Curriculum Vitae

Dr Manish Taunk
Mobile: +91 9418259479. E-mail: [email protected]

Career Objective
Seeking an opportunity in a prestigious institution, to utilize my knowledge, skills and abilities in the
area of teaching and research that offers professional growth for overall development.

Education
PhD in Physics National Institute of Technology (NIT) Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh,
(2006-2011, awarded 2012) India. Supervisor: Dr. Subhash Chand
Thesis Title: Chemical Synthesis, Characterization and Electrical Transport Studies of
Polypyrrole Powder and Films over Wide Range of Temperature.

M. Sc. in Physics Gurukula Kangri University Haridwar, Uttarakhand.

(2002-2004) First Division with 71.5% marks.
B. Sc. (PCM) Himachal Pradesh University (HPU) Shimla, HP.
(1999-2002)

Experience (Teaching Experience: 10 Years and 3 months)

Associate Professor: Department of Physics, IEC University Himachal Pradesh, India.
(August 2021 – Present).
Assistant Professor: Department of Physics, Indus International University (IIU) Una HP,
India. (1stAug 2011 – 31st Jul 2021).
Started M.Sc, M.Phil and Ph.D. programmes in the Department of Physics at Indus International
University and developed curriculum and laboratories for the same.
Courses Taught: Engineering Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Electronics, Physics of
Semiconductor Devices, Atomic & Molecular Physics and Science &
Technology of thin films.
Controller of Examinations: Worked as Controller of Examinations at Indus International University
from 1st Jan 2019 to 31 July 2021. (2 years 7 months).
Research Publications
Sr. No. Research Publications Nos.
1. Publications in international peer-reviewed SCI journals. 12+1*
2. Presentations in international conferences 9
3. Presentations in national conferences 8
Total Citations 161
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-0679-9442 h-index = 7 i10-index = 7
Google Scholar Link: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=a0cobpMAAAAJ&hl=en
*Papers under Review/ submission. (For details please see list of Publications, Annexure-I)

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Research Degrees (Thesis) Guided
Sr. Program Name of Scholar Title of thesis Date of Supervisor(s)
No (Reg. No.) Award
me
1 Ph.D. Narinder Singh Synthesis and Characterizations of 6th January. Dr Manish
(Physics) (Reg No. 16182) CuS & CuI Nanoparticles and their 2021. Taunk
Nanocomposites with Polypyrrole.
2 M.Phil. Deshpriya Sonochemical synthesis and 1st February Dr Manish
(Physics) (Reg No. 17501) characterization of cupric oxide 2020. Taunk
nanoparticles
3 Ph.D. Presently two Research Scholars are enrolled for PhD under my guidance.
(Physics)

Research Interests
 Synthesis of organic and inorganic nanomaterials and their Polymeric nanocomposites.
 Study of nanomaterials to explore their structural, morphological, optical and electronic
properties for respective applications.
 Electrical transport studies in electronic materials & devices over a wide range of temperatures.

Technical skills (Hands on experience)

Working experience in fabrication & characterization techniques using:
 Thin-film (organic materials & metals) deposition by vacuum coating using e-beam, sputtering,
thermal evaporation, vapour phase polymerization and spin coating.
 Material and device characterizations using impedance analyser (Wayne Kerr model) and
Current-voltage methods (Keithley: source meter, electrometer, nano-voltmeter and pico-
ammeter).
 Closed cycle Helium cryostat (temperature range: 5-320K) for electrical transport
measurements (Janis Research, Oxford instruments and LakeShore model).
 Spectrophotometers (UV-VIS, FTIR).
 Hall Measurement setup (temperature range: 5-320K) Oxford instruments.
 Nanomaterial synthesis using chemical methods such as sonochemical, co-precipitation, etc.

