Electronics Materials Group,M.S.E,I.I.T-Kanpur

Prof.Ashish Garg  E-mail

Prof.Ashish Garg

Prof.Ashish Garg  

Department of Materials Science & Engineering  

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur  

Kanpur 208016,    India  

Phone:    +91-512-2597904  

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EXPERIENCE

 05/2009 – Present                 Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)

04/2003 - 05/2009                 Assistant Professor, Department of Materials & Metallurgical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)

10/2001 - 03/2003                  Research Fellow, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy and Downing College University of Cambridge, UK

COLLOBORATIONS

05/2011-11/2011                    Visiting Scientist and Endeavour Research Fellow,

Materials Science and Engineering Division, CSIRO, Clayton, Australia

05/2010-07/2010                    Visiting Scientist and AISTRA Fellow

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne

09/2008-05/2009                    Visiting Scientist, School of Applied Sciences, RMIT University, Melbourne

05-07/2005                             University Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK

05/-07/2004                            Process Engineer, Infineon Technologies, Dresden, Germany

02/1998 - 08/1998                  Project Assistant, Department of Metallurgy, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore India

08/1995 - 07/1996                  Graduate Engineer, TATA SSL Ltd. (formerly Special Steels Ltd.), Mumbai, India       

EDUCATION

12/2001           PhD (Materials Science and Metallurgy), University of Cambridge, UK

Thesis: Growth and structural-electrical-magnetic characterization of epitaxial oxide (ferroelectrics, superconductors, and manganites) thin films by PVD processes

01/1998           Master of Engineering (Metallurgy), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

Thesis: Liquid phase sintering of Al-composites and Interface Characterization

 06/1995           Bachelor of Engineering (Metallurgical Engineering), Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur, India (Now Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology)

 

AWARDS

  • Endeavour Research Fellowship Award (Australian Government), 2011
  • Australia India Science and Technology Research Award (Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering) (2009)
  • INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Young Scientist Award (2008)
  • Young Scientist Award, Uttar Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, India (2007)
  • Ramon y Kajal Fellowship, Ministry of Science and Technology, Spain (2007)
  • Ramanna Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (2006)
  • University Research Fellowship, University of Leeds, UK (2005)
  • Sri Ram Arora Award for Materials Science Education, TMS Foundation, USA (2005)
  • Independent Research Fellowship at Downing College, Cambridge (2001)
  • Fellowship of Cambridge Philosophical Society, Cambridge (2000)
  • Benefactors’ Scholarship (during PhD), St. John's College, Cambridge (1998)
  • Honorary Cambridge Commonwealth Scholar, Cambridge Commonwealth Trust, Cambridge (1998)
  • Overseas Research Students Award, UK (1998)
  • A.K. Bose Gold Medal for the best M.Eng. thesis in metallurgy in India (1998)

 

ENTREPRENEURIAL

  • Founder of a materials technology startup company “Cenogen Materials PVT PTD”. The company is engaged in the sales and the development of variety of materials fabricated by novel patented low cost techniques and specialized equipments developed at IIT Kanpur. The company also provides consulting to the materials related problems to the industry.

RESEARCH

Research Interests

  • Thin film nanostructures of multifunctional compounds
  • Device integration: sensors, thin film transistors and solar cells
  • Structure-property correlations in ferroic oxides

PATENTS

  • “High energy variable transmission ratio multi-tilt planetary ball mill” (Co-Inventors: Prem Prakash, Tapendu Mandal, Sandeep Sangal), Patent filed in March-2011
  • “Low temperature Synthesis of Nd-doped Bismuth Titanate Nanoparticles" Indian Patent Appl. No. 804/DEL/2007 (Co-inventors: P. Prakash, M.K. Roy and H.C. Verma)
  • “Room Temperature Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite Ceramics”, Indian Patent Appl. No. 828/DEL/2008 (Co-inventors: T. Mandal and B.K. Mishra)
  • “Large ferroelectricity in chemical solution processed BiFeO3-PbTiO3 thin films for high temperature sensors, Indian Patent Application No. 1198/DEL/2008 (Co-inventors: S. Kar, D.C. Agrawal, D. Pandey)
  • A process for improving mobility of a pentacene based thin film transistor by field assisted deposition, Patent application under evaluation (Co-inventors: Deepak Gupta and Tapendu Mandal)

 Research Grants Awarded (Over Rs 4 Crores as PI and more than 10 Crore all-together)

1.First Principles Studies on Ferroic Oxides, Department of Science and Technology, Rs 54 Lakhs (Co-PI), 2012-2015

2.Organic Solar Cell development on Steel Substrates, Tata Steel, 55 Lakhs (2009-2012) (PI of a module)

3.Research and Development of InGaZnO4 (IGZO) Large Area Electronics and its Application to Active Matrix Flat Panel Displays, Department of Science and Technology, ~ Rs. 6 Crores (Co-PI) (2011-14)

4.Organic Solar cell Module fabrication, Ministry of Non-Renewable Energy, 6.55 Crores (Co-PI) (2011-14)

5.Variable temperature magnetic field enabled probe station facility, CARE 2010, IIT Kanpur, Rs 70 Lakhs (PI)

6.Advancing the performance and efficiencies of Excitonic solar cells, ~Rs 1.9 Crores, Indo-UK Solar Energy Projects, DST-RCUK, 2010-2013

7.“Field Effect Transistor Based on Epitaxial Multicomponent Oxide Heterostructures”, Department of Science and Technology, Rs. 1,02,90,000/-, DST/MET/20090252, 2007-2010

8.“Investigation on the effects of compositional modifications on structure and properties of BiFeO3 thin films for device applications”, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Rs. 13,49,000/-, CSIR /MET /20080187, 2008-2011

9.“Functional Thin Film Nanostructures for Spintronics and Quantum Informatics”, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology, Government of India, Rs. 2,32,000,00/-, DIT /PHY /20070143 (Co-PI), 2007-2010

