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Dr. Aditya Saxena is Fellow Special Projects (Physics) in the Institute of Life Long Learning, University of Delhi. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Physics from Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi in 2005. He joined Department of Physics, Ramjas College, and University of Delhi as Assistant Professor in July 2004. In September 2010, he joined as Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Deshbandhu College at the University of Delhi. He is having 11 Years of Experience in the field of Physics and Electronics Education. His areas of research include Bose-Einstein Condensation, Dynamics of Graphite, Graphene and Carbon nanotubes. He is presently Principal Investigator for the Innovation Project of University of Delhi and Mentoring another Innovation Project of University of Delhi. He has presented research papers in thirteen International and National Conferences and Seminars. He is the recipient of Senior Research Fellowship, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. His Area of Expertise includes Solid State and Condensed Matter Physics where he has published more than 15 research papers in refereed international journals

Dr. D. Nirmal received Ph.D in Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University. Presently, He is an Associate Professor in Department of Information and Communication Engineering from Anna University. He is a member of IEEE, IETE,SSI , ISTE and VSI Societies. He has received best High impact factor journal publication Award from Karunya University in 2012.He also received Shir.P.K.Das Memorial Best Faculty Award in the Year 2013 .He has published many Refereed international journals and conferences for his highest level of achievement. He is serving as a Reviewer and Editorial Board Member in many International Journals. He has delivered many lecture in National and International Level. His Research Interest Includes Nnaoelectronics, VlSI Design, Optoelectronics and Device Fabrication.

Dr. Deepa Bhagat is currently a scientist at the National Bureau of Agriculturally Important Insects, the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Bangalore, India. She obtained her Ph.D. in 2005 on Organic Chemistry from the Central Drug Research Institute, Lucknow. She earned a DBT postdoctoral Fellowship in 2010 and completed her postdoctoral research in Nanotechnology from IISc. She received an advanced training on NAnosensors from the University of California, Davis, in 2011. Dr. Bhagat received an award at the International Conference on water quality and management for climate resilient agriculture, 2013 and 5th Bangalore Nano 2012, China International Centre for Agricultural Training (CICAT) Fellowship in 2010 as well as the Bioved Fellowship Award in 2007 and Confederation of Horticulture Association of India Fellowship Award in 2013. She is currently working on nanosensors for the early detection of pests and diseases of plants. She has developed new technologies to increase the shelf life of pheromones. She has published research papers in international journals and national journals and patented novel nanogels encapsulated pheromones to increase the field-life of various pheromones that disrupt the lifecycles of harmful crop pests without affecting the environment.

Dr. H.S. Virk is a Visiting Professor in the Department of Physics at the SGGS World University, Fatehgarh Sahib (Punjab), India. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Nuclear Physics from Marie Curie University, Paris in 1972 and earned his postdoctoral experience from more than a dozen universities of Europe and Asia. He has worked as an Assoc. Professor in Punjabi University, Patiala, and Professor & Head of Physics Department in Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar for 23Years. He is having 40 Years of Experience. He is the author of 360 Research Papers and 28 Books, and has completed 18 Major Research Projects funded by UGC, CSIR, BARC, DST, etc. His Area of Expertise includes: Particle Physics, Geochronology, Heavy Ion Radiation Effects in Materials, Eathquake Prediction and Radon/Thoron Studies in Environment; and Nanotechnology

Dr. J. Thirumalai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences at the University of B.S. Abdur Rahman University. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Alagappa University and earned postdoctoral from Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), South Korea. He has worked as an Assistant Professor in B.S. Abdur Rahman University for Three Years. He is having 10 Years of Experience in the field of Materials Science. He is the author of Materials Science and Technology from INTECH Publishers, received grant from SERB, New Delhi under Young Scientist - Fast track scheme and recipient of awards and honours such as Chartered Scientist (CSci) from Royal Society of Chemistry and Fellow from Institute of Science and Technology (FIScT), UK respectively. His Area of Expertise includes: Opto-electronics and Nanotechnology.

