Dr Amit Kumar Srivastava is currently working as Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, School of Basic & Applied Science. He has total experience of more than 6 years of teaching and has been associated with Galgotias University since 2023. 

Experience

6 years of teaching experience

Qualification

• Ph. D. (Materials Science, CPI 9.0/10)

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (May 2014).

Thesis title- On the characterization and band gap narrowing effect of spin-coated zinc oxide based transparent conducting thin films 

• M. Tech. (Materials Science, CPI 8.62/10)

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (March 2007).

Project title- Preparation, microstructure and optical absorption studies of spin coated NiO, ZnO and Ni-containing zinc oxidethin films

• M. Sc. (Physics with electronics, 70.3%, First division)

1. D. U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (2000-2002).

• B. Sc. (Physics and Electronics, 68.1%, First division)

1. D. U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur (1997-2000).

Award & Recognition

• Qualified, National Eligibility Test (NET) - Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (2004).
• Qualified, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2004), Physics, Score-95.69 (All India Rank 119 out of 2804).
• Recipient of merit certificate for academic excellence in M. Tech. (Material Science), IIT Kanpur (2007). 

Research

Publications

• Effect of precursor solvent on the opto-electrical properties of spin coated transparent conducting ZnO: Ga thin films,

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar

Materials Chemistry and Physics, 162 (2015) 436-441 (6 pages).

• Band gap narrowing in zinc oxide-based semiconductor thin films,

Jitendra Kumar and Amit Kumar Srivastava 

Journal of Applied Physics, 115 (2014) 134904 (7 pages).

1. Effect of zinc addition and vacuum annealing time on the properties of spin-coated low-cost transparent conducting 1at% Ga-ZnO thin films,

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar

Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 14 (2013) 065002 (15 pages).

Most popular article in STAM 2013 (Available on journal website as highlights of 2013)

1. Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on optical and structural properties of amorphous Ge-As-Se thin films,

Rashmi Chauhan, Arvind Tripathi, Amit Kumar Srivastava and Krishna Kant Srivastava

Chalcogenide Letters,10 (2013) 63-71.

1. On the emergence of a stabilized cubic phase in pure zirconia thin films at room temperature,

Gurudayal, Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar 

Materials Letters,83 (2012) 172-174. 

1. Effect of aluminum addition on the optical, morphology and electrical behavior of spin coated zinc oxide thin films, 

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar 

AIP Advances, 1 (2011) 032153 (11 pages).

1. Linear and nonlinear optical changes in amorphous As2Se3 thin film upon UV exposure,

Rashmi Chauhan, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Arvind Tripathi and Krishna Kant Srivastava, 

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International, 21 (2011) 205-210.

1. Photo-induced optical change in GexAs40Se60-x thin films,

Rashmi Chauhan, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Arvind Tripathi and Krishna Kant Srivastava, 

Progress in Natural Science: Materials International,20, (2010) 54-60. 

1. Effect of UV Exposure on Some Optical Properties of As-Se Based Chalcogenide Glasses,

Rashmi Chauhan, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Madhu Mishra and Krishna Kant Srivastava, 

Integrated Ferroelectrics,119 (2010) 22-32

1. Structural and optical properties of spin coated Cd1-x ZnxO thin films,

1. Dhankhar, R. S. Kundu, N. Kishore, R. Punia, A. K. Srivastava, J. Kumar 

Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials – Rapid Communications, 4 (2010) 955-959. (No7)

• Preparation, microstructure and optical absorption behavior of NiO thin film, 

Amit Kumar Srivastava, Subhash Thota and Jitendra Kumar, 

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 8 (2008) 4111-4115.

Conference Proceedings

1. Effect of swift heavy ion irradiation on optical properties of amorphous As2Se3 thin films,

Rashmi Chauhan, Arvind Tripathi, Amit Kumar Srivastava, and K. K. Srivastava, 

AIP Conference Proceedings, 1536 (2013) 599-600

1. Photo induced effect in Te-As-Se thin films for photonic applications, 

Rashmi Chauhan, Amit Kumar Srivastava, Arvind Tripathi, M. Mishra, and K. K. Srivastava, 

SPIE Proceedings, 8173 (2011) 81731C

1. On the sol-gel synthesis and characterization of titanium oxide nanoparticles,

Varun Chaudhary, Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar,

 MRS Proceedings, 1352 (2011) mrss11-1352-gg10-24 

Conferences

Oral presentations

• Effect of precursor solvent on the nature of spin coated 1at%Ga-ZnO transparent conducting films,

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar

20th International Conference on Solid State Ionics, E: Transparent Conducting Oxides, Keystone, 

June 14-19, 2015, Colorado, USA. 

1. Effect of solvents on the optical and electrical behaviour of spin coated gallium doped ZnO thin films,

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar, 

International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT)-2013, 

June 30 - July 5, 2013, Suntec, Singapore.

1. Preparation and optical studies of Cd 1- xZnxO (0

Amit Kumar Srivastava, Sunil Dhankhar and Jitendra Kumar, 

Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics (RACMP)-2009, 

May 23-24, 2009, NIT Hamirpur, India.

