Research Experience

2003-2004 M.Sc. research project on TiO2 thin films for electro-chromic applications 2004-2006 MNRE JRF on development of research facilities and testing of solar thermal gadgets as per IS specifications

2006-2008, UGC Project Fellow on magnetic oxides nanosystems and thin films

2008 -2010 CSIR SRF on oxides (TiO2, CuAlO2) nanosystems

2005, PhD formal registration and completed in July 2010 from University of Pune.

Oct.-2013-Sept-2019, Six years of research experience as DST INSPIRE Faculty at BARC Mumbai.

Oct-2018-July-2019 - Postdoctoral research grant by Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), Govt of Taiwan (R.O.C.)

M.Tech./M.Sc. Students Mentored for Research:

M.Sc. Dissertations: 04 Nos.

D. Pravarthana (IISER, Pune): 2007-2009, Shreyash Gokhale (Fergusson college, Pune): 2006, Jasmine Sahni and Wasim Sayyad (Pune University): 2007-2008

M.Tech. Dissertations: 04 Nos.

Mayur Tailor (COE, Pune): 2007, Vidydevi Prasad (MANIT, Bhopal): 2014-2015, Nagmani (CU, Jharkhand): 2015, Anamika Sudhanshu (CU, Jharkhand): 2015

Teaching Experience

July 2010-Sept. 2013, 2021-2023 :- Post-PhD more than four years of teaching experience in private engineering college at Pune affiliated with University of Pune.

Courses taught and other services provided to students and the home institution:

July 2010-Sept. 2013: Engineering Physics theory & laboratory courses (Paper-I and II as per Pune University Syllabi) to First Year Engineering (FE) students of about 300 in number (five divisions) every year.

2012-2013: University approved evaluator of term-end examination answer-books of FE students. 2012-2013: Being institute level Sports coordinator, funds are fetched from the Pune University sport grants & purchased multi-gym trainer equipment of Rs. 1.5 lac at the institute. Also, a tournament called ‘Sinhgad Cricket Karandak’ (of 20 teams of different colleges) had successfully organized as an APEX level sports coordinator.

2012-2013: Institute level Academic and Research Co-ordinator, had being applied to one major research funding to DST, Govt. of India and also conducted one national level workshop on Materials Engineering and Technologies in 2012 viz. MET 2012.

2011-2013: Part-time Warden of student Boys’ hostel (400 cots) of the institute for more than two years.

2021-2023: Full time regular faculty in Physics at Trinity Academy of Engineering Pune