Brief Biodata: dp/du no and Name: du-6 Quantum phenomenon and Applications

Dr. Veerpal Singh Awana

Designation:

Principal Scientist

Department:

Quantum Phenomena & Applications

Email address:

[e-mail]

Brief Biodata:

1. DP/DU No. and Name: DU-6 Quantum phenomenon and Applications

2. Name: Dr. Veerpal Singh Awana, NPL ID no. – 4393

3. Educational Qualifications :

Exam Passed/Degree	Univ/Board	Division	Year
High School	UP Board	First	1980
Intermediate	UP Board	First	1982
B.Sc(Hons)Physics	Jamia Millia Islamia ND-25	First	1985
M.Sc Materials Physics	Jamia Millia Islamia ND-25	First	1987
N.E.T(Physics)	CSIR/UGC	Qualified	1988
Ph.D(Superconductivity)	NPL/Delhi Univ.	Awarded	1994

 

4. Academics/Research Experience :

Year	Institute/Laboratory	Position
Jan 1989 to Dec 1993	NPL, New Delhi-12, INDIA	Research Fellow
Jan 1994 to Sep 1995	TIFR, Mumbai-400005, INDIA	Visiting Fellow
Oct 1995 to Sep 1996	UFPE, Recife-PE, BRAZIL	CNPq Fellow
Oct 1996 to Jul 1998	ISEM, NSW, AUSTRALIA	Visiting Scientist
Aug 1998 to Jun 1999	IFI, UNICAMP-SP, BRAZIL	FAPESp Fellow
Jul 1999 to Jun 2000	MPI, Stuttgart, GERMANY	MPG Fellow
Jul 2000 to May 2002	TIECH, Yokohama, JAPAN	JSPS Fellow
Jun 2002 to Dec 2002	NIMS, Tsukuba, JAPAN	NIMS Fellow
Dec 2002 to Dec 2006	NPL, New Delhi-12, INDIA	SCIENTIST
Sep 2005 to Feb 2006	NIMS, Tsukuba, JAPAN	INSA-JSPS Fellow
Jul 2006 to Aug 2006	Hebrew University, ISRAEL	INDO-ISRAEL Project
Dec 2006 to Dec 2009	NPL, New Delhi-12, INDIA	SENIOR SCIENTIST
Jan 2007 to Mar 2007	NIMS, Tsukuba, JAPAN	ICYS Fellow
6th Sep to 27th Sep 2007	Hebrew University, ISRAEL	INDO-ISRAEL Project
8th March to 3rd April 2008	NIMS, Tsukuba,JAPAN	ICYS Workshop
16th Jan to 15th Feb 2009	NIMS, Tsukuba, JAPAN	INDO-JAPAN Project
5th April to 4th July 2009	NIMS, Tsukuba, JAPAN	MANA Scientist - NIMS
Dec 2009 to Till Date	NPL, New Delhi-12, INDIA	PRINCIPAL SCIENTIST
4th Dec 2009 to 6th Jan 2010	NIMS, Tsukuba, JAPAN	INDO-JAPAN Project
10th to 31st May 2010	MPI, Stuttgart, GERMANY	INDO-GERMAN Project
7th to 27th April 2011	Univ. Genova, ITALY	INDO-ITALY Project

5. Date of Joining NPL: 02/12/2002

6. No. of Publications:

SCI Journals	Conference/ proceedings	Books	Total
275	25	Nill	300

7. No. of Patents : Nill

8. Current Activity

TSC of Cuprates, Superconductivity of various Borides viz. Mg/(Al,Ta,Nb,Mo)B2 etc., Nano-particle added High performance MgB2 viz.nano-SiC, Diamond,C etc. La/Sm/Gd/Pr-FeAsO recently discovered High Tc Superconductivity, Complex Ni based compounds Superconductivity viz. Bi3Ni and MgCNi3, BiS2 based superconductivity in REO/FBiS2. Search for new functional materials

9. Honours and Award:

1. 
   ASSOCIATE EDITOR Since Oct. 2012 J. Superconductivity & Novel Magnetism - Main Stream SCI Journal - Springer Verlag
   
2. 
   DAE-SRC Outstanding Investigator Award Year 2012 "Rs. 20,000 pm Fellowship + Rs. 1 crore Research grant for five years"
   
3. 
   DAE-SSPS "Superconductivity Centenary Invited Speaker" - Year 2011
   
4. 
   Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) MEDAL - Year 2010
   
5. 
   NPL - SCIENTIST OF THE YEAR AWARD "SOYA-NPL" - Year 2008
   
6. 
   CSIR Performance linked incentive of Rs. 7500 p.m as INSA MEDALIST - since Jan 2008
   
7. 
   PHYSICAL SCIENCES "RAJIB GOYAL MEDAL"- Year 2005
   
8. 
   DAE-SSPS "GOLDEN JUBILEE" YAA (Young Achievers Award) - Year 2005
   
9. 
   INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Young Scientist Medal - Year 1998
   
10. 
    Regular Referee to Phys.Rev.B/Phys.Rev.Lett, Referee ID 360051 since Year 1997
    
11. 
    Included in 16 th edition of Marcquis " Who is Who in the World" 1998
    
12. 
    Reviewer :JAP,EPL,PHYSC,PHYSB,SUST,SSC,JALCOM,MAT.LETT.,
    

J.MAT.SCI.,EPJB,JPCS,JSS,JOSC,MRB,JOSNM,Pramana etc.

13. 
    Published over 300-SCI Research Articles (Elsevier Science-115 + AIP-70+ IOP-40 + WSPC-15 + Springer-30)
    

10. Any other information:
Home page – www.freewebs.com/vpsawana/