Vijay Singh
Curriculum Vitae
Current Research Interests:
- Research in Digital Materials (Nanostructural Semiconductors), Quantum Physics and Science Education.
- Promoting Research in Undergraduate Community. A large number of students, several undergraduates, have their maiden international publication under his guidance. (See Maiden Publications with Students)
- Solving and Designing Challenging Problems in Physics. He has also been associated with several national talent tests such as Indian Institute of Technology - Joint Entrance Exam (IIT-JEE), Physics Olympiad, Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY), Nationwide Education and Scholarship Test (NEST), National Talent Search Examination (NTSE), among others.
Dr. Vijay A. Singh obtained his Ph. D. degree from State University of New York, Albany, USA in 1978 for research on the electronic structure of disordered materials under Prof. Laura Roth. He simultaneously carried out research in deep defects in semiconductors and path integral methods in quantum physics.
Publications:
National Coordinator:
- Science Olympiads (November 2003 to 2015) [Olympiads INSA Article]
- NIUS (2004-2012) [NIUS writeup]
- Organised over fifty (50) workshops for teachers and over hundred (100) enrichment camps for students of Higher Secondary School and Undergraduate students across the nation.
Worked at
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Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Mumbai, India
Solar Energy Research Institute, Colorado, USA (1980-1982) [Now, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)] Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (1983) Indian Institute of Technology - Kanpur, India (1984-2004) Adjunct Professor, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai University, 2011 to present Adjunct Professor, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-B), Bombay, 2011 to present |
Consultant |
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Visiting Professor |
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Chief Editor |
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Invited Talks and Abstracts at Conferences |
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Thesis Advisor of:
His first two Ph.D. students were women:
- Dr. Kajoli Banerjee (1988) [now Researcher at John Welch Technology Centre, Bangalore]
- Dr. Amita Das (1990) [now Professor at Institute of Plasma Research (IPR), Gujarat]