Professor (Scientist-F) & Dean (Faculty)
Prof. Dr. Abir De Sarkar is into high-performance scientific computing. He pursues research in the realm of Computational Nanoscience. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ He had his first postdoctoral stint at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin, Germany and the last one at Uppsala University, Sweden. In between, he served as a Research Scientist & Engineer on a Visiting Investigator Program between CEMES-CNRS, France and A*STAR, Singapore. He has been the recipient of the President of India, medal for the year 2000 for having topped all the postgraduate disciplines in Calcutta University. The CNR Rao Award for Excellence in Nano research for the year 2018 has been conferred upon him. ACS has recognized him in the top 3% of highly cited authors for 2019-2020, while the top cited paper award 2023 has been conferred upon him and his PhD scholars by IOP Publishing, UK. Prof. De Sarkar has published more than 100 papers to date. He has guided 5 students to the successful completion of their PhD and mentored postdoctoral fellows. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Bright & motivated students from (Physics, Applied Physics, Electronic Science and Engineering backgrounds) having their own fellowships such as JRF-NET are encouraged to apply for several PhD positions available with him.
E-mail:
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Computational Nanoscience: Piezoelectricity, valleytronics, spintronics, photovoltaics, photocatalysis, energy conversion, next-generation electronics, self-powered flexible piezo-spintronics, carrier mobility, thermoelectricity (thermal to electrical energy conversion), Nanocatalysis (Activation and conversion of CO2 and hydrocarbons on nanosystems), Gas sensors, band gap and edge engineering in nanomaterials, optoelectronic and photophysical properties
First principles (ab initio) density functional theory (DFT)-based approaches, Ab initio transport calculations (DFT coupled to non-equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF)), Boltzmann Transport Equation, Quantum Physics & Materials Science
Apart from the independent pursuit of research in the domain of Computational Nanoscience, the group collaborates with experimentalists and provides them with strong theoretical support.
Convened hands-on training DFT-Crystal in-person workshop (12-16 Feb. 2023) in collaboration with the University of Torino, Italy (Prof. Silvia Casassa, Prof. Bartolomeo Civalleri) & Michigan Technological University, USA (Prof. Ravi Pandey).
Grateful to distinguished Prof. Puru Jena, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA and my postdoc mentor, Prof. Rajeev Ahuja (Director, IIT-Ropar & Professor, Uppsala University, Sweden), for their valuable time and mesmerizing lectures.
Hearty congratulations to the Group Alumni (5 former PhD students) for securing
h-index ≥ 13 from their PhD work (publications), which is rare and unusual, even on an international scale
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1. Postdoc position at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA: Dr. Manish Kumar Mohanta
2. Postdoc position at Michigan Technological University, USA, Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany & DST Inspire Faculty position, India: Dr. Ashima Rawat
3. Postdoc position at Linkoping University, Sweden, preceded by a postdoc position on a prestigious Graphene flagship project, in Europe (Germany, France, Belgium): Dr. Nityasagar Jena
4. Assistant Professor position at Gitam University, Bengaluru, India, preceded by a Postdoc position at CNRS Lab, Nancy France: Dr. Dimple
5. Postdoc position at IIT Kanpur, India: Dr. Raihan Ahammed
Prof. Abir De Sarkar was in National News in 2020 for his research activities on piezoelectricity in 2D materials.
Heartiest congratulations to my Ph.D. student, Manish Kumar Mohanta on being conferred the prestigious ‘Karnataka DST Nanoscience Fellowship Award’ consisting of a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- and a certificate at the Bengaluru India Nano 2022.
Our article entitled ‘Group-IV (A) Janus dichalcogenide monolayers and their interfaces straddle gigantic shear and in-plane piezoelectricity’, published in Nanoscale 13 (2021) 5460-5478 has been featured as the themed collection of the Nanoscale most popular 2021 Articles.
