Biography

December 2018 -

Professor

Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad from December 2018 onwards.

October 2014 - December 2018

Associate Professor

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad from October 2014 - December 2018.

14th October 2009 - 14th October 2014

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad from 14th October 2009 to 14th October 2014.

July 2008 - October 2009

Visiting Scientist

Visiting Scientist in DMRL, Hyderabad from July 2008 to October 2009.

August 2005-2007

Post doctoral Experience

Researcher, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Professor B. Johansson's Group, From August 2005 - 2007

March 2003 - July 2005

Post doctoral Experience

Guest Scientist in Max-Planck Institute (MPI) for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Professor O. K. Andersen's group, From March 2003 to July 2005

2000-2004

Ph. D

Ph. D, Physics (2000-2004), Anna University

1999-2000

M.Phil

M.Phil Physics (1999-2000), Anna University

1997-1999

M. Sc

M. Sc, Physics (1997-1999), University of Madras

1994-1997

B. Sc

B. Sc, Physics (1994-1997), University of Madras

Academic Honours/Distinctions/Awards :

  • Elected as Fellow to the Institute of Physics (UK), 2021.
  • Chosen for the Fellowship of Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC), 2020.
  • Young Achiever Award 2014 at 59th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium.
  • Elected as a member in National Academy of Science, 2014.
  • Associate Fellow of Andhra Pradesh Academy of Science 2012 (AFAPAS), Andhra Pradesh.
  • Young Scientist Award for the year of 2011, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Science, Andhra Pradesh.
  • Received KAWZOE AWARD for best paper Presentation in "Third conference on Asian Consortium on computational Material Science"held during September 8th - 11th 2005 at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
  • Received KAWZOE AWARD for best paper Presentation in "First conference on Asian Consortium on computational Material Science" held during November 29th - 1st December 2001 in Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
  • Awarded CSIR - Senior Research Fellowship in 2002.
  • Rank holder in M.Sc. Physics - University of Madras

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