Qualification

B.Sc., M. Sc. (Physics), D. Phil. (Physics) from University of Allahabad (A Central University), Allahabad, PGDDE from IGNOU, New Delhi

Areas of Interest/Specialization

• Development of Self Learning Materials for Open and Distance Learning mode
• Multimedia Program on Science & Technology, and Physics
• Ultrasonic Characterization of Nanomaterials Suspended in Polymer
• Acoustical Study of Solid/Liquid Materials
• Theoretical and Experimental Physics
• Development & Application of Nanotechnology for Electro-Optical Devices etc..

Experience

• Regional Director, Regional Centre of NIOS at Allahabad (U.P.) and Kochi (Kerala) & Lakshadweep.
• Academic Officer (Physics) & APIO, since January 07, 2011 to July 20, 2015 at National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, NOIDA.
• Lecturer at UIET, CSJM, University, Kanpur-208024 (U.P.) for M. Phil. and B. Tech. Classes from April 30, 2007 to Jan. 06, 2011.
• Lecturer at Mody University of Science and Technology, Lakshmangarh-332311, Sikar (Rajasthan) for B. Tech. classes from July 31, 2006 to April 25, 2007.
• Guest Lecturer as a Research Scholar in the Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad - 211002 for B. Sc. classes during session 2002 to 2006.
• Supervised 15-M.Phil. Dissertations and many Projects in B.Sc. of students.
• Actively working in the field of Ultrasonics/Nanomaterials/Material Science research area from July 2002.

Contribution to NIOS in last one year

• Successfully managed Regional Centre Allahabad and Kochi in terms of Academic as well as Administrative.
• Successful conduct of Public Examinations, On Demand Examinations and D.El.Ed. Examinations.
• Appreciable enhancement of enrollment of learners in Academic, Vocational and Open Basics Education courses.
• Introduced Malayalam (343) subject at Senior Secondary Level.

Awards and Honors

• Life Member of the "Ultrasonic Society of India", India.
• Life Member of the "Acoustical Society of India", India.
• Life Member of the "Materials Research Society of India", India.
• Life Member of the "Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)", India.
• Member of Executive Council of the "Ultrasonic Society of India", India.
• Ex-Member of Executive Council of the "Acoustical Society of India", India.
• Ex-Member of Executive Council of Region Council-1 (Delhi & Haryana), IAPT, New Delhi.
• Reviewer of Journal of Pure and applied Ultrasonics, India.
• Best Student Paper Award - Young Scientist by "Acoustical Society of America"(India Chapter) in Nov. 2004.
• Visiting Research Fellow, Centre for Theoretical Studies at IIT, Kharagpur, India.
• National Merit Scholarship by U. P. Govt. during 1997-2000.
• Ex-Vice President/Jt. Secretary of Physics Society, Physics Department, University of Allahabad, Allahabad.
• Organizing Member of 15th National Symposium on Ultrasonics held at University of Allahabad, Allahabad during Nov. 01-03, 2006.
• Attended "Winter School" at Materials Science Centre, IIT Kharagpur during Nov. 05-16, 2007.
• Participated "Science Conclave - A Congregation of Noble Prize Winners" at IIIT, Allahabad during Dec. 15-21, 2008.
• Organizing Member and participated in XXIV Annual Convention of Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) held at CSJM University, Kanpur during Oct. 10-12, 2009.
• "Special Award" honored by Cabinet Minister (Coal), Govt. of India, Minority Education & Social Development Society, Kanpur.
• Organizing Member and participated in International Women's Day at India Habitat Centre (IHC) (2011) and Vigyan Bhawan (2012), New Delhi.
• "Bharat Jyoti Award "by India International Friendship Society (IIFS), New Delhi.
• Member of National Advisory Committee of National Seminar on Materials Characterization by Ultrasonics by (NSMCU-2012) by Department of Physics, Amity School of Engineering & Technology (ASET), New Delhi during April 03-04, 2012.
• Attended and participated in Management Programme at India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi.
• Organizing Member and participated in International Conference on Integration of Academic Courses with Vocational Education in Secondary Schools at Institute of Defense Studies and Analysis (IDSA), New Delhi.
• Session Chaired and Invited Talk at National Seminar on Materials Characterization by Ultrasonics (NSMCU-2012) by Dept. of Physics, ASET, Bijwasan, New Delhi.
• Worked as a Jury Member in National Level Competition of INSPIRE Programme, DST, New Delhi at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi.
• Invited Talk at Rajdhani College, University of Delhi in INSPIRE Programme, DST, New Delhi.
• Resource Person for Academic Facilitators at Regional Centre, NIOS, Raipur.
• Member of National Curriculum Committee Member of Physics and OBE-Mathematics at NIOS, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, NOIDA.
• Lesson Writer & Editor Physics, Science and Technology & OBE-Mathematics at NIOS, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, NOIDA.
• Subject Expert and Presenter for Physics, Science and Technology, CIET, NCERT and NIOS, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, NOIDA.
• Honoured as Chief Guest/Special Guest in many Academic, Social and Sports activities.
• Chief Guest in Kaushambi Public School, Kaushambi (U.P.)
• Guest of Honor in Allahabad Public School, Allahabad (U.P.)
• Chief Guest in Sree Mahaprabhu Public School & College, Allahabad (U.P.)
• Chief Guest in Sree Narayan Ashram Balika Intermediate College, Shivkuti, Allahabad (U.P.)
• Chief Guest in M. P. Birla Shiksha Bhawan and Inter College, Jhunsi, Allahabad (U.P.)
• Guest of Honor in Vishnu Bhagwan Public School, Jhalwa, Allahabad (U.P.)
• Chief Guest in Study Hall School, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow (U.P.)
• Invited Talk at V.B.S. Purvanchal University, Jaunpur (U.P.).
• Chief Guest in Hindi Divas at Dhakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha, Kochi (Kerala).
• Chief Guest for Inauguration of Atal Tinkering Lab, NITI Aayog, Saraswathi Vidyanikethan Public School, Elamakkara, Kochi (Kerala)
• Guest of Honor& Key Note Address in Jnanodayam Public School, Edakochi, Kochi (Kerala)

