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Academic Background
- Ph.D. Physics, IISc., Bangalore
- M.Sc. Materials Science, Anna University,
Madras
- B.Sc. Physics, Madras University, Madras
Academic Achievements/Awards/Honours
- I Rank, M.Sc. Materials Science, Anna
University, Madras, 1983
- The Martin J. Forster Gold Medal of the Indian
Institute of Science, for the best Ph.D. thesis
in the Division of Physical and Mathematical
Sciences, for the year 1986-87
- Young Scientist Medal, Indian National Science
Academy, 1990
- Japanese Society for Promotion of Science
Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Electronics and
Computer Engineering, Gifu University Japan,
1991
- Young Scientist Research Award of the Department
of Atomic Energy, India, for the year 1995
- INSA-Royal Society Visiting Scientist, Imperial
College of Science, Technology and Medicine,
London (1998)
- Visiting Scholar, Lyman Laboratory, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, USA (1999)
- General Secretary, Instrument Society of India
(2000-2004)
- Vice President, Instrument Society of India
(2004-2008)
- President, Instrument Society of India
(2019 onwards)
- Elected Fellow of the National Academy of
Sciences, 2008
Affiliation to Professional Societies
- Life Member - Instruments Society of India
- Life Member - Semiconductor Society of India
Administrative Positions Held
- Dean, Faculty of Science , IISc Bangalore (2024 onwards)
- Chairman, Instrumentation and Applied Physics
, IISc, Bangalore, India (2016-2023)
- Chairman, Robert Bosch Center for Cyber Physical Systems (2011-2016)
- Chairman, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
(GATE), IISc, Bangalore, India (2004-2007)
Editorial work for journals
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Indian Institute of Science
Refereeing for International Journals
- Appl. Phys. A
- Bull. Materials Science
- Current Science
- IEEE Transactions for Instrumentation & Measurements
- J. Alloys & Compounds
- J. Non-Crystalline Solids
- J. Opto Electronics & Advanced Materials
- J. Physics & Chemistry of Solids
- Materials Chemistry & Physics
- Optics Letters
- Optical Materials
Express
- Physica
- Pramana
- Radiation Measurements
- Solid State Communications
- Thin Solid Films
- Vacuum
Books Published/Edited
- Advances in Instrumentation (New Age, India, 1996) (Editor)
- Proceedings of International symposium on Non-Oxide and Novel Optical Glasses, Special Issue of J. Non-Cryst. Solids (Elsevier, USA, 2007) (Guest Editor)
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