Awards
 Best poster award in XVI International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices
(IWPSD 2011) held at IIT Kanpur in December 2011.
 Award of honour for contribution toward community service in the celebration of the 50th
community service programme (CSP-50) at NIT Hamirpur.
Membership of Professional Bodies
 Life Member of the Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), LMB-1808.
 Life Member of the Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA), L-37863.
 Full membership (complimentary) of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS) USA.
Refresher Courses / FDP Attended
 Completed a two weeks’ short term training programme on “Outcome Based Curriculum –
Design and Implementation” organized by NITTTR Kolkata, during 02/8/2021 to 13/8/2021.
 Participated in the FDP on “Advanced Materials on New Generation of Nanoelectronic Devices
(AMND-2021)” organized by School of Electronics Engineering and Centre for
Nanoelectronics and VLSI Design, VIT Chennai during 05/2/2021 to 8/2/2021.
 Participated in the one-week online workshop on “Skill Enhancement and Capacity Building
for Non-Teaching and Teaching Staff” organized by Teaching Learning Centre Ramanujan
College, University of Delhi under the aegis of Ministry of Education, PMMMNMTT scheme
from22nd Jan to 28th Jan 2021.
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  Participated in the TEQIP-III Sponsored, one-week FDP on “Advancements in Green and
Sustainable Energy” organized by Rajasthan Technical University and VIT
Jaipurfrom26/12/2020 to 30/12/2020.
 Participated in the MHRD sponsored, two weeks FDP on “Managing online classes and co-
creating MOOCs” organized by Ramanujan College, University of Delhi under PMMMNMTT
scheme of MHRD during 18th May to 5th June 2020.
 Completed the online course “Career Edge – Knockdown the Lockdown” offered by TCS ION
digital learning hub from 11/5/2020 to 29/5/2020.
 Completed the ten weeks’ long online course on “Learning Physics Through Simple
Experiments” offered by CCE, IIT Kanpur from 2/4/2020 to 10/6/2020.
 Participated in the62ndREFRESHER COURSE on “Experimental Physics” organized by the
Indian Academy of Sciences, INSA and NASI at the Indian Institute of Science Education &
Research (IISER) Mohali during 8th - 23rd July 2014.
 Participated in the AICTE recognized one-week Short Term Course on “Effective Teaching”
from 24th-28thJanuary 2012 conducted by NITTTR Chandigarh.
Conferences / STC Organized
 Organized an online National Conference on “Recent Trends of Innovation in Basic & Applied
Sciences (NCRTIBAS-2021)” at IEC University HP on 22nd October 2021.
 Organized an ICT based short term course on “Optical Fiber Communication” in association
with NITTTR Chandigarh at Indus International University Una from 22nd–26th Sept. 2014.

Online certification courses completed through edX

 “Introduction to Graphene Science and Technology” offered by Chalmers University of
Technology Sweden.
 “Fundamentals of Nanoelectronics” offered by Purdue University USA.
 “Organic Electronic Devices” offered by Purdue University USA.
 “Electricity & Magnetism” offered by Rice University USA.

Research Reviewer
 Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry (Elsevier Journal).
 Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing (Elsevier Journal).
 Materials Chemistry & Physics (Elsevier Journal).
Computer Proficiency
Proficiency in scientific Softwares: MS Office (word, excel & PowerPoint), MATLAB, Chemdraw and
Origin.

Personal Details
Name Dr MANISH TAUNK
Father’s Name Sh. PAWAN KUMAR
Date of Birth 25th May 1982.
Languages Known English, Hindi & Punjabi.
Permanent Address Village Darang, P.O. & Tehsil Jawalamukhi,
District Kangra, HP - 176031. India.

I hereby declare that the information provided above is true to the best of my knowledge.

Dated: 12th Nov 2021. Dr. Manish Taunk

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 Annexure-I
List of Publications
*Communications in international peer-reviewed journals

1. “A Facile and Green Chemical Synthesis, Microstructural studies and Electrical Properties of CuS
Nanoparticles and PPy/CuS Hybrid Nanocomposites” by Narinder Singh and Manish Taunk.
Communicated.
2. “Investigations of structural and Optical properties of Cupric Oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized by Facile
in-situ Sonochemical method” by Manish Taunk. Communicated.

*Book Chapters under preparation

1. A book chapter on “Metal oxides in Transparent Electronics” is under preparation for an Elsevier book.

Publications in international peer reviewed SCI journals (12)