10. “Investigation of Multifunctional Ferroelectric (BiFeO3)x-(PbTiO3)1-x Thin Films for Sensor and Actuator Applications”, Defence Research and Development Organization, Ministry of Defence, Government of India, Rs. 45,480,00/-, DRDO /MET /20060241, 2006-2009

11.“Detailed Investigation into Ferroelectric Nanoceramics and Thin Films of Lanthanide Doped Bismuth Titanate for Device Applications”, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, New Delhi, 2006-2009, Rs. 34,80,000/-, DST /MET /20060216

12. ‘Development of Novel Multifunctional Multiferroic Materials for Future Sensor and Actuator Technology’ Ministry of Human Resources and Development (India), 2005-2008, Rs 15,00,000/-, MHRD/MET/20050072

13.‘Investigation of Aurivillius Phase Bi-Layered Oxides: Ferroelectric Ceramics and Thin Films for Non-volatile Ferroelectric Memory Applications, Grant No. SR/FTP/ETA-32/2002, Department of Science and Technology (India), 2003-2006, Rs 8,82,000 (adjudged as excellent in the last review)

14.‘Investigation of ferroelectric compounds and their thin films’ Faculty Initiation Grant from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Grant No: IIT-MME-20030108, 2003-2005, Rs 5,95,000/-

TEACHING

Teaching Interests

  • Graduate and Undergraduate teaching on Electronic and Magnetic Materials and Devices, Solar Energy Materials and devices, Introductory Materials Science, Electronic and Magnetic Materials, Diffusion, and Oxide Ceramics, and Thin Film Growth. Tutored in variety of courses

Courses Taught:

  1. 1.Diffusion in Solids (MSE682) (UG/PG Elective) (x1)
  2. 2.Electronic Properties of Materials (MME410) (UG Compulsory) (x2)
  3. 3.Nature and Properties of Materials (ESO214) (UG) (x4) (UG Core)
  4. 4.Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Ceramic Materials (MSE663) (UG/PG Elective) (x2)
  5. 5.Multifunctional Oxide Ceramics (UG/PG Elective) (MSE689) (x2) (course created)
  6. 6.Solar Energy Materials and Technologies (UG/PG Elective) (MSE681) (x3) (course created)

Courses Tutored (all UG)

  1. 1.Nature and Properties of Materials (ESO214)
  2. 2.Engineering Thermodynamics (ESO201)
  3. 3.Manufacturing Processes (TA201N)

GUIDANCE

Thesis Guidance

Doctoral Students: 1 Completed (Cambridge), 9 (7 under progress, 3 near completion, open seminar of two students (Amritendu Roy and Somdutta Mukherjee) organized in Early February)

Masters: 15 (Completed), Undergraduates: 16 (Completed)

PUBLICATIONS

Book Chapters

  1. 1.A. Garg, M. Gulati and N. Tiwari, Moving Towards Low Carbon Economy: The Need for Renewable Energy Solutions: Part-I, Renewable Energy in India: Capability, Challenges and Prospects, India Infrastructure Report 2010 (Infrastructure Development in a Low Carbon Economy), Oxford University Press

Journal Publications

Under Review/Revision

 2.Inkjet printed PEDOT:PSS for organic devices, Arjun Singha, Saumen Manda, Vandana Singh, Ashish Garg and Monica Katiyar, SPIE

3.Understanding Degradation Mechanism of Bulk Heterojunction Organic Photovoltaic Devices, Shivam Rastogi, Kurunthu Dharmalingam, Monica Katiyar and Ashish Garg, SPIE

4.Effect of ZnO layer thickness on the inverted organic solar cell performance, Shailendra K. Gupta, Deepak and Ashish Garg, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

5.Somdutta Mukherjee, Ashish Garg and Rajeev Gupta, Spin Glass-like Phase below ~ 210 K in Magnetoelectric Gallium Ferrite, Applied Physics Letters

6.C. Chattopadhyay, S. Sangal, K. Mondal and A. Garg, Improved wear resistance of medium carbon microalloyed bainitic steels, Wear

7.S. Mukherjee, R. Gupta and A. Garg, Linear compositional dependence of structural parameters and properties of multiferroic gallium ferrite, Solid State Communications

8.Prateek Jain, Tapendu Mandal, Prem Prakash, Ashish Garg, Kantesh Balani, Electrophoretic deposition of nanocrystalline hydroxyapatite on Ti6Al4V/TiO2 substrate, Surface Coatings and Technology

 Accepted

  1. 9.A. Roy, R. Prasad, S. Auluck and A. Garg, First Principle Study of Magnetism and Magneto-structural Coupling in Gallium Ferrite, Journal of Applied Physics
  2. 10.A. Roy, R. Gupta and A. Garg, Magnetoelectric Memories: A Review, Accepted in Advanced in Condensed Matter Physics (Invited Review)

 2011

  1. 11.A. Solanki, S.S.K. Iyer and A. Garg, Effect of PEDOT:PSS layer and ITO Ozonization in Arylenevinylene-co-pyrrolenevinylene (AVPV) based Solar Cell Devices, Materials Science and Applications, 2, p1702 (2011), doi:10.4236/msa.2011.212227
  2. 12.S. Mukherjee, R. Gupta and A. Garg, Probing Magnetoelastic Coupling and Structural Changes in Magnetoelectric Gallium Orthoferrite, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23, 445403 (2011), doi:10.1088/0953-8984/23/44/445403
  3. 13.S. Adhikari, R. Gupta, Deepak, and A. Garg, An Investigation in InGaO3(ZnO)m Pellets as a Cause of Variability in Thin Film Transistor Characteristics, Bulletin of Materials Science, 34 (3), 447-454 (2011), DOI: 10.1007/s12034-011-0122-4
  4. 14.A. Roy, S. Mukherjee, R. Gupta, R. Prasad, S. Auluck and A. Garg, Electronic structures, born effective charges and spontaneous polarization in magnetoelectric gallium ferrite, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 23, 325902 (2011) (News article: http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-8984/labtalk-article/46838) (among 10% most downloaded papers in the first quarter of the publication)
  5. 15.J.L. Campbell, J. Arora, S.F. Cowell, A. Garg, P. Eu, S.K. Bhargava, and V. Bansal, Quasi-cubic Magnetite/ Silica Core-Shell Nanoparticles as Enhanced MRI Contrast Agents for Cancer Imaging, PLoS ONE, 6 (7), e21857 (2011)
  6. 16.S. Gupta, S. Bhattacharjee, D. Pandey, V. Bansal, S.K. Bhargava, J.L. Peng and A. Garg, Absence of Morphotropic Phase Boundary Effects in BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films Grown via a Chemical Multilayer Deposition Method, Applied Physics A: Volume 104 (1), 395-400 (2011)

