PU Scholar bags Newton-Bhabha PhD placement

Chandigarh, June 14, 2018: Shelja Sharma, a PhD research scholar from Department of Chemistry, Panjab University has bagged the Newton-Bhabha PhD placement 2017-2018 as per results declared by the British Council. Shelja is currently working under the supervision of Prof. Sushil Kumar Kansal from Dr.Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar University Institute of Chemical Engineering & Technology and Prof S.K. Mehta of the Chemistry department.
The research group primarily focuses in devising efficient and novel nanomaterials for detection of heavy metals using fluorescence sensing techniques and for wastewater treatment using heterogeneous photocatalysis, adsorption. Shelja’s main study is concentrated on the study of synthesis and photoluminescence of carbon dots, as well as their applications in the field of photocatalysis and fluorescent sensing. She will be sponsored by British Council and Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India at the University of Hull, UK.