Our article titled 'Superhigh out-of-plane piezoelectricity, low thermal conductivity and photocatalytic abilities in ultrathin 2D van der Waals heterostructures of boron monophosphide and gallium nitride' published in Nanoscale 11 (2019) 21880-21890 has been specially selected to feature in an Editor’s Choice web collection focussing on computational nanomaterials research under the theme Computational studies of nanomaterials for energy, catalysis and electronics.
It is the first report on out-of-plane piezoelectricity (d33) in 2D van der Waals heterostructures.The experimental verification of this theoretical prediction, followed subsequently and was duly acknowledged to be pioneering in Chem. Soc. Rev., 2022,51, 650-671, is truly rewarding!
Department of Science and Technology, Government of India acknowledged our works where induction of superhigh out-of-plane piezoelectricity via stacking one monolayer over the other in the 2D nanostructure has been demonstrated.
https://dst.gov.in/computer-based-nanomaterials-inst-mohali-can-show-future-nano-electronics
Email: shivam.ph22204@inst.ac.in
Reg. No.: PH22204
Email: arneet.ph21210@inst.ac.in
Reg. No.: PH21210
Email: fathima.ph20246@inst.ac.in
Reg. No.: PH20246
Email: harshita.ph20247@inst.ac.in
Reg. No.: PH20247
Email: nilakantha.ph20248@inst.ac.in
Reg. No.: PH20248
Email: amal.ph19236@inst.ac.in
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Email: anu.ph19228@inst.ac.in
Reg. No.: PH19228
Email: pradip.ph19226@inst.ac.in
Reg. No.: PH19226
Reg. No.: PH16239 (Postdoc at Virginia Commonwealth University, USA)
Designation: PhD Scholar
Jan 2017 - May 2022
Reg. No.: PH18203 Postdoctoral Fellow, IIT Kanpur, India
Designation: PhD Scholar
Aug 2018 - Mar 2023
Reg. No.: PH16203, Awarded PhD on 24th July, 2021 Postdoctoral Fellow, Michigan Technological University, USA
Designation: PhD Scholar
Aug 2016 - Aug 2021
Reg. No.: Postdoc at Linkoping University, Sweden
Designation: PhD Scholar
Jan 2015 - Jul 2020
Reg. No.: PH14209; CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow, Nancy, France
Designation: PhD Scholar
Aug 2014 - Nov 2019
Reg. No.: Assistant Professor at Chandigarh University, Punjab
Designation: Post Docs/RA
Aug 2015 - Apr 2019
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Origin of strain tunability in flat valence band and ultrahigh shear piezoelectricity in superflexible non–van der Waals graphitic Sc X monolayers ( X = P , As, Sb) , Harshita Seksaria, Arneet Kaur, and Abir De Sarkar , Phys. Rev. B , (2023) , 108 , 075426 , 10.1103/PhysRevB.108.0754262.
Anisotropy in colossal piezoelectricity, giant Rashba effect and ultrahigh carrier mobility in Janus structures of quintuple Bi2X3 (X = S, Se) monolayers , Nilakantha Tripathy, Abir De Sarkar* , (2023) , 35: 335301 , Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , doi:10.1088/1361-648X/acd49f3.
Correlation between strain tunable piezoelectricity and Rashba effect in flexible Janus Ga2Ge2XY (X, Y = S, Se, and Te) monolayers with high carrier mobility , Arneet Kaur, Shivam Sharma, Pradip Nandi and Abir De Sarkar* , (2023) , 154: 15791 , Physica-E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures , 10.1016/j.physe.2023.1157914.
Regulating Excitonic Effects in Non-Oxide Based XPSe3 (X=Cd, Zn) Monolayers towards Enhanced Photocatalysis for Overall Water Splitting , Amal Kishore, Harshita Seksaria, Anu Arora and Abir De Sarkar* , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. , (2023) , 25: 20337-20349 , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. , 10.1039/D3CP02196C5.
Insights into selected 2D piezo Rashba semiconductors for self-powered flexible piezo spintronics: material to contact properties , Fathima IS, Manish Kumar Mohanta, Abir De Sarkar* , (2023) , 35: 253001 , Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (invited topical review) , 10.1088/1361-648X/acc70f6.