Dr. Kantesh Balani is an Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. He received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Florida International University in 2007 and earned postdoctoral in Plasma Forming Laboratory and Nanomechanical and Nanotribology Laboratory from Florida International University. He possesses over 10 years of experience in the field of coatings, plasma spraying, ceramic composites, and ultra-high temperature ceramics. He has authored 3 books, published over 65 peer-reviewed international journal, and is recipient of several awards and honors (notable being IEI Young Engineer Award (2013-14) by Institution of Engineers in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering discipline, 2013 P.K. Kelkar Research Fellowship, 2012 TMS Young Leader Professional Development Award by Materials Processing & Manufacturing Division (of TMS), Materials Science and Engineering C Young Researcher Award 2011 by Elsevier, Young Engineer Award 2010 by Indian National Academy of Engineering, Young Metallurgist Award 2010 from Indian Institute of Metals, Young Scientist Award in Materials Science division by Indian Science Congress Association. He serves as reviewer of over 25 journals. His area of expertise includes: Carbon Nanotube reinforced composites, coatings (plasma sprayed, electrophoretic, electrodeposition, and electrostatically deposited)

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Rawat is a Postdoctoral Research Scientist in Nanoengineered Energy Conversion Device Lab at School of Mechanical Engineering, Yonsei University. He has completed his Ph.D. from IIT Kharagpur. He has published his research findings in various peer reviewed journals and book chapters of international repute. His research articles have published by American Institute of Physics (AIP), Institute of Physics (IOP), Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), American Chemical Society (ACS), Wiley, Elsevier, Springer international publishing, and Formatex research center, Spain. He has also presented a couple of papers in international conferences which drew well recognition and appreciation. He has awarded various research fellowships by Department of Science and Technology (DST) - Govt. of India, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) - Govt. of India through CSIR – NET and GATE qualification. He earned his M.Tech. degree in Materials Science and Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He also holds a M.Sc. degree in Physics with specialization in electronics. His area of interest includes Materials of Energy Conversion, Nanotechnology, Renewable and Clean Energy Technologies, and Carrier Transport in Solids. His area of expertise includes Thermoelectric Materials and Transport Phenomenon in Narrow Band Gap Semiconductors.

Dr. Rakesh Kumar Pandey is a JSPS researcher in Electronic Functional Materials Group at the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, JAPAN. He was selected as The Junior Research Fellow for pursuing DOctoral studies at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore, India, affiliated with the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. After submitting the PhD Thesis, he worked at RRI from July 2010 to June 2011. During the same time, he was selected for the JENESYS fellowship of Japanese government in 2010, and worked with Prof. S. Hayase at Kyushu Institute of Technology (KIT) at Kitakyushu, Japan. In June 2011, he joined National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan as a post-doctoral researcher to work. The work is to measure the electrical conductivity and electrochemical properties of organic-metallic polymer thin films. In June 2013, he was selected for the Japan Society for the promotion of science (JSPS) post-doctoral fellowship at National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan. The work is on the development of the high proton conducting metallo-supramolecular polymers. He is the author of 15 international peer reviewed publications and 2 international patents.

Dr.Rakesh Kumar is an Assistant Professor in the Applied Chemistry Department of BIT Patna.at the University of BIT Mesra, Ranchi. He received his Ph.D.Degree in Polymer Chemistry from IIT Delhi in 2006 and earned his postdoc from university of Wuhan, China. After that, he worked as a Senior Researcher in CSIR Institute, South Africa for 3 Years. He is having 10 Years of Experience in the field of Polymer Chemistry. He is the author of around 40 peer reviewed papers and 3 books, recipient of UGC Grants, New Deli, India. His Area of Expertise includes: Biopolymers, Biocomposites, Nanobiocomposites.

Dr. R. Chandramohan is presently the Principal and formerly an Associate Professor of Physics at Sree Sevugan Annamalai College, Devakottai, Tamil Nadu, India. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Physics from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu, India, in 1999 and he gained postdoctoral expertise from National Chang-Hua University of Education, Chang-Hua, Taiwan (KOC) during the years 2004-2005. He has a rich service in academics exceeding 31 years in College, 2 years in Higher Secondary School. He is having 24Years of Research Experience in the field of Materials Science. He is the author of 98 research papers, 4 Book Chapters, Editor of 2 Books and recipient of 8 Grants, 2 awards etc.He is life member of IPA, INSA. His Area of Expertise includes: Nanomaterials and Functional materials.

