Dr. Rinky Sha | Rinkysha

"There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness, and truth" - Leo Tolstoy -

Welcome !!

I am Dr. Rinky Sha and currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) at Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Kalyani.

PhD : IIT Hyderabad (Electrical Engineering, 2019)

M.Tech : NIT Durgapur (ECE, 2013)

B.Tech : W.B.U.T. (ECE 2011)

Assistant Professor : KIIT University, Bhubaneswar (School of Electronics Engineering, July, 2013 - 23rd February, 2014)

Post-doctoral researcher : IIT Kharagpur (E&ECE, 20th Jan, 2020 - 20th Dec, 2020)

Professional recognition, Awards and Honours

2026: Invited as an external examiner to evaluate the students of 5th semester of UG course in the Dept. of Microelectronics and VLSI Technology, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal

2025: Served as an expert member of the Project Selection Committee (PSC) in reviewing the research proposals for the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-Small Extramural Grants for the year 2025

Invited as an external examiner in a comprehensive examination for a PhD student at SRM University, Andhra Pradesh

Recognized as a peer reviewer by the ACS Publications

2024: Invited as a selection committee member for "The Honey Bee Network Creativity & Inclusive Innovation (HBNCRIIA) Awards India - 2024" at IIM Ahmedabad

2023: The article titled “ZnO nano-structured based devices for chemical and optical sensing applications” published in the “Sensors and Actuators Reports” journal in 2022 has been identified as one of the top cited articles

2018: “Indian Nanoelectronics Users Program (INUP)—IIT Bombay Best Project Award” for the year 2018, chosen among 250+ projects

“International Travel Support” grant from the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Government of India, for presenting a research paper in Greece

2016 - 2018 : “Research Excellence Award” for outstanding research performance in PhD program

2013: Ranked 2nd at M.Tech in NIT, Durgapur, among 21 students of the Micro-Electronics & VLSI stream

2010 : University topper in the 6th semester of B.Tech, secured a CGPA of 9.62 out of 10

2006 : Secured 1st position on delivering a presentation on the eve of Environmental Day at Jadavpur University

2000 - 2005 : Top grade certificates in the All India Science Talent Search Competition held across pan-India school level

Editorial Board Member

Reviewer

Early Career Editorial Board Member, “Sensors and Actuators Reports”, Elsevier, Impact Factor: 7.6, SCImago Q1 Journal, Index: SCI-E & Scopus, ISSN: 2666-0539 from March, 2024 to March, 2027. Link

1. ACS Energy & Fuels

2. ACS Applied Nano Materials

3. ACS Applied Electronic Materials

4. ACS Applied Energy Materials

5. ACS Applied Polymer Materials

6. ACS Applied Engineering Materials
7. ACS Applied Bio Materials.

8. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

9. ACS Analytical Chemistry

10. ACS Langmuir

11. IOP 2D Materials

12. IOP Nanotechnology

13. IOP Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

14. IOP Flexible and Printed Electronics

15. IOP Materials Research Express

16. IOP Physica Scripta

17. Elsevier Chemical Engineering Journal

18. Elsevier Journal of Hazardous Materials

19. Elsevier Journal of Alloys and Compounds

20. Elsevier International Journal of Hydrogen Energy

21. Elsevier Materials Letters

22. Elsevier Materials Today: Proceedings

23. Elsevier Vacuum

24. Elsevier Materials Today Communications

25. Elsevier Chemosphere

26. Elsevier Biosensors and Bioelectronics

27. Elsevier Inorganic Chemistry Communications

28. Elsevier Electrochimica Acta

29. Elsevier Heliyon

30. Elsevier Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

31. Elsevier Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

32. Elsevier Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical

33. Elsevier Applied Surface Science

34. Elsevier Surface & Coatings Technology

35. Elsevier Progress in Materials Science

36. ECS Journal of The Electrochemical Society

37. Springer Applied Nanoscience

38. Springer Microsystem Technologies

39. Springer Journal of Materials Science

40. Springer Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

41. Springer Microchimica Acta

42. Springer Applied Physics A

43. RSC Materials Advances

44. RSC Journal of Materials Chemistry A

45. Wiley Small Science

46. Wiley Electroanalysis

47. Wiley Luminescence

48. Wiley ChemElectroChem

49. Wiley EcoMat

50. Nature : Scientific Reports

51. IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

52. IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems

53. IEEE Sensors Journal

54. IEEE Journal on Flexible Electronics

55. IEEE Transactions on Dielectrics and Electrical Insulation

Invited Talks Delivered

1. “Design and Fabrication of Advanced Functional Nanomaterial-Based Devices for Sensing and Energy Storage Applications”, in an IEEE seminar (Circuits and Systems Society (CAS), IEEE Kolkata Section) at Jadavpur University, Saltlake campus, August, 2025.

Professional Memberships

1. IEEE

2. Materials Research Society of India

Seminar/ Workshops Organized

1. On-line Workshop on "Nano-electronic Devices and their Applications", 23rd - 25th March, 2021, funded by IIIT Kalyani, # of participants : 20

2. Faculty Development Programme on "IoT for Emerging Technical Applications", 13th -17th December, 2021, funded by AICTE-ATAL, # of participants : 95

3. Workshop On "Unleashing The Creative Potential Of Students, Start-Ups & Entrepreneurs", 21st March, 2024, funded by IIIT Kalyani, # of participants : 310