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विश्िविद्यालय अनुदान आयोग - परमाणु ऊर्ाा विभाग
िैज्ञावनक अनुसंधान संकुल, इन्दौर
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Indore
1990 - 2017
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific ResearchJourney so far, JSF (1990-2017), Vol. 2, 1 October 2017
Head OfficeDirector: Dr. Ajit Kumar Sinha
University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore (M.P.) 452 001.Tel: 0731-2463945; 2463913; 2762267; Fax: 0731-2462294
E-mail: [email protected]
Indore CentreCentre-Director: Dr. V. Ganesan
UGC-DAE CSR, Indore Centre, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore (M.P.) 452 001.Tel: 0731-2472200; 2463913; 2762267; Fax: 0731-2465437, 2462294
E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]
Kolkata CentreCentre-Director: Dr. Abhijit Saha
UGC-DAE CSR, Kolkata Centre, 3/LB8, plot 8, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700 091Tel: 033-23351866, 23358035, 2336542; Fax: 033-23356543, 23357008
E-mail: [email protected]
Mumbai CentreCentre-Director: Dr. V. Siruguri
UGC-DAE CSR, Mumbai Centre, R-5 Shed, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai – 400 085Tel: 022-25505327, 25594930; Fax: 022-25505402
E-mail: [email protected]
Kalpakkam NodeScientist in-Charge: Dr. G. Amarendra
UGC-DAE CSR, Kalpakkam Node, Via Kokilamedu Gate, Kokilamedu – 603 104, TNTel: 044-27480500, Extn: 21918 or 21919 (off)
E-mail: [email protected]
www.csr.res.in
ContentsIUC of UGC 01
New Horizons in University Research 02
GC, GB, SAC Chairpersons & Directors of Consortium 03
Director’s Message 04
MoU’s of Consortium 08
Consortium in a Nutshell 12
Accessing user support program of Consortium 13
Utilization and statistics of user support program 14
Young Researchers in Consortium 20
Cryogenics Facilities in Consortium 26
Library 27
Glimpse of Experimental Facilities in Consortium 28
Large Scale Facilities 33
Down the memory lane of first 25 years 42
Recent activities at Consortium - 2016-2017 73
New Initiatives 83
Students and Staff of Consortium 85
Awards & Recognitions for users, students & staff 86
Ph. D. Students Graduated from Consortium 90
Inter University Accelerator Centre(IUAC), New Delhi
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astro-Physics (IUCAA) , Pune
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research (UGC-DAE CSR), Indore
Consortium for Educational Communication (CEC), New Delhi
Information and Library Network Centre (INFLIBNET), Gandhinagar
Inter University Centre for International Studies (IUCIS), Hyderabad
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), Bangaluru
UGC has established Inter-University Centres(IUCs) for providing state-of-the-artequipment & facilities for the benefit ofresearchers working in different universities.
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research (formerly known as IUC-DAEF), hereinafter called ‘Consortium’ was
created in the year 1990. The broad objective of Consortium is developing competence and promoting research in
front line areas of science and technology in Indian Universities by providing institutional framework for optimum
utilization of major research facilities established by the Department of Atomic Energy such as Dhruva Reactor, BARC
Mumbai, VECC, Kolkata and Synchrotron Radiation Sources at Indore.
Inter University Centre (IUC) of UGC
The synergy of the UGC and
the DAE in the form of UGC-
DAE Consortium for Scientific
Research has led to
development of high-end
research facilities and
advanced research programs
utilizing the mega-science
facilities of the DAE. Needless
to say that these programs are
supported by strong in-house
research and development.
One of the highly fruitful and
defining aspect of the UGC
initiative is the very high
returns in terms of research
output thru the Consortium
with relatively little outlay. This
is due to a very large number
of university users enabled by
the Consortium to make
quality usage of the advanced
research facilities
developed/setup by the
Consortium and the mega-
science facilities of DAE.
Ajit K SinhaDirector, UGC-DAE CSR
Establishing the Inter-University
Research Centres has been a masterstroke
by the UGC towards augmentation and
enrichment of research and higher
education in the universities and the
colleges. Consortium is one such research
centre which the UGC has set up in close
collaboration with the Department of
Atomic Energy (DAE).
The Consortium represents part of the UGC initiative
towards augmentation and sharpening of the
research skills in the higher education within teaching
sector of the nation. A good part of the efforts from
the Consortium goes towards supporting and
interacting with the research scholars from all over
the nation.
The Consortium collaborates with the research
groups from the teaching communities across the
nation under its novel Collaborative Research Scheme
(CRS) enabling a prolific and high quality research
usage of the in-house and the DAE research facilities.
Prof. Ved Prakash, Chairman UGC visiting a lab in theConsortium in 2016.
CONSORTIUM OUTREACH
Accessibility to experimental facilities
User’s Support is extended under the CollaborativeResearch Scheme (CRS) of Consortium. All facilities ofConsortium are available free of cost to users inUniversities and Academic institutions. The support isalso extended towards travel and local support to availCRS.
Organization of Awareness / Thematic - Workshops /
Schools / Lecture Modules & Conferences
The Consortium organizes through its three centresand the node, national conferences/workshops inuniversities to sensitize the university communityacross the nation towards the research opportunitiesaccessible thru DAE mega-science facilities and variousIn-house research facilities. So far more than 100 suchgeneral awareness or thematically oriented researchworkshops have been organized by the Consortium.The Consortium conducts specialworkshops/schools/lecture series for the researchscholars across the universities and colleges.
General Outreach Activities
Participants for the above events and users are fromdifferent parts of the country including North East andJ & K regions. Our outreach activities are quiteextensively distributed geometrically across the wholeof the nation as can be seen in a map shown elsewherein this booklet.
Mumbai Centre (MC) supports neutron diffraction
studies using the Dhruva Reactor. The photograph
taken from the website of P.M.O., shows the Hon’ble
Prime Minister visiting the neutron diffraction
beamline under LTHM at Dhruva, BARC which is a
unique facility in the country set up by the Mumbai
Centre of Consortium. This facility has attracted
several user groups including those from the top most
institutions of the country. The small angle neutron
scattering (SANS) of BARC has been prolifically
accessed under the CRS for soft matter studies. In
addition several complementary facilities required in
support of neutron scattering work have been
established at the MC of Consortium.
Indore Centre (IC) of the Consortium has been
instrumental in supporting extensive research under
collaborative research schemes (CRS) utilizing RRCAT
Indus synchrotrons. Photo electron spectroscopy (PES)
and recently, soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS)
beamlines set up at the Indus 1 & 2, respectively, by
the Consortium have been very effectively used
leading to many remarkable experiments. Presently,
we have approximately 85 ongoing projects using
various beamlines of Indus 1 & 2 covering experiments
in condensed matter, protein crystallography etc. The
IC has a very wide range of advanced material science
facilities for characterization & synthesis. It has set up
advanced cryogenics facilities for liquid nitrogen and
helium. A strong user program is supported for the
study of materials behavior under low temperatures
and high magnetic (LTHM). fields.
Kolkata Centre (KC) concentrates on the use of ion
beams and radiation in basic and applied science. It
has made effective contribution in installation of a
national gamma ray facility for nuclear spectroscopy.
CRS work has been supported at the centre in the
material modification using Ion implanter facility at
VECC. It carries out trace element studies using PIXE
with the 3 MV tandem accelerator at IOP,
Bhubaneshwar and by using the in-house EDXRF and
micro XRF facilities. Heavy ion nuclear reaction studies
using the BARC TIFR TANDEM LINAC accelerator. The
centre has a strong 60Co source which is used for
Radiation Chemistry and Radiation Biology
experiments. There are several in-house facilities for
trace elements analysis, radiation chemistry, radiation
biology and materials studies under LTHM.
Kalpakkam Node (KN) provides comprehensive
characterization and synthesis facilities such as Field
Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM),
Focused Ion-Beam Scanning Electron Microscope (FIB-
SEM) Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), X-ray
Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Glancing Incidence
X-ray Diffraction (GIXRD), 15T Magnetoresistance
setup, Infrared float zone single crystal furnace, High
Energy Ball Milling, Ball indentation, Small punch
creep, NMR, SQUID Magnetometer, Raman
spectrometer, e-Beam evaporation system, RF Sputter
deposition system etc. Advanced computational
facilities are also available. Apart from these,
advanced physical, chemical and engineering facilities
at IGCAR can also be used under Collaborative
Research Scheme.
The University Grants Commission (UGC) established a
Consortium for utilization of major research facilities
of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) like
Synchrotron Radiation Sources RRCAT, Neutron source
Dhruva reactor at BARC and Variable Energy Cyclotron
at Kolkata. Three Centres in the proximity of mega
science facilities of DAE at Indore, Mumbai and Kolkata
started, with Indore being the head office.