2010

  1. 17.J. Basu, C.B. Carter and A. Garg, Structure and Chemistry of La Doped BiFeO3 Multiferroic Thin Films, Microscopy and Microanalysis, 16 (S2), 1234-1235 (2010)
  2. 18.S. Mukherjee, R. Gupta, A. Garg, Vipul Bansal, and Suresh Bhargava, Influence of Zr doping on the structure and ferroelectric properties of BiFeO3 Thin Films, Journal of Applied Physics, 107, 123535 (2010)
  3. 19.A. Roy, R. Prasad, S. Auluck and A. Garg, First-Principles Calculations of Born Effective Charges and Spontaneous Polarization of Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 22, 165902 (2010)

2009

  1. 20.A. Srivastava, A. Garg and F.D. Morrison, Impedance Spectroscopy Studies on Polycrystalline BiFeO3 Thin Films on Pt/Si Substrates, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 054103 (2009)
  2. 21.S. Gupta, A. Garg, D.C. Agrawal, S. Bhattacharjee, and D. Pandey, Structural Changes and Ferroelectric Properties of BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films Grown via a Chemical Multilayer Deposition Method, Journal of Applied Physics, 105, 014101 (2009) (Among 20 most downloaded papers in January 2009)
  3. 22.A. Solanki, A. Gupta, S.S.K. Iyer and A. Garg, Photovolatic Effect in Organic Solar Cell Device using AVPV, Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 93, 211–214 (2009)
  4. 23.D. Maurya, H. Thota, A. Garg, B. Pandey, P. Chand, and H.C. Verma, Magnetic Studies on Multiferroic Bi1-xSmxFeO3 Ceramics Synthesized by Mechanical Activation Assisted Process, Journal of Physics C: Condensed Matter 21, 026007 (2009)
  5. 24.S. Bhargava, A. Garg and D. Subasinghe, In-situ High-Temperature Phase Transformation Studies on Pyrite, Fuel, 88, 988–993 (2009)
  6. 25.D. Maurya, K.S. Nalwa. H. Thota and A. Garg, BiFeO3 Ceramics Synthesized by Mechanical Activation Assisted vis-à-vis Conventional Solid-State-Reaction Process: A Comparative Study, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 477 (2009) 780–784

2008

  1. 26.H. Thota, A. Garg, B. Pandey and H.C.Verma, Effect of Cooling Conditions on the Magnetic Structure of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Synthesized by Mechanical Activation, Hyperfine Interactions 187, 81–86 (2008)
  2. 27.V.R. Singh, A. Garg and D. C. Agrawal, Structural Changes in Chemical Solution Deposited Lanthanum Doped Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films, Applied Physics Letters, 92, 152905 (2008)
  3. 28.M. Kumar, A. Garg, R. Kumar, M.C. Bhatnagar, Structural, dielectric and ferroelectric study of Ba0.9Sr0.1ZrxTi1-xO3 ceramics prepared by the sol gel method, Physica B, 403, 1819-1823 (2008)
  4. 29.A. Shrinagar, A. Garg, R. Prasad and S. Auluck, Phase Stability in Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate: A First Principles Study, Acta Crystallographica, A64, 368–375 (2008)
  5. 30.V.R. Singh, A. Dixit, D.C. Agrawal and A. Garg, Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition Method, Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Science, 15, 104-106 (2008)
  6. 31.K. Singh, A. Garg and A. Upadhayaya, Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Ceramics synthesized by Solid-State-Reaction Method, Indian Journal of Engineering and Materials Science, 15, 91-94 (2008)
  7. 32.K.S. Nalwa and A. Garg, Phase Evolution, Magnetic and Electrical Properties in Sm-doped Bismuth Ferrite, Journal of Applied Physics, 103, 044101 (2008)
  8. 33.V.R. Singh, A. Garg, A. Dixit, and D.C. Agrawal, Effect of Heat Treatment on Structure and Properties of Chemical Solution Deposited BiFeO3Thin Films, Applied Physics A, 90, 197-202 (2008)
  9. 34.K.S. Nalwa, A. Garg, A. Upadhyaya, Effect of Samarium Doping on the Properties of Solid-State-Synthesized Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite, Materials Letters 62, 878–881 (2008)

2007

  1. 35.R. K. Singh, A. Garg, R. Bandyopadhaya and B. K. Mishra, Density Fractionated Hollow Silica Microspheres with High-Yield by Non-Polymeric Sol-Gel/Emulsion Route; Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochem. Eng. Aspects 310, 39–45 (2007)
  2. 36.K.S. Nalwa, A. Garg and A. Upadhyaya, Transactions of PMAI, 33, 79-82 (2007)
  3. 37.P. Prakash, M.K. Roy, A. Garg and H.C. Verma, Novel Low Temperature Processing and Characterization of Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate Nanopowders, Journal of American Ceramic Society, 90 (4), 1295-1298 (2007) (Highlighted by MRS Bulletin, July 2007 issue)
  4. 38.A.K. Agarwal, A. Garg, D. Srivastava and M.K. Shukla, Investigation into wear characteristics of hard coated stainless steel rings for automobile applications, Surface Coatings and Technology, 201 (13) 6182-6188 (2007)
  5. 39.S. Pramanik, A.K. Agarwal, K.N. Rai and A. Garg, Development of High Strength Hydroxyapatite by Solid-State-Reaction Process, Ceramics International, 33 (3), 419-426 (2007)

