Majors Degrees

•  Ph.D. (Physics) 

  • M.Sc. (Physics) 

Online Certified Courses

• Astro 101 :  Black Holes, Coursera, University of Alberta

• From The Big Bang To Dark Energy, Coursera, The University Of Tokyo

• Archaeoastronomy, Coursera, Politecnico Milano

• Astrobiology And the Search for Extraterrestrial Life, Coursera, The University of Edinburgh

• Fibonacci Numbers and The Golden Ratio, Coursera, The Hong Kong University Of Science And Technology

• Big History: Connecting Knowledge, Coursera, Macquarie University, Australia 

• Certificate Course on Computer Concepts (CCC) with B-Grade, NIELIT, Govt. of India
  Certificate course of SCOPE with B-2 level  
  
  

• Teaching: 7 Years 5 Months

  Research: 3 Years 10 Months

  Industrial: 1 Years 3 Months

  Total: 12 Years 6 Months

  
  

Journal/Conference/Chapter Publication

•  ■ Optimization of structural, surface and electrical properties of solution processed LaNiO3 conducting oxide Nirav C. Pandya and U. S. Joshi  J Mater Sci: Mater Electron (2015) 26:2445–2450 DOI: 10.1007/s10854-015-2704-1 ISSN: 0957-4522 

  [Impact Factor: 1.57] 

   

  ■ Resistance switching and memory effects in solution-processed BiFeO3 /LaNiO3 junctions Nirav C. Pandya, A K Debnath and U S Joshi J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 (2016) 055301 DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/5/055301 Online ISSN: 1361-6463 Print ISSN: 0022-3727 [Impact Factor: 2.721] 

   

  ■Broadband dielectric spectroscopy of BiFeO3 thin film up to Ku band frequency R B Upadhyay, N C Pandya and U S Joshi J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 50 (2017) 255303 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/aa6fd1 Online ISSN: 1361-6463 Print ISSN: 0022-3727  [Impact Factor: 2.588] 

   

  ■Optoelectronic response of (111) oriented CeO2 films for UV photodetector Sushant Zinzuvadiya, Nirav C. Pandya and U. S. Joshi Thin Solid Films 669 (2019) 525-530 DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2018.11.055 Online ISSN: 0040-6090 Print ISSN:   [Impact Factor: 1.939] 

  
  

  ■120 MeV Au+ 9 swift heavy ion irradiation of pulsed laser deposited BaM/LSMO bilayers Sushant Zinzuvadiya, Nirav C Pandya, Poornima Sengunthar, Rutvi J Pandya, Saif A Khan, Ambuj Tripathi, US Joshi Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 193 (2022) 109503 DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2021.109503 Online ISSN: 0969-806X [Impact Factor: 2.776]
  
  ■ Electrical properties of solution processed highly transparent ZnO TFT with organic gate dielectric Nirav C. Pandya, Nikhil G. Joshi, U. N. Trivedi, and U. S. Joshi AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 1064 (2013) DOI: 10.1063/1.4791412 ISSN: 0094-243X  E-ISSN: 1551-7616 ISBN: 978-0-7354-1133-3 

   

  ■ Effect of oxide insertion layer on resistance switching properties of copper phthalocyanine Nikhil G. Joshi, Nirav C. Pandya, and U. S. Joshi AIP Conf. Proc. 1512, 718 (2013) DOI: 10.1063/1.4791239 ISSN: 0094-243X  E-ISSN: 1551-7616 

  ISBN: 978-0-7354-1133-3 

   

  ■ Surface Structure and Electrical Properties of Solution Processed Lanthanum Nickelate Films Nirav C. Pandya and U. S. Joshi AIP Conf. Proc. 1591, 997 (2014)  DOI: 10.1063/1.4872831 ISSN: 0094-243X E-ISSN: 1551-7616 ISBN: 978-0-7354-1225-5 

Affiliation

• Coordinator, IQAC of School of Applied Sciences, LJ University 

  • Coordinator, Grievance Redressal cell. Off school of Applied Sciences, LJ University. 

MEMBERSHIP 

■ Lifetime member of the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT)(LMN: 11135L7260)
■ Lifetime member of the Ion Beam Society of India (IBSI), New Delhi. (Membership No. LM230) 

Achievements

• FIRST Rank in the College and University in Final year B.Sc. Examination in Bhavnagar University in 2008. 
  

• CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM 
  
  

  ■ Participated and presented POSTER in National Symposium on Advances in Material Science and Technology   (AMST–2012) organized by Department of Physics, Gujarat University (3-4 February, 2012)
  ■ Participated and presented POSTER in 57th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium at IIT, Bombay (3-7 December, 2012)
  ■ Participated and presented POSTER in 58th DAE Solid State Physics Symposium at Thapar University, Patiala (17-21 December, 2013)
  ■ Participated and presented POSTER in International Conference on “Swift Heavy Ions in Materials Engineering and Characterization” (SHIMEC 2014)  at IUAC, New Delhi (14-17 October 2014)
  ■ Participated and presented POSTER in “International Conference on High Energy Radiation and Applications” (ICHERA-2017) at The M. S. University of Baroda (10-13 October 2017) 

   

  SEMINAR/SCHOOL/WORKSHOP 
  
  

  ■ Participated in One Day Seminar on Frontiers in Physics at PRL, Ahmedabad organized by PRL, INSA and IAPT (19 September, 2009)
  ■ Participated in One Day Seminar on Current Trends in Physics at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad organized by INSA, Department of Physics-Gujarat University and PRL, Ahmedabad (14 March, 2010)
  ■ Participated in workshop on ‘Thin Film Magnetism’ at UGC-DAE CSR, Indore (14-16 March, 2012)
  ■ Attended One-Day Acquaintance Programme at Saurashtra University, Rajkot organized by IUAC, New Delhi (21 September, 2012)
  ■ Attended Young Scientists Research Awardees’ Meet (YSRAM) at BARC, Mumbai organized by Basic Science Committee, BRNS-DAE (26-28 November, 2012)
  ■ Participated in Technical Workshop on “Semiconductor Measurement Challenges”  at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad organized by Optimized Solution Pvt. Ltd and Tektronix (1 March, 2014)
  ■ Participated in INUP Familiarization Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies at IIT Bombay, Mumbai (26-28 May, 2014 )
  ■ Attended One-Day Acquaintance Programme at Gujarat University, Ahmedabad organized by IUAC, New Delhi (19 July, 2014)
  ■ Participated and presented POSTER in “National Workshop on X-ray Diffraction Techniques for Materials Characterization” at Saurashtra University, Rajkot (4-5 September, 2014)
  ■ Participated in “Short Course on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry” jointly organized by Institute for Plasma Research, JA Woollam Inc. USA and Sinsil International at FCIPT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat (31 October 2014)
  ■ Participated in “one day Seminar on Recent Innovation in Solar Energy – 2015” (RISE–2015) at CHARUSAT, Changa, Gujarat (26 February, 2015) 

  ■ Participated in “29th Gujarat Science Congress” at the Science City, Ahmedabad, Gujarat (28 February-1 March, 2015)
  ■ Participated and presented POSTER in “National Seminar on Confluence of Supramolecular Chemistry & Nanoscience” (NSCSCN-2015) at AMA, Ahmedabad (27-28 March, 2015)
  ■ Attended the seminar on “Restriction of Hazardous Substances” (RoHS) organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) at CII house, Ahmedabad (17 April, 2015)
  ■ Attended UGC sponsored one day National workshop on “Electronic Devices and their characterization techniques” (NWEDCT-2017) at Department of Electronics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. (14 March, 2017)
  ■ Attended National Workshop on “Analytical Techniques for Material Characterization” (NWATMC-2017) at Department of Physics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Gujarat. (20 March, 2017)
  ■ Attended in “32nd Gujarat Science Congress-2018” at the Bhavnagar, Gujarat (4-5 February, 2018) 

   

  ORGANIZED EVENTS 
  
  

  ■ Member of organizing team of National Symposium on Advances in Material Science and Technology   (AMST–2012) organized by Department of Physics, Gujarat University (3-4 February, 2012)
  ■ Member of organizing team of One-Day Acquaintance Programme at Physics Department, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad organized jointly with IUAC, New Delhi (19 July, 2014)
  ■ Organized “33rd Gujarat Science Congress-2019” L J Institute of Applied Sciences, Ahmedabad, Gujarat as secretary cum treasurer (4-5 February, 2019) 

   

  INTERNS/COURSE 

   

  ■ Autumn Internship Programme during M.Sc. at PRL, Ahmedabad (15 October-6 November, 2009) in guidance of Dr. S. A. Heider. Project title: “Atmosphere of the Mars”
  ■ Participated in 35th Refresher Course in Experimental Physics held at St. Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad organized by St. Xavier’s College and IPR, Gandhinagar (15 February-1 March, 2012)