Extract from the first issue (Vo. 1, Issue 1, May 1990) of‘SAHAYOG’ – A biannual magazine of Consortium highlightingmajor events and research and development activities.
MoU of Consortium : The Beginning (1990)
Memorandum of Understanding between DAE and UGC
Memorandum of Understanding which led to theestablishment of the Inter University Consortiumfor the DAE Facilities was signed by Dr. M. R.Srinivasan, Chairman, Atomic EnergyCommission and Prof. Yash Pal, Chairman,University Grants Commission on 5th July, 1989at Vigyan Bhavan in the presence of Hon’ble ShriShiv Shankar, the then Union Minister forHuman Resource Development. Dr. M. R.Srinivasan, the then Chairman, AEC termed thesigning of the MoU as an historic occasion andexpressed his pleasure and happiness at theprospect of the DAE and the universities workingtogether. Prof. Yash Pal expressing his happinesson signing the MoU said, “I have a fond hope.Perhaps we have started on a road which willbring our universities centre stage… Perhaps to aphase when the activities of learning, finding outand doing will find their true Synergy. I am trulyexcited at this “New Beginning”. Let it be trulymeaningful”.
Dr. D. D. Bhawalker, Dr. M. S. Sodha, Prof. Yash Pal and Dr. V. G. Bhide at the signing ceremony at Indore.
Shri P. Shiv Shankar, former Hon’ble Minister for HRD, Govt. of India
“It’s a happy moment for me and for all of us to be present at the ‘starting meeting’ for a new initiative” “This will not only provide well trained manpower to the country in due course of time but will also develop in the long run excellence in the experimental teaching/research in the universities”
“This is a step in the right direction” “This new arrangement to my mind is appropriate one and would help the university system to resolve the bottle neck”
Prof. Yash Pal, former Chairman UGC
“We must create physical and managerial systems through which the ownership is joint and access is ensured. The setting up of Inter-University Centres is a step in this direction”
“I have a fond hope. Perhaps we have started on a road which will bring our universities centre-stage…perhaps to a phase when the activities of learning, finding out and doing will find their true
synergy. I am truly excited at this “New Beginning”. Let it be truly meaningful.”
Dr. M. R. Srinivasan, former Chairman, AEC
“Looking to the future we need an accelerated pace for skilled manpower development for providing adequate infrastructure for next plan period and beyond -- it is my belief that such a Consortium will
provide fresh impetus towards this goal.”
Prof. V. G. Bhide, Founder Director of Consortium
“I have no doubt in my mind that through the arrangement which Dr. Srinivasan and Prof. Yash Pal are formalizing today, we would blaze a new trail, provide a shot in the arm of the universities and lead to
opening up of exciting opportunities to young students and researchers from the universities. This is the first time the two agencies [UGC and DAE] have come together in the true spirit of science for the
uninhibited search of truth and the pursuit of unending quest.”
MoU of Consortium : The Beginning (1990)The MoU of Consortium was formulated to develop competence and to promote teaching and research in the
design, fabrication and utilization of unique frontline research facilities such as electron accelerators, free electron
lasers, nuclear reactors, synchrotron radiation sources etc. and develop application of these facilities for basic
research and applications in various branches of Science and Technology in Indian Universities. Extracts from the
Speech of Visionaries on the occasion of signing of MoU on July 5th 1989.
On December 10,2003, the MoUbetween UGC andDAE was expanded.The name ofConsortium wasalso changed fromInter UniversityConsortium forDepartment ofAtomic Energy(IUC-DAEF) to UGC-DAE ConsortiumFor ScientificResearch (CSR).
An extract from the Director’s report in the
Annual Report of 2003-04.
A revised MoU between University Grants Commission and Department ofAtomic Energy was signed by Prof. A. S. Nigavekar, Chairman, UGC and Dr.Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC on 10th December, 2003 at UGC, New Delhi.Under this MoU the faculty from the various universities and other academicinstitutions can formulate collaborative research programmes in the fields ofphysical sciences, chemical sciences, life sciences and engineering sciencesusing the facilities of DAE Centres. In addition, the DAE will also makeavailable the infrastructural and accessorial facilities such as laboratories,library, workshop, etc., to researchers from universities and other academicinstitutions.
MoU Expansion (2003)
Enhancing the collaboration further, an MoU was signed between IGCAR and Consortium on January 16, 2007leading to the creation of UGC-DAE CSR Node at Kalpakaam. The facilities of this node are henceforth accessible toscientific community under Collaborative Research Scheme of Consortium.
The UGC-DAE CSR Kalpakkam Node building wasinaugurated by Dr. S. Banerjee in 2011.
MoU of Kalpakkam Node (2007)
Facilities and Research Program of Consortium in a Nutshell
Accessing the User Support Programs of ConsortiumUser Support is extended under the Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) of Consortium
• Experimental facilities at the Consortium Centres
and beamlines at DAE Mega Science facilities are
accessible through CRS.
• One shot CRS provides fast access for a
measurement with minimal formalities.
• Long term CRS projects are sanctioned normally
with a student fellowship after open presentation
and review
• University researcher are provided travel and local
support to avail CRS.
CRS
One time
Specific measurements
Long term
3 year projects
LSF
1969 (16%)
Spec.
2297 (19%)MC
3491 (28%)
ESD
2544 (21%)LTHM
2038 (17%)
Distribution of users in key Research Areas (1990-2017)
User Groups & Participating Universities/Institutes (1990-2017)
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So far about 14000 user groups utilized Consortium’s facilities
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Year wise participation of Universities / Academic Institutes in Consortium’s CRS
Utilization of Consortium’s Facilities
Researchers from more than 350 Universities/Academic Institutions are now participating in CRS user program of Consortium annually
Distribution of long term (3 year) CRS Projects (1990-2017)
Long term CRS projects are sanctioned for 3-4 years, normally with a fellowship for a PhD student. About 1000 CRS projects have beencompleted or running across all Centres of Consortium, influencing PhD thesis work or as many students. The accessibility to all Beamlines ofIndus 1 & 2 Synchrotron Radiation sources have boosted up CRS projects at the Indore Centre in the last couple of years.
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In last 10 years number of CRSpublications have taken over toIn-house publications.
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In last 10 years, on an average the number ofcollaborative publications per Consortium facultyper year has reached about 8.
Some of the high impact factor journals include PhysicalReview Letters (10), Physical Review B (>110),Physical Review C,D,E (~38), Applied PhysicsLetters (~60), J. Appl. Phys. (>180), Journal ofPhysics: Condensed Matter (~ 50), RSI/MST (~ 10),Nanotechnology (>10), Journal of MaterialsChemistry (~ 6);About 4000 documents in Scopus in last 10 years.
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Scientific Faculty strength of Consortium is 40 and on an average the number of user groups (unique user) visiting per annum per scientific faculty is reaching to 40. The impact of CRS support in terms of resulted publication has reached about
8 publications per faculty per year in refereed journals.
Ph. D. Students
95 (41%)
Admin.
36 (16%)
Technical
61 (26%)Faculty
40 (17%)
Financial Outlay for Consortium
During last 10 years more than 12,000 user groups from more than 350 universities/institutes of the country usedConsortium’s facilities. Such extensive user support has resulted completion of state-of-art PhD thesis of a very largenumber of research scholars depicted by publication of more than 4000 papers in refereed journals with an averageimpact factor exceeding 2.5.Such facilitation of multi-user utilization of the advanced and state of the art facilities resulted in high qualityresearch output with very little financial outlay.
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Distribution of Consortium Users Distribution of Consortium Publications
Achievements by Consortium (1990-2017)
Serving about 14000 scientific users from 350 Universities and Academic Institutions, Consortium published about 4150 research papers with mean impact factor > 2.5.
More than 1000 long term Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) projects helped to produce as many Ph.D. theses.
Young Researchers at Consortium
About 600 user groups have been
supported through projects made
in the Collaborative Research
Scheme with fellowship for young
researchers working for the PhD
thesis. These projects run for 3-5
years and are successfully
completed.
This project mode support to CRS
has led to well defined
experimental thesis and succeeded
in nurturing young minds for the
state of art research and
development activities.
There are about 350 on going CRS projects. The backbone of CRS support & in-house research work has strong fingerprints in the in-house PhD program run by the Consortium. So far 95 research scholars completed their PhD fromIndore & Kolkata centred of Consortium & presently 75 students are pursuing their PhD thesis. A list of passed outstudents with their placement information is given in the last pages of this booklet.
The Collaborative Research Schemes are often utilized by students. In the process they find pathways to utilize thesefacility through an informal interaction with in-house students. A glimpse of such interaction is shown here.
