Research Experience :
1. Present Occupation: Scientist at UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre
(Since December 2006)
2. Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow
Host Institute: Institute fur Anorganische und Analytische Chemie, Universitat Münster, Germany
Host: Prof. Dr. Rainer Pöttgen
(May 2005 – November 2006)
3. Visiting Fellow (Post-doctoral Fellow)
DCMP & MS, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research, Mumbai
(September 2002 – February 2005)
Mentor: Prof. E. V. Sampathkumaran
Educational Qualifications:
1. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) - PHYSICS
Department of Physics,
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
From: 1999 to 2003 (Thesis submitted in September 2002)
Title of the thesis: Investigations on Structural and Transport Properties of Mixed Oxide Systems
Thesis supervisor: Prof. D. G. Kuberkar (Department of Physics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot)
2. Master of Science (M.Sc) - PHYSICS
Department of Physics,
Saurashtra University, Rajkot
From: 1997 to 1999
3. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) - PHYSICS
H & H. B. Kotak Institute of Science
From: 1994 to 1997
4. School
Kendriya Vidyalaya Rajkot (CBSE board)
Class I - XII (1982 - 1994)