Education
He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from Madras University, Chennai, India in 1981.
He received a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Physics from Madras University, Chennai, India in 1981.
He was a postdoctoral researcher with the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Strathclyde University, Glasgow, United Kingdom. He then joined the Indian Institute of Science, where he was a professor with the Materials Research Centre. Currently, he is the Vice Chancellor of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning.
His research interests include dielectrics, ferroelectrics (including relaxors), non-linear optics and electro-optics.
The focus has been on functional ceramics, glass nanocrystal composites, single crystals et cetera He has authored or co-authored over 200 papers in various international journals.