Dr. Ananth Steephen has obtained Ph.D., in Physics from University of Madras, Chennai in 2015. Dr. Ananth joined in the department of Physics in KPR Institute of Technology in 2015. And, the research interests are in Solar Energy Materials, Organic Solar Cells and Hydrogen production. The collaborative exploration is on nonlinear optical crystal growth and computational methods (DFT) on organic photo sensitizers. He is a Research Supervisor (2670034) in Anna University and the Department of Physics of KPRIET is a Research Centre (4276420) in Anna University. Two research scholars are pursuing Ph.D. He has published 48 research articles in international peer reviewed journals. One UGC-DAE- CSR research project is progressing in second year. He is an editorial board member of American Journal of Environmental Science and Engineering.