Conferences and symposiums attended/Presentations

[63] Invited talk on " Biochemical characterization of the early enzymes involved in promysalin biosynthesis, a promising antibiotic against Pseudomonas aeruginosa", in the National Conference on “Recent Advances in the field of Biological Chemistry-2025”, October 28-29, 2025, organized by the Department of Biochemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

[62] Invited talk on " Biochemical characterization of the early enzymes involved in promysalin biosynthesis, a promising antibiotic against Pseudomonas aeruginosa", in the "Global Scientific Conference-Chemistry for Health”, October 8-11, 2025, organized by the American Chemical Society (ACS) and IIT Bombay, Powai, Maharashtra, India.

[61] Invited talk on "Biosynthesis of complex natural products with potent antibiotic activities", in the National Conference on “Molecules and Materials for Building a Better World”, July 17-18, 2025, organized by the Department of Chemistry, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (Invited Talk as a resource person)

[60] A talk on "Effective grant writing strategies" in the DBT-IBT hub and CMBP, Hanoi, Vietnam sponsored on "One Week National Workshop on Developing Research Project writing skills, fundacquisition, grant approval: effective strategies, tools, techniques and smart interactions: a multidisciplinary approach", June 30, 2025, organized by Nandanath Saikia College (Dibrugarh University), Jorhat, Assam, India. (Invited Talk as a resource person)

[59] "Rasaayan Sangooshthi"- a one-day research symposium, March 22, 2025, organized by the Department of Chemistry, IIT Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (Convenor and Chair of one scientific session)

[58] Talk on "Career opportunities in science and higher studies" on the occasion of PM Schools for Rising India (PM SHRI) Innovation program, March 7-8, 2025, organized by PMShri Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Hassan, Karnataka, India. (Invited Talk as a resource person)

[57] Talk on "biosynthesis of complex natural products with potent antibiotic activities", in the FDP program on “Innovation and Startup Practices in Chemical and Allied Sciences”, March 4, 2025, jointly organized by the Department of Chemistry, Department of Agro and Pest Management, and Shivaji University Cell for Innovation, Incubation and Linkages, Shivaji University, Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. (Invited Talk as a resource person)

[56] "Talk on green biosynthesis of natural products with promising antibiotic activities" in the DBT sponsored workshop on "Bio-based technologies for green applications", March 8, 2024, organized by Nandanath Saikia College (Dibrugarh University), Jorhat, Assam, India. (Invited Talk as a resource person)

[55] "Talk on accidental discoveries in science" on the occasion of National Science Day, February 28, 2024, organized by Karnataka Law Society's Vishwanathrao Deshpande Institute of Technology (KLSVDIT), Haliyal, Karnataka, India. (Invited Talk as a resource person)

[54] National Conference on "Emerging Trends in Biomedical Research", February 23-24, 2024, organized by Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University's Research Institute for Biomedical Sciences (SDM-RIBS), SDM College of Medical Sciences and Hospital Campus, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (Invited Talk)

[53] "92nd Annual Meeting of the Society of Biological Chemists (SBC-2023)", December 18-20, 2023, organized at BITS Pilani, K.K. Birla Goa Campus, Goa, India. (Poster presentation)

[52] One day international seminar on "From Laboratory to Industry: Green Chemistry for Circular Economy", May 18, 2023, organized by Dnyanprassarak Mandal's College and Research Centre, University of Goa, Goa, India.

[51] Awareness workshop on "Waste Management" and Symposium on "Technologies for sustainable energy management", March 23-24, 2023, organized by Global Center of Excellence in Affordable and Clean Energy (GcoE-ACE), IIT Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (Conference organizer)

[50] Guest Lecture on "Recent Insights In Enzyme Based Pre-clinical Screening For Endrocrine Diseases", March 18, 2023, organized by Department of Pharmacology, KLE College of Pharmacy, Belagavi, Karnataka, India. (Invited talk)

[49] "Two days Workshop for post-graduate students of sciences", February 15-16, 2023, organized by Karnataka Science College, Karnatak University Dharwad (KUD), Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (Invited talk)

[48] DST-sponsored National Workshop on "Synergistic training program utilizing the scientific and technological infrastructure (STUTI-2023)", January 23-28, 2023, organized by Karnatak University Dharwad (KUD) in collaboration with Shivaji University Kolhapur. KUD, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (Invited talk)

[47] National Conference on "Advances in Analytical Techniques for Materials and Bio-Medical Applications", December 15-16, 2022, organized by Rani Channamma University (RCU), Belagavi, Karnataka in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Karnataka and Indian Society of Analytical Scientists (ISAS), Belagavi Chapter. (Invited talk)

[46] "International Conference on Biomedical and Clinical Research", November 21-22, 2022, Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara University, SDM medical college, Dharwad, Karnataka, India . (Moderator and Judge)

[45] "Future Oriented Research Conferences and Exhibitions (FORCE)- Interdisciplinary Initiative in Chemical Sciences (IICS)", July 28-31, 2022, Jaypee palace, Agra, India. (Invited talk)

[44] Workshop on "Research Training and Technical Writing in Chemical Sciences", November 13, 2021, Department of Chemistry, DM's College and Research Centre, University of Goa, Goa, India. (Invited talk)

[43] " 27th International conference of International Academy of Physical Sciences (CONIAPS XXVII) on Recent Advances in Catalysis Sciences and Engineering (RACSE)", October 26-28, 2021, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India. (Invited talk)

