1.

Project Title: Fabrication of vertically aligned Si nanowire array for Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)-based sensors.

Principal Investigator: Dr. Sovan Kumar Panda (INSPIRE Faculty Awardee)

Department: Electronics

Funding Agency: DST, New Delhi

Tenure: 5 years (Completed)

Research Grant: 35 Lakh (@7Lakh/year for 5 years)

Research group: 

Supervisor: Dr. S. K. Panda

Research Staff: Ms. Indrani Guha

 

Instrumental Facilities:

Fumehood

Hot Air Oven 

Microbalance (0.1 mg resolution)

Heater with magnetic stirrer

pH meter

UV cabinet (365 nm, 256 nm sources)

PID controller with k-type thermocouples

Humidity sensor

Timer

I-V measurement facility

UV-VIS-VIR Spectro-photomener

Chiller (up to 5 degree C)

Furnace 500 Degree C

Power supply  0-60V

AAO fabrication set up

Computational facility

 

2.

 

Project Title: Fabrication of Thin Film Transistor (TFT)-based UV Sensor Device.

 

Principal Investigator: Dr. Sovan Kumar Panda

 

Department: Electronics

 

Funding Agency: SERB, New Delhi

Scheme: Teachers Associateship for Research Excellence (TARE)

 

Tenure: 3 years (2024-2027)

 

Research Grant: 15 Lakh (@5Lakh/year for 3 years)

 

Mentoring Institution: Indian Association for the cultivation of Science, Kolkata