PROFILE



Department of Physics


Dr. Virendra Singh


DESIGNATION:Assistant Professor
QUALIFICATION:Ph.D. Physics
SPECIALISATION:Experimental Physics
EMAIL:virendrasingh[dot]bpp[at]gbpuat[dot]ac[dot]in
CONTACT NO.:+91-9568812378 (M)
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AWARDS / HONOURS

  • Qualified Radiological Safety Officer, awarded by Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, September 2021
  • Topper of MOOC Course ‘Teaching and Learning in General Programmes (TALG), awarded by Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore through SWAYAM portal, August, 2023.
  • Best Research Paper in ‘International Conference on Advances in Science & Technology’ ITM, Dehradun, June 2025
  • UGC-CSIR NET, December 2008

  • Research Areas/ Areas of Interest

  • Energy materials, Nano-composites, Waste valorization, Water Remediation, Glass for radiation shielding, X-Ray fluorescence

  • RESEARCH PROJECT

  • ‘Development of SilverNanowires/ Polypyrrole (AgNWs/Ppy) Composite Electrode for Fabrication of Supercapacitor of High Energy Density’, sanctioned by UCOST, Dehradun, Imlemented: January, 2024 (P.I. of the project)

  • Teaching Experience and Courses Taught

    Teaching Experience: More than 10 years

    UG Courses:

  • Electromagnetic Fields and waves, Analog & Digital Electronics, Control Systems, Modern Physics,Engineering Physics I & II [Physics I & Physics II], Semiconductor Physics, Wave optics and introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Oscillations, waves and optics

  • PG Courses

  • Electronics, Linear and Digital IC II, Electromagnetism, Physics for Agrometerologist, Experimental Physics, Agrometerological Instrumentation, Statistical Physics, Advanced Statistical Physics

  • Selected Research Publications

    1. Adhikari, Himanshu, Arun Kumar, Rajat Kumar Sharma, Virendra Singh, Siddharth Jain, and Akarsh Verma. "Optimizing biochar for heavy metal adsorption: an AI- driven predictive modeling approach with Gamma testing." Biofuels (2026): 1-21.

    2. Singh, Neeraj, Virendra Singh, Neeraj Bisht, Puneet Negi, Archana Dhyani, Rajat Kumar Sharma, and B. S. Tewari. "A comprehensive review on supercapacitors: Basics to recent advancements." Journal of Energy Storage 121 (2025): 116498.

    3. Virendra Singh, Chaitanya Chauhan, Neeraj Singh, Arvind Kumar, Diwakar Padalia, and Shri Ram. "Effect of the Concentration of PVP Capping Agent on Silver Nanowires Synthesized via CuCl2⋅ 2H2O Mediated Polyol Route." Physics of Metals and Metallography 125, no. 13 (2024): 1569-1577.

    4. Rautela, Manish Singh, Virendra Singh, and Neeraj Singh. "Investigating the effect of gamma irradiation on structural and optical properties of (55-x) TeO2-20ZnO- 25B2O3-xEr2O3 radiation shielding glass: influence of Er3+ ions." Radiation Physics and Chemistry 224 (2024): 11207

    5. Basant Kumar Yadav, Virendra Singh, Rajat Gangwar, and Neeraj Bisht. "Study of optical, structural and radiation shielding properties of (55− x) TeO2–20ZnO– 25B2O3–x Er2O3 glass matrix." International Journal of Materials Research 115, no. 4 (2024): 291-302.

    6. Anuj Saraswat, Shri Ram, Rajeew Kumar, Veer Singh, Virendra Singh, Aakash Salar, and Shubham Anil Durgude. "Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan Encapsulated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and its Application in Maize under Zinc Deficit Soil." International Journal of Plant & Soil Science 36 (2024): 393-401.

    7. Virendra Singh, Nidhi Pant, Rajat Kumar Sharma, Diwakar Padalia, Pankaj Singh Rawat, Rabina Goswami, Praveen Singh, Akhilesh Kumar, Prabhakar Bhandari, Alam Tabish, and et al. 2023. "Adsorption Studies of Pb(II) and Cd(II) Heavy Metal Ions from Aqueous Solutions Using a Magnetic Biochar Composite Material" Separations 10, no. 7: 389. https://doi.org/10.3390/separations10070389

    8. Durgude, Shubham A., Shri Ram, Rajeew Kumar, Shiv Vendra Singh, Virendra Singh, Anil G. Durgude, Biswajit Pramanick, Sagar Maitra, Ahmed Gaber, and Akbar Hossain. "Synthesis of Mesoporous Silica and graphene-based FeO and ZnO nanocomposites for nutritional biofortification and sustained the productivity of rice (Oryza sativa L.)." Journal of Nanomaterials 2022 (2022).

    9. Anamika, Virendra Singh and Basant K Yadav, “Adsorption study of Heavy Metals from Aqueous Solutions using Magnetite Nanoparticles” Journal of Physics: Conference Series, IOP Publishing 1504 (2020) 012011.

    10. Harshita Gangwar, Virendra Singh, B. S. Tewari, Himanshu Gupta, L.P.Purohit, “Study of zinc doped tellurite glasses using XRD, UV-Vis and FTIR” Materials Today: Proceedings, 17, 329–337, 2019.

    11. Virendra Singh, G.C. Joshi, Dinesh C. Bisht, “EDXRF Analysis of Soil in the Vicinity of Industrial Areas and Heavy Metal Pollution Assessment” Journal of Applied Spectroscopy, vol. 84 (2), 2017.

    12. Virendra Singh, Diwakar Padalia, Kamal Devlal, “Determination of Cu, Zn, Mn & Fe Metals in Soil Employing the EDXRF & FAAS Techniques and Comparative Study of Results” Journal of Nuclear Physics, Material Sciences, Radiation and Applications, vol. 2, pp 1-9, 2017.

    13. Chanyal, B. C., S. K. Chanyal, Virendra Singh, and A. S. Rawat. "Proca-Maxwell Equations for Dyons with Quaternion." Applied Mathematics 4, no. 1 (2016): 9-15.

    14. Virendra Singh, H.M. Agrawal, “Characterization of the solubility of Aluminum in soil by x-ray diffraction” Analytical Letters, vol. 48, pp. 503-512, 2015.

    15. Virendra Singh, H.M. Agrawal, “Edxrf Analysis Of Soil Samples To Study The Role Of Trace Elements In Optimizing The Yield”, Int. J. Modern Engineering Res., 2 (2012) 1454-1458.

    16. Virendra Singh, H.M. Agrawal, G.C. Joshi, M. Sudarshan and A.K. Sinha, “Elemental profile of agricultural soil by the EDXRF technique and use of the Principal Component Analysis (PCA) method to interpret the complex data”, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 69 (2011) 969–974.

    Other Information

    MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:

    Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists (IANCAS) [LM No.- 1699]

  • Incharge, Biophysics Unit, CBSH, GBPUAT
  • Warden, Shastri Bhawan Hostel, March 2019 to December 2024, GBPUAT
  • Member, P.G. Society, GBPUAT
  • Incharge, Maintenance and repair, CBSH, GBPUAT
  • Member, Extension Program Committee and General Maintenance Committee, CBSH, GBPUAT
  • Incharge RITL, CBSH, December, 2022 to January, 2023, CBSH, GBPUAT

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