
About Pushkar
Pushkar Mehara received his M.Sc. in Chemistry from Kumaun University, Nainital, India, in 2017, and completed his Ph.D. in April 2025 under the supervision of Dr. Pralay Das as a UGC-JRF fellow at the Chemical Technology Division, CSIR–IHBT, Palampur, and the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), Ghaziabad, India, where his research focused on supported metal-catalyzed carbonylation reactions. He then served as a Research Scientist at PI Industries, Udaipur, Rajasthan, from July 2025 to March 2026, and is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow at IIT Bombay (since 01th April 2026), working on heterogeneous catalysis and photoredox-mediated transformations.
Professional Experience
2026-Present
Postdoctoral Fellow IIT Bombay
2025-2026
Research Scientist
PI Industries, Udaipur, Rajasthan
2019-2025
Doctoral Researcher
CSIR-IHBT, Palampur
Education
2017-2022
CSIR-IHBT
Ph.D. in Chemistry
Supervisor: Dr. Pralay Das
2015-2017
P.N.G.P.G. Ramnagar
M.Sc. in Chemistry.
2012-2015
P.N.G.P.G. Ramnagar
B.Sc. in Chemistry.