A physicist deeply at heart. Working on solving world's challenges by the only way that is sustainable -Behaviour Change. Change of Individual through Transformation and Society through Culture. Scientific Temperament is the easiest pathOn a mission to bridge #inequalities in #STEM education and #opportunities for the most marginalised in India. Presently building India's largest digital ecosystem for affordable mentoring and coaching at scale for every Aspiring - Committed - Talented (ACT-ing) #GirlInSTEM at Kalpana.http://www.vigyanshaala.com/ ---------> To get involved in High Quality STEM educationhttps://www.vijayvenugopalan.com/PhD in Physics (Politecnico Di Milano, Italy) with a Marie Curie Fellowship from the European Commission (ITN DESTINY). Profile Summary and Skills:o Co-Founded one of the leading Non-Profit start-up VigyanShaala with support from likeminded scientists and technologists. With presence in over 80 districts and Govt. Collaborations, this is an attempt to change the way STEM education is practiced.o Project Management, Initiation and Leading Research Projects, Guiding Team Members, Establishing Pan-European Collaborative Efforts, Widespread Public Engagement .o 5+ years in Devices Fabrication and Characterization and 3+ years in Clean Room Fabrication - Solar Cells, Field Effect Transistors, Photo-Detectors, Chemical Sensors.o Techniques: PVD, CVD techniques, Plasma Etching, ICP, Spin-Coating, Sputtering, Micro-molding, SEM, EDX, XRD, Profilometry, UV-Vis, PL, trPL, Straining-Flexing Mechanical Testing.o Opto-Electronics – Transient studies (nanosec-sec), Impedance, Electrochemical Modelling, Lasers, Spectro-Photometers, Semi-conductor Parameter Analyzers, Amplifiers, Electrometers, Oscilloscopes, Cryo-stats, Solid State Lasers, Optics Setups, Solid state device physicso Stretchable and Wearable Electronics, Biological Interfacing of Devices, Printingo Semiconductor Expertise: Mixed Halide Perovskites, Organics and Dye-Sensitized Semiconductors, Metal-Oxides, 2-D materials, Colloidal semiconductors Involvement in Public engagement and science outreach activities are listed below :o Virdee Grant Award for teacher training and public engagement in Sierra Leone, Africao American Physical Society (APS) Travel Awardo Materials Research Society (MRS) Foundation Grassroots Gant Award worth US$ 9500 for youth