2006

  1. 40.M.A. Khan, A. Garg, and A.J. Bell, Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of (BiFeO3)0.7-(PbTiO3)0.3 thin films, J. Phys. 26, 288-291 (2006)
  2. 41.X. Hu, A. Garg and Z.H. Barber, Deposition and Characterization of Pulsed-Laser-Deposited and Chemical-Solution-Derived Sm-Substituted Bismuth Titanate Films, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 79, 113-121 (2006)

2000-2005

  1. 42.A. Garg, X. Hu. and Z.H. Barber, Structure and Properties of Lanthanide Doped Bi4Ti3O12 Films, Ferroelectrics, 328, 93-97 (2005)
  2. 43.X.Hu, A. Garg and Z.H. Barber, Growth and characterization of pulsed-laser-deposited polycrystalline Bi3.33Sm0.67Ti3O12 ferroelectric thin films, Materials Letters, 59, 2583 – 2587 (2005)
  3. 44.X.Hu, A. Garg and Z.H. Barber, Structural and electrical properties of Samarium-substituted bismuth titanate ferroelectric thin films on Pt/TiOx/SiO2/Si substrates, Thin Solid Films, 484, 188-195 (2005)
  4. 45.A. Garg, A. Snedden, P. Lightfoot, X. Hu, J.F. Scott, and Z.H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Deposition and Characterization of Nd-doped Bi4Ti3O12 Thin Films, Ferroelectrics, 313, 15-20 (2004)
  5. 46.A. Garg, A. Snedden. P. Lightfoot, J.F. Scott, X. Hu, and Z.H. Barber, Investigation of Structural and Ferroelectrics Properties of Pulsed-Laser-Ablated Epitaxial Nd-Doped Bismuth Titanate Films, J. Appl. Phys., 96, 3408-3412 (2004)
  6. 47.W.S. Toh, A. Garg, J. M. Xue, J. Wang, Z. H. Barber and J. E. Evetts, Ferroelectric Behaviors of W-doped SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 62,163-169 (2004)
  7. 48.X.B. Hu, A. Garg, J. Wang, and Z.H. Barber, Ferroelectric Bi4-xSmxTi3O12 Thin Films Fabricated by Pulsed Laser Deposition for NV-RAM Applications, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 61, 123-127 (2004)
  8. 49.M. Kempa, P. Kuzel, S. Kamba, P. Samoukhina, J. Petzelt, A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Ferroelectric Soft Mode and Central Mode in SrBi2Ta2O9 Films, J. Phys. C: Condens. Matter, 15, 8095–8102 (2003)
  9. 50.A. Garg, Z.H. Barber, M. Dawber, J.F. Scott, A. Snedden, and P. Lightfoot, Orientation Dependence of Ferroelectric Properties of Pulsed Laser Ablated Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 Films, Applied Physics Letters, 83 (12 ), 2414-2416 (2003)
  10. 51.Z.H. Barber, C. Christou, K.-F. Chiu and A. Garg, The measurement and control of ionization of the depositing flux during film growth, Vacuum, 69 (1-3), 56-62 (2003)
  11. 52.A. Garg, S. Lloyd, and Z.H. Barber, Epitaxial growth of completely a-/b-axis oriented SrBi2Ta2O9 films, Integrated Ferroelectrics, 44, 1-8 (2002)
  12. 53.S. Kamba, J. Pokorny, V. Porokhonsky, J. Petzelt, M. P. Moret, A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, and R. Zallen, New ferroelastic phase in SrBi2Ta2O9 and study of the ferroelectric phase-transition dynamics, Applied Physics Letters, 81 (6), 1056 (2002)
  13. 54.A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Pulsed laser deposition of epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 films with controlled orientation, Ferroelectrics, 268, 89 (2002)
  14. 55.C. Christou, A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Vapor-Phase Oxidation During Pulsed Laser Deposition of SrBi2Ta2O9, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology-A, 19 (5), 2061 (2001)
  15. 56.A. Garg, S. Dunn, and Z. H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 films on SrTiO3 (110) Substrate, Integrated ferroelectrics, 31 (1-4), 13 (2000)
  16. 57.A. Garg, J. A. Leake, and Z. H. Barber, Epitaxial Growth of WO3 Films on SrTiO3 and R-Sapphire, J. Physics: D, Applied Physics, 33 (9), 1048 (2000)

