Conferences and Lectures

Approximate List of Plenary/Key-note/Invited Talks/Panels

• ‘Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial Ferroelectric thin Films’ at National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Denver, USA, March 2001

• Structure and Properties of Lanthanide Doped Bi4Ti3O12 Thin Films, Oral Presentation at 4th Asian Meeting on Ferroelectrics, 12-15th December 2003, Bangalore, India

• Ferroelectric Thin Films, University of Leeds (UK), (April 2004)

• Thin Films for Sensors and Actuators Applications, National Thermal Powder Corporation National Meeting, Noida (India), (September 2005)

• National Conference on “Materials for Electrical, Electronic & Magnetic Applications: Characterization & Measurements” September 2-3, 2005, Hyderabad (India), (September 2005)

• Growth and Characterization of Bi-layered ferroelectric thin films, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, 14-16 December, Goa (India), (December 2005)

• Multifunctional Oxide Thin Films, Condensed Matter Physics Workshop, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (February 2006)

• X-ray Diffraction: Principles and Practice; Workshop on Analytical Instrumental Techniques, RRL Bhubaneshwar, 20-23rd June 2006

• Multiferroic Materials, City Polytechnic University, New York, April 9th 2007

• Investigations on Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite, Diamond Symposium, Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, July 3-6 2007

• Tailoring of Structure and Properties in Bismuth Ferrite Thin Films and Ceramics, MRS Spring Meeting, 13-17 April 2009, San Francisco, CA

• Organic Solar Cells, DST India-Australia Solar Energy Workshop, Amity University, Noida, 9-10 Feb 2010

• Multiferroic Materials, ISIF Meeting, San Juan, June 2010

• Issues with Multiferoic materials, SMST, IT-BHU (May, 2010)

• Degradation in Organic Solar Cells, Indo-German Nanotechnology Meeting, IICT Hyderabad, Jan 2011

• Organic Solar Cells, RMIT University (2011)

• Degradation in Organic Solar Cells, India-UK Excitonic Solar Cells Symposium, JNCASR, 8-10 January 2012

• Phase Transitions, Magneto-structural Coupling and Spin Glass Behaviour in Magnetoelectric Gallium Ferrite, INAMM-Special International Workshop and Symposium on Emerging Frontiers in Multiferroics and Electronic Metamaterials and Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity-8, 9-12 December 2012, Pattaya, Thailand

• Organic Solar Photovoltaics, Indo-UK Joint Seminar on FUNCTIONAL AND ENERGY MATERIALS, MANUFACTURING AND STRUCTURES (FAEMMS 2013), University of Hyderabad, March 25 -26, 2013

• Degradation in Organic Solar Cells, INDO-UK Solar Energy APEX Symposium was held at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad, Jan 2013

• Mechanisms of Organic Solar Cell Degradation, Indo-US Organic Solar Cell workshop, Denver, Colorado, May 2013

• Multiferroics: new look at Gallium Ferrite, MS&T 2013, TMS, Montreal Canada, 27-31 October 2013

• Structural and Electrical Properties of Gallium Ferrite, IUPAC Conference at Bangalore, 18-19 December 2013  

• Room temperature multiferroics, NSFD, Manipur, Dec 2013

• Ashish Garg, Degradation in Organic Solar Cells, INDO-UK Solar Energy APEX Symposium was held at CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad IUPAC Conference at Bangalore, 18019 December 2013

• Ashish Garg, Organic Solar Cells, Indo-UK Joint Seminar on “Functional and Energy Materials, Manufacturing and Structures (FAEMMS 2013)” University of Hyderabad, March 25 and 26, 2013 (Invited)

• Ashish Garg, Phase transitions, magnetic and electrical behaviour of gallium ferrite, National Conference on Advances in Naval Materials (ADNAM-2013, February 22-23, 2013, NIOT, Chennai (2013)

• Indo-US Organic Solar Cell workshop, IIT Kanpur, March 2014

• BiFeO3-PbTiO3 thin films, INAMM Symposium, San Antonio (2014)

• Advances in X-ray Diffraction, PEC Chandigarh, Oct 2015

• Photovoltaics, Amity University, Noida, April 2016

• Progress on Organic Solar Cells, NPL Delhi, May 2016

• 8th Indo-Singapore  Symposium  in  Condensed  Matter  Physics" IIT  Kanpur , 25-27 Feb 2015

• International Conference on Materials Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 2-4 June 2017

• Strategies to Engineer P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films with Improved Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties for Flexible Energy Harvesting Applications (Invited), International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF), December 10-13, 2017, New Delhi

• Ashish Garg, P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films: Excellent Fatigue Resistance, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties (Invited), National Conference on Recent Trends in Condensed Matter Physics, October 31 to November 3, 2017, Bose Institute, Kolkata

• Ashish Garg, Gallium Ferrite: a multiferroics and magnetoelectric material (Invited), 81st Technical Annual Session of Indian Ceramic Society, COE Pune, December 14-16, 2017

• Ashish Garg, Quest for Room Temperature Multiferroic Materials (Invited), ICME, IIT Kanpur, June 2-4, 2017

• Ashish Garg, Engineering P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films for Flexible Energy Harvesting Applications (Keynote), International Symposium on Functional Materials, April 13-15, 2018, Chandigarh

• Energy Harvesting Materials and Applications, Indian Ceramic Society Meeting (Jamshedpur), Plenary, 9-10 Jan 2019 (Plenary)

