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Vikram Kumar (physicist)

Vikram Kumar (physicist) is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Vikram Kumar (physicist) rather than just read about it. In short: Vikram Kumar is an Indian material physicist, academic and an emeritus fellow of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is a former director of the Sold State Physics Laboratory of IIT Delhi and is known for his studies on semiconductor technology.

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Reference excerpt

Vikram Kumar is an Indian material physicist, academic and an emeritus fellow of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. He is a former director of the Sold State Physics Laboratory of IIT Delhi and is known for his studies on semiconductor technology. He has worked on ultra thin oxide MOS structures, silicon, III-V and II—VI semiconductors which is reported to have assisted in understanding their characterization. The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the apex agency of the Government of India for scientific research, awarded him the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, one of the highest Indian science awards, for his contributions to physical sciences in 1992. He is also a recipient of the Distinguished Materials Scientist of the Year award of the Materials Research Society of India. In 2019, he inaugurated, with colleagues, the Aryabhatt Auditorium at the “Prof. Rajendra Singh (Rajju Bhaiya) Institute of Physical Sciences for Study and Research" at the Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University of Jaunpur.

References

External links "INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON PHYSICS OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES". SES. 29 January 2014. "On ResearchGate". 23 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017. "On Google Scholar". Google Scholar. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Vikram Kumar (physicist)

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Vikram Kumar (physicist) ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Vikram Kumar (physicist)

In research: Vikram Kumar (physicist) appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Vikram Kumar (physicist) in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Vikram Kumar (physicist) is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 20th-century Indian physicists, Academic staff of IIT Delhi, Indian materials scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Vikram Kumar (physicist) outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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