Engineering catalytically active sites by sculpting artificial edges on MoS2 basal plane for dinitrogen reduction at a low overpotential , Renu Rani, Ashmita Biswas, Raihan Ahammed, Taniya Purkait, Anirban Kundu, Subhajit Sarkar, Mamta Raturi, Abir De Sarkar*, Ramendra Sundar Dey*, Kiran Shankar Hazra* , (2023) , 2206357 , Small , 10.1002/smll.2022063577.
Hexagonal and tetragonal ScX (X=P, As, Sb) nanosheets for optoelectronics and straintronics: , Harshita Seksaria, Arneet Kaur, Khushwant Singh, Abir De Sarkar , (2023) , 615: 156306 , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.1563068.
Compressive Strain-Induced Enhancement in Valley Polarization in β-Phosphorene like SnS Monolayers: , Fathima I S, R. Ahammed, P. Nandi, A. Rawat, and A. De Sarkar , (2023) , 611: 155675 , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2022.1556759.
Valley Hall effect in graphene-like Sn X ( X = Si, Ge) buckled monolayers with high charge carrier mobility and low lattice thermal conductivity: , Manish Kumar Mohanta, Fathima IS, and Abir De Sarkar , (2023) , 107: 035429 , Physical Review B , 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.03542910.
Negative piezoelectricity and enhanced electrical conductivity at the interfaces of two-dimensional dialkali oxide and chalcogenide monolayers: , Anu Arora, Ashima Rawat, and Abir De Sarkar , (2023) , 107: 085402 , Phys. Rev. B , 10.1103/PhysRevB.107.08540211.
Unconventional Anisotropy in Excitonic Properties and Carrier Mobility in Iodine-Based XTeI (X = Ga, In) Monolayers for Visible-Light Photocatalytic Water Splitting: , Amal Kishore, Nilakantha Tripathy, Abir De Sarkar , (2023) , 127: 1992-2002 , J. Phys. Chem. C , 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c0736712.
Experimental and computational insights into luminescence in atomically precise bimetallic Au6-nCun(MPA)5 (n=0-2) clusters , Aarti Devi, Harshita Seksaria, Dipankar Bain, Sarita Kolay, Rashi, Abir De Sarkar* and Amitava Patra* , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , (2023 ) , 25 , 9513-9521 , 10.1039/D2CP05120F13.
Valley spin polarization in two-dimensional h - M N ( M = Nb, Ta) monolayers: Merger of valleytronics with spintronics: , Raihan Ahammed ,Abir De Sarkar , (2022) , 105: 045426 , Phys. Rev. B , 10.1103/PhysRevB.105.04542614.
Insights into CrS2 monolayer and -CrS2/-HfN2 interface for low-power digital and analog nanoelectronics: , Manish Kumar Mohanta,Harshita Seksaria,Abir De Sarkar* , (2022) , 579: 152211 , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.15221115.
Nanoscale probing of surface potential landscape at MoS2/BP van der Waals p–n heterojunction: , Mamta Raturi, Arneet Kaur, Himanshu Tyagi, Monika Bhakar, Jyoti Saini, Manpreet Kaur, Abir De Sarkar and Kiran S Hazra , (2022) , 34: 095702 , Nanotechnology , 10.1088/1361-6528/aca61a16.
Nanocatalytic interface to decode the phytovolatile language for latent crop diagnosis in future farms: , Chandel M., Kumar P., Arora A., Kataria S., Dubey S.C., Djanaguiraman M., Kaur K., Sahu B.K., Abir De Sarkar, Vijayakumar S.* , (2022) , 94: 11081-11088. , Analytical Chemistry , 10.1021/acs.analchem.2c0224417.
Group-IV(A) Janus dichalcogenide monolayers and their interfaces straddle gigantic shear and in-plane piezoelectricity: , Pradip Nandi,Ashima Rawat,Raihan Ahammed,Nityasagar Jena,Abir De Sarkar , (2021) , 5460-5478 , Nanoscale, 2021, 13 , 10.1039/D0NR07027K18.
