Dr Ravindra Kumar Gupta

Academic Qualifications (All from Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India)

^† Thesis Title: Studies on Electrical Properties and Battery Characteristics of Some Composite Electrolytes   

        https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/handle/10603/43524

Advisor: Prof. Rakesh Chandra Agrawal (School of Studies in Physics, Pt. R. S. Univ., Raipur), a PhD student of Late Prof. Suresh Chandra, BHU, India

^‡ Dissertation Topic: Sensitization effect in the photoconductivity of ZnO

Advisor: Prof. Shashi Bhusan (School of Studies in Physics, Pt. R. S. Univ., Raipur).

Employment (27.5 years)

UAEU-AUA Joint-Research Project awarded to Dr. Na’il Saleh Ibrahim from the UAE University, UAE (PI) and me as a Co-I; Efficient Solar Energy Conversion using Encapsulated Organic Dyes. Project Code 12R025, February 1, 2021 - January 31, 2023.

National Plan for Science, Technology and Innovation (NPST), King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia awarded to me as a PI and Dr Idriss Bedja and Dr Abdullah Aldwayyan as Co-I; Towards all-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells using Co(II/III) redox couple-based solid polymer electrolytes. Project code 13-ENE886-2. March 1, 2020 - February 28, 2023. 

Department of Science & Technology (DST), New Delhi, India (Fast-track Young Scientist Project) awarded to me as a Scientist; “Li⁺ ion conducting polymer electrolyte batteries”; May’ 2003–May’ 2006 (Withdrawn). 

Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), New Delhi, India awarded to me as a Research Associate; Ag⁺-based solid electrolytes for battery application; Oct.’1997–Nov.’2001. 

As a Co-Investigator/ Research Professor/ Scientist/ Postdoctoral Fellow/ Project Assistant with Prof. Hee-Woo Rhee, Sogang Univ, Seoul, Korea; Prof. Chin Myung Whang, Inha Univ., Incheon, Korea; Prof. Y. S. Cho, Yonsei Univ., Seoul, Korea; Lithium Power Technologies, Inc., Manvel, USA; Prof. Rakesh C. Agrawal, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla Univ., Raipur, India.

• Life member, Materials Research Society of India, No. LMB396

Achieved Best Oral Presentation Award for paper entitled “Photovoltaic Properties of Solid Co(II/III) Redox Mediators [(1-x)Succinonitrile: xPEO]-Co(bpy)₃(TFSI)₂-Co(bpy)₃(TFSI)₃-LiTFSI, Where x = 0, 0.5, and 1 in Weight Fraction”, presented at 5^th Int. Conf. on Condensed Matter & Applied Physics (ICC-2025), Bikaner Technical University, Bikaner, India, Dec. 12-15, 2025.

• Achieved Best Poster Award for paper entitled “XRD Analysis of Sol-Gel Derived Novel SOFC Perovskite Cathode: (La_0.9Sr_0.1) (Cr_0.85Co_0.05Fe_0.05Ni_0.05)O₃”, R.K. Gupta and C.M. Whang, presented at the Mater. Res. Soc., Korea, Spring Symp. May 19-20, 2006, Jinju, Korea.
• Achieved Best Paper Award for paper entitled “Sol-Gel Synthesis and Structural Study on novel IT-SOFC Perovskite Cathode: (La_1-xSr_x) (Cr_0.85Co_0.05Fe_0.05Ni_0.05)O₃”, R.K. Gupta and C.M. Whang, presented at the IUMRS-ICA-2006, Sept. 10-14, 2006, Jeju, Korea. 
• Achieved Best Poster Award for paper entitled “Phase evolution, structure, oxygen stoichiometry, micro-structure and electrical property of perovskite-type cathodes, (La_0.75Sr_0.25)(Mn_0.95-xM_xNi_0.05)O_3+δ, where x = 0.1 - 0.3 mole, and M = Fe or Co”, R.K. Gupta, presented at the Yonsei University Brain Korea Seminar, Jan. 15, 2008, Seoul, Korea.

• Passed Diploma in Computer Programming (Part-time) from the Pandit Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur, India. Diploma awarded, 10 Nov. 1993
• Well acquainted with Windows-based operating systems, MS Office, and various research-based software.