FACULTY PROFILE

Education
Ph D 2017 Indian Institute of Technology (ISM), Dhanbad
M Sc 2011 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
B Sc 2009 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 
Experience
Sepetember 2025- Till Date Head of the Department, Department of Engineering Sciences, RGIPT Sivasagar Campus
November 2020 - Till Date Assistant Professor, RGIPT Sivasagar Campus
December 2018 - August 2020 Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
July 2018 - November 2018 Guest Lecturer, University of Delhi, Delhi
May 2018 - July 2018 Assistant Professor, Lovely Professional University, Punjab

 

  1. Physics-I
  2. Physics-II
  3. Computer Architecture
  4. Fundamentals of Computer Science
  5. Universal Human Values
Research Interests
  • Complex Systems
  • Computational Soft Matter Physics
  • Statistical Mechanics
  • Mathematical Modeling
  • Simulation
  • Liquid Crystals
  • Confined Anisotropic Particles
  • Classical Density Functional Theory
Journal Publications

1. Shikha Dwivedi, Pankaj Mishra and Jokhan Ram, “Density functional theory of freezing of a system of conjugated oligomers parametrized via Gay-Berne potential”, Liquid Crystals, Vol. 43, No. 2, 195–207, (2016) DOI: 10.1080/02678292.2015.1079336

2. Shikha Dwivedi, Pankaj Mishra, Ram Chandra Singh and Jokhan Ram, “Tunable attractive interaction and the phase diagram of a system of Gay-Berne ellipsoids: a density functional approach”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 222, 1139-1147 (2016) DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.07.115

3. Shikha Dwivedi and Pankaj Mishra, “Density functional theory of freezing of a system of highly elongated ellipsoidal oligomer solutions”, Phase Transitions, Vol. 90, Issue-5, 509-523, (2017) DOI: 10.1080/01411594.2016.1232408

4. S. Kumari, Shikha Dwivedi and R. Podgornik, “On the nature of screening in Voorn-Overbeek type theories”, Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 156, 244901 (2022)  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0091721

5. S. A. Ansary, Shikha Dwivedi and P. Mishra, “Pair correlation functions and stability of nematic in a system of Gay-Berne ellipsoids doped with spherical”, Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 380, 121795 (2023)  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121795

 

  1. Head of the Department, Engineering Science (2025 - Till date)
  2. Chairman of the Institute Library Committee (2020-Till date)
  3. Member of Institute Purchase Committee (2025 - Till date)
  4. Member of Center for Computing and information services (2020-Till date)

Dr Shikha Dwivedi

Assistant Professor
Soft Condensed Matter Physics
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