1. Photoelectrochemical Solar Cells (Dye-sensitized Solar Cells, DSSCs)
2. Conducting Polymers (Metal / metal oxide composites)

S. No.	Name of the Project	Duration	Source of Funding	Amount of Funding (Rs)
1.	Regenerative dye- sensitized Photoelectrochemical solar cells based on nanocrystalline wide band-gap semiconductor thin film electrodes	2005-2008	DST	8.16 lacs

• Merit Scholarship by the Director, Higher Education, U.P. (1992)
• Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) (1996-1998)
• CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) (1998-2001)
• CSIR Research Associate (RA) (2002 - 2004)
• DST Fast Track Young Scientist Project (2005 � 2008)
• Radiological Safety Officer (RSO) (2010-2011)

Full List of Publications:

1. Dye-sensitized solar cell based on nanocrystalline ZnO thin film electrodes combined with a novel light absorbing dye Coomassie Brilliant Blue in acetonitrile solution. Pankaj Srivastava and Lal Bahadur, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (2012), doi:10.1016/j.ijhydene.2011.12.064 .
2. Dc electrical conduction and morphological behavior of counter anion-governed genesis of electrochemically synthesized polypyrrole films. Rajiv K. Singh, Amit Kumar, Khushboo Agarwal, Mahesh Kumar, H. K. Singh, Pankaj Srivastava and Ramadhar Singh, J. of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics, 50, 347 (2012) .
3. Photoelectrochemical cell based on mixed dye-sensitized nanocrystalline ZnO thin film electrodes in Acetonitrile medium.Lal Bahadur and Pankaj Srivastava, J. Electrochem. Soc., 151(11), G741 (2004)
4. Improved performance of 2-imidazolin-5-one as sensitizer at nanocrystalline ZnO thin film electrode in Acetonitrile solution. Lal Bahadur and Pankaj Srivastava, Semicond. Sci. Technol., 19, 531 (2004) .
5. Efficient photon-to-electron conversion with Rhodamine 6G-sensitized nanocrystalline n-ZnO thin film electrodes in Acetonitrile solution. Lal Bahadur and Pankaj Srivastava, Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells, 79, 235 (2003 .
6. Spectral sensitization of nanocrystalline n-ZnO thin film electrodes by a new synthetic heterobimetallic complex [Fe (phen)3] [UO2(ecda)2]. Lal Bahadur and Pankaj Srivastava, J. New Mat. Electrochem. Syst., 6, 119 (2003) .

1. National Symposium on Organic Synthesis: Retrospect and Prospects, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, January 19-20, 2001.
2. Fourteenth International Conference on Photochemical conversion and storage of solar energy (IPS-14), Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan, August 4-9, 2002.
3. National Symposium on Chemistry from Molecules to Supramolecules, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 28- March 01, 2003.
4. 15th Annual General Meeting of Materials Research Society of India (Theme Symposium on Materials for Light and Smart Structures), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 9-11, 2004.
5. National Conference on Chemistry in the Development of Newer Materials (CDNM), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, February 23-24, 2004.
6. Lecture series entitled �Frontier Lectures in Chemistry� organized by JNCASR, Bangalore, Oct. 16-18, 2005.
7. International Conference and Humboldt-Kolleg on structure and characterization of Physical, Chemical, Bio and Geo Materials (SCPCBGM), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Nov. 28-30; 2005.
8. A short term course on Materials for Biomedical Applications (BIOMAT-2007), IIT Kanpur, May 7-11; 2007.
9. International Conference and Humboldt-Kolleg on structural characterization and Spectroscopy of materials relevant to Nanotechnology, Biomedical and Geo-Biology (SCSMNBG), Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Nov. 7-9; 2008.

1. Co-convener, National Symposium on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences (ETCS-2011), held at Department of Chemistry, Banaras Hindu University during 19-20 February, 2011.

1. Life member CRSI
2. Member SAEST, CECRI