evaluating students during exams or coursework, what steps do you take to make sure your grading is transparent and upholds academic integrity?

Students is based on their performance, so writing. And uh, uh. It that's how they are performed.

Students is based on their performance, so writing. And uh, uh. It that's how they are performed. Uh. What they have developed lab skills. And what they achieved means what they have. It's based on their. Potentials. Potential, uh. And their performance.

Okay, so you're basing grades directly on what students write and how they perform, but can you walk me through how you actually document your grading? For instance, do you use rubrics, written feedback, or anything else that makes your process clear to students and defensible if challenged?

So you're basing your grades on the student's actual performance and skills in the lab. But can you walk me through how you record or justify individual grades—do you use rubrics, written feedback, or some other way to make it clear and transparent for the students?

This kind of means difficult question to me because I have no experience. Even though I worked in. Speak with the. With faculty members as a co-worker just I handled. So I don't know the face of each and every student. On the what they have written on the papers, what they have perform. The love, That's it.

Alright, Dr., let's pivot to industry alignment for a moment. Do you have any industry connections or prior collaborations that could help students at VIT University—maybe with internships, placements, or bringing real-world problems into your courses?

Don't have that much industrial collaboration I. For inform. Students are working in the informatics. Divisions and now.

Alright, Dr., let's shift to a few core requirements for this role. First—can you walk me through a research problem in theoretical chemistry, battery or energy storage, or hydrogen research that you've personally worked on, and explain how you approached solving it?

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So you mentioned GVK Bioinformatics, South Korea connections, and possible links with CLRI, but it sounds like direct industry ties for student internships are still a work in progress. Let's wrap up these requirements—can you share the main focus or takeaway from one of your research publications in a reputed journal, and how it contributed to your field?

So you mentioned GVK Bioinformatics and some potential collaborations with CLRI and international contacts in South Korea, which could be useful for students down the road. Before we wrap up this section, Dr., can you share a bit about your publication record—specifically, have you published research in peer-reviewed journals relevant to theoretical chemistry, energy storage, or hydrogen research?

Okay, so you don't have direct industry collaborations yet, but you mentioned some connections in bioinformatics and research institutes that could be helpful if you joined VIT. Wrapping up, Dr.—can you briefly share the area of your doctoral research and what made it publishable in reputed journals?

So what I have published during. PhD You're asking, am I?

So what I have published during. PhD You're asking, am I? What papers? Publications. I have international publication. During my pH D am I correct?

Alright, Dr., we're wrapping up. Is there anything you'd like to ask about the role or the team? You're welcome to ask up to two questions.

Right, I'm asking about your international publications during your PhD—what was the main research topic, and what do you think made your work worthy of publication in those reputed journals?

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Yes, what are? For PG topic is. Development of nano capital. After treating reactions. So this is a theme of my. PhD My title of the. This work. Synergism and morphological influence. Nickel, Molly. Industrial Catalyst. Supported on lap unit and. 15. Basilica for iterating reaction, Sir. So I have developed a modified Laponite support. Means item. Modified uh uh. Uh, modify support meeting? For the iterating reactions I. Published a. We had five such international publication. And the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy that a high. Two purposes are. Q1 Journalist. Under after. These are international publishers during my PhD. Postdoc, also our international. 3 During my research professor also I have international publication. Nearly 3 or 4. By.

You developed modified Laponite-supported catalysts and got published in journals like International Journal of Hydrogen Energy—that's a solid research trajectory. Alright, Dr., we're wrapping up. Is there anything you'd like to ask about the role or the team? You're welcome to ask up to two questions.

Can you talk to me please? I want to. So what kind of? Funding. The department are insured. What type of funding? Stating funding there. Startup fund from the department or institute. And another question is. When it would be my age. If I get the option OK.

You're asking about the types of funding the department or university can ensure. For this Assistant Professor role, funding typically comes from a mix of internal university research grants, external central agencies, and sometimes industry partnerships—especially if your research aligns with emerging technologies or national priorities. Faculty are encouraged to apply for competitive grants, and strong publication records can really help in securing those. Do you have any other questions about the role or the team?