1. Avanish Pratap Singh, Ph.D. (Curriculum Vitae) Page 1 of 4
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Thesis title: Electrical and optical properties of conducting polymers for application in EMI
shielding) in Physics, Delhi University, India; (Awarded: May 2015)
M.Sc. in Physics with first division, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India; (2007)
B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics with first division, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India; (2005)
EXPERIENCE
Bhagini Nivedita College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Assistant Professor (ad-hoc) in department of physics (9th
August 2014 ‒ continue)
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India
Senior project fellow in Material physiocs and Engineering Devision (12th
February 2013 ‒ 8th
August
2014)
Shivaji College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India
Assistant Professor (ad-hoc) in department of physics (21 August 2010 ‒ 6 December 2012)
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi, India
Project Assistant in Material physics and Engineering Devision (18 March 2008 ‒ 20 August 2010)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Carbon Based Materials (Graphene, Carbon Nanofibers, Nanotubes, Nanostructured)
Polymer based composites (Polyaniline, Polypyrrole, PEDOT)
Nanostructures (Ferrite Nanoparticles, Nanocomposites, Nanostructured, Hybrid structure)
KEY SKILLS
 Excellent knowledge of measurements techniques and equipment, in particular UV- Visible
spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Thermogravimetric analysis, Differential
scanning calorimetry & XRD, Four-probe conductivity measurement, Vector Network Analyzer
(VNA) for microwave shielding Properties.
 Expert in synthesis of graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, ferrites (Fe3O4, γ-Fe2O3, ferrofluid) and
various conducting polymers such as polyaniline, polypyrrole
 Excellent problem-solver, with a record and achievements in innovative research and skills in
problem solving.
 Strong communication and presentation skills (oral and written).
 Ability to manage own time and to work as part of an interdisciplinary project team.
RECOGNITION
Feb 2013: “ARYABHATTA SAMMAN -2013” has been awarded by Vigyan Bharti
(Swadeshi Science Movement of India), New Delhi for research work on presenting
best innovations/quality product
Oct 2011: Article cited by “Nature India” as shield against polluting radiation
June 2008: CSIR-NET (National fellowship), Govt. Of India; in Physical Sciences
BOOK CHAPTERS
1. Avanish Pratap Singh, Monika Mishra, S.K. Dhawan: Conducting Multiphase Magnetic Nanocomposites for
Microwave Shielding Application. Nanomagnetism, e-book edited by Professor Julian Maria Gonzalez
Estevez, 02/2015: chapter Conducting Multiphase Magnetic Nanocomposites for Microwave
Shielding Application: pages 246-277; One Central Press UK., ISBN: ISBN (eBook): 9781910086056
Dr. Avanish Pratap Singh Rajput
avanishpratap@gmail.com Tel: +91 11 45609401 (O); Fax: +91 11 25726938 (O)
23, SRSA, NPL Colony, New Rajinder Nagar, ND - 110060.; Tel: +91 8588819244 (H)
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http://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=bL64zHUAAAAJ&hl=en

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REFEREED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Total # of Papers: 34
(Includes 1 Book Chapters)
Total # of Citations: ~305 with an H-index of 9 and i10-index 9 (Google Scholar)
(Includes Citation Numbers for Some Highly Cited Papers *)
Publications include three in Carbon (Impact Factor: 6.16), one in Nanotechnology(Impact Factor:
3.67), one in AIP Advances (Impact Factor: 1.4), six in Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Impact
Factor: 6.62), one in Journal of Materials Chemistry C (Impact Factor: 6.62), one in Dalton
Transanctions (Impact factor: 4.09), one in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (Impact factor:
4.19), eight in RSC Advances (Impact Factor: 3.70), one in Journal of Alloys and Compounds
(Impact Factor: 2.72), two in Materials Chemistry and Physics (Impact Factor: 2.12)
