Project funding (for postdoctoral research) secured through a prestigious and highly competitive international and national selection process:
2. Project “Unlocking Quantum Potential: Investigations of Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) States in Molecular Systems on Superconductors for Quantum Computing and Next‑Generation Spintronics.”
Host institute: Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany.
Funding agency: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA): MSCA EU COFUND Programs-KiTE (Kiel Training for Excellence).
My role: Principal investigator (PI).
Grant number: HORIZON-MSCA-2021-COFUND-01, 101081480 — KiTE.
Project budget: 243k € (EUR).
Awarding Year: 2024
Competetion level: Written+ interview, selection rate: top 7% selection rate in MSCA-COFUND.
Project title “Magnetization study, chemical disorder, and anomalous Hall effect in Weylsemimetals for Topo-spintronics”
Host institute: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Pune (IISER-Pune).
Funding agency: Science and Engineering Research Board SERB, Government of India.
My role: Principal investigator (PI).
Grant number: PDF/2021/003508.
Awarding Year: 2021.
Competetion level: Project is evaluated through the nationwide written exam.
Other Postdoctoral research project details:
Project title “Research on Spin-Orbit Torque Manipulation and Its Spin Logic Devices, Chips, and Applications”
Host institute: Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Hong Kong. Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Technology of the people’s Republic of China.
My role: Co-Principal investigator (Co-PI).
Awarding Year: 2024.
Project title “Studies on Lattice surfaces and 2-Dim. materials for quantum technology”
Host institute: Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education – Changhua County, Taiwan. Funding agency: National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), Taiwan.
My role: Co-Principal investigator (Co-PI).
Grant number: NSTC 112- 2811-M- 018-003.
Awarding Year: 2023.
Project title “Electronics structures, energy-efficient synthesis, microstructure, and transport−property characterization of multifunctional thermoelectric materials”
Host institute:Department of Physics, National Changhua University of Education –Changhua County, Taiwan. Funding agency: Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Taiwan.
My role: Co-Principal investigator (Co-PI).
Grant number: MOST 111-2811- M-018-004.
Awarding Year: 2022.
Project funding (for PhD research) secured through a highly competitive national selection process:
**PhD (Physics) admission through the CSIR-UGC NET Combined Examination, June 2012 (JRF, All India Rank: 213, 99.2 percentile): A national-level examination required for the award of the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) for PhD admission in India’s top-ranked and globally recognized Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), as well as eligibility for lectureship in the Physics discipline**.
Project title “Multifunctional Heusler nanoalloys for Spintronics and magnetic refrigeration:Experimental & Computational Study”
Host institute: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-Kharagpur) – Kharagpur, India.
Funding agency: University Grants Commission (UGC), New Delhi, India.
My role: Principal investigator (PI).
Grant number: 17-06/2012 (i) EU-V (for first 3 years) and 2-16/2008 (SA-I) (for next 2 years).
Awarding Year: 2013-2018.