​Dr. Keshaba N. Parida received B.Sc. (2006) and M.Sc. (2008) in chemistry from Sambalpur University. After obtaining a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from IIT Kanpur, he gained postdoctoral research experiences from Ariel University (Israel), University of Arizona (USA) and IISER Trivandrum (India). Dr. Keshaba was a CSIR-SRA fellow at IISER Trivandrum, India. Currently, he is an associate professor at NICHE Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India. His research interest is based on the development on synthetic methodologies and organic functional materials.