Prof. R. M. Mehra

Biography

Professor R. M. Mehra holds Ph.D. degree in Physics from University of Delhi, Delhi. He superannuated from University of Delhi in January 2010 and joined as Professor Emeritus at Sharda University. At University of Delhi, he was engaged in teaching, research and administration. He has been post doctoral research fellow of Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences (JSPS, Japan). He formally HOD, Department of ECE, Dean Research. Presently he is Advisor, Learning Resource Center, Sharda University. He has already supervised 42 Ph.D. research scholars for award of doctoral degree. He is presently supervising six research scholars for Ph.D. degree at Sharda University. He has written two review articles, mainly on Amorphous Semiconductors, which have been widely accepted and recognized by international research community. He is reviewer for research papers of several important international journals such as, Applied Physics Letters (AIP, USA), Journal of Applied Physics (AIP, USA), Journal of Non-crystalline Solids (Elsevier Science), Thin Solid Films (Elsevier Science), Journal of Applied Polymer Science (Wiley Inter Science, USA), Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells (SOLMAT), Applied Surface Science (Elsevier Science) and Polymer Engineering Science. He has executed more than 17 research projects sponsored by national (DRDO, UGC, DST, CSIR, MNRE, IUAC) and international (NSF, USA & JSPS, Japan) agencies. He has widely traveled abroad for research, teaching and consultancy assignments to universities in USA, Japan and Europe. He is member of several academic and professional bodies and has chaired Semiconductor Society (India). He has been organized national and international conferences in the field of semiconductors. He has been deputed by Government of India for development of faculty for Ph.D training programme at Department of Physics, Yangon University, Myanmar. He is being consulted by national (IP University, New Delhi) and international institutions (Japan & Yangon,) for curriculum development, academic planning, development of instruction material. Prof. Mehra visited Kabul University; Kabul, Afghanistan under World Bank sponsored DU-KU Project “Strengthening of higher education programme. Under the MOU between Sharda University and Federal Polytechnic, Oko, Nigeria, He has recently visited Federal Polytechnic for resource inspection and academic discussions on the establishment of a School of Renewable Energy Science in their Polytechnic.

Research Interest

Semiconductor Materials and Devices