Group Members
Post-Doctoral Scholar
1.Dr. Nallin Sharma
PhD thesis title: Engineered optical properties of 2D Stanane and 1D tin oxide for Healthcare and Environmental applications.
PhD granting institution: National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan.
Tenure: August 2021-Present.
Current PhD students
1. Mr. Guttula Mohan Kumar
Thesis title: Evolution of Texture, Grain Boundary Constitution and Corrosion Behaviour of Cobalt Coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India.
2. Mr. Akhand Pratap Singh
Thesis title: Evolution of Texture, Grain Boundary Constitution and Corrosion Behaviour of Metallic Coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India.
3. Mr. Sunando Banerjee
Thesis title: Evolution of Texture, Grain Boundary Constitution and Corrosion Behaviour of Metallic Coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India.
4. Mr. Bapan Dhara
Thesis title: Evolution of Texture, Grain Boundary Constitution and Corrosion Behaviour of Metallic Coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India.
5.Mr. Akshay Yadav
Thesis title: Development of hydrogen permeation and corrosion resistant metallic coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India
6. Mr. Piyush Viswakarma
Thesis title: Development of sensors for micro-plastic detection.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India
Post-Doctoral Scholars (Past)
1. Dr. Shikha Awasthi
PhD thesis title: Electrophoretic Deposition of Ni-Carbonaceous (Graphene, CNTs, Diamond) and Ni- Carbon-BN coatings.
PhD granting institution and graduation date: Babu Banarasi Das University, Lucknow, India/April 2018
Current project: Fabrication techniques and simulation studies on biomimetic hydroxyapatite coatings.
Tenure: March 2020-March 2022.
2. Dr. Punith Kumar MK
PhD thesis title: Development of Zn-Nanoparticles composite coating process for industrial applications.
PhD granting institution and graduation date: Kuvempu University, India/February 2013
Current project: Electrochemical behaviour of metallic coatings.
Tenure: May 2018-January 2022
3. Dr. Karthik Dhandapani
PhD thesis title: Surface, mechanical and electrochemical properties of metallic alloys laser peened without protective coating.
PhD granting institution and graduation date: VIT University, Vellore, India/October 2016
Post-doc project: Phase transformation and textures in laser peened steels.
Tenure: January 2017-January 2019
Current appointment: Post-doctoral scholar in Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.
Past PhD students
1. Dr. Shyam Kanta Sinha
Thesis title: Synthesis and Transformation of AuCu Intermetallic Nanoparticles.
Advisors: Prof. Chandan Srivastava, Prof. K. Chattopadhyay* and Prof. S. Sampath#
*Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore.
#Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore.
Status: July 2014, Degree awarded.
Current employment: Scientist in Atomic Energy Commission, India.
2. Dr. Venkatesha N
Thesis title: Nanoparticles for Bio-Imaging: Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluorescence Imaging.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Year: July 2015, Degree awarded
Current employment: Post-doctoral scholar at United Arab Emirates University, Al-Ain 15551, United Arab Emirates.
3. Dr. P. Dhanalakshmi
Thesis title: Synthesis and Phase Transformation Studies of Al44Mn45 ferromagnetic heusler alloys
Advisors: Prof. Chandan Srivastava, Prof. K. Chattopadhyay*, Prof. G. Madras#
*Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore.
#Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore.
Year: July 2015 Degree awarded.
4. Dr. Suman Sarkar
Thesis title: Evolution of microstructure and phase transformation study in rapidly solidified Cu-Fe-Si Alloy.
Advisors: Prof. Chandan Srivastava and Prof. K. Chattopadhyay
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore
Year: March 2017 Degree awarded.
Current employment: Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, India.
5. Dr. Y. Raghupathy
Thesis title: Nano surface modifications for anti-corrosive and anti-biofouling applications.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Year: March 2018
Status: Degree Awarded.
Current employment: Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India.
6. Dr. Rekha M Y
Thesis Title: Microstructure and Corrosion Properties of Electrodeposited Metallic Coatings Containing Graphene Oxide and Graphene.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India
Year: May 2020 Degree awarded.
Current employment: Post-doctoral scholar at Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA.
7. Dr. Prafull Pandey
Thesis Title: On the development of low mass density g’-strengthened Co-Based superalloys.
Advisors: Prof. Chandan Srivastava and Prof. K. Chattopadhyay
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore
Year: December 2019 Degree awarded.
Current employment: Post-doctoral scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA.
8. Dr. Zinia Mohanta
Thesis title: Engineering the chemistry of graphene oxide and its application for bio-imaging
Advisors: Prof. Chandan Srivastava1, Siddharth Jhunjhunwala2
1Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore
2Department of NMR studies, IISc Bangalore.
Year: March 2021 Degree (provisional) awarded
Current employment: Post-doctoral scholar at John Hopkins University, USA.
