He currently works as Assistant Professor (stage-II) in the Department of Physics having more than eight years of teaching experience at UG and PG level.  He joined CSIR-Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology (formerly RRL), Bhubaneswar as CSIR-JRF and got awarded his Ph.D. in 2008 from Utkal University. He worked in various positions there and acquired expertise in handling analytical instruments like XRD, micro-Raman spectrometer, Electron microscopes etc. before joining Ravenshaw University in November 2012. His research interest is based on developing nanostructured materials  (particularly in the form of thin films and nanopowders) of metal oxides like ZnO, SnO₂, TiO₂ etc. and probing their properties for various applications like gas sensors, antibacterial agents. He has 26 research papers in SCI journals to his credit till date.