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Faculty

Dr. Suchinder Sharma

Dr. Suchinder Sharma

Designation

Associate Professor & Head, School of Physical Sciences

 

Qualifications

PhD (Physics), NIT /2010 MSc Physics, BU /2005
MHRD-PhD Fellowship, CSIR(SRF)

Areas of Expertise

Lasers, Bioimaging, Dosimetry, Optical Materials

Publications

Research/review publications: 70
Books (Edited/text): 02
Conference proceedings: 20
Projects:
-     Bioimaging materials – SERB (2023-2025) completed
-     UV emitting materials – UGC-DAE (2022-26) Completed
-     New Dosimeters – ISRO (2026-2029) Sanctioned
Patents/Copyrights:  Nil

Experience

Teaching: 04 y 09 m
Research: 11 y 3 m

Awards & Honors

SSHN 2024 Award by Embassy of France in India Embassy of France in India' - Dec 2024 Best paper awards:
-     2025 (to PhD student) – 4-8th Feb 2025, SCMBA-2025, MNIT, Jaipur (1st Prize)
-     2025 (to PhD student) – (2nd Prize)
-     2 International conference awards - self
-     2 National conference awards - self
Travel grant – 20000 SEK – Sweden 2016
-     Excellence in Reviewing – Journal Physica B (Elsevier)
-     Reviewer > 270 manuscripts
-     Reviewer – Projects for Govt of India and Govt of Austria
"Young Scientist award" DST, Govt of India (2014)

 

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Luminescence Society of India (Life member)

 

Dr. Manjit Kaur

Dr. Manjit Kaur

Designation

Professor Emeritus 

Qualifications

"D. Sc., from Panjab University, Chandigarh/2024 Ph.D. from Panjab University, Chandigarh/1981
M. Sc. from Panjab University, Chandigarh/1975"

Areas of Expertise

Experimental High Energy Physics

Publications

"Research/review publications:
No. of Publications:  1706
(Latest five publications):
i) PHYSICAL REVIEW D 110, 096014  (2024)
ii) PHYSICAL REVIEW D 109, 052008 (2024).
iii) PHYSICAL REVIEW D 108, 113011 (2023).
iv) PHYSICAL REVIEW D 107, 116002 (2023)
v) PHYSICAL REVIEW D 106, 076017 (2022)
Books (Edited/text):
i) Chief Editor:  Monthly Physics Bulletin of Indian Association of Physics Teachers, India (IAPT)
– 2020 onward
Conference proceedings: Proceedings of the XIII DAE Symposium on High Energy Physics,  1998."

Experience

"Teaching: 45 years
Research:  49 years"

Awards & Honors

i)  The 2025 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics in CMS collaboration at the LHC.
ii) First IAPT Professor HS Hans Memorial Silver Medal for distinguished work in  Experimental Physics and work in IAPT – 2023
iii) Guilio Racah Fellowship, EMFCSC, Italy – 1991
iv) Featured in the book, ""Women Shaping Scientific Frontiers: From Lab Coats to Leadership."" Published by INSA, India in 2024.

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Life Member:  Indian Physics Association (IPA)
Life Member: Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)

Dr. Manoj Kumar

Dr. Manoj Kumar

Designation

Ramanujan Faculty Fellow

Qualifications

B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics, from University of Delhi/2006 M.Sc. (Physics), from University of Delhi/2008 M.Tech. (Instrumentation), from NIT Kurukshetra/2011 Ph.D. from IIT Delhi/2016
NET/JRF (With AIR 22); GATE (AIR 567)

Areas of Expertise

3D Imaging, Optogenetics, Biomedical Optics, Digital Holography, Speckle Metrology

Publications

Research/review publications: 63 Books (Edited/text): 01 + 01(on-going) Conference proceedings: 60

Projects: 03 (completed) + 01 (on-going) Patents/Copyrights: 3

Experience

Teaching: 07
Research: 09

Awards & Honors

1.   Selected Senior Member of OPTICA (formerly OSA) in 2024.
2.   Recipient of Ramanujan Fellowship 2024, SERB, DST, Govt. of India.
3.   Recognized as One of the Top 2% Scientists Worldwide curated by Stanford University 2023/2025.
4.   Recipient of Maenosono Memorial Young Scientist Award 2023 by Kobe University.
5.   Recipient of the Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship for the year 2017-2019.
6.   Recipient of Kreitman Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel, for the year 2016-2017.
7.   Recipient of SERB Indo-US post-doctoral Fellowship.
8.   Recipient of SPIE Student Grant for attending the SPIE Photonics Europe 2016 held in Brussels, Belgium from 3-7 April 2016.
9.   Recipient  of  OSA  Foundation  Grant  for  attending  the  Imaging  and  Applied  Optics Congress @ OSA held in Seattle, Washington, USA, 2014."

