Department of Physics and Nanotechology

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankualthur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

Feb 2025 - Present

Department of Physics and Nanotechology

SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankualthur, Chengalpattu, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

August 2017 - January 2025

Research Fellow 

School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, SINGAPORE.

February 2015 - July 2017

Postdoctoral research fellow • School of Physics and CRANN • Trinity College Dublin, IRELAND.

June 2012—December 2014

June 2007-June 2012

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) • Department of Physics • Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, INDIA.

PhD Thesis title: Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene based polymer nanocomposites for strain sensing, electromagnetic interference shielding and nanolubricant applications.

Supervisor: Prof. S. Ramaprabhu and Prof. V. Sankarnarayanan

Specialization: Nanoscience

 June 2005 – June 2007

Master of Science in Physics • Sri Venkateswara University • Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.

Specialization: Applied Spectroscopy and Photonics

June 2002 – June 2005

Bachelor of Science • Sri Ramakrishna Degree College, Nandyal, (affiliated to Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur), Andhra Pradesh, INDIA.

Specialization: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry

1.     Saraswathy Srinivasan Prize (Young Scientist Award) in Physical Sciences 2023 – Academy of Sciences Chennai.

2.     Young Scientist Award – 2023 for contributions in Advanced Nanomaterials in Global Conference for Decarbonization of Energy and Materials (GC-DEM 2023), Singapore, Dec 2023.

3.     ICONN-SRM Innovation Award, 2023, Chennai

4.     Editorial board member in SN Applied Sciences 2019.

5.     Best Research Award in scale-up graphene, CRANN 2014.

6.     Royal Society of Chemistry - Nanoscale award for excellence in Nanoscience at International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONSAT 2014), Chandigarh, India.

7.     Get Started Technology Venture Programme” by DCU-Ryan Academy - Science Foundation Ireland (certified Course on Research entrepreneurship).

8.   Indo-US science and Technology forum (IUSSTF) Award in 2012 (Jan. 18 to Feb. 28) to visit Northwestern University, Evanston, USA.

9. Best research award at International Symposium for Research Scholar (ISRS 2010, Dec. 20-22), IIT Madras, India. 

Atomic and Nuclear Physics

Structure and Properties of Materials

Elements of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology 

Materials Science and Engineering

Classical Mechanics and Relativity 

Semiconductor Physcis and Computational Methods

2D Materials and Applications

1.     Life member in Indain Science Congress Association (ISCA), Kolkata. Memberrship no:  L35243 (2018 onwards)

2.     Life member in the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Bangalore. Membership no: LMB2965 (2018 onwards)

      3. Life Member (LM 2106), Electron Microscope Society of India (2024 onwards). 

1.     Invited Talk, Scalable, defect free and few-layered nanosheets from van der Waals based 3D Crystals, Academy of Sciences, Chennai, 18th March 2024, Madras University, Chennai.

2. Invited Talk, Unlocking the Potential: Liquid-Phase Conversion of Graphite to Graphene Nanosheets with Stabilizers, National Physicists Conclave, 2024, 7-9 Feb, SRM IST, Chenani, India. 

3. Invited Talk, DISPERSIONS OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL NANOSHEETS FROM SUSTAINABLE PRECURSORS FOR ENERGY SAVING AND HEAT MANAGEMENT APPLICATIONS, Global Conference for Decarbonization of Energy and Materials (GC-DEM 2023) 27-12-2023 to 31-12-2023 at NTU Alumni @ One north 11 Slim Barracks Rise, #06-07, Singapore 138664.

4. Invited talk on, Integrated Approach on Science & Technology for a Sustainable Future,28th Feb 2022, KL University, Guntur, India.

5. Invited talk on, Layered Materials Exfoliation: Dispersions and Applications, online short training programme on Emerging Tools and Technologies in Materials Science and Engineering by Department of Physics, Jabalpur Engineering College, 21st Sep 2020, India.  

6. Invited talk, Exfoliation of Atomically thin nanosheets: Size Control and Quality Assessment, 29 October 2020, NIIC, Novosibirsk, Russia.

7. Invited talk, Photo-catalytic Hydrogen evolution from solvent exfoliated black phosphorus nanosheets, workshop on photocatalytic technology and innovation organized by IIIT DM& AMET, Chennai, September 24-25 2018.

8. Invited talk, Ensembles of black phosphorus nanosheets: charge transport and energy related application, March 21-23, ICONSAT 2018

9. Invited research seminar on “Scaling up two dimensional nano-sheets” at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, Jan 5th, 2017. 

10. Invited research seminar on Graphene and other Two-Dimensional layered Nano-materials, SIMTech, Valley block, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, October 31st 2015.

11. Invited research seminar on “Two dimensional nanosheets and their applications” at department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi on October 15th 2015.

12. Invited research seminar on “Liquid Phase Exfoliation of Layered Crystals” in College of Engineering at Wayne state University, USA, Detroit on December 14th, 2014.

13. Invited research seminar on “Two Dimensional Nano-materials: Present and Future Challenges” at Department of Physics in Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad on 13th March 2014.

14. Invited seminar on “Graphene nano-platelets and opportunities “at Department of Physics in Sri Venkateswara University on 12th March, 2014.

15. Invited seminar on “Graphene and other Two-Dimensional layered Nano-materials: Production and Multifunctional Applications “at Department of instrumentation and applied Physics in Indian Institute of Science on March 11th, 2014.

16. A research seminar on “Energy Dispersive Analysis of X-rays spectra analysis for Materials Science” at SAIF, Indian institute of Technology Madras in 10th, June 2011. 

1. Faculty Development Program on Enhanced Learning, Teaching, and Research – 2020, organized by Dept. of Physics and Nanotechnology, SRM IST. Resource persons from across the globe. 

2. Teaching Excellence Academy (TEA), Nexus between Blended Learning; Learning Environments and Technology to Develop Future Pedagogies and Learning Spaces, Mar 6-8, 2017, Organized by Nanyang Technological University Singapore.

3. Scientific Workshop on 2D Materials: Beyond Graphene, 16th to 18th, Dec. 2013 organized by Graphene Research Center (GRC), National university of Singapore and in collaboration with Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. 

4. Graphene Commercialization & Applications 2013: Global Industry and academia collaboration Summit, June 25-26, 2013, at London (UK) organized by London Business Conferences along with European research commission’s Graphene flagship.