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- ↑ "JNCASR Scientist developing innovative strategies to make high-performance thermoelectrics materials wins Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize". Department of Science and Technology. Department of Science and Technology, Govt of India. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