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Senior Member of OPTICA (Optical Society of America).
Member of SPIE (Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, America)

Dr. Swati Tyagi

Dr. Swati Tyagi

Designation

Assistant Professor & Department In-Charge Department of Mathematics

Qualifications

M.Sc. from Panjab University Chandigarh/2011 Ph.D. from IIT Mandi HP/2017
ANRF NPDF Post-doctoral fellow IIT Ropar/2019 GATE (AIR 104)

Areas of Expertise

Mathematical Modelling, Neural Networks, Delay Differential equations, Fractional differential equations, Stability Analysis

Publications

Research/review publications: 23
Conference proceedings: 1
Projects: 1completed

Experience

Teaching: 9 years
Research: 13 years

Awards & Honors

1. Received full financial assistance from FoCM 2023 to attend the conference Foundations of Computational Mathematics, Sorbonne University from 12-21 June 2023.
2. Partial financial support to present a research paper in The 10th International Congress on Industrial and Applied Mathematics – ICIAM 2023, August 20-25, 2023 at Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan.
3. Post-doctoral fellowship at Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan (Not availed, 2021)
4. Honored with Top Cited article from WILEY 2020-2021
5. ANRF National Post-doctoral fellowship-2016 for post-doctoral research
6. Scholarship for meritorious students in matriculation from PSEB (Among top 10 meritorious students)

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Lifetime membership of Indian Mathematical Society

Dr. Ankita Bisht

Dr. Ankita Bisht

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

PhD, NIT Hamirpur, 2021
M.Sc. Mathematics, IIT Delhi, 2014

Areas of Expertise

Computational Fluid Dynamics.
Applied and Computational Mathematics. Boundary Layer Flow.
Heat & Mass Transfer.
Convective flow in nanofluids and hybrid nanofluids.

Publications

Research/review publications:14 Book Chapters:2
Conference proceedings:5

Experience

Teaching: 6 years 5 months
Research: 4 years (PhD research + JRF project work)

Awards & Honors

MHRD Fellowship (2017–2021)
GATE (AIR 382) IIT JAM (AIR 108)

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Lifetime Member, Forum for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (FIAM)

Dr. Anil Arya

Dr. Anil Arya

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

·    PhD, Physics, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 2019
·    M.Sc. Physics, Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, 2015

Areas of Expertise

·    Experimental condensed Matter Physics
·    Nanostructured Materials
·    Polymer Electrolytes
·    Energy Storage and Conversion Devices

Publications

·    Research/review publications: 55 (CIF: 214)
·    Book chapters: 15
·    Conference proceedings: 12
·    Edited books: 02
·    Patent: 02 (Published)

Experience

·    Teaching: ~ 5 Y
·    Research: ~ 2 Y (DS Kothari Post-Doc Fellow)

Awards & Honors

·    GATE (AIR 865), 2015
·    CSIR-NET (AIR 241), 2014
·    IIT-JAM (AIR 1065), 2013

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Arghya Mukherjee

Dr. Arghya Mukherjee

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

"M. Sc, from Bengal Engineering and Science University (IIEST), Shibpur, Howrah/2012. PhD from Institute for Plasma Research - Homi Bhabha National Institute, Gandhinagar/2018.
GATE (AIR 966)/JEST (AIR 456)."    

Areas of Expertise

Plasma Physics, Laser-plasma interaction, charged particle acceleration, High performance computation.    

Publications

"Research/review publications: 10+ Books (Edited/text):
Conference proceedings:" 

Projects (submitted): Studies on radiation pressure acceleration of ions for compact and cost-effective hadron therapy systems.

Experience

"Teaching: 1.5 years.
Research: 14 years (8 years post PhD experience)."

Awards & Honors

"1. Parvez Guzdar Memorial Award at 3rd National Seminar on Nonlinear and Complex Phenomena, jointly organized by Center of Plasma Studies and ACNCP, Jadavpur University Kolkata (February 2020)
2. Merit-Cum-Means Scholarship from Government of West Bengal (2008-2010).
3. INSPIRE Fellowship from DST, Government of India (2010-2012)."

