Dr. A. S Bhattacharyya is serving as Assistant Professor in Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Central University of Jharkhand Ranchi since 2011. He has 15 years of experience in teaching and research. He is specialised in nanocomposite hard coatings, functional materials, and device physics. He has more than 50 international journal publications, 8 book chapters and 3 book publications to his credit. He has handled 2 projects with funds from SERB and MHRD. He has supervised 5 PhD students till date.