Dr. Nirmalya Karar
Designation:
Scientist
Department:
Materials Physics and Engineering
Email address:
nkarar@nplindia.org
Telephone No(1):
011-45608562
Residential Address:
Room No. TEC-13
Brief Biodata:
- DP/DU No. and Name:
- DP #5.05, DU #5, Materials Characterization Division
- Educational Qualifications:
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Degree Subject University/Institute Year B.Sc. Phys (Hons.) Scottish Church College (Calcutta University) 1993 M.Sc. Phys. IIT-Kharagpur 1995 Ph.D. Materials Science IIT-Kharagpur 2001 (submitted in 2000) - Academics/Research Experience:
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Year Duration Research field Institute ( in India/Abroad) Fellowship 1995 12 months Project and course work RRI, Bangalore JRF 2001 10 months Work on nano-contacts Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Calle Serrano 144, 28006 Madrid, Spain Post-Doc 2002-2003 20 months Luminescent nanostructures IIT-Delhi CSIR-Research Associateship 2003-2006 30 months Luminescent nanostructures NPL-India CSIR-Research Associateship 2006-till date Surface analysis of materials using SIMS NPL-India Scientist-C 2009-2010 12 months Work on GaN materials and their surface analysis University of Delaware, USA Indo-US Fellowship, 2009 - Date of Joining NPL:
- 1 st March, 2006 as Scientist-C
- No. of Publications:
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SCI Journals Conference/ proceedings Books Total 25 21 1 - No. of Patents :
- Nil
- Current Activity :
- My expertise are in the area of II-VI and III-V compound semiconductors, semiconducting, semi-insulating and magnetic nano-structures, complex oxides, heterostructures, surface analysis of solid state materials and standardization of samples, impurity detection using TOF-SIMS, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), photoluminescence, powder X-ray diffraction and microscopy as experimental techniques.
- Honours and Award:
- CSIR Research Associateship, Best Poster award at MRSI, Indo-US Fellowship award;
- Any other information:
- NA



