Dr. Ritu Gupta, an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur, has been selected by the Indian National Science Academy (INSA) for its prestigious “Indian National Science Academy Medal for Young Scientist-2020.”

The INSA Young Scientist Award, considered to be the highest recognition of promise, creativity and excellence in a young scientist, is made annually to those distinguished for these attributes by their research work carried out in India.

Dr. Ritu Gupta of Chemistry Department of IIT Jodhpur has been recognised for having developed novel materials and translating research ideas into devices for energy, water, environment and healthcare. The innovative methods and scalable processes for synthesis of nanomaterials have been developed by her for fabrication of energy storage devices, solar cells and smart sensors for environment air quality and health monitoring applications.