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Dr. Gaurav Gupta

Assistant Professor

Interest Area(s)

  • Fusion Materials
  • Materials for Harsh & Extreme Environments
  • Decarbonization of Manufacturing Industry
  • Self-healing Materials
  • Optical Materials & Spectroscopy

Dr. Gaurav Gupta is a Fusion Materials Researcher and Assistant Professor with extensive expertise in materials behavior under extreme irradiation. He has led pioneering neutron, ion, and gamma irradiation campaigns at world-class facilities, including ITER (France) and UKAEA (UK). His career journey includes significant roles at Sheffield Hallam University and Bangor University, where he focused on radiation-hard technologies and self-healing materials. A strategic leader, Dr. Gupta has successfully built international partnerships and converted R&D outcomes into protected IP and engineering solutions. His current work at K R Mangalam University focuses on decarbonizing industrial glass melting and developing materials for harsh environments, reflecting his commitment to clean energy and net-zero manufacturing.

  • Post-Doc (Fusion Materials): ITER Organization, France (2023–2025)
  • Post-Doc (Radiation Hard Sensors): Nuclear Future Institute, Bangor University, Bangor, UK (2022–2023), leading the research project funded by European Union & Welsh Government.
  • Post-Doc (Radiation Self-healing materials): Material Engineering and Research Institute, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK (2020–2022), leading the research project funded by UKRI & EPSRC (UK). Worked on the prestigious Manufacturing Immortality Consortium of United Kingdom.
  • Ph.D. (Physics/Materials Science): Worked at CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata. Degree awarded by Jadavpur University (Details of Ph.D. completion implied by title and doctoral research mentions)
  • Assistant Professor (Senior Scale): K R Mangalam University, Gurugram (Sept 2025 – Present)
  • External Researcher: ITER Organization, France (March 2025 – Aug 2025)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher: ITER Organization, France (March 2023 – Feb 2025)
  • Teaching/Research Roles: Sheffield Hallam University and Bangor University, UK
  1. Gupta, M. El Ghardi, M. J. D. Rushton a, P. A. Bingham; Local structure analysis of γ-irradiation induced defect centres and atomistic arrangements of Fe3+ impurities in soda-lime-silica glasses: X-band EPR spectral simulation; J. Non. Cryst. Solids. Vol 647, 2025.
  2. Gupta, T.-Y. Chen, P. Rautiyal, A. G. Williams, J. A. Johnson, C. E. Johnson, R. Edge, P. A. Bingham; Antimony-modified soda-lime-silica glass: Towards low-cost radiation-resistant materials; J. Non. Cryst. Solids., Vol. 585, 121526, 2022.
  3. Gupta, S. Bysakh, S. Balaji, S. Khan, K. Biswas, A.R. Allu, K. Annapurna; Influence of Ho2O3 on Optimizing Nanostructured Ln2Te6O15 Anti-Glass Phases to Attain Transparent TeO2-Based Glass-Ceramics for Mid-IR Photonic Applications; Adv. Eng. Mater., Vol. 22, 5, 1901357, 2020.
  4. Gupta, S. Balaji, K. Biswas, K. Annapurna; Enhanced luminescence at 2.88 and 2.04 μm from Ho3+/Yb3+ codoped low phonon energy TeO2–TiO2–La2O3 glass; AIP Adv., Vol. 9, 4, 045201, 2019.
  5. Gupta, S. Balaji, K. Biswas, K. Annapurna; Frequency upconversion mechanism in Ho3+/Yb3+-codoped TeO2–TiO2–La2O3 glasses; Appl. Phys. B, Vol. 125, 2, 2019.
  6. Gupta, S. Balaji, K. Biswas, A. Kalyandurg; Mid‐IR transparent TeO2‐TiO2‐La2O3 glass and its crystallization behavior for photonic applications; J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 101, 9, 2018.
  7. Gupta, A.D. Sontakke, P. Karmakar, K. Biswas, S. Balaji, R. Saha, R. Sen, K. Annapurna; Influence of bismuth on structural, elastic and spectroscopic properties of Nd3+ doped Zinc–Boro-Bismuthate glasses; J. Lumin., Vol. 149, 2014.
  8. Rautiyal, G. Gupta, R. Edge, L. Leay, A. Daubney, M.K. Patel, A.H. Jones, P.A. Bingham; Gamma irradiation-induced defects in borosilicate glasses for high-level radioactive waste immobilisation; J. Nucl. Mater., Vol. 544, 2021.
  9. Balaji, G. Gupta, K. Biswas, D. Ghosh, K. Annapurna; Role of Yb3+ ions on enhanced ~2.9 μm emission from Ho3+ ions in low phonon oxide glass system; Sci. Rep., Vol. 6, 2016.
  10. -Y. Chen, P. Rautiyal, S. Vaishnav, G. Gupta, H. Schlegl, R.J. Dawson, A.W. Evans, S. Kamali, J.A. Johnson, C.E. Johnson, P. A. Bingham; Composition-structure-property effects of antimony in soda-lime-silica glasses; J. Non. Cryst. Solids., Vol. 544, 2020.
  11. N. Swetha, K. Keshavamurthy, G. Gupta, D. A. Aloraini, A. H. Almuqrin, M. I. Sayyed, G. Jagannath; Silver nanoparticles enhanced photoluminescence and the spectroscopic performances of Nd3+ ions in sodium lanthanum borate glass host: Effect of heat treatment; Cer. Int., Vol. 47, 2021.
