Ajay Singh

Dr. Ajay Singh

Assistant Professor
IIT Guwahati

Contact Details

Phone: +91 361 2583698

Email: singhajay@iitg.ac.in

🔬 Key Research Areas:
  • Solar Photovoltaics and Organic Electronics.
  • Fabrication and characterization of Perovskite Solar Cells.
  • Numerical modeling of LEDs, Transistors, and Thermoelectric Nanowires.

Education

Dr.-Ing. (Doctor of Engineering) 2021

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Technical University of Munich, Germany

M.Tech. (Master of Technology) 2016

Optoelectronics and Optical Communication

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

B.Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) 2014

Engineering Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

I.T.I. Vocational Training 2007

Electrician

Industrial Training Institute Bayana

Experience

Assistant Professor

June 2024 – Present

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Development Engineer

May 2023 – May 2024

AVANCIS GmbH, Munich, Germany

Postdoctoral Researcher

July 2021 – March 2023

University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

Visiting Researcher

2019, 2020

University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy

Awards & Recognition

DAAD Ph.D. Fellowship

Germany, 2017 – 2021

CSIR JRF and NET

Qualified in 2015

Sponsored Projects

Project Title Funding Agency Role Status
Computational modelling assisted fabrication of stable Pb-free perovskite solar cells Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) Principal Investigator Ongoing
Powering the future: Stabilizing High-Efficiency Hybrid Perovskite Solar Cells IIT Guwahati Principal Investigator Ongoing
Study of technical pre-feasibility and implementation support of concentrated solar thermal system for the eastern region of India United Nations Industrial Development Organization Co- Investigator Ongoing

📚 Teaching

  1. EN679: Solar Cell Fabrication and Charactarization, Elective course for Postgraduate Students, IIT Guwahati.
    Course content: https://www.iitg.ac.in/ceer/index_course-details.php?slno=UkJrTnBLL29LQnhnclBza3M5SzFTZz09
  2. EN307: Materials Science for Energy Applications, 3rd year B.Tech. (Energy Engineering), IIT Guwahati.
    Course content: https://www.iitg.ac.in/ceer/pdf/3c8da41b7f266f3c8ee4ba1f7c986bfd-03-48-50ations.pdf
  3. EN313: Energy Materials and Device Fabrication Laboratory, 3rd year B.Tech. (Energy Engineering) laboratory, IIT Guwahati.
    Course content: https://www.iitg.ac.in/ceer/pdf/d6aefb77c1db6e9c42c58bc16ead4c07-03-51-26ratory.pdf
  4. EN303: Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technology, 3rd year B.Tech. (Energy Engineering), IIT Guwahati.
    Course content: https://www.iitg.ac.in/ceer/pdf/9adcf73fed712b36c9f6b74b477e9839-03-47-40nology.pdf
  5. EN209: Energy and Sustainability
    Course content: https://www.iitg.ac.in/ceer/pdf/85aa73b7ae15c62f254ba5aed5bc7ba5-03-45-29bility

Lab Development

  1. Energy Materials and Devices Laboratory, B.Tech. (Energy Engineering) 3rd year lab .
    Planning, procurement of resources and developing experimental setups (and metholology) for conducting experiments.

Teaching Assistantship

  1. M.Sc. Physics Laboratory, University of Luxembourg.
    Organizing lab experiments for M.Sc. (Physics) students.
  2. EI0636: Nanoelectronics, Technical University of Munich.
    Conducting weekly tutorials on computational modeling of nanoelectronic devices.
  3. PYQ 303: Seminar in Optics, IIT Delhi.
    Conducting weekly presentations/seminars for B.Tech. (Engineering Physics) students.
  4. PYL201: Fundamentals of Dielectrics and Semiconductors, IIT Delhi
    Conducting weekly tutorial classes for B.Tech. (Engineering Physics) students.