Centre for Advanced Computational Research, New Delhi, India

I am Anurag Chandrakar a research scholar at the National Institute of Technology Raipur. I attended a 7-days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at the Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 28 Apr. - 4 May 2024. The opportunity to delve into this subject matter and explore a novel method for calculating various material properties was indeed invaluable to me.
I extend my sincere gratitude to Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal for his insightful teachings on DFT Modelling and for providing us with the necessary resources, including applications, research papers, and recorded videos. His guidance has greatly enriched my understanding in this field. Thank you, Dr. Nikhil, for your invaluable contribution to my academic journey.

I am Kunal Bhalchandra Bhole, a Research Scholar, in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department at National Institute of Technology Karnataka. I would like to thank Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal for hosting such an amazing online training session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso. It was an very informative session which I will be definitely utilizing in my research work.

I am Malavika Devi, an undergraduate at IISER Thiruvananthapuram. I attended a 7-days online session on Molecular Modelling at DFT level hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 14 May - 20 May 2024. It was very useful and interesting. I learnt about features in Gaussian and GaussView that makes my life so much easier, which I never would have known if not for this workshop. Thank you sir!

I am Sakshi Kamboj from CSIR-CDRI, Lucknow, India. I attended 4th computational chemistry workshop on Gaussian software conducted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal.
I had a great experience during this workshop. As a beginner in the field of computational chemistry I got the chance to learn different aspects of the field as well as their applications.
Special thanks to Dr. Nikhil who provided the hands on training along with teaching. I am also looking forward for Future workshop related to this topic.
Thanks.

During the 7-day online session on Materials Modeling at the DFT level using Quantum Espresso, I, Satish Kumar Yadav, a faculty member at the Institute of New and Renewable Energy, University of Lucknow, had an enriching experience. Hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at the Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from October 12 to 18, 2023, this session opened doors to a world of advanced computational insights.

Throughout the program, I delved into the intricacies of density functional theory (DFT) and Quantum Espresso, honing my skills in simulating and understanding materials at the atomic level. Dr. Aggarwal's expertise and the interactive online platform fostered a dynamic learning environment.

This experience not only expanded my knowledge but also provided valuable networking opportunities. I am now better equipped to apply DFT methods to advance materials research, contributing to the ever-evolving field of renewable energy.

I Aman Tiwari am a research scholar at Dr Shakuntala Misra National Rehabilitation University, Lucknow. I attended a 7-Days online Hands-on-Training program on DFT Modeliing at Molecular Level level hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at the Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 18 Mar. - 24 Mar 2025. The sessions were really helpful and informative. Not only I learnt the use of software I also learnt some basic science behind its use. All doubts regarding to DFT were politely cleared and it also helped me in writing manuscript and supporting information.

I, Guja.J.B ,Research Scholar, NMCC, Marthandam , Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu.I attended a 7 days online hands on training on DFT-M using Quantum Espresso Package organized by The Centre for Advanced Computational Research, New Delhi. It was useful training session . I was able to gain knowledge about a new area. Thanks for the entire team behind this session for providing us such an informative training.

I am Smitha. M from Kerala University , India. I attended 7th Computational Chemistry Workshop using Gaussian Software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program.
My experience was excellent
First of all I am thanking Nikhil sir for giving me an opportunity to attend the workshop. It's not merely a workshop because theoretical concepts were also cleared by sir in a meaningful way. It was beneficial to a beginner as well as an expert.
Sir is not bothering about time. Sir notices whether his students understand the concept or not and he is ready to take any steps for that and so i wish to join other workshops conducting by sir to understand the concepts clearly.
Thanking you sir

I am Sonal Tripathi a research scholar at School of Nanotechnology RGPV, Bhopal. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies in Oct, Nov 2023. So far, I am very much satisfied with the pace and content delivery of course by Nikhil sir. Hands-on training session is very good and all our doubts are cleared during the session, in fact post session recordings are uploaded on time for practice. So, it is very fruitful journey. Thanks and wish to connect in future endeavours also.

I am Pratik Das, a research Scholar from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India. attended 8th Computational Chemistry Workshop using Gaussian Software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program.

My experience was wonderful. Although I am not from the chemistry background still, I get quite a lot of understanding. Thanks to the in-depth theory level discussion.

Thanks for this wonderful experience.

