Education

• Ph.D. (Theoretical Statistical Physics) 2006 - 2013.
  Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.
  Thesis title: Aggregates and Interfaces in Nonequilibrium Systems
  Thesis supervisor: Prof. Sanjay Puri
  

• M.Sc. (Physics) 2003 - 2005.
  Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Avadh University, Faizabad, India.

• B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) 2000 - 2003.
  Ewing Christian College,
  University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India.

Professional Activities

• Paper Reviews:Soft Matter, The Journal of Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Journal of Rheology, European Physical Journal B, Materials, Crystals, Symmetry, Phil. Magazine Letters.

• Member Topic editor board Crystals (MDPI).

• Member Reviewer board Eng (MDPI).

• Guest Editor Special issue on Patterned-Liquid-Crystals for Novel Displays in Crystals (MDPI).

Presentations

1. Ashoka University, India: Feb. 10, 2020.

   Talk: Mixtures of liquid crystals and magnetic nanoparticles: hybrid materials with tunable flow properties.

2. Shiv Nadar University, India: Aug. 27, 2019.

   Talk: Soft hybrid materials with tunable flow properties: mixtures of liquid crystals and magnetic nanoparticles.

3. IIT Indore, India: Aug. 23, 2019.

   Talk: Rheology of mixtures of liquid crystals and magnetic nanoparticles

4. IMSc Chennai, India: Aug. 07, 2019.

   Talk: Steady state rheology of mixtures of liquid crystals and magnetic nanoparticles.

5. TU Vienna, Austria: Jan. 14, 2019.

   Talk: Rheology of complex fluids: glasses and mixtures of liquid crystals and magnetic nanoparticles.

6. Benediktbeuern, Germany: 6th Colloquium of DFG Priority Program 1681, Field controlled particle matrix interactions: synthesis, multiscale modelling and application of magnetic hybrid materials, 26-28 September 2018.

   Talk: Mixtures of magnetic particles and liquid crystals: impact of magnetic particle shape and shear.

7. Berlin, Germany: DPG-Spring meeting, 11-16 March 2018.

   Talk: Dynamics and rheology of ferronematics.

8. Berlin, Germany: DPG-Spring meeting, 11-16 March 2018.

   Talk: Dynamics and rheology of ferronematics.

9. Benediktbeuern, Germany: 5th Colloquium of DFG Priority Program 1681, Field controlled particle matrix interactions: synthesis, multiscale modelling and application of magnetic hybrid materials, 27-29 September 2017.

   Talk: Mixtures of magnetic particles and liquid crystals under shear.

10. Regensburg, Germany: DPG-Spring meeting, 6-11 March 2016.

    Talk: Residual stresses in glass forming systems.

11. IISER Pune, India: CompFlu-2016, 2-4 January 2016.

    Talk: Formation and growth of shear bands in glasses.

12. Jena, Germany: Minisymposium Starting Ramp Program and Summersymposium LS Glasschemie II, 16-17 June 2015.

    Talk: Directed Percolation: A route to the formation of shear bands.

13. Berlin, Germany: DPG-Spring meeting, 15-20 March 2015.

    Talk: Shear bands in a model glass former.

14. Weimar, Germany: 6th International Workshop on Flow and Fracture of Advanced Glasses, 7-10 October 2014.

    Talk: Transient dynamics of simple glass formers under shear.

15. Benediktbeuern, Germany: 5th Colloquium of DFG Priority Program 1681, Field controlled particle matrix interactions: synthesis, multiscale modelling and application of magnetic hybrid materials, 27-29 September 2017.

    Poster: Mixtures of magnetic particles and liquid crystals under shear.

16. Lyon, France: Rheology of Gel Networks, 21-23 June 2017.

    Poster: Distribution of residual stresses in glass forming systems.

17. Primošten, Croatia: 3rd International workshop on Nonlinear Response in Complex Matter, 26-30 Sep. 2016.

    Poster: Identification of an underlying directed percolation transition during the yielding of glass under shear.

18. Montpellier, France: International workshop on Dynamics in Viscous Liquids, 4-7 May 2015.

    Poster: On the origin of shear bands in a model glass former.

19. JNCASR Bangalore, India: Dynamics of Phase Transformations, 28-30 November 2011.

    Poster: Novelties in the ground state morphologies of random field Ising model.

20. JNU New Delhi, India: SPS&064;25 Looking Forward, 10-11 March 2011.

    Poster: Mass transport models with fragmentation, adsorption and desorption. (Selected for the best poster award)

21. SINP Kolkata, India: STATPHYS Kolkata VII 26-30 Nov. 2010.

    Poster: Mass-transport models with multiple-chipping processes.

22. JNU New Delhi, India: SPS March Meeting on Soft Matter Physics, 4-5 March 2010.

    Poster: Conserved mass models with mass dependent fragmentation and aggregation. (Selected for the best poster award).