Professional Work Experience:

25 years in India and abroad, with collaborators in industry, R&D labs, research institutions and government organizations in US, UK, Japan, Korea and Russia.

Worked for Rodel-Nitta Japan, Sistec Co. Ltd. Industry-Academic Collaborative Research Centre, Kochi Technical University, Japan, Cambridge University – Cambridge UK, Environment, Science & Technology Office, US Embassy-New Delhi, National Physical Laboratory –New Delhi, HARTRON- Ambala, Kurukshetra University- Kurukshetra and Manipal University – Manipal.

Expertise:

• Establishment of new industries, technical groups and labs in industry, R&D and academic environment.

• Development of process equipments, characterization equipments, and products from concept to proof of concept to production stage.

• Consultancy, training managers & engineers, teaching, production, marketing and guiding students.

Publications:

Over 100 research publications in Journals and Conference Proceedings , delivered over 40 invited talks in international conferences and workshops.

Areas of Research Interest:

Nanotechnology (novel room/low temperature growth process, materials and devices), vacuum nanoelectronics, large area microelectronics and flexible electronics, flat panel displays, photovoltaics, energy harvesting and scavenging technologies, instrumentation, MEMS, S&T and higher education policy, networks & sensors, aviation, defence and thin film & vacuum technology.