1. Effect of sol-molarity, annealing temperature and nickel concentration on the optical behavior of

Zn1-xNixO (0

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar,

International Conference on Electronic Materials (ICEM)-2008, 

July 28 - August 1, 2008, Sydney, Australia.

Poster presentations

1. Development of spin coated ZnO Based Transparent conductor thin films,

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar,

MRS Spring meeting- 2012, 

April 9-13, 2012, San Francisco, California, USA.

1. Nature of aluminum doped ZnO thin films prepared by pulsed laser deposition, 

Amit Kumar Srivastava, Bhupesh Kumar, R. K. Tharejaand Jitendra Kumar,

International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT)-2012, 

January 20-23, 2012, ARCI, Hyderabad, India. 

1. On the optical and electrical behaviour of spin coated gallium doped ZnO thin films,

Amit Kumar Srivastava and Jitendra Kumar,

Micro Solar Energy Generation and Utilization, 

September 3-4, 2011, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India.

• On the electrical and optical behaviour of aluminum doped ZnO thin films, 

Amit Kumar Srivastava, and Jitendra Kumar,

International Conference on Nano Science and Technology (ICONSAT)-2010, 

February 17-20, 2010, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

• Preparation, microstructure and optical absorption behavior of NiO thin films,

Amit Kumar Srivastava, Subhash Thota and Jitendra Kumar, 

Advance Nano Materials (ANM)-2007, 

January 8-10, 2007, IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.

Certifications

Quality Improvement programme 

1. 3rd Faculty Development Programme on “Quality enrichment in higher education: Strategies towards continual Improvements in education system and R&D, July 11-16, 2016, Organized by Internal quality assurance cell, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow. 

• 4th Faculty Development Programme on “New Modes of lecture & Teaching in higher education, July 10-15, 2017, Organized by Internal quality assurance cell, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial University, Lucknow. 

• Faculty Induction Workshop on the theme “Pedagogy, research and TEQIP execution, February 5-9, 2018, Organized by Center for distance engineering education programme, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Knowledge Incubation under TEQIP (KITE) Initiative of the MHRD, Government of India.

1. Summer training program on Advanced Pedagogies: Active Learning and Digital Tools, June 3-7, 2019, Organized by Primal and Pramod Chaudhari Center for Learning and Teaching, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and Knowledge Incubation under TEQIP (KITE) Initiative of the MHRD, Government of India.
2. AICTE Recognized Faculty Development Programme on “Nature Inspired Computational Techniques for Engineering & Sciences” from 23-27 September 2019, conducted by Information Management and Coordination Department, NITTTR, Chandigarh at GEC Ajmer. 
3. Faculty Development Programme on “Recent trends in electronics and telecommunication” under TEQIP-III Organized by Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, GEC Ajmer, 4-8 November 2019.

School/ Workshop/ Tutorials attended

1. Winter School on ‘New Carbon Materials and Functional Oxide’, Bangalore, December 8-13, 2008

Organized by International Centre for Materials Science (ICMS), Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) and International Centre for Materials Research (ICMR), University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). 

1. Workshop on ‘Conservation of Medicinal Plants’, Gorakhpur, March 2-3, 1997, Organized by the Living World Society.

1. Tutorials during International Symposium/ Seminar at IIT Kanpur 

2010. a) Photovoltaic Science and Technology, January 12, 2010. 
2011. b) Micro Solar Energy Generation and Utilization, September 2-3, 2011. 

4) Workshop under TEQIP on Radiation and Applications (A confluence of Materials Science and

Accelerators) organized at IIT Hyderabad, February 17-22, 2019.

1. National Workshop on “Research projects, funding and opportunities in engineering and science under TEQIP-III Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, Government Engineering College Ajmer, 29-30 May 2019. 

Organizational Activity

1. Science Exhibition and Lecture Workshop, Gorakhpur, February 28, 2015, Madan Mohan Malaviya 

University of Technology, Gorakhpur. (Organizing Committee member)

1. One week short term course on “Differential Equations and Their Applications in Sciences and Engineering under TEQIP-III Organized by Department of Mathematics, Government Engineering College Ajmer, 1-5 March, 2019. (Organizing committee member)
2. Poster presentation competition on “Physics and its applications” under TEQIP III organized by Department of Physics, Government Engineering College Ajmer, 07- March 2019 (Coordinator).

Short Term Courses/ Training programme 

1) STC on “Differential Equations and Their Applications in Sciences and Engineering under TEQIP-III

Organized by Department of Mathematics, GEC Ajmer, 1-5 March, 2019.

2) STP on “Renewable energy systems and their techno-economic feasibility in India” under TEQIP- III

Organized by Department of Mechanical Engineering, GEC Ajmer, 8-12 July 2019. 

3) STP on “Emerging trends and innovation in engineering and science (ETIES)” under TEQIP-III

Organized by Department of Computer Science, GEC Ajmer, 22 July – 2 August 2019.

4) STC on Smart Grid Technologies and its applications” under TEQIP-III Organized by Department 

of Electrical Engineering, GEC Ajmer, 17-21 December 2019

Area of Interest

• Nano materials
• Thin Films
• Transparent Conducting oxide