EDUCATION

2020 - present

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

PhD Research Scholar, Materials Science & Engineering

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2019 - 2020

CSIR - Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani

Project Trainee and MTech project work

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2018 - 2020

Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi

Master of Technology, Nanotechnology

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2012 - 2016

International Institute of Information Technology, Bhubaneswar

Bachelor of Technology, Electronics and Telecommunication

POSITION OF RESPONSIBILITY

2022 - present

Nanoscale Research Facility, IIT Delhi

Head technical assistant (Pulsed laser deposition)

Head technical assistant (Inductive coupled plasma -Reactive ion etching)

Technical Assistant (Reactive ion etching)

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2023 - 2025

Central Research Facility, IIT Delhi

Technical assistant (DC and LF noise setup)

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2024 - 2025

Board of Recreational and Creative Activities, IIT Delhi

Hostel Representative (Photography and Film Club, Saptagiri Hostel)

Kumar, Shailendra, Rajesh Kumar Jha, Bhavesh Thakur, Tulip Biswas, Jay Krishna Anand, Chhotrai Soren, Durgesh Banswar, Shalini Singh, Sonika Singh, Sumit Sinha Ray, and Ankur Goswami. "Performance enhancement of triboelectric nanogenerators and exploration of tactile sensing using an electrospun PAN–MWCNT layer through interface manipulation." Journal of Materials Chemistry A 13, no. 11 (2025): 7786-7803.
Chitnis, Ujjwal, Sooraj Kumar, Syed A. Bukhari, Chhotrai Soren, Ram Krishna Ghosh, and Ankur Goswami. "Microstructural and electrical investigation of polymorph stabilization and multistate transition in interface engineered epitaxial VO2 films." Applied Surface Science 637 (2023): 157916.

Oral Presentation - "Light Assisted Resistive Switching Behaviour of PLD Grown VO2/TiO2 Thin Films", The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society 154th Annual Meeting & Exhibition (TMS 2025), 23rd to 27th March 2025, Las Vegas, Nevada USA.
Poster presentation - "Light Assisted Resistive Switching Behaviour of PLD Grown VO2 Thin Films", International Union of Materials Research Societies - International Conference in Asia (IUMRS-ICA 2022), 19th to 23rd December 2022, IIT Jodhpur.

2024 - Materials Selection and Design (Odd Semester) and Materials Selection and Design Lab (Even semester)
2023 - Characterization of Materials I (Odd Semester) and Materials Selection and Design Lab (Even Semester)
2022 - Structure and Characterization of Materials (Odd Semester) and Characterization of Materials I (Even Semester)
2021 - Special Topics in Materials (Odd Semester) and Introduction to Materials Science & Engineering (Even Semester)

BSNL Gold Certificate Training of 16 weeks(w.e.f. 17th January, 2015) - Regional Telecom Training Centre, Bhubaneswar
- Broadband Technology
- Optic Fiber Technology
BSNL Silver Certificate Training of 18 weeks(w.e.f. 25th July, 2014) - Regional Telecom Training Centre, Bhubaneswar
- Digital Switching System
- Digital Transmission System
- Telecom Support Infrastructure
Directorate of Radar Systems Internship of 4 weeks(w.e.f. 5th May, 2014) - Integrated Test Range, DRDO, Chandipur
- Arduino aided RADAR System
VLSI and Chip Designing Training of 4 weeks(w.e.f. 14th June, 2013) - Indo Danish Tool Room, Jamshedpur
- Chip designing using VHDL, MicroWind and Xilinx.