1. Narinder Singh, Subhash Chand and Manish Taunk* “Facile in-situ Synthesis, Microstructural,
Morphological and Electrical Transport properties of Polypyrrole-Cuprous Iodide Hybrid
Nanocomposites” in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, vol. 303, 122501, 2021. (IF: 3.498). ISSN: 0022-
4596.
2. Narinder Singh and Manish Taunk* “In-situ chemical synthesis, microstructural, morphological and
charge transport studies of polypyrrole-CuS hybrid nanocomposites” in Journal of Inorganic and
Organometallic Polymers and Materials, vol. 31, 437-445, 2021, DOI:10.1007/s10904-020-01747-8 (IF:
3.543), ISSN: 1574-1451.
3. Narinder Singh and Manish Taunk* "Effect of surfactants on the structural and luminescence properties
of γ-CuI nanocrystals synthesized by facile sonochemical method" in ChemistrySelect vol. 5 (39), 12236-
12242, 2020. (IF: 2.109). ISSN: 2365-6549. DOI: 10.1002/slct.202002777.
4. Narinder Singh and Manish Taunk* “Structural, Optical, and Electrical Studies of Sonochemically
Synthesized CuS Nanoparticles” in Semiconductors, vol. 54, (9)1016-1022, 2020 (IF: 0.691). ISSN:
10637826.
5. Manish Taunk* and Subhash Chand “Chemical synthesis and charge transport mechanism in solution-
processed flexible polypyrrole films” in Materials Science & Semiconductor Processing, vol. 39, 659-
664, 2015 (IF: 3.927) ISSN: 1369-8001.
6. Manish Taunk* and Subhash Chand “Bias and temperature dependent charge transport in flexible
polypyrrole devices” in Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 115, 074507, 2014 (IF: 2.546), ISSN: 0021-
8979.
7. Manish Taunk*, Atul Kapil and Subhash Chand “Chemical synthesis and low temperature electrical
transport in polypyrrole doped with sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate” in Journal of Materials
Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 22, 136-142, 2011 (IF: 2.220), ISSN: 0957-4522.
8. Manish Taunk*, Atul Kapil and Subhash Chand “Hopping and tunneling transport over a wide
temperature range in chemically synthesized doped and undoped polypyrrole” in Solid State
Communications, vol. 150, 1766-1769, 2010 (IF: 1.804), ISSN: 0038-1098.
9. Atul Kapil, Manish Taunk and Subhash Chand* “Preparation and charge transport studies of chemically
synthesized polyaniline” in Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol. 21, 399-404,
2010 (IF: 2.220).
10. Atul Kapil, Manish Taunk and Subhash Chand* “Preparation and characterization of chemically
synthesized poly(N-methylaniline)” in Synthetic Metals, vol. 159, 1267-1271, 2009 (IF: 3.266),
ISSN: 0379-6779.
11. Atul Kapil, Manish Taunk and Subhash Chand* “Low Temperature Charge Transport Study in p-
Toluenesulfonic Acid Doped Polyaniline” in Asian Journal of Chemistry, vol. 21, s138-142, 2009 (IF:
0.33) ISSN: 0970-7077.
12. Manish Taunk*, Atul Kapil and Subhash Chand “Synthesis and Electrical Characterization of Self-
Supported Conducting Polypyrrole-Poly(vinylidene fluoride) Composite Films” in The Open
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 Macromolecules Journal, vol. 2, 74-79, 2008, ISSN 1874-3439.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1874343900802010074.

Publications in international Peer-reviewed conference proceedings: (4)

13. “Variable Range Hopping Transport in Polypyrrole Composite Films” by Manish Taunk and Subhash
Chand as a book chapter in Physics of Semiconductor Devices, Springer international publishing 2014.
14. “Silver-Polypyrrole-Silver structure fabrication and characterization over wide temperature” by Manish
Taunk and Subhash Chand. SPIE Proceedings, vol. 8549, 85934, 2012. DOI: 10.1117/12.927360.
15. “Low Temperature Charge Transport Study in Polypyrrole” by Manish Taunk and Subhash Chand. AIP
Conference Proceedings, vol. 1393, 265-266, 2011.
16. “Electrical Transport Over Wide Temperature Range in Doped and Undoped Polypyrrole” by Manish
Taunk and Subhash Chand. AIP Conference Proceedings, vol. 1313, 256-258, 2010.

Paper presentations in international conferences (09)

1. Paper entitled “Effect of Ascorbic acid on the size of CuS nanoparticles” by Narinder Singh & Manish Taunk was
published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics in space & Applied Sciences
(ICMSAS 2019) held at Govt. College Hamirpur in November 2019.
2. Paper entitled “Variable Range Hopping Transport in Polypyrrole Composite Films” by Manish Taunk&Subhash
Chand was published in the proceedings of XVII International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices
(IWPSD 2013) held at AMITY University in December 2013.
3. Paper entitled “Silver-Polypyrrole-Silver Structure fabrication and characterization over wide range of Temperature”
by Manish Taunk&Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of XVI International Workshop on the Physics
of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2011) held at IIT Kanpur in December 2011.
4. Paper entitled “Low Temperature Charge Transport Study in Polypyrrole” by Manish Taunk&Subhash Chand was
published in the proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Condensed & Nanomaterials
(ICACNM-2011) held at Panjab University Chandigarh in February 2011.
5. Paper entitled “Electrical Transport Over Wide Temperature Range in Doped and UndopedPolypyrrole” by Manish
Taunk&Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of DAE-BRNS International Conference on Physics of
Emerging Functional Materials (PEFM-2010) held at BARC Bombay in September 2010.
6. Paper entitled “Morphology and Temperature Dependent Electrical Conductivity of Chemically Synthesized
Polypyrrole” by Manish Taunk, Amit Verma&Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of the International
Conference on Advances in Electron Microscopy and Related Techniques (EMSI-2010) held at BARC Bombay in
March 2010.
7. Paper entitled “Electronic Transport Properties in Chemically Synthesized and Doped Polypyrrole at Low
Temperature” by Manish Taunk&Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of the International Conference
on Recent Trends in Materials and Characterization (RETMAC 2010) held at NIT Surthkal in February 2010.
8. Paper entitled “Chemical Synthesis and Electrical Transport Properties of Polypyrrole Doped with Sodium bis(2-
ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate” by Manish Taunk&Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of XV
International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD 2009) held at JMI New Delhi in
December 2009.
9. Paper entitled “Temperature dependent electrical conductivity of self-supported polypyrrole composite films” by
Manish Taunk&Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of International conference in Multifunctional
Oxide Materials (ICMOM 2009) held at Himachal Pradesh University Shimla in April 2009.