• Invited talk, ICMAT, Singapore 2019

• Invited Talk, MSNE, Rice University, 2020

• Invited Talk, Indo-UK SUNRISE Symposium, Jointly online organized by Sunrise, Swansea University, UKRI, GCRF and IIT Kanpur (2022)

• Invited Talk, Perovskite Society Meeting 2022

• Invited Talk, Indo-UK SUNRISE Symposium on Transition to Net Zero, Jointly online organized by Sunrise, Swansea University, UKRI, GCRF and IIT Kanpur (2023)

• Invited Talk, Perovskite Society Meeting 2023

• Plenary talk, S & T Digital’s Virtual Conference on “Advances in Photovoltaic Materials and Devices 2023” June 2-4, 2023

• Panelist, Global Sustainable Development Congress, Bangkok, Thailand, May-June 2024

• Panelist, CSR Box, New Delhi, Oct 2023

• Speaker and panellist, Allen House Public School, Kanpur, 2024

• Invited Public Lecture, Shri Manohar Parrikar Science Festival, Goa, 13 Dec 2024

• Public Invited Lecture, Can we stop using fossil fuels to build a sustainable world?, India Science Festival, 12 Jan 2025, Pune, 12 Jan 2025

• Panel Chair, Holistic Accountability Indicators for Digital Cyber Sustainability”; Sustainability of Digital - Cyber World, The Imperial, New Delhi, 8th May 2025, Jointly organised by Kotak School of Sustainability, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (IITK) & Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New Delhi

• Panel Discussion on Energy, Chiang Mai University, 2-4 June 2025

• Research and innovation to support the transition to a circular economy, GSDC Panel Discussion, 17-18 June 2025, Istanbul, Turkey

• Efforts to improve the device efficiencies and stability, SUNRISE symposium by Swansea University, 1 July 2025

• Addressing barriers to siting clean energy projects and advancing equitable solutions, WRI Panel/Round table Discussion, 2nd September, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi

• Panel Moderator, Purpose-Driven Technology: Using CSR to fuel Innovation in AI, Sustainability, Cybersecurity for larger social good, Samanvay 2025, IIT Kanpur, 3 September 2025

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List of conference presentations (by me or my students)

• Rishow Kumar, Poster Presentation, Relaxor like characteristics in CuO epitaxial thin films: Intrinsic or Interfacial polarization driven relaxation, E-MRS Spring Meeting 2024, Strasbourg, France, 27th  May 2024

• Sony Priyadershini, Poster Presentation, Surface Studies of the Leaf and Petal Surfaces and their Correlations with Wettability, E-MRS Spring Meeting 2024, Strasbourg, France, 27th-31st May 2024

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Oral Presentation, Impact of chloride additive on the suppression of 2H/4H/6H intermediate phase formation in wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, European-Materials Research Society (E-MRS), Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland, 16th -19th September, 2024

• Yugesh Kumar, Poster Presentation, Waste-Derived Luminescent Downshifting Carbon Quantum Dots for Improving the Photostability of Perovskite Solar Cells, National Symposium of Research Scholars on Metallurgy and Materials, IIT Kanpur, 9th -10th March 2024

• Sony Priyadershini, Poster Presentation, Structural Characteristics of Surface Microstructures of the Leaf and Petal Surfaces and Their Effects on the Wettability, IRS, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kanpur, 05th November 2023

• Rishow Kumar, Poster Presentation, Investigation of Structural, Dielectric and Magnetic Characteristics of La Doped CuO Ceramics, IRS, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kanpur, 5th November 2023

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Oral Presentation, Additive Engineering for the suppression of intermediate-phase formation in wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, 5th International Conference on Materials-Advances in Material Innovation 2024, Memox in Basel, Switzerland, 25th -27th September, 2024

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Oral Presentation, Synergy of the electron transport layer and chloride additive in mitigating halide-segregation in wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, Joint International Workshop on Energy and Sustainability (JIWES 23), JNCASR-Rice University Collaboration, 8th -9th November, 2023

• Rishow Kumar, Poster Presentation, Room temperature structural, magnetic and dielectric characteristics of La doped copper oxide bulk multiferroic, RSD, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kanpur, 18th March 2023

• Sony Priyadershini, Poster Presentation, Effect of Microstructures of Leaves and Flower Petals on their Wettability, RSD, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kanpur, 18th  February2023

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Oral Presentation, Strategies to reduce photo-induced halide segregation in wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, MSE RSD23 (Padarth), IIT Kanpur, 18th -19th February, 2023

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Oral Presentation, Effect of additive engineering on the device performance and photostability of wide bandgap perovskite solar cells, Rice-IITK Symposium, IIT Kanpur, 15th November 2022

• Sony Priyadershini, Poster Presentation, Effect of Surface Features and Microstructure on the Wettability of Plant Leaves and Flower Petals, Rice-IITK collaboration center , IIT Kanpur, IIT Kanpur, 15th November 2022

• Yugesh Kumar, Poster Presentation,  Compositional Effect on the Moisture, Thermal, and Photostability of Perovskite Solar Cells, Advances in Materials and Processing: Challenges and Opportunity (AMPCO-2022), IIT Roorkee, 17th -19th October 2022

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Oral Presentation, Impact of additive engineering on the device performance of wide bandgap perovskite solar cells, MSE RSD22 (Padarth) , IIT Kanpur, 5th May 2022

