Ajay K. Sood

Ajay Sood
Ajay Sood
	Sood in 2015 (portrait from the Royal Society)
4th Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; May 2022
Preceded by	K. VijayRaghavan
Personal details
Born	Ajay Kumar Sood; 26 June 1951; Gwalior, Madhya Bharat, India
Education	Indian Institute of Science
Awards	Padma Shri; FRS (2015); Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award; TWAS Prize; G. D. Birla Science Award; FICCI Award; Homi Jehangir Bhabha Medal; Materials Research Society (India) Medal; Millennium Gold Medal; IISc Alumni Award; M. N. Saha Birth Centenary Award; Sir C. V. Raman Award; Goyal Prize; DAE Raja Ramanna Award; National Award; Lifetime Achievement Award; Bhatnagar Fellowship; Vigyan Ratan Award; H. K. Firodia Award; Bangalore Nano Award; G. M. Modi Award; Indian Science Congress Award; R. D. Birla Award;
Website	physics.iisc.ernet.in/~asood

Ajay Kumar Sood FNA, FASc, FNASc, FRS, FTWAS (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 of 2 US and 5 Indian patents, known for his pioneering research findings on graphene and nanotechnology. He is a Distinguished Honorary Professor of Physics at 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.

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