KEHKASHAN ALAM Phone: +91-8810266421 Email: kehkashan2001374@st.jmi.ac.

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Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITs) Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Objective
Highly motivated postgraduate in Nanotechnology with a 9.75/10 GPA looking to fill a position as a Ph.D. fellow in your
institute. Wishing to explore novel, cost-effective, and environmentally friendly approaches for synthesizing newly
emerging materials for commercial energy harvesting and storage applications.
Educational Qualifications
 Master of Technology, Nanotechnology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India
CGPA: 9.75/10.00 (Gold Medalist) ~ Aug. 2020 – June 2022
 Master of Science, Applied Physics, Amity University, Noida, India.
CGPA: 7.3/10.00 ~ July 2018 – June 2020
Research Experiences
 Junior Research Fellow, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad, India, Funded by HBL
Govt. of India (29th August 2022 – Present)
Title: Regeneration of Graphite anode and Li Metal recovery from used LFP Batteries.
 Developed industry-based, cost-effective, and eco-friendly recycling process and executed plans to meet
objectives and commitments.
 Successfully manually dismantled the spent Li-ion batteries in an argon-filled glove box.
 Extracted anode (Graphite) from spent Li-ion battery and electrochemically exfoliated into graphene.
 Electrochemically recycled valuable lithium metal from spent Li-ion batteries.
 Project Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-Delhi), India (July 2022 –Aug. 2022)
Title: Removal of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) from drinking water
 Developed an eco-friendly methodology for catalyst synthesis, catalytic degradation of DDT, and reaction
monitoring.
 Synthesized heterogeneous catalyst and used in DDT removal from drinking water application.
 Degraded by-products were analyzed via GC-MS & HPLC.
 Research Internship, Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India (Aug. 2021 – June 2022)
Title: Transition Metal Phosphides/Oxides: An Efficient, Robust Catalyst for Energy Conversion &
Photocatalytic Dye Degradation.
 Successfully adopted a cost-effective approach for the in-situ growth of selenium-anchored Ni 5P4 on top of
the 3D interconnected carbon framework designed on a cheap porous carbonaceous melamine foam
matrix.
 Synthesized Graphene-CNTs on the top of the melamine foam via thermal CVD followed by Ta 2O5
deposition via sputtering & E-beam evaporation techniques.
 Synthesized heterostructure was tested for electrocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction.
 The electrocatalytic performance was analyzed in terms of a low overpotential of 130 mV@10 mA/cm 2
with a small Tafel slope of 98 mV/dec.
 Research Internship, CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, India (Dec. 2019 – June 2020)
Title: Investigations on the Yellow-Emitting-Glass-Phosphor Integrated Blue Laser-Induced White Light for the
Next Generation Lighting Application.
 Developed a facile synthesis method for the synthesis of Y 3 − xAl5O12:xCe3+ (x = 0.03–0.24) yellow phosphor
via the sol-gel method.
 Synthesized a tellurate glass via melt-quenching method and developed a phosphor in glass (PiG) matrix.
 PiG integrated with blue laser diode has produced highly efficient white light in comparison with the
conventional technology.
 Research Internship, Jamia Millia Islamia University, India (Apr. 2019 – June 2019)
Title: Synthesis of Zinc Oxide and their characterization.
 Synthesized Zinc oxide nanoparticle via sol-gel method.
 The structure of the nanoparticle was analyzed using XRD, FTIR, UV-Visible, etc.
Awards And Achievements
 Qualified India’s most prestigious and competitive exam M.Tech (Nanotechnology).
 This is an entry-level test for the postgraduation program.
 Over 1.5 lakh candidates take part in this entry-level exam every year and only the top 25 students get
selected.
 Gold Medalist in M.Tech (Nanotechnology)
 Got the first position among 25 students.
 Selected to volunteer for India’s first-ever science exhibition “Vigyan Samagam” at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi,
India, held on 21st Jan. – 20th Mar. 2020. https://vigyansamagam.in/
 Selected as a volunteer among the top 60 candidates from various degree holders who participated
from all over Delhi.
 Seven mega project models have been displayed namely: ITER, CERN, FAIR, INO, LIGO, SKA, and
TMT.