Refereed Conference Proceedings

  1. 58.M. Panniselvam, A. Garg, J. Tardio, S. Grocott and S.K. Bhargava, Mineral Characterization Using Micro X-ray Diffraction (Micro XRD), a State-of-the-art Non-destructive Technique, Chemeca 2009 proceedings, 120.A.122, 532.A.121, ISBN No.: 978-08585-259225
  2. 59.M. Panniselvam, J. Tardio, A. Garg, F. Antolasic, S. Grocott and S.K. Bhargava, Characterization of Bauxite Pisoliths, Chemeca 2009 proceedings, 532.A.121, ISBN No.: 978-08585-259225
  3. 60.S. Pattnaik, A. Garg, and M. Katiyar, Organic Field Effect Transistor using BaTiO3-Mn Doped and P(VDF-TrFE) for Non Volatile Memory Applications, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1071, 1071-F03-10, 161-165 (2008)
  4. 61.A. Garg, T. Harikishan, B. Pandey, H. C. Verma, Investigation of Magnetic Behavior of Mechanical Activation Derived Multiferroic BiFeO3, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 997, 0997-I08-07, 255-260 (2007)
  5. 62.A. Garg, S. Kar, A. Dixit, M. Pushkar, D.C. Agrawal, Sol-gel Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 997, 0997-I08-08, 267-271 (2007)
  6. 63.A. Garg, X. Hu and Z.H. Barber, Lanthanide Doped Bismuth Titanate Films Grown by Chemical Solution Deposition and Pulsed Laser Ablation: A Comparison, TMS Letters, 3 (2), 35-36 (2006) (Proceedings of TMS Annual Meeting 2006, 12-16 March 2006, San Antonio (USA))
  7. 64.M.K. Shukla, A.K. Agarwal and A. Garg, Preliminary investigation into comparative performance of titanium based coatings for automotive applications using biodiesel blend and diesel, Proceedings of the 2006 Spring Technical Conference of the ASME Internal Combustion Engine Division, 727-733 (2006)
  8. 65.X. Hu, A. Garg, Z.H. Barber, J.F. Scott, A. Snedden and P. Lightfoot, Deposition and Characterisation of bismuth-layered perovskite ferroelectric thin films, IOM (London) proceedings (2005)
  9. 66.K. Dutta, A. Garg, S. Sangal, B.K. Mishra, P. Vankar, and P. K. Rohatgi, A Characterization Study to Ascertain Cenosphere Content in Fly Ash, In ‘Emerging Trends in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy’, Eds: Vibhuti N. Mishra, S.C. Das and T. Subbaiah, Allied Publishers (2005)
  10. 67.A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Growth of Extremely Smooth Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 films on SrTiO3 Substrates, Workshop proceedings of the Ferroelectrics 2000 UK, eds. Neil Alford and Eric Yeatman, 11-14 April 2000, Cirencester, UK (an IOM Communications publication)

Other Conference Proceedings and Abstracts

  1. 68.S. Mukherjee, R. Gupta and A. Garg, Temperature Dependent Investigations on Single Crystal Gallium Ferrite Using X-ray Diffraction and Raman Microscopy, Bulletin of American Physical Society, APS March Meeting (2011), 56 (1), Abstract BAPS.2011.MAR.K1.00289
  2. 69.A. Garg and H. Thota, Phase Evolution and Properties of Mechanochemically Synthesized Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Ceramics, Proceedings of International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (Symposium on Materials for Advanced Sensors and Detectors), eds. G.M. Kale, 1-6 July 2007, Singapore
  3. 70.V.R. Singh, S. Pandey, A. Garg, A. Dixit, and D.C. Agarwal, Effect of Heat Treatment on Structure and Properties of Chemical Solution Processed Multiferroic La-Doped BiFeO3 Thin Films, Proceedings of International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (Symposium on Materials for Advanced Sensors and Detectors), eds. G.M. Kale, 1-6 July 2007, Singapore
  4. 71.K.S. Nalwa, A. Garg And A. Upadhyaya, Synthesis and Characterization Sm-Doped BiFeO3 Ceramics, Proceedings of International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (Symposium on Materials for Advanced Sensors and Detectors), eds. G.M. Kale, 1-6 July 2007, Singapore
  5. 72.T. Harikishan and A. Garg, Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Synthesized by Mechanical Activation, Proceedings of 14th National Symposium on Ferroelectrics and Dielectrics, IIT Kharagpur, Dec 18 - 21, 2006, (MacMilan India Publishing Co., New Delhi), MS-002.
  6. 73.A. Garg, X-ray Diffraction for Materials Characterization, Proceedings of Workshop on “Analytical Instrumental Techniques: Current Trends and Practices”, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, 20-23 June 2006
  7. 74.U. Kumar, S. Kumar and A. Garg, Investigation into Structural and Morphological Characterization of Samarium Doped Bismuth Titanate (Bi4-xSmxTi3O12) Thin Films, in the proceedings of ICAMDD 2005 (International Conference on Advanced Materials Design & Development), Goa, 14–16th December 2005, pp480485, Elsevier

Talks & Presentations

 

