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Manish Kumar

Manish Kumar
Manish Kumar
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Physical Sciences
Room No
130, Lab# 138
Off. Phone
+91-11-26704635
Residence
+91-9788960000, +91-9467210306
Email
mkkashyap@jnu.ac.in, manishdft@gmail.com
Personal Webpage
https://www.relspsjnu.in/
Qualifications

M.Sc. (Physics), Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, India
Ph.D. (Physics), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
PDF: Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, United States

Areas of Interest/Specialization

Broad Area: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Plasma Physics, Accelerator Physics
Research Interests:
1. 2D materials/heterostructures for magnetism and photovoltaics
2. Hybrid Halide Perovskites for solar cells
3. Rare earth/Transition Metal based materials for permanent magnets
4. DMS and Heusler Alloys for Spintronics
5. Luminescent Materials
6. Plasma instabilities in ECR ion sources
7. Interaction of heavy ion with plasma
8. Novel acceleration schemes of charged particles in accelerators

Experience

Dec. 2020 Onwards: Professor, School of Physical Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India
Nov. 2019-Dec. 2020: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
Nov. 2007-Nov. 2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
July 2006-Nov. 2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Government College, Naraingarh (Ambala), Haryana, India

Awards & Honours
  1. University Gold Medal for being topper in B.Sc. degree in Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 2001
  2. University Gold Medal for being topper in M.Sc. (Physics) degree in Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra in 2003
  3. Awarded UGC-Raman Fellowship for Post-doctoral work at Ames Laboratory, Ames, Iowa, United States during Aug 2016 – July 2017.
  4. Awarded CSIR-JRF/SRF for Ph.D. at Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee, India during Jan 2004- July 2006.
  5. Awarded MHRD-JRF for Ph.D. at Department of Physics, IIT Roorkee, India during July 2003- Dec 2003.
International Collaboration/Consultancy
  1. Ames Laboratory, Ames, IA, United States
  2. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States
  3. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI, United States
  4. CTU in Prague, Technicka 4, Prague, Czech Republic
  5. University of Genova, Genova, Italy
Best Peer Reviewed Publications
  1. Chronological Evolution of Stability in Hybrid Halide Perovskite Solar Cells
    Parvesh K. Deendyal, Shweta Dhakla, Ankur Taya, Renu Singla, Harpreet Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Timothy A. Hackett, Manish K. Kashyap, Dania Ali, and Ali H. Reshak
    Solar RRL 8(6), 2300957 (2024). 

  2. Stability, Crystal Chemistry, and Magnetism of U2+xNi21–xB6 and Nb3–yNi20+yB6 and the Role of Uranium in the Formation of the Quaternary U2–zNbzNi21B6 and UδNb3−δNi20B6 Systems
    Alessia Provino, Volodymyr Smetana, Timothy A. Hackett, Durga Paudyal, Manish K. Kashyap, Cristina Bernini, Amitava Bhattacharyya, Sudesh K. Dhar, Marcella Pani, Flavio Gatti, Anja-Verena Mudring, Pietro Manfrinetti
    Inorganic chemistry 58 (22), 15045-15059 (2019)

  3. S-Functionalized Mo2C Monolayer as a Novel Electrode Material in Li-Ion Batteries
    Veenu Mehta, Hardev S. Saini, Sunita Srivastava, Manish K. Kashyap, K. Tankeshwar
    The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (41), 25052-25060 (2019)

  4. Experimental investigation of plasma instabilities by Fourier analysis in an electron cyclotron resonance ion source
    Sarvesh Kumar, Jyotsna Sharma, Prashant Sharma, Shatendra Sharma, Yaduvansh Mathur, Devendra Sharma, Manish K. Kashyap
    Physical Review Accelerators and Beams 21 (9), 093402 (2018).

  5. Generating magnetic response and half-metallicity in GaP via dilute Ti-doping for spintronic applications
    Hardev S. Saini, Manish K. Kashyap, Manoj Kumar, Jyoti Thakur, Mukhtiyar Singh, Ali H. Reshak, G.S.S. Saini
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds 649, 184 (2015).
Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books
  1. Beam dynamics design and optimization of a standalone radio frequency quadrupole accelerator for swift heavy ions. Sruthy Varma Koyickal, Sarvesh Kumar, Niketan Jakhar, Chandan Thakur, Manish K. Kashyap, and Alessandra Lombardi
    Physica Scripta 100(1), 015312 (2024).

