Professional Activities

1. Organizing Committee Member of Thematic Workshop and Call for CRS Research Proposals on Techniques and Instrumentation in Materials Research (TIMR), August 21-22, 2017.
2. Organizer of a seminar by Professor Navakanta Bhat, Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE), Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, on PathShodh - A Journey from Science to Product, March 17, 2017.
3. Organizer of a seminar by Dr. Janusz W. Sadowski, Vice President (R&D) of M/s. BioNavis Ltd. based in Finland, on Multi Parametric-Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) and its application regarding BIOSENSORS, February 05, 2015.
4. Coordinator of Short Term Course under Continuing Education Programme (CEP) on Nanoscale Science and Engineering: Materials, Electronics, Photonics, Biosensors, and Beyond, June 23-25, 2014.
5. Organizer of a seminar by M/s. Optimized Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Official Indian Representative/Distributors for M/s. National Instruments and M/s. Tektronix), on DC measurement: Being with Noise, still unaffected and World of parametric analyzer: CV and pulse measurement in semiconductor testing, June 24-25, 2014.
6. Organizer of a seminar by Dr. Bernd Gruska, from M/s. SENTECH Instruments GmbH, Berlin, Germany, on Pattern transfer by plasma etching: Nanoscale to 100 μm deep features, June 23, 2014.
7. Organizer of a seminar by Dr. Thomas Stempel Pereira, M/s. SPECS Surface Nano Analysis GMBH, Berlin, Germany, on XPS and UPS Solutions: Fundamentals and Latest Developments in Photoelectron Spectroscopy, December 19, 2013.
8. Instructor of Short Term Course under Continuing Education Programme (CEP) on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology: From Concepts to Applications, October 17-19, 2013.
9. Organizer of a seminar by Mr. Marc Derby, Director of M/s. CORIAL SAS, France, on Reactive ion etching and plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition techniques and system configuration, May 17, 2013.
10. Organizing Committee Member of 1st Winter Workshop on Engineering at Nanoscale: From Materials to Bio-sensors, December 10-12, 2012.

Honors and Distinctions

1. Recipient of 2017 Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship under the program supported by Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, and the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF).
2. Young Faculty Research Fellowship (YFRF), Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DEITY), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT), Government of India, 2016-2020.
3. 2016 Outstanding Reviewer Award by IoP.
4. Recipient of Sue Williams Service Award for outstanding contribution in international society, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2006-2007.
5. Whos Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2007 and 2010.
6. Received Institute Silver Medal for Best Departmental Student, Department of Physics and Meteorology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 2004-2005.
7. Academic honorary membership in Gamma Beta Phi Society, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2006-2007.
8. Academic honorary membership invitation from Golden Key International Honor Society, Eta Kappa Nu, Phi Kappa Phi, University of Oklahoma, USA, 2007.

Technical Reviewer

1. Applied Physics Letters, AIP
2. Journal of Applied Physics, AIP
3. Nanotechnology, IoP
4. Materials Research Express, IoP
5. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, RSC
6. Langmuir, ACS
7. IEEE Photonics Technology Letter
8. Journal of Electronic Materials, Springer
9. Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, Springer
10. Materials Letters, Elsevier
11. Journal of Crystal Growth, Elsevier
12. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier
13. Journal of Surface and Coatings Technology, Elsevier
14. Journal of Microelectronic Engineering, Elsevier
15. Microelectronics Journal, Elsevier

Editorial Board Member

1. Journal of Electronics Cooling and Thermal Control, Scientific Research

Affiliation to Professional Organizations

1. Life Member, MRSI
2. Member, OSA
3. Member, IEEE

Technical Reviewer of Research Proposals

1. Department of Scientific Programs, Shota Rustaveli National Science Foundation (SRNSF), Georgia, USA
2. Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Government of India
3. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, Government of India

Expert Member of Evaluation Committee

1. Technical Expert for evaluation of 2015 Commonwealth Scholarship, Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), Government of India