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Name MOHD. AKRAM KHAN Designation Scientist - EI  Group IV (3) Main Area of Specialization Environmental Engineering Sub area of Specialization Industrial waste minimization and utilization Materials Development   for civil Engineering Appl. Utilization of natural fibers for development of new engineering materials Educational Attainments Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University Additional Information M. Tech. Environmental Engineering & Planning 1996 Hons. (83%) Barkatullah University, Bhopal Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies Name of Society Year The Institution of Engineers (India), Environmental Engineering Division Member Indian Association for Environmental Management Life Member Materials Research Society of India Life Member Indian Institute of Mineral Engineers Life Member Indian Society for Non-Destructive Testing Associate Member AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS No. Details of Award / Recognition 1 CSIR Foundation Day Award on 26 Sept. 2002 for ‘Best Initiated Project 2001-02’ for the project  “Rapid EIA and Risk Assessment for hydrocarbon terminals at Chennai, Hazira,  Haldia, Rewari and Bhopal, sponsored by Reliance Industries Ltd., Mumbai” 2 CSIR foundation Day Award on 26 Sept. 03 for ‘Best ECF Salary Ratio’ for the Year 2002-2003. 3 CSIR Foundation Day Award on 26 Sept. 04 for’ Maximum No. of   Internal Reports’ in 2003-04. 4 CSIR Foundation Day Award on 26 Sept. 2005 for’ Maximum Number of Internal Reports’ for    the   year2005-06 5 CSIR Foundation Day Award on 26 Sept 2008 for’ Maximum Number of Internal Reports’ for the Year 2007-08. 6 CSIR foundation day award on 26 Sept 2008  for the Best Paper in Rajbhasha (Hindi) for the Year 2007-08.

Name  Dr. S.K.S.Rathore  Designation  Senior Principal Scientist Main Area of Specialization  ·         Research and Development Management, Technology Transfer, Business Development, Technical Man Power Planning, Research Data Base Management. ·         Environment Impact Assessment, Digital Image Processing, Carrying Capacity, Data Mining.   Sub area of Specialization  ·         Ecology and Environment ·         Sustainable Development ·         Natural Resource Management Educational Attainments  Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University / Institute Additional Information B. Sc. Zoology, Botany, Chemistry 1980 Second Bundelkhand Univ., Jhansi M.Sc. Botany 1982 First Bundelkhand  Univ., Jhansi Ph.D. Botany 1994 Kumaun University, Nainital Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies Name of Society Membership MRSI Bhopal Chapter Member Uttar Pradesh Academy of Sciences Past Secretary and currently Member Indian Environment Society Member AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS S. No. Details of Award / Recognition 1 British Council Fellowship 1994 Publications & Patents S. No. Details of Publications & Patents 1 Publications: Refereed Journals : 2 as first author   2. Published number of articles in proceedings of Seminar, Conference, chapters in book , news papers on scientific and other issues of interest. 3 Patents filed /communicated /submitted : 1 Foreign Training  Nepal Natural Resource Management  Indonesia Sustainable Forest Management  Japan Intellectual Property Management  UK Conservation Education  Switzerland Intellectual Property Rights

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Name Dr. Asokan Pappu (click here to download detailed CV) Designation Senior Principal Scientist – Gr. IV(5) Main Area of Specialization Civil Engineering Sub area of Specialization Developing alternative building materials such as bricks, block, concrete, ceramics for application in tiles, panel, roofing, portions and architectural cladding Fly ash utilization in building materials, land reclamation and agriculture Development of composites materials Development of natural fibre-particulates-polymer composites (light weight, high strength and biodegradable composites) as substitute  for timber and other related commercial products Recycling glass reinforced plastic waste in concrete and cement composites Solid wastes recycling in alternative building materials (bricks, block, concrete, ceramics and composite materials for application in tiles, panel, roofing, portions and architectural cladding) Educational Attainments Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University Additional Information Ph. D Environmental science & Engineering. 2007 CPI   8.22 Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India M. Tech Public Health Engg. Environmental Engg & Planning 2000 Ist Division Maulana Azad National Institute of  Technology, Bhopal, India B.E Civil Engineering 1989 Ist Division Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies  Postdoctoral Fellowship, Loughborough University, the United Kingdom,  2007-2008 Sir CV Raman Research Fellow:2010-2011(National Fellowship, CSIR, New Delhi, India), Visiting Academic, the University of Waikato, New Zealand Name of Fellowship/Society Year American Society of Civil Engineers India Section Member Indian Environmental Association Member Materials Research Society of India Member The Institution of Engineers, India Member Coal Ash Institute of India Member Indian Association for Environmental Management Member AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS S. No. Details of Award / Recognition 1 National Award (Institutional Award). Ministry of Power, MOEF and TIFAC, DST, Government of India. For R&D work done in the area of fly ash utilization in the country in the area of building materials, agriculture and value added products, 2005. 2 Young Scientist Award. Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology, Gov’t of Madhya Pradesh, India. Paper entitled “Improvement of the fertility of wasteland by the application of coal ash”. 1998. 3 The best poster presentation award. Indian Environmental Association (IEA), Mumbai. Non hazardous building materials from hazardous waste. Seventh Annual Conference   “Advanced in Environmental Management and Technology”. 