Professional Experience

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Professional Activity

Reviewer for International Journals

Membership of Academic Society

Experimental Research Expertise

Light-matter interactions Inelastic light 

Raman scattering

Custom build Raman setup

• Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in designing and building a Raman spectroscopy setup on optical table in Lab, as well as optimization of experimental parameters such as precise laser alignment, appropriate selection of components for achieving high-quality Raman signal with maximum signal-to-noise ratio.

Quantum Raman Ultrafast laser optical setup 

• Experience in working with ultrafast tunable laser.
• Experience in laser alignment into single and multi mode optical fibers.

Expertise in low and high temperature Raman scattering

• High temperature (upto 650 K) study using Linkam Scientific 
• Expertise in performing Raman optical activity (ROA) and photoluminescence (PL), absorption, transmission and reflection spectroscopy using linear and circular polarized light.
• Experience in sample preparation using mechanical exfoliation method.
• Experience in dealing and handling UHV transfer system for air sensitive samples as well as vacuum pumps.
• Experience in working in glove box and dealing with air senstive samples.
• Thin films deposition via thermal evaporation and spin coating.

Expertise in low-temperature optical spectroscopy

• Emission/absorption/transmission/reflectance

• Knowledge and hands-on experience in designing and building optical setup for low temperature emission, absorption, transmission and reflectance setup.

Theoretical Research Expertise

Density Functional Theoretical

Structural, electronic, magnetic, topological and lattice dynamics-phonon studies using following codes:

•  Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package (VASP)
• Tight binding modeling, 
• Wien2K 
• Quantum Espresso (DFT & DFPT), and Elk
• Phonopy

Other:

• Matlab, Python , Origin and Mathematica

Academic awards

• International travel grant awarded by Science & Education Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Govt. of India to attend "International conference on strongly correlated electron systems", at Okayama, Japan, 2019
• Best Poster Presentation award with an amount of $200 (Australian Dollar) "The 43rd Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting" at Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 2019
• International travel grant awarded by Indian Institute Technology Mandi (IIT), India, "The 43rd Condensed Matter and Materials Meeting" at Wagga Wagga, NSW, Australia, 2019
• International Student Travel Grant $1000 USD from Joint MMM-Intermag Conference (not received because not able to attend the Conference), 2019
• Senior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of India, 2018
• Best Poster Presentation award in Conference on Spectroscopy of Emerging Functional Materials (SEFM), IIT Mandi, India, 2017
• Junior Research Fellowship from Ministry of Human Research Development, Govt. of India (2017)
• One Time Scholarship amount ₹75,000 form Chief Minister Incentive Scheme Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, India, 2015
• Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2015
• Best student of the college Vivekananda award, Govt. college Karsog, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2010
• First position in Bachelor of Science (B.Sc), Govt. college Karsog, Himachal Pradesh, India, 2010
• Scholarship amount of ₹10,000 from Govt. of Himachal Pradesh, India, 2005

Other Co-curricular Activities

Participated in Science Activity corner School and District level 2005-2007

Vice-President and General Secretory of "Wonder Science Club" for two year (2009-2010), Govt. college Karsog, Himachal Pradesh, India