Phase Change Memory Laboratory

Education:

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• Ph.D. (2008): Department of Instrumentation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore        (Thesis Advisor: Prof. S. Asokan)

• B.E. (2000): Bharathiar University, Coimbatore

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Academic & Research Experience

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• Professor (July 2021 - till date): Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras

• Associate Professor (Dec. 2018-July 2021): Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras.

• Associate Professor (June 2016-Dec. 2018): Discipline of Electrical Engineering, IIT Indore.

• Assistant Professor (March 2012-June 2016): Discipline of Electrical Engineering, IIT Indore.

• Post-Doctoral Fellow (Sep.2011-Feb.2012): Institute of Physics (I.A), RWTH Aachen University, Germany.

• Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doctoral Fellow (Sep.2009-Aug. 2011): Institute of Physics (I.A), RWTH Aachen University, Germany (Host: Prof. Dr. Matthias Wuttig).

• Post-Doctoral Fellow (Oct.-Nov. 2008): Physics Dept., Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK (UKIERI Project jointly with IISc).

• Research Associate (Oct.2007-May 2009): Dept. of Instrumentation, IISc Bangalore.

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Awards/Recognition

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• Young Scientist Research Award (2013) by Advanced Technology committee, Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, DAE, Government of India.

• Alexander von Humboldt Post Doctoral Fellowship by AvH foundation, Germany, to carryout research work during 01.07.2009-31.08.2011 at Institute of Physics (I.A), RWTH Aachen Technological University, Germany.

• Dr. Srinivasa Rao Krishnamurthy Medal for the Best Ph.D. Thesis (2007-2008) at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

• Best paper award in the Emerging Technology area, ET conference, June 2007, Applied materials Inc., California, USA.

• Best paper award, in the Conference of Research Scholars on Materials Science and Engineering (CRSMSE) August 2003 at IIT Kharagpur.

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Conferences/CEP organized

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• Organizing Member, Phase-Change Materials and Applications Symposium, Materials Research Society (MRS) spring meeting, March 28-April 1, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

• Course Coordinator, A 10-days course on ‘Fundamentals of Solid State Physics: From Theoretical and Computational Concepts to Recent Applications in Information Technology, funded by Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), during February 5-12, 2018, IIT Indore, Course Instructor: Prof. Dr. Riccardo Mazzarello, RWTH Aachen.

• Organizing member, of a Short-term course on 'Mechtronics, MEMS and Microfabrication' July 7-11, 2014 and 2015 at IIT Indore.

• Organizing member, of a Short-term course on 'Mechtronics, MEMS and Microfabrication' July 6-10, 2015 at IIT Indore.

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Invited talks (selected list)

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• Invited talk, at Materials Research Society, Spring Meeting, Phase change materials symposium, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, April 2017.

• Invited talk, at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, USA, April 2017.

• Invited talk, at IBM Research, Zurich, Switzerland in November 2016.

• Invited talk, at the I. Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany in November 2016.

• Invited talk, at the I. Institute of Physics, RWTH Aachen University, Germany in September 2014.

• Invited talk, at European Phase change and Ovonics Science Symposium (EPCOS) held at Marseille, France, September 2014.

• Invited talk, at the European Phase change and Ovonics Science Symposium (EPCOS) held at Aachen, Germany in September 2009.

• Invited talk at the IITI-TU9 research workshop held in 2016 (TU Berlin) and 2017 (IIT Indore).

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Academic and Administrative Responsibilities

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• Head of School of Engineering, IIT Indore, October 2013 to April 2015.

• Member, Strategy and Planning Committee, IIT Indore, April 2015 - Dec. 2018.

• Secretary, Department Faculty Meeting, Electrical Engineering (2017-2018), IIT Indore.

• Coordinator, Training and Placement, Electrical Engineering, July 2013-June 2015, IIT Indore.

• Member, IITI-TU9 collaborations under Indo-German Strategic partnership in Higher Education.

• Member, Institute Space committee, IIT Indore, from October 2013 to April 2015.

• Convener, Department Post Graduate Committee, Electrical Engineering, from July 2015- June 2017.

• Convener, Department Post Graduate Committee, Materials Science and Engineering, from July 2015- June 2017.

• Member, Medals and certificates committee, convocation 2015.

• Convener, Medals and certificates committee, First convocation of IIT Indore, 2013.