  Receive the first prize (cash prize with 1500/ INR) in the Hindi pakhwada quiz, held on 14 th - 28th Sep. 2020 at
the Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India. https://inst.ac.in/events/all
Publications
Journal papers (03)
 Mohd Afshan, Sushil Kumar, SK Aziz, Sk Riyajuddin, Rishita Ghosh, Mansi Pahuja, Shumile Siddiqui,
Kehkashan Alam, Seema Rani, Daya Rani, Takahiro Maruyama, Kaushik Ghosh. “Boosting the Supercapacitive
Performance via incorporation of Vanadium in Nickel Phosphide Nanoflakes: A High Performance Flexible
Renewable Energy Storage Device”. Energy Fuels 2022, 36, 7, 4076–4086
 Jenifar Sultana, Shumile Siddiqui, Mohd Afshan, Rishita Ghosh, Shyam Yadav, Sk Riyajuddin, Mansi Pahuja,
Firdaus Ali, Seema Rani, Daya Rani, Kehkashan Alam, Sushil Kumar, Ananth Venkatesan, Kaushik Ghosh,
“Strategy to Improve the Photovoltaic Performance of Si/CuO Heterojunction via Incorporation of Ta2O5 Hopping
Layer and MXene as Transparent Electrode”. ACS Appl. Energy Mater. 2022, 5, 4, 3941–3951
 Mansi Pahuja, Indranil De, Shumile Ahmed Siddiqui, Subhabrata Das, Mohd Afshan, Kehkashan Alam, Sk
Riyajuddin, Seema Rani, Rishita Ghosh, Daya Rani, Komal Gill, Manish Singh* and Kaushik Ghosh*. “Seamless
Architecture of Porous Carbon Matrix Decorated with Ta 2O5 Nanostructure as a Potential Photocatalytic Cartridge
Material for Industrial Dye Waste Management”, Nano-Micro Letters NML-2022-12264 (Submitted).
Conference papers (01)
 Mansi Pahuja, Kehkashan Alam, Sk Riyajuddin, Rishita Ghosh, Mohd Afshan, Shumile Ahmed Siddiqui, Kaushik
Ghosh*, “Engineering the Electronic Structure of Ni2P via Doping Cr, As an Efficient Electrocatalyst for
Augmenting the Hydrogen Generation”, Conference Proceedings (Submitted).

Research Interests
2D Materials | II-VI Semiconductor Materials | Electrocatalysis and Photocatalysis | Solar cells | Fuel Cell |
Supercapacitor
Laboratory Skills
 Synthesis of Nanoparticles: Solvothermal Technique, Sol-gel Technique, Solid State Method.
 Analytical Techniques: PL, XPS, Raman Spectroscopy, XRD and SEM.
 Film Thickness Measurement: Surface Profilometer.
 Surface Cleaning: Plasma Cleaner.
 Wettability Measurement: Contact angle Measurement.
 1 D and 2D Nanostructure Fabrication: Thermal CVD Technique for CNT and Graphene growth Sputtering and
E-beam for thin film deposition.
 Structural Analysis and Microscopy Techniques:
 Electrochemical Techniques: Cyclic Voltammetry, Linear Sweep Voltammetry, Electrochemical Impedance
Spectroscopy, Chronoamperometry.
 Analysis of organic compounds: High-Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, FTIR and UV
Visible.
Additional Skills
 Technical Skills: Adobe Illustrator, Image J, NOVA, Zotero, ORIGIN Lab, and Good Command of MS Office
(Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
 Soft Skills: Presentation skills, teamwork, strong work ethics, flexibility and adaptability skills, languages known:
English, Hindi, Urdu, and French.
Conference & Workshop Participation
 8th – 9th September 2021: “Study in the USA-Student Festival” organized by The Policy Times & Times Higher
Education London.
 June 2021: “Emerging Techniques in Polymers” National webinar conducted by Division of Chemistry,
Department of Sciences and Humanities (S&H), VFSTR.
 (31st May to 4th June 2021): “Advanced Materials and Their Pathways” conducted by J.C. Bose University of
Science & Technology.
 May 2021: “Advanced Nanomaterials for Sustainable Development and Energy Applications” National
Seminar conducted by SRM Chennai.
 Presented the Model project of ITER-India (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor). ITER will be
the first fusion reactor to test the integrated technologies, materials, and physics regimes necessary for the
commercial production of Fusion-based electricity held on 21st Jan. – 20th Mar. 2020 at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
 Oral presentation on “Synthesis of Zinc Oxide and their characterization” at the National Conference on
Computational and Characterization Techniques in Engineering and Sciences (CCTES-19), approved by IEEE,
held on 6th – 7th September 2019 at Rajkiya Engineering College, Lucknow, India.
 12th – 14th Feb. 2019: conference on “Efficient Solar Power Generation and Energy Harvesting” organized by
AIAS at Amity University, Noida, India.
 2nd - 4th Nov 2018: Conference on “OPTICS AND PHOTONICS” held at Jaypee Institute of Information
Technology, Noida, India.
 15th Oct 2018: Conference by MYTRAH talks event featuring Mr. SONAM WANGCHUK as a keynote Speaker,
 held on at Amity University, Noida, India.
References
Dr. M. Ali Haider
Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Technology
New Delhi-110016, India
Email: haider@iitd.ac.in
Dr. Kaushik Ghosh
Associate Professor (Scientist E)
Institute of Nano Science and Technology
Mohali, Punjab-140306, India
Email: kaushik@inst.ac.in