A brief bio.. 

Summary: 

• Resourceful Academic and Materials research professional with demonstrated leadership skills and ~12  years of experience in microstructure-property correlation and advanced material development. 

• Deep expertise in utilizing Electron Microscopy and X-Ray diffraction based material characterization tools for tailoring the microstructure of structural alloys, composites and ceramics. 

• Rich experience in research and development of advanced high strength steels, Ni based  superalloys and composites for high temperature applications.

Awards & Recognitions

• Best Oral Presentation award – National Conference in Condensed Matter Physics and Applications (CMPA – 2022), MIT Manipal, India, Dec - 2022

• MITACS-Accelerate Post-Doctoral Fellowship – February 2019, Canada

• Young Scientist Award – Physical Sciences, by K. V. Rao Scientific Society – June 2017, India

• CSIR – International Travel Fellowship for participation in TMS-2017, San Diego, USA

• Research Fellowship by Department of Atomic Energy, India, July 2012 to July 2017

• First prize in Metallography contest – International Symposium for Research Scholars, IIT Madras, 2016

• Summer Student Fellowship by IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India May - July 2010

Work experience

• Assistant Professor, MIT, MAHE Manipal, Oct 2021 – till date.

• Post-Doctoral Researcher at Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, March 2019 – Sep 2021

• Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Dec 2017 – Feb 2019

• Research Fellow at IGCAR Kalpakkam, July 2012 – July 2017

• Lecturer in Physics at Sacred Heart P.U. College Madanthyar, June 2011– March 2012

Educational Background:

• 2019 - 2020   Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Research; Université de Sherbrooke, Canada   

• 2012 – 2018 Ph.D - Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI) , Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India  

• 2009 - 2011  M.Sc. Physics, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal, India 

• 2006 - 2009 B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) ; SDM College, Ujire  Mangalore University, Karnataka, India