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Academic Qualifications:
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Ph.D (Physics); Indian Institute
of Science, Bangalore, India; 1992; Thesis title: Investigations on the mechanical threshold
in IV-V-VI glasses. |
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M.Sc.(Engg.); Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India; 1989; Thesis title: Some studies related to quasicrystalline materials. |
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M.Sc.(Physics); Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirapalli, India; 1985. |
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B.Sc.(Physics); Madras University, India; 1983. |
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Research/Academic Experience (Post-Ph.D): |
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Visiting
Professor, Physics Department, CSET, University of South
Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, from July 2016 to September 2017. Visiting Scientist, Magnetic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan, from January 2009 to December 2009. |
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Professor, Physics Department, I.I.T.
Guwahati, Guwahati, India, from July 2004 onwards (In Higher Academic Grade Pay Scale since August 2011). |
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Associate Professor, Physics Department, I.I.T.
Guwahati, Guwahati, India, from June 2001 to July 2004. |
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Assistant Professor, Physics Department, I.I.T.
Guwahati, Guwahati, India, from February1997 to June 2001. |
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Reader, Physics
Department, Assam
University, Silchar, India, from April 1996 to
February 1997. |
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Visiting Scientist, Solid
State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research
Centre, Mumbai, India, from October 1995 to April 1996. |
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Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, C.S.I.C., Madrid, Spain, from October 1993 to
September 1995. |
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Scientist Fellow, Length Standards
Section, National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India, from November 1992
to September 1993. |
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Awards/Honours
Received: |
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Young Scientist Research Award in Physics
for the year 1996 from Department of Atomic Energy (Govt. of India). Fellow of Instruments Society of India. |
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Affiliation to Professional Bodies: |
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Life Member of Instruments Society of India |
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Life
Member of Materials Research Society of India |
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Life Member of Magnetics Society of
India |
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Life Member of Indian Laser Association |
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Ph.D
thesis work supervision: Completed: |
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1. |
Dr. Bachaspatimayum
Indrajit Sharma (2003). Thesis
Title:Studies on certain vanadium pentoxide based
semiconducting glasses exhibiting majority charge carrier reversal phenomenon. |
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2. |
Dr. Akhyaya
Kumar Pattanaik (2003). Thesis
Title: Studies on bulk and thin films of Lead (Pb)
modified chalcogenide glasses. |
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3. |
Dr. Anil Borah
(2005); Thesis Title: Processing and characterisation
of ruthenium aluminium alloys (Registered in
Dept. of Mech. Engg., IITG jointly with Prof. P.S. Robi). |
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4. |
Dr. Sidananda
Sarma
(2008). Thesis Title: Preparation and characterization of
Co-Ni-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. |
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Dr. Manos
Pratim Chakrapani Kalita (2008). Thesis
Title: Structure and magnetic properties of
mechanically alloyed nanocrystalline Fe-Si-M (M
=Al, B, Cr) powders (Jointly
with Dr. A. Perumal). |
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Dr. Rajendra
Kumar Singh (2009). Thesis Title: Investigations on selected bioactive glasses and
glass-ceramics containing iron oxide. |
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Dr.
Debabrata Mishra (2009), Thesis Title: Magnetic properties of
Mn and Co substituted Fe-Zr-B
nanocrystalline alloys prepared by melt spinning
and mechanical alloying processes. |
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Dr. Sanjib Banerjee (2010),
Thesis Title: Mechanical properties and high
temperature deformation behavior of Al-Cu-Mg alloys microalloyed
with Sn (Registered in
Dept. of Mech. Engg., IITG jointly with Prof. P.S. Robi). |
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Dr.
Rahul Das (2013), Thesis
Title: Study of phase
transitions and magneto-caloric effect in Ni-Mn-X (X = Ga, Sn, In) ferromagnetic shape memory alloys (Jointly
with Dr. A. Perumal). |
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10. |
Dr. Bhargab Deka (2015),
Thesis Title: Composition dependent properties of quaternary
full Heusler alloys exhibiting ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism
and ferrimagnetism. |
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11. |
Dr. Nisha
Shankhwar
(2016), Thesis Title: Preparation and characterization of nanocomposites
for biomedical applications. |
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12. |
Dr. Arnab Kurmar
Das (2018), Thesis Title: Investigations on magnetic and
semiconducting nanomaterials prepared by sol-gel and electrospinning routes.. |
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13. |
Dr. Rajkumar
Modak (2019), Thesis Title: Structural, magneto-static and
magneto-dynamic properties of Ni-Mn-Z and Ni-Mn-X-Z (X = Cu, Fe, Co; Z = Sn, In) thin films. |
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On going: |
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1. |
Ms. Dolly Taparia
(2015 - ), Topic: Fe
based binary thin films with high magnetic anisotropy (Jointly with Prof. A. Perumal). |
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2. |
Mr. Sunil Mohan
(2015 - ), Topic: Fiber Bragg
grating based sensors (Jointly with Prof. S. Khijwania). |
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3. |
Mr. Amritava
Sarkar (2015 - ), Topic:
High entropy alloys (Jointly with Prof. P.S. Robi,
ME). |
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4. |
Ms. Manisha Srivastava (2017
- ), Topic: Low dimensional Co2YZ
alloys. |
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5. |
Ms. Nitu
(2017 - ), Topic: Chitosan and gelatin based nanofibers and their applications. |
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6. |
Mr. Subrata
Biswas (2017 - ), Topic:
Fe2YZ based Heusler
alloy thin films (Jointly with Prof. A. Perumal). |