Office : + 91 832 2580 332 (O) 721 (R)

E mail: deansrcd[at]goa.bits-pilani.ac.in 

Personal contact Details

Chamber No. C-211

Email: sunilbhand@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in, sgbhand@gmail.com

 

Education

Ph.D.	1996	Chemistry	Holkar Science College (DAVV) Indore
M.Sc.	1990	Physical Chemistry	School of Chemistry, D.A.V.V.  Indore (first position in Merit)
B.Sc.	1988	Phys. Chem. Math.	D.A.V.V. Indore

 

Research Experience

Visiting Scientist	June 2016	Acromed Invest AB Lund Sweden
Visiting Scientist	June 2013	FBS,University of Leeds  U.K.
Visiting Scientist	Jul-Aug  2011	Acromed Invest AB, Lund, Sweden
Visiting Scientist	2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009	Lund University, Sweden
Post-Doctoral Associate	Jan. 2001 - Dec. 2002	Lund University, Sweden
Visiting scientist	1997 - 1999	RRCAT, DAE Indore

 

Teaching Experience

Professor	Feb. 2013 -	BITS, Pilani-K.K. Birla Goa Campus
Associate Professor	June 2010 -  Feb. 2013	BITS, Pilani-K.K. Birla Goa Campus
Assistant Professor	June 2005 - May 2010	BITS, Pilani-K.K. Birla Goa Campus
Lecturer	Dec. 2002 - June 2005	BITS, Pilani-K.K. Birla Goa Campus
Lecturer	Jan 2000 - Dec. 2000	Medi-Caps Institute of Technology & Mgt, Indore

 

Administrative Experience at BITS, Pilani

Dean (University wide) Sponsored Research & Consulting	Jun 2014 - 2018 (1st term), July18 -IInd term    for 3 years)
Associate Dean Sponsored Research & Consulting	Jan., 2014 - June 2014
Board of Director (Technical ) BITS BIRAC BioNEST Incubator	2017-
Head of the Department, Department of Chemistry	2009 - Nov.2013
Group Leader, Chemistry	2006-2009
Convener, Departmental Research Committee (DRC)	2010 -Jan2014
Convener, Additional Competitive Grants for new faculty	2014-
Appointed Member of Research Board	2012 onwards
Chairman, Department Level Shortlisting Committee for faculty recruitment	2013 onwards
Task Force leader -Research and Consultancy (under Vision 2020 Mission 2012) (Consultancy & Marketing)	2009-2012
Coordinator,  ABG sponsored Industry projects	2011

 

Honors and Awards

• Honorary Secretary, Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Goa Chapter 2017-
• Convener (Exhibition Committee) NMD-ATM 2017.
  
• Prof. Sunil Bhand has been presented “Joseph Wang Award 2015”, by Cognizure publishing in recognition of his research excellence in the area of Analytical Chemistry.
•  Member, expert committee (international program) Department of Biotechnology N. Delhi India (2014-16).
• Appointed Senior Editor for the journal  "Science Advances Today".http://www.lognor.com/editorialboard.aspx
• Member, National Advisory Committee, 5^th SERC School on “Developments in Microfabrication with Focus on Synchrotron Radiation based Deep X-ray Lithography” RRCAT Indore 2012.
• Received certificate of appreciation from American Chemical Society ACS USA as a reviewer for ACS Journals 2012.
• Faculty opponent at the Department of Science and Technology, Linköping University Sweden, Dissertation No. 1376 Sept 02,  2011.
• Appointed member of the editorial board for the journal “Chemical Sensors” 2011.
• Received certificate of appreciation from ICAR, Govt. of India at “National Meet on Technology Innovation in Agriculture” New  Delhi, 2009.
• Invited key note address on Bio-MEMS at the 1st Indo-German Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, organized by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Germany & DST India. IIT Madras Nov. 2009.
• Co-Chairman, the 8^th IAEAC sponsored workshop on biosensors at BITS Goa 2007.
• Convener, Indo-Swedish Workshop on Biosensors at BITS Goa 2006.
• Best research paper award (USD600) from International Society for Trace Element Biogeochemistry ISTEB, at 7th International Conference on Biogeochemistry of Trace Elements Uppsala University Sweden 2003 & Conference scholarship for early career scientists USD1000 at 7th ICOBTE Uppsala Sweden 2003.
• Recipient of Dr. U.V. Rao memorial Young Scientist award in Analytical & Environmental Chemistry, by Indian Chemical Society 1999. 
• Secured first position in University Merit for M.Sc. Physical Chemistry 1990, DAVV Indore.
• Prof. Bhand is currently leading biosensor group with 06 researchers. He had Published 53 research papers, 4 International Invited Book Chapters and is inventor in 6 Indian and 5 International patent applications. He had presented  45 research papers in national and international conferences (within India and abroad). Received funding for 14 National and International sponsored projects from CSIR, DRDO, ICAR and The World Bank and the Swedish Research Council, Sweden and Indo-UK (UKIERI-DST as Co-PI) etc.  His research areas cover bio-analytical techniques micro and nano-biosensors for environmental analysis, biochips and micro fluidics.
•  Prof. Bhand is collaborating with national and international researchers (Prof Bengt  Danielsson, Lund Sweden, Prof Magnus Willander, Linkoeping Univertsity Sweden, Prof Jean-Louis Marty, University of Perpignan France, Prof. Paul Millner, Leeds UK, Prof M-Pilar Marco, Spain, Prof S Chandra IIT Delhi, Dr Naveen Navani IIT Roorkee, Dr Naresh Kumar, NDRI Karnal, Prof N Verma Patiala, Dr S.F. D’Souza and Dr V.K. Suri,  BARC Mumbai, Dr GS Lodha RRCAT Indore.
• Prof Bhand is member of IUPAC  since 2008 (affiliate member), member of International Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry IAEAC,Switzerland, Member American Association for Advancement of Science AAAS (since 2012-present), life member (i) Biosensor Society of India (ii) Indian Laser association (iii) Indian Institute of Metals (iv) Association of Environmental Analytical Chemistry of India.
  
• He has participated in various international conferences (Edmonton, Canada 1995, Hamburg, Germany 1995, Uppsala, Sweden 2003, Grenoble France 2003, Berlin, Germany 2004, Kusadasi Turkey, 2006, Bristol UK 2009, Glasgow UK 2010, Strasbourg France 2011, Cancun Mexico 2012, Melbourne Australia 2014,Gothenberg Sweden 2016) Rome Italy 2017, Philadelphia USA 2019 and Istanbul Turkey 2019.
  
• He is reviewer for various scientific journals such as Biosensors and Bioelectronics (Elsevier). J. Agri Food and Chemistry (ACS, USA), Lab on Chip and Nanoscale Research (RSC), Anal.Chim Acta. (Elsevier), Analytical Methods (RSC), Biochemical Engg. Journal, Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology(Springer), Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry (Springer), IEEE Sensors, Chemical Sensors, Analytical Letters, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry etc. He is member of the editorial board for the Journal "Chemical Sensor" since 2012, was appointed as Associate Editor and also as senior editor since Jan. 2013