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Ashutosh Sharma

Also known as: Ashutosh Sharma IIT Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, University at Buffalo - The State University of New York

ORCID iD 0000-0002-2653-0806
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Ashutosh Sharma is an Institute Chair Professor and coordinator of Nanosciences Center at the Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur. He was Secretary to the Government of India heading its Department of Science and Technology from January 2015 to August 2021. Ashutosh received his PhD from the State University of New York at Buffalo (1987), his MS from the Pennsylvania State University (1984) and B.Tech. from IIT Kanpur (1982). Ashutosh’s research interests are in soft nanotechnology, functional interfaces, micro/nano-mechanics of soft matter, self-organized patterning, colloid and interfacial engineering, carbon MEMS/NEMS in energy, health and environmental applications, wetting, adhesion and thin films, areas in which he has authored over 350 papers with over 19000 citations (H-index: 75; January 2022). He is a recipient of numerous awards including the Infosys Prize, TWAS Science Prize, Bessel Award of the Humboldt Foundation, J. C. Bose Fellowship, Bhatnagar Prize, Homi J. Bhabha Award of UGC, The Syed Husain Zaheer Medal of INSA, Distinguished Alumnus Awards of IITK and SUNY Buffalo, etc. He is an elected Member of Indian National Science Academy, Indian National Academy of Engineering and the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS).

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Institute Chair Professor

Education

  • University at Buffalo - The State University of New York Ph.D.
    1984 - 1987
  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur B. Tech.
    1977 - 1982

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