  1. 1.Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Temperature Dependent Investigations on Single Crystal Gallium Ferrite Using X-ray Diffraction and Raman Microscopy, American Physical Society Meeting, 21-25 March, Dallas (USA)
  2. 2.Somdutta Mukherjee, Vishal Ranjan, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Structural and Magnetic studies on polycrystalline Ga2-xFexO3 (0.7£x£1.4), International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Oral Presentation, 26 June to 1 July 2011, Singapore
  3. 3.Amritendu Roy, Ashish Garg, Rajendra Prasad & Sushil Auluck, Structural, Electrical & Magnetic Properties of Multiferroic
    SrTiO3/BiFeO3 Superlattice, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Poster Presentation, 26 June to 1 July 2011, Singapore
  4. 4.Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Poster presentation on ‘Temperature dependent XRD and micro Raman Studies on Single crystal Gallium Ferrite’ at International Conference on Quantum Effects in Solids of Today (IconQuest-2010), 20-23 December 2010, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India
  5. 5.Amritendu Roy , Ashish Garg , Rajendra Prasad and Sushil Auluck, Poster presentation on ‘First Principles Calculations of Structural, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Multiferroic SrTiO3/BiFeO3 Multilayer Structure’ at International Conference on Quantum Effects in Solids of Today (IconQuest-2010), 20-23 December 2010, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India
  6. 6.Samar Layek, Zakir Hossain, Harish Chandra Verma and Ashish Garg, Processing Induced Changes in the Magnetic properties of A-site doped BiFeO3 ceramics, 56th MMM Meeting, 14-18 November 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, Poster Presentation
  7. 7.Joysurya Basu, Ashish Garg and Barry Carter, Structure and Chemistry of La Doped BiFeO3 Multiferroic Thin Films, Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting, 1-5 August 2010, Portland, OR (USA), Poster Presentation
  8. 8.Sonachand Adhikari, Rajeev Gupta, Deepak, and Ashish Garg, Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide Based Thin-Film-Transistor for Display Devices; Oral presentation at the 139th TMS Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2010, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA (USA)
  9. 9.Amritendu Roy, Sushil Auluck, Rajendra Prasad and Ashish Garg, First principles calculations of born effective charges and spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric bismuth titanate, Oral Prsentation at “First principles and other simulation techniques in condensed matter physics”, H.P. University, Shimla, India, March 2010
  10. 10.Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, Structural, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Zr-Doped BiFeO3 Thin Films, Poster Presentation at MRS Fall Meeing 2009, Boston (USA)
  11. 11.Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, Synthesis and Experimental Investigations on Single Crystal Gallium Ferrite, Poster Presentation at MRS Fall Meeing 2009, Boston (USA)
  12. 12.Muthu Panniselvam, Ashish Garg, James Tardio, Stephen Grocott and Suresh Bhargava, Mineral Characterization Using Micro X-ray Diffraction (Micro XRD), a State-of-the-art Non-destructive Technique, Presented at the Chemeca 2009, Perth (Australia), 27-30 September 2009, Oral Presentation number 120.A.122
  13. 13.Muthu Panniselvam, James Tardio, Ashish Garg, Frank Antolasic, Stephen Grocott and Suresh Bhargava, Characterization of Bauxite Pisoliths, Presented at the Chemeca 2009, Perth (Australia), 27-30 September 2009, Oral Presentation number 532.A.121
  14. 14.Amar Srivastava, Temperature Dependent A.C. Conductivity and Dielectric Properties of Chemical Solution Deposited BiFeO3 Thin Films, MRS Fall (2008) Meeting, Boston, USA (Oral)
  15. 15.Shashank Gupta, Ashish Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Characterization of sol – gel deposited BiFeO3-PbTiO3 multiferroic thin films, National Seminar on Ferroelectric & Dielectrics (NSFD-15), November 6-8, 2008, Thapar Institute, Patiyala (Oral)
  16. 16.Ankur Solanki, S. Sundar Kumar Iyer, Aashish Gupta and Ashish Garg, 18th International Photovolatics Science and Engineering Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC 18), 19-23 Jan 2009, Science City Conventional Center, Kolkata (Oral)
  17. 17.Sambit Pattnaik, Ashish Garg, Monica Katiyar, Organic Field Effect Transistor using BaTiO3-Mn Doped and P(VDF-TrFE) for Non Volatile Memory Application, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco (USA), 24–28 March 2008
  18. 18.Ankur Solanki, Ashish Garg, S. Sundar Kumar Iyer and Ashish Gupta, Photovoltaic effect in Organic Solar Cells based on AVPV (Arylenevinylene-co-pyrrolenevinylene), National Conference on the Emerging Trends in the Photovoltaic Energy Generation and Utilization, March 27-29, 2008, IIT Kanpur (India)
  19. 19.A.K. Yadav, K. Nalwa, and A. Garg, Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of solid state synthesized Bi1-xSmxFeO3 ceramics, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007
  20. 20.D. Maurya, S. Sharma, A. Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Effect of Zr doping on electrical properties of chemical solution deposited multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007
  21. 21.V.R. Singh, D. Maurya, C. Jain, A. Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Effect of heat treatment on the structure and properties of chemical solution processed multiferroic Bi2FeCrO6 thin films, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007
  22. 22.Harikishan Thota, Ashish Garg, Brajesh Pandey and H.C.Verma,, Effect of cooling conditions on the magnetic structure of multiferroic BiFeO3 synthesized by mechanical activation, Oral Presentation at International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, October 14-19, 2007, IIT Kanpur (India)
  23. 23.Deepam Maurya, Ashish Garg, and D C Agrawal, Electrical properties of sol-gel derived multiferroic BiFe1-xZrxO3 thin films, Oral presentation at The International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM), 8-13 October 2007, Bangalore (India)
  24. 24.Effect of Heat Treatment on the Structure and Properties of Chemical Solution Processed Multiferroic La-Doped BiFeO3 Thin Films, V. R. Singh, S. Pandey, A. Dixit, A. Garg and D. C. Agrawal, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007
  25. 25.Phase Evolution and Characterization of Mechanochemically Synthesized Multiferroic BiFeO3 Ceramics,Harikishan A. Garg, P. Chand, B. Pandey and H. C. Verma, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007
  26. 26.Investigation of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films by Spin Coating Technique, Soumya Kar, Vijayraj Singh, Ashish Garg, Anju Dixit, D.C. Agrawal, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007
  27. 27.Effect of Sm Doping on Synthesis and Properties of Multiferroic Sm-Doped BiFeO3 by Solid-State-Reaction Method, K. S. Nalwa, A. Garg and A. Upadhayaya, Poster Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007
  28. 28.Investigation of Magnetic Behaviour of Mechanical Activation Derived Multiferroic BiFeO3, Ashish Garg, Thota Harikishan, Brajesh Pandey, and Harish Chandra Verma, Oral Presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 9-13 April 2007
  29. 29.Sol-gel Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films, Soumya Kar, Anju Dixit, Ashish Garg, and D. C. Agrawal, Oral Presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 9-13 April 2007
  30. 30.Organic Field Effect Transistor Using Sol-gel Processed Ferroelectric Gates, Sambit Pattnaik, Vijayraj Singh, Ashish Garg and Monica Katiyar, Poster Presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 9-13 April 2007
  31. 31.Kanwar Singh Nalwa, Ashish Garg and Anish Upadhayaya, Multiferroic Sm-doped BiFeO3 Ceramics synthesized by Solid-State-Reaction Method, 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Emerging Solutions through Powder Metallurgy in Automotive and Emerging Industry, 9-11 February 2007, New Delhi, India
  32. 32.Vijayraj Singh, Anju Dixit, and Ashish Garg, Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition Method, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India), Won Best Poster Award
  33. 33.T. Harikishan and Ashish Garg, Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Synthesized by Mechanical Activation, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India)
