Education
- Ph. D. (Physics) 2001 Dept. of Physics, University of Pune
- M.Tech. (Atmospheric Physics) 1994, Dept. of Physics, University of Pune.
- M.Sc. (Physics) 1992, Dept. of Physics, University of Bombay.
Research and Consultancy
Broad Area of Research
- Computational Statistical and Soft Matter Physics
Professional Activity
- Member of committee for design of syllabus for first year engineering course of University of Mumbai (2019-20)
- Selected for College Teacher Associateship at Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (India).
- External referee for M.Sc. Project viva at University of Mumbai.
- Resource person for University level refresher course.
- Member of Institute of Physics (IOP), London (UK) during 2012
Post – Doctoral Research experience at
- Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research Bangalore (2001-02)
- Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (2003-05)
- Helsinki University of Technology, Finland. (2007-09)
Important Publications
- Mahindra D. Khandkar, Robin Stinchcombe and Mustansir Barma, “Coasening and Persistence in one-dimensional system of orienting arrowheads : domain-wall kinetics with A+B → 0”, Physical Review E, 95, 012147 (2017).
- R. D. Narhe, Nilesh D. Pawar, M. D. Khandkar, A. G. Banpurkar and A. V. Limaye, “Numerical simulations of growth dynamics of breath figures on phase change materials: The effect of accelerated coalescence due to droplet motion” Europhysics Letters, 135 (2021) 36002
Conference and Workshops Organized
- Organized a one-day regional conference : Mumbai Area Complex Systems Conference 2018 on 19th November 2018.
- International Conference on Recent Advances in Condensed Matter Physics and Complex systems (Nov. 2017) at Department of Physics, University of Pune.
- Mumbai Area Physics Meet : at TIFR (2015) and Jhunjhunwala College, Mumbai (2017)
- Physics Meets Biology, 2012 : Conference at Oxford University, UK.
Awards and Recognitions
- Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) from CSIR ( Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Govt. of India). ( from Oct. 1997 to Sept. 2000 )
- UGC (University Grants Commission, Govt. of India) Fellowship during M.Tech. course (1993 – 1994)
Skills
- Working experience on Unix platforms viz. HP-UX, and major variants of Linux
- Working experience on Parallel computing environments like MPI, CONDOR on massively parallel machines, CRAY supercomputer and Linux Clusters
