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Personal
Information:
Date
of Birth: January 19, 1950
Place
of Birth: Bhawanigarh, India
Marital
Status: Married (Usha), two grown up children
Education:
Undergraduate:
M.Sc. and B.Sc. Hons. School Degrees from Panjab University, 1966-1971, Physics
Graduate
(Ph.D.): Panjab University, 1971-1977, PhD
(Physics), Thesis Title: "Electron
Correlation and Anharmonic Effects in Solids”.
Thesis supervised by Prof. K.N. Pathak.
Professional
and Research Experience:
2013-till
date Professor (Re-employed)
2010-2013 Emeritus Scientist, CSIR
2007-2010 Coordinator Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology Program
2005
and 2009 Alexander von Humboldt revisits at Universities of Wuerzburg, Bayreuth and TU, Munich
1998-2010
Professor of Physics, Panjab University Chandigarh
1995
Fulbright fellow at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
1988-89
BMFT senior research position at University of Bayreuth, Germany
1987-98
Associate Professor of Physics, Panjab University
Chandigarh
1986-87
Third World Academy (TWAS) grant at University of Florence, Italy
1981-86
Assistant Professor of Physics, Panjab University
Chandigarh
1980-82
Alexander von Humboldt fellow and BMFT post doc at University of Bayreuth,
Germany
1972-80
Teaching assistant, Department of Physics, Panjab
University,
Professional
Societies:
1.
European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS)
2.
Indian Neutron Scattering Society (INSS, Executive Member)
3.
Indian Physics Association (Life member)
4.
Indian Association of Physics Teachers
National Bodies:
1.
Member Governing Council, National Nanotechnology Centers at Universities
of Mumbai, Kolkata and Madras
2.
Member ARMREB Research Board of DRDO
3.
Member UGC Project Evaluation Committee
4. Member
UGC Monitoring Committee for Nanotechnology
5.
Member CAS and SAP Committees
Awards:
Alexander
von Humboldt Fellow (Germany) 1980
German
Ministry of Science & Technology (BMFT) research position 1980-82
Third
World Academy of Science grant from Italy, 1987-88
German
Ministry of Science & Technology (BMFT) professor research position
1988-89
Jawahar Lal Nehru Centre, IISc, Bangalore
as a Visiting Fellow 1993
National Speaker
under Theoretical Physics
Seminar Circuit (TPSC) 1993
Deuscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) senior scientist 1995
Fulbright Award for visit to University of Illinois,
Urbana- Champaign 1996
Alexander
von Humboldt Follow Up Program for Wuerzburg, Germany 2005
Alexander
von Humboldt Alumni revisit for
Bayreuth and Munich 2009
Research
interests:
Physics and
Chemistry of materials in bulk and nanoscales,
chemical physics, nanoscience and nanotechnology.
High pressure and high temperature effects on structural, electronic and
lattice dynamical properties, production and characterization of nanosized materials, especially carbon nanotubes and fullerenes, ion- irradiation using heavy
and swift ions on thin film samples of carbon nanotubes
and fullerenes, strength and toughness study of carbon nanotube
embedded in glass and polymer composites, shock impact study. Energetic
materials and nanoenergetic materials, green polynitrogen based high energy nanoscale
materials. Hetero fullerenes, graphene and newer
materials of carbon, boron and nitrogen and their mixtures.
Teaching Experience: Taught at Physics
Department since past nearly 3 and half decades. Taught several courses to
undergraduate and post graduate students. The courses taught more frequently
involve Solid State Physics and Mathematical Physics in addition to
elementary courses involving modern physics, heat and thermodynamics,
electricity and magnetism. Introduced several new experiments in
postgraduate lab and nanotechnology lab. Guided new and innovative projects
leading useful experiments for students of M.Sc. , M.Phil
and M.Tech degrees.
Publications: List of significant
contributions
Publications: List chronologically
ordered
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