Paper presentations in national conferences (06)

1. Paper entitled “Metal-Insulator transition in free-standing Polypyrrole composite films” by Manish Taunk &
Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advances in Condensed
Matter Physics (RACMP-2013) held at NIT Hamirpur during 1-2 June 2013.
2. Paper entitled “Chemical Synthesis and Study of Electrical Conductivity Over Wide Temperature Range in Doped
and Undoped Polypyrrole” by Manish Taunk & Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of the National
Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Technology (APST-2010) held at NIT Hamirpur in October 2010.
3. Paper entitled “Chemical synthesis of semiconducting Polypyrrole in the presence of Phosphoric acid” by Manish
Taunk, Manoj Kumar & Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of the National Conference on Emerging
Prospectives and Sustainable Developments in Physics (EPSDP-2009) held at DAV College Abohar in November
2009.

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 4. Paper entitled “Electronic transport properties in polypyrrole composite films at low temperature” by Manish Taunk
& Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of the National Conference on Recent Advanced in Condensed
Matter Physics (RACMP-2009) held at NIT Hamirpur in May 2009.
5. Paper entitled “Preparation and electrical conductivity of self-supported polypyrrole composite films” by Manish
Taunk & Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of national Conference on Semiconductor Materials &
Technology (SMT-2008) held at GKV Haridwar in October 2008.
6. Paper entitled “Fabrication and Characterization of Indium Tin Oxide-PTCDA-Aluminium/Silver Junctions” by
Manish Taunk & Subhash Chand was published in the proceedings of national Conference on Recent Advances in
Innovative Materials (RAIM-2008) held at NIT Hamirpur in February 2008.

Conferences/ Workshops attended (12)

1. Participated in the international virtual workshop under Indo-French SPARC scheme of MoE on “Recent
Advances & Applications of Conducting Polymer Nanostructures & Nanocomposites(RA2CPNC)”
organized by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi, India from 23rd to 24thJune2021.
2. Participated in one-day national level workshop on “'Various Aspects of Research Funding, Academic
Writing and Publication Ethics'” organized by Research Cell, Shivaji College University of Delhi, India on
30th Jan 2021.
3. Participated in International Virtual conference on “High-PerformanceMaterials for Energy, Environment
& Healthcare in the Digital Era” organized by Centre for Materials Technology, VIT Vellore, India during
30th June& 1st July 2020.
4. National Seminar on “Nuclear energy for Sustainable growth” by BARC at NIT Hamirpur (March 14,
2014).
5. National workshop on “Bridging Nanoworld Together” organized by Oxford instruments at IISER Mohali
(Nov. 2013).
6. SERC School on “Nano-Optics” organized by IIT Bombay & NIT Hamirpur (Sept. 13- Oct. 1, 2010).
7. National Workshop on “VLSI & Communication Systems” organized by NIT Hamirpur (June 5-6, 2008).
8. National conference on “National Conference of Emerging Trends in Engineering Materials” organized by
School of Physics & Materials Science, Thapar University, Patiala (February 1-3, 2007).
9. International Workshop on “International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD-
2007)” organized by Tata Institute of Fundamental Research & IIT Bombay (December 16-20, 2007).
10. National symposium on “Nanomaterials Design: Bridging Nanolength Scale (NSNMD-2007)” organized
by Department of Physics, NIT Hamirpur (November 17th, 2007).
11. National Workshop on “Environmental Hazards” organized by Department of Applied Sciences &
Humanities, NIT Hamirpur (July 9-13, 2007).
12. Awareness workshop on “The facilities of UGC-DAE consortium for scientific research” organized by
Department of Physics, Kurukshetra University (December 4-5, 2006).

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