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ABOUT ME

Hello, welcome!

I am an experimental Condensed Matter Physicist in the Department of Engineering and Materials Physics at the Institute of Chemical Technology Indian Oil Campus (ICT-IOC) in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.

I was educated in India primarily in Bhubaneswar and Bangalore. I studied M.Sc. Physics at Utkal University and Doctor Of Philosophy, Indian Institute of Science (IISc).

Before coming to ICT-IOC, I spent 5 years as DST-INSPIRE faculty at Utkal University (Physics Dept.) and 1 year at CIPET, Bhubaneswar. 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE​

  • Asst. Professor in Physics at APEX Institute of Technology and Management, Pahala, Bhubaneswar. I taught "Physics of Semiconductor Device" to the B.Tech students. (1 year 2month)

  • Guest faculty in the Physics Department, Utkal University from January 2012-May 2012. I taught Statistical Physics to the M.Sc. students. (5months)

  • DST-INSPIRE Faculty at Physics Department, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar from 2nd July 2012-30th June 2017. I taught the courses Advanced Condensed Matter Physics (special paper), Mathematical Methods in Physics, Statistical Physics,  Modern Physics and Optics Lab, Condensed Matter Lab. (5 years)

  • Asst. Professor in Physics at CIPET, HLC, Bhubaneswar from 17.07.2017-11.10.2018. I taught the subjects Physics, Semiconductor Physics, Materials Science to M.Sc. Tech (Material Science) students. (1 year 3month)

  • Asst. Professor in Physics at ICT-IOC, Bhubaneswar from 22.10.2018. I am teaching the subjects Physics to Int. M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) students.

  • Currently working as Associate Professor in Physics at ICT-IOC, Bhubaneswar from 22.10.2021. I am teaching the subjects Physics to Int. M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) students.

POST DOCTORAL EXPERIENCE

  • Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, (1st August 2009- 30th April 2011) 1 year 9 month.

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS

Research Scholar

(2004 –2009)

Department of Physics

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore – 560 012, India

 Title of the thesis: Photo and thermal-induced studies on Sb/As2S3 multilayered and (As2S3)1-xSbx thin films.

Thesis advisor: Professor K. S. Sangunni.

Master of Science in Physics (2001 – 2003)

P.G Department of Physics

Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India

Ist class 

Bachelor of Science in Physics Hons (1998 – 2001)

S. V. M College, Utkal University

Bhubaneswar, India

Ist class with Distinction

 +2 Science  (1996-1998)

Ravenshaw College, Cuttack, India

1st class

HSC Exam (1996)

Nalibar High School, BSE, Orissa

1st class

RESEARCH INTEREST :

To do research in “Thin film semiconductor devices and their characterization". Specifically, I am interested in:

  •        Photo-induced inter-diffusion in amorphous multilayer thin films.

  •        Optical and Non-linear optical effects in Amorphous semiconductors

  •        Topological insulating materials

  •        Ion irradiation studies on chalcogenide materials

  •        Solar cell materials

  •        Nano structured amorphous materials

TECHNICAL SKILL:

  • Hands-on experience in handling CW lasers like He-Ne, Ar+ Ion, DPSS Laser, Pulsed nanosecond Nd-YAG &  picosecond Ti: Saphire lasers

  • Thin-film growth using thermal and flash evaporation techniques

  • Preparation of bulk glasses by melt quenching technique,

  • Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Modulated DSC techniques

  • X-ray Diffraction (XRD)

  • Spectroscopy – X-ray Photoelectron spectroscopy

  • UV-Visible and FTIR study at room temperature as well as at low temperature(4.2 K)

  • Data analysis software packages such as Casa XPS, ORIGIN, XPSPeak 4.1

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