2005. 4 Six internal awards from Advanced Materials and Process Research Institute (AMPRI), Formerly Regional Research Laboratory, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India for  (i) The Best initiated project of Societal / Rural Impact, (ii) Highest External Cash Flow received from external sponsor (MOEF and BMTPC, Government of India), (iii) Best Completed Project entitled Setting-up of Technology Enabling Centre for manufacturing of Wood substitute products from industrial wastes. 5 The best poster presentation award. Reclamation of water sheds with bulk utilization of fly ash for sustainable agriculture. Conferred by Indian Society of Soil Survey and land Use Planning, Nagpur. 2008 6 The best poster presentation Award. Investigation of Fibre treatment on Fibre / matrix adhesion and physico-mechanical properties of sisal reinforced polyester composites. Conferred by  Materials Research Society of India. 2011 7 Best Paper Award. Synthesis of biodegradable polymer polylactide (PLA) by ring opening polymerization using Tin catalyst. Conferred by National Institute of Technical Teachers' Training and Research, Bhopal. 2012 8 The best paper Award: The best citation and the most cited paper between 2005 and 2008: Asokan, P., Saxena, M., Asolekar, SR., Solid Wastes generation in India and their recycling potential in building materials. Elsevier’s Jr. Building and Environment 9 The best citation: Asokan, P., Saxena, M., Asolekar, SR., Coal Combustion Residues- Environmental Implications and Recycling Potentials.  This Paper  has  been  selected  by  a  Virtual  Journal  of  Elsevier  Science  Press  out of wide range of Elsevier journals on  the  basis  of  its  potential  to  highlight  interesting  and  important  developments  in the  area  of  environmental  sustainability. Virtual Journal of Environmental Sustainability, 3(3):2005.

Name Dr. Dehi Pada Mondal Sex Male Designation Scientist GrIV(4) Main Area of Specialization Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Sub area of Specialization Alloy development, Heat treatment of Aluminum alloys and steel, Materials Characterisation, Deformation behaviour, Squeeze casting and squeeze infiltration, Aluminum metal matrix composites, Metal foam, Wear of materials, Educational Attainments Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University Additional Information B.E Metallurgical Engineering 1987 Ist Bengal Engineering College (Calcutta University) Spl:Alloy steel and Welding Technology M.Tech -do- 1989 Ist IIT, Kharagpur Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy PhD -do- 1996 - IIT, Kharagpur Deformation behaviour of multi phase alloys Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies Name of Society Year Life Member: Indian Institute of Metals, MRSI, Institute of Mineral Engineering, Institutions of Engineers (India), Magnitics Society of India, Coal Institutes, Tribology Society of India 1999 AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS S. No. Details of Award / Recognition 1. Binani Gold Medal, 2008, by IIM, Kolkata 2. INSA fellowship, 1997=1998, National University of Technology, Pusan, South Korea. 3. Visiting Scientist, IFAM, Bremen, 20-28th Aug, 2002 4. Hon. Secretary, IE(I), MPSC, Bhopal 5. National Scholarship, upto BE 6. SRF, IIT Kharagpur, 1989-1992 8. Thesis supervised: PhD:1 (3 are in progress). Mtech: 15, B.Tech: 4

Name Dr. Sunil Kumar Sanghi Sex Male Designation Scientist Group IV (4) Main Area of Specialization Analytical Chemistry Sub area of Specialization Development of micro-scale analytical separation technique, micro-reaction technology and their application. Educational Attainments Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University Additional Information Ph. D. Analytical Chemistry 1988 R.D. University, Jabalpur Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies Name of Fellowship/Society Year JRF, ISRO, Bangalore. SRF, CSIR, New Delhi. Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow of European Union, Brussels, Belgium Fellow Scientist R-4, CSIR, New Delhi Visiting Scientist (as Principal Investigator, India, Indo-EU Project), University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Visiting Scientist (as Principal Investigator, India, Indo-French Project), Institute Curie, Paris, France Guest Editor Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis Elsevier Publications, The Netherlands Member, Organizing Committee National Convention of Chemist Convener, International Symposium & Short Course on Separation Sciences Indian Council of Chemists National Socio-Environmental Society Member, Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K. Member, Royal Dutch Chemical Society, The Netherlands 1985-1987 1987-1988 1990-1991 1994 January-July 1995, May- September 1997, March- July 1998. February – March 2003, May – June 2004, February-March 2006. 1999-2000 2001 1996, 1997, and 1998. Life Member Life Member Member 1994-1998 Member 1994-1998 AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS S. No. Details of Award / Recognition 1. 2. Honoured Charted Chemist by Royal Society of Chemistry, London, U.K., 1994 Best Poster Presentation “Lab-on-a-chip devices for environmental analysis” 2006.  National conference on environment and its effects on urban areas