A Research Scholar learning to mount sample at XRD machine. A Research Scholar preparing for thin film
deposition using PLD.
Research Scholars observing SIMS measurements.
Young Researchers at Consortium
A research scholars preparing for thin film deposition with magnetron
sputtering.
A research Scholar setting up an UHV STMexperiment.
A jr. engineer preparing for HR-XRDmeasurements.
A research scholar setting up an experiment on the XPS system.
A research scholarpreparing for LTHM-XRDexperiment.
A research scholar preparing for an in-situ thin film deposition & x-ray scattering experiment.
Young Researchers at Consortium
A research scholar doing Raman Spectroscopy measurements .
Rresearch scholars depositing thin film samples using a home made ion beam sputtering system.
A research scholar doing XRD measurements.
A research scholar preparing for Zeta potential experiment.
A research scholar preparing for LT thermopower experiment.
Research scholars and engineer setting up a LTHMresistivity measurement.
Young Researchers at Consortium
Research scholar and scientists of Consortium preparing for Confocal microscopy measurements.
A research scholar doing a PPMS measurement.
Research Scholars preparing for LTHM resistivity experiment. Research Scholars doing AFMmeasurements.
A research scholar doing Squid VSM measurements.
Young Researchers at Consortium
A research Scholar setting up a PPMS experiment.
A research scholar doing MOKEmicroscopy measurement.
A junior engineer doing SEM/EDXmeasurements.
A research scholar doing a LTHM MFM measurement.
Young Researchers at Consortium
A research scholar doing Squid Magnetization measurement.
A research scholar setting up an experiment in home built VSM system.
A TEM experiment being observed by a junior engineer.
A research scholar doing PE loop tracer measurement.
LN2 Plant
Liquid Helium Plant
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60000 Liquid Helium Facility Liquid Produced 3.6 Lacs(l)
Liquid Nitrogen FacilityLiquid Produced: 14 Lacs(l)
Cryogenic Facilities at ConsortiumBoth liquid nitrogen and liquid helium plants are backbone for LTHM activities, 24×7 operation of both these facilities has
resulted in strong LTHM activities at the Indore Centre.
Liquid nitrogen plant
Liquid helium plant
LibraryThe Indore Centre of Consortium has a moderate sizelibrary with over 2000 books and access to most of thejournals electronically through e-Shodh Sindhu of
INFLIBNET Centre. In addition a small computer centreis available to users, students and staff of Consortiumfor extended hours.
Glimpse of Experimental Facilities: Material Characterization
Material characterization facilities are lab
based facilities used in several disciplines
such as physics, chemistry, material
science, engineering science, biological
sciences and earth science. No doubt they
are most prolifically used facilities and have
attracted more than 3000 users groups in
10 years. Major facilities covered under this
are: AFM/SPM, SEM-EDAX, FESEM, TEM,
Zeta Potential, MOKE, DSC, DLS, Dielectric
Permittivity, P-E Loop, Impedance Analyzer,
ED-XRF, Fluorescence Microscope etc.
Glimpse of Experimental Facilities: Electron Spectroscopy & Diffraction
Electron spectroscopyand diffractionmethods provide theinformation aboutelectronic andphysical structures atatomic length scales.Photoelectronspectroscopy and x-ray diffraction are keycomponents of thiscategory and are mostoften used by physicaland chemicalsciences. More than2000 users groups in10 years used thesefacilities includingESCA/XPS and XRDsystems.
Glimpse of Experimental Facilities: Spectroscopy
Consortium has established
a rich cluster of various
spectroscopic techniques
like Molecular
Spectroscopy, Secondary
Ion Mass Spectroscopy,
Mössbauer Spectroscopy,
Raman Spectroscopy, Ultra–
Violet Visible Spectroscopy,
Fourier Transform Infra Red
Spectroscopy etc. These
techniques attracted 2086
users group in last 10 years
from several disciplines.
Glimpse of Experimental Facilities: Low Temperature High Magnetic Field (LTHM)
Low Temperature High Magnetic
Field (LTHM) and Cryogenics
facilities form a cluster of several
high end facilities – some of which
are unique in country. Several
physical property measurement
systems (PPMS), vibrating sample
magnetometer (VSM), LTHM
Mossbauer Spectroscopy, LTHM
MOKE, LTHM XRD, Heat Capacity,
Resistivity, Magnetoresistance,
Thermopower, Low Temperature
measurements and liquid nitrogen
and liquid helium production
facilities are among the most
prolific used facilities. In last 10
years these facilities attracted
1855 users – most of them
working at temperatures as low as
2 K and magnetic fields as high as
10 Tesla.
Glimpse of Experimental Facilities: Materials Synthesis & Surface Science
Material synthesis be it in the form
of nano meter range thin films,
complex compounds or growth of
single crystals is a demanding
process requiring a complex
process. Thin film deposition started
almost 20 years back with a e-beam
evaporation system have now been
expanded with a pulsed laser
deposition, ion beam and
magnetron sputtering system and
form the basis of a research area
Consortium and expertise in. Recent
endeavors in single crystal growth,
bulk samples preparation using arc
melting, hybrid (radiant and
microwave), tubular furnaces and
surface science facilities using in-
situ procedures and UHV scanning
tunneling microscopy have been
greatly acclaimed. About 800 users
have used these facilities.
Consortium provides a platform for
utilization of the large scale facilities of
the country established by DAE –
synchrotron radiation source at RRCAT
Indore, Neutron scattering facilities at
Dhruva reactor at BARC, Mumbai and
accelerator based experimental work,
at the Variable Energy Cyclotron Center
(VECC) Kolkata.
The collaborative research schemes
(CRS) of Consortium provided access to
these large scale facilities to university
researchers. In addition to the facilities
offered by DAE units, Consortium has
developed its own experimental
facilities and they are available to
users.
Dhurva Reactor , BARC, Mumbai
Indus synchrotrons, RRCAT, Indore
VECC, Kolkata
Large Scale DAE Facilities for Higher Education
Beam Line Setups Established by Consortium at the DAE Large Scale Facilities
Consortium has established some
facilities at large scale research
sources setup by DAE e.g. Dhruva
Research Reactor at BARC,
Mumbai, Synchrotron Radiation
Sources – Indus 1 & 2 at RRCAT,
Indore and high energy ion beams
at VECC, Kolkata. The beamlines
established by Consortium at DAE
facilities are Focusing Crystal
Neutron Diffractometer at
Dhruva, PES and XAS beamlines at
Indus 1 & 2 and INGA at VECC,
Kolkata. In addition to
Consortium’s facilities several
other beamline are have been
setup by DAE. All these facilities
can now be accessed through
CRS.
Angle integrated photo emission (AIPES) beamline has been developed on the Indus-1 synchrotron
radiation source by Consortium. This beamline became operational in the year 2000.
The AIPES beamline has very high utilization which is reflected in publications appeared in high impact peer reviewed
international journals: Phys. Rev. B, Appl. Phys. Lett., J. Phys. Cond. Mat., J. Appl. Phys. etc.) among all the existing
beamlines on Indus-1.
AIPES beamline at Indus 1 SR Source
AIPES Beamline at Indus-1
In addition to PES, Resonant Photoemission spectroscopy (RPES) is a unique feature which has inspired other groups
in the country to work in this area. To best of our knowledge till 2004 in spite of availability of photoemission
beamline on international synchrotron facilities, there are hardly any publication from Indian group in the field of
RPES.
AIPES Beamline at Indus-1
Salient Features of beamlineToroidal grating monochromator with 3 gratings of 200, 600 and 1800 lines/mm
Wavelength range 6 – 160 nm (8 - 200 eV)Pre - and Post - mirrors of toroidal type
Final spot size at sample < 1 mm2
Angle integrated photoelectron spectroscopy stationAverage resolving power 300
Soft XAS Beamline at Indus-2 Soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) beamline
installed at BL-1 port of Indus 2 was developed by the
Indore Centre of Consortium with an initial funding from a
DST project. After developments during 2010 to 2013 this
35 meter long UHV beamline became operational in May
2013.
Within a couple of years of users operation this beamline
has attracted more than 100 users and publications in high
impact factor journals like Phys. Rev. B, Appl. Phys. Lett., J.
Appl. Phys. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. RSC Advances, AIP
Advances Surface & Coating Technology, Superlattices &
microstructures. Recently in-situ thin film deposition &
depth profiling capabilities were tested on this beamline.
A schematic diagram and a photograph of the exterior of
beamline in the Indus-2 hall is shown below.
