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2020


  • Barun's paper on NiTe_2 ARPES modelling confirming low energy type-II Dirac Fermions will appear in Phys. Rev. B. [Great work by Barun!]

  • Baokai, Bahadur and Barun's paper on first prediction of a rotational TCI (TaAs_2 and family) will appear in Phys. Rev. B. [Great work guys!]

  • Kabya's paper on "Giant optical activity and Kerr effect in type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals" will appear in Phys. Rev. B. [Lots of hard work by Kabya!]

  • Kamal's paper on "Berry curvature induced thermopower in type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals" has appeared in Phys. Rev. B. [Great work by Kamal. This year we need to end with a sixer!]

  • A very Warm welcome to all our new Ph. D, Dual Degree and M. Sc students. Lets push ahead with full Josh, excitement and energy! Let us give it our best, our very very best. Here we come!

2019

  • Debashish Dutta have joined our research group as a Ph. D student. A very warm welcome !

  • Barun's paper on NiTe_2 ARPES modelling confirming low energy type-II Dirac Fermions will appear in Phys. Rev. B. [Great work by Barun!]

  • Baokai, Bahadur and Barun's paper on first prediction of a rotational TCI (TaAs_2 and family) will appear in Phys. Rev. B. [Great work guys!]

  • Kabya's paper on "Giant optical activity and Kerr effect in type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals" will appear in Phys. Rev. B. [Lots of hard work by Kabya!]

  • Kamal's paper on "Berry curvature induced thermopower in type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals" has appeared in Phys. Rev. B. [Great work by Kamal. This year we need to end with a sixer!]

  • A very Warm welcome to all our new Ph. D, Dual Degree and M. Sc students. Lets push ahead with full Josh, excitement and energy! Let us give it our best, our very very best. Here we come!

  • Debashish Dutta have joined our research group as a Ph. D student. A very warm welcome !

  • Apurva Karmakar and Debashish Dutta have joined our research group. A very warm welcome !

  • Sougata's BaAgAs paper appeared in Phys. Rev. Materials (Rapid). [Great work by Sougata and Bahadur!]

  • Sougata submitted his thesis on 24th June. [When and where is the party -- Sougata ?]

  • Ashutosh's paper on "Terahertz shifted optical sideband generation in graphene" appeared in Phys. Rev. B. [super excellent work by Dr. Ashutosh. ]

  • Kamal's paper on "Linear magnetochiral transport in tilted type-I and type-II Weyl semimetals " appeared in Phys. Rev. B. [This opens the account for Kamal. Good work!]

  • Barun's paper on "Broadband excitation spectrum of bulk crystals and thin layers of PtTe2", appeared in Phys. Rev. B. [Good work! This opens our 'account' for 2019, with many more to come.]

  • Pushpendra Yadav has joined our group as a Ph. D student. A very warm welcome !

  • Barun's paper on "Broadband excitation spectrum of bulk crystals and thin layers of PtTe2", appeared in Phys. Rev. B. [Good work! This opens our 'account' for 2019, with many more to come.]

  • Pushpendra Yadav has joined our group as a Ph. D student. A very warm welcome !

  • A new year beckons! Lets march ahead with lots of plans, excitements and joy! Let us give it our best, and nothing but the best as always.

  • A very warm welcome to the new Ph. D students joining our department [Jan-2019 onwards]. Please think big, be very ambitious, work hard, and be very humble at the same time.


2018

  • A new year beckons! Lets march ahead with lots of plans, excitements and joy! Let us give it our best, and nothing but the best as always.

  • A very warm welcome to the new Ph. D students joining our department [Jan-2019 onwards]. Please think big, be very ambitious, work hard, and be very humble at the same time.

  • Barun's paper, "Topological hourglass Dirac semimetal in the nonpolar phase of Ag2Bio3", appeared in Phys. Rev. Lett. [Excellent work by Barun and Bahadur!]

  • Avirup's paper on "Modeling of Multi-domain Switching in Ferroelectric Materials..." has been accepted in IEDM (a very prestigious micro-electronics conference). [Finally in 4th attempt! Great work by Avirup].

  • Anan Bari Sarkar has joined our research group as a Ph. D student. [Welcome, and get ready for the great stuff!]

  • Our paper "3D Dirac Plasmons in 3D Dirac semimetal PtTe_2" appeared in Phys. Rev. Lett. Editorial suggestion + PHYSICS highlight. [Great work by Barun and Krishanu in the theory part !]

  • Ashutosh submitted his Ph. D thesis. "Excellent work by Ashutosh! And party abhi baki hai - Ashutosh"

  • Kamal's first paper on "Linear magnato-chiral transport in tilted type-I and type-II WSM " appeared on arXiv today. "Excited for Kamal! "

  • Debottam Mondal has joined our research group as a dual degree Ph. D students. "Welcome! "

  • Ashutosh submitted his Ph. D thesis. "Party is due, Ashutosh"

  • Our paper "3D Dirac Plasmons in 3D Dirac semimetal PtTe_2" has been accepted in Phys. Rev. Lett. Editorial suggestion + physics highlight.

  • Our paper on "SnP_3: A previously unexplored 2D material" recently got published in JPCC. "Good work by Shivam and Barun"

  • I was recently awarded the N. S. Satyamurthy memorial award in Physics for 2016, by the Indian Physics Academy. "Many thanks to IPA!"

  • I was recently promoted to Associate professor@ IITK. "Many thanks to IITK and the selection committee!"