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Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, born in Gwalior, is a physicist at IISc known for research on Raman scattering, carbon nanotubes, graphene and soft matter, including the discovery that liquid flowing over carbon nanotubes generates electricity. Since April 2022 he has been Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
Key contributions
- Research on nanomaterials, graphene, Raman scattering and soft condensed matter
- Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India since 2022
- Fellow of the Royal Society (2015); Bhatnagar Prize (1990); Padma Shri (2013)