Prof. Soumitra Satapathi Founding President Perovskite Society of India

Recently, India has risen to become one of the world’s most attractive renewable energy markets, thanks to changing government policy and optimistic economic growth. Among different types of renewables, solar power is expected to increase at a breakneck pace in India. Halide perovskite solar cells have emerged as one of the most promising technologies in photovoltaics in recent times. For the past 10 years, India has contributed significantly to field of the perovskite research in terms of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), LEDs, photodetectors, materials development and fundamental studies. Although there are isolated research activities in various laboratories in India, there is a lack of collaboration and knowledge exchange for the commercialization of this technology nationally. Perovskite Society of India, a pan-India forum is formed with the vision and mission to promote research and development activity in perovskite materials and devices in the country and to raise awareness about commercialization potentials and solicit future policy. The primary aim of this society is to create a shared research facility, exchange knowledge, promote R&D activity in this area, and provide career support to budding scientists. I hope that in the coming years the Perovskite Research Society of India will continue to grow in strength with increasing participation of researchers both from the academia and industry. I request everyone working in the field to join the society.