PSA: polarization selection aperture (in or out) SGM: spherical grating mono.
s1: entrance, s2: exit slit
side view
(not to scale)
sample
Indus- 2, BM source PSA
pre-mirror, M1
post-mirror, M2
14 m 15 m 21.5 m 25.3 m 30.1 m 34.1 m 0 m 35 m X
(meter)
SXAS beamline (BL-1), Indus-2 1500 gr/mm 660 gr/mm 290 gr/mm
s1 SGM s2
front end
The beamline became operational in May 2013 andthe first XAS measurements along with thedescription citation of the beamline are shown here.
Salient features of beamlineEnergy: 100-1200 eV; Beam size: ~0.5 mm × 0.5 mm
Acceptance: 5 mrad (h) 1.5 mrad (v)
Polarization selection : 0.2 mm polarization selection aperture
Monochroator: 3 Spherical gratings
Experiments: XAS, XMCD*,XMLD* (*under development)
Sample environment: 2T electromagnet and CCR (to be added soon); UHV multi-target in-situ deposition chamber (planned)
280 300 320 340 3600.0
0.1
0.2
0.3
0.4
Carbon Foil
TE
Y (
nA
)
Energy(eV)
s1
First XAS measurement from the
beamline on May 17, 2013
This is a unique beamline in the countryto probe absorption edges of low Zmaterials e.g. B, C, N, O, F etc. Inaddition L-edges of 3d; M edges of 4dand N edges of 5d transition metals andM and N edges of some rare earth 4fmetals falling between 100-1200 eV canbe probed in this beamline.
entrance slit
sample position
Soft XAS Beamline at Indus-2
Focusing crystal based neutron
diffraction beamline was
designed and installed by
Mumbai Centre of Consortium
at Dhruva Reactor, BARC,
Mumbai.
The beamline employs open
beam geometry and focusing
neutron optics.
High intensities and high
resolution over wide scattering
angles.Schematic diagram of neutron diffraction beamline
Neutron diffraction beamline
Neutron Diffraction Beamline at Dhruva
Cryogen Free Magnet installed at beamline
The beamline became operational in 2007 and has attracted more than 100 long term CRS projects resulting in publications in several high impact factor journals.
Salient Features of beamlineMonochromator: Bent perfect Si, doubly focusing Wavelengths 1.17Å , 1.48 Å (standard), 1.76Å & 2.315 Å; Flux
at sample: 7×107 n cm-2s-1 Scattering angle 60 – 123 degree; Δd/d < 0.3% Detector: 12 Linear 3He PSDs
Sample environment: Cryogen Free Magnet Split Pair Magnet (0-7 Tesla) and 1.6 to 300 K and a fast cooling
close cycle refrigerator (2.6 to 310 K)
This beamline is the only neutron diffraction beamline in the country which provided an unique opportunity to
do neutron diffraction measurements under low temperatures (1.6 K) and high magnetic field (7 Tesla).
First neutron diffraction patterns (left) and beamline description paper (above)
Neutron Diffraction Beamline at Dhruva
Setup of a modest Clover array was
initiated by the Kolkata Centre of
Consortium together with TIFR &
Andhra University. A 5 clover array was
jointly setup at TIFR, Mumbai in 1999.
Two of the clover detectors were
successfully transported from Kolkata
to Mumbai and back. This exercise
cleared all doubts regarding the
feasibility for the transportation of
these delicate and extremely fragile
detectors.
Indian National Gamma Array (INGA)
The Successes of experiments paved way for the formation of a national collaboration between Kolkata Centre
with VECC, SINP, IUAC, TIFR and the Universities to pool the available resources (man-power as well as the
detectors) to setup a multi clover array, the Indian National Gamma Array (INGA).
Internationally unique future of the INGA array is the use of clover detectors which gives high efficiency as well as
polarization sensitivity enabling exclusive experiments which are not possible even with words largest arrays. This
is seen through a recent publication shown below which is only possible due to polarization sensitivity of INGA.
Down the memory lane (1990-2017): Historic moments laying foundations of Consortium
Dr. D. D. Bhawalker, Dr. M. S. Sodha, Prof. Yash Pal and Dr. V. G. Bhide at the signing ceremony.
Dr. R. Chidambaram addressing the gathering on the first Annual Day Function of Consortium.
Expansion of MoU in 2003 was signed by Prof. A. S. Nigavekar, Chairman, UGC and Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairman, AEC
MoU signed by Dr. Baldev Raj, Director IGCAR Kalpakkam and Dr. P. Chaddah, Director UGC-DAE CSR to establish the
Kalpakkam Node of Consortium.
First instruments at Consortium
Extract from the 2nd Issue of Sahayog, December
1990 showcasing the first experimental facility at
Consortium – An EXAFS spectrometer with the
news that ‘Consortium Acquires a Builiding’
1990
CRS projects started since the inception of
Consortium, a list of CRS projects from the Annual
Report of 1991-92 is shown here.
Inception of CRS Projects 1991
Farewell to Prof. Yash Pal 1991
Consortium bids a Farewell to Prof. Yash Pal as Chairman of Governing Council on 25, February 1991. Prof.
S. Lal and Prof. R. Srinivasan presetting a memento to Prof. Yash Pal in a function held at IIT Delhi.
Extracts from the Vol. 2, No. 2 Sahayog, December
1991 sharing the news that ESCA and EXAFS
and a thin film deposition systems are commissioned.
Commissioning of first instruments 1991
The First Annual Day Function 1993
Dr. R. Chidambaram addressing the gathering
on the first Annual Day Function of
Consortium on December 14, 1993.
Staff & research scholars of
Consortium with
Prof. G. Rama Reddy
(former Chairman UGC)
&
Dr. R. Chidambaram
(former Chairman DAE).
1993
2016
Main building at Indore: then & now 1993
Annual Day Function 1994
Prof. V. G. Bhide (founder Director), Dr. Dasannacharya, Prof. S. Ramaseshan & Prof. R.
Srinivasan (front line: left to right)
Dr. P. Chaddah & Dr. V. Ganesan can also be seen.
Prof. Armaity Desai, then Chairperson UGC
visiting a lab in 1995 (left) and a glimpse from the
Annual Day Celebration in 1995 (above).
Dr. B. A. Dasannacharya addressing an
Indo-Japanese meeting held in 1996 (left)
A Glimpse of Some Activities in 1995-96 1995
Dr. Raja Ramanna inaugurating the new building at Indore Centre of Consortium.
Inauguration of Cryogenics Building 1997
Nascent Days Microscopy & LTHM at Consortium mid 90s
Helium liquefier
installation 1994
An Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) e-beam system was developed in the
Consortium for deposition of thin film and multilayers. This system was
commissioned in 1998. Operation of this system was the starting point of
UHV and thin film activities in the Consortium.
Nascent Days of Thin Film Deposition Activities 1998
International Workshop on Nanostructured Materials 1999
Workshop on Experiments at Low Temperatures 1999
Glimpse of Some Activities & Inauguration of Guest House 1999
An extract from Sahayog Vol. 11, No. 1,
Oct. 2001 sharing the news for
commissioning of PES beamline on
Indus-1 synchrotron radiation source
(left) and a discussion meeting for Indus-
2 beamlines (below).
Commissioning of PES beamline on Indus-1 2000
First measurements on PES beamline
at Indus-1 (below) and a letter of
appreciation from UGC Vice-
Chairman (left).
Commissioning of PES beamline on Indus-1 2000
An extract from
Sahayog Vol. 11, No.
1, Oct. 2001 reporting
experiments with
clover detector array
(left) & the first ever
Mössbauer source
developed in the
country (below).
Start of Experiments with Clover Detector Array 1999 - 2001
Celebration of the first 10
years of Consortium.
1999
2001
Annual Day Functions 1999 - 2001
Indo-French Meeting on Indus-2 & Soleil Synchrotrons 2002
Annual Day Functions 2003 & 2004
2003
2004
2005
2006
Annual Day Functions 2005 & 2006
Focusing Crystal Based Neutron
Diffractometer in Sahayog Vol. 16, No. 2,
2007 (left) and a participants of a
workshop organized at Mumbai Centre in
2007 (below) .
Commissioning of Neutron Diffractometer 2007
2007
2008
Annual Day Functions 2007 & 2008
News of new facilities (left)
developed at Kolkata Centre: A
Co-60 Gamma Irradiation
Setup and Low Energy High
Charge State Ion Implantation
Facility (below) appearing in
Sahayog Vol. 17, No. 2, 2008.
Commissioning of Co-60 Irradiation Setup & Low energy High Charge State Ion Implantation Facility 2008
2009
2010
Annual Day Functions 2009 & 2010
2013
2012
Annual Day Functions 2012 & 2013
Soft x-ray absorption
(XAS) spectroscopy
beamline developed with
a partial funding from
DST, New Delhi
commissioned in 2013.
