Subhendu Guha

Subhendu Guha (born 1942 in Kolkata) is an Indian scientist in the field of photovoltaics.

Early life and career
Subhendu Guha was born in 1942 in Dhaka. Subhendu studied at Presidency College, Kolkata, and obtained his M.Tech. and PhD from the University of Calcutta.

Subhendu developed a new process for making Amorphous silicon in 1998 after he joined Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 1968.

In 1991, he led a team of scientists that made innovations to achieve efficiency solar cells and modules using Thin-film solar cell silicon and also the invention of flexible solar roofing shingles.

In 2006, he met former President George W. Bush during the president's visit to United Solar. He has also served as a panelist on the US Senate committee on energy and natural resources.

Awards and recognition
Subhendu is a recipient of the Bright Light Award from the US Department of Energy, and the PVSEC 2009 award for outstanding contribution to science and technology of photovoltaic.

Selected publications

 * Evolution of PERC from Al-BSF: optimization based on root cause analysis.
 * Backreflector morphology effects and thermodynamic light-trapping in thin-film silicon solar cells.
 * High efficiency multi-junction thin film silicon cells incorporating nanocrystalline silicon.