​I am Paramita Saha from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India. I attended 8th Computational Chemistry Workshop using Gaussian Software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program.

My experience was very good

I want to particularly mention one thing, every teacher mainly focuses on the do's while using a software, but Nikhil Sir especially highlights the don'ts involved while using Gaussian. The workshop sessions were highly interactive and also brushed up sone basic concepts of physical chemistry. Involvement of logic in each and every step made it a great session to attend. I hope this workshop will really be a great help towards my research works.

I Santu Mazumder, am a research scholar at ____NIT Meghalaya___/. I attended a 7-day online session on Materials Modelling at the DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr Nikhil Aggarwal at the Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 4 Mar. - 10 Mar. 2024. As a new member, it was an awesome journey to be a part of DFT society. This course is made for beginners as well as advanced learners of DFT. This course has shaped my thinking about Material Science.

I am Ms. Amen Aier from NIT Nagaland. I attended Computational Chemistry Workshop organized by Dr. Nikhil.
My experience was very good.
I really appreciate Sir's way of teaching. He made things very simple and clear which helped us to follow quickly and understand for a beginner like me in computational. The only problem we faced during the workshop was network connectivity. Other than that all is well. I am grateful for being able to be a part of this workshop. Thank you Sir.

I, Priti C. Verma am a research scholar at UM-DAE Centre of Excellence in Basic Sciences, Mumbai. I attended a 7-Days online Hands-on-Training program on Molecular Modelling at DFT level hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at the Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 30 Apr. - 6 May 2024. The experience was amazing, I got to learn a lot. Very detailed explanation and information was provided. Engagement with participants was great and him asking us questions helped with active learning.

I, Adarsh Parashar, am a postgraduate student at Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai. I attended 7-days online workshop on molecular modelling at DFT level by Dr. Nikhil Aggrawal At Centre of advanced computational research from 14may- 21 may 2024.
The workshop was very informative. Learned about the Gaussian software. My doubts regarding the topic were cleared. I sincerely thank Dr. Nikhil Aggrawal sir for nicely conducting this workshop.Looking forward for more such sessions.

​I, Dr. Dharmendra am a research scholar at University of Delhi. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 12 - 18 Oct 2023. Personally, I feel that Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal is the best teacher for this training program. I am not very much familiar of the theoretical part but the way he taught us is really appreciable and I learn something new during this training program.

​Recently I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 12 - 18 Oct 2023. It was a great learning experience for me. I highly recommend these workshops to all research scholars. I had almost no previous experience in computational chemistry and my PhD work was mostly focused on synthetic inorganic chemistry but I always wanted to gain computational chemistry skills as well. Thank you Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal for conducting these workshops and patiently handling the queries of all participants. Your patience and effective communication skills has made this online session a success. I look forward to attend the upcoming sessions.

I am Sneha Ravi Kali a research scholar at Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences. I attended a 10 days online session on DFT Modelling of Advanced Materials using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 4 - 13 Mar 2025. It is beginner-friendly and highly informative. I recommend this course to anyone who has no knowledge of Quantum Espresso and wishes to learn it from the basics.

I have attended a 7-Days online Hands-on-Training program on Molecular Modelling at DFT level hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at the Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 30 Apr. - 6 May 2024. It was a helpful and insightful session. In 7 days I learn a lot of new things. I have also attended Density functional theory modeling of material. It was a great help for me to begin with. Along with hands-on training, he also explains the important concepts and clears the doubt. I enjoyed learning with him.

Thanks a lot for giving to this opportunity. I Sivakumar from VIT Chennai campus and working on the thermoelectric application. In the thermoelectric application should must for theoretical studies so i try to learn from last two years. Previous session also helped for beginners and this session is very helped to for my research work. I tried my system for SCF. DOS and Band structure and got a good result. Please i request you how to do for effective mass calculation and phonon studies (DFT) in future session. Thank you so much

​I Sharda Pandey am a research scholar at University of Lucknow, Lucknow. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 5 - 11 Oct 2023. It was very useful to get a direction in the simulation work based on various materials. It was nicely done. Very organized and informative sessions for us as a beginner. Thank you so much for sharing the information.

I am Saptaparna Sinhababu from University of Calcutta, West Bengal, India. I attended 5th workshop organised by Dr. Nikhil under professional training program. It was an excellent experience in my life. Dr. Nikhil taught us in a very nice manner and answer our questions patiently not only the zoom, he always gives answer through WhatsApp also. The recordings of the lecture are provided for future reference, is a very good point of this workshop.