Dr. Ritu Singh is a Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, School of Earth Sciences at the Central University of Rajasthan, Ajmer, Rajasthan. She received her Ph.D. degree in Environmental Science from Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow in 2013. She worked as a Junior Research Fellow in Environmental Toxicology Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow for two years. Then she worked as a Senior Research Fellow in Analytical Chemistry Division, Indian Institute of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow for three years. She is having five years of experience in the field of remediation technologies for reducing toxic/hazardous environmental contaminants. She is the recipient of ‘Young Scientist Award’ in the field of Environmental Science and is the author of three book chapters. Her area of expertise includes: Nanoparticle based environmental clean-up technologies, Nanoparticle synthesis and characterization, Waste water treatment, Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

S. Jit has earned his M.Tech. and Ph.D. degrees from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur, India in 1995; and Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) ((formerly IT-BHU), Varanasi, India in 2002 respectively. Dr. Jit has joined the Department of Electronics Engineering, IIT (BHU) (formerly IT-BHU), Varanasi as Lecturer in 1998 where he has been working as Professor since June, 2010. Dr Jit has published more than 120 papers in various peer reviewed international journals and conference proceedings. He has coauthored a book titled “Millman’s Electronic Devices and Circuits” published by the McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, New Delhi in 2007. He is the Editor of a research book volume titled Advances in Microelectronics and Photonics published by the Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA in 2012. He has worked as one of the Guest Editors of the Special Issue on Narrow-Gap Semiconductors and Low-Dimensional Structures for Optoelectronic Applications (NAGAP) of The Scientific World Journal. Dr. Jit is a recipient of the INSA Visiting Fellowship in 2006. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship from Georgia State University, USA (March-August, 2007) and the BOYSCAST Fellowship (2010-11) of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). He is a Fellow, IETE (India) and Senior Member, IEEE (USA).

Dr A. K. Berwal is an Associate Professor in the Centre of Excellence for Energy and Environmental Studies at Deenbandhu Chhotu Ram University of Science & Technology, Murthal earlier it was a C R State College of Engineering and up graded to University in Nov 2006. He has received his Ph.D. degree from the M.D. University Rohtak in 2001. He is having more than 23 years of experience of teaching to the UG & PG students of Mechanical Engineering and Energy Studies. His area of expertise includes Internal Combustion Engine, Heat Transfer, Thermodynamics, Refrigeration & Air Conditioning and Renewable Energy Sources. He has authored one book entitled “Introduction to Mechanical Engineering” and published research papers in National & International conferences and Journals as well. He received grant from AICTE under R&D scheme to study ”Reduction of fuel Consumption and Emissions in Two Stroke S.I. Engine”. Also working on two projects (1) 50 kWp SPV based solar power plant and (2) Solar based vapour absorption system for space cooling for these projects grant was received from Haryana Renewable Energy Department and MNRE, Govt of India. Author is a member of Academic Council of the University and also member of professional body like – Society of Automotive Engineers, Indian Society of Technical Education.

Dr. Ashish Mathur has joined AINT in February this year as Assistant Professor. Prior to this Dr Mathur worked as a research associate at the nanotechnology and integrated bioengineering centre (NIBEC), the University of Ulster, UK (2010-12). Dr Mathur got Vice chancellor’s research scholarship (VCRS) from University of Ulster (UU) and joined NIBEC, UU in 2007 as a PhD student working on carbon based materials and microfluidic devices. He finished his PhD in 2011, and was awarded as student of the year for 2011. He was also selected as a member of various comities in the university such as research degree committee, research graduate school board, skills and training committee, during this time.

Dr. P.C. Thapliyal is Principal Scientist and Associate Professor in the Organic Building Materials Group of the CSIR-Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Synthetic Organic Chemistry from Delhi University in 1994 and earned his postdoctoral from University of Delhi. Then worked as a Assistant Professor in Delhi University for four Years. He is having twenty Years of Experience in the field of materials. His Area of Expertise includes: Building Materials, Synthesis, Polymers, Nanomaterials, Paints, Coatings, and Pigments etc. He is the author of more than fifty research papers, recipient of Best Paper Awards, Technology Transfer awards etc. and Technical Member in number of Professional Bodies.

Dr. Kamal K. Kar is a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He received his Ph.D. Degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 1998. Subsequently, he pursued higher studies from Iowa State University, USA before joining as a Lecturer in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials science at IIT Kanpur in 2001. He was a BOYSCAST Fellow in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA in 2003 (May-December). He was a Head of Indisplinary Programme in Materials Science. Prof. Kar has published more than 130 papers in international referred journals, 75 conference papers, 05 books on nanomaterials and their nanocomposites, 30 review articles/book chapters and more than 40 national and international patents. He has guided 8 PhD students and 49 M.Tech students. Currently 14 PhD students, 10 M.Tech students and few visitors are working in his group.

