Prof.(Dr.) Utpal Gangopadhyay received his Master of Science (Physics) degrees from
Kalyani University, Nadia, West Bengal in 1981. He received his Ph.D degree in “Solar
Photovoltaic” also from Kalyani University in May 1989. He is around 28years research
experience in the field of Mono & Multi-crystalline Silicon Solar Cells and Semiconductor
related Device like V-Groove MOSEFT, a-Si : H TFT, Silicon /porous silicon related
Microsensors.. He worked as a Research Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer
Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, South Korea in the year 2001-2002 and a Research
Scientists in Photon Semiconductor & Energy Limited Company, South Korea in the year 2002-
2003 & 2004-2005 respectively. He is presently the Professor of Physics & Electrical
Engineering Department in Meghnad Saha Institute of Technology, Kolkata and responsible for
Diamond like nanocomposite related film & devices and Solar PV development programs. He is
also an expert member of DST, GOI project review committee. He has published around 140
papers in various international/national journals and conferences. He has two Indian patents and
published one chapter of book and one book under NOVA Publisher Inc. USA. He is also
associated as a Principal Investigator of four DST, GOI and one MNRE, GOI project program
and as a supervisor of eight Ph.D Students in the field of sensor, nanocomposite and solar
photovoltaic.