Subhendu Guha | |
Citizenship: | American |
Birth Place: | Dhaka, British India |
Nationality: | Indian |
Alma Mater: | Calcutta University TIFR, India; University of Sheffield, United Solar, MI, USA |
Occupation: | Semiconductor, photovoltaics, solar architecture |
Known For: | Invention of high quality amorphous silicon |
Subhendu Guha (born 1942 in Kolkata)[1] is an Indian scientist in the field of photovoltaics. [2] [3]
Subhendu Guha was born in 1942 in Dhaka. Subhendu studied at Presidency College, Kolkata, and obtained his M.Tech. and PhD from the University of Calcutta.[4]
Subhendu developed a new process for making Amorphous silicon in 1998 after he joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 1968.[5]
In 1991, he led a team of scientists that made innovations to achieve efficiency solar cells and modules using Thin-film solar cell silicon and also the invention of flexible solar roofing shingles.[6] [7]
In 2006, he met former President George W. Bush during the president's visit to United Solar.[8] He has also served as a panelist on the US Senate committee on energy and natural resources.[9]
Subhendu is a recipient of the Bright Light Award from the US Department of Energy,[10] and the PVSEC 2009 award for outstanding contribution to science and technology of photovoltaic. [11]