CURRENT RESEARCH STUDENTS

Ph.D.Thesis

Mohak Shukla (Research Theme: ML and Statistical Physics  with applications in Condensed Matter Physics (Employed and Part-Time)).

Khashti Datt Pandey (Research Theme: Micro-force Sensing and Micro-rheology using Magnetic Micromanipulation (Institute Fellow)).

Ankush Kumar  (Research Theme: Scalable approaches for synthesis of CNMs for functional nanocomposites (Institute Fellow)).

Abhash Shukla (Research Theme: Off-the-grid Atmospheric Water Harvesting (DST-TDP & MoEFCC projects); Jointly supervised with Dr. R. Raj from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Project Staff)).

Richa Bharti (Research Theme: Neuromorphic devices (PMRF Research Scholar)).

Lipika Sasmal (Research Theme: Artificial Neurons on Chip (Project Staff)).

Mohammed Qadeer (Research Theme: Low-GWP alternative refrigerations (MoEFCC project); Jointly supervised with Dr. R. Raj from the Department of Mechanical Engineering (Project Staff)).

Ranjan Kumar Malik (Research Theme: Intrinsic Diode Effect (Institute Fellow)).

M.Sc. Thesis

Vivek Jha (Research Theme: Thin-film architectures for Neuromorphic Devices).
Okunam Taki (Research Theme: Reaction-Diffusion Systems).

B.Tech. Thesis

Satyam Sahoo, Developing Energy Efficient and Biologically Plausible Online Learning Rules for Spiking Neural Networks (SNNs).

Pranitha Moluguri, Design and Development of an Efficient Low-Voltage Charging Module for Hydrogel-Based Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting Systems.

Alumni

Ph.D. Thesis

Dr. Pranay Ranjan (2D Materials: Synthesis and Applications in Sensing and Environmental Remediation)
        Graduated 2019 (Now: Faculty member at IIT Jodhpur) Link.

Dr. Ashutosh Kumar (Thermoelectric Transport Studies in Rare Earth-Transition Metal Oxides and their Composites)

        Graduated 2019 (Now: Faculty member at IIT Bhilai) Link.

Dr. Atul Kumar (Certain Theoretical and Experimental aspects of CZTS based solar cells).

        Graduated 2020 (Now: Faculty member at KL University) Link.

Dr. Karuna Kumari (Charge Transport Studies of Perovskite and 2D material/Oxide Composite Systems; Co-advised with Dr. S. Ray)

        Graduated 2022 (Now: Faculty member at HKBK College of Engineering, Bengaluru)  Link.

Dr. Apurva Sinha (Ovchinnikov Ferromagnetism in  Graphene Oxide and Reduced Graphene Oxide). Graduated 2022 (Now: Post-doc at University         of Saskatchewan, Canada) Link.

Dr. Chaitanya Bathina (Fabricating Eco-friendly Superhydrophobic Coating and Exploiting Biomass Energy Potential for Sustainable  Atmospheric         Water Harvesting; Jointly supervised with Dr. R. Raj from the Department of Mechanical Engineering). Graduated 2022 (Now: Post-Doctoral                     Researcher at University of Florida) Link. 

Dr. Sunil (Design and Development of a Biomass Gasification-Based Off-The-Grid Storage and Processing Units for Perishables; Jointly supervised         with Dr. R. Raj from the Department of Mechanical Engineering). Graduated 2025 (Now: Deputy Manager, Technology Cell, Lloyd AC Division,                 Havells India-Center for Research and Innovation) Link.

Dr. Rahul Sinha (Development of An Off-The-Grid Climate Control Unit with Built-in Humidity Control for Storage and Processing of Perishables :              Jointly supervised with Dr. R. Raj from the Department of Mechanical Engineering). Graduated 2025 (Now: Institute Post-Doctoral Researcher at         IIT Bombay). 

Dr. IndranilMaity (Resistive Switching: Role of Defect Tuning and Morphology and the Realization of Synaptic Plasticity; with Co-adviser Dr. S. Ray)

        Graduated 2025.

M.Tech. Thesis

Sagnik Ghosh, Semiconductor Process Optimization and Integration for the Elimination of Deep Trench Isolation Crack Issue in High Voltage                     Devices (Graduated in Spring 2014); Currently working as Scientist at Institute of Microelectronics, A*STAR, Singapore .

Anup Kumar, All Oxide Solar Cells (Graduated in Spring 2014); Currently with Bihar State Electricity Board.

Arun Singh Chouhan, Tuning of Magnetic and Electrical Properties in Complex Oxide Thin Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition                                 (Co-adviser:  Prof. Lambert Alff, TU Darmstadt, Germany, Graduated in 2015). Currently working at Western Digital.

Pradipkumar M. Leuaa, Hierarchically Nanostructured Tin Sulfide as an Electrode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries and Supercapacitors                             (Co-advised with Dr. A. K. Thakur, Graduated in 2015); Currently working at Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, TU Darmstadt,                 Denmark. 