[42] Two days international conference on "Advances in Green Chemistry and Sustainable Technology", September 29-30, 2021, DM's College and Research Centre, University of Goa, Goa, India. (Invited talk)

[41] "ACS Science Talk on New Synthetic Methods for C-F Bond Formation: From Fundamental Science to Applications", August 12, 2021, organized by ACS India. (Online Webinar)

[40] "4th National Conference in Chemistry (NConC-2021)", August 6-7, 2021, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. (Invited talk)

[39] "Gordon Research Conference Connects: Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds", August 3, 2021, USA. (Online Webinar)

[38] International seminar on "Recent Advances in Chemistry and Material Science (RACMS-2021)" on the 160th birth anniversary celebration of Acharya P. C. Ray, August 1, 2021, Indian Chemical Society, Kolkata. (Oral)

[37] Webinar on "RiPPs:Promising ribiosoml natural products to combat antibiotic resistance", June 11, 2021, Department of Studies in Microbiology, Davangere University, Davangere, Karnataka, India. (Invited talk)

[36] One day symposium on recent developments in biochemistry, March 23, 2021, Department of Biochemistry, Karnataka University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India. (Invited talk)

[35] International conference on recent developments in chemistry (RDC-2021) , March 4, 2021, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, West Bengal, India. (Invited talk)

[34] Colloquia on 2020 Nobel Prizes, November 6, 2020, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India. (Invited talk)

[33] ACS science talks: Virtual lecture series in chemical biology, July 29 and August 14, 2020, Webinars organized by the American Chemical Society.

[32] ACS science talks: Virtual lecture series in chemistry, April 9-14, 2020, Webinars organized by the American Chemical Society.

[31] Advances in Chemical Engineering symposium, February 7, 2020, UPES, Dehradun, India. (Invited talk)

[30] Healthcon 2.0-Healthcare conference, November 2-3, 2019, Hubli, Karnataka, India.

[29] Sciences and Social Sciences Exhibition, August 31, 2019, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, Chikkajogihalli, Ballari, Karnataka, India. (oral)

[28] Talk on "The rise and fall of antibiotics: Our future against the drug-resistant superbugs" , March 13, 2019, IIT Dharwad, Karnataka.

[27] International conference on direct digital manufacturing and polymers, February 20, 2019, Karnatak University, Dharwad, Karnataka, India.

[26] 15th Biennial Senter Symposium on “Frontiers in Organic Chemistry”, October 20, 2018 Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, USA.

[25] Symposium on “Outpacing antimicrobial resistance”, September 24-25, 2018, Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.

[24] Institute for Genomic Biology Fellows symposium, May 3, 2018, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA.

[23] 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, March 18-22, 2018, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. (oral and poster)

[22] C S Marvel Post Doctoral Research Symposium, March 1, 2018,, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA. (oral)

[21] Mining Microbial Genomes Annual Symposium, Jan 12, 2018, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA. (oral)

[20] Merck Research Symposium, November 13, 2017, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, USA. (poster)

[19] 31st Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference, November 11, 2017, Allerton Park, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, USA.

[18] Spiegelman Symposium, October 20-22, 2017, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, USA.

[17] 254th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, Aug 20-24, 2017, Washington D.C., USA. (oral and poster)

[16] Gordon Conference on Natural Products and Bioactive Compounds, July 30-Aug 4, 2017, Proctor Academy, Andover, New Hampshire, USA. (poster)

[15] 30th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference, November 12, 2016, Allerton Park, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, USA.

[14] 29th Annual Beak-Pines Organic Area Allerton Conference, November 7, 2015, Allerton Park, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, USA.

[13] F.A. Cotton Medal Symposium, March 27, 2015, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (poster)

[12] A. I. Scott Medal Symposium, October 17-18, 2014, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (poster)

[11] Gordon conference on Enzymes, Coenzymes and Metabolic Pathways, July 13-18, 2014, Waterville valley resort, New Hampshire, USA. (poster)

[10] F.A. Cotton Medal Symposium, April 25, 2014, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (poster)

[09] 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition, March 16-20, 2014, Dallas, Texas, USA. (poster)

[08] 5th Enzyme Mechanisms Conference, January 3-4, 2014, University of Texas, Austin, USA. (poster)

[07] 69th ACS Southwest Regional Meeting (SWRM) of the American Chemical Society, November 19, 2013, Waco, Texas, USA. (oral)

[06] A.I. Scott Medal Symposium, November 15-16, 2013, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (poster)

[05] BASF-TAMU graduate student symposium on excellence in chemical research, August 1, 2013, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (poster)

[04] F.A. Cotton medal Symposium, April 25, 2013, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (poster)

[03] F.A. Cotton medal Symposium, September 16, 2012, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (poster)

[02] Chemistry-Biology Interface Research Conference, August 20, 2011, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA. (oral)

[01] National symposium on “Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) to materials and medicines”, November 21, 2006, IIT Delhi, New Delhi, India.


Workshops attended

[04] PPCCLT workshop on "Student centered teaching and learning", 24 July 2021, organized by IIT Bombay.

[03] Annual “Genome Day” workshop on genomic science, 2017, Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, Champaign, Illinois, USA.

[02] Science Day” workshop, 2014, organized by Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU) Society, Texas A&M University (Rock Prairie Elementary School, College Station, Texas) USA.

[01] High school “Chemistry Day” workshop, 2014, organized by Phi Lambda Upsilon (PLU) Society, Texas A&M University, Texas, USA.