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Referee's Evaluation Report on PhD Thesis

File No: File No: IACS-PhD-2021-12

Name of Candidate SUBHA SAMANTA

PhD Registration No. 2019 03 06 01 01 021

Name of the School School of Physical Sciences

SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOSITES AND
Title of Thesis
INVESTIGATIONS OF SUPERIONIC
CONDUCTION AND MAGNETODIELECTRIC
BEHAVIOUR FOR ENERGY- STORAGE OR
MAGNETIC-SENSOR APPLICATIONS

Name of Referee’sand Address

SECTION A
(Referee's overall recommendation)

I have examined the thesis and my recommendation is:

Recommendation of the Referee Mark in the

appropriate box
(a) The thesis be accepted in the present form.

(b) The thesis be accepted after clarification of the minor points listed in my report at
the time of viva-voce.
(c) The thesis be accepted after minor modifications in the thesis, as suggested in my
report. The thesis need not be referred back to me.
(d) The thesis requires major revisions. The nature of the revisions is indicated in
my report. It is recommended that the revised thesis should be returned back to
me for final assessment.

(e) The thesis is rejected (Detailed comments enclosed).

Date: Referee's Signature

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 SECTION B

(Referee's detail comments)

File No: IACS-PhD-2021-12
Date submitted: 17.12.2021
Thesis Title: SYNTHESIS OF NANOCOMPOSITES AND INVESTIGATIONS OF SUPERIONIC
CONDUCTION AND MAGNETODIELECTRIC BEHAVIOUR FOR ENERGY- STORAGE OR
MAGNETIC-SENSOR APPLICATIONS
Submitted by: SUBHA SAMANTA (Registration No: 2019 03 06 01 01 021)
Thesis supervisor: Professor Dipankar Chakravorty and Professor Sourav Giri, School of Physical
Sciences, IACS, Kolkata

Please provide the detail report with the following broad outline (use additional sheets if necessary)
1. General comments on the thesis, including a critical survey and evaluation of the quality and quantity of the
work reported in thesis.
2. Points which require clarification and suggested amendments or revisions (if any).
3. Questions to be asked at the time of the viva voce (if any)
4. If the thesis can be recommended for “Best Thesis Award” of IACS, Kolkata please provide suitable
justification. You may base your recommendation on a comparison with other thesis in a similar area, with
which you are familiar.