rajiv k singh

Born in a remote village (Dharampipra near Jagdispur) of the Bhojpur district of Bihar state. Did Schooling from Khrist Raja High School (Bettiah) and Sir G D Patliputra High School (Patna) and passed 11th in 1981 (First Division). Did I. Sc. (1983, First Division) and B. Sc. (Phys. Hons., First Division) and M. Sc. (Physics, First Division) from A N College Patna/ Magadh University (1991), NET/JRF (1992), GATE92, Ph. D. from Physics Department, Banaras Hindu University (2000); Taught for two and a half years at SGR Post Graduate College, Dobhi-Jaunpur as Lecturer in Physics; Working as scientist since 2002 in the National Physical Laboratory-New Delhi. Published more than 100 papers in SCI journals; 4 book chapter reviews, supervised more than 18 M.Sc./M.Tech. work. Till date 10 students have been awarded Ph. D. under my supervision, Currently 6 Ph. D. students are working. Area of Interest: Phase transition and nature of phase separation in perovskite oxides thin films, Magneto-transport in Oxide superlattices, Magnetic Heusler alloy thin films, and quantum electrical metrology.