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Meet the team
Meet the team
Education
Education
Ph.D., Max Planck Institute for Metals Research Germany, Department of Materials Science, 2009
M.Tech, IIT Kanpur, India, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, 2003
B.E., NIT, Rourkela, India, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, 2000
Appointments
Appointments
Professor and Head, Materials Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, India, 2024 to present
Associate Head, Materials Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, India, 2023 to 2024
Associate Professor, Materials Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, India, 2016 to 2024
Assistant Professor, Materials Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, India, 2011 to 2016
Postdoctoral Researcher, MPI Halle (Saale), Germany, 2009 to 2010
Scientist B, NML (CSIR), Jamshedpur, India, 2004 to 2006
Assistant Manager, KCSSL, Pune, India, 2003 to 2004
JRF, RRL (CSIR), Bhubaneswar, India, 2000 to 2001
Honors and Awards
Research showcase at IIT R&D Fair, IInvenTive, IIT Delhi (2022); JSPS Invitational Fellowship (short term), Japan (May-June, 2022); DAAD Fellowship, Germany (June-July, 2019); Visiting research fellow at JAIST, Japan (May to June, 2018 and 2017); Excellence-in-Research Fellowship, IIT Gandhinagar, India (2011-2014).
Present PhD scholars
Thesis
Chemical strain-induced structural and semiconductor-to-metal transition in VO2 thin film
Education
Chemical strain-induced structural and semiconductor-to-metal transition in VO2 thin film
Education
- PhD, Materials Engineering (MSE), Nov 2025
- MTech, NIT Hamirpur, HP, Material Science and Engineering (MSE), 2020
- BTech, Lovely Professional University (LPU), Punjab, Mechanical Engineering, 2017
Thesis
Functionally graded coatings on Ti-6Al-4V implants for bio-medical application
Education
Functionally graded coatings on Ti-6Al-4V implants for bio-medical application
Education
- PhD, Joined 2022
- BTech, Vellore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu, Mechanical Engineering, 2020
Thesis
Low-emissivity (Low-E) coating for architectural glass window
Education
Low-emissivity (Low-E) coating for architectural glass window
Education
- PhD, Joined 2022
- MSc, Physics, Marwadi University, Rajkot-Gujarat, 2020
- BSc, Physics, Saurashtra University, Rajkot-Gujarat, 2018
Dushyant Dabhi
dushyant.dabhi@iitgn.ac.in
Thesis
Superconductor – Insulator – Superconductor (SIS) Technology Development
Education
- PhD, Joined 2023
- MSc, Physics, School of Sciences, Gujarat University, 2022
- BSc, Physics, St. Xavier's College (Autonomous), affiliated to Gujarat University, 2020
Sarmistha Bhattacharjee
sarmistha.bhattacharjee@iitgn.ac.in
Thesis
Development of indigenous coatings on 3D printed Ti-6Al-4V implants for biomedical applications
Education
- PhD, Joined 2023
- MSc Applied Physics, NIT Silchar Assam, 2014
- BSc Physics, Cotton College Guwahati, Gauhati University, Assam, 2012
Pooja Hingu
pooja.hingu@iitgn.ac.in
Thesis
Vanadium oxide-based bolometer devices for IR sensing
Education
PhD, Joined 2024
MSc, Physics, The Institute of Science, Mumbai, 2021
BSc, Physics, Mumbai University, 2019
Abhinav Rana
abhinav.rana@iitgn.ac.in
Education
PhD, Joined 2025
BTech, Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Hamirpur, 2024
Raju Beerasent
raju.beerasent@iitgn.ac.in
Education
PhD (CDP), Joined 2025
MTech, VLSI system design, Annamacharya Institute of Technology and Sciences, affiliated to JNTU Anantapur, 2016
BTech, Electronics and Communication Engineering, Golden Valley Integrated Campus, Affiliated to JNTU Anantapur, 2014
Subrat Kumar Das
Subrat.das@iitgn.ac.in
Education
PhD (CDP), joined 2025
BE, Material Science and Metallurgy, AMIE, 2019
Diploma, Metallurgical Engineering, UGIE, 2010
Present MTech students
Swinkle Rose
24250099@iitgn.ac.in
Thesis
Education
- MTech, Joined 2024
- BTech Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut, 2024
Neha Catherine
24250062@iitgn.ac.in
Thesis
Education
- MTech, Joined 2024
- BTech Materials Science and Engineering, NIT Calicut, 2024
Alumni
Dr Shivam Shukla
(PhD 2025; currently an ad hoc faculty at NIT Hamirpur)
PhD Thesis
Development of High Visible and Near-Infrared Transparent Ta:TiO2 - based Electrode
(PhD 2024; currently a Postdoc at TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany)
PhD Thesis
Atypical thermal oxidation in Sm2(Co, Fe, Cu, Zr)17 magnetic alloy systems
Dr Krishna Manwani
(PhD 2020; currently a Postdoc at EPFL, Switzerland)
PhD Thesis
Dr Tvarit A. Patel
(PhD 2020; currently Asst. Prof. at IAR, Gandhinagar)
PhD Thesis
Dr Narendra Bandaru
(PhD 2019; currently a Postdoc at Aarhus University, Denmark)
PhD Thesis
Dr Chetan C. Singh
(PhD 2018; currently a principal thin film engineer at SuperQ Technologies India Pvt Ltd)
PhD Thesis
Mr. Smurti Prakash Behera
(MTech 2024)
MTech Thesis
Synthesis of HAp coatings for bio-medical application
Ms. Remiya Roy
(MTech 2022; currently at General Electric)
MTech Thesis
Developing non-stoichiometric crystalline and amorphous TiO2 for dye degradation applications
Mr. Rohit Dahule
(MTech 2021; currently a PhD student at JAIST, Japan)
MTech Thesis
Surface study of Cu2SnS3 using first principle density functional theory
Dr Abhishek Raghav
(MTech 2019; Currently a PostDoc at Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA) )
MTech Thesis
Mr. Dhrutiman Dey
(MTech 2019; currently a PhD at IIT Guwahati)
MTech Thesis
Ms. Priyanka Rawat
(M.Tech 2018)
MTech Thesis
Mr. Rishi Dhawan
(MTech 2018; currently at Testbook)
MTech Thesis
Mr. Ajay Singh
(M.Tech 2018)
MTech Thesis
Mr. Darshan Ajmera
(M.Tech 2015; currently a Senior Analytics Engineer at The Modern Data Company)
MTech Thesis
Thermodynamics of ultra-thin oxide overgrowths on binary Al-based alloys
Mr. Soham Sirodhkar
(BTech 2022; currently a PhD at University of Texas, Dallas)
Mr. Rushik Desai
(BTech 2022; currently a PhD at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana)
Mr. Krutarth Khot
(BTech 2021; currently a PhD at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana)
Mr. Deepak Dwivedi (JRF)
Mr. Vaibhav Bhavsar (JRF; currently at Bharat Forge)
Ms. Aditi Thanki (JRF; currently at University of Leuven)
Ms. Karishma Jain (JRF; currently at IIT Kanpur)
Mr. Jit Sarkar (NIT Durgapur)
Ms. Garikapati Nagasarvari (currently at IIT Madras)
Mr. Jugal Mehta (B.Tech)
Mr. Dillip Singh (B.Tech)
Mr. Aditya Kumar (B.tech)
Mr. Bhoopendra Kumar (B.Tech)
Mr. Aman Singh (B.Tech)
Mr. Abhiroop Mishra (B.Tech)
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