Faculty Details

• PhD in Theoretical and Computational Plasma Physics from Centre for Plasma Physics - Institute for Plasma Research (2005)
• MSc in Physics, specialising in Plasma and Space Physics from Delhi University (1996)
• BSc in Physics from Hindu College, Delhi University (1994)

• Professor at Manipal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru (2021-Present), Teaching UG, PG, and administrative duties
• Head at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (2019-2021), Teaching UG, PG, and administrative duties
• Associate Professor at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (2009-2015)
• Assistant Professor II at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology (2004-2008)
• Lecturer at St. Xavier's Jr. Science College (2004)
• Post-Doctoral Research at Centre for Plasma Physics - Institute for Plasma Research (2003)
• Researcher at Centre for Plasma Physics - Institute for Plasma Research, DAE institute (2000-2003)
• Junior Research Fellow at Institute for Advanced Study in Science & Technology, DST Institute in Guwahati (1998-2000)

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

• Area of Interest Plasma Physics and Nonlinear Dynamics


• Area of Expertise Plasma Sheath, Nonlinear Phenomena and Nonlinear Dynamics in Plasma, Solar Plasma


• Area of Research Plasma Physics and Nonlinear Dynamics in Plasma, Solar Plasma, Thin Film, Quantum Plasma

Dr Utpal Deka is Professor (Addl) in the Department of Physics, SMIT.He is Under deputation form October ,2021 in Manipal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE), 560064

• Teaches BTech and MSc levels students.
• Is involved in research in the area of plasma physics
• Is actively involved in development of laboratory for research and teaching, curriculum design, course material preparation, etc.

• Investigate the Flaring of the Magnetic Field Lines Near the Diverter Plates in Fusion Devices for Redistributing the Heat Load

  January 01, 2014 | Dr. Utpal Deka | V K Sayal | R Srinivasan

  Project funded by BRFST-India (Completed) | File no: NFP/04/2007-14, Project Ref. No. NFP/TH&SIM/03.

• Effects of Low Pressure Plasma Irradiation on Electrical Resistivity of Perovskite Oxide Eu1-xSrxMnO3

  May 01, 2018 | Dr. Utpal Deka | U. Deka | A. Rao

  Materials Science and Engineering, 377 (2018) 012173 | DOI: 10.1088/1757-899X/377/1/012173

• Electrical, Thermal and Magnetic Studies on 7.5MeV Electron Beam Irradiated PrCoO3 Polycrystalline Samples

  September 04, 2018 | Dr. Utpal Deka | Ashok Rao | Utpal Deka | Shyam Prasad K | G.S. Okram | Ganesh Sanjeev Vikash Chandra Petwal | Vijay Pal Verma | Jishnu Dwivedi

  Physica B, 540 26-32 (2018)

• Quantum Streaming Instabilities in Multi-component Plasma with Dust Particles

  June 05, 2018 | Dr. Utpal Deka | U. Deka | K. Choudhury | P.K. Karmakar

  Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Book Series Chapter: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 645-658 | Editors: Prof. Dr. Sabyasachi SenGupta, Dr. Ahmed F. Zobaa, Prof. Dr. Karma Sonam Sherpa, Prof. Akash Kumar Bhoi | Publisher: Springer Singapore | Print ISBN: 978-981-10-4285-0 | DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4286-7_64

• Kinetic Instability of the Ion Acoustic Mode in Permeating Plasma of Electron-Positron and Ion

  Dr. Utpal Deka | U. Deka | K. Shah

  Advances in Smart Grid and Renewable Energy, Book Series Chapter: Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering 695-707 | Editors: Prof. Dr. Sabyasachi SenGupta, Dr. Ahmed F. Zobaa | Publisher: Springer Singapore | Print ISBN: 978-981-10-4285-0 | DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4286-7_69

• Multi-scale Dynamics in Externally Excited Glow Discharge Plasma

  April 21, 2015 | Dr. Utpal Deka | Utpal Deka | Ashok Rao | Md. Nurujjaman

  Phys. Scr., 90 125602 (2015)

• Investigation of the Effect of Electron Beam Irradiation on the Structural and Transport Properties of Half Doped Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3 Manganites

  May 01, 2019 | Dr. Utpal Deka | P. Chettri | A. Rao | G.S. Okram | V.C. Petwal

  Physica B: Condensed Matter