JMI professor conferred with MRSI Medal 2023 by Materials Research Society of India

NEW DELHI: Tokeer Ahmad, professor of Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) has been conferred with MRSI Medal 2023 by Materials Research Society of India for his contribution in the filed of Materials Science and Engineering for sustainable green hydrogen energy.

The event was organised during the MRSI annual general meeting in the 5th Indian Materials Conclave held at the Indian Institute of Technology-BHU Varanasi.

Tokeer Ahmad won a cash prize of Rs 10,000. He also delivered the MRSI Medal Lecture on hydrogen energy.

The Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) is a scientific body founded by Bharat Ratna CNR Rao to promote education, research, and applications of materials among researchers in India and abroad.

Tokeer Ahmad graduated from IIT Roorkee and PhD from IIT Delhi. He is a full-time professor at the Department of Chemistry, Jamia Millia Islamia. “His research interest includes the designing of functional heterostructures for nanocatalysis, sustainable green hydrogen energy production and gas sensing applications,” the institute said.

He has supervised 16 PhDs, 77 postgraduates, 10 projects, published 181 research papers, one patent and three books with research citation of 6,435, h-index of 48 and i10-index of 130.

Ahmad is also an active reviewer of 156 journals and presented 128 conference papers and also evaluated around 55 external doctoral theses. He has also been figured in world top 2% scientists for consecutive four years since 2020 in both coveted lists including career long by Stanford University, USA.