• Shashikant Gupta, Oral Presentation, Polymeric Magnetoelectric Composite for Mechanical and Magnetic Energy Harvesting Application, Students Research Council (SRC) IIT Kanpur, 2021, Online, 4th -6th March, 2022

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Oral Presentation, Engineering Strain in Perovskite Thin Films: Key to Achieve Efficient and Stable Perovskite Solar Cells, CRSI RSC-15 symposium, IIT Guwahati, 24th March 2022

• Shashikant Gupta, Oral Presentation,  Flexible Magnetoelectric Composite Based on Dual-Phase Filler for IoT Driven Magnetic Field Detection, SUNRISE: Transition to Net Zero, Online, 10th -11th February 2022

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Poster Presentation, Effect of additive engineering on the performance of wide-bandgap perovskite solar cells, Indo-UK SUNRISE Symposium on Transition to Net Zero, Jointly online organized by Sunrise, Swansea University, UKRI, GCRF and IIT Kanpur, 10th -11st February 2022

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Oral Presentation, Enabling Strain Relaxation via Low-Temperature Microwave Processed TiO2 as an Electron Transport Layer for Enhanced Performance and Atmospheric Stability in Planar Perovskite Solar Cells, SUNRISE international conference: Powering Green Recovery, SUNRISE international conference, 20th -22nd September 2021

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Oral Presentation, Low Temperature Processed TiO2 as an Effective electron transport layer for improved performance in perovskite solar cells, virtual SUNRISE symposium, IIT Kanpur, 22nd - 23rd February-2021

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Oral Presentation, Low Temperature Processed TiO2 as an Effective electron transport layer for improved performance in perovskite solar cells, virtual 3rd Generation PV in developing World conference, NECEM and Durham University, UK, 6th -8th January-2021

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Poster Presentation,  Wide-bandgap perovskites for tandem architectures with silicon heterojunction cells, Indo-UK SUNRISE Symposium on Powering Green Recovery, Jointly online organized by Sunrise, Swansea University, UKRI, GCRF and IIT Kanpur, 20th -22nd September 2021

• Shashikant Gupta, Oral Presentation, Ferroelectric Polymer Composite for Magnetoelectric Application, IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, Online, 16th -21th May 2021

• Shashikant Gupta, Oral Presentation, Surface Modified Nanoparticle for PVDF-TrFE Based Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Nano-Generator, SUNRISE - Energy Sustainability and Water, Online, 22nd -23th February 2021

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Oral Presentation, Engineering different layers and interfaces for enhanced efficiency and stability in perovskite solar cells, SUNRISE symposium, IISC Bangalore, 11st -13th February-2020

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Oral Presentation, Long-term stability and reduced hysteresis via combination of additive and organic lewis acid in lead acetate based planar perovskite solar cells, SUNRISE symposium, IISC Bangalore, 11st-13th February-2020

• Saurabh Srivastav et al., Oral Presentation,, Challenges and strategies for perovskite-silicon tandem solar cell, Indo-UK SUNRISE Program, IIT Kanpur, 6th July 2020

• Shashikant Gupta, Oral Presentation, Energy Harvesting Based on Piezoelectricity and Triboelectricity, Material Advantage at IIT Kanpur Outreach Programme, Material Advantage at IIT Kanpur Outreach Programme, 19th September 2019

• Shashikant Gupta, Poster Presentation, Conference, Effect of processing and characterization conditions on electrical fatigues of non-volatile ferroelectric memories based on polymer, International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME), IIT Kanpur, 2nd -4th June 2017

• Rahul Ranjan, Ashish Garg, and Raju Kumar Gupta, Effect of PCBM on Efficiency and Stability in Perovskite Solar Cells, Poster presentation, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore 23-28 June 2019

• Shashikant Gupta, Oral Presentation, 0-3 Polymer-Ceramic Composite for Energy Generators Based on Piezoelectricity and Triboelectricity, 10th International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore, 23rd -28th June 2019

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Poster Presentation, Effect of NiO precursor solution ageing on the perovskite film formation and their integration as hole transport material for perovskite solar cells, International Workshop and Conference on Perovskite and Hybrid Photovoltaics (ICPHPV- 2019),,  IIT Delhi, 4th - 8th February-2019

• Prateek, Ashish Garg and Raju Kumar Gupta, Significantly Enhanced Dielectric Performance via Interface Modulation in Barium Titanate/Polyvinylidene Fluoride Multi-Layered Thin Film Polymer Nanocomposites, Oral, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore 23-28 June 2019

• Ritamay Bhunia, Bushara Fatma, Shahikant Gupta, Ashish Garg, Scavenging Green Energy from Mechanical Movements by Robust rGO-P(VDF-TrFE) Flexible Nanocomposite Thin Film (Oral Presentation) International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore, 23-28 June, 2019

• Shashikant Gupta, Ritamay Bhunia, Bushara Fatma, Deepam Maurya, Deepa Singh, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, 0-3 Polymer Ceramic Composite for Energy Generators Based on Piezoelectricity and Triboelectricity(Oral), International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT), Singapore, 23-28 June, 2019

• Bushara Fatma, Ritamay Bhunia, Shashikant Gupta, Vivek Verma and Ashish Garg, Maghemite/PVDF nanocomposite for transparent, flexible triboelectric nanogenerator and magneto-triboelectric nanogenerator, European Materials Research Society (E-MRS), 27 to 31, 2019, in Nice, France (2019)

