Education
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands (February 2001-September 2004)
Master of Engineering (M.E.): Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (August 1996 - January 1998)
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.): Metallurgical Engineering, National Institute of Technology (formerly known as REC), Durgapur, India (July 1992 - June 1996)
Professional Experience
Professor: Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (October 2016 onwards)
Associate Professor: Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (October 2010 - September 2016)
Visiting Scientist: Humboldt Fellow, University of Muenster, Germany (March 2012 -October 2012 )
Assistant Professor: Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India (August 2005 -September 2010)
Visiting Professor: Laboratory of Electronics and Production Engineering, Aalto University (formerly Helsinki University of Technology), Finland (June -July 2008)
Postdoctoral Fellow: Advanced Materials and Process Engineering Laboratory (AMPEL), University of British Columbia, Canada (October 2004 - July 2005)
Short term Scientific Mission: Institut f. Anorganische Chemie, University of Vienna, Austria (February 2004)
Research Associate: Nanyang Technological University , Singapore (July 1998 – December 1999)
Awards and honors
Received prestigious J.C. Bose grant (ANRF) 2025
Felicitation award for the book "Thermodynamics, Diffusion and the Kirkendall Effect" rated as one of the top books written during the last decade by publisher Springer Nature, 2024.
Elected as Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, 2023
Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2021 by NIT, Durgapur
Elected as Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, 2020
Listed in Asian Scientist 100, 2018 Edition in Materials Science Category
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, The highest Indian Science award, Government of India, 2017
Metallurgist of the Year Award, Ministry of Steel, Government of India, 2014
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship, Germany, 2012
Microsoft Research India Outstanding Young Faculty Award, 2010
Visiting faculty fellowship, The Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (TKK) Finland, 2018