The first XAS spectra
recorded on May 17,
2013 (left).
Glimpse from a
workshop on
recent
developments in
magnetic
materials and
thin films held
on May 24-25,
2013.
Commissioning of soft x-ray absorption beamline at Indus-2 2013
Research Scholar’s Workshop & Annual Science Day Function 2014
A new initiative was taken by Consortium toenhance the utilization of Indus synchrotronsources. UGC-DAE CSR, Indore Centre inassociation with Raja Ramanna Centre forAdvanced Technology, Indore organized Users’Workshop for Utilization of Indus SynchrotronsBeamlines during January 22-23, 2015. Proposalswere invited from Universities, Colleges andResearch Institutions for utilization of the IndusSynchrotrons Beamline Facilities of RRCAT underthe Collaborative Research Scheme (CRS) of the
UGC-DAE CSR, Indore. The Indus 1 and Indus 2beamline facilities at RRCAT in the fields ofMaterials Science, Environmental Sciences, LifeSciences, Trace Element Studies, Atomic andMolecular Physics, Micro-fabrication, SurfaceScience, Geo Sciences etc. In the first call 48projects were approved for funding. The 2nd
workshop was held during April 27-28, 2016 and inthis call 43 projects have been granted to new PI’s.Altogether 91 new projects have been approved inlast couple of years.
User’s Workshop for Utilization of Indus Synchrotron Beamlines 2015
Research Scholar’s Workshop & Annual Science Day Function 2015
Recent Activities 2016-2017
Dr. R. K. Sinha showing the neutron diffraction beamline of Consortium to Hon’ble Prime Minister.
Thematic Workshop on Advances in Nanostructured Materials: Applications and Perspectives
2016
A National Thematic Workshop on Advances in Nanostructured Materials: Applications and Perspectives(ANMAP) 2016 was organised by UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre andKaziranga University, Jorhat. The 2 days workshop conducted on June 1 and June 2, 2016 was held at the AssamKaziranga University, Jorhat campus.
Thematic Workshop on Diffraction Methods for Structural Analysis in Materials Science
2016
UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research Mumbai centre (CSR-M) organized a three day thematic workshopon diffraction methods for Structural Analysis in Materials Science in at Bangalore in association withPoornaprajna Institute of Scientific Research (PPISR) and Department of Physica, Bangalore University (BU),Bengaluru, during July 25 – 27, 2016.
Hands on session on magneticstructures from neutron diffractiondata using Fullprof at PPISR(Bidalur Campus)
Workshop on ‘Radiation Science and Technology’ 2016
A One Day Workshop on ‘Radiation Science and Technology’ was organized by UGC-DAE Consortium for ScientificResearch, Kolkata Centre & Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara on August 10, 2016 at SwamiVivekananda Hall, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara.
Awareness Workshop on Advanced Material Characterization & Synthesis Facilities 2016
An awareness workshop on Advanced Material Characterization & Synthesis Facilities was organized by UGC-DAE CSR, Kalpakkam Node and Department of Nuclear Physics, University of Madras during June 27-28, 2016 at Chemical Sciences Auditorium, University of Madras Guindy campus in Chennai. A large number of faculties and researchers (about 120) from different Universities and institutions have participated in this workshop. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. H. Devaraj, vice chairman University Grant Commission (UGC) under the presidentship of Dr. A. K. Bhaduri Director, Materials and Metallurgy Group IGCAR Kalpakkam.
Silver Jubilee Conference November 3-6, 2016 2016
Consortium organized 4 Days National Conference on ‘Study of Matter Using Intense Radiation Sources and Under Extreme Conditions” during 03-06 November 2016. With more than 500 participants, about 65 Invited Talks and about
250 Poster Presentations, the Conference received a great response.
Celebrating 25 Years of UGC-DAE CSR 2016
A booklet entitled ‘Journey so far’ highlighting achievements of Consortium in first 25 years was launched.
booklet workshop participants during poster session
Lecture Module of First Order Phase Transition 2017
Workshop on Radiation Based Methods in Material Characterization and Material Alterations 2017
A Two Day Workshop on Radiation Based Methods in Material Characterization and Material Alterations was organized by UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Kolkata Centre in collaboration with a remotely located Jhargram Raj College, Jhargram, during Feb 08-09, 2017. The focal intension of the workshop was promoting the interest in basic and interdisciplinary research and also encourage potential collaborations with the Consortium in common fields of interest. Around two hundred students and fifty faculty members from various peripheral academic institutions namely, Paschura Bonamali College, Midnapur College, Hadia Govt. College, IITKGP, Vidyasagar University etc. had participated in the event.
Research Lecture Module entitled “First Order Magnetic Phase Transitions and Some New Concepts” was organized 9-13 January 2017.
National Science Day 2017
National Science day was celebrated in the institute on 28th February 2017, Tuesday. Around 50 students of B.Sc. and M.Sc. Physics have been invited from different colleges and schools of Indore. Students from Khalasa College, HolkarScience College, Indore Public School, Gujrati Science College, and School of Physics of D.A.V.V., SICA school, and
other schools of Indore actively participated in the event along with the students and faculty of the Indore centre.
Governing Council Meeting 2017
CONSORTIUM RESEARCH LECTURE MODULE ON SUPERCONDUCTIVITY 2017
The Consortium organises advanced research lecture modules on challenging research topics in science of the modernmaterials. The Lecture Module comprises lectures delivered in a pedagogically interactive fashion by eminent scientistsalong with suitable laboratory exposure using the advanced laboratories set up at the Consortium. The lecture‐module isopen for participation for Research Scholars and young faculty members from the universities and the teachinginstitutions. In this series a 5 day research lecture module was organized from Aug. 28- Sep. 1, 2017 on“Superconductivity of elements in the periodic table: Past, Present and Future”.
New Initiatives: Societal Relevance Workshop 2017
Driving Materials Science Research for Societal Relevance
Thematic Workshop on “Materials Science Research of Societal Relevance” SP
Pune University, Pune, May 25-26, 2017
Materials science provides a platform
to address emerging societal issues
such as accessible clean water,
economical and eco-friendly energy
converters, energy saving and
storage devices, capturing CO2, fuel
cell, eco friendly materials for civil
structures, bio-materials etc.
The need of the hour is to emphasize on
development of materials with properties
and performance superior to today’s
materials and to develop novel technologies
meeting the societal needs in an eco-
friendly and economical way. To meet these
challenges, Consortium organized 2 day’s
workshop at SP University, Pune during
May 25-26, 2017. With 150 participants,
38 CRS projects were presented in this
workshop.
To make materials research more relevant to society, Consortium has taken some new initiatives. Thematic
workshops on “Materials Research for Societal Relevance” & “Techniques & Instrumentation for Materials Research”
were organized in May and August 2017. CRS projects on these themes were invited and received a great response.
New Initiatives: Instrumentation Workshop 2017
Instrumentation development in Materials Science Research requires focused attention in our country. To
emphasize upon this, Consortium organized 2 day’s workshop on ‘Techniques & Instrumentation for Materials
Research (TIMR)’ at Devi Ahilya University in Indore during August 21-22, 2017. In this workshop, on-going
research & developmental efforts in instrumentation across the country were highlighted and new CRS
projects were invited. Workshop got overwhelming response with about 250 participants. 20 invited talks and
16 CRS projects were presented in 2 days' workshop.
Revisiting Techniques & Instrumentation
Thematic Workshop on “Techniques & Instrumentation in Materials
Research (TIMR)” Devi Ahilya University, Indore, August 21-22, 2017
Students and Staff of Consortium
Indore
Mumbai
Kolkata
Kalpakkam
Ph. D. Students
95 (41%)
Admin.
36 (16%)
Technical
61 (26%)Faculty
40 (17%)
Awards & Recognitions for Consortium’s users, students and staffYear Awards & Recognitions 1995 Dr. Indranil Das got INSA Medal for Young Scientists. 1996 Dr. P.D. Babu got best thesis presentation award at SSPS.1998 Dr. P. S. Goyal elected as member of “Neutron Scattering Commission of International Union of
Crystallography” and awarded “MRSI Medal”, held at IIT, Madras.
1998 Dr. V. G. Sathe got the best thesis presentation award at SSPS.1999 Dr. P. S. Goyal appointed as the member of the advisory board of 11th ICSAS to be held at Brookhaven
National Laboratory, USA.
2000 Dr. B. A. Dasannacharya got the Homi Jahangir Bhabha Medal for experimental physics by Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi.
2002 Dr. P.S. Goyal was reelected as member of Neutron Scattering Commission of International Union of Crystallography and also invited to be a member of the Advisory Board for the 12th International Conference on Small Angel Scattering to be held at Venezia, Italy.
