• Post-Doctoral Research Scholar | CSIR- National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Pune | 2017 – 2019
• Institute Postdoctoral Research Fellow | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 2016
• Ph.D. Chemistry | Indian Institute of Technology Madras | 2012 – 2016
• M.Sc. Chemistry | Utkal University | 2009 - 2011
• B.Sc. Chemistry | Ravenshaw University, Odisha | 2006 - 2009

Publications

• M. Tarai, K. Kumar, O. Divya, P. Bairi, K. K. Mishra and A. K. Mishra (2017).“Eigenvalue-eigenvector decomposition (EED) analysis of dissimilarity and covariance matrix obtained from total synchronous fluorescence spectral (TSFS) data sets of herbal preparations: Optimizing the classification approach”. Spectrochimica Acta A Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy, 184, 128-133.
• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra (2017). “Application of Multivariate Curve Resolution–Alternate Least Square Technique on Extracting Pure Spectral Components from Multiple Emitting Systems: a Case Study”. Journal of Florescence, 27, 2023-2036.
• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra (2016). “Inner Filter Effect and the Onset of Concentration Dependent Red Shift of Synchronous Fluorescence Spectra”. Analytica Chimica Acta, 940, 113–119.
• M. Tarai, K. Kumar and A. K. Mishra (2016). “A Study on the Miscibility Behaviour of Diesel-N-Butanol-Ethanol Blends and Fluorimetric Estimation of Diesel Fraction”. Energy Fuels, 30, 1096–1102.
• K. Kumar, M.Tarai, A. K. Mishra (2017). “Unconventional steady-state fluorescence spectroscopy as an analytical technique for analyses of complex-multifluorophoric mixtures”. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 97, 216-243.

FDP/Workshop

• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra, “Application of Soft Independent Method of Class Analogy (SIMCA) with Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy (SFS) to Classify Jirkadyarista from Non-Jirkadyarista Ayurvedic Drugs”, at FCS-2014, IISER Pune, India.
• M. Tarai, EDUCATION 4.0: Teacher's Training {Module 201}, organized by MITADT University Pune.

International and National Level Paper Presentation

Poster and oral Presentation

• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra, “Quality Monitoring of Diesel-Ethanol Blend Using Combination of Total Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TSFS) and Chemometry”, at TSRP-2016, BARC Mumbai, India.
• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra, “Analysis of Diesel-Ethanol Blends Using Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy (SFS) and Partial Least Square (PLS) Analysis”, at MAF-2015, Germany.
• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra, “Application of Principal Component Analysis (PCA) on Total Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy (TSFS) Datasets to Classify Aqueous Based Ayurvedic Preparations”, at ICOPIC-2015, SRM University, India.
• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra, “Fluorimetric Classification of Jirakadyarista Using Principal Component Analysis (PCA)”, at CiHS-2014, IIT Madras, India.
• M. Tarai and A. K. Mishra, “Estimation of Ethanol Content in Diesel-Ethanol Blend Using Synchronous Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Partial Least Square Analysis”, at RTS-2014, IIT Madras, India.