Achievements and Honours
Dissertations from our lab
PhD Trainning School Project MSc MPhil
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S.No |
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Achievements / Honour |
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1. |
1973 |
First actinide compound studied under pressure in a Diamond Anvil Cell in the world!!
K. Govinda Rajan, R. Krishnan,R. Sequeira, G. Venkataraman, Nucl Phys Solid State Phys (India) 1973; 16C:160.
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2. |
1981 |
Indian Physics Association- Best Poster award in DAE Solid State Physics Symposium
Mohammad Yousuf and K. Govinda Rajan
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3. |
1983 |
3rd prize in article writing during post-Centenary Silver Jubilee celebration of madras University, 1983
Mohammad Yousuf , P.Ch. Sahu and Dr. K. Govinda Rajan
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4. |
1985 |
Developed the high pressure-high temperature cel for materials synthesis and electrical resistivity measurement up to 10GPa and 1300 K
Mohammad Yousuf , P.Ch. Sahu and Dr. K. Govinda Rajan, Pramana 24 (1985) 825
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5. |
1985 |
INSA Young Physicists Lecture Award
Mohammad Yousuf
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6. |
1988 |
Growth of single crystals of GaP first time in India
Synthesis and single crystal growth of gallium phosphide by the liquid encapsulated vertical Bridgman technique
K. Govinda Rajan, N. V. Chandra Shekar, G. V. N. Rao, A. J. Singh and R. M. Iyer Bull. Mater. Sci. 11 (1988) 269
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7. |
1990 |
Homi Bhabha Award-BARC Training School-Physics Topper
N. Subramanian
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8. |
1995 |
Received the Kalpakkam Science & Technology Award, 1995 for indigenously fabricating a Diamond Anvil Cell capable of generating pressures of about 1 Mbar, IGCAR, Kalpakkam.
Mohammad Yousuf, K. V. Thomaskutty, P. Ch. Sahu, N. V. Chandra Shekar, N. Subramanian and K. Govinda Rajan
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9. |
1995 |
Installed the Guinier-Huber high pressure diffractometer systems –only one of its kind in the world
Performance of a DAC high pressure X-ray diffraction system in Guinier Geometry
P. Ch. Sahu, Mohammad Yousuf, N. V. Chandra Shekar, N. Subramanian and K. Govinda Rajan
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 66 (1995) 2599
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10. |
1998 |
Received the "Best Thesis Award" in Solid State Physics, instituted by Indian Physics Association, in the 41st Department of Atomic Energy Solid State Physics Symposium, India, 1998.
N. V. Chandra Shekar
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11. |
1997 |
Elected member of International Centre for Diffraction Data, USA
N. V. Chandra Shekar
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12. |
2001 |
International Centre for Diffraction Data, USA- awarded certificate for significant contribution of 5 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File- Release 2001
N. V. Chandra Shekar, L. M. Sundaram, P. Ch. Sahu, M. Sekar, N. Subramanian and K. Govinda Rajan
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13. |
2003 |
International Centre for Diffraction Data, USA- awarded certificate for significant contribution of 8 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File- Release 2003
N. V. Chandra Shekar, L. M. Sundaram, P. Ch. Sahu, M. Sekar, N. Subramanian and K. Govinda Rajan
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14. |
2003 |
Received the RECOGNITION AWARD for contributing more than 10 patterns to the Powder Diffraction File- International Centre for Diffraction Data, USA. Award consisted of Mineral Powder Diffraction File-Data book and Search Manual –worth 650 US$
N. V. Chandra Shekar, L. M. Sundaram, P. Ch. Sahu, M. Sekar, N. Subramanian and K. Govinda Rajan
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15. |
2005 |
Installed Laser Heated Diamond Anvil Cell Facility-only one in India
Development of Laser Heated Diamond Anvil Cell facility for synthesis of novel materials
N. Subramanian, N. V. Chandra Shekar, N. R. Sanjay Kumar and P. Ch. Sahu
Curr. Sci. 91 (2006) 176
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16. |
2007 |
Received the Science and Technology Excellence Award for the year 2007 from Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India.
Dr. N. V. Chandra Shekar
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| 17 | 2009 |
Invited talk at the AIRAPT-22, Tokyo, Japan
Structural Stability and Electronic Structure of Actinide and Rare-Earth Based Intermetallics Under High Pressure
P.Ch. Sahu and N. V. Chandra Shekar
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| 18 | 2010 |
Poster Paper entitled 'Exploration of Possible Novel Phases in Ge-Sn System
using LHDAC' during the 21st AGM of MRSI held on 9th February, 2010 at Gujarat." has been awarded the MRSI prize for the Best Poster award
Y.A, Sorb, N.R. Sanjay Kumar, N.V. Chandra Shekar, M. Sekar, T.R. Ravindran,
N. Subramanian and P.Ch. Sahu |