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Vikram Kumar (physicist)

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Vikram Kumar
Born
India
NationalityIndian
Known forStudies on semiconductor technology
Awards
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions

Vikram Kumar is an Indian material physicist, academic and an emeritus fellow of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi.[1][2] He is a former director of the Sold State Physics Laboratory of IIT Delhi and is known for his studies on semiconductor technology.[3] He has worked on ultra thin oxide MOS structures, silicon, III-V and II—VI semiconductors which is reported to have assisted in understanding their characterization. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1992.[4] He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Materials Scientist of the Year award of the Materials Research Society of India.[5] In 2019, he inaugurated, with colleagues, the Aryabhatt Auditorium at the “Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research" at the Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University of Jaunpur.[6]

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  1. ^ "Emeritus Fellow". IIT Delhi. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Emeritus Professor, IIT-Delhi" (PDF). University of Illinois at Chicago. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Prof. Vikram Kumar". IIT Delhi. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Brief Profile of the Awardee". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize. 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Distinguished Materials Scientist of the Year". Materials Research Society of India. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  6. ^ "commemoration plaque at the Aryabhatt Auditorium".
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