Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Simrol, Khandwa Road, Indore-453552, Madhya Pradesh
India
Next-Generation Solar Cells and Energy Storage Materials
Gas Sensing
Metal-Air Batteries
Quantum Materials and Mechanisms in Superconductors
(Inverse Isotope Effect and Single-Crystal Growth)
Awards and Honours
Best Researcher Award (Excellence in Teaching) by Inidan Institute of Technology Indore (2026).
Selected as a Member of National Science Academy of India, Prayagraj (2024).
Won Outstanding Research Paper by RSC Energy Advances Journal (2023).
Visiting Professor in Meiji University, Tokyo-Japan (2023).
MRSI Medal 2020, awarded by Materials Research Society of India (2020).
Excellence in Teaching (Best Teacher Award), IIT Indore (2016).
Ramanujan Fellowhsip awarded by Department of science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India (2013).
Visiting Fellow at tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai (2012).
Senior Scientist at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan (2008) .
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship at National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan (2006).
Invited Scientist Fellowship by Ministry of Korea (MK-21), South Korea (2004).
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Best Oral Presentation Arward in the International Conference on Advanced Materials Synthesis (2024).
Best Research Paper Award in the International Unions of Materials Research Society-International Conference (IUMRS-IC 2024).
Invited Speaker at Indo-French workshopon "Strongly Co-related Electron Systems" (2017).
Best Research Paper award for paper titled "Electrochemical oxidation of Hg-Ba-Ca-Cu thin films" in XI AGM Materials Research Society of India (2000).
Project Assitant, University Grants Commission (UGC) Fellowship (1999).
DST Fellowship by Department of Science and Technology (2003).
Awarded Paper of Editors Suggestion/Choice: Phys. Rev. Lett. 103 (2009) 257003; J.Phys. Soc. Jpn. 78 (2009) 103702; J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 80 (2011) 043706; Phys. Rev. B 83 (2011) 214514; Phys. Rev. B 77 (2008) 144518. .
Granted International Centre for Diffraction Data (ICDD), USA for X-ray diffraction data of PrFeAsO and PrFe0.925Co0.075AsO (2011).
Editorial Board Member and Reviewer for APS, ACS, JPS, IOP, Elsevier and other international journals.
Delivered invited lectures and chaired scientific sessions across Japan, South Korea, Turkey, Greece, Belgium, France, Italy, China and several other countries.
Ph.D. Positions available for Inspire Fellowship Awardees/ UGC-CSIR-NET(JRF) Holders Fields:Battery Technology, Solar cells, Nanotechnology, Supercapacitors, Single Crystal Growth, Superconductors and Sensors
