Dr. Hardeep Kumar - Profile Summary
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Dr. Hardeep Kumar
Associate Professor

Name Dr. Hardeep Kumar
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Email [email protected]
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Designation Associate Professor
Department Physics
Qualification Ph.D.
Date of Birth 1982-01-10
Date of Joining 2018-06-21
Specialization Thin films, Magnetic materials, Spintronics, Hydrogen sensing, Ion irradiation
Educational Qualification
Name of the Degree Year Of Passing Institute/University
B.Sc. 2002 Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla
M.Sc. 2004 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar
Ph.D. 2011 Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD)
Teaching Experience
Programme Name Name of Institute / Universities From To
Associate Professor Physics, NIT Uttarakhand 2023-09-15 Till Date
Assistant Professor Physics, NIT Uttarakhand 2018-06-21 Till Date
Administrative Experience
Position Held Department and Organization From To
Faculty-Incharge Procurement NIT Uttarakhand 2023-01-31 Till Date
I/c Assistant Registrar (R&C) NIT Uttarakhand 2022-07-18 2023-01-31
Coordinator - National International. Inst. Collaboration and Networking NIT Uttarakhand 21/04/2022 Till Date
Head, Department of Physics NIT Uttarakhand 03/06/2019 28/02/2022
Coordinator - Transportation NIT Uttarakhand 03/06/2019 31/05/2020
Coordinator - Medical Services NIT Uttarakhand 01/02/2019 02/06/2019
Associate Dean (International Affairs) NIT Uttarakhand 12/07/2018 02/06/2019
Research Experiences
Research Interest Breif Research Interest
FeRh thin films The project was based on studying the phase-transition characteristics of FeRh thin films/Nanoparticles and its applications.
Transparent Oxides The Project was related to correlation between magnetic properties and electronic structure in transparent oxides.
Research Projects
Role Project Type Title Funding Agency From To Amount Status Co-Investigator
PI Collaborative Study of FeRh epitaxial films and heterostructures for spintronics applications UGC-DAE CSR, Indore 2020-04-24 Collaborative 13.41 Lacs completed No
PI Collaborative Into study the transformation of Au-Pd alloy NPs to core-shell NPs under electron irradiation UGC-DAE CSR, Indore 2016-11-30 Collaborative 1.35 Lacs Completed No
Journal Publications
Year Author(s) Title & Vol. No. Journal Name Indexing (SCI)
2024 Hardepinder Singh, Mukul Gupta, Hind Prakash, Hardeep Kumar,* and Himanshu Fulara* Role of spin-glass-like interfaces in exchange-biased MnN/Fe thin ílms grown on W buìer layers, 125 Appl. Phy. Lett. SCIE
2023 Preeti Negi, M. Gupta*, R. Rawat, R. Joshi, H. Bhatt, S.Singh, V.R. Reddy, H. Kumar* Formation of B2-ordered FeRh alloy thin films on annealing of pure and nitrogen doped Fe/Rh multilayers Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials SCI
2023 H. Singh, M. Gupta*, P. Gupta, R. F. S. Penacchio, S. L. Morelhao and H. Kumar* Role of nitrogen partial pressure, deposition rate and annealing on stability of β-W phase Applied Physics A SCI
2022 H. Kumar, S. L. Morelhao, G. Pessotto, H. Singh, A. K. Sinha, D. R. Cornejo Structural and magnetic properties of FeRh films grown on MgO(001), MgO(011) and MgO(111) substrates, 556 J. Magn. Magn. Mater. SCI
2020 Deepti, B. Tripathi, H. Kumar*, A. Tripathi, S. Kumar, S. A. Khan, G.B.V.S. Lakshmi, A. B. Dey, G. Sharma, A. Gupta and D.K. Avasthi Transformation of AuPd alloy nanoparticles to core-shell nanoparticles by electron irradiation, 832 J. Alloys and Compounds SCI
2019 Deepti, H. Kumar*, A. Tripathi, A. B. Dey, M. Gupta, R. Krishna and D. K. Avasthi, 127006 (2019) Improved hydrogen sensing behaviour in ion-irradiated Pd-Au alloy thin films, 301 Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical SCI
2018 D. Sarker, S. Bhattacharya, H. Kumar, P. Srivastava and S.Ghosh Evidence of local structural influence on the shape driven magnetic anisotropy in electronically excited Ni nanoparticles embedded in SiO2 matrix, 8 Scientific reports SCI
2018 H. Kumar, D. R. Cornejo, S. L. Morelhao, S. Kycia, I. M. Montellano, N. R. Álvarez, G. Alejandro, and A. Butera Strain effects on the magnetic order of epitaxial FeRh thin films, 124 J. App. Phys. SCI
2014 D. Sarker, H. Kumar, R. Patra, D. Kabiraj, D.K. Avasthi, S.K. Vayalil, S.V. Roth, P. Srivastava and S. Ghosh Enhancement in field emission current density of Ni nanoparticles embedded in thin silica matrix by swift heavy ion irradiation, 115 J. App. Phys. SCI
2014 R.D. Noce, A.V. Benedetti, M. Magnani, E.C. Passamani; H. Kumar and D.R. Cornejo Structural, Morphological and Magnetic characterization of electrodeposited Co-Fe-W alloy, 611 J. of Alloys and Compounds SCI
2013 H. Kumar, M.C. Fantini and D.R. Cornejo Evidence of coexistence of ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic phases in nearly equiatomic FeRh, 49 IEEE Trans Magn. SCI
2013 A.M.P. Sakita, E.C. Passamani, H. Kumar, D.R. Cornejo, C.S. Fugivara, R.D. Noce and A.V. Benedetti Influence of current density on crystalline structure and magnetic properties of electrodeposited Co-rich CoNiW Alloys, 141 Materials Chemistry and Physics SCI
2013 H. Kumar, S. Ghosh, P. Srivastava, D. Kabiraj, D.K. Avasthi, L. Olivi and G. Aquilanti Stablization of FeCo alloy phase in FeCo-SiO2 nanocomposites, 4 Adv. Mater. Lett. Scopus (discont.)
