He received his B.Tech and M.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in 2007. He obtained his PhD from University of California, Berkeley in 2011, and subsequently held post-doctoral positions at Columbia University and Harvard University. His research interests include thin film science and technology of complex oxides and chalcogenides and transport processes such as electrical, thermal, electrochemical transport in complex materials. Dr. Ravichandran has won several accolades including Institute Silver Medal (IIT Kharagpur), Link Energy Fellowship etc. The capabilities of Ravichandran's group include growth of high quality complex oxide superlattices, and heterostructures, and thermoelectric, and thermal transport measurements in these material systems.