Ak Shukla

Biography

Ashok Kumar Shukla did his MSc (1968) from Kanpur University and PhD (1974) from IIT Kanpur. Subsequently, he worked as a Research Associate, IIT, Kanpur (1974-76). He was an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Fellow at the Technical University, Hannover, (1976-78); INSA-Royal Society Visiting Fellow, and EEC Senior Visiting Scientist, University of Oxford; RA Welch Foundation Visiting Fellow, University of Texas; Royal Society Visiting Fellow, University of Newcastle; Guest Researcher, ONRI, Japan, and Visiting Professor, University of Turku and Helsinki, CNR/TAE, Messina and Monash University, Melbourne. After his return from Germany, he worked at Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (1978-2003). During 2003-08, he was Director at Central Electrochemical Research Institute, Karaikudi, Tamil Nadu. He is presently a Professor at Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISc, Bangalore.

Research Interest

Materials Electrochemistry with Special Batteries