I did my
schooling at a school run by
RSS (rashtriya swyam shevak sangh)
GVLM Vidyalaya and 10+2
at HR Inter college, both at
Sant Kabir Nagar, U.P.. The school life left
an indelible mark on my personality and thinking. They were strict
disciplinarian and infused a lot from Indian tradition into my
personality. That is where I learnt a lot of sanskrit prayers & mantras
!!!!!
My university life began at
Gorakhpur University, where I completed B.Sc.(Electronics), a three
year degree course run at the university premises. Initially, I was
inclined to take up electronics as a career and also went through an
extensive short term course on Digital Electronics and Microprocessor
Controlled Circuits from
CEDTI (Center for Electronics Design &
Technology of India), Gorakhpur. Subsequently, I found the
field of Fiber Optic Communication more interesting and went for a
specialization in "Fiber & Integrated Optics" while doing M.Sc. at the
Department of Physics,
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT),
Delhi.
Immediately after completing
M.Sc., I joined
Center
for Advanced Technology, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of
India, Indore in 1994 as a
Scientist in the
Laser Plasma Division, where I worked
as laser engineer till 1999 and switched to the field of laser
produced plasmas later on.
I returned to IIT Delhi in 1999
to take up a Ph.D. (part-time) on Ultra-high Intensity Short-Pulse
Laser Plasma Interaction with
Prof. V. K. Tripathi
of
Dept. of Physics. I could submit my thesis in two and a half years
only & I was awarded the degree in Oct. 2002.