Effective modulation of ohmic contact and carrier concentration in a graphene-Mg X ( X = S, Se) van der Waals heterojunction with tunable band-gap opening via strain and electric field: , Manish Kumar Mohanta,Anu Arora,Abir De Sarkar , (2021) , 104: 165421 , Phys. Rev. B , Phys. Rev. B 104, 16542119.
Atomistic manipulation of interfacial properties in HfN2/MoTe2 van der Waals heterostructure via strain and electric field for next generation multifunctional nanodevice and energy conversion: , Manish Kumar Mohanta,Ashima Rawat,Abir De Sarkar* , (2021) , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.15092820.
Hot Hole Cooling and Transfer Dynamics from Lead Halide Perovskite Nanocrystals Using Porphyrin Molecules: , Goutham Ghosh,Kritiman Marjit,Srijon Ghosh, Arnab Ghosh,Raihan Ahammed,Abir De Sarkar*,Amitava Patra* , (2021) , 5859–5869 , J. Phys. Chem. C 2021, 125, 10 , 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c1128921.
Conflux of tunable Rashba effect and piezoelectricity in flexible magnesium monochalogenide monolayers for next-generation spintronic devices: , Manish Kumar Mohanta,Anu Arora,Abir De Sarkar , (2021) , 13: 8210-8223 , Nanoscale , 10.1039/D1NR00149C22.
Interfacing 2D M2X (M = Na, K, Cs; X= O, S, Se, Te) monolayers for 2D excitonic and tandem solar cells: , Ashima Rawat,Anu Arora,Abir De Sarkar* , (2021) , 563: 150304 , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2021.15030423.
Concurrence of negative in-plane piezoelectricity and photocatalytic properties in 2D ScAgP2S6 monolayers: , Ashima Rawat,Dimple,Raihan Ahammed,Abir De Sarkar , (2021) , 33: 375301 , Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , 10.1088/1361-648X/ac0e6c24.
Spin-current modulation in hexagonal buckled ZnTe and CdTe monolayers for self-powered flexible-piezo-spintronic devices: , Manish Kumar Mohanta,Fathima IS,Amal Kishore,Abir De Sarkar* , (2021) , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.1c0926725.
ZrS3/MS2 and ZrS3/MXY (MMo, W; X, YS, Se, Te; X ≠ Y) type-II van der Waals hetero-bilayers: Prospective candidates in 2D excitonic solar cells: , Raihan Ahammed, Ashima Rawat, Nityasagar Jena, Dimple, Manish Kumar Mohanta,Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , 499: 143894 , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2019.14389426.
Electronic, quantum transport and optical properties analysis of doped phosphorene sheet: , Sukhbir Singh, Abir De Sarkar, Inderpreet Kaur , (2020) , International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry , 10.1080/03067319.2019.168648927.
The role of exfoliating solvents for control synthesis of few-layer graphene-like nanosheets in energy storage applications: Theoretical and experimental investigation: , Taniya Purkait, Raihan Ahammad, Abir De Sarkar, Ramendra Sundar Dey* , (2020) , 509: 145375 , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.14537528.
Interfacing Boron Monophosphide with Molybdenum Disulfide for an Ultrahigh Performance in Thermoelectrics, Two-Dimensional Excitonic Solar Cells, and Nanopiezotronics: , Manish Kumar Mohanta, Ashima Rawat, Nityasagar Jena, Dimple, Raihan Ahammed, Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , 12: 3114-3126 , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.9b1686629.
Proton Triggered Fluorescence Switching in Self-Exfoliated Ionic Covalent Organic Nanosheets for Applications in Selective Detection of Anions: , Harpreet Singh, Manisha Devi, Nityasagar Jena, Mohamed Musthafa Iqbal, Yogendra Nailwal, Abir De Sarkar*, Santanu Kumar Pal* , (2020) , 12: 13248-13255 , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.9b2074330.