2002 Dr. Mukul Gupta got the Young Scientist award at Summer School of Magnetism, Zuoz, Switzerland2006 Dr. Archana Lakhani got M.P Young Scientist award.2006 Dr. Praveen Chaddah, F.N.A., F.A.Sc., F.N.Sc., elected as a Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences,
India Allahabad for his significant contributions on 1st order phase transitions in vortex-matter in superconductors, as also in magnetic materials.
2008-09 Dr. Praveen Chaddah, F.N.A., F.A.Sc., F.N.Sc., Director, UGC-DAE CSR- Elected as member of the Asia Pacific Academy of Materials (APAM).
Dr. Alok Banerjee- Awarded the Prof. Y.T. Thathachari Research Award for Science.Dr. Shahid Anwar got M.P. Young Scientist Award.Ms. Sharmistha Bagchi got best Poster Award at the 2nd International Conference on PSI-09.Mr. Sanjay Singh got best poster award (Oral Presentation) at ICASM-09.Ms. Srabanti Ghosh got best paper presentation in NSRP-09.Ms. Ritwika Chakrabarti got best student presentation at the SCRC School on Exploring Symmetries in Nuclei using the National Accelerator Facilities.
Ms. Rujuta Doshi (Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot) got first Prize in Oral Presentation in SNMA-09.Ms. Uma Khachar (Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot) got best paper presentation award at RACMMP-09.Ms. J. Mona (Fergusson College, Pune) got best Poster prize at ISMC-08.
Year Awards & Recognitions
2009-10 Dr. Alok Banerjee got CSR Scientific Excellence Award.Dr. S.R. Barman got MRSI medal in 2010.Ms. Komal Bapna got best poster award at DAE-SSPS-2009, Baroda.Mr. K.V. Sartalal got best poster award at DAE-SSPS-2009, Baroda.
Mr. Amit Khare (BU, Bhopal) got MP Young Scientist Award by extensively using CSR facilities.
Ms. Rujuta R. Doshi (Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot) got best oral presentation at “International Conference on Nanoscience & Technology” by extensively using CSR facilities.
Prof. R. Bhar (Jadavpur Univ., Kolkata) got 3rd best poster presentation award in the Biological Field at the International conference on AEM&RT and XXXI Annual Meeting of EMSI, BARC, Mumbai by extensively using CSR facilities.
2010-11 Dr. S. R. Barman- elected as Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore.
Dr. V. Ganesan got CSR Scientific Excellence award.Ms. Srabanti Ghosh got cash & merit certificate for best paper presentation entitled ‘Radiation induced self-organization of functionalized inorganic-organic hybrid nanocomposities’.
Mr. Savan R. Mankadia (Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot) got the best poster award presentation at the ISRS-2010 at IIT, Madras by extensively using CSR facilities.
Dr. Piyush S. Solanki (Saurashtra Univ., Rajkot) got 1st prize poster award in INCNN held at SRTM Univ., Nanded by extensively using CSR facilities.
Mr. Ashish B. Ravalia (Saurashrta Univ., Rajkot) got 1st oral presentation award in ‘Recent Advances in Materials Synthesis & Characterizations’ by extensively using CSR facilities.
2011-12 Dr. Sudhindra Rayaprol got N. S. Satyamurthy Memorial Young Scientists award in physics for 2010.
Dr. Sudhindra Rayaprol got Young Achiever Award at 56th DAE-SSPS (2011).Dr. Rajeev Rawat got CSR Scientific Excellence award.Mr. Devendra Tiwari (Chgarotar Univ. of Sci. Tech., CHARUSAT) got best poster award at the 56th DAE-SSPS-2011.
Dr. A. Saha got CSR Scientific Excellence Award.Mr. Akhil Tayal got 1st prize in ‘Research Scholar Presentation at the 12th Indian Society of Mass Spectrometry held at Cidade-de-Goa, Dona Paula, Goa.
2012-13 Dr. V. G. Sathe got CSR Scientific Excellence Award.
Dr. R. J. Choudhary got Young Achiever Award, DAE-SSPS (2013).
Year Awards & Recognitions 2012-13 Ms. Sonu Namdeo got 2nd best Thesis Presentation award in 2013 CSR Annual Day.
Mr. Akhil Tayal got 2nd best oral presentation award at ICRTP, DAVV, Indore, India.Ms. Komal Bapna got best Thesis Award at DAE-SSPS (2013).Ms. Ridhi Master got M.P. Young Scientist Award.Mr. Manish Kumar got best poster award at DAE-SSPS (2013).Mr. Pankaj Pandey got best poster award in ICMMA at IIT, Guahati.Mr. Pallab Bag got best oral presentation award in workshop on Physics of Materials, CSR Indore.Mr. Gagan Sharma got 2nd best poster award in 3rd ICPS&I at Puri.Mr. Abhishek Rai got best poster award in 12th International Conference on ACSIN-12 & 21st International Colloquium on SPM, held at Tsukuba, Japan.Mr. M. Maniraj got best thesis presentation award at CSR Annual Day (2013).
2012-13 Mr. Shidaling Matteppanavar (CSR Project Fellow at Dr. Basavaraj Angadi, Bangalore Univ.) got best oral presentation award in Workshop on Physics of Materials, held at CSR Indore.
2014-15 Dr. Devendra Kumar got best poster award at 8th ISSCMP-2015 at IIT, Kanpur.
Dr. Neeraj Shukla got DST-INSPIRE faculty Research Grant.
Dr. M. Maniraj got Carl-Zeiss Foundation Fellowship for post-doctoral position in Univ. of Kaiserslautern, Germany from 01.08.2014.
Mr. Akhil Tayal got best poster prize and 2nd prize in 13th SXNS conference held at DESY, Hamburg, Germany.
Mr. Akhil Tayal got best thesis presentation award at “Annual Day Function 2014”, at CSR, Indore.
2014-15 Dr. Mukul Gupta got best paper award at Conference on Neutron Scattering 2015 at BARC Mumbai.
Mr. Sanjay K. Upadhyay got best paper award at 9th Asian Meeting on Ferro-electricity held at Shanghai, China.
Mr. Shidaling Matteppanavar (CRS project fellow of Dr Basavaraj Angadi, Bangalore Univ.) got best poster award at 59th DAE-SSPS-2014 held at VIT, Vellore and best poster award at ICMAGMA-2014 held at Pondicherry Univ., Pondicherry.
Mr. Kousik Saikia (CRS project fellow from Tezpur Univ., Assam) got best poster award during CNS 2015 BARC, Mumbai.
Year Awards & Recognitions
2015-16 Dr.Sujay Chakravarty got the MRSI prize for the best paper published in the Bulletin of Materials Science.
Dr. Shamima Hussain got the MRSI prize for the best paper published in the Bulletin of Materials Science.
Mr. Vikram Singh got the best poster award at ICMAGMA – 2015 at VIT Vellore.
Mr. Vikram Singh got oral presentation award at CRS Users Research Scholars Workshop.
Mr. Saroj Kumar Mishra got oral presentation award at CRS Users Research Scholars Workshop.
Mr. Tanveer Dar got best poster award at 4th International Conference and Exhibition of Materials Science & Engineering at Orlando, USA September 14-16 2015.
Ms. Shivani Sharma got best poster award at ICMAGMA-2015 at VIT University, Vellore.
Ms. Nidhi Pandey got the best poster award at the at International Conference on Recent Trends in Physics held at DAVV Indore during 13-14, February 2016.
2016-17 Dr. Sanjay Singh got Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Research for year 2016.
Dr. D. M. Phase elected as the fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Science.
Group achievement award 2016 (along with other DAE staff) for utilization of Indus-1 & Indus-2 beamline to: Dr. D. M. Phase, Dr. R. J. Choudhary, Dr. Mukul Gupta, Dr. Dinesh Shukla, Shri Avinash Wadikar, Shri Rakesh Kumar Sah, Shri Sharad Kerwal
Ph.D. students graduated from Indore Centre of Consortium and their current affiliation
Th. No.
