Introduction

Aryabhatta Centre for Nanoscience &Technology (ACNN) under School of Engineering and Technology of Aryabhatta Knowledge University, Patna, is an Interdisciplinary super specialized, experimental new science of frontier areas of subject of 21st century. This ACNN is first cutting edge Research Centre of university of Bihar which was initiated by Department of Education, Govt. of Bihar. All together about 22 high-end research instruments have been procured. M.Tech and Ph.D.programmesin Nanoscience & Technology are successfully running from year 2013. The aura of promise of Nanoscience and Technology influenced our Honourable Chief Minister Sri Nitish Kumar Ji and Founder Vice chancellor, Prof. S.N.Guha and he readily agreed to support the establishment of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Centre at Aryabhatta Knowledge University and invited Dr. Rakesh Kr Singh, Dr. K. Prasad and Dr. Anal Kant Jha to contribute towards an earliest possible establishment of the centre. Prof. S.N. Guha, our honourable Vice Chancellor, took this idea as a mission and pursued tirelessly and this is how his cherished dream got fructified in to reality. At present Different affairs of Establishment, procurements of equipment’s and other research & Development programmes are in final progress under the leadership of Dr. Rakesh Kumar Singh, Head (Professor incharge- Establishment, Academic and Administration). Faculty members of this research center have published papers in peer reviewed/ Impact factor/ Indexed Journals and actively involved to create a conducive atmosphere of Scientific Research/ related activities in a state Bihar and outside too. The Structural, Optical, Magnetic and Electrical Nanomaterials characterization laboratory well equipted with Wi-Fi internet.
Thrust areas of research- Ferroelectric materials, Ayurvedic bhasama and nanomedicine, Magnetic nanomaterials, Ceramics, metal nanoparticles and Nano-biotechnology.
Thrust areas of innovation- Teaching through low cost experiment, Science & Technology popularization to ignite the potential of youth and Inspire for sustained growth of society.
Collaboration/ Linkage of academic activities- With IIT’S, B.H.U, N.P.L- CSIR-Delhi, central and state universities and others