Ultra-low lattice thermal conductivity and giant phonon-electric field coupling in hafnium dichalcogenide monolayers: , Dimple, Manish Kumar Mohanta, Ashima Rawat, Nityasagar Jena, Raihan Ahammed, Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , 32 315301 , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter , 10.1088/1361-648X/ab7e5f31.
Electrochemically customized assembly of a hybrid xerogel material via combined covalent and non-covalent conjugation chemistry: an approach for boosting the cycling performance of pseudocapa: , Yaniya Purkait, Dimple, Navpreet Kamboj, Manisha Das, Subhajit Sarkar, Abir De Sarkar, Ramendra Sundar Dey* , (2020) , 8: 6740-6756 , Journal of Materials Chemistry A , 10.1039/D0TA02477E32.
Impact of transverse and vertical gate electric field on vibrational and electronic properties of MoS2: , Renu Rani, Nityasagar Jena, Anirban Kundu, Abir De Sarkar*, Kiran Shankar Hazra* , (2020) , 127: 145101 , Journal of Applied Physics , 10.1063/1.513184533.
Tweaking the physics of interfaces between monolayers of buckled cadmium sulfide for a superhigh piezoelectricity, excitonic solar cell efficiency and thermoelectricity: , Manish Kumar Mohanta, Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , 12: 18123-18137 , ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces , 10.1021/acsami.0c0086434.
Nanoscale Interfaces of Janus Monolayers of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for 2D Photovoltaic and Piezoelectric Applications: , Ashima Rawat, Manish Kumar Mohanta, Nityasagar Jena, Dimple, Raihan Ahammed, Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c0219935.
Superhigh flexibility and out-of-plane piezoelectricity together with strong anharmonic phonon scattering induced extremely low lattice thermal conductivity in hexagonal buckled CdX (X= S, Se: , Manish Kumar Mohanta, Ashima Rawat, Nityasagar Jena,Raihan Ahammed,Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter , 10.1088/1361-648X/ab8d7336.
An Experimental and Theoretical Study into Interface Structure and Band Alignment of the Cu2Zn1-xCdxSnS4 Heterointerface for Photovoltaic Applications: , Sachin R. Rondiya, Yogesh Jadhav, Nelson Y. Dzade, Raihan Ahammed, Tanmay Goswami, Abir De Sarkar, Sandesh Jadkar, Santosh K. Haram, Hirendra N. Ghosh , (2020) , 3: 5153−5162 , ACS Applied Energy Materials , 10.1021/acsaem.9b0231437.
Giant tunability in electrical contacts and doping via inconsiderable normal electric field strength or gating for a high-performance in ultrathin field effect transistors based on 2D BX/grap: , Manish Kumar Mohanta, Abir De Sarkar , (2020) , 526: 146749 , Applied Surface Science , 10.1016/j.apsusc.2020.14674938.
Electronic Structure Modulation of 2D Colloidal CdSe Nanoplatelets by Au25 Clusters for High-Performance Photodetector: , Anusri Medda, Avisek Dutta, Dipankar Bain, Manish Kumar Mohanta, Abir De Sarkar, and Amitava Patra , (2020) , 19793–19801 , J. Phys. Chem. C 2020 ,124, 36, , 10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c0477439.
Coupled spin and valley polarization in monolayer HfN2 and valley-contrasting physics at the HfN2 -WSe2 interface: , Manish Kumar Mohanta and Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , 102: 125414 , PHYSICAL REVIEW B , 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.12541440.
Exceptional mechano-electronic properties in HfN2 monolayer: promising candidate in low-power flexible electronics, memory devices and photocatalysis: , Manish Kumar Mohanta, Fathima IS and Abir De Sarkar* , (2020) , 21275-21287 , Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys ,2020,22, , 10.1039/D0CP02999H1.
Theoretical Studies on Formation, Property Tuning and Adsorption of Graphene Segments, Physics and Applications of Graphene - Theory,Sergey Mikhailov (Ed.) , R.Q. Zhang, A. De Sarkar , 2011 , ISBN: 978-953-307-152-7 , Chapter 1 , Available at http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/theoretical-studies-on-formation-property-tuning-and-adsorption-of-graphene-segments2.