I am Rajkumari Linthoinganbi from NIT Manipur, India. I attended 2nd Computational Chemistry Workshop on Gaussian software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program of the AIMs Institute.
My experience was excellent.
I learn many new techniques from this workshop. I am very grateful to him for all his effort and his teaching skill.

Myself Aniruddha Siddhartha from Malviya National Institute of technology Jaipur , I attended ccg training session from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program of the AIMs Institute. It was completely hands on and he interacted with almost every student. He guided us even for the smallest steps. He explained every tid bit necessary and also shared his own personal experiences which gave us an insight to the actual struggles in the lab. For a beginner like me, it was indeed a very good experience and it further cultivated my interest in computational chemistry.

I am am a research scholar at IOP BHUBANESWAR. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 4 Mar. - 10 Mar. 2024. 1st of all I want to mention that the teaching strategy is wanderful. He is very polite and clearing the doubts even being online. He appreciate to ask the question. Very punctual during class hours. Many more to say but in short, I totally enjoyed and loved the class.

Thank you sir! I don't know, wether I will get a chance to meet you in person or not. I really enjoyed the class.

Thank you once again ❤️

​I am Rushali Haridas Dudure
From Institute of Chemical Technology Mumbai, Marathwada campus Jalna, India.
I attended 5th Computational Chemistry Workshop using Gaussian Software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program.

My experience was excellent with this workshop.
An awesome workshop, very interesting and good information and tool. Dr. Nikhil explained very well and deeply. Thank you so much for organizing this workshop. This is very helpful for us.

I am kavitha Venkataraman from Jyoti Nivas College, Bangalore University India. Thanks for providing an opportunity to attend the sessions on 2nd computational chemistry workshop on Gaussian Software conducted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal . As a beginner in computational Chemistry, this training helped me to learn more about Gaussian software in a short duration. Having knowledge is not so important, but sharing with others really matters. In that way Sir's knowledge about Gaussian software is awesome. I really thank him for sharing his knowledge with us and training us. Appreciate your patience in clarifying our doubts.

I, Smrutiranjan Jena, a research scholar at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT DU) Bhubaneswar. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 26 Nov - 2 Dec. 2023.

First of all, this totally a new experience for me to join this kind of online workshop. The reason I got interested in this is Thin films & Nano particles. Yes, got to know about a new software and mechanism handling & hands on training on that. Although have some doubts but will try to solve those through mail discussion with Dr. Nikhil sir. Thank you.

I am YUREKHA SP, a research scholar at VELLORE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, VELLORE. I attended a 7-days online session on Molecular Modelling at DFT level hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 14 May - 20 May 2024. I'm new to use gaussian software. So, I learned so many things from this workshop.Thanks for this wonderful opportunity to expand the research knowledge.

I (Aravindhan R) am a research scholar at VIT, Vellore. I attended a 7-Days online Hands-on-Training program on Molecular Modelling at DFT level hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at the Centre for Advanced Computational Research from 30 Apr. - 6 May 2024. Though I am very familiar to gaussian software I attended this workshop due to the best experience gathered on quantum espresso workshop. Workshop was good and gives better clarity about the gaussian based LCAO calculations. I am eagerly waiting for the advanced workshops on both gaussian and quantum espresso.

I attended a 7 days online session from 02-08 November on Materials Modelling by using DFT and Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies in Nov 2023. I like the pace and content deliver by Dr. Nikhil. Hands-on training sessions are very informative, interested, and all doubts are cleared during the sessions. It is very good platform to learns many things. Really, these sessions are very helpful for the beginners. I wish to attend many more sessions in future. Thank you very much Dr. Nikhil.

I am Anuska Chakraborti from St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi, India. I attended 5th OET, 5th MSD and 12th CCG Workshop organized by Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program.

My experience was excellent.

The best thing about the classes are that they are very interactive. The professor is happy to solve any and all doubts during and out of the sessions. He is motivational and keen to share knowledge of his experiences in scientific community as well as encourage students to pursue research. Everyone, including undergraduate students and up, can attend as the professor makes the workshop age-friendly.