Akash Das, Image Guided Automated Non-prehensile Magnetic Micro-manipulation of Cells, (Co-advised with Dr. Atul Thakur, Graduated in 2015);         Currently with Flipkart. 

Upasana Sahu, Ferromagnet-Superconductor interface phenomenon (Graduated in 2016); Currently pursuing PhD at IIT Delhi. 

Vivek Singh, Nanostructured Thermoelectrics (Graduated in Spring 2016); Currently pursuing PhD at IISc Bangalore.

Anand Kumar Upadhyay, Piezoelectric MEMS (Graduated in 2017); Working as Technical Officer at CEERI Pilani.
Rabindranath Sarangi, Robust Super-Hydrophobic Surfaces with Self-cleaning, Water Droplet Bouncing and Dropwise Condensation (Co-adviser:         Dr. R. Raj; Graduated 2019). Currently pursuing PhD at IIT Roorkee.
Pranaw Ambastha, Thermomechanical Behavior of Energy Pile (Co-advised with Dr. R.K. Bag; Graduated 2022). Working at  L&T

M.Sc. Thesis

Abhinandan Kumar, Superconducting Antidot Arrays (Graduated in Spring 2018).

Mohak Shukla, Opinion Modeling (Graduated in Spring 2018);  Associate Director, AI-ML Model Risk at UBS, and also pursuing PhD at IIT Patna             (employed and part-time). 

Raj Kumar Das, Dust Solutions of LTB Model: Connection to Statistical Physics (Graduated in Spring 2019);  Currently pursuing PhD at ISI Kolkata.
Shantanu Kandar, Brick-Mortar Model for Thermoelectricity (Graduated in Spring 2020);  Currently pursuing PhD at IIT Delhi.
Sherlin James, Exploiting Graphene Oxide for Neuromorphic Circuits (Graduated in Spring 2020). Currently Teacher at AOL School, Kerala.
Neel Vadodaria Classification of Cataclysmic Variables (Graduated in Spring 2022); Currently pursuing PhD at Montana State University.
Ritu Raj Superhydrophobic Surfaces (Graduated in Spring 2022); Currently pursuing PhD at IIT Madras.

Swati Singh Shock Waves (Graduated in Spring 2022); Currently pursuing PhD at The University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth.

Venu Goswami  Effects of Synchronization on roughness exponent in growing interfaces (Graduated in Spring 2023); Currently pursuing PhD at JNCASR.
Vimal  Kumar Optimization of  Cold-Chain Network  using  Optimal Transport Theory (Graduated in Spring 2023).

Shaheen Parween Study of  Roughness in V2O5  Thin Film and  Cu2-xS  Nanoparticles (Graduated in Spring 2023).

Kaustab Bharasa Self-Organized Criticality in Neural Networks (Graduated in Spring 2024).

B.Tech. Thesis

Manas Haloi, Modeling of Nanoscale MOS (co-supervised with Dr. A. K. Mukherjee, Graduated in Spring 2013); Currently with Tricon Infotech.

Shivam Chourey, Development of Magnetically Controlled Microrobots (co-supervised with Dr. Atul Thakur, Graduated in Spring 2014); Currently with Siemens.

Kanishka Singh Solanki, Solar Cell Defect Prediction Using Physics-Informed Machine Learning (Graduated in Spring 2025). Currently with Flipkart.

Tanishk Kadam, Machine Learning Driven Framework for Simulating Gray-Scott Models (Graduated in Spring 2025); Currently pursuing MBA at IIM Lucknow.

N Ajay, Physics-Guided Generative Adversarial Networkds (Graduated in Spring 2025).

S Ramakrishna, Interpretability and Robustness in Physics Involved Machine Learning Systems (Graduated in Spring 2025).

Summer Interns

Abhinav Ashesh, Low Cost Solid State Photolithography System Based on UV LEDs (CUJ; Summer 2014).

Malvika Srivastava, Radio Frequesncy Energy Harvesting (St. Stephens; Summer 2014).

Ankit Labh, Optimization of CO2 laser cutting parameters for fabricating microfluidic channels (from IISER Mohali; Summer 2015).

Rupali Tiwari, Simulation of Solar Cell Structures for High Performance (Galgotia; Summer 2016).

Monalisa Yadav, 2D-materials:Theory and Experiments (IISER Kolkata; Summer 2016).

Shreshtha Chaturvedi, Measuring Memristive Devices (KIIT; Summer 2024-25; NIUS).

Apoorva Bhatnagar, Modeling Memristive Devices (St. Stephens; Summer 2024-25; NIUS).

Others

Tutul Bera (Research Theme: Earth Abundant Element Based Nanostructured Thermoelectric Materials, 2012-15); School Teacher, West Bengal.