Research Interest

My research interest is mainly focused in studying the behavior of solids at high pressures. So the main activity includes studies of materials at extreme conditions of pressure, temperature and magnetic field. 

My main aim is to study phase transitions in solids at high pressure and at different temperatures using X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Also I plan to carry out resistivity and magnetization measurements on strongly correlated electron system s at high pressures, high magnetic fields and low temperatures.

  Academic Qualification

1. Ph.D. (Experimental Condensed Matter Physics), 1997.
2. M.Sc., 1990.

  Positions

1. Research Associate in Low Temperature Laboratory, Physics Department IIT, Kanpur (1997 – 2000)
2. Scientific Officer in High Pressure Physics Division, BARC (2000 – 2008)
3. Visiting scientist in High Pressure Group, Max-Planck Institute of Chemistry, Mainz, Germany (2006 – 2008)
4. Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (2008 –)

  Academic and Professional Honours

1. Awarded B.S. Agarwal Gold Medal in Physics from University of Hyderabad, 1990
2. Awarded 3rd Prize in the Young Physicist Colloquium 2000 organized by Indian Physical Society, SINP Kolkata
3. Awarded N.S. Satyamurthy Memorial Best Young Scientist Award for the year 2002 by Indian Physics Association