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Dr. Vinay Gupta
Designation:
Scientist
Department:
Physics of Energy Harvesting
Email address:
guptavinay@nplindia.org
Telephone No(1):
9958144324
Residential Address:
F-40, Arya Sanjay Road, Uttam Nagar, New Delhi-110056
Brief Biodata:
  • DP/DU No. and Name:
  • 2 (Advance Carbon Materials)/ 3 ( Engineering Materials Division)

  • Educational Qualifications:
  • DegreeSubjectUniversity/InstituteYear

    12th/Intermediate

    Phy/Chem/Maths

    Rajasthan Board

    1987

    B. Sc.

    Phy/Chem/Maths

    Government College , Ajmer

    1990

    M. Sc Physics Government College , Ajmer 1992
    Ph. D. Physics M. D. S. University , Ajmer 1997

  • Academics/Research Experience:
  • Year
    Duration
    Research field Institute ( in India/Abroad) Fellowship

    1992

    01-10-92

    31-12-94

    Carbon Materials

    CNRS-France/CRPP-Bordeaux-France

    Doctoral Fellow

    1995 01-01-95 31-07-97 Carbon Composites

    CSIR/ National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi

    Senior Research Fellow
    1997 01-10-97 30-09-98

    EMI shielding devices

    CSIR/ Govt. College Ajmer (Raj) Research Associate
    1998 01-10-98 31-03-00 Energy storage JSPS/ Kyoto University , Kyoto , Japan Post Doctoral Fellow
    2000 01-04-00
    31-03-03
    Energy storage JSPS/ Aichi Institute of Technology, Toyota , Japan Senior Research Associate
    2003 01-04-03 31-08-04 Energy storage Humboldt Foundation/ Ilmenau Technical University , Germany Post Doctoral Fellow
    2004

    02-09-04

    08-01-08

    31-12-07 31-03-08

    Energy storage JST/ KASTEC, Kyushu University, Kyushu, Japan Visiting Associate Professor
    2008 01-01-08

    07-01-08 Resigned

    Carbon for steel production Hindustan Electro Graphite, Bhopal

    Dy. General Manager

    2008 06-06-08 Till-date R & D of carbon materials CSIR/ National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Scientist C
  • Date of Joining NPL:
  • 06-06-08
  • No. of Publications:
  • SCI JournalsConference/ proceedings BooksTotal
    48+ 55+ 1 104
  • No. of Patents : Nil

    Current Activity :

  • The current activity is on the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials such as CNTs and graphene, tailoring their physiochemical properties by the way of functionalization, their application for functional and energy storage devices.

  • Honours and Award:

    1 IFCPAR Indo-French doctoral fellow, France (1992-94).
    2. CSIR Senior research fellow, Council of Scientific and Industrial research, India (1995-1997).
    3. CSIR Research associate, Council of Scientific and Industrial research, India (1997-1998).
    4. JSPS post doctoral fellows, Japan Society for the promotion of advanced research (1998-2000).
    5. Humboldt fellow, AvH foundation, Germany (2003-2004).
    6. Biography in MARQUIS Who'sWho in science and engineering 6th addition, 2002-03.
    7. Certificate of appreciation from JSPS for contribution in the Asian fluorine conference for young chemists, August 2002.
    8. Obtained 7th position in the B. Sc. Level exam. conducted by Indian Association of Physics Teachers nationwide (1990).

    9. International Scientist of Year 2002, IBC, England

    10. Highest cited author award 2006, Material Science, Elsevier
  • Any other information:
  • Language Skills : Hindi, English, German, French, Japanese

  • Visiting Scientist

  • Jozef Stefan Institute, Slovenia (Dec 2001 and October 2002), National Physical Laboratory , India (Feb 2001)

  • Scientific reviewer of Journals

  • Advanced Materials, Advanced Functional Materials, Nano Letters, Carbon, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures, Synthetic Metals, J. Power Sources. Electrochimica Acta. Materials Letters, Electrochemistry Communications etc.