Hello, I am Sakshi Kabra Malpani, with
10+ years of experience as a green,
organic chemist and lecturer. My
overarching research interests revolve
around solid waste management,
utilization of industrial and natural
wastes in the development of
heterogeneous catalysts, and their
further utilization in different
industrially viable organic
transformations, extraction of various
useful metal oxides like silica,
alumina from such wastes. I favor
interdisciplinary approaches to solve
the aforesaid issues and have
incorporated synthetic green chemistry
as well as material science and
conventional organic chemistry
approaches in my research. Post Ph.D.,
I continued my research work at my
workplaces in the form of different
student projects at college and
postgraduate levels. I also describe
my interest and activities in science
communication. Three of my designed
catalysts have been patented on my
name, my research work got published
in peer-reviewed journals and books,
also I presented my results at
different international and national
conferences. My father was a College
Lecturer, so, from the early stages of
my life, I want to become a teacher,
saying teaching is in my DNA. Stepping
to freelance consulting job, I would
like to use my novel training as both
an organic and environmental chemist,
to investigate environmental processes
on a range of temporal and spatial
scales. I understand being a scientist
or researcher does not mean just being
successful in research. At the same
time, one should be excellent in
his/her interactions with the
community and the students, in his/her
role to lead the academic society, and
in responsibilities to transform the
community and society. To this end, I
have been engaged in several volunteer
activities, such as a volunteer in
National Service Scheme and Teach For
India movement, guiding and
encouraging students to apply for
further studies, research fellowships,
competitive exams.