Name Dr. S. A. R. Hashmi      Designation Scientist - F Main Area of Specialization Development of Polymer Composites Sub area of Specialization Processing & Rheology of polymers, blends  & composites, Design and development of components, products & experiments Educational Attainments Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University / Institute Additional Information PhD Applied Chemistry,Faculty of Engineering, 1997 --- Barkatullah University, Bhopal, India Group TrainingCourse Polymer Sci. & Tech, 1995 --- National Institute of Materials and Chemical Research, (AIST) Tsukuba Japan , organized by JICA, Japan M.S. Science & Technology   1992 Ist Birla Institute  of Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani, India Higher level LevelDiploma Science & Technology 1991 Ist Birla Institute of Technology  and Science, Pilani,  (BITS), Pilani,  India M.Tech Plastics Technology, 1987 Ist Harcourt Butler Technological  Institute, Kanpur, India B.Tech. Chemical Technology 1983 Ist Harcourt Butler Technological Institute ,  Kanpur, India Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies Name of Society Class of Member ship Materials Research Society of India Life Member L-0370 Indian Plastics Institute, Mumbai Life Member  115 – LIF Oil Technologist Association of India Life Member LM-40 Tribological Society of India Life Member LM-3031 The Institution of Engineers India MIE M/114353/5 The Indian Institute of Metals Life Membership No.12649 Society of non-destructive testing Life Membership No.5113 AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS S. No. Details of Award / Recognition 1 1994-95 Japan International Co-operation Agency Fellowship for research in Polymer Science and Technology 2 Visited Japan to work on a joint project between CSIR India and AIST Japan on project entitled High Temperature Resistant Fibre Reinforced Polyolefins” in 1999 3 International training cum Workshop on Design & Development of FRP organized by CST of Non Aligned Countries and Committee of Science and Technologies in Developing Countries, Sept 15-19, 1998 4 Visiting Faculty in School of Physics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal 5 The name appeared in 18th edition of WHO IS WHO in the World 6 Referee of a) Journal of Applied Polymer Science, USA, b) Polymer Composites, USA, c) Polymer Engineering  & Science USA 7 Best Paper Award 2003 in Physical Sciences by MAAS, Aligarh 8 Delivered “Technology Day Lecture” organized by CIPET, Bhopal, 2004 9 Best Scientific Paper Award 2005 in Rajbhasha by RRL(CSIR) Bhopal 10 Invited by Chamber of Chemical Engineers, TURKEY for invited Lecture in First Polymer Composite Conference held during 17-19 Nov. 2006 In IZMIR, Turkey on “Sliding Wear and Friction of Graphite and UHMWPE Modified Cotton -Polyester Composites” 11 Invited by Chamber of Chemical Engineers, TURKEY for invited Lecture in First Polymer Composite Conference held during 17-19 Nov. 2006 In IZMIR, Turkey on “Dynamic Viscoelastic Properties of Fibre Reinforced thermoplastic Composites” 12 Best Scientific Paper Award 2007 in Rajbhasha by AMPRI(CSIR) Bhopal 13 Invited by Chamber of Chemical Engineers, TURKEY as Organizing Committee Member, Member Scientific Advisory Committee and for Invited Lecture in IInd Polymer Composite Symposium, Work shop, Exhibition (International Participation) held during 28-30 Nov. 2008 In IZMIR, Turkey. Delivered lecture, Presented Poster, Chaired a Session on “Structures & Materials of Polymeric Composites”.

Name Dr. R. K. Morchhale Designation Chief Scientist Main Area of Specialization Civil Engineering Sub area of Specialization Building Materials Characterization Development of building materials Health Monitoring of Civil Structure   Design & Construction Educational Attainments Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University Additional Information PhD. Civil Engineering 2008 -- RGTU Bhopal M. Tech Foundation Engg 1987 First Bhopal /MACT Bhopal M.P. B. E. Civil Engineering 1985 First SATI Vidisha (M.P.) Fellowships/Memberships of Professional Societies Name of Fellowship/Society Membership Materials Research Society of India, Hyderabad Life Member Coal Ash Institute of india Life Member Institution of Engineers (IEI), India Life Member AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS S. No. Details of Award / Recognition

Name Dr. Jai Prakash Shukla    Sex Male Designation Scientist ‘E-I’ Main Area of Specialization Water Resources Management Sub area of Specialization Watershed Management, Hydrologic Modelling, Ground Water Contamination, S&T for Rural Development Lake / Reservoir Management, Environmental Impact Assessment for water resources, Remote Sensing, GIS and GPS Applications Educational Attainments Qualification Title Specialization Year Division University Additional Information Certificate in Computing Computing 2001 Awarded Indira Gandhi Open University, New Delhi Distinction Post Graduate Diploma Remote Sensing Applications to Geology, Geomorphology, and Hydrology 1998 Awarded Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun Ph.D. (Geology) Water Resources Management using Remote Sensing & GIS 1997 Awarded Barkatullah University, Bhopal Certificate course FORTRAN language Programming 1989 Awarded Maulana Azad College of Technology, Bhopal Distinction M. Sc. Tech. Mineral Exploration (Applied Geology) 1986 First Division Vikram University, Ujjain U.G.C. Scholarship 6thin merit of the University M.Sc. Geology with special paper in Hydrogeology and Engineering Geology 1985 First Division A.P.S. University, Rewa Second in Merit list of University Fellowship / Membership of Professional Societies Name of Society Year Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Dehradun Life member Indian Society of Geomatics, Ahmedabad Life member Materials Research Society of India Life member Indian Science Congress Association, Calcutta Life member Australian GPS Society Life member AWARDS / RECOGNITIONS S. No. Details of Award / Recognition 1 Award for Best Rural Technology Project for “Rapid Assessment of Drinking Water Quality in the State of Madhya Pradesh” for the year 2006-2007, Awarded by AMPRI, Bhopal, 2007 2 Expert, Screening committee for research papers of Young Scientists Congress, 2010 organized by MPCST, Bhopal 3 Chairman, Technical Session on Water Management, 2nd Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan, Indore, M.P. 4 Member, Technical committee, 2nd Bhartiya Vigyan Sammelan, Indore, M.P. 5 Member, Laboratory Upgradation Committee of M.P. Lake Conservation Authority, Bhopal, M.P. 6 Member, Organizing committee, Indian Science Congress Association, Bhopal chapter for 2009-2012 7 Member, Board of Studies for the course of M. Sc. Remote Sensing and GIS, M. Sc. Geoinformatics, Mahatma Gandhi Chitrakut Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, Chitrakut, Satna, M.P. 8 Convener, National workshop on “ New Technologies for Rural Development having Potential