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

1.   Lifetime member of Plasma Science Society of India.
2.   Lifetime member of the Division of Plasma Physics of the Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies.

    

Dr. Ankur Mandal

Dr. Ankur Mandal

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

"M. Sc., from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati
/2012
Ph. D., from Indian Institute of Technology Madras/2018"

Areas of Expertise

Attosecond scale dynamics of light-matter interaction in small quantum systems, HHG, Ultrashort light pulse characterization

Publications

"Research/review publications: 18
Conference proceedings: 6"

Experience

"Teaching: 2+
Research: 5+"

Awards & Honors

Reviewer for various international journals, IUPAP travel support, GATE (2012)
Life member of Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics (ISAMP), Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT).

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Lokesh Singh

Dr. Lokesh Singh

Designation

Assistant Professor 

Qualifications

"M. Sc, from IIT Bombay, 2013 PhD, from IIT Kanpur, 2020
Post Doctoral, from University of Rijeka, Croatia (EU) 2022.
NET(JRF), GATE"

Areas of Expertise

Stability of differential equations, Shadowing property

Publications

Research/review publications: 06                                            
Conference proceedings: 01

Experience

Teaching: 3.5 Years
Research: 1.5 Years

Awards & Honors

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Monika Dalal

Dr. Monika Dalal

Designation

Assistant Professor 

Qualifications

"B.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics from DU/2014 M.Sc. Mathematics from DU/2016
Phd from PEC Chd/2025
NET LS-2016 (AIR 18) / NET JRF-2017 (AIR 97)"

Areas of Expertise

Algebraic coding theory, Algebra, Cryptography, Pure mathematics.

Publications

"Research/review publications: 4
Books (Edited/text): 0
Conference proceedings: 1"

Experience

"Teaching: 1.5
Research: 5"

Awards & Honors

UGC-CSIR JRF and SRF

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Manpreet Kaur

Dr. Manpreet Kaur

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

"M. Sc, from Panjab University, Chd/2010 Ph.D. from Panjab University, Chd /2023 GATE (AIR 1103)
JEST (AIR 382)"

Areas of Expertise

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Photovoltaics, Graphene and 2D-materials based transparent conducting flexible electrodes, energy storage devices

Publications

"Research/review publications: 9
Books (Edited/text): 2
Conference proceedings: 2"

Experience

"Teaching: 6 Years
Research: 1 year"

Awards & Honors

Selected for Newton-Bhabha Ph.D. Placement Program (United Kingdom) - 2019-2020

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Neha Mishra

Dr. Neha Mishra

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

M. Sc: Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni, Solan HP/2018
Phd: Dr Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni, Solan HP/2023

Areas of Expertise

Applied Statistics, Forecasting and modelling, Statistical Genetics, Design of Experiments

Publications

20 publications in various National and International journals, Book Chapter and one textbook.

Experience

Teaching:2                                                                                           Research: 5

Awards & Honors

·    DST INSPIRE Fellowship in PhD.
·    Awardee of Gold medal for MSc College of Forestry
·     Awardee of SP Dhall Gold Medal for overall best Msc Student.
·    Awardee of Gold medal for PhD College of Forestry
·    NCC C Certification

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Rachna Aggarwal

Dr. Rachna Aggarwal

Designation

Assistant Prof.

Qualifications

M. Sc, from University of Delhi Delhi/2011 Phd from University of Delhi Delhi/2024 CSIR JRF (With AIR 87)

Areas of Expertise

Functional analysis, Hyperbolic geometry

Publications

Research/review publications: 2
Books (Edited/text): 0
Conference proceedings: 0
Projects: 0
Patents/Copyrights: 0

Experience

Teaching: 1.6 years
Research: 10 months

Awards & Honors

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Rajat Singla

Dr. Rajat Singla

Designation

Assistant Professor 

Qualifications

M. Sc. (Hons), from PU Chd/2012 PhD from IKGPTU/2024 NET/JRF (With AIR 32)

Areas of Expertise

Numerical analysis, Differential equations, Hybrid block methods, Embedded strategy, Variable step-size solvers

Publications

Research/review publications: 07 Books, Conference proceedings: 02

Experience

"Teaching: 11 years
Research: 05 years"