Publication, if any

Research Papers

Articles Published

• In Journal:
• "Acoustical Properties of Rare-earth Monochalcogenides", R. R. Yadav and A. K. Gupta and Devraj Singh, J. Acoust. Soc. India, vol. 31 (2003) 300-303 ISSN 0973-3302
• "Electron-Phonon Interaction in Nano Crystalline Fe" , R. R. Yadav, A.K. Gupta and D. K. Pandey, J. Acoust. Soc. India, vol. 32 (2004) 249-251 ISSN 0973-3302
• "Acoustic Attenuation of Scandium Antimonide", Devraj Singh R. R. Yadav and A.K. Gupta, J. Acoust. Soc. India, vol. 32 (2004) 252-254 ISSN 0973-3302
• "Ultrasonic Investigations in Particles-Reinforced Nanofluids", R. R. Yadav, P. K. Yadawa, A. K. Gupta and D. K. Pandey, J. Acoust. Soc. India, vol. 33 (2005) 219-222 ISSN 0973-3302
• "Acoustic Wave Propagation in Chalcogenides of Tm", Devraj Singh, A. K. Gupta and R. R. Yadav, J. Acoust. Soc. India, vol. 33 (2005) 309-315 ISSN 0973-3302
• "Ultrasonic Attenuation in Ni-Pd Alloys at High Temperature Phase", R. R. Yadav, A. K. Gupta and D. Singh, J. Phys. Studies, vol. 9, no. 3 (2005) 227-232 ISSN 1027-4642
• "Ultrasonic Properties in Au Nanoparticles Reinforced PVA Solution", R. R. Yadav, A. K. Gupta, S. K. Kor and S. Ram, Materials Research Innovations, vol. 10 no. 4 (2006) 398-401 ISSN 1432-8917
• "Ultrasonic Properties of Nanoparticles-Liquid Suspensions", R. R. Yadav, G. Mishra, P. K. Yadawa, S. K. Kor, A. K. Gupta, Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, Ultrasonics, vol. 48 (2008) 591-593 ISSN 0041-624X
• " Resonant Tunneling Properties of One-dimensional Photonic Crystals Containing Negative Refractive Index Materials", K. B. Thapa, R. Kumar and A. K. Gupta, Journal of Optoelectronic and Advanced Materials, Vol. 12 no. 8 August (2010) 1670-1675 ISSN 1454-4164
• "Ultrasonic Wave Propagation in Semi-Metallic Single Crystals", D. Singh, S. Tripathi, D. K. Pandey, A. K. Gupta, D. K. Singh and J. Kumar, Modern Physics Letters B, Vol. 25, No. 31 (2011) 2377-2390 ISSN 0217-9849
• "Sensitivity of Nanostructured Iron Metal on Ultrasonic Properties", A. K. Gupta, Archana Gupta, D. Singh and S. Tripathi, Open Journal of Metal, Vol. 1 (2011) 34-40 ISSN Print: 2164-2761, ISSN Online: 2164-277X
• "Temperature Dependent Ultrasonic Study in Scandium Antimonide Semiconductor", A. K. Gupta, S. Srivastava and K. B. Thapa, E-Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 9 (3) (2012) 1400-1406 ISSN 2390-9810
• "Ultrasonic Properties of Hexagonal Closed Packed Metals", A. K. Gupta, Archana Gupta, S. Tripathi, V. Bhalla and Devraj Singh, Universal Journal of Materials Science Vol. 1(2) (2013) 63-68 ISSN 2331-6691
• "Temperature-Dependent Elastic and Ultrasonic Properties of Berkelium Monopnictides", D. Singh, S. Kaushik, S. Tripathi, V. Bhalla and A. K. Gupta, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, Vol. 39 (1) (2014) 485-494 ISSN 1319-8025
• "Ultrasonic Properties of Plutonium Monochalcogenides" D. Singh, V. Bhalla, S. Tripathi, V. K. Singh and A. K. Gupta, Universal Journal of Physics and Application 2(1) (2014) 1-6 ISSN 2331-6535
• "Study of Elastic and Acoustic Properties of TiN", Nitu Yana, S. Srivastava, A. K. Gupta and Y Srivastava, Open Journal of Modern Physics 1(1) (2014) 11-15 ISSN 2372-6288
• In Proceedings:
• "Ultrasonic velocity and Attenuation in Polymer Colloidal Solution with Gold Nanoparticles", A. K. Gupta, R. R. Yadav, S. K. Kor, A. K. Tiwari and S. Ram, Presented and published in the proceeding of the "International Symposium on Advanced Materials and Processing (ISAMAP2K4)" held at IIT Kharagpur, India, 06-08 December, 2004 vol. II (2004) 1379-1385
