Nano-electronics Systems & Materials Research Team
(NeoSMaRT)
Keval Hadiyal
Doctoral Student
Research Interests:
Composite based solid-state supercapacitor, RRAM and artificial synapse for neuromorphic computing.
Education:
Ph.D. student, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu (March 2021 - Current).
M.Sc. (Physics), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, Tamil Nadu (2018-20).
B.Sc. (Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry), Shree M.P. Patel Science College, Saurashtra University, Rajkot, Gujarat (2015-18).
Research Experience:
M.Sc. Thesis - "Synthesis of Fe-doped Nickel Oxide nanoparticles and Graphene aerogel based composite for high performance capacitive energy storage and its electrical response" under Dr. Ramesh Thamankar, VIT Vellore (May 2020).
Fast Track Research Initiative (FTRI) project on "Study of electrical response of VO2 nano-sheets to relative humidity level", VIT, Vellore (2019).
Publications at NeoSMaRT
Ligand-controlled UV light absorption property and neuromorphic behavior of a new Th(IV)- bisphosphoramide complex
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A.S. Vijai Anand and S. Perinbanathan and Keval Hadiyal and Prabodh Ranjan and Ramesh Thamankar and Rajagopal Desikan and C.V.S. Brahmananda Rao and Akella Sivaramakrishna
Inorganic Chemistry Communications, 168, , 112957 (2024)
Elsevier
In the Spotlight
Publication from Collaborative Work
19 August 2024
A paper on "Ligand-controlled UV light absorption property and neuromorphic behavior of a new Th(IV)- bisphosphoramide complex", co-authored by Keval and Dr. R. Thamankar, in collaboration with researchers from Depts. of Chemistry at VIT Vellore and IIT Kanpur, and Fuel Chemistry Division at IGCAR Kalpakkam is published in Inorganic Chemistry Communications by Elsevier.
(I.F. 4.4).
National Science Day - Quiz Win
28 February 2024
Girish, Keval, and Ashly from NeoSMaRT Group Win Second Prize in Physics Quiz at VIT-Vellore's National Science Day Celebrations.
Publication in Nature Scientific Reports
9 May 2023
Keval's paper on "Bio-inspired artificial synapse for neuromorphic computing based on NiO nanoparticle thin film" co-authored with Dr. R. Thamankar, Dr. A. Rastogi & Dr. R. Ganesan, is published in Nature Scientific Reports (I.F. 4.6).
Best Poster Award @IC-FMFT 2023
21 April 2023
Keval won the Best Poster Presentation Award at the International Conference on Functional Materials for Future Technology (IC-FMFT 2023) hosted by the Centre for Functional Materials at VIT Vellore, India. The award sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry included an RSC Book Voucher along with the certificate.
Congratulations Keval!
Team NeoSMaRT participates in IC-FMFT 2023
20 April 2023
NeoSMaRT group members participated and volunteered for the International Conference on Functional Materials for Future Technology (IC-FMFT 2023) hosted by the Centre for Functional Materials at VIT Vellore, India from April 19-21, 2023.
Ashly, Amrita, Keval, Meenu and Sreelakshmi participated in Poster Presentation, and also volunteered for the conference.
Girish actively volunteered in designing and compiling the official Book of Abstracts, and served as the Master of Ceremonies for the inaugural event.
Dr. Ramesh Thamankar served as the Chair for some technical sessions and organised the events as the Convener of the conference.
Workshop attended - INUP-i2i Level 2
20 October 2022
Keval attended the 10-day Hands-on Training on "Nanofabrication and Characterization Techniques" as Level 2 of Indian Nanoelectronics Users Programme - idea to innovation (INUP-i2i) organized by CeNSE, IISc, Bengaluru.
Mr. Keval presenting his project proposal at IISc Bengaluru.
Mr. Keval presenting his project proposal at IISc Bengaluru.
Workshop Attended - Abhyaas Karyashala
21 September 2022
Keval attended a 1-week Workshop on "Emerging Electronics for Logic and Memory devices: Towards Next-generation Computing
System" under Abhyaas Karyashala component of Accelerate Vigyan Scheme of SERB-DST organised by NIT-Silchar, Assam.