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Priyadarshini Parida

Priyadarshini Parida
School of Computer Engineering
Faculty Profile

Priyadarshini Parida

Assistant Professor

Physics

Biography and academic profile

Dr. Priyadarshini has completed her Ph.D. from National Institute of Technology Rourkela, with the INSPIRE Fellowship Award from the Department of Science and Technology (Govt. of India). She has also done her Master in Science (Physics) from National Institute of Technology Rourkela. Following her Ph.D., she joined the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India as an Institute Post Doctoral Fellow and worked from 2016 to 2018. Her research interest is on the Condensed Matter Theory and Computational Physics using Density Functional Theory. She is carrying out the research work on the complex oxides, transition metal-metal layers, and chalcopyrite semiconductors. She has joined the KIIT University as an Assistant Professor in the School of Applied Sciences (Physics) on January 1, 2019.

Academic profile

Expertise, contributions
and professional engagement.

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Educational Qualifications

  • 1. Ph.D. (2016) from National Institute of Technology Rourkela,
  • 2. M.Sc. In Physics (2008) from National Institute of Technology Rourkela,
  • 3. B.Sc. (Physics Hons) in 2006 from Sambalpur University, Odisha.
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Awards and Achievements

  • 1. UGC-BSR Research Srart-up Research Grant in July 2021.
  • 2. Institute Post Doctoral Fellow at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India from February 2016 to February 2018.
  • 3. INSPIRE fellowship from Department of Science and Technology, India from January 2011 to December 2014.
  • 4. Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test of Engineering (GATE) 2010 in Physics.
  • 5. Institute Medal on VI-Convocation of National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, for the first rank in M.Sc. (Physics).
  • 6. Second rank in the Sambalpur University, Odisha in B.Sc. (Physics).
  • 7. Best Graduate in Science for the academic year 2003-2006 in S.G.W. College, Rourkela.
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Projects and Collaborations

UGC Start-up Research Grant in 2021, title: ""Exploring the novel quantum states at the interface of spin-orbit coupled active and inactive double perovskites

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