• "Ultrasonic Characterization of fcc Metals at the Nanoscale", A. K. Gupta and R. R. Yadav, Presented and published in the proceeding of the "International Conference on Nanomaterials (NANO 2005)" held at Mepko Schlenk Engg. College, Shivakashi, Virudhunagar (Dt), India, 13-15 July, 2005 vol. I (2005) 367-374
• Paper Presented in Conferences and Abstract Published:
• "Size Dependent Acoustical Properties of fcc Metal", R. R. Yadav and A. K. Gupta, National Symposium on Ultrasonics (XIII-NSU) (2004) held at Department of Physics, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi, India, 21-23 December, 2004.
• "Ultrasonic Characterization in Thulium Monochalcogenides in the temperature Range 100-300K", D. Singh, R. R. Yadav, and A. K. Gupta, 74th Annual session of the National Academy of Sciences (2004) held at University of Jaipur & BISR, India, 02-04 December, 2004.
• "Ultrasonic Spectroscopy of Nanostructured Materials", A. K. Gupta R. R. Yadav and P. Awasthi, National Conference on Current Trends of Research in Science and Technology (2005) held at Guwahati University, Guwahati, India, 28-29 January, 2005.
• "Ultrasonic Properties of Structural Materials", R. R. Yadav, P. Awasthi and A. K. Gupta, National Conference on Current Trends of Research in Science and Technology (2005) held at Guwahati University, Guwahati, India, 28-29 January, 2005.
• "Ultrasonic Characterization of Nanoparticles Suspended in Polymer Solution", P. K. Yadawa, D. K. Pandey, R. R. Yadav and A. K. Gupta, National Conference on Advanced Characterization Techniques on Nanomaterials (ACTON-2005) held at IIT Roorkee, India, 24-26 August, 2005.
• "High Temperature Ultrasonic Study of Intermetallics", A. K. Gupta and R. R. Yadav, 75th Annual session of the National Academy of Sciences (2005) held at Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India, 08-09 December, 2005.
• "Temperature Dependent Anisotropic Properties of 6H-SiC", A. K. Gupta and R. R. Yadav, 17th AGM of Materials Research Society of India (2006), held at Department of Physics, Lucknow University, Lucknow, India, 13-15 February, 2006.
• "Ultrasonic Velocity in Ag Nanoparticles reinforced PVA solution", A. Panchal, A. K. Gupta, R. R. Yadav, T. Jayakumar and Baldev Raj, National Symposium on Ultrasonics (XV-NSU) (2006) held at Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, 01-03 November, 2006.
• "Ultrasonic Properties of Nanoparticles-Liquid Suspensions", R. R. Yadav, G. Mishra, P. K. Yadawa, S. K. Kor, A. K. Gupta, Baldev Raj and T. Jayakumar, International Congress on Ultrasonics-2007 held at Vienna University, Vienna (Austria), 09-12 April, 2007. [10] "Ultrasonic Behaviour of HCP Metals", A. K. Gupta and R. R. Yadav, National Symposium on Ultrasonics (XVII-NSU) (2008) held at Department of Physics, BHU, Varanasi, India, 04-06, December, 2008.
• "High Temperature Acoustical Study of Nanostructured bcc Iron Metal", A. K. Gupta, R. R. Yadav and K. B. Thapa, MMSETLSA-2009 Held at Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, 23-25 March, 2009.
• "Photonic Band Gaps in Multilayered Chiral Structure", K. B. Thapa and A. K. Gupta, MMSETLSA-2009 Held at Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, Allahabad, India, 23-25 March, 2009.
• "Acoustical Study of HCP Metals", A. K. Gupta, Archana Gupta and D. Singh, NSMCU-2012 Held at Department of Physics, Amity School of Engineering & Technology (ASET), Bijwasan, New Delhi, 03-04 April, 2012.
• "Temperature and Orientation Dependent Ultrasonic Properties of HoX (X: P & As)", C. Tripathy, D. Singh and A. K. Gupta, XIX National Symposium on Ultrasonics-2012 Held at CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, 30-31 October, 2012.