9. Dr. Sweety Arora
Thesis Title: Electrochemical Behavior of Metallic Coatings Containing Carbonaceous
Additives.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India
Year: June 2021 Degree (provisional) awarded.
Current employment: Editorial office staff position in JOVE journal, India.
10. Mr. Ahmed Aliyu
Thesis title: Microstructure and Electrochemical Properties of Electrodeposited High Entropy Alloy Coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India
Status: Thesis defense completed.
11. Mr. Abhay Gupta
Thesis title: Microstructure and Texture Engineering Strategies to Enhance the Corrosion Resistance of Tin Based Coatings
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India
Status: Thesis defense completed.
12. Mr. Atul P Meshram
Thesis title: Microstructure-corrosion property correlation in Ni-P coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India.
13. Mr. Kompella Jyotheender
Thesis title: Texture and Grain boundary engineering in electrodeposited Zinc coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava.
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore, India.
14. Ms. Sujata Singh
Thesis title: Modalities for microstructural homogenization in high entropy alloys.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India.
15. Mr. S Roohan Farooq Lala
Thesis title: Effect of minor Cr addition on microstructure, morphology and corrosion behaviour of Sn-Cr coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India.
Current Master of Technology (M. Tech) students
Mr. D.V.Praveen Kumar
Thesis title: Texture and Grain boundary engineering in electrodeposited Zinc-based coatings.
Advisor: Dr. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore, India.
Past Masters of Technology (M.Tech) Students
1. Dr. Brij Mohan Mundotiya
Thesis title: Influence of bath temperature, current and time on solid solubility of Ag-Ni films and nanoparticles.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2012 Degree Awarded.
Current employment: Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.
2. Dr. Rajesh Rai
Thesis title: Synthesis and Characterization of Ag-Ni Nano-wires.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2013 Degree Awarded.
Current employment: Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India.
3. Mr. Mahander Pratap Singh
Thesis title: Synthesis and Characterization of immiscible nano-solids (Nanowires).
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2014 Degree Awarded.
Current employment: PhD student at the Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
4. Mr. Rohit Berelia
Thesis title: Synthesis and characterization of isolated nano-solids and nano-structured coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2015 Degree Awarded.
Current employment: PhD student at the Arizona State University, USA.
5. Mr. Bachu Saiphaneendra
Thesis title: synthesis and characterization of graphene – nanoparticle composites and their potential for environmental and catalytic applications.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2016 Degree Awarded.
Current employment: PhD student at Pennsylvania State University, USA.
6. Mr. Anuj Dash
Thesis title: Heat treatment and hot deformation behavior of nano precipitate strengthened ferritic and ferrito-bainitic steels.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2017 Degree Awarded.
Current employment: PhD student at the Department of Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
7. Mr. Shubham Netam
Thesis title: Morphology, Microstructure and Electrochemical Corrosion Behavior of Zinc and Zinc-Graphene Oxide Nanocomposite Coatings Electrodeposited on Mild Steel.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2017 Degree Awarded.
8. Mr. Prasad Chavan
Thesis title: Towards the synthesis of graphene foams by powder metallurgical route.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2018 Degree Awarded.
Current employment: PhD student at the Centre for Nanoscience and Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India.
9. Ms. Sonu
Thesis title: Microstructure of Metallic Film Grown Over Graphene Surface.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2019 Degree Awarded.
10. Ms. Chitra Wagh
Thesis title: Nickel-TiO2 Composite Coatings: Morphology and Electrochemical Properties.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2021 Completed.
11. Ms. Sangeeta Paul
Thesis Title: Zinc-TiO2 Composite Coatings: Morphology and Electrochemical Properties
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2021 Completed.
12. Anvesh Nathani
Thesis Title: Development of Ni-Al-Ti coatings by electrodeposition route.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Department of Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore.
Year: 2022 Completed.
13. Ms. Saraswati Dammu
Thesis title: Microstructure-Corrosion Property Correlation in Sn-Carbon Nanotube Coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Year: 2023
14. Mr. Mohan Kumar M
Thesis title: Grain Boundary Engineering in Cobalt-Graphene Oxide Composite Coatings for Enhanced Corrosion Resistance Behaviour.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Year: 2023.
Master of Science students
1. Mr. Gaurav Lakhani
Thesis title: Characterization of Carbon Nanotube coated metal foams.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2018 Degree Awarded.
2. Ms. Shirin P
Thesis title: Effect of addition of TiO2 nanoparticles on morphology and corrosion behavior of Zn-TiO2 nanoparticle composite coatings.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2020 Degree Awarded.
Bachelor of Science students
1. Mr. Nitin Mullick
Project title: Synthesis and Microstructural Characterization of Multi-metal Nanoparticle-Graphene Composites.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2016 Degree Awarded.
2. Mr. Deepak Arya
Project title: size-dependence of the optical properties of ZnO and TiO2 nanoparticles.
Advisor: Prof. Chandan Srivastava
Status: 2017 Degree Awarded.