• Ritamay Bhunia, Bushara Fatma, Shashikant Gupta, Ashish Garg, Triboelectric and Piezoelectric Nanogenerators: Revolution in the Field of Energy Harvesting and Sensing (Oral Presentation)  2nd National Symposium on Recent Trends in Instrumentation Science & Technology (NSRTIST 2019), 18 January 2019 in Department of Instrumentation Science, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Poster Presentation, Tantalum doped compact TiO2 layer for improving performance of planar perovskite solar cells, SUNRISE symposium, Avonmouth Centre, London-UK, 9th -11st October-2018

• Sudhir Ranjan et al, Poster Presentation, Tantalum doped compact TiO2 layer for improving performance of planar perovskite solar cells, SUNRISE symposium, Avonmouth Centre, London-UK, 9th -11st October-2018

• Nandni Sharma, Ashish Kumar Mall, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, Sanjeev Kumar, Prince Jain, Arun K. Singh, “Effect of Zn Doping on Structural and Ferroelectric Properties of GaFeO3 for Futuristic Spintronic Applications” in “IEEE Nanotechnology Materials and Devices Conference (NMDC 2018)” held at Portland, Oregon, USA on 14-17 October, 2018.

• Prateek, Ashish Garg and Raju Kumar Gupta, Ag Nanoparticles Immobilized BaTiO3 Nanorods Based Polymer Nanocomposites for High Energy Density Capacitor Applications. Poster Presentation, International Symposium on Functional Materials, Chandigarh, India, April 13-15, 2018.

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg and Rajeev Gupta, “Temperature dependent electron spin resonance and dielectric measurements on yttrium orthochromites”, 2nd International Conference on Science & Engineering of Materials (ICSEM-2017), January 6-8, 2018 in Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. (Oral)

• Ashish Garg, Engineering P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films for Flexible Energy Harvesting Applications (Key-note), International Symposium on Functional Materials, April 13-15, Chandigarh (2018)

• Mall A.K., Gupta R., Garg A., 61st DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Temperature and grain size effect on electrical properties of gallium ferrite polycrystalline ceramic, 2017, Vol. 1832

• Ashish Garg, Gallium Ferrite: a multiferroics and magnetoelectric material (Invited), 81st Technical Annual Session of Indian Ceramic Society, COE Pune, December 14-16, 2017

• Ashish Garg, Quest for Room Temperature Multiferroic Materials (Invited), ICME, IIT Kanpur, June 2-4, 2017 

• Prateek, Ashish Garg and Raju Kumar Gupta, An Easy and Facile Hydrothermal Approach to Synthesize 0-D and 1-D Barium Titanate (BaTiO3) Nanostructures Using Hydrogen Titanate (H2Ti3O7) as Precursor. Poster Presentation, International Conference on Materials Engineering, Kanpur, India, June 2-4, 2017.

• Shashikant Gupta, Deepa Singh, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, Effect of Processing and Characterization, Conditions on Electrical Fatigues of Non-Volatile Ferroelectric Memories Based on Polymer, International Conference on Materials Engineering (ICME), June 2-4, 2017, IIT Kanpur

• Shashikant Gupta, Deepa Singh, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, Modified fabrication approach to engineer the properties of PVDF-TrFE thin film capacitors, International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF), December 10-13, 2017, New Delhi

• Ashish Garg, Strategies to Engineer P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films with Improved Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties for Flexible Energy Harvesting Applications (Invited), International Symposium on Integrated Functionalities (ISIF), December 10-13, 2017, New Delhi

• Ashish Garg, P(VDF-TrFE) Thin Films: Excellent Fatigue Resistance, Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Properties (Invited), National Conference on Recent Trends in Condensed Matter Physics, October 31 to November 3, 2017, Bose Institute, Kolkata

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg and Rajeev Gupta, “Study of structural and magnetic characterization of polycrystalline Y0.5Ho0.5CrO3”, 2nd International Conference on Condensed Matter & Applied Physics (ICC-2017), November 24-25, 2017 in Govt. Engineering College Bikaner, Bikaner, India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg and Rajeev Gupta, “Synthesis, growth, and characterizations of CuO single crystal”, 2nd International Conference on Condensed Matter & Applied Physics (ICC2017), November 24-25, 2017 in Govt. Engineering College Bikaner, Bikaner, India. (POSTER)

• Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg and Ashish Mall, “Suppression of ferroelectricity in YCrO3”, APS March Meeting 2017, March 13-17, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, “X-Ray Diffraction and Raman Spectroscopy Studies of Multiferroic YCrO3: A Temperature Dependent Survey”, International Conference on Technologically Advanced Materials and Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity (ICTAM-AMF10), November 7-11, 2016, organized jointly by University of Delhi and Society for Technologically Advanced Materials of India (STAMI), India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, “Magnetoelectric Effect in Multiferroic GaFeO3”, International Conference on Technologically Advanced Materials and Asian Meeting on Ferroelectricity (ICTAM-AMF10), November 7-11, 2016, organized jointly by University of Delhi and Society for Technologically Advanced Materials of India (STAMI), India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, “Phonon Raman Spectroscopy of HoCrO3 Perovskite”, 6th International Conference on Perspectives in Vibrational Spectroscopy (ICOPVS-16), November 5-8, 2016, organized by Department of Physics, Lucknow University in Golden Blossom Imperial Resorts, Lucknow, India. (ORAL)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg “Temperature and grain size effect on electrical properties of gallium ferrite polycrystalline ceramic”, 61 th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE-SSPS-2016), December 26-30, 2016 in KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, “Phase Coexistence in Multiferroic HoCrO3 Orthochromites”, International Conference on New Scintillations on Materials Horizon (ICNSMH2016), October 21-23, 2016, organized by Department of Applied Physics, M.J.P. Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, U.P., India. (ORAL), [BEST ORAL AWARD]

• Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Mall and Ashish Garg, “Ferroelectric to paraelectric transition in YCrO3 revisited”, APS March Meeting 2016, March 14-18, 2016 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. (ORAL)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg, and Rajeev Gupta, “Magnetic and Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies on Multiferroic Polycrystalline Y0.5Ho0.5CrO3”, International Conference on Magnetic Materials & Applications (ICMAGMA-2015), December 2-4, 2015 in VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg and Rajeev Gupta, “High Temperature X-ray Diffraction, Raman Spectroscopy and Dielectric Studies on Yttrium Orthochromites”, International Conference on Condensed Matter & Applied Physics (ICC-2015), October 30-31, 2015 in Govt. Engineering College Bikaner, Bikaner, India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Mall, Ashish Garg and Rajeev Gupta, Structural, Raman Spectroscopic and Dielectric Studies on Orthorhombic Gd-doped YCrO3,  DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE-SSPS-2015), Amity University, Noida, December 21-25, 2015

• Vijay Singh, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Controlling Leakage in Magnetoelectric Gallium Ferrite by Aliovalent Doping, ICMAT 2015 (MRS Singapore), Singapore, 28 June-3 July 2015.

• Arjun Singh, Rajeev Jindal and Ashish Garg, Printed Nickel Oxide (NiO) as Hole Transporting Layer in Bulk Heterojunction Polymer Solar Cells, ICMAT 2015 (MRS Singapore), Singapore, 28 June-3 July 2015

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg, and Rajeev Gupta, “Comparative study on isostructural YCrO3 and HoCrO3”, 8th India Singapore Symposium in Condensed Matter Physics, February 25-27, 2015 in IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg, and Rajeev Gupta, “Composition-Dependent Structural Properties and Raman Spectroscopy of Chromites Y1-xHoxCrO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.1)”, 59th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAE-SSPS-2014), December 16-20, 2014 in VIT University, Vellore, Tamilnadu, India. (POSTER)

• Sachin Pandey, Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg and Rajeev Gupta, “Structural, Magnetic and Raman studies of magnetoelectric GaFeO3 prepared by sol-gel method”, 6th International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT-2014), March 3-5, 2014 in Punjab University, Chandigarh, India. (POSTER)

• Ashish Kumar Mall, Ashish Garg, and Rajeev Gupta,"Magnetic Studies on Doped Yttrium Chromites", International Conference on Magnetic Materials and Applications (ICMAGMA-2014), September 15-17, 2014 in Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India.

• Ashish Kumar Mall, S. Mukherjee, Y. Sharma, A. Garg and R. Gupta, “Temperature Dependent Raman Scattering in YCrO3”, 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium (DAESSPS-2013), December 17-21, 2013, Thapar University, India. (POSTER)

• Amritendu Roy, Sushil Auluck, Rajendra Prasad, Ashish Garg, Effect of Cation Disorder on Electronic Structures and Optical Properties of Magnetoelectric Gallium Ferrite: A First-principles Study, Oral Presentation in American Physical Society Meeting, Boston, 26 Feb – 2 March 2012

• Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta, and Ashish Garg, Low temperature spin glass transition in Gallium ferrite single crystals, Poster Presentation in American Physical Society Meeting, Boston, 26 Feb – 2 March 2012

• Harsh Trivedi, Deepa Singh, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Enhanced ferromagnetism in co-doped BiFeO3 ceramics, Poster Presentation in American Physical Society Meeting, Boston, 26 Feb – 2 March 2012

• Yogesh Sharma, Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Magnetoelastic coupling in doped multiferroic YCrO3, Poster Presentation in American Physical Society Meeting, Boston, 26 Feb – 2 March 2012

• Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Temperature Dependent Investigations on Single Crystal Gallium Ferrite Using X-ray Diffraction and Raman Microscopy, American Physical Society Meeting, 21-25 March 2011, Dallas (USA)

• Somdutta Mukherjee, Vishal Ranjan, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Structural and Magnetic studies on polycrystalline Ga2-xFexO3 (0.7£x£1.4), International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Oral Presentation, 26 June to 1 July 2011, Singapore

• Amritendu Roy, Ashish Garg, Rajendra Prasad & Sushil Auluck, Structural, Electrical & Magnetic Properties of Multiferroic SrTiO3/BiFeO3 Superlattice, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Poster Presentation, 26 June to 1 July 2011, Singapore

• Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta and Ashish Garg, Poster presentation on ‘Temperature dependent XRD and micro Raman Studies on Single crystal Gallium Ferrite’ at International Conference on Quantum Effects in Solids of Today (IconQuest-2010), 20-23 December 2010, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India