of Commercialisation”, Organized by IE(I), MPSC, Bhopal and ISRS, Bhopal Chapter 9 Resource Scientist, “Vaigyanik and Bachche Amne-Samne” in National children Science Congress, 2008 10 Member in Organising committee, Workshop and Demonstration cum Technology transfer for rural development in the north Eastern States, organized by AMPRI, Bhopal 11 Chairman, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, Bhopal Chapter 12 Member, Expert Group for Proposals of Research and Development, MPCST, Bhopal 13 Expert, Review Committee for the Project “ Geohydro-Environmental investigation for Exploring the Possibilities of Old researvoir and Associated Channels of Om Valley, Betwa Basin, M.P. Executed by WALMI, Bhopal 14 Member in Organising committee, Workshop on Sisal fibre Technologies for Sustainable Rural Employment Generation” organized by AMPRI, Bhopal 15 i) Joint Organising Secretary,ii) Co-Chairman in Tech. Session & iii) Convener,(Technical Committee): National Conference on Geomatics for planet earth (Geomatics’2008) organized by Indian Society of Geomatics, Ahmedabad, at Nur- Us- Sabah, Bhopal, M. P. 16 Member, Project Advisory Committee for activities under Technology Management Centre, Phase-II, M.P. Council of Science and Technology, Bhopal, 17 Member, Advisory Committee on Science Communication Archives, Madhav Rao Sapre Samachar Patra Sangrahalaya Evam Sodh Sansthan, Bhopal 18 Resource Person, Refresher Course in Environmental Sciences for college teachers sponsored by UGC, New Delhi organized by APS University, Rewa 19 Member in Task Force committee, APS University, Rewa 20. Member, Advisory committee of Environmental Pollution Coordination Organization, Bhopal for reviewing the work done by the scientists of EPCO and DMI, July 2001

Dr. Surender Kumar, PhD, MRSC Scientist & Assistant Professor, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute(CSIR-AMPRI), Hoshangabad Road, Near Habibganj Naka, Bhopal - 462026, India. Mobile: (+91) - 9945670632 Email: surender@ampri.res.in,  surenderjanagal@gmail.com Educational Attainments: Postdoc from National Taiwan University, Taipei City, Taiwan. Ph.D. in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. M.Sc. in Chemistry from Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, Haryana, India. B.Sc in Chemistry from Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. Research area: Electrochemical energy storage devices (Batteries / supercapacitors) Electrochemical water splitting Water purification Oil spills Selected Publications: B. Kishore, B. Singh and Surender Kumar, Graphene-based nanocatalysts for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in metal-oxygen batteries, Current Catalysis, 2018, 7, 158. Surender Kumar et al., Cobalt diselenide nanorods grafted on graphitic carbon nitride (CoSe2@g-C3N4): a synergistic catalyst for oxygen reactions in rechargeable Li-O2 battery, ChemElectroChem, 2018, 5, 29. Surender Kumar, et al., Electrochemical Investigations of Co3Fe-RGO as a bifunctional catalyst for oxygen reduction and evolution reactions in alkaline medium, Applied Surface Science, 2017, 418, 79. Surender Kumar and N Munichandraiah, Magnesium cobalt silicate as a bifunctional catalyst for the O2 electrode and its application in Li-O2 cells, Catalysis Science & Technology, 2016, 6, 6716. Surender Kumar, C. Selvaraj, L.G. Scanlon, N. Munichandraiah, Ag nanoparticles–anchored reduced graphene oxide catalyst for oxygen electrode reaction in aqueous electrolytes and also a non-aqueous electrolyte for Li-O2 cells, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2014, 16, 22830. C. Selvaraj, Surender Kumar, A. R. Raju, N. Munichandraiah, Symmetric supercapacitors employing MnO2 and polyaniline composite, Journal of Applicable Chemistry, 2012, 1, 272. Important Links: https://sites.google.com/view/dr-surender-kumar/home https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=Cf5WYWIAAAAJ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Surender_Kumar11  

  Dr. Mohammad Ashiq Scientist & Assistant Professor, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI), Hoshangabad Road, Near Habibganj Naka, Bhopal – 462026, India Mobile: +91-9795618285 Email: ashiq@ampri.res.in, mohdashiq@gmail.com Educational Attainments: Ph.D., Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India M.Tech. (Materials Science), Department of Physics, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, India M.Sc. (Physics), Department of Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India Specialization: Electron Microscopy, Powder Metallurgy, Physical & Mechanical Metallurgy Area of Interest: Nanomaterials, Grain Boundary Engineering, Lightweight Alloys, Materials for Radiation Shielding Selected Publications: B. Singh, N. Devi, L. Mathur, S. J. Song, A. K. Srivastava, R. K. Singh, Mohammad Ashiq, and D. P. Mondal. "A new solution phase synthesis of cerium (IV) pyrophosphate compounds of different morphologies using cerium (III) precursor." Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 793 (2019): 686-694. A. Rudra, Mohammad Ashiq, S. Das, & R. Dasgupta, “Constitutive Modeling for Predicting High-Temperature Flow Behavior in Aluminum 5083+ 10 Wt Pct SiC p Composite”. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B, 50.2 (2019): 1060-1076. H. Ahmed, S. Khan, W. Khan, Mohammad Ashiq, & S. Naseem, “Influence of Zn incorporation on the microstructural and magnetic properties of La0. 67Sr0. 33Mn1−xZnxO3 nanoparticles synthesised by the sol–gel method” Philosophical Magazine Letters, v. 98, issue 1 (2018): 1. Mohammad Ashiq, P. Dhekne, A. S. Hamada, P. Sahu, B. Mahato, R. K. Minz, S. G. Chowdhury and L. P. Karjalainen. "Correlation of Microstructure and Texture in a Two-Phase High-Mn Twinning-Induced Plasticity Steel During Cold Rolling." Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 48, no. 10 (2017): 4842. Mohammad Ashiq, Gouthama, and A. Upadhyaya, "PM Non-Ferrous and Special Materials: Effect of Rotary Swaging on the Microstructure of Tungsten Heavy Alloy." European Congress and Exhibition on Powder Metallurgy. European PM Conference Proceedings (2014): 1.

