Mangalore based Prof Anjana Devi awarded honorary doctorate by Aalto University, Finland

Team Udayavani, May 21, 2020, 3:50 PM IST

Professor Anjana Devi, professor of Inorganic Materials Chemistry, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany has been awarded honorary doctorate by Aalto University in the field of technology. Anjana Devi is a resident of Kulashekara and is the proud daughter of K B Bhasker and Vajrakshi Bhasker.

Although. Aalto University’s doctoral conferment ceremony for the field of technology has been postponed due to the Covid-19, it has awarded honorary doctorates to five distinguished persons in the field of technology including Professor Anjana Devi.

Anjana Devi is an alumni of St Agnes College Mangaluru. She is a researcher at the frontiers in the field of Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology and is a world-leading scientist particularly concerning the precursor chemistry for ALD and CVD (Chemical Vapor Deposition) thin-film fabrication.

Devi has also strongly contributed to bringing the ALD and CVD research communities together and organised major joint international ALD and CVD conferences and has led EU projects and major German projects in the field.
She is expected to continue to serve as a key international collaboration partner in the fields of functional materials and ALD thin-film technology.

The ALD–CVD field has been very timely for Aalto and for Finland since the 2018 Millennium Technology Prize was awarded to Tuomo Suntola. It is also important for Aalto due to the university’s strong contribution and history in the field since the 1980s.