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Hi there! 

We look forward to welcoming interested researchers to our group.  Please take a look at our Vacancies!

Students with a Masters's degree in Chemical Engineering, Material Science & Metallurgy, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, and Physics are encouraged to apply for a Ph.D

Self-funded students with CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF, INSPIRE Fellowships etc., are highly encouraged to apply. 

Please find further details: https://www.iiserb.ac.in/doaa/admission


Ph.D. Students

Sharad Pinjari (Institute Fellow)

Sharad is researching sodium-ion superionic conductors for next-generation cathodes for sodium-ion batteries. When not doing research, he likes to play cricket and read Marathi novels.


Email: sharad21@iiserb.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

Yashraj Soni (PMRF Fellow)

Yashraj aims to study the mechanism of charge storage in hard carbon materials and ways to improve the full-cell performance of sodium-ion batteries. Yashraj is a gold medallist who pursued a bachelor's from IISER-Bhopal. He likes to play music, read, and sing during his leisure.

Email: yashraj22@iiserb.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

Subhajit Singha (UGC-JRF Fellow)

Subhajit works on phosphate-rich polyanion-type cathodes for sodium-ion batteries.  He likes to play cricket, football, and volleyball during his free time.

Email: subhajit23@iiserb.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

M. Rama Krishna (CSIR-JRF Fellow)

Rama Krishna works on Magnesium ion batteries and is presently exploring ways to synthesize covalent organic frameworks for such multi-valent batteries.  He likes to play cricket during his free time.

Email: mandala23@iiserb.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

Athira V Kamalon (INSPIRE Fellow)

Athira works on polyanion cathodes for Zinc ion batteries.  Athira completed her M.Sc. in solid-state physics from M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Science and is a  Gold medallist. She likes to sing, dance, and read books during her leisure.

Email: athira23@iiserb.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

Visiting Ph.Ds

Archana Kanwade(PMRF, IIT-Indore)

Archana is PMRF from the Department of Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science at IIT-Indore, working with Prof. Parasharam M. Shiarge. Her research focus is on engineering polyanionic compounds, for sodium-ion batteries. She enjoys listening music in free time.

Email: phd2101105003@iiti.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

Tausif Alam (VIT-Bhopal)

Tausif works on solid-state electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries. His interest lies in enhancing the battery performance and optimisation of ion transport in electrolytes.



Email: tausif.2022@vitbhopal.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

Project Scientist

Purandas Mudavath

Purandas works as a Project Associate at the Clean Energy Research Group. He focuses on tailoring Prussian Blue Analogues for better alkali-ion uptake.  Apart from research he likes to play basketball. 


Email: purandasmudavath@gmail.com

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

 M.S. Thesis

Parshana Boina Saikumar

Saikumar works on the effect of electrolytes on aqueous Sodium-ion batteries. His study aims to explore the effect of electrolytes on electrode interface. In his leisure, he likes to play games.



Email: saikumar19@iiserb.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618

Megha Reghunath

Megha works on the hard carbon anodes for Sodium-ion batteries. 

Email: meghareghunath@cusat.ac.in

Tel: +91 755 269 2618