Dr. Himanshu Sekhar Maharana

CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute

Scientist

Specialty Glass

Contact Information:
E-Mail: : himanshu@cgcri.res.in

Dr. Maharana joined CSIR-CGCRI on 01-07-2020

Degree	Discipline	University; Year
Post Ph.D experience	Material Science	IIT KANPUR
Ph.D.	Material Science	NIT ROURKELA
Postgraduate	Physics (Solid state science with Nanotechnology specialization)	IIT ROORKEE
Bachelor (Hons)	Physics	Utkal University

Spectrum sensitive optical coatings for different applications.
Development of various glasses like space grade optical glasses, Nd: laser glass for strategic application.
Electrodeposition, Electrophoretic deposition, Surface characterizations, Development of dielectric based composite coatings by electrodeposition.
Mechanical and electrical study of various thin and thick films. Oxidation kinetics study of coatings.
Electrochemical dissolution for micro-texturing, Hydrophobicity
Synthesis of graphene oxide (GO), reduced graphene oxide (RGO), thermally reduced graphene oxide (TRGO) by chemical method.

Best Research paper award in the field Surface Coatings and Corrosion, ADMAT-2017, Trivandrum 14-16 December 2017. (Conducted by VSSC, ISRO)
DST (SERB) young scientist fellow award in the field of Engineering Science for pursuing independent research 2017-2020.
Award of SERB N-Pdf fellowship for the period of 2017-2019.
Qualified National Level Exams in PHYSICS: Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), Joint entrance screening test (JEST), CSIR-UGC NET.