Year Scholar Supervisor Thesis title Placement
81 2016 Shweta Patankar Dr. D. M. Phase Tuning the Charge Ordering and Multiferrocity in Transition
Metal Oxides
Forensic Science Lab,
Devas
80 2015 Sanjay Kumar Upadhyay V. Raghavendra Reddy Preparation & Study of BaTiO3 Based Ferroelectric &
Magneto-Electric Composites
Postdoc at TIFR, Mumbai
79 2015 Venkatshvarlu Dontula Dr. V. Ganesan Studies On Normal And Superconducting Properties of
Materials
IGCAR, Kalpakkam
(Postdoc)
78 2015 Abhishek R Dr. S. R. Barman Morphology And Electronic Structure Of Low Dimensional
Systems
Postdoc at IEAP
Universität, Germany
77 2015 Sonu Namdeo Dr. A.M. Awasthi Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel Perovskite
Multiferroics
Postdoc at Soleil
Synchrotron, France
76 2015 S. S. Rao Samatham Dr. V. Ganesan Study on Materials with Unconventional Ground States IIT Bombay, Mumbai
(Postdoc)
75 2015 Pallab Bag Dr. Rajeev Rawat Study Of Magneto-structural Transition In Substituted Hffe2And Fept Systems
Postdoc at IISER, Thiruvananthapuram
74 2015 Shankar Rao Yadam Dr. V. Ganesan Study on materials with tunable ground states including
thermoelectric
IIT Madras, Chennai
(Postdoc)
73 2015 Gagan Sharma Prof. Ajay Gupta Study Of Interfaces In Ferromagnetic Thin Films And
Multilayers
Amity University, Noida
(Inspire Fellow)
72 2015 Jitender Kumar Dr. A. M. Awasthi Colossal Dielectric Constant And Magneto-electricity Of
Electrically Disordered Oxides
IISER Pune (Postdoc)
71 2015 Aga Shahee Dr. N. P. Lalla IIT Bombay (Postdoc)
70 2015 Jayita Nayak Dr. S. R. Barman Study of Electronic Structure and Morphology of Different
Ternary Materials and Adlayers
Max Planck Institute,
Germany (Postdoc)
69 2015 Pankaj Kumar Pandey Dr. R. J. Choudhary Growth and properties of two-dimensional layer structured
Sr2CoO4 based Compounds
Forensic Science Lab, Sagar
68 2015 Satish Poddar Prof. Ajay Gupta Preparation & Study of Soft X- Ray Multilayers UGC-DAE CSR, Indore
67 2015 Manish Kumar Dr. D. M. Phase Electronic and magnetic properties of pulsed laser deposited
manganites based thin film structures
Postdoc at Pohang Light
Source, Korea
66 2015 Dhrirendra Kumar Dr. V. G. Sathe Studies of Correlation in Pervoskite Compounds Postdoc at IIT Indore
65 2015 Akhil Tayal Dr. Mukul Gupta Influence Of Additive Elements On Diffusion and Magnetic
Properties Of Iron Nitride Thin Films
Postdoc at Soleil
Synchrotron France
64 2015 S. W. D’souza Dr. S. R. Barman Photoelectron Spectroscopy And Related Studies on Complex
Metal Surfaces And Adlayers
Postdoc at Max Planck
Institute Germany
63 2014 Ridhi Master Dr. D. M. Phase Growth and Properties of Transition Metal Oxide Thin Films Eastwick College, New
Jersey, USA (Postdoc)
62 2014 Sarath Lal KV Prof. Ajay Gupta Preparation and Study of Patterned Magnetic Thin Films IISc Bangalore (Inspire
Fellow)
Th. No.
Year Scholar Name Supervisor Name Thesis title Placement
61 2014 M. Maniraj Dr. S. R. Barman Unoccupied Electron States Probed by Inverse Photoemission
Spectroscopy and Related Techniques
Univ. of Kaiserlautern,
Germany (Postdoc)
60 2014 Anju Ahlawat Dr. V. G. Sathe Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Oxide Thin Films Prepared by Pulsed
Laser Deposition
RRCAT, Indore
59 2014 Komal Bapna Dr. R. J. Choudhary Tailoring Structural, Electronic and Magneto-Transport Properties of
Functional Magnetic Oxides Thin Films
MLSU Udaipur
58 2014 S. M. Amir Dr. Mukul Gupta Surfactant Mediated Growth of Magnetic Multilayers JCNS, Munich Germany
(Postdoc)
57 2013 Kavita Sharma V. Raghavendra Reddy Preparation and study of GaFeO3 based magneto electric materials Amity University, Noida
56 2013 Sanjay Singh Dr. S. R. Barman Electronic and Structural Properties of Ni-Mn-Ga Ferromagnetic Shape
Memory Alloys and Related Systems
Max Planck Institute
Germany (Postdoc)
55 2013 Ranjeeta Gupta Prof. Ajay Gupta Atomic Diffusion in Magnetic Thin Films and Multilayers Amity Univ, Noida
54 2013 Uday Prabhakar
Deshpande
Dr. T. Shripathi & Dr. A.
V. Narlikar
Synthesis and Characterization of Low Dimensional Iron Oxides With
Attention to Structure-Property Correlations
UGC-DAE CSR, Indore
53 2013 Dileep K. Mishra Dr. V. G. Sathe Study of Coupled Dynamics in Strongly Correlated Systems TIFR, Mumbai
52 2011 Suryanarayan Dash Dr. Alok Banerjee Study of Field Induced First Order Phase Transition and Related
Phenomena in Magnetic Systems
National Institute of
Technology, Rourkela
51 2011 Pallavi Kushwaha Dr. Rajeev Rawat Study Of Phase Separation And Metastability Across First Order
Magnetic Transitions
Max Planck Institute,
Dresden, Germany
50 2011 Deepti Kothari Dr. V. R. Reddy Preparation And Characterization Of Bismuth Ferrite Based Multiferroic
Materials
Solving online Physics
questions from home
49 2011 Vaishali Phatak Prof. Ajay Gupta Nano-scale Diffusion In Thin Films And Multilayers DST WS at Coimbatore
48 2011 Swati Pandya Dr. V. Ganesan Transport And Thermal Studies On Systems Of Nobel Ground State Dept. of physics S. P.
Univ, Gujrat
47 2011 Vaishali Phatak Prof. Ajay Gupta Nano-scale Diffusion In Thin Films And Multilayers DST WS at Coimbatore
46 2011 Swati Pandya Dr. V. Ganesan Transport And Thermal Studies On Systems Of Nobel Ground State Dept. of physics S. P.
University, Gujrat
45 2009 Aditi Dubey Dr. V. G. Sathe Phase Transition By Raman Spectroscopy on Oriented Oxide Thin Films IIT, Bombay
44 2009 Dr. Sarmistha Bagchi Dr. N. P. Lalla Structural and Electrical characterization of Metallic thin films and
Multilayers
CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar
43 2009 Ajay Soni Dr. G. S. Okram/Dr. V.
Ganesan
Study Of Physical Properties Of Nanomaterials IIT Mandi
42 2008 Anupam Kumar
Sharma
Dr. T. Shripathi Investigation Of Magnetic, Electronic And Transport Properties Of Co
And Co/Semiconductor Thin Films
Manipal University, Jaipur
41 2008 Shilpa Tripathi Dr. T. Shripathi Synthesis And Investigation Of Electronic And Structural Properties Of
Si/Ge Thin Film Nanostructures
BARC Vizag
40 2008 Soma Banik Dr. S. R. Barman Studies On Heusler Alloys RRCAT, Indore
39 2008 Deepti Jain Dr. V. Ganesan &
Prof. R. Nath
Physical And Morphological Studies On Potential System of Biological
Interest
Th. No.
Year Scholar Supervisor Thesis title Placement
38 2008 L. S. Sharath Chandra Dr. V. Ganesan A Study On Ground State Properties Of Correlated Electron
Systems
RRCAT, Indore
37 2008 Dr. Shahid Anwar Dr. N. P. Lalla Structural and dielectric studies on some perovskite based
oxide ceramics
CSIR-IMMT, Bhubaneswar
36 2008 Kaustav Mukharjee Dr. Alok Banerjee Magnetic And Transport Properties Of Different Manganese
Oxides And Their Relation With The Structures And Electronic
States
IIT Mandi
35 2008 Rajendra Singh Dhaka Dr. S. R. Barman Electron Spectroscopic Investigation Of Metallic Systems IIT Delhi
34 2008 Ashim Kumar Pramanik Dr. Alok Banerjee Studies Of Physical Properties And Their Relation To The Phase
Separation Phenomenon In The Half Doped Manganities
JNU, New Delhi
33 2008 Shailja Tiwari Dr. D. M. Phase Growth And Properties Of Pulsed Laser Deposited Magnetite
Thin Films
32 2008 Ram Prakash Dr. D. M. Phase Synthesis And Characterization Of Magnetic Oxide Thin Films Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Univ,
Jammu
31 2008 Parasmani Rajput Prof. Ajay Gupta Depth-resolved Structural Studies In Thin Films And Multilayers
Using X-ray Standing Waves
BARC, Mumbai
(RRCAT, Indore)
30 2007 Ajay Kumar Shukla Dr. S. R. Barman Electronic Structure And Growth Of Metals On Quasicrystal line
And Crystalline Surfaces
NPL New Delhi
29 2007 Ranjeet Kumar
Brajpuriya
Dr. T. Shripathi Fe/Ai Multilayer System: Synthesis And Investigation Of Its
Structural, Magnetic And Electronic Properties
Amity Univ.
