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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:
  • DegreeSubjectUniversity/InstituteYear
    B.Sc.Phys (Hons.)Scottish Church College (Calcutta University)1993
    M.Sc.Phys.IIT-Kharagpur1995
    Ph.D.Materials ScienceIIT-Kharagpur2001 (submitted in 2000)
  • Academics/Research Experience:
  • YearDurationResearch fieldInstitute ( in India/Abroad) Fellowship
    199512 monthsProject and course workRRI, Bangalore JRF
    200110 monthsWork on nano-contacts Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas Calle Serrano 144, 28006 Madrid, SpainPost-Doc
    2002-200320 monthsLuminescent nanostructures IIT-DelhiCSIR-Research Associateship
    2003-200630 monthsLuminescent nanostructures NPL-IndiaCSIR-Research Associateship
    2006-till dateSurface analysis of materials using SIMS NPL-IndiaScientist-C
    2009-201012 monthsWork on GaN materials and their surface analysis University of Delaware, USAIndo-US Fellowship, 2009
  • Date of Joining NPL:
  • 1 st March, 2006 as Scientist-C
  • No. of Publications:
  • SCI JournalsConference/ proceedingsBooksTotal
    25211
  • 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