Ph.D. Chemical Engineering
Assistant Professor
Room No. 124, Ground Floor
Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology
Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, India, 221005
Phone: +91 542 716 5211 (Office); +91 8250742594 (Mobile)
Nitai (He/Him/His) works as an assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Technology at IIT (BHU) Varanasi. He completed his direct Ph.D. in chemical engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2020 after receiving his B.Tech. in chemical engineering from NIT Durgapur in 2013. During his doctoral study, Nitai focused on the large-scale, economical production of 0D, 1D, and 2D copper nanostructures for nanofluid applications. An institute postdoctoral fellowship at IIT Madras funded his postdoctoral works on pickering interfacial photocatalysis and emulsified fuels from 2020 to 2022.
Nitai spent his first 24 years of life in Durgapur, West Bengal, where he was born and reared, until relocating to Kharagpur, West Bengal, in 2014. In March 2022, he arrived in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, one of India's most ancient and culturally rich cities, after spending 1.5 years in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Ph.D. Students
Roshan Kumar
Roshan joined NCM Lab in 2023. He completed B.Tech. from DTU, Delhi in 2017 and M.Tech. from IIT (BHU) Varanasi in 2023. He is working on continuous synthesis of nanomaterials.
Sanjeet Shrivastva
Sanjeet joined NCM Lab in 2024 directly after B.Tech. He completed B.Tech. in 2022 from IIPE, Vizag. His research focuses on application of pickering emulsions.
M.Tech. Students
Divya Dadi
Divya joined NCM Lab in 2023. She completed B.Tech. from Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzvid, AP in 2022. She is interested on interfacial catalysis in emulsified systems.
Bommidi Akhila
Akhila joined NCM Lab in 2023. She completed B.Tech. from Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzvid, AP in 2022. Her research interest focuses on low-cost synthesis of silica nanomaterials.
Bedanta Sarkar
Bedanta joined NCM Lab in 2024. He completed B.Tech. from MS Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore in 2022. He works on synthesis and application of aerogels.
Rohit kannaujiya
Rohit joined NCM Lab in 2024. He completed B.Tech. from Bundelkhand Institute of Engineering & Technology, Jhansi, UP in 2021. His research interest focuses on large scale productiono of oxide silica nanomaterials.
Alumni: M.Tech. Students
Ritvik Mohod
Ritvik worked on surfactant assisted exfoliation of pristine graphite and concluded his M.Tech. thesis from NCM Lab in 2023. Currently he has been placed in Saint-Gobain, IITM research park, Chennai, India.