I am Ravinder, a research scholar at NIT Kurukshetra. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 2 - 8th Nov 2023. The sessions were so good that I was able to understand the things in a single time. Also the recordings are available for practice afterwards.

I am from VNIT, India. I attended 2nd Computational Chemistry Workshop on Gaussian software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program. My experience was excellent.
Really fruitful workshop and learned a lot. Sessions are also interactive which allowed me to clear all my doubts.
Kudos to you Dr. Nikhil

I Sonia Saini; a research scholar at Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology Thiruvananthapuram, attended 11-19 October 2023, 7 days of DFT training course classes by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal. I found the course very useful and the way of interaction of Nikhil sir is amazing. I was the beginner to this course but now I'm a learner and having better understanding about the software. I'm feeling confident after practicing the home work and problems during the sessions. On the other hand, Nikhil sir is very patientful. He listens the problems during the sessions and try to understand and resolve them on the spot. His way of teaching is excellent. I am very grateful and thankful to Nikhil Aggarwal, for creating such wonderful platform along with Centre for Advanced Computational Research, New Delhi; for students and faculties to learn new trends of science and technology and providing them opportunities to grow and contribute accordingly. Thank you so much, Sir.

I am Stuti Srivastava, from CSIR-NPL, New Delhi.
I am glad to join the course on DFT, which is being taught us by Dr.Nikhil Agarwal Sir. He explains so well and make the concept easy by answering most of our queries. His teaching skills provoked my interest to learn and use DFT in further research work.
The most important thing about this course is that they provide recorded lectures after each session, which we can revisit to clear out doubts.

I Pankaj Kumar a research scholar at Teerthanker Mahaveer University, Faculty of Engineering. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 2 - 8 Oct 2023. The program was exceptionally insightful and engaging, providing a comprehensive understanding of advanced concepts in materials modelling.

I would like to express my sincere appreciation that the depth of knowledge and expertise demonstrated by you throughout the sessions were truly commendable. Your lucid explanations and interactive teaching style made even the most intricate topics accessible and comprehensible to all participants. The hands-on experience with Quantum Espresso was particularly enriching, and the practical insights shared during the sessions have undoubtedly enhanced my understanding of DFT-based materials modelling techniques.
Furthermore, I found the organization of the online sessions to be highly efficient, and the technical support provided by the team was instrumental in ensuring a seamless learning experience for all participants.
Overall, this online session has been an invaluable learning opportunity, and I am confident that the knowledge gained will significantly benefit my current and future research endeavors in materials science.

I am Rajalakshmi A V from VIT Vellore, India.
I attended 2nd Computational Chemistry Workshop on Gaussian software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program of the AIMs Institute.

My experience was excellent with the workshop.It was really very informative and helped me to get a good knowledge on computational studies. Special Thanks to Dr.Nikhil Sir who provided the hands on training along with teaching. THANK YOU SIR.

I am Shritee Mishra from VIT, Vellore , India. I attended 12th Computational Chemistry Workshop using Gaussian Software from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program.
My experience was excellent.
I liked the way Dr Nikhil made us understand about the concept of computational chemistry nd he handled it very smoothly. He is very cooperative nd friendly .

I (Abhiyan Gurung) am a M. Sc student at Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology, Majitar. I attended a 7 days online session on Materials Modelling at DFT level using Quantum Espresso hosted by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal at Centre for Advanced Computational Studies from 4 Feb. - 10 Feb. 2024.
I am working on my project and with the help of this workshop I am able to complete it within a given time.
Whether you're a student, researcher or industry professional, I would highly recommend this workshop for anyone looking to expand their understanding of materials modelling using DFT calculation.

I’m Sneha Dey from University of Calcutta, India. I attended 12th Computational Chemistry, 5th MSD, 5th OET Workshop organised by Dr. Nikhil Aggarwal sir under Professional Training Programme.

My experience was Excellent.

I’ve never seen a teacher like him, who’s constantly taking care of our progress during Workshop period and afterwards too.

A BIG Thank You sir 🙏🏻

​I am Purnasha Sarkar from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. I attended origin and endnote training session from Dr. Nikhil under Professional Training program. It was completely hands on and he interacted with almost every student. He guided us even for the smallest steps. He explained every tit-bit necessary and also shared his own personal experiences which gave us an insight to the actual struggles in the lab. For a beginner like me, it was indeed a very good experience and it further cultivated my interest in computational chemistry.