  12. Patra, R. Kumar, K. Jayanthi, M. Fábián, G. Gupta, S. Khan, S. Chakraborty, S. Das, A. R Allu, K. Annapurna; Ln2Te6O15 (Ln = La, Gd, and Eu) “Anti-Glass” Phase-Assisted Lanthanum-Tellurite Transparent Glass–Ceramics: Eu3+ Emission and Local Site Symmetry Analysis; Inorg. Chem., Vol. 61, 2022.
  13. Balaji, D. Ghosh, K. Biswas, A.R. Allu, G. Gupta, K. Annapurna; Insights into Er3+↔Yb3+ energy transfer dynamics upon infrared ~1550 nm excitation in a low phonon fluoro-tellurite glass system; J. Lumin., Vol. 187, 2017.
  14. Biswas, P. Karmakar, S. Balaji, G. Gupta, D. Ghosh, K. Annapurna; Structural modification associated with Al2O3 addition in Oxyfluoride Glasses: Thermal and Mechanical properties; J. Am. Ceram. Soc., Vol. 100, 12, 2017.
  15. Balaji, A.R. Allu, K. Biswas, G. Gupta, D. Ghosh, K. Annapurna; Bandwidth enhancement of MIR emission in Yb3+/Er3+/Dy3+ triply doped fluoro-tellurite glass; Laser Phys. Lett., Vol. 14, 3, 2017.
  16. Balaji, D. Ghosh, K. Biswas, G. Gupta, K. Annapurna; Experimental evidence for quantum cutting co-operative energy transfer process in Pr3+/Yb3+ ions co-doped fluorotellurite glass: dispute over energy transfer mechanism; Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., Vol. 18, 48, 2016.
  17. Balaji, K. Biswas, A.D. Sontakke, G. Gupta, K. Annapurna; Enhanced 1.8 μm emission in Yb3+/Tm3+ co-doped tellurite glass: effects of Yb3+↔ Tm3+ energy transfer and back transfer; J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transf., Vol. 147, 2014.
  18. Balaji, K. Biswas, A.D. Sontakke, G. Gupta, D. Ghosh, K. Annapurna; Al2O3 influence on structural, elastic, thermal properties of Yb3+ doped Ba–La-tellurite glass: Evidence of reduction in self-radiation trapping at 1 μm emission; Spectrochim. Acta – Part A Mol. Biomol. Spectrosc., Vol. 133, 2014.
  1. Gaurav Gupta, M. El Ghardi, T.-Y. Chen, P. Rautiyal, R. Edge, M.J.D. Rushton, P. A. Bingham, “Study of radiation-induced defects in float glass: EPR simulation” 16th International Conference on Physics of Non Crystalline Solids (PNCS-16), Organized by University of Kent, 2022.
  2. Gaurav Gupta, S. Bysakh, S. Balaji, K. Biswas, K. Annapurna “Nano-structured transparent tellurite glass and glass-ceramics for Vis-MIR photonic applications” CSIR-CGCRI in house RC meeting 2017, Kolkata 13th October 2017.
  3. Gaurav Gupta, S. Balaji, K. Biswas, K. Annapurna “Energy transfer mechanism for Upconversion in Ho3+/Yb3+ co-doped TeO2-TiO2-La2O3 Glass: Theoretical and experimental correlation” ICAGST-2017, Jan 23-25 2017, CGCRI, Kolkata (Best Poster Award).
  4. Gaurav Gupta, S. Balaji, K. Biswas, K. Annapurna “Enhanced Mid-IR emission at 4.08 μm from Ho3+-Yb3+ codoped La-Ti-Tellurite glass: correlation of Experimental with simulation” “NCFGC-2015” Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Mumbai Chapter, VNIT, Nagpur 10- 12 December 2015 (Best Poster Award).
  5. Gaurav Gupta “Efficient Mid-IR emission at 4 μm from Ho3+ doped La-Ti-Tellurite glasses and simulative study of population dynamics” 4th Research Scholar Day, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata 18th September 2015 (Best Poster Award).
  6. Gaurav Gupta, S. Balaji, K. Biswas, K. Annapurna “La2O3 modified TeO2-TiO2 based glass: Promising host for Mid–IR applications” (A-98; pp 108) Indian Innovations in Materials Research: New Materials and Processes (IIMR-15), CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, June 25-27, 2015.
  7. Gaurav Gupta “Structural, thermal and spectral properties of new tellurite glass host with low phonon energy for IR emission” 3rd Research Scholar Day, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, 20th August 2014.
  8. Gaurav Gupta “Enhancement of quantum yield in Nd3+ doped zinc-boro-bismuthate glass: structure-property correlation” 2nd Research Scholar Day, CSIR-CGCRI, Kolkata, 20th August 2013.
  9. Balaji, K. Biswas, A. D. Sontakke, D. Ghosh, Gaurav Gupta and K. Annapurna “Rare earth activated Fluoro-Tellurite glass: An efficient Down & Up Conversion concentrator for Solar cell application” IUMRS-2013 IISC-Bangalore, Dec 16-20, 2013.
  10. Biswas, A. D. Sontakke, Gaurav Gupta, S. Balaji, D. Ghosh and K. Annapurna “A Novel Low Phonon Bi2O3-ZnO-GeO2 Host: Glass Forming Ability and NIR-MIR Luminescence Properties” IUMRS-2013 IISC-Bangalore, Dec 16-20, 2013.
  • Recipient of Global Talent Visa (UK): Awarded by the Royal Academy of Engineering.
  • Project Lead: Led three major R&D projects at the ITER Organization collaborating with international facilities.
  • Innovation: Developed radiation-resistant self-healing technology and prototypes for diagnostic windows in nuclear reactors.

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