2015
[34]. Avanish Pratap Singh, Monika Mishra, Daniel P. Hashim, T.N. Narayanan, Myung Gwan Hahm, Pawan Kumar,
Jaya Dwivedi, Garima Kedawat, Ankit Gupta, Bhanu Pratap Singh, Amita Chandra, Robert Vajtai, S.K. Dhawan,
Pulickel M. Ajayan, Bipin Kumar Gupta. Probing the engineered sandwich network of vertically aligned carbon
nanotube-reduced graphene oxide composites for high performance electromagnetic interference shielding applications
Carbon 2015;85:79-88. (ISSN: 0008-6223) (I.F. 6.16)
[33] Seema Joona, Rakesh Kumara, Avanish Pratap Singh, Rajni Shukla, S. K. Dhawan
Lightweight and solution processible thin sheets of poly (o-toluidine)-carbon fiber-novolac composite for
EMI shielding RSC Advances. 2015. (ISSN: 2046-2069) (I.F. 3.7)Accepted Manuscript
[32] Microwave shielding properties of Co/Ni decorated single walled carbon nanotubes
B. P. singh, Devendra Kumar Saket, Avanish Pratap Singh, Santwana Pati, Tejendra Kumar Gupta, Vidya
Nand Singh, Sanjay R Dhakate, Dhawan SK, Ravinder K Kotnala and Rakesh Behari Mathur Journal of
Materials Chemistry A (ISSN: 1944-8244), 2015, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C5TA02381E,
[31] EM shielding effectiveness of Pd-CNTs-Cu nanocomposite buckypaper ,Anil Kumar, Avanish Pratap
Singh, Saroj Kumari, Avanish Kumar Srivastava, Sivaiah Bathula, SK Dhawan, P.K. Dutta and Ajay Dhar
Journal of Materials Chemistry A (ISSN: 1944-8244), 2015, Accepted Manuscript
DOI: 10.1039/C4TA05749J,
[30] Poly (o-anisidine)-carbon fiber based composites as an introductory material for EMI shielding
Rakesh Kumar1,2,3, Seema Joon1,3, Avanish Pratap Singh, B. P. Singh2, S. K. Dhawan1* Advaned
materials letter Accepted Manuscript
[29]. Farukh M, Avanish Pratap Singh, Dhawan SK. Enhanced electromagnetic shielding behavior of
multi-walled carbon nanotube entrenched poly (3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) nanocomposites. Composites
Science and Technology. 2015;114(0):94-102. . (ISSN: 0266-3538)
[28]. Sambyal P, Singh AP, Verma M, Gupta A, Singh BP, Dhawan S. Designing of
MWCNT/Ferrofluid/Flyash multiphase composite as safeguard for electromagnetic radiation. (ISSN: 0976-
3961)
[27]. Joon S, Kumar R, Avanish Pratap Singh, Shukla R, Dhawan SK. 2015 Fabrication and microwave
shielding properties of free standing polyaniline-carbon fiber thin sheets. Materials Chemistry and
Physics. (0). (ISSN: 0254-0584)
[26]. Ishpal Rawal, O. S. Panwar, R. K. Tripathi, Avanish Pratap Singh, S. K. Dhawan, A. K. Srivastava
Effect of helium gas pressure on dc conduction mechanism andEMI shielding properties of nanocrystalline
carbon thin films
Materials Chemistry and Physics 03/2015; · 2.13 Impact Factor . (ISSN: 0254-0584)
[25]. Mishra S, S AK, Avanish Pratap Singh, Nigam AC. Conformally Polyaniline Coated Multiwalled
Carbon Nanotubes: Synthesis and Characterization. Indian Journal of Applied Research. 2015;5(5):19-
23. (ISSN: 2249-555X) Impact factor 3.6241
[24]. Rakesh Kumar, Seema Joon, Avanish Pratap Singh, B P Singh, S K Dhawan 2015Self-Supported
Lightweight Polyaniline Thin Sheets for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding with Improved Thermal
and Mechanical Properties, American Journal of Polymer Science. 11/2015; 2015(51A):28-39. (ISSN:
2163-1352)

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[23]. Tripathi P, Prakash Patel CR, Dixit A, Avanish Pratap Singh, Kumar P, Shaz MA, et al. High yield
synthesis of electrolyte heating assisted electrochemically exfoliated graphene for electromagnetic
interference shielding applications. RSC Advances. 2015;5(25):19074-81. (ISSN: 2046-2069) (I.F. 3.7)
[22] Verma, M., Avanish Pratap Singh, Sambyal, P., Singh, B. P., Dhawan S K, and Choudhary, V., 2015,
Barium ferrite decorated reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite for effective electromagnetic interference
shielding: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 17 (3), 1610-1618 (ISSN: 1463-9076) (I.F. 4.19)
[21] Reshi HA, Avanish Pratap Singh, Pillai S, Yadav RS, Dhawan SK, Shelke V. 2015 Nanostructured
La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 compound for effective Electromagnetic Interference shielding in X-band frequency range.
Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 3 (4), 820-827. (ISSN: 2050-7526) (Citation: 0) (I.F. 6.62)
2014
[20]. Avanish Pratap Singh, Mishra M, Sambyal P, Gupta B K, Singh B P, Chandra A and Dhawan S K
2014 Encapsulation of γ-Fe2O3 decorated reduced graphene oxide in polyaniline core-shell tubes as an
exceptional tracker for electromagnetic environmental pollution Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2
3581-93 (ISSN: 1944-8244) (Citation: 12) (I.F. 6.62)
[19] Gupta, A., Avanish Pratap Singh, Varshney, S., Agrawal, N., Sambyal, P., Singh, B. P., Pandey, Y.,
Singh, V. N., Gupta, B. K., and Dhawan, S. K., 2014, New Insight into Shape-Controlled Synthesis and
microwave shielding properties of iron oxide covered with reduced graphene oxide: RSC Advances.
2014;4(107):62413-22 (ISSN: 2046-2069) (I.F. 3.7)
[18]. Kumar A, Avanish Pratap Singh, Kumari S, Dutta P K, Sk D and Dhar A 2014 Polyaromatic
hydrocarbon based carbon copper composites for suppression of electromagnetic pollution Journal of
Materials Chemistry A 2 16632-16639 (ISSN: 1944-8244) (I.F. 6.62)
[17]. Mishra M, Avanish Pratap Singh, Singh B P, Singh V N and Dhawan S K 2014 Conducting
Ferrofluid: A High-performance Microwave Shielding Material Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2
13159-13168 (ISSN: 1944-8244) (Citation: 3) (I.F. 6.62)
[16]. Kumar M, Pasha SK, Shibin Krishna TC, Avanish Pratap Singh, Kumar P, Gupta BK, et al. Facile
synthesis and photoluminescence spectroscopy of 3D-triangular GaN nano prism islands. Dalton
Transactions. 2014 43 11855-11861. (ISSN: 1477-9234) (I.F. 4.09)
[15]. Teotia S, Singh B P, Elizabeth I, Singh V N, Raman R, Avanish Pratap Singh, kumar g, Dhawan S K,
Srivastava A and Mathur R B 2014 Multifunctional, Robust, Light Weight, Free Standing MWCNT/
Phenolic Composite Paper as Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries and EMI Shielding Material RSC Advances
4 33168-33174 (ISSN: 2046-2069) (I.F. 3.7)
[14]. Mishra M, Avanish Pratap Singh, Singh B P and Dhawan S K 2014 Performance of a
nanoarchitectured tin oxide@reduced graphene oxide composite as a shield against electromagnetic
polluting radiation RSC Advances 4 25904-11 (ISSN: 2046-2069) (Citation: 2) (I.F. 3.7)
[13]. Mishra M, Avanish Pratap Singh, Sambyal P, Teotia S and Dhawan S K 2014 Facile synthesis of
phenolic resin sheets consisting expanded graphite/γ-Fe2O3/SiO2 composite and its enhanced
electromagnetic interference shielding properties Indian Journal of Pure & Applied Physics 52 478-85
(ISSN: 0975-1041) (I.F. 0.8)
[12]. Kumari S, Kumar A, Avanish Pratap Singh, Garg M, Dutta P K, Dhawan S K and Mathur R B 2014
Cu-Ni alloy decorated graphite layers for EMI suppression RSC Advances 4, 23202-23209 (ISSN: 2046-
2069) (I.F. 3.7)
[11]. Kumar R, Avanish Pratap Singh, Chand M, Pant RP, Kotnala RK, Dhawan SK, et al. Improved
microwave absorption in lightweight resin-based carbon foam by decorating with magnetic and dielectric
nanoparticles. RSC Advances 2014;4(45):23476-84. (ISSN: 2046-2069) (I.F. 3.7)
[10]. Sambyal P, Avanish Pratap Singh, Verma M, Farukh M, Singh B P and Dhawan S K 2014 Tailored
polyaniline/barium strontium titanate/expanded graphite multiphase composite for efficient radar
absorption RSC Advances 4 12614-24 (ISSN: 2046-2069) (Citation: 8) (I.F. 3.7)