• Amritendu Roy , Ashish Garg , Rajendra Prasad and Sushil Auluck, Poster presentation on ‘First Principles Calculations of Structural, Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Multiferroic SrTiO3/BiFeO3 Multilayer Structure’ at International Conference on Quantum Effects in Solids of Today (IconQuest-2010), 20-23 December 2010, National Physical Laboratory (NPL), New Delhi, India

• Samar Layek, Zakir Hossain, Harish Chandra Verma and Ashish Garg, Processing Induced Changes in the Magnetic properties of A-site doped BiFeO3 ceramics, 56th MMM Meeting, 14-18 November 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, Poster Presentation

• Joysurya Basu, Ashish Garg and Barry Carter, Structure and Chemistry of La Doped BiFeO3 Multiferroic Thin Films, Microscopy and Microanalysis Meeting, 1-5 August 2010, Portland, OR (USA), Poster Presentation

• Sonachand Adhikari, Rajeev Gupta, Deepak, and Ashish Garg, Indium-Gallium-Zinc-Oxide Based Thin-Film-Transistor for Display Devices; Oral presentation at the 139th TMS Annual Meeting, February 14-18, 2010, Washington State Convention Center, Seattle, WA (USA)

• Amritendu Roy, Sushil Auluck, Rajendra Prasad and Ashish Garg, First principles calculations of born effective charges and spontaneous polarization in ferroelectric bismuth titanate, Oral Prsentation at “First principles and other simulation techniques in condensed matter physics”, H.P. University, Shimla, India, March 2010

• Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, Structural, Magnetic and Electrical Properties of  Zr-Doped BiFeO3 Thin Films, Poster Presentation at MRS Fall Meeing 2009, Boston (USA)

• Somdutta Mukherjee, Rajeev Gupta, Ashish Garg, Synthesis and Experimental Investigations on Single Crystal Gallium Ferrite, Poster Presentation at MRS Fall Meeing 2009, Boston (USA)

• Muthu Panniselvam, Ashish Garg, James Tardio, Stephen Grocott and Suresh Bhargava, Mineral Characterization Using Micro X-ray Diffraction (Micro XRD), a State-of-the-art Non-destructive Technique, Presented at the Chemeca 2009, Perth (Australia), 27-30 September 2009, Oral Presentation number 120.A.122

• Muthu Panniselvam, James Tardio, Ashish Garg, Frank Antolasic, Stephen Grocott and Suresh Bhargava, Characterization of Bauxite Pisoliths, Presented at the Chemeca 2009, Perth (Australia), 27-30 September 2009

• Amar Srivastava, Temperature Dependent A.C. Conductivity and Dielectric Properties of Chemical Solution Deposited BiFeO3 Thin Films, MRS Fall (2008) Meeting, Boston, USA (Oral)

• Shashank Gupta, Ashish Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Characterization of sol – gel deposited BiFeO3-PbTiO3 multiferroic thin films, National Seminar on Ferroelectric & Dielectrics (NSFD-15), November 6-8, 2008, Thapar Institute, Patiyala (Oral)

• Ankur Solanki, S. Sundar Kumar Iyer, Aashish Gupta and Ashish Garg, 18th International Photovolatics Science and Engineering Conference and Exhibition (PVSEC 18), 19-23 Jan 2009, Science City Conventional Center, Kolkata (Oral)

• Sambit Pattnaik, Ashish Garg, Monica Katiyar, Organic Field Effect Transistor using BaTiO3-Mn Doped and P(VDF-TrFE) for Non Volatile Memory Application, Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco (USA), 24–28 March 2008

• Ankur Solanki, Ashish Garg, S. Sundar Kumar Iyer and Ashish Gupta, Photovoltaic effect in Organic Solar Cells based on AVPV (Arylenevinylene-co-pyrrolenevinylene), National Conference on the Emerging Trends in the Photovoltaic Energy Generation and Utilization, March 27-29, 2008, IIT Kanpur (India)

• A.K. Yadav, K. Nalwa, and A. Garg, Structural, magnetic and electrical properties of solid state synthesized Bi1-xSmxFeO3 ceramics, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007

• D. Maurya, S. Sharma, A. Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Effect of Zr doping on electrical properties of chemical solution deposited multiferroic BiFeO3 thin films, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007

• V.R. Singh, D. Maurya, C. Jain, A. Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Effect of heat treatment on the structure and properties of chemical solution processed multiferroic Bi2FeCrO6 thin films, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007

• A. Garg, T. Harikishan, B. Pandey, H. C. Verma, Investigation of Magnetic Behavior of Mechanical Activation Derived Multiferroic BiFeO3, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007,

• A. Garg, S. Kar, A. Dixit, M. Pushkar, D.C. Agrawal, Sol-gel Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), 26-30 November 2007

• Harikishan Thota, Ashish Garg, Brajesh Pandey and H.C.Verma,, Effect of cooling conditions on the magnetic structure of multiferroic BiFeO3 synthesized by mechanical activation, Oral Presentation at International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect, October 14-19, 2007, IIT Kanpur (India)

• Deepam Maurya, Ashish Garg, and D C Agrawal, Electrical properties of sol-gel derived multiferroic BiFe1-xZrxO3 thin films, Oral presentation at The International Conference on Advanced Materials (ICAM), 8-13 October 2007, Bangalore (India)

• Effect of Heat Treatment on the Structure and Properties of Chemical Solution Processed Multiferroic La-Doped BiFeO3 Thin Films, V. R. Singh, S. Pandey, A. Dixit, A. Garg and D. C. Agrawal, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007