  34. 34.Kanwar Singh, Ashish Garg and Anish Upadhayaya, Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Ceramics synthesized by Solid-State-Reaction Method, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India), Won Best Poster Award
  35. 35.S. Kar, A. Dixit, A. Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Synthesis and Characterization of Solution Processed BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India)
  36. 36.T. Mondal, B.K. Mishra and Ashish Garg, Influence of Milling Parameters on Dry Mechano-chemical Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite, 8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, August 20st-25th, 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)
  37. 37.P. Prakash, M.K. Roy, A. Garg and H.C. Verma, Novel Low Temperature Chemical Synthesis of Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate Nanoparticles, 8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, August 20st-25th, 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)
  38. 38.Mritunjay Kumar Shukla, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Ashish Garg, “ Preliminary Investigation into Comparative Performance of Titanium based Coatings for Automotive Applications using Biodiesel Blend and Diesel”, Proceedings of Internal Combustion Engines Division, Spring Technical Conference 2006, ICES 2006-1974,May 7-10, 2006, Aachen, Germany
  39. 39.A. Garg, X. Hu and Z.H. Barber, A Detailed Comparative Study of Ferroelectric Lanthanide Doped Bismuth Titanate Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition and Pulsed-Laser-Ablation, TMS Annual Meeting 2006, San Antonio (USA), 12-16 March 2006
  40. 40.Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Ashish Garg, Dhananjay Kumar Srivastava, and Mritunjay Kumar Shukla, “Comparative Wear Performance of Titanium Based Coatings for Automotive Applications Using Exhaust Gas Recirculation”, International Conference on Superhard Coatings, Ein-Gedi, Israel, 27Feb.-1 March 2006
  41. 41.A. Sharan, D. Gupta, S. Kumar and A. Garg, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, Goa (India), 14-16 Dec 2005
  42. 42.P. Prakash, M.K. Roy, H.C. Verma and A. Garg, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, Goa (India), 14-16 Dec 2005
  43. 43.Umesh Prasad, Sumeet Kumar and Ashish Garg, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, Goa (India), 14-16 Dec 2005; Won Best Poster Award
  44. 44.Mukesh Kumar Roy, Prem Prakash, Ashish Garg and H.C. Verma, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005
  45. 45.M A Khan, A Garg, T. Comyn, and A J Bell, Effect of Deposition Pressure on Structure of Pulsed Laser Ablated (BiFeO3)x (PbTiO3)1-x Thin Films, MRF Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), Nov (2005)
  46. 46.Abhishek Sharan, Ashish Garg, Dipti Gupta and Satyendra Kumar, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005
  47. 47.Sumeet Kumar and Ashish Garg, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005
  48. 48.Pankaj Mittal, Mikael Khan, Ashish Garg, and A.J. Bell, Detailed X-ray Diffraction Analysis of the PLD Grown (BiFeO3)x (PbTiO3)1-x Thin Films, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005
  49. 49.C.K. Yadav, D. Chaira, A. Garg and B.K. Mishra, ‘Investigation into Electrophoretic Deposition of Phosphors’, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005
  50. 50.M A Khan, A Garg, and A J Bell, Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of (BiFeO3)0.7-(PbTiO3)0.3 thin films, Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group and the Nanoscale Physics and Technology Group Conference, 31 August – 2 September 2005, University of Leeds, Won Best Poster Award
  51. 51.Xiaobing Hu, Ashish Garg, Zoe H. Barber, James F. Scott, A. Snedden and P. Lightfoot, Deposition and Characterisation of bismuth-layered perovskite ferroelectric thin films, Oral Presentation in UK Ferroelectric Materials Network Annual Conference, Cranfield (UK), 14-15 June 2005
  52. 52.K. Datta, A. Garg, S. Sangal, B. K. Mishra, Padma Vankar, and P. K. Rohatgi, Characterization of Cenospheres in Fly Ash, International Conference on ‘Emerging Trends in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy’ 13 -14th June, 2005, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, India
  53. 53.Xiaobing Hu, Ashish Garg, Zoe H. Barber, Deposition and Characterization of Pulsed-Laser-Deposited and Chemical-Solution-Derived Sm-Substituted Bismuth Titanate Films, International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, Shanghai, 17-20th April 2005, China
  54. 54.J. D. Huang, M. H. Kuok, H. S. Lim, S. C. Ng, A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Modified Rayleigh Wave on SrBi2Ta2O9 Film Epitaxially Grown on SrTiO3, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2003, 7-12th December 2003, Singapore.
  55. 55.W.S. Toh, J.M. Xue, J. Wang, A. Garg, Z. H. Barber and J.E. Evetts, Ferroelectric Behaviour of W-doped SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films, Oral presentation at 10th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity, 3-8 August 2003, Cambridge, UK
  56. 56.X.B. Hu, A. Garg, J. Wang and Z. H. Barber, Thin Films of Bi4-xSmxTi3O12 and Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 Derived from Sol-gel and PLD, Poster presentation at 10th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity, 3-8 August 2003, Cambridge, UK
  57. 57.A. Garg, A. Snedden, P. Lightfoot, X. Hu, J.F. Scott and Z.H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Deposition and Characterization of Nd-doped Bi4Ti3O12 Films , Oral presentation at 10th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity, 3-8 August 2003, Cambridge, UK
  58. 58.Garg, X. Hu and Z.H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Ablation of Thin Films of Ferroelectric Bi-layered Oxides, Presented EPSRC Perovskite and Ferroelectric UK Network Joint Meeting, 7 January 2003, University of Birmingham, UK
  59. 59.Garg and Z.H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of a-/b-axis Oriented SrBi2Ta2O9 Films, Poster presentation at 19th Condensed Matter Division Conference of the European Physical Society and Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Division Conference of the Institute of Physics, 7-11th April 2002, Brighton, UK
  60. 60.Garg and Z.H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films, Oral presentation at EPSRC Perovskite and Ferroelectric UK Network meeting, 10th October 2001, Leeds, UK
  61. 61.S. Kamba, M.P. Moret, R. Zallen, Z. Barber, A. Garg, P. Kužel, and J. Petzelt, Infrared-active Soft Mode in SrBi2Ta2O9, Poster presentation at 10th International Meeting on Ferroelectrcity, 3-7th Sept. 2001, Madrid, Spain
  62. 62.A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films, Poster presentation at 13th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, 12-14 March 2001, Colorado Springs, USA
  63. 63.A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Ablation of Ferroelectrics, Oral presentation at the DERA sponsored workshop at Cranfield University, 28th February 2001, Cranfield, UK
  64. 64.A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Deposition of Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 Films with Controlled Orientation, Oral presentation at 10th International Meeting on Ferroelectrcity, 3-7th Sept. 2001, Madrid, Spain
  65. 65.Z. H. Barber, C. Christou, K.-F. Chiu and A. Garg, The measurement and control of ionization of the depositing flux during film growth, Oral presentation at 12th International School on Vacuum, Electron and Ion Technologies, 17-21 Sept. 2001, Varna, Bulgaria
  66. 66.C. Christou, J. M. Dodson, V. N. Tsaneva, N. D. Mathur, M.-H. Jo, A. Garg, M. G. Blamire and Z. H. Barber, Optical Emission Spectroscopy of the Plume During Pulsed Laser Ablation of Complex Oxides, Oral Presentation at 11th International School on Condensed Matter Physics, September 2000, Varna, Bulgaria
  67. 67.A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Growth of Extremely Smooth Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 films on SrTiO3 Substrates, Poster Presentation at the Materials Congress (Ferroelectrics UK 2000), 11-14 April 2000, Cirencester, Institute of Materials, UK
  68. 68.A. Garg, S. Dunn, and Z. H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 films on SrTiO3 (110) Substrate, Oral Contribution in the 12th International Symposium on Integrated ferroelectrics, 12-15 March 2000, Aächen, Germany

