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Rakesh Ashok Afre
Rakesh A. Afre
completed his M.Sc (Physics with specialization in Energy Studies) from North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, Maharashtra and PhD (Nanotechnology) from Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT), Nagoya, Japan under guidance of Prof. Tetsuo Soga. After completion of M.Sc he joined as a JRF at IIT Mumbai to work on DST sponsored project entitled “Carbon nanomaterials for solar cell” under guidance of Prof. Maheshwar Sharon, Dept. of Chemistry. Later he moved to Japan to pursue his PhD degree under Japan Government Scholarship (Monbukagakusho). His doctoral studies were focused on “Synthesis of carbon nanotubes by renewable natural precursors” In 2007; he has been awarded with PhD degree and continued his further research on organic photovoltaic (OPV) devices at NIT. Then he moved to KRICT, South Korea for his next assignment to continue research on DSSCs and small molecule OPVs. Furthermore, he moved to Australia to continue his research on fabrication of transparent electrodes using nanomaterials for OPVs and then to Ethiopia as a Professor. He came back to India and joined Walchand Center for Research in Nanotechnology and Bionanotechnology (wcRnb), WCAS, Solapur as a HOD of Nanotechnology department under eminent directors Dr. Madhuri Sharon and Prof. Maheshwar Sharon. Presently he is working as Professor and Deputy Director (Innovations) at Assam down town University, Guwahati, Assam. Having 15+ years of experience in research and development and published more than 25 high quality research papers and 2 international patents.
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