Professor of Physics
31.12.1958
Her entire thesis work was sponsored by agencies like CSIR, DAE, UGC of India and Atomic Energy Commission of France. After joining Visva-Bharati University from a Engineering University (BITS-Pilani, Rajasthan-India) took up the work of developing a laboratory for material research which was achieved in year 2008 and consequently installed ‘Positron Annihilation Lifetime Spectroscopy’ ‘Isochronal Annealing System’ ‘Differential Scanning Calorimeter’ ‘ Raman Spectroscopy’ after having sponsorships from SERC-DST, BRNS-DAE, UGC all leading research funding agencies of Government of India. The said laboratory is at use by five research scholars at present. Her published works were cited 186 times by different theory and experimental physics, chemistry and engineering groups including a citation by a ‘Springer’ published book and by the Ministry of Energy & Atomic Energy Commission , Government of USA .
ACADEMIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
PhD IN Physics: 1989 Awarded by : CALCUTTA UNIVERSITY, WEST BENGAL, INDIA Thesis work Done at: Institute of Physics , Orissa –JRF CSIR, Government of India SPONSORED SAHA INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS- SRF, DAE, Government of India, SPONSORED Centre D’ Etudes Nucleaires – Grenoble,France , Sponsored by Commissariat A L’ Energie Atomique , Government of France SPONSORED Thesis Title : “ DEFECT STUDIES IN III-V COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTORS, ALKALI HALIDES AND OTHER APPLICATION ORIENTED MATERIALS USING THE POSITRON ANNIHILATION TECHNIQUE” Individual Projects executed amount : INR 96,53,200 ‘OVER HEAD EARINGS : INR12,84,480/= Projects sponsors : SERC, DST (3) , BRNS(!) , UGC (1) DAE-UGC(1)
Developed a 450sq/ft Laboratory to accommodate following systems :
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“Young Physicist” by Indian Physical Society,1987, India “ Deutscher Akademischer Ausstauschdienst”, GERMANY,2003 ‘Bharat Jyoti ‘ golden plaque by IIFS , NEW DELHI ,2011 ‘Glory of India’ Gold Medal by IISA , NEW DELHI,2011 ‘Best Citizens of India’– (Brief biography published) , 2011 by International publishing House ,New Delhi ‘Scientist of the Year’ Gold medal by International Biographical Centre , Cambridge , England 2004
