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Employment History

  • Professor since Dec. 2017

  • Associate Professor, IIT Indore, From September 2013 to Nov. 2017.

  • Assistant Professor, IIT Indore, From July 2009 to August 2013.

  • WPI postdoctoral Researcher at Kyoto University, Japan, from Jan. 2007 to May 2009.

  • Postdoctoral researcher at Osaka University, Japan, from Dec. 2005 to Dec. 2006. 

  • Postdoctoral researcher at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, from Oct. 2003 to Nov. 2005.

  • Junior Research Fellow in a research project of collaborative project of Saurashtra University and IUAC (formeterly NSC) New Delhi, from Oct. 2000 to Sept. 2003.

Teaching at IIT Indore

  • Electronics (Postgraduate course)

  • Statistical Mechanics (Postgraduate course)

  • Mathematical Methods (Postgraduate course)

  • Classical Mechanics (Postgraduate course)

  • Atomic and molecular physics (Postgraduate course)

  • Advanced Materials (Ph.D. elective course)

  • Electrodynamics (Undergraduate course)

  • Modern Physics (Undergraduate course)

  • Undergraduate and Postgraduate Laboratory courses

Research projects as PI

  • “Terahertz spectroscopic investigations on nanoporous ZnO films for visible-blind UV
    photodetection”, funded by SERB, 2018-2021

  • “Knowledge, personality and skill Development activities for aspiring girl students”-Workshop for 30 girls and 03 weeks duration in June-July 2018, funded by DST, New Delhi.

  • “Influence of Strain and Carrier Injection on Electrical and Magnetic Properties of RNi1-xDxO3 (R=Rare earth metal, D = Dopant) Thin Films and Multilayers” in collaboration with Prof.S.Prabhu, DCMP&MS, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, funded by BRNS in 2017-2021.

  • “Investigations on ferroelectric, magnetic and structural correlations in RMnO3 (R = Rare earth ions) multiferroic thin films”, funded by Department of Science and Technology, May 2011 – April 2014.

  • Grant-in-Aid for young scientist award for the project: “Time-resolved spectroscopic study of exotic multiferroic oxides” supported by Japanese Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS), Japan, Oct. 2007- March 2009, during postdoctoral tenure at Kyoto University, Japan.

Administration at IIT Indore

  • Member, Board of Governors (BoG) at IIT Indore from March 2019 to March 2021. 

  • Head of Department of Physics from Nov. 2017 to Nov. 2020. 

  • Member, Managerial board, Sophisticated Instrumentation Centre, IIT Indore (Since Sept. 2020).

  • Convener, Department Post-graduate Committee (DPGC), Discipline of Physics, IIT Indore during April 2014-Nov. 2017. 

  • Convener, several different committees at institute level and department level time to time.

  • Hostel Warden, Girls Hostel, IIT Indore from July 2009 to August 2010.

  • B.Tech. Physics Lab coordinator for first year students during 2009, 2010 (The initial two years of the institute).

Editorship and other contributions 

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  • Member, Board of Studies of Applied Physics and Optoelectronics, Shri G. S. Institute of Technology & Science, Indore, From May 2022 to December 2024.

  • Member, Expert committee for grants under WOS-A and WISE-KIRAN under Department of Science and Technology (DST), India Since Jan. 2022.

  • Member, Expert committee for National Postdoctoral Fellowship (NPDF) and Startup Research Grants (SRG) under Science Education and Research Board (SERB), India, Since Aug. 2021

  • Member, Gender in physics working group, Indian Physics Association (IPA), Since 2023.

  • Editorial Board Member of 'Pramana: Journal of Physics' - an international science journal published by Indian Academy of Sciences (Jan 2022 onwards)

  • Editorial Board Member of ‘Heliyon’- an international science journal by Elsevier (2016 onwards).

Recognition and achievements 

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  • Young Scientist project received from JSPS, Japan, during the postdoctoral tenure in Kyoto University (details in another column).

  • Multiple travel grants were awarded by DST, CSIR, INSA for attending international conferences during postdoctoral tenure in TIFR, Mumbai.

  • Several best post presentation awards to the group

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