Head, Metal Physics Section

Materials Physics Division

Materials Science Group
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Kalpakkam - 603 102, TN, India

Ph: +91 44 27480500 Extn: 22442

Fax : +91 44 27480081
e-mail: amar [ at ] igcar (dot) gov (dot) in


Education

  • M.Sc.: S. P. University, Gujarat, 1980
  • Advanced Training: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, 1980-’81
  • Ph.D : University of Madras, Madras, 1991
  • Post-doctoral work : Brandeis University, Boston, USA, 1992-1993
  • Visiting Scientist : Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Japan, 1998


Current Research Area
 

  • Studies of Defects and Radiation Effects in Metals & Alloys
  • Semiconductor thin films and multilayers
  • Metal Silicides
  • Hydrogen storage & Energy materials


Experimental specialization in
 

  • Positron annihilation spectroscopy
  • Variable low energy positron beams
  • Auger electron spectroscopy


Awards & Honours

  • Young Scientist Award-Indian National Science Academy (INSA)-1991
  • Kalpakkam Science & Technology Award - Basic Sciences   -1996
  • S. N. Seshadri Memorial Instrumentation Award-Indian Physics Association-1996
  • Homi Bhabha Science & Technology Award-Dept. of Atomic Energy-2006
  • Currently Professor at Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai.

Membership in Professional Societies:

  • Indian Physics Association (IPA)
  • Materials Research Society of India (MRSI)
  • Indian Society for Radiation Protection (ISRP)