National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra Physics Department, National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India.

Dr. Yashashchandra Dwivedi (born on 03/06/1982) received the PhD degree from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) India. He was a postdoctoral fellow at University of Sao Paulo, Brasil and at present, he is working as Assistant Professor at Physics Department, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, Haryana, India. He has been awarded prestigious ISCA young scientist award along with four other young scientist awards. He is a member of Board of Studies and Departmental Advisory Committee in School of Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra. He has published 66 research articles in international journals and 8 book chapters. He has been guest editor of three special issues in journals: Advanced Science Letters, Materials Focus, USA. He has edited three research books ‘Synthesis, Characterization and Application of Multifunctional Materials’, Spectroscopic techniques for security, forensic and Environmental Applications and Advances in Applied Spectroscopy: Concepts and Techniques, published by Nova Scientific Publishers, USA. He has supervised 04 PhD students, 15 projects of Master students. He is principal investigator of two research projects. He is General Secretary and Managing Editor of Laser and Spectroscopy Society of India, since 2014. He is executive council member of Vigyan Bharati, Haryana. He has delivered 28 invited talks and participated in 52 International conferences. He has international collaboration with several international academic institutions in Brazil, France, UK, South Korea and USA. He has been member of advisory committee of several national and international conferences. He was secretary and convener of seven international events. His research is focus on linear and nonlinear spectroscopic investigations of lanthanide doped materials for the development of random lasers, 3D nanofabrication by Laser micromachining and development of hydrophobic materials etc.