• Phase Evolution and Characterization of Mechanochemically Synthesized Multiferroic BiFeO3 Ceramics, T. Harikishan A. Garg, P. Chand, B. Pandey and H. C. Verma, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007

• Investigation of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films by Spin Coating Technique, Soumya Kar, Vijayraj Singh, Ashish Garg, Anju Dixit, D.C. Agrawal, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007

• Effect of Sm Doping on Synthesis and Properties of Multiferroic Sm-Doped BiFeO3 by Solid-State-Reaction Method, K. S. Nalwa, A. Garg and A. Upadhayaya, Poster Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies, Singapore, 1-6 July 2007

• Investigation of Magnetic Behaviour of Mechanical Activation Derived Multiferroic BiFeO3, Ashish Garg, Thota Harikishan, Brajesh Pandey, and Harish Chandra Verma, Oral Presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 9-13 April 2007

• Sol-gel Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films, Soumya Kar, Anju Dixit, Ashish Garg, and D. C. Agrawal, Oral Presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 9-13 April 2007

• Organic Field Effect Transistor Using Sol-gel Processed Ferroelectric Gates, Sambit Pattnaik, Vijayraj Singh, Ashish Garg and Monica Katiyar, Poster Presentation at MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, 9-13 April 2007

• Kanwar Singh Nalwa, Ashish Garg and Anish Upadhayaya, Multiferroic Sm-doped BiFeO3 Ceramics synthesized by Solid-State-Reaction Method, 4th International Conference and Exhibition on Emerging Solutions through Powder Metallurgy in Automotive and Emerging Industry, 9-11 February 2007, New Delhi, India

• Vijayraj Singh, Anju Dixit, and Ashish Garg, Synthesis and Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition Method, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India), Won Best Poster Award

• T. Harikishan and Ashish Garg, Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Synthesized by Mechanical Activation, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India)

• Kanwar Singh, Ashish Garg and Anish Upadhayaya, Characterization of Multiferroic BiFeO3 Ceramics synthesized by Solid-State-Reaction Method, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India), Won Best Poster Award

• S. Kar, A. Dixit, A. Garg and D.C. Agrawal, Synthesis and Characterization of Solution Processed BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Thin Films, XIVth National Seminar on Ferroelectrics Dielectrics & Workshop on Advances in Multifunctional Materials, 18-21 Dec 2006, IIT Kharagpur (India)

• T. Mondal, B.K. Mishra and Ashish Garg, Influence of Milling Parameters on Dry Mechano-chemical Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Hydroxyapatite, 8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, August 20st-25th, 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)

• P. Prakash, M.K. Roy, A. Garg and H.C. Verma, Novel Low Temperature Chemical Synthesis of Ferroelectric Bismuth Titanate Nanoparticles, 8th International Conference on Nanostructured Materials, August 20st-25th, 2006, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (India)

• Mritunjay Kumar Shukla, Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Ashish Garg, “ Preliminary Investigation into Comparative Performance of Titanium based Coatings for Automotive Applications using Biodiesel Blend and Diesel”, Proceedings of Internal Combustion Engines Division, Spring Technical Conference 2006, ICES 2006-1974,May 7-10, 2006, Aachen, Germany

• A. Garg, X. Hu and Z.H. Barber, A Detailed Comparative Study of Ferroelectric Lanthanide Doped Bismuth Titanate Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition and Pulsed-Laser-Ablation, TMS Annual Meeting 2006, San Antonio (USA), 12-16 March 2006

• Avinash Kumar Agarwal, Ashish Garg, Dhananjay Kumar Srivastava, and Mritunjay Kumar Shukla, “Comparative Wear Performance of Titanium Based Coatings for Automotive Applications Using Exhaust Gas Recirculation”, International Conference on Superhard Coatings, Ein-Gedi, Israel, 27Feb.-1 March 2006

• X. Hu, A. Garg, Z.H. Barber, J.F. Scott, A. Snedden and P. Lightfoot, Deposition and Characterisation of bismuth-layered perovskite ferroelectric thin films, IOM (London) (2005)*

• A. Sharan, D. Gupta, S. Kumar and A. Garg, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, Goa (India), 14-16 Dec 2005

• P. Prakash, M.K. Roy, H.C. Verma and A. Garg, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, Goa (India), 14-16 Dec 2005

• Umesh Prasad, Sumeet Kumar and Ashish Garg, International Conference on Advances in Materials Design and Development, Goa (India), 14-16 Dec 2005; Won Best Poster Award

• Mukesh Kumar Roy, Prem Prakash, Ashish Garg and H.C. Verma, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005

• M A Khan, A Garg, T. Comyn, and A J Bell, Effect of Deposition Pressure on Structure of Pulsed Laser Ablated (BiFeO3)x (PbTiO3)1-x Thin Films, MRF Fall Meeting, Boston (USA), Nov (2005)

• Abhishek Sharan, Ashish Garg, Dipti Gupta and Satyendra Kumar, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005

• Sumeet Kumar and Ashish Garg, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005

• Pankaj Mittal, Mikael Khan, Ashish Garg, and A.J. Bell, Detailed X-ray Diffraction Analysis of the PLD Grown (BiFeO3)x (PbTiO3)1-x Thin Films, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005