BIODATA Name Dr. Manoj Kumar Gupta Designation Scientist & Assistant Professor ( AcSIR) Address & Contact CSIR-Advanced Materials Processes and Research Institute, Hoshangabad Road. Bhopal, Madya Pradesh, India PIN-462024 Email mkgupta@ampri.res.in Contact Number +91-755-2457609 Extn 1242, FAX: +91-755-2457042, Mobile : +91-9977360351 AREA OF SPECIALIZATION Nanoscale Composite Materials, Nanostructures Functional Materials, Energy Harvesting WORK EXPERIENCE 1 Scientist , CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute (AMPRI) , from May 2017 to till date 2 DST-INSPIRE Faculty, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal From October 2014 – May 2017 3 Postdoc Fellow, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea From October 2011 – October 2014 EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION Qualification Specialization Year Division University/Institute Ph.D Physics (Material Science) 2012 -- University of Delhi, Delhi M.Sc. Physics 2006 1st DDU Gorakhpur University B.Sc Physics, Math 2004 1st DDU Gorakhpur University Awards/Scholarships  DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award (December, 2013)  Senior Research Fellowship (DST Project)  Junior Research Fellowship (DST Project)  CSIR-Research Intern Award  Ist Prize, Best Oral Presentation Award, (National Workshop on Renewable Energy & Environment, University of Delhi, Delhi) PUBLICATIONS 1. Highly efficient flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator and femtosecond two-photon absorption properties of nonlinear lithium niobate nanowires, MK Gupta, J Aneesh, R Yadav, KV Adarsh, SW Kim, Journal of Applied Physics 121 (2017) 175103. (I.F: 2.185) 2. Y-doped ZnO nanosheets: Gigantic piezoelectric response for an ultra-sensitive flexible piezoelectric nanogenerator, N Sinha, S Goel, AJ Joseph, H Yadav, K Batra, M. K. Gupta, B Kumar Ceramics International 44, (2018) 8582-8590 3. Flexible High-Performance Lead-Free Na0.47K0.47Li0.06NbO3 Microcube-Structure-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvester,Manoj Kumar Gupta, S-W Kim, B. Kumar ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 8 (2016) 1766−1773. (I.F: 6.67). 4. Nanopatterned textile-based wearable triboelectric nanogenerator, W. Seung, Manoj Kumar Gupta, K.Y. Lee, K.S. Shin, J.H. Lee, T.Y. Kim, S. Kim, J. H Kim, S.-W. Kim, ACS Nano (2015) 9 3501. (I.F: 12.062). (Highlighted in Discovery News, Zee News, ABP News, The Economics Times, Business Standard, The Times of India, Financial Express, The New York Daily News etc) 5. Controllable Charge Transfer by Ferroelectric Polarization Mediated Triboelectricity, K. Y. Lee, S. K. Kim, J.-H. Lee, D. Seol, M. K. Gupta, Y. Kim, S.W Kim, Advanced Functional Materials, (2016), 26. 3067. (I.F: 11.80). 6. Micropatterned P (VDF‐TrFE) Film‐Based Piezoelectric Nanogenerators for Highly Sensitive Self‐Powered Pressure Sensors, J. H. Lee, H.J. Yoon, T.Y. Kim, Manoj Kumar Gupta, J. H. Lee, W. Seung, H. Ryu, S.W. Kim, Advanced Functional Materials 25 (2015) 3203. (I.F: 11.80). 7. Ferroelectric Polarization in CH3NH3PbI3 Perovskite, H. S Kim, S. K Kim, B. J Kim, K. S Shin, Manoj Kumar Gupta, H. S Jung, S.W. Kim, N.G. Park, The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 6 (2015) 1729–1735. (I.F: 7.458). 8. Transparent flexible stretchable piezoelectric and triboelectric nanogenerators for powering portable electronics, K.Y. Lee*, Manoj K Gupta*, Sang Woo Kim, Nano Energy, 14, (2015) 139-160. (I.F. 12.343) (* Equal Contribution, Review Article) 9. High-performance hybrid cell based on an organic photovoltaic device and a direct current piezoelectric nanogenerator, G.C. Yoon, K. S. Shin, Manoj Kumar Gupta, K.Y. Lee, J.H. Lee, Z.L. Wang, S.W. Kim, Nano Energy 12, (2015) 547-555 (I.F. 12.343) 10. Depletion width engineering via surface modification for high performance semiconducting piezoelectric nanogenerators, K. Y. Lee, J.Bae, S. M. Kim, J-H. Lee, G. C. Yoon, Manoj Kumar Gupta, S. Kim, H. Kim, J. Park, S-W Kim, Nano Energy, 8 (2014) 165. (I. F: 12.343) 11. Self-Compensated insulating ZnO-based piezoelectric nanogenerator, D. Kim, K. Y. Lee, Manoj Kumar Gupta, S. Majumder, and S.-W. Kim, Advanced Functional Materials, 24, (2014) 6949– 6955 (I. F: 12.12) 12. Enhanced piezoelectric output voltage and Ohmic behavior in Cr-doped ZnO nanorods N. Sinha, G. Ray, S. Godara, Manoj K Gupta, B. Kumar, Materials Research Bulletin 59 (2014) 267. (I. F : 1.968) 13. Hydrophobic sponge structure-based triboelectric nanogenerator, K. Y. Lee, J. Chun, J-H. Lee, K. N. Kim, N-R Kang, J. Y. Kim, M. H. Kim, K.