Education

Doctoral student

imec-KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
Studying plasma-resist interactions of ultrathin resists relevant for next generation EUV lithography and pattern transfer processes.
October 2021 - Present

Masters in Nanotechnology

KTH Royal Institue of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
August 2019 - August 2021

Bachelor of Science

Indian Institute of Sciene, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Materials Science and Engineering Major

CGPA : 6.5 /8

August 2015 - July 2019

High School

VVS PU College, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
State Board of Secondary Education

12th Grade : 86 / 100

Venkat International Public School, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE)

10th Grade : CGPA - 10 / 10


Experience

Research

Master's Thesis

RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Kista, Stockholm, Sweden
Investigation of GaN based HEMTs for power electronic applications

The AlGaN (Aluminium Gallium Nitride) /GaN (Gallium Nitride) HEMTs (High Electron Mobility Transistors) for power electronic applications were focused in this project.Gallium Nitride (GaN) based transistors have been in the spotlight for power electronics due to promising properties like high bandgap, high breakdown field, high electron mobility, and high-frequency applications. .However, a limitation of GaN HEMTs is their low current rating and high leakage current. The master's thesis focused on characterization of different types of HEMTs and further improving the design and fabrication to reduce their leakage current.

January 2021 - June 2021

ASML Best of Tech Business Course

Online event
Lithography

Attendee of Best of Tech Business Course organised by ASML. The event introduced semiconductor manufacturing technology and the skills needed to work at the leading-edge tech company. Students worked together on case studies, joined Q&As, listened to presentations and spent time networking. The selection was 2 round process including a video interview.

April 2021

ZEISS European Autumn School

Online event
Lithography optics

Attendee of the ZEISS online autumn school. It included talks by industry leaders on the state of the art technology in Photolithography, DUV lithography, EUV lithography, High NA EUV, Photomasks for EUV and Metrology for semiconductor optics. Certificate of Participation

September 2020

Bachelor Thesis/Research Internship

Institue of Mircrostructure, Karlsruhe Institue of Technology, Germany
Encapsulation strategies for Perovskite solar cells (PSC's).

PSC have made rapid progress in terms of efficiency and manufacturing methods in the past decade with the reported efficiencies over 20 %. Whilst this is great a thrust for the commercialization of PSC, there are still some major problems with regards to stability of the cells. Encapsulation is one of the methods to improve the stability and lifetime of PSC and this project involved testing different methods and encapsulants for the optimal encapsulation strategy for PSC.

July 2018 - Dec 2018

Summer Research Internship

Materials Research Centre, Indian Institue of Science, Bengaluru, India.
Solvothermal Synthesis of Tellurium(Te) Nanotubes and Lead Telluride(PbTe) as a thermoelectric device and its growth mechanism

In today's world, energy waste by industries is a big concern. Most of the energy thrown out by the industries is in the form of heat. This is where thermoelectric devices are most useful. They convert the heat output into usable electrical energy. PbTe is one such thermoelectric material which has been shown to convert thermal energy with reasonable efficiency. Different methods are being employed to increase this efficiency and one such method is nanostructuring PbTe. In this project, we aimed at economical methods to synthesize PbTe nanotubes and understanding its growth mechanism.

May 2017 - July 2017

Vijyoshi

Indian Institue of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
National science camp organized by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

Attended interactive lectures presented by professors from various universities worldwide, on modern research areas and techniques.

December 2015

COMMUNITY

voluntary work

Bijapur, Karnataka

I volunteered to deliver talks and speeches at various schools in the city of Bijapur, Karnataka, India to increase the awareness among students and adults on pursuing "Research as a career in India" .

July 2017

NoteBook Drive

Indian Institue of Science, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Facilitator, NoteBook Drive (NBD) Programme, IISc :This is a student run voluntary organization to promote science education among students of the underprivileged sections of society in and around Bengaluru by creating awareness and motivating 10th standard students towards higher education.




Achievements

Awards

  • Recipient of the KTH Scholarship for Master students.
  • Sitaram-Jindal award for academic excellence in the undergraduate program at Indian Institute of Sciene, Bengaluru, India.
  • Fellow of KVPY (Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana),a National Program of Fellowship in Basic Sciences, initiated and funded by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, to attract exceptionally highly motivated students for pursuing basic science courses and research career in science.

Leadership

  • Took initiative to increase the awareness and knowledge of students and adults on pursuing research as a career in smaller town of India.
  • House Captain in High School and an active member of student council.
  • Member of the gaming committee which organized a state-wide "E-Sports Event" (Counter Strike: Global Offensive) as a part of the annual festPravega organized by undergrads at IISc.