Professor

Biographical Sketch

Education

Ph.D. in Physics
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, India

Employment

Honors and Awards

• Recipient of SERB Power Fellowship
• IOP Publishing Top Cited Author Award (India)
• TWAS Young Affiliate
• SERB Women Excellence Award
• Member of National Science Academy, India (NASI)
• Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Appreciation
• DST Young Scientist Research Award
• Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Appreciation
• Associate of Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS)
• INSA Medal for Young Scientists (Material Science & Engineering)
  Indian National Science Academy (INSA)
• Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Post Doctoral Fellowship, CalTech
  California Institute of Technology

Professional activities

• Nodal Officer Vigyan Jyoti scheme for girl students in STEM areas (Program by Department of Science and Technology)
• Co-Convener Kishore Vaigyanik Protshan Yojana (KVPY) (2016-present) (Program by Department of Science and Technology)
• Hostel warden (2011-2019)
• Member and counsellor of students’ affair committee, IISc (2018-Present)
• Member of women empowerment, children activities and recreation (WeCare), IISc (2018-present)
• Member of Committee on Revision of Tuition Fee for all degree programmes at IISc.
• Member of undergraduate admission committee

Professional Memberships

• Member of IIT alumni Centre Bengaluru
• Associate Editor of RSC Advances
• Associate Editor of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
• Member, Material Research Society (MRS), USA
• Member, American Physical Society (APS), USA
• Member, IEEE, USA
• Life Member, Instrumentation Society of India (ISI)
• Life Member, Material Research Society India (MRSI)