 

TALKS

Invited Talks

  1. 69.‘Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial Ferroelectric thin Films’ at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, USA, March 2001
  2. 70.Structure and Properties of Lanthanide Doped Bi4Ti3O12 Thin Films, Oral Presentation at 4th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics, 12-15th December 2003, Bangalore, India
  3. 71.Ferroelectric Thin Films, University of Leeds (UK), (April 2004)
  4. 72.Thin Films for Sensors and Actuators Applications, National Thermal Powder Corporation National Meeting, Noida (India), (September 2005)
  5. 73.National Conference on “Materials for Electrical, Electronic & Magnetic Applications:Characterization & Measurements” September 2-3, 2005, Hyderabad (India), (September 2005)
  6. 74.Growth and Characterization of Bi-layered ferroelectric thin films, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, 14-16 December, Goa (India), (December 2005)
  7. 75.Multifunctional Oxide Thin Films, Condensed Matter Physics Workshop, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (February 2006)
  8. 76.Metal matrix Composites, QIP Short Course on Recent Trends in Nanocomposites, October 2005, IIT Kanpur
  9. 77.X-ray Diffraction: Principles and Practice; Workshop on Analytical Instrumental Techniques, RRL Bhubaneshwar, 20-23rd June 2006
  10. 78.Multiferroic Materials, City Polytechnic University, New York, April 9th 2007
  11. 79.Investigations on Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite, Diamond Symposium, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 3-6 2007
  12. 80.Tailoring of Structure and Properties in Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films and Ceramics, MRS Spring Meeting, 13-17 April 2009, San Francisco, CA
  13. 81.DST India-Australia Solar Energy Workshop, Amity University, Noida, 9-10 Feb 2010
  14. 82.ISIF Meeting, San Juan, June 2010
  15. 83.Indo-German Nanotechnology Meeting, IICT Hyderabad, Jan 2011
  16. 84.RMIT University (2011)
  17. 85.IT-BHU (2010)
  18. 86.India-UK Excitonic Solar Cell Meeting (2012)

 Short Courses Organized/Lectured

  1. 1.Advances in Materials & Fuel Technologies for Automotive Applications” from 8th-12th June 2006 (with Avinash Kumar Agrawal, ME, IITK)
  2. 2.Advances in Materials Characterization: Principles and Practice, January 7-10, 2008, IIT Kanpur (with Sandeep Sangal, MME, IITK)
  3. 3.Organic Electronics Course, SCDT, IIT Kanpur (co-organizer, yearly activity)
  4. 4.Regularly delivered lectures at various other short courses at IIT Kanpur
  5. 5.Lectured at VLFM course, IIT Kanpur and IIM Kolkata
  6. 6.Lectured at HAL Trainees course, IIT Kanpur

Administrative Duties

  1. 1.DPGC member (2004-06)
  2. 2.BTP evaluation committee member (2004-06)
  3. 3.Swimming Pool Chairman (2004-08)
  4. 4.Warden and Warden In-charge, Hall-II (2005-08)
  5. 5.DPGC Convener (2005-06)
  6. 6.Senate awards committee member (2007)
  7. 7.Department name change committee member (2007-08)
  8. 8.Department web-master and computer administrator (2005-08)
  9. 9.DUGC Member (2009-10)
  10. 10.Department UG Curriculum Review Committee member (2009-10)
  11. 11.Space committee member (2009-10)
  12. 12.Faculty Forum Environment Committee member (2009-10)
  13. 13.House Allotment Committee member (2009-10)
  14. 14.IITK Vision-2020 Committee member (2010-11)
  15. 15.Institute Research and Development Committee (2009-present)
  16. 16.Senate Library Committee (2010-11)
  17. 17.ESO214 revision committee member (2011)

Developmental and Organizational Activities

  •  Development of a dedicated thin film and coatings research laboratory with facilities for thin film growth by spin coating, evaporation and pulsed laser ablation, dielectric and ferroelectric testing facilities, transport measurements, temperature dependent measurements, chemical wet benches etc.
  • Lead role in setting up high resolution X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, and atomic force microscope facilities under Nano Science and Technology Initiative of DST.
  • Organized and delivered lectures at various short courses at IIT Kanpur for industry and academia (both self organized and invited)

Professional Duties

  • Reviewer for various international journals
  • Reviewer for research proposals from government agencies
  • Session chair and invited speaker at various international and national conferences
 
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