[9]. Gupta T K, Singh B P, Singh V N, Teotia S, Avanish Pratap Singh, Elizabeth I, Dhakate S R, Dhawan
S K and Mathur R B 2014 MnO2 decorated graphene nanoribbons with superior permittivity and excellent
microwave shielding properties Journal of Materials Chemistry A 2 4256-63 (ISSN: 1944-8244)
(Citation: 5) (I.F. 6.6)
2013

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[8]. Avanish Pratap Singh, Gupta B K, Mishra M, Govind, Chandra A, Mathur R B and Dhawan S K 2013
Multiwalled carbon nanotube/cement composites with exceptional electromagnetic interference shielding
properties Carbon 56 86‒96 (ISSN: 0008-6223) (Citation: 22)
[7]. Ashokkumar M, Narayanan N T, Gupta B K, Reddy A L M, Avanish Pratap Singh, Dhawan S K,
Chandrasekaran B, Rawat D, Talapatra S, Ajayan P M and Thanikaivelan P 2013 Conversion of Industrial
Bio-Waste into Useful Nanomaterials ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 1 619-26 (ISSN:
2168-0485) (Citation: 2)
[6]. Mishra M, Avanish Pratap Singh and Dhawan S K 2013 Expanded graphite-nanoferrite-fly ash
composites for shielding of electromagnetic pollution Journal of Alloys and Compounds 557 244-51
(ISSN: 0925-8388) (Citation: 10) (I.F. 2.7)
[5]. Mishra M, Avanish Pratap Singh and Dhawan S 2013 Utilization of Fly Ash-A Waste Byproduct of
Coal for Shielding Application J. Environ. Nanotechnol 2 74-82 (ISSN:2279-0748)
2012
[4]. Avanish Pratap Singh, Garg P, Alam F, Singh K, Mathur R B, Tandon R P, Chandra A and Dhawan S
K 2012 Phenolic resin-based composite sheets filled with mixtures of reduced graphene oxide, γ-Fe2O3 and
carbon fibers for excellent electromagnetic interference shielding in the X-band Carbon 50 3868‒75
(ISSN: 0008-6223) (Citation: 43) (I.F. 6.16)
[3]. Anoop Kumar S, Avanish Pratap Singh, Saini P, Khatoon F and Dhawan S K 2012 Synthesis, charge
transport studies, and microwave shielding behavior of nanocomposites of polyaniline with Ti-doped γ-
Fe2O3 Journal of Material Science 47 2461-71 (ISSN: 1573-4803) (Citation: 10) (I.F. 2.1)
2011
[2]. Avanish Pratap Singh, Mishra M, Chandra A and Dhawan S K 2011
Graphene oxide/ferrofluid/cement composites for electromagnetic
interference shielding application Nanotechnology 22 465701 (Citation: 34)
Cited by Nature India DOI:10.1038/nindia.2011.161; Cited by Down to Earth
December 31, 2011. (ISSN: 1361-6528) (I.F. 3.68)
[1]. Avanish Pratap Singh, S. A K, Amita Chandra and Dhawan S K.2011
Conduction mechanism in Polyaniline-flyash composite material for
shielding against electromagnetic radiation in X-band & Ku band Aip
Advances 1 022147 (ISSN: 2158-3226) (Citation: 18) (I.F. 1.7)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: June, 30, 1986
Nationality: Indian
Gender: Male
Marital status: Married (Spouse; Dr. Monika Mishra)
God gift: Two babygirl
REFERENCES
Reference I Reference II Reference III
Dr. S. K. Dhawan, Ph.D.
Scientist ‒ G
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory,
New Delhi ‒ 110012
+91 9810620202 (M)
Dr. Bipin Kumar Gupta, Ph.D
Senior scientist
CSIR-National Physical Laboratory,
New Delhi ‒ 110012
+91 9891740533 (M)
Dr. Amita Chandra, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Physics
University of Delhi, Delhi
+91 9810727849 (M)
Email: skdhawan@mail.nplindia.org Email: bipinbhu@yahoo.com Email: amitach1@yahoo.com
Place: New Delhi
Date: June 6, 2015 (Avanish Pratap Singh Rajput)