-S. Shin, Manoj Kumar Gupta, J. M. Baik and S-W. Kim, Advanced Materials, 26 (2014) 5037. (I. F : 19.791). 14. Ferroelectric coupling effect on energy band structure of hybrid heterojunction with self-organized P(VDF-TrFE) nanomatrixes, K.-S. Shin, T. Y. Kim, G. C. Yoon, Manoj Kumar Gupta, S. K. Kim, H. Kim, S. Kim, S. Min Kim and S-W. Kim, Advanced Materials, 26 (2014) 5619. (I. F: 19.791) 15. Transparent, flexible graphene triboelectric nanogenerators, S. Kim*, Manoj Kumar Gupta*, K. Y. Lee, A. Sohn, T. Y. Kim, K.-S Shin, D. Kim, K. H. Lee, H.-J. Shin, D. W. Kim, and S.-W. Kim, Advanced Materials, 26 (2014) 3918. (I. F: 19.791) (*equally contributed) 16. Highly stretchable hybrid pyroelectric piezoelectric nanogenerators, J-H Lee, K. Y. Lee, Manoj K. Gupta, S. S. Kim, T. Y. Kim, D.-Y. Lee, W. J. Yoo, J. Oh, C. Ryu and S-W Kim, Advanced Materials 26 (2014) 765. (I. F: 19.791). 17. Two-dimensional vanadium-doped ZnO nanosheet-based flexible direct current nanogenerator, Manoj Kumar Gupta, J-H. Lee, K. Y. Lee, S.-W. Kim, ACS NANO, 7 (2013) 8932. (I. F: 13.942). 18. Unidirectional high-power generation via stress-induced dipole alignment from ZnSnO3 Nanocubes/Polymer Hybrid Piezoelectric Nanogenerator, K. Y. Lee, D. Kim, J-H Lee, T. Y. Kim, Manoj Kumar Gupta, and S-W. Kim, Advanced Functional Materials, 24 (2013) 37. (I. F: 12.12). 19. Reliable operation of nanogenerator under ultraviolet light via engineering piezoelectric potential, T. T. Pham, K. Y. Lee, J-H Lee, K. H. Kim, K. S. Shin, Manoj K. Gupta, B Kumar, and S-W. Kim, Energy & Environmental Science, 6 (2013) 841. (I.F: 29.518) 20. Dielectric studies and band gap tuning of ferroelectric Cr-doped ZnO nanorods, Manoj K. Gupta, N. Sinha and Binay Kumar, Journal of Applied Physics 112 (2012) 014303. (I. F: 2.068) 21. Optical and dielectric studies of solution grown glycinium maleate single crystal, N. Singh, B.K. Singh, Manoj .K. Gupta, B. Kumar, Optics Communications, 285 (2012) 659. (I. F: 1.45). 22. Enhancement in ferroelectric, pyroelectric and photoluminescence properties in dye doped TGS crystals, N. Sinha, N. Goel, B.K. Singh, Manoj .K. Gupta, Binay Kumar, Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 190 (2012) 180. (I.F: 2.20) 23. High Tc Ferroelectricity in V-Doped ZnO Nanorods, Manoj K. Gupta and Binay Kumar, Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 21 (2011) 14559. (I. F: 5.256) 24. Enhanced ferroelectric, dielectric and optical behaviour in Li-doped ZnO nanorods, Manoj K. Gupta and Binay Kumar, Journal of Alloys and Compound 509 (2011) L208. (I. F: 2.726) 25. p- type K -doped ZnO Nanorods for opto-electronic applications, Manoj K. Gupta, N. Sinha and Binay Kumar, Journal of Applied Physics 109 (2011) 083532. (I. F: 2.068) 26. Growth and characterization of new semi organic L-proline strontium chloride monohydrate single crystals, Manoj K. Gupta, Nidhi Sinha and Binay Kumar, Physica B: Condensed Matter 406 (2011) 63. ( I. F: 1.276) 27. Effect of zinc chloride on structural, optical and dielectric behaviour of solution grown anthracene crystal” N. Sinha, Manoj K. Gupta, N. Goel and Binay Kumar, Physica B: Condensed Matter 406 (2011) 3206. (I. F: 1.276) 28. Enhancement in dielectric and ferroelectric properties of lead free Bi0.5(Na0.5K0.5)0.5TiO3 ceramics by Sb-doping, K. Kumar, B. K. Singh, M. K. Gupta and Binay Kumar, Ceramic International 37 (2011) 2997. (I. F: 2.086) 29. Synthesis of K-doped p-type ZnO urchin-like nanorods along (100) for ferroelectric and dielectric applications, Manoj K. Gupta, N. Sinha, B. K. Singh and Binay Kumar, Materials Letters 64 (2010) 1825.( I. F: 2.269) 30. Synthesis and comparative study of ZnO nanorods for structural, optical and dielectric behaviour, Manoj K. Gupta, N. Sinha and Binay Kumar, Integrated Ferroelectrics 118 (2010) 61. (I. F: 0.371) 31. Effect of electric field on dielectric, ac conduction and ferroelectric behaviour of flux grown Pb(Zn1/3 Nb2/3)0.91Ti0.09O3 single crystals, B. K Singh, K. Kumar, Manoj. K. Gupta and Binay Kumar, Physica Status Solidi A 207 (2010) 2564. ( I. F: 1.525) 32. Structural, dielectric, optical and ferroelectric property of urea succinic acid crystals grown in aqueous solution containing Maleic Acid, B. K. Singh, N. Sinha, N. Singh, K. Kumar, Manoj K. Gupta and Binay Kumar, J. Physics and Chemistry of Solids 71 (2010) 1774. (I. F: 1.594) 33. Piezoelectric, dielectric, optical and electrical characterization of solution grown flower- like ZnO nanocrystal, Manoj