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Yashowanta Mohapatra

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Indian Institute of Science

ORCID iD 0000-0002-7380-6027
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Dr. Yashowanta N Mohapatra is currently Emeritus Professor of Physics and Materials Science in Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India. His main interests are in Electronic and Photonic Materials, especially inorganic and organic semiconductors for novel applications. He joined IIT Kanpur in 1990 after completing doctoral degree and postdoctoral work at Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. Recently he has been deeply interested in development technologies related to the emerging area of Flexible Electronics, especially development of functional inks, devices and printing processes appropriate for large scale manufacturing of flexible electronics
Prof. Mohapatra has been the Head, Department of Physics, Materials Science Programme at IIT Kanpur, and Coordinator and founding member of Samtel Centre for Display Technologies, IIT Kanpur, a centre devoted to development of Organic Light Emitting Displays and related Organic Electronics. He has been a core member instrumental in setting up National Centre for Flexible Electronics set-up with the help of MeitY, Govt. of India.
He is also deeply interested in pedagogical issues of science education and sociological issues of S&T as a human activity. He also teaches and participates in courses such as Practical Ethics and, Philosophy of Science.

Employment

  • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur Professor
    1990 - Present

Education

  • Indian Institute of Science Ph.D.

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