Ajay K. Sood
Ajay Kumar Sood | |
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Sood in 2015 (portrait from the Royal Society) | |
| 4th Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India | |
| Assumed office April 2022 | |
| Preceded by | K. Vijayraghavan |
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| Born | Ajay Kumar Sood 26 June 1951 Gwalior, Madhya Bharat, India |
| Education | Indian Institute of Science |
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| Website | physics |
Ajay Kumar Sood (born 26 June 1951) is an Indian physicist and researcher currently serving as the 4th Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India.
He holds 2 United States and 5 Indian patents, and is known for his pioneering research findings on graphene and nanotechnology. He is a Distinguished Honorary Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. The Government of India honoured him in 2013, with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award, for his contributions to the fields of science and technology. Sood was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS) in 2015. He has been on the Physical Sciences jury for the Infosys Prize from 2019. He serves as an Associate Editor for ACS Nano.