2013 R.D. Noce, A.V. Benedetti, E.C. Passamani, H. Kumar, D.R. Cornejo and M. Magnani Use of conventional electrochemical techniques to produce crystalline FeRh alloys induced by Ag seed layer, 573 J. of Alloys and Compounds SCI
2011 H. Kumar, S. Ghosh, D. Kabiraj, D.K. Avasthi, A. Muecklich, S. Zhou, H. Schmidt and J.P. Stoquert Ion beam-induced shaping of Ni nanoparticles embedded in a silica matrix: From spherical to prolate shape, 6 Nanoscale Research Letters SCI
2011 H. Kumar, S. Ghosh, D. Bürger, L. Li, S. Zhou, D. Kabiraj, D.K. Avasthi, R. Grötzschel and H. Schmidt Role of Coulomb blockade and spin-flip scattering in tunneling magnetoresistance of FeCo-Si-O nanogranular films, 109 J. Appl. Phys. SCI
2010 H. Kumar, S. Ghosh, D.K. Avasthi, D. Kabiraj, N.P. Lalla, T. Shripathi and J.C. Pivin Magnetic and field emission studies of atom beam sputtered Ni: SiO2 granular films, 85 Vacuum SCI
2010 H. Kumar, S. Ghosh, D. Bürger, S. Zhou, D. Kabiraj, D.K. Avasthi, R. Grötzschel and H. Schmidt Microstructure, electrical, magnetic, and extraordinary Hall effect studies in Ni:SiO2 nanogranular films synthesized by atom beam sputtering, 107 J. Appl. Phys. SCI
2008 Y.K. Mishra, V.S.K. Chakravadhanula, U. Schu¨rman, H. Kumar, D. Kabiraj, S. Ghosh, V. Zaporojtchenko, D.K. Avasthi and F. Faupel Controlled reduction of size of Ag nanoparticles embedded in teflon matrix by MeV ion irradiation, 266 Nucl. Inst. and Meth. Phys Res. B Scopus
2008 H. Kumar, Y.K. Mishra, S. Mohapatra, D. Kabiraj, J.C. Pivin, S. Ghosh, D.K. Avasthi Compositional analysis of atom beam co-sputtered metal–silica nanocomposites by Rutherford backscattering spectrometry, 266 Nucl. Inst. and Meth. Phys Res. B Scopus
Conference Publications
Year Author(s) Title Conference name with place Indexing (SCI)
Book/Chapters Written
Type Title Publisher Authors ISBN/ISSN No. Year
Chapters Sub nanosecond thermal spike induced nanostructuring of thin solid films under swift heavy ion (SHI) irradiation Springer S. Ghosh, H. Kumar et al. 978-3-319-03131-6 2014
Book Applied Physics-I: Fields and Waves Vayu Education of India M. Singh, D. Tripathi, H. Kumar 9789386000125 2016
Book Applied Physics-II: Modern Physics Vayu Education of India M. Singh, H. Kumar, D. Tripathi 978-9386000187 2017
Book Engineering Physics Vayu Education of India M. Singh, D. Tripathi, H. Kumar 978-9386000316 2018
Research Supervision
Programme Name Scholar Name Research Topic Status Year Co-Superivisor
Ph.D Preeti Negi Study of magnetic materials Ongoing None
Ph.D Hardepinder Singh Study of Transition Metal-Based Thin Films for Spintronics Submitted None
Ph.D Deepti Study of Palladium alloys and composites for hydrogen sensing applications Completed H. Kumar, Ambuj Tripathi
Patents
Name Reg./Ref.No. Date Of Award/Filling Organization Status
Expert Talks
Year Title Place Description
01/2023 Phase transition in FeRh and technological applications UPES, Dehradun IYRC-2023
11/2020 Phase transition in FeRh and its technological applications SLIET Longowal 5th National e-Conference on Advanced Materials and Radiation Physics
29.01.2021 Hydrogen: A Clean energy Carrier Amity University UP, Noida Guest lecture for B.Tech. Final year students
Consultancy
Title of Consultancy Client Organization Faculty Involved Amount(INR) Status
International & National Exposure
Sr.No. Title Description
1 Visiting Scholar HZDR Dresden, Germany (Duration: 11 weeks)
2 Visiting Scholar University of Kiel, Germany (Duration: 2 weeks)
Honors & Recognitions Achieved
Sr.No. Title Activity Given By Year