K. Gupta, N. Sinha, B. K. Singh, N. Singh, K. Kumar, and Binay Kumar, Materials Letters 63 (2009) 1910. ( I. F: 2.269) 34. Solution growth and comparative characterization of L-HFB single Crystal”, N. Sinha, Sahas, B.K. Singh, K. Kumar, N. Singh, M. K. Gupta, G. C. Budakoti, and Binay Kumar, Cryst. Res.Technol 44 (2009)167. (I. F: 1.12) PATENT Filed (INDIAN): A process for making moisture resistant glossy finish green hybrid composites with variable density” (Patent Application Number: 201811016873 and 022NF2018), Asokan Pappu, Manoj Kumar Gupta, Alka Mishra, Edward Peters, Ajay Kulshreshth, Sanjai Kumar Singh Rathore, Avanish Kumar Srivastava. Conferences/Seminar: 12 Invited Talk: 05 Research Gate https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Manoj_Gupta3 Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&user=cBbN7nYAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate Webpage http://drmgupta.webs.com/

Dr. Shabi Thankaraj Salammal Employment: Aug 2017 – Till date    Scientist,   CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute(AMPRI), Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal-462026, India. Dec 2015 – Feb 2017   Assistant Professor,   Department of Physics, St Jude's College, Thoothoor, Tamil Nadu, India. Oct 2013 – Sep 2015   Postdoctoral researcher,   Organic Semiconductor Lab, Zhejiang University, China. Sep 2012 – Aug 2013  Postdoctoral researcher,   Polymer Chemistry, University Libre de Brussels, Belgium. Educational Attainments: 2008 - 2012  PhD in Physics,   University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany. 2006 - 2007  M.Phil in crystal Science,   Anna University, Tamil Nadu, India. 2004 - 2006  M.Sc. Physics,   Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli, India 2003 - 2004  B.Sc. Physics,   Malankara Catholic College, Mariyagiri, India.  Awards: ‘Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst’ (DAAD) scholarship has been awarded to pursue PhD in Germany. Received two postdoctoral grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No: 51450110081) and China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (Grant No: 2014M550323). In 2016, Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship has been awarded. Project Handled: S.No                                       Title Funding Agency Cost Lakhs (Rs) Status Role  1. Fabrication of High Dense Sintered Red Mud Tiles for X and Gamma Ray Shielding Application Madhya Pradesh Council of Science and Technology 8.40 On-going Principal Investigator  2. Red mud based lead free material for X-ray and CT scanner rooms Council for Scientific and Indistrial Research 53.20 On-going Co-Principal Investigator  3. Design, Development and Demonstration of diagnostic X-ray radiation shielding tiles for Saideep Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra Saideep Healthcare Pvt Ltd, Ahmednagar, Maharashtra 15.871 Completed Member  4. Structure-Processing-Property Correlations of Organic Solar Cells Produced by Low-temperature Thin Film Fabrication Techniques National Natural Science Foundation of China 20.00 Completed Principal Investigator             Scientific Accomplishments: Currently supervising one PhD and one junior research fellow. I have co-supervised one PhD and one MSc students together with Prof. Hongzheng Chen. I have co-supervised three MSc, one BSc and two summer school students together with Prof. Dr. Ullrich Pietsch. Published 9 articles in SCI journals, contributed 11 conferences and delivered 3 invited talks. Publications in SCI Journals: Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al, Polymorphic phase dependent optical and electrical properties of diketopyrrolopyrrole based small molecule, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 8 (2016) 20916-20927, (IP: 6.732). Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al, Influence of alkyl side chain length on the in-plane stacking of room temperature and low temperature cast poly(3-alkylthiophene) thin films, European Polymer Journal 67 (2015) 199 – 212, (IP:3.242). Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al, Effects of Material Morphology on the Performance of Organic Electronics, Journal of Inorganic and Organometallic Polymers and Materials  25 (2015) 12 – 26, (IP: 1.16). Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al, Influence of solubilizing group removal rate on the morphology and crystallinity of diketopyrrolopyrrole based compound, Crystal Growth & Design 14 (2013) 339 – 349, (IP: 4.891). Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al, Polymorphism in bulk and thin film: The curious case of dithiophene-DPP(Boc)-dithiophene, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118 (2013) 657 – 669, (IP: 4.772). Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al Impact of thermal annealing on the semi-crystalline nanomorphology of spin-coated thin films of regioregular poly(3-alkylthiophene)s as observed by low dose high resolution transmission electron microscopy and grazing incidence X-ray diffraction, Macromolecules 45 (2012) 5575 – 5585, (IP:5.8). Shabi Thankaraj Salammal et al Enhancement in crystallinity of poly(3-hexylthiophene) thin films prepared by low temperature drop casting, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 125 (2012) 2335 – 2341, (IP: 1.6). G. Mohan Kumar, P. Ilanchezhiyan,  A. Madhan Kumar, T. S. Shabi, et al, Chemically derived CuO/In2O3 based nanocomposite for diode applications, CrystEngComm, 17 (2015) 5932-5939, (IP:4.034). Saroj Kumar, Shabi Thankaraj Salammal, Erik Goormaghtigh, A FTIR Imaging Characterization of Fibroblasts Stimulated by Various Breast Cancer Cell Lines, PloS one, 9 (2014) e111137, (IP: 3.234).

Er. Shiv Singh Patel  Scientist Mobile: (+91) - 9557063172 Email: ss.patel@ampri.res.in,  ssp.ampri@gmail.com Educational Attainments: M.Tech in Building Engineering and Disaster Mitigation from Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, India. B.Tech in Civil Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, India. Area of Expertise: Structural Health Monitoring of civil infrastructure Concrete Technology Design of Reinforced Concrete structures Tunnelling/underground excavation and construction Development of Waterways for river transportation Selected Publications: Shiv Singh Patel, Ajay Chourasia, S. K. Panigrahi, S. K. Bhattacharyya, Jalaj Parasher, "Study on Efficacy of Wavelet Transform for Damage Identification in Reinforced Concrete Buildings", Journal of Vibration Engineering & Technologies, Springer 2018 Vol. 6 2 127-138. S K Panigrahi, Ajay Chaurasia, Shiv Singh Patel, "Damage Identification of Reinforced Concrete Beam Using Modal Curvature Approach", Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, NISCAIR 2018 Vol. 77 06 337-341. S. S. Patel, A. P. Chourasia, S. K. Panigrahi, J. Parasher, N. Parvez, M. Kumar, "Damage Identification of RC Structures using Wavelet Transformation", Procedia Engineering, Elsevier 2016 Vol. 144 - 336-342.  

  Dr. Shiv Singh Scientist Mobile: (+91) - 7380679799 Email: sshiv.singh@ampri.res.in Educational Attainments: Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India. MTech in  Chemical Engineering from Jadavpur University, kolkata, India. BE/BTech in Food Technology, Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture Technology and Sciences, Allahabad, India. Area of Expertise: Graphitic carbon-based Bio-electrochemical Fuel Cell (MEC/MFC) Electrochemical and Bio-electrochemical reduction of CO2 Electro-chemical Sensor for heavy metal and neurochemical detection Synthesis of Catalyst (metal nanoparticles and carbon nanofiber) for environmental remediation and biochemical application Carbon dot based electrochemical and optical sensor Synthesis of ceramic matrix composite (CMC) via polymer infiltration and pyrolysis, and chemical vapor infiltration process Aluminium and carbon foam Selected Publications: S. Singh, A. Pankaj, S. Mishra, K. Tewari, S. Pratap Singh, "Cerium oxide-catalyzed chemical vapor deposition grown carbon nanofibers for electrochemical detection of Pb(II) and Cu(II)", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2019, 7, 103250. S. Singh, Divya Singh, Sheelendra Pratap Singh and Alok Kumar Pandey, "Candle soot derived carbon nanoparticles: Assessment of physico-chemical properties, cytotoxicity and genotoxicity", Chemosphere, 2019, 214, 130. Aditya Pankaj, Kshitij Tewari, S. Singh, Sheelendra Pratap Singh, "Waste candle soot derived fluorescence nitrogen doped carbon dots-based sensor probe: An efficient and inexpensive route to detect heavy metals", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 2018, 6, 5561. S. Singh, P. Bairagi and N. Verma, "Candle soot-derived carbon nanoparticles: An inexpensive and efficient electrode for microbial fuel cells", Electrochimica Acta, 2018, 264, 119. A. Modi, S. Singh and N. Verma, "Improved Performance of Single Chamber Microbial Fuel Cell using Nitrogen-doped Polymer-Metal-Carbon Nanocomposite-based Air-Cathode", International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 2017, 42, 3271.