28 2007 Sudhir Kumar Pandey Dr. A. V. Pimpale Structural And Electronic Studies Of Perovskite Type Transition
Metal Oxides
IIT Mandi
27 2007 Sujay Chakrabarty Prof. Ajay Gupta Study of Atomic Diffusion in Amorphous and Nanocrystalline
Alloys
UGC-DAE CSR, Kalpakkam
Node
26 2007 Pankaj Rameshrao
Sagdeo
Dr. N. P. Lalla Low Temperature Structural Phase Transition And Transport
Studies Of Some Perovskite Based Magnetic Oxides
IIT Indore
25 2007 Ranu Dubey Prof. Ajay Gupta Soft Magnetic Thin Films BARC Mumbai
24 2007 Pramod Bhatt(Linkoping Univ., Sweden)
Prof. Mats Fahlman Dr. S.
M. Chaudhari
Fabrication And Study Of Inorganic And Organic Thin Film
Magnets
BARC Mumbai
23 2007 S. Kavita Prof. Ajay Gupta Study of FePt And Copt Alloys Exhibiting Large Magnetic
Anisotropy
IARC, Chennai
22 2007 Dileep Kumar Prof. Ajay Gupta Study Of Magnetic Ultra Thin Films And Multilayers UGC-DAE CSR Indore
21 2005 Archna Jaiswal Dr. N. P. Lalla Structural And Electrical Studies Of Quasicrystals And Their
Approximants
RRCAT, Indore
20 2005 Pooja Gupta Prof. Ajay Gupta Mossbauer And X-ray Studies Of Some Transition Metal
Complexes And Nanocrystalline Alloys
RRCAT, Indore
Th. No.
Year Scholar Supervisor Thesis title Placement
19 2005 Chhayabrita Biswas Dr. S. R. Barman Electronic Structure Studies Of Metals And Intermetallics IACS, Kolkata
18 2005 Archana Lakhani Dr. V. Ganesan Physical Properties Of Highly Correlated Electron Systems UGC-DAE CSR Indore
17 2004 Sunil Nair Dr. Alok Banerjee Magnetic And Transport Properties of Charge Ordered and Layered
Manganites
IISER, Pune
16 2004 Bindu R. Dr. A. V. Pimpale X-ray Spectroscopic Studies Of Rare Earth Transition Metal Oxides
Of ABO3 Type
IIT Mandi
15 2004 Deeepak Sharma Dr. A. M. Awasthi Dynamical Investigation of network evolution in chalcogenide
glasses
SCRIET, CCS Uiversity,
Meerut
14 2004 Rachana Gupta Dr. S. M. Chaudhari,
Prof. Ajay Gupta
Study of thermal behavior in Thin film multilayer structures IET, DAVV, Indore
13 2002 Mukul Gupta Prof. Ajay Gupta Preparation and Characterization of Multilayers With 56FFe/57Fe
Superstructure for Application As Nuclear Bragg Monochromator
UGC-DAE CSR, Indore
12 2001 Rajeev Rawat Dr. S. M. Chaudhari,
Dr. Indranil Das
Magnetocaloric and Magnetoresistance Studies of Rare Earth
Intermetallic Compounds
UGC-DAE CSR, Indore
11 2000 Amitesh Paul Prof. Ajay Gupta Study of Magnetic & Transport Properties Of Ultrathin Magnetic
Multilayer Structures
TU Munich, Germany
10 2000 Sujatha Sampath Dr. A. M. Awasthi Rigidity Percolation in GexSe1-x Chalcogenide Glass Series -
Structural and Thermal Study
Univ. Utah, USA
9 2000 R. V. Krishnan Dr. Alok Banerjee Study of Magnetic and Transport Properties of Some Magnetic
Systems
Univ. of California, Los
Angeles, USA
8 2000 N. Suresh Dr. S. M. Chaudhari Soft X-ray Multilayers ANL, USA
7 1999 K. Balakrishnan Dr. V. Ganesan Sound Velocity and Internal Friction Measurements in Glassy
Materials Using Vibrating Reed Technique
Singapore Univ.
6 1999 M. V. Rama rao Dr. T. Shripathi Study of Metal Insulator Transitions in Oxides Siksha 'O' A. Univ.,
Bhubaneswar
5 1998 Ashna Bajpai Dr. R. Shrinivasan
Dr. Alok banerjee
Linear and Nonlinear Magnetic Susceptibility of Magnetic Systems
Around the Transition
IISER Pune
4 1998 Vasant Sathe Dr. A. V. Pimpale Study of Electronic and Spin States In Some Doped Perovskite
Structures
UGC-DAE CSR, Indore
3 1998 Neeru Bhagat Prof. Ajay Gupta Study of Structural and Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystalline
Alloys
Symbiosis Institute of
Technology,
Pune
2 1997 Ashwani Kumar Dr. A. V. Pimpale Study of Disordered Systems --
1 1997 Manmeet Kaur Marhas Dr. V. Ganesan Studies on Structural and Transport Properties of High Temperature
Superconductor Yba2, Cuo7-8: Effect of Heavy Ion Irradiation
BARC, Mumbai
Ph.D. students graduated from Kolkata Centre of Consortium and their current affiliation
Scholar Supervisor Thesis title Placement
Dr. N. S. Pattabiraman Dr. S. S. Ghugre High spin studies in nuclei near Anand at the neutron magic number N - 50. Post doc at University of York
Dr. Krishichayan Dr. S. S. Ghugre Study of high spin states in nuclei around magic shell closures. Post doc at the Cyclotron Institute at Texas
Dr. Sudatta Ray Dr. S. S. Ghugre Nuclear structure studies in 90 Postdoc at SINP, Kolkata
Dr. Anagha Chkarborty Dr. S. S. Ghugre Spectroscopy of nearly spherical nuclei at high angular momentum Faculty at Krishnanagar College, West Bengal
Dr. SomsunderMukopadhyay
Dr. S. S. Ghugre Spectroscopic studies of exotic nuclear phenomena at high angular momentum Scientific Officer, Nuclear Physics Division, BARC
Dr. Ritwika Chakrabarti Dr. A. K. Sinha Spectroscopic study of A ~ 30 nuclei spanning the region from the valley of stability towards the island of inversion
Postdoc at Nuclear Physics Division, BARC, Mumbai
Dr. Sandeep K Chaudhuri Dr. D. Das Radiation damage in detector grade Silicon irradiated by Oxygen ions and fabrication of radiation hardened Silicon surface barrier detectors.
Faculty Central University of Jharkhand
Dr. Samrat Mukherjee Dr. D.Das Microstructural, magnetic and hyperfine characterization of iron and iron oxide based nano-composites.
Faculty at BIT, Mesra, Ranchi.
Dr. Amit Mishra Dr. D.Das Synthesis And Characterization Of Some Nano - scaled Semiconducting Oxide Materials For Possible Spintronic Applications .
Postdoc at Taiwan
Dr. Bhavya Bhushan Dr. D.Das Faculty at KIT Bhubaneswar
Dr. Satya Prakash Pati Dr. D.Das Post doc in Japan
Dr. Anindita Chatterjee Dr. A. Saha Synthesis and characterization of some selected group-IIB sulphide nano-particles and its biological applications.
Faculty K. L. Vijayawada
Dr. Amiya Priyam Dr. A Saha Some selected Cadium Chalcogenide nano-particles : synthesis and it's applications in biological systems.
Faculty at Central Univ. South Bihar
Dr. S Vinodh Kumar Dr. A Saha Some Aspects of Physico-Chemical Modification of Selective Organic Polymers Sci. Officer Archeological Survey of India, Mysore
Dr. Srabanti Ghosh Dr. A Saha Aspects of Dendrimer and Semiconductor/Dendrimer Nanocomposites towards Biological applications
Scientific Officer, CGCRI, Kolkata
Dr. Debasmita Ghosh Dr. A Saha Some Aspects of Dendrimer on Synthesis of Functional Luminescent Group II-VI Semiconductor \ Nanoparticles and Biological Applications with Particular Reference to Probing Cellular Effects
DS Kothari Post doc at Jadhavpur Univ
Dr. Devdutta Mishra Dr. Anindita Chakraborty
Elemental Homeostasis and associated oxidative stress in chemical carcinogenesis.
Dr. S S Ram Dr. AninditaChakraborty
Postdoc at IOP Bhubaneswar
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