Modeling Silicon Nanostructure Surface Functionalization for Biological Detections: , R.-Q. Zhang, Abir De Sarkar , (2012) (Chapter 3) , Print ISBN 978-94-007-4947-4, Online ISBN 978-94-007-4948-1, 33-51 , (http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-007-4948-1_3)Prof. CNR Rao Award for Excellence in Nanoresearch for the year 2018
Recipient of the President of India, medal for the year 2000 for having topped all the postgraduate disciplines in the Calcutta University.
Top 3% highly cited authors 2019-2020 by the American Chemical Society (ACS)
Top cited paper award 2023 by IOP Publishing, UK
Accorded "Trusted Reviewer" status by IOP Publishing, UK in 2023
Awarded Max-Planck (postdoctoral) Fellowship at the Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society), Berlin-Dahlem, Germany from 2004 to 2005
Awarded Postdoctoral Fellowship by the Wenner-Gren Stiftelserna/Foundation, Sweden
Awarded Junior Research Fellowship between August, 1999 and August, 2001; Awarded Senior Research Fellowship between September, 2001 and April, 2004 by the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, India
Awarded National Scholarship based on performance in B.Sc. (Honors) in Physics, i.e., (10+2+3) examination, held in 1997
(Studied at St. Xavier's College, Kolkata)
Awarded National Scholarship based on performance in the Higher Secondary, i.e., (10+2) examination, held in 1994
Qualified the National Eligibility Test (NET) in 2000, a national level competitive examination, conducted by the Council of Scientific-and-Industrial Research (CSIR), India; Awarded Joint CSIR-Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) and Eligibility for Lecturership in Physical Sciences under the CSIR-scheme.
Obtained 97.84 percentile in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering, 2000 (GATE-2000), a national level competitive examination, conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). All India Rank - 34
Professor (Scientist-F): Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Knowledge City, Sector 81, Manauli, Mohali, Punjab - 140306 (January 2020 till date )
Associate Professor (Scientist E): Institute of Nanoscience and Technology (INST), Habitat Centre, Phase-X, Sector-64, Mohali-160 062, Punjab, India (March 2014 to December 2019 )
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics: Central University of Rajasthan, Tehsil: Kishangarh, Dist. Ajmer, India (April 2013 to March 2014 )
Wenner-Gren Researcher/Forskare at KTH (Royal Institute of Technology), Stockholm, Sweden & Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (August 2011 to April 2013 )
Senior Research Associate at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering: City University of Hong Kong (June 2010 to June 2011 )
Research Scientist & Engineer on a A*STAR Visiting Investigator Program (VIP) between CEMES-CNRS, Toulouse, France and A*STAR,Singapore at the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE-A*STAR), Singapore (May 2005 to May 2010 )
Max Planck Postdoctoral Fellow: Fritz Haber Institute of the Max-Planck Society, Berlin, Germany (May 2004 to April 2005 )
Completed Ph.D. in Physics (from September, 2000 - April, 2004) from the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics: DAE Institute, Kolkata (February 2000 to May 2004)
Completed Post M.Sc. (course work before PhD) from the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata in 1999-2000
Completed M.Sc. (Physics) in 1997-1999 from Calcutta University as Topper (First Class First)
Studied B.Sc. (Hons.) in Physics from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata in 1994-1997
Title: Atomic-scale investigation of the nanopiezotronic properties in semiconducting transition metal dichalcogenide monolayers via first-principles electronic structure methods
PI: Prof. Abir De Sarkar
Funding Amount: Rs. 56,29,600
Tenure: 3 years
Funding Agency: DST (Nanomission), GoI
Title: CO2 and hydrocarbon conversion on Mo-based nanocatalysts
PI: Prof. Abir De Sarkar
Funding Amount: 2 lacs research grant per year + NPDF Fellowship
Tenure: 2 years
Funding Agency: DST-SERB (NPDF)