Members

Arun Kumar 

• Joint Supervisor: Dr. Anupam Agrawal, IIT Ropar

• 2021 - present : PhD

• Research Interest: Additively manufacturing, Machinability

Email: arun.21mez0018@iitrpr.ac.in   

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Syed Hammad Mian 

• Joint Supervisor: Dr. Ravi Kant, IIT Ropar and Dr. Usama Umer, King Saud University

• 2021 - present : PhD

• Research Interest: Additively manufacturing, thermal performance evaluation, modeling and simulation

Email: syed.21mez0017@iitrpr.ac.in  

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Aatish Sharma 

• Scheme: Joint Degree Program of IIT Ropar and IIT Mandi

• Joint Supervisor: Dr. Sunny Zafar

• 2023 - present : PhD

• Research Interest: Composite Materials, NFRPCs, Bio-Composites, Micro-Machining, Conventional Machining

Email: d23108@students.iitmandi.ac.in 

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Sharib Imam 

• Joint Supervisor: Prof. Anupam Agrawal, IIT Ropar

• 2023- present : Ph.D 

• Research Interest: Conventional micro-machining, Machining of additive manufactured alloys

Email: sharib.23mez0003@iitrpr.ac.in  

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Ajeet Kumar Yadav 

• 2024 - present : Ph.D

• Research Interest: Non-conventional manufacturing, Micro-EDM

Email: ajeet.24mez0004@iitrpr.ac.in 

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Abhimanyu Kumar

• Supervisor: Dr. Chandrakant K. Nirala , IIT Ropar

• 2025 - present : JRF

• Research Interest: Enhancing Micro-EDM with ML based prediction and high fidelity plasma modeling.

Email: staff.abhimanyu.kumar@iitrpr.ac.in 

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Saim Hasan

• Supervisor: Dr. Chandrakant K. Nirala , IIT Ropar

• 2025 - present : PhD

• Research Interest:  Conventional machining and Micro texturing

Email: saim.25mez0003@iitrpr.ac.in

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Devesh Mandan

• M.tech Scholar 2024-26, IIT Ropar

• Research Interest: Additively manufacturing, Machinability

Email: 2024mem1020@iitrpr.ac.in

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Suryansh Tripathi

• M.tech Scholar 2024-26, IIT Ropar

• Research Interest: Friction stir welding

Email: 2024mem1029@iitrpr.ac.in

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Brij Bhushan

• M.tech Scholar 2024-26, IIT Ropar

• Research Interest: Autonomous Robotic welding

Email: 2024mem1039@iitrpr.ac.in

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Hreetabh Kishore

• 2017 - 2023: Ph.D ( Title of the thesis: Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Reverse-Micro-EDM Fabricated Arrayed Micro Protrusions)

• Research Interest: Micro-manufacturing, Additive Manufacturing, Modelling and Simulation of Heat Transfer & Fluid Dynamics, Material Deformation

Email: 2017mez0007@iitrpr.ac.in  

Current Position: Post Doc at Tennessee Tech University, Tennessee, US

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Jay Kishore Airao

• 2019 - 2023: Ph.D ( Title of the thesis: Analysis of Ultrasonic Vibration Combined with Sustainable Cooling Strategies for Machining Difficult-to-cut Materials)

• Research Interest: Metal cutting, Machining, Micromachining

Email: 2018mez0018@iitrpr.ac.in  

Current Position: Post Doc at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

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Mohammed Sohaib Raza

• 2018 - 2023: Ph.D ( Title of the thesis: Multiphysics Modeling and Validation of Material Removal in Conventional and Vibration-Assisted Micro-EDM)

• Research Interest: Micro Manufacturing, Plasma Physics, CFD modelling of thermal erosion based manufacturing processes and Vibration assisted machining

Email: 2017mez00020@iitrpr.ac.in  

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Rahul Nadda

• 2018 - 2021: JRF (Title of the project: Development of a Thermal Model based Real-time Tool Wear Monitoring and Compensation System for Micro-EDM, Sponsoring agency: DST SERB)

• Research Interest: Advance Manufacturing, Heat Transfer, Cancer Diagnostics, Medical Devices

Email: rahulnadda74@gmail.com  

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