Cai Shen received his PhD degree from the University of St Andrews, UK, in 2008 and subsequently, worked as a postdoctoral research fellow in the same group. He then worked as research staffs in a number of Universities, including University of Maryland, University of Heidelberg, and Aarhus University. Since 2013 he has been an associate professor in the Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences. His research interests include lithium-ion batteries, metal-organic framework, scanning probe microscopy and carbon nanotubes (graphene). He is the author of ~30 manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals and 8 patents and applications.

Dr. Ananthakrishnan Srinivasan is a Professor in Department of Physics at IIT Guwahati. He did his PhD in Physics from Indian Institute of Science , Bangalore, India. He has been the Visiting Scientist at Magnetic Materials Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan. He has been awarded the Young Scientist Research Award in Physics for the year 1996 by Department of Atomic Energy (Govt. of India).His Research interests include Experimental condensed matter physics, Instrumentation. His Specialization areas are Glasses, glass-ceramics and polymer composites for electronic, optical and biomedical applications, Nanostructured magnetic and semiconductor materials, Heusler based ferromagnetic shape memory and half-metallic alloys, Aluminium alloys, Magnetic and semiconductor thin films and devices, Design and development of laboratory instruments for specific needs. He has several publications to his credit.

Dr. P. C. Thapliyal is a Principal Scientist & Associate Professor at the CSIR-Central Builiding Research Institute Roorkee, India.His main area of specialization is in Nanotechnology, Organic Building Materials. His sub area of specialization include Paints, Protective Coatings, Synthesis, Corrosion, Pigments, Dyes, Resins,Polymers,Composites, Nanomaterials, Repair Materials. He has several publications to his credit.

Dr. M. Basheer Ahamed is the Professor in Physics at B.S.Abdur Rahman University Chennai, India. His research Interests include Laser Technology , Nonlinear Optics-NLO Crystals, Nano materials : Polymer nanocomposite materials, Laser technology-nano materials-synthesis and characterization,nano-photonics, nano composites, fabrication of thin films by pulsed laser deposition,dye lasers- energy transfer,non linear optical and ferro electric crystals,second and third order characterization,dye doped crystals.He has guided several PhD students. He has several publications to his credit.He has more than 30 years of research and teaching experience.

Dr. M. Basheer Ahamed is the Professor in Physics at B.S.Abdur Rahman University Chennai, India. His research Interests include Laser Technology , Nonlinear Optics-NLO Crystals, Nano materials : Polymer nanocomposite materials, Laser technology-nano materials-synthesis and characterization,nano-photonics, nano composites, fabrication of thin films by pulsed laser deposition,dye lasers- energy transfer,non linear optical and ferro electric crystals,second and third order characterization,dye doped crystals.He has guided several PhD students. He has several publications to his credit.He has more than 30 years of research and teaching experience.

Dr. Tungabidya Maharana is an Assistant Professor at NIT Raipur , Chhatissgarh, India. She has done her PhD from IIT Roorkee. Her area of Interests include Carbon dioxide sequestration, Polymer synthesis, Biodegradable polymers, Development of novel biocompatible and bioassimilable metal complexes for Ring Opening Polymerization (ROP) of cyclic esters, Polymers as intelligent and smart material, Catalysis. She has several Publications to her credit.

Dr. Prashant Kumar is the Ramanujan faculty at Indian Institute of Technology Patna . He did his Ph D from University of Hyderabad . He is the Post Doctoral Research Associate (US National Science Foundation) with Prof. Gary J. Cheng at School of Industrial Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA . He worked as Experienced Research Associate (CSIR COE) with Prof. C. N. R. Rao at JNCASR Bangalore, India (Apr 2012-Jun 2012). He has been Awarded “The Ramanujan fellowship” 2015 to work at IIT Patna. He has also many awards to his credit , National Science Foundation (USA) Post Doctoral Research Associateship to work at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA, Invention awards by Intellectual Ventures in 2010-2011, Best speaker award at “National conference on Ferroics -2006” organized by DRDO at Hyderabad.He has more than 50 publications to his credit , 2 patents and 926 citations.

