- DP/DU No. and Name:
- 4.4/4 and Electronic Materials Division
- Current position and Address:
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Scientist “E1” , Surface Physics & Nanostructures
Room No. 7 & 16, TEC Building,
National Physical Laboratory, Dr. K.S. Krishnan Road,
New Delhi-110012
Phone: 45608403/45609403 - Educational Qualifications:
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Degree Division University/Institute Year B.Sc.
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Rohilkhand University , Bareilly
1994
M.Sc.(Physics)
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G.B. Pant Uni. Ag. & Tech. Pantnagar
1996
Ph.D. (Solid State Physics ) G.B. Pant Uni. Ag. & Tech. Pantnagar 2000
- Academics/Research Experience:
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Year Duration Research field Institute ( in India /Abroad)
Fellowship 1996-2000 4 year Theoretical Superconductivity India University Merit Research Scholarship 2000-2004 4 year Theoretical Superconductivity India Research Scientist (DST) & RA(CSIR) 2007– 2008 13 month Surface Science USA BOYSCAST fellowship 2004-2008 4 year Surface Science & Nanostructures
India Scientist C, NPL 2008 onwards 2 year Surface Science & Nanostructures India Scientist EI, NPL - Date of Joining NPL:
- 23 rd July 2004
- No. of Publications:
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SCI Journals Conference/ proceedings Books Total 48 6 (International Refereed)
9 (National)Nil 63 - No. of Patents :
- Nil
- Current Activity :
- (Not more than 50 words)
- 1) In-situ heteroepitaxial growth of metal nanostructures on flat/stepped Silicon surfaces and formation of unprecedented self-assembly of nanostructures.
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2) Growth of multilayered GaN/InGaN/AlGaN heterostructures for LED devices
- 3) Nanoscale faceting of metallic surfaces .
- 4) Characterization of Core-shell nanoparticles, CNT, Graphene, Polymer composites by XPS/AES/LEED/EELS/UHVSTM/Kelvin-Probe.
- Honours and Award:
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Best Young Scientist Presentation Award: Indo-France Workshop & International Conference on Nanoscience & Nanotechnology at AIT, Gurgaon, India (2009)
Outstanding Young Scientist of the Year 2009 , National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India
BOYSCAST Fellowship by Department of Science & Technology, for pursuing Research at Department of Physics & Astrophysics, The State University of New Jersey, Rutgers, New Jersey, USA ( 2007-2008)
Best presentation award (poster) at 18 th AGM –MRSI, New Delhi (2007).
Outstanding presentation award (poster) at RIVA V-5 th Iberian Vacuum Meeting, X th Spanish Vacuum Meeting at Guimaraes, Universidate do Minho, Portugal (2005)
UGC-CSIR NET (National Eligibility Test) Dec. 2001
Research Associateship from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India. (2000)
University Merit Research Scholarship during Ph.D.(1996-1999)
Graduate Teaching Assistantship during M.Sc. degree (1994-96)
- Any other information:
- Member, Indian Physics Association during 1996-1999
Member, American Physical Society, USA 2008-2009
Member, Materials Research Society, USA 2009-2010
- Projects Undertaken:
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1) Formation of Alkali Metals Nanostructures on reconstructed low & high index silicon surfaces funded by Department of Science & Technology under Fast Track Young Scientist Scheme (Principle Investigator)
2) Fabrication of LED Devices and Systems for Solid State Lighting , A supra-institutional network project sponsored by CSIR, (Team member)
3) Surface Analysis of dispenser cathodes for high power microwave tubes, A supra-institutional network project sponsored by CSIR, (Team member)



