i. Convenor of a National Level Intercollegiate Chemistry Fest, Analyst – 2022 and Analyst – 2024.
ii. Convenor of a National Seminar on Advances in Chemical Research (ACR – 23).

iii. Staff co-ordintor of 2 days workshop on computational Chemistry (2025)

ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AT SAU:
i. Faculty in charge of Powder X-Ray Diffractometer for the analysis of samples in the Advanced Instrumentation Centre.
ii. Member of NAAC and AQAR Criterion - 3

iii. Member of BoS and BoE, Dept. of Chemistry, SAU.

Current Designation : Assistant Professor (July 2019 onwards)

Previous designations:

1. Guest Lecturer (in Physical Chemistry section) at Mangalore University,Mangalagangothri (Jan. 2015 -  June 2019).

2. Guest Lecturer (in Physical Chemistry section) at Mangalore University,Mangalagangothri (Aug. 2011 - Jan. 2013).

 Crystallographic Studies
 Computational Chemistry
 Adsorption studies and
 Nano Chemistry

1. Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of N,N'-bis(2-nitrophenyl)glutaramide,
Akshatha R. Salian, S. Foro, S. M. Kumar & B. T. Gowda, Acta Cryst. E74 (2018)
1455–1459.

2. Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of (E)-N'-benzylidene-4-chloro-
benzenesulfonohydrazide and of its (E)-4-chloro-N'-(ortho- and para-methyl-
benzylidene) benzenesulfonohydrazide derivatives,

Akshatha R. Salian, S. Foro & B. T. Gowda, Acta Cryst. E74 (2018) 1613–1618.
3. Crystal structures and the Hirshfeld surface analysis of (E)-4-nitro-N'-(o-chloro, o- and
p-methyl-benzylidene)benzenesulfonohydrazides,
Akshatha R. Salian, S. Foro & B. T. Gowda, Acta Cryst. E74 (2018) 1710–1716.

4. Crystal structure and Hirshfeld surface analysis of two (E)-N'-(para-substituted
benzylidene)-4-chlorobenzenesulfonohydrazides,
Akshatha R. Salian, S. Foro & B. T. Gowda, Acta Cryst. E74 (2018) 1808-1814.

Ongoing minor research project funded by Mangalore Jesuit Educational Society (MJES) in the year 2021.

First Prize in Oral Presentation in the National conference on Synthetic, Spectroscopic
and Structural Chemistry “SSSC-2019” held at Govinda Dasa College, Surathkal,
Mangalore (15-16, March, 2019).

1. Completed a Short-Term Programme on Materials Science and
Nanotechnology Organized by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC),
Central University of Kerala, from 02/12/2024 to 07/12/2024.

2. Completed the NEP 2020 Orientation & Sensitization Programme under Malaviya
Mission Teacher Training Programme (MM-TTP) of UGC organized by MMTTC,
Kannur University from 21-05-2024 to 30-05-2024.

3. Participated in the National Workshop on Molecular Docking & Electroanalytical
Techniques on 06-06-2023 at Dept of PG Chemistry, SDM College Ujire.

4. Participated in 5 days National workshop-St Aloysius College (Autonomous)
Mangaluru, 24-28 July 2023 on the topic Spectroscopic techniques and applications.
5. Attended a Workshop on HPLC – Column Chemistries; 26th June 2019, Manipal school
of sciences, Manipal.

6. Attended three days Lecture Workshop on Computational Methods in Physics and
Chemistry organised by Manipal Academy of Higher education, Manipal from 06-08
August 2018

7. Completed 21 days residential training Program equivalent to UGC refresher course on
“University and PG Teachers Training Program in Chemistry” supported and approved
by MHRD, Govt. of India under ‘Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on
Teachers and Teaching’ from 19th June 2017 to 9th July 2017

8. Participated in the “National Workshop on Theory and Practice of Molecular Structure
Determination using X-ray Crystallography” organized by DST-PURSE Laboratory,
Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri (3 - 5 March. 2016)

1.      Presented a paper entitled in the International conference on "Advances in Material Science 2025" January 9th & 10th 2025 at St Dominics Collge, Kanjirapally, Kerala.

2.      Presented a paper in the Two day National Conference on "New Materials in Capture and Environmental Remidiation (NMCCER 2024), organised by Dept of Chemistry, NMAM Institute of Tschnology, Nitte, Karkala on 5th & 6th December 2024.

3.      Participated in International Conference on Recent Research in Applied Sciences -
Srinivas Institute of technology, Valachil, Mangalore, 26-27 September 2023

4.      Presented a paper in the International conference on Advances in Chemical and Material Science (ICCM-2019) held at Mangalore University, Mangalore during October 17-19, 2019.

5.      Presented a paper in the National conference on Synthetic, Spectroscopic and Structural Chemistry “SSSC-2019” held at Govinda Dasa College,
Surathkal, Mangalore during 15-16, March, 2019.

6.      Presented a paper at the 37th Annual National conference of Indian Council of Chemists held at National Institute of Technology Karnataka during 12-14, December 2018.

7.      Presented a paper at the National conference on Science and Technology: Reaching the unreached held at Mangalore University, Mangalore during September 8-9, 2017.

8.      Presented a paper at the International conference on Green Chemistry and Nanotechnology: Opportunities and Challenges 2017 held at St. Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangalore, during February 27-28, 2017.

9.      Presented a paper at the National conference on Science, Technology and Innovations in the 21^st Century held at Christ University, Bangalore during December 20-21, 2016.

10.  Presented a paper at the International Conference on Science and Technology: Future
Challenges and Solutions-2016, held at University of Mysore during 8-9, March, 2016.

11.  Presented a paper in the National conference on Biomaterials in Medicinal Chemistry held at Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu during 21-22, December, 2015.