• U. Kumar, S. Kumar and A. Garg, Investigation into Structural and Morphological Characterization of Samarium Doped Bismuth Titanate (Bi4-xSmxTi3O12) Thin Films, in the proceedings of ICAMDD 2005 (International Conference on Advanced Materials Design & Development), Goa, 14–16th December 2005, pp480485, Elsevier

• C.K. Yadav, D. Chaira, A. Garg and B.K. Mishra, ‘Investigation into Electrophoretic Deposition of Phosphors’, Annual Technical Meeting (Organized by Indian Institute of Metals), Chennai, 15-16 Nov 2005

• M A Khan, A Garg, and A J Bell, Pulsed laser deposition and characterization of (BiFeO3)0.7-(PbTiO3)0.3 thin films, Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group and the Nanoscale Physics and Technology Group Conference, 31 August – 2 September 2005, University of Leeds, Won Best Poster Award

• Xiaobing Hu, Ashish Garg, Zoe H. Barber, James F. Scott, A. Snedden and P. Lightfoot, Deposition and Characterisation of bismuth-layered perovskite ferroelectric thin films, Oral Presentation in UK Ferroelectric Materials Network Annual Conference, Cranfield (UK), 14-15 June 2005

• K. Datta, A. Garg, S. Sangal, B. K. Mishra, Padma Vankar, and P. K. Rohatgi, Characterization of Cenospheres in Fly Ash, International Conference on ‘Emerging Trends in Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy’ 13 -14th  June, 2005, Regional Research Laboratory, Bhubaneswar, India

• Xiaobing Hu, Ashish Garg, Zoe H. Barber, Deposition and Characterization of Pulsed-Laser-Deposited and Chemical-Solution-Derived Sm-Substituted Bismuth Titanate Films, International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, Shanghai, 17-20th April 2005, China

• J. D. Huang, M. H. Kuok, H. S. Lim, S. C. Ng, A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Modified Rayleigh Wave on SrBi2Ta2O9 Film Epitaxially Grown on SrTiO3, Oral Presentation at International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies 2003, 7-12th December 2003, Singapore.

• W.S. Toh, J.M. Xue, J. Wang, A. Garg, Z. H. Barber and J.E. Evetts, Ferroelectric Behaviour of W-doped SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films, Oral presentation at 10th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity, 3-8 August 2003, Cambridge, UK

• X.B. Hu, A. Garg, J. Wang and Z. H. Barber, Thin Films of Bi4-xSmxTi3O12 and Bi4-xNdxTi3O12 Derived from Sol-gel and PLD, Poster presentation at 10th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity, 3-8 August 2003, Cambridge, UK

• A. Garg, A. Snedden, P. Lightfoot, X. Hu, J.F. Scott and Z.H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Deposition and Characterization of Nd-doped Bi4Ti3O12 Films , Oral presentation at 10th European Meeting on Ferroelectricity, 3-8 August 2003, Cambridge, UK

• Garg, X. Hu and Z.H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Ablation of Thin Films of Ferroelectric Bi-layered Oxides, Presented EPSRC Perovskite and Ferroelectric UK Network Joint Meeting, 7 January 2003, University of Birmingham, UK

• Garg and Z.H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of a-/b-axis Oriented SrBi2Ta2O9 Films, Poster presentation at 19th Condensed Matter Division Conference of the European Physical Society and Annual Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Division Conference of the Institute of Physics, 7-11th April 2002, Brighton, UK

• Garg and Z.H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films, Oral presentation at EPSRC Perovskite and Ferroelectric UK Network meeting, 10th October 2001, Leeds, UK

• S. Kamba, M.P. Moret, R. Zallen, Z. Barber, A. Garg, P. Kužel, and J. Petzelt, Infrared-active Soft Mode in SrBi2Ta2O9, Poster presentation at 10th International Meeting on Ferroelectricity, 3-7th Sept. 2001, Madrid, Spain

• A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films, Poster presentation at 13th International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics, 12-14 March 2001, Colorado Springs, USA

• A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Ablation of Ferroelectrics, Oral presentation at the DERA sponsored workshop at Cranfield University, 28th February 2001, Cranfield, UK

• A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Pulsed Laser Deposition of Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 Films with Controlled Orientation, Oral presentation at 10th International Meeting on Ferroelectrcity, 3-7th Sept. 2001, Madrid, Spain

• Z. H. Barber, C. Christou, K.-F. Chiu and A. Garg, The measurement and control of ionization of the depositing flux during film growth, Oral presentation at 12th International School on Vacuum, Electron and Ion Technologies, 17-21 Sept. 2001, Varna, Bulgaria

• C. Christou, J. M. Dodson, V. N. Tsaneva, N. D. Mathur, M.-H. Jo, A. Garg, M. G. Blamire and Z. H. Barber, Optical Emission Spectroscopy of the Plume During Pulsed Laser Ablation of Complex Oxides, Oral Presentation at 11th International School on Condensed Matter Physics, September 2000, Varna, Bulgaria

• A. Garg and Z. H. Barber, Growth of Extremely Smooth Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 films on SrTiO3 Substrates, Poster Presentation at the Materials Congress (Ferroelectrics UK 2000), 11-14 April 2000, Cirencester, Institute of Materials, UK

• A. Garg, S. Dunn, and Z. H. Barber, Growth and Characterization of Epitaxial SrBi2Ta2O9 films on SrTiO3 (110) Substrate, Oral Contribution in the 12th International Symposium on Integrated ferroelectrics, 12-15 March 2000, Aächen, Germany