Awards & Honors

Awarded distinction degree in B.Sc. (Hons), - 2010
Resource person in the mini symposium (ADENA 2020) organized by IIT Guwahati from Oct 13-15, 2020.
Resource person in the Faculty Development Programme organized by Akal University from July 27-31, 2020
Reviewer of articles of Scientific Reports (Springer)

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Sandeep Sharma

Dr. Sandeep Sharma

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

Ph.D from Panjab University ( in association with CERN, Swtizerland)/2019
M.Sc. From Panjab University/2012
GATE, NET and HP SET ( Rank 1)

Areas of Expertise

High Energy Physics, Accelerator Physics

Publications

Research/review publications: 335
Books (Edited/text): 0
Conference proceedings: 5
Projects: 0
Patents/Copyrights: 01

Experience

Teaching: 8 Years 6 Months Research: 7 Years ( post PhD)

Awards & Honors

ü       Member of winning team for Breakthrough Prize ( Oscars of Science) 2025.
ü       Among World’s Top 2% highly cited Scientists by Alper- Doger Scientific Index for three consecutive years 2023, 2024 and 2025

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

IAPT life time member

Dr Shailendra K. Gupta

Dr Shailendra K. Gupta

Designation

Assistant professor

Qualifications

M.Sc., Physics (C.C.S. University, Meerut) M.Tech., Material Science Programme (IIT Kanpur) Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur)

Areas of Expertise

Broad area: Energy Materials and Devices
Sub Area: Solar photovoltaics and multiferroics

Publications

23

Experience

Teaching: 5 Years
Research: 9 Years

Awards & Honors

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Dr. Sanjay Kumar

Designation

Assistant Professor 

Qualifications

"M.Sc., from Hansraj College (University of Delhi)/2015
Ph.D. from Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur/2022 JRF and GATE qualified."

Areas of Expertise

"Fluid dynamics, Mathematical Modelling of Fluid flows, CFD,
Numerical Methods"

Publications

"Research/review publications: 14
Book Chapter: 1"

Experience

"Teaching: 2.5 Years
Research: 5.5 Years"

Awards & Honors

CSIR JRF and SRF.

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Ms. Sonal Singh

Ms. Sonal Singh

Designation

Assistant Professor

Qualifications

M. Sc- Applied Physics, (Mukand Lal National College, Yamunanagar, 2015)
PhD (Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala, 2025)
GATE (AIR 851)/JEST (Percentile-94.07)/CUCET

Areas of Expertise

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Magnetic Materials, Hexaferrites, Magnetodielectrics

Publications

06

Experience

"Teaching: 06 months
Research: 06 years"

Awards & Honors

"1. Gold medalist in Master of Physics
2. Best Poster Award in 66th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium"

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Tanveen Kaur Bhatia

Dr. Tanveen Kaur Bhatia

Designation

Assistant Professor 

Qualifications

M. Sc, from TIET Patiala/2018 Ph.D., from TIET Patiala/2022

Areas of Expertise

Fuzzy  Optimization,  fuzzy  shortest  path  problems,  fuzzy  more-for-less  solution, fuzzy transportation problems

Publications

Research/review publications: 8
Books (Edited/text): 1
Conference proceedings: 2

Experience

Teaching: 2
Research: 3

Awards & Honors

Awarded  Certificate  of  Merit  for  securing  first  position  in  First  Year  M.Sc. Mathematics & Computing at Thapar University, Patiala, Punjab, India. Awarded  Institute  Medal  for  securing  highest  cumulative  grade  point  average  in Master of Science in Mathematics & Computing examination held in 2018 at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology (Deemed to be University), Patiala, Punjab, India.

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Dr. Vandana Yadav

Dr. Vandana Yadav

Designation

Assistant Professor 

Qualifications

o M. Sc, CSJM University 2007
o M.Phil. (Specialization in Plasma Physics)
o GATE 84 rank
o PhD, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (2016)
o Visiting Scholar, University of Alabama (2016- 2017)
o Institute Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras (2021)"

Areas of Expertise

o Broad: Soft Condensed Matter Physics
o Sub area: Theoretical/Computational Biophysics,
Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics"

Publications

o Research/review publications: 12 publication (International journal)
o Books (Edited/text): 02
o Conference proceedings: 01"

Experience

o Teaching: 03 years
o Research: 07 years"

Awards & Honors

o Selected as JRF position in TIFR Mumbai in ASTROSAT project
o DRPG Cash award for papers by DRPG, IIT Kanpur"

Affiliations and Memberships of National
and International Organizations:

Indian association of Physics Teachers member