  2. Enhanced Structural and Optical Properties of Cs0.1FA0.9PbI3 Perovskite Thin Film with Potassium Doping for Perovskite Solar Cells Harpreet Singh, Shweta Dhakla, Parvesh K. Deendyal, Anand Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar, Govind Gupta, and Manish K. Kashyap
    Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 193, 112145 (2024).

  3. Electronic structure analysis of Bi2WO6 and observation of near infrared emission on Nd3+ doping Supriya Kshetrapal, Nilesh Ugemuge, Renuka Nafdey, Renu Singla, Manish K. Kashyap, and S. V. Moharil
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds 985, 173966 (2024).

  4. Optimization of photovoltaic environment for enhanced performance of GA0.053MA0.947PbI3 based Perovskite Solar Cell Shweta Dhakla, Parvesh K. Deendyal, Harpreet Singh, Sarvesh Kumar, Manish K. Kashyap
    IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics 14(1), 85-92 (2023).

  5. Design and Optimization of a Triple‐Cation Perovskite Solar Cell for Efficiency Promotion using Numerical Simulations Parvesh K. Deendyal, Shweta Dhakla, Harpreet Singh, Ankur Taya, Sarvesh Kumar, Manish K. Kashyap
    Chemistry Select 8(31), e202302252 (2023).

  6. Photovoltaic performance of mixed cation K0.005MA0.995PbI3‐based perovskite solar module Harpreet Singh, Shweta Dhakla, Parvesh K. Deendyal, Anand Kumar, Sarvesh Kumar, Manish K. Kashyap
    Applied Research 2(2), e202200077 (2023).

  7. Surface functionalization of gallium nitride for biomedical implant applications Monu Mishra, Jitendra Sharan, Veena Koul, Om P. Kharbanda, Ashish Kumar, Ashok Sharma, Timothy A. Hackett, Ram Sagar, Manish K. Kashyap and Govind Gupta
    Applied Surface Science and 612, 155858 (2023).

  8. Signature of magnetism in 2D-chromia: 2D analog of the natural α-Cr 2 O 3 mineral and its heterostructure with graphene Renu Singla, Rahul Singla, Sarvesh Kumar, Timothy A. Hackett, and Manish K. Kashyap
    Materials Advances 4(10), 2372-2378 (2023).

  9. Genesis of magnetism in graphene/MoS2 van der Waals heterostructures via interface engineering using Cr-adsorption Renu Singla, Sarvesh Kumar, Timothy A. Hackett, Ali H. Reshak, and Manish K. Kashyap
    Journal of Alloys and Compounds 859, 157776 (2021).

  10. Observations of parametric drift wave instabilities in an electron cyclotron resonance ion source Kumar, Sarvesh, Jyotsna Sharma, Shatendra Sharma, Yaduvansh Mathur, T. Nandi, Devendra Sharma, and Manish K. Kashyap
    Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 62(10), 105013 (2020).

  11. Curie temperature engineering in a novel 2D analog of iron ore (hematene) via strain Renu Singla, Timothy A. Hackett, Sarvesh Kumar, Jyotsna Sharma, and Manish K. Kashyap
    Nanoscale Advances 2(12), 5890-5896 (2020).

  12. Chapter: Perovskites are the Future for Upcoming Technologies
    Book: Advanced Materials for Next-Generation Technologies
    Parvesh K. Deendyal, Shweta Dhakla, Ankur Taya, Sarvesh Kumar, and Manish K. Kashyap pp. 89-108, Apple Academic Press, Inc. co-published with CRC Press (Taylor & Francis), 2025

  13. Chapter: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Clinical Research and Patient Remediation
    Book: In Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare
    Monu Mishra, Vikas Dubey, Timothy A. Hackett, and Manish K. Kashyap pp. 39-57, Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore, 2023.

  14. Chapter: Beyond 3D traditional materials thermoelectric materials
    Book: Thermoelectricity and Advanced Thermoelectric Materials
    Manish K. Kashyap and Renu Singla Editors: Ranjan Kumar Ranber Singh, pp. 163-193 (2021), Elsevier, Woodhead Publishing ISBN: 978012819984, 2021
Patents (if any)

Nil