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Group Members
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Nirmalya Bachhar (PI)
Nirmalya Bachhar (PI)
Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering Department
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
CV Raman Avenue, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560012, India
Phone No: 080 2293 2341
Email: nirmalya@iisc.ac.in
Current Members
Goga Ram
Goga Ram
Project Associate, IISc (MTech-PhD - IIT Jodhpur)
Project: “Understanding the effect of Magic Methyl in polymer solutions”
Project: “Understanding the effect of Magic Methyl in polymer solutions”
Gagan Gaurav S N
Gagan Gaurav S N
Project Associate: JRF
Project Associate: JRF
MSc. Biochemistry and Biophysics (Structural Biology), IISc Bangalore (2023-2025)
Project: "Designing and engineering enzymatic approaches for biodegradation of polymers using microbes"
Project: "Designing and engineering enzymatic approaches for biodegradation of polymers using microbes"
Zeshan Hossain Sardar
Zeshan Hossain Sardar
PhD Scholar since 2025 (IISc Bangalore)
Project: "Defining and Measuring the Geometric Surface Area of a Molecule in Solution for Drug design and Development"
Project: "Defining and Measuring the Geometric Surface Area of a Molecule in Solution for Drug design and Development"
Madavi Smit Chandrabhan
Madavi Smit Chandrabhan
M. Tech. Chemical Engineering since 2025 (IISc Bangalore)
Project: "Crystallization effect of polyolefins on degragation"
Project: "Crystallization effect of polyolefins on degragation"
Sangepu Abhinav
Sangepu Abhinav
M. Tech. Chemical Engineering since 2025 (IISc Bangalore)
Project: "Understanding transient phase seperation of hydrophilic polymers near dilute-semidilute transition"
Project: "Understanding transient phase seperation of hydrophilic polymers near dilute-semidilute transition"
Group Alumni
Ms. Aditi Bhattacharya - MTech 2026 @ IISc Bangalore
Ms. Aditi P. Dahake - MTech 2024 @ IIT Jodhpur, (Present Affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems, Magdeburg, Germany)
Mr. Nitesh Meena - BTech 2024 @ IIT Jodhpur, (Present Affiliation: Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, India)
Mr. Nimish Purohit - BTech 2024 @ IIT Jodhpur, (Present Affiliation: Tiger Analytics, India)
Interns:
Kristine Bjørnødegaard Vintervold (June - August 2026) - NTNU, Norway
Tanvi Shenoy (June - August 2026) - NTNU, Norway
Shibasish Baskey (June - July 2026) - NIT Durgapur
Sai Dhruthi K V L (June - July 2025) - IIT Dharwad
Suhani Khurana (June - July 2025) - BITS Pilani (received Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Program at TU Delft)
Join Our Group
We welcome applications from highly motivated Ph.D. and M.Tech. students interested in molecular simulations, polymer physics, protein engineering, and soft matter. Our research combines theory, simulations, and experiments to understand how molecular interactions govern the organization and function of complex molecular systems.
Students in the group have opportunities to work across molecular simulations, statistical physics, advanced characterization techniques, and biological experiments, depending on their research interests.
Prospective students should apply through the Ph.D. or M.Tech. programmes in the Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc. If you are interested in joining our group, please send your CV together with a brief description of your research interests. We are always happy to discuss potential research opportunities.
We value curiosity, scientific rigor, and independent thinking, and seek students who enjoy tackling challenging interdisciplinary research problems.
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