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Roopam Gaur

Roopam Gaur

Roopam Gaur
Roopam Gaur
DST INSPIRE Faculty
Centre/School/Special Centre
Special Centre for Nanoscience
Email
roopamgaur@mail.jnu.ac.in, gaur.roopam@gmail.com
Qualifications
  • Ph.D. (Physics-Materials Science) -2018, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • M.Sc. (Physics) - 2011, St. Stephens College, University of Delhi, New Delhi, India.
  • B.Sc. (Maths, Physics, Computer Science) - 2009, St. Francis Degree College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, A.P., India
Areas of Interest/Specialization

Developing multi-facetted ferroelectric and antiferroelectric perovskite materials (bulk/thin films) for environmental remediation applications like electrocaloric cooling, energy storage, energy harvesting, photo/piezocatalytic degradation of wastewater, etc.

Experience
  • Presently working as DST Inspire Faculty at the Special Centre for Nano Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
  • DST Women Scientist A (Principal Investigator) at the Special Centre for Nano Science, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, in a project titled “Synthesis of lead-free ferroelectric ceramics for energy harvesting and energy storage applications” by DST under the scheme WOS-A from 01-052023 to 10-06-2024.
  • Project Staff in a SERB project at the Special Centre for Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru University from 11-07-2022 to 10-10-2022.
  • Post-Doctoral Research Fellow under the fellowship scheme CSIR-RA at Special Centre for Nanoscience, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India from 20 May 2019 – 31 May 2022.
  • Assistant Professor (Ad-hoc) in Kalindi College, University of Delhi Jan 2018 to May 2018.
  • Guest Lecturer at Jamia Milia Islamia University from Aug 2017 to Dec 2017.
  • Guest Lecturer at the University of Delhi from Jan 2016 to Dec 2017.
Awards & Honours
  • DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship (2024)
  • DST Women Scientist (WOS-A) Fellowship (2022)
  • CSIR-RA (2019)
  • International Travel Award by DST in 2015 to deliver Oral Presentation In Paris, France
  • GATE 2012 (AIR-261)
  • NET-LS Qualified (2011)
International Collaboration/Consultancy

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Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Improved energy-storage performance with superior thermal stability of [(Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3](1-x) – [Ba(Ni0.5Nb0.5)O3]x relaxor ferroelectric ceramics, Dibyaranjan Das, Roopam Gaur, Satyendra Singh, Ceramics International, 49: 40960-40969  (2023)
  2. Antiferroelectric -like double hysteresis loops in Ag-doped K0.5Na0.5NbO3 ceramics, Roopam Gaur and Satyendra Singh, Materials Chemistry and Physics, 290: 126595 (2022)
  3. Significantly enhanced UV-light-driven photocatalytic performance of ferroelectric (K0.5Na0.5)NbO3 : Effect of corona-poling  and particle size, Spriha Kujur*, Roopam Gaur*, Vaishali Gupta* and Satyendra Singh, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (Elsevier), 167: 110751 (2022) ISSN: 0022-3697
  4. Enhanced ferroelectric and electrocaloric properties in CuO-modified lead-free (Na0.5K0.5)NbO3 ceramics for solid-state cooling application, Roopam Gaur, Nitika, Saarthak Kharbanda and Satyendra Singh
  5. Enhanced piezoelectric properties in vanadium-modified lead-free (K0.485Li0.015Na0.5)(Nb0.88Ta0.1V0.02)O3 ceramics prepared from nanopowders, R. Gaur, Apurva Dhingra, Soham Pal and K. Chandramani Singh, Journal of Alloy and Compounds (Elsevier), 625: 284-290 (2015) ISSN: 0925-8388
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

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Patents (if any)

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A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.