Dr. Akhilesh Mishra

M. Sc. (Physics), University of Allahabad
Ph. D. (Materials Science), Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

Scientist C
National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB)
E-mail: akhilesh.mishra@nic.in

Area of Operation:

• Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDPs),
  
• Technology based Entrepreneurship Development Programms (TEDPs),
  
• Result Framework Document (RFD)
  
• Plan & Co-ordination

Dr. Akhilesh Mishra possesses an excellent understanding of nanomaterials, their physical and chemical properties, characterization techniques and data analysis. After completing his M.Sc. in Physics in 2000, he joined the Laser & Spectroscopy Laboratory, Department of Physics, University of Allahabad, as a Research Assistant in a DST sponsored project. In 2004, after qualifying the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), he joined Materials Science Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur as a Junior Research Fellow (MHRD project). He also qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) for Junior/Senior Research Fellowship conducted by the CSIR/UGC New Delhi. During his Ph.D., he synthesized metal nanoparticles and used various characterization techniques for their optical and microstructural analysis. He was a visiting scientist at Ruhr University Bochum, Germany before he joined Department of Science and Technology as Scientist 'C'.

Dr. Mishra has published 12 research papers in reputed international journals. He has published a book chapter (in collaboration with Prof. H.-J. Fecht, Germany) for the Encylopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (2nd edition) edited by H. S. Nalwa (American Scientific Publishers, New York 2010). Dr. Mishra have attended several national and international levels schools/workshops/symposiums and conferences including the winter college at ICTP Italy (2008), and conferences at University of Cambridge, UK (2008), and Florida, USA (2009). He won an opportunity (DST-DFG award) for participation in the meeting of Nobel laureates and students (Physics) held during June 29-July 04, 2008 at Lindau, Germany. He won two best poster presentation awards in an international conference (2005) and the Humboldt Kolleg (2008). Dr. Mishra is life member of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) and American Ceramics Society.

Currently, Dr. Mishra is working as team member of Plan & Coordination cell. He is also involved in work related to Result Framework Document (RFD). He looks forward to encourage & promote entrepreneurship skills in latest technologies.