Education Qualification
B.Sc.(Physics) from Saurashtra University in March-2007.
M.Sc.(Condensed matter physics) from Department of Physics, Saurashtra University in May-2009.
Ph.D From Department of Solar Energy, Pandit Deendayal Petroleum university, Gandhinagar.
Work Experience
July-2009 to April-2011
(22 month) as a Scientific Assistant (Project) at Institute For Plasma
Research, Bhat, Gandhinagar.
May-2011 to
April-2013(24 month) as a Scientist(Project) at Institute For Plasma Research,
Bhat, Gandhinagar.
February-2014 to
January-2015 (12 month) as a Junior Research Fellow at School of Solar Energy,
Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University,Gandhinagr.
Skills and Knowledge
Teaching
Solar Energy research area
Language Skills
English
(Speak/Read/Write)
Hindi
(Speak/Read/Write)
Gujarati
(Speak/Read/Write)
Course Taught
Course taught at undergraduate
(1) Engineering Physics
(2) Basic Physics
(3) Physics
(4) Applied Physics
Training and Workshop
Induction Training Programme Phase-I at NITTTR, Bhopal(August-2015)
Induction training Programme Phase-II at NITTTR, Bhopal(September-2016)
Faculty Development Programme on " Student Innovation and start-ups" at EDII, Ahmedabad (July-2019)
"Comprehensive Online Intellectual Properties Rights", i-HUB, July 2020 to September 2020
Solar Photovoltaics :Principles, Technologies and Materials, online NPTEL, (January to March 2021)
"Mentoring coaching guidance and counselling (MCGC) of students, By Online NITTTR, Bhopal (August 2021)
"Physics of Renewable Energy systems" online NPTEL, (July to October 2021)
Research Publications
(1) Nanostructured SnS with inherent anisotropic optical properties for high photoactivity by M Patel, A Chavda, I Mukhopadhyay, J Kim, A Ray Nanoscale- 8(4), 2293-2303
(2) Facile, Noncyanide Based Etching of Spray Deposited Cu2ZnSnS4 Thin Films for Secondary Phase removal by A Chavda, M Patel, I Mukhopadhyay, A Ray
ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 4(4),2302-2308
(3) Synthesis and characterization of spray deposited CZTS thin films for photo-electrochemical application by A Chavda, B Patel, I Mukhopadhyay, A Ray
AIP Conference Proceeding 1961 (1),030044
(4) Solid-solution Zn(O,S) thin films: Potential alternative buffer layer for Cu2ZnSnS4 solar cells, by M Jani, D Raval, A Chavda, I Mukhopadhyay, A Ray
AIP Conference Proceeding 1961(1),030018
(5) Articulating effect of low copper content on structure and optoelectronic
properties of spray deposited Cu2ZnSnS4 thin films – From experiment and
first-principles investigations
Arvind Chavda, Biren Patel, Priyanka Marathey, Indrajit Mukhopadhyay, Abhijit Ray
Materials Science & Engineering B
Professional Membership
Life member of Indian Society of Technical Education
portfolios
- Assistant Account officer
- Member of central Timetable committee
- Member of central New item purchase committee