Dr. Peng Liu obtained his Ph.D. degree in computational organic chemistry from University of California, Los Angeles in June 2010 working under the supervision of Dr. Kendall N. Houk. He was a postdoctoral scholar in Dr. Houk’s group at UCLA from 2010-2014. Peng's research focuses on computational studies of organometallic and organic reactions and polymer and nano-materials. He has published over 50 papers and involved in many collaborations with various experimental groups. He is working as an Assistant Professor,at University of Pittsburgh .He has been awarded the Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research (UCLA) in 2012, MBI Postdoctoral Award for Research Excellence (UCLA), Saul and Sylvia Winstein Award (UCLA) in 2010, Majeti-Alapati Fellowship for Research in Organic Chemistry (UCLA) in 2009. He has several publications to his credit.

Dr. Rajiv Prakash completed his PhD (Chemistry) in year 2000 and M.Tech. in 1996 in Materials Technology with BHU Gold Medal from IT, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. Dr. Prakash was Scientist in IITR CSIR Lucknow for more than 7 years before joining the School of Materials Science and Technology. Presently he is Professor in Materials Science and Technology in Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. He is recipient of Young Scientist (UPCST) and Young Engineers (INAE) Awards of India and recently Materials Research Society, India Medal Award (2010). He is member advisory committee of TIFAC (DST) for India technology Vision plan 2035. He has published more than 110 papers in peer reviewed international journals and having 16 patents in his credit (one technology transfer).

Dr. Baldev Raj is the visiting faculty at PSG College of Technology. He is the director at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research ,Kalpakkam , Tamil Nadu. His area of Specialisation include science and technology , fast breeder reactor with closed fuel cycle, material characterization, Material development and Technology Management. He has received several awards 1st Dr. Homi J Bhabha Centenary Year Award (2009), Ficci Award for outstanding contriburions to Science and Technology in context of Industries and societies.He has several publications to his

Dr. Mukul Shukla is a Senior Lecturer at University of Johannesburg. He is also working as Associate Professor at MNNIT Allahabad. He has done his PhD from IIT Kanpur.He has got more than 20 years of experience.He has been awarded several grants for funded research. He is the member of several professional bodies. He has several publications to his credit.

Dr. Gagan Anand has been associated with University of Petroleum and energy studies as a Assistant Professor in the department of Physics since July 2011.He is currently involved in research on concentration of Calcium in Strontium Bismuth titanate ceramics for high temperature sensor applications an alternative to Lead based materials like PZT/PLZT etc. He has vast experience working with leading educational institutions in diversified roles. He has served Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) [affiliated College] in the capacity of controller of Examination and was also one the core committee members for NBA accreditation for St‟ Martins Engineering College. His vast teaching experience has been spanned over a period of 12 years across various leading colleges in India. He was awarded a doctorate degree in physics by Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) in February 2012. His pro active approach as self motivated professional ensured that there was a MOU between Vignan Institute of Technology and Science [VITS] Hyderabad, Inida and Monmouth University, USA. As a key team player his passion is evident by his association with Wipro - Mission10X in order to evolve more innovative ways of teaching. In order to keep up his undivided commitment towards the subject his current field of research is study of CNT based Nano Fluids used for heat transfer and to enhance efficiency of automobile lubricants.

Dr. Kanhaiya Lal Yadav is Professor in Department of Physics at IIT Roorkee, India. His specialization includes experimental Condensed Matter Physics (Electroceramics, Functional Nanomaterials and biomaterials). He has several publications to his credit. He is the member of several professional bodies American Nano Society, Member, Materials Research Society of India, Life Member, Society of Physics of Disordered Materials, Life Member,Indian Institute of Metals, Life Member, Institute of Nanotechnology, Associate Member, Thermal Analysis Society of India, Life Member, Indian Physics Association, Life Member, Materials Research Society of Singapore.

Dr. Bahniman Ghosh is an Assistant Professor in Department of Electrical Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His research interests are spintronics including modeling of spin transport in semiconductors using semiclassical Monte Carlo and also quantum transport (NEGF), Device and circuit simulations of novel devices, such as, tunnel FETs, IMOS etc, VLSI technology including analog/mixed signal circuit design, Optimization algorithms for analog/RF circuits. He is the elected member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi in the University of Texas at Austin, 2006. He has several publications to his credit