Dr. Nimai Bhandary

Ph.D. (2014-2018)

Thesis Title: Development of nanostructured materials for photoelectrochemical and fuel cell applications.

Nimai belongs to West Bengal. He has done his B.S. and M.S. from IIT Delhi. Later, he joined PPI group as a Ph.D. Scholar in 2014. Currently, Nimai is working as a Geoscientist (Geological Survey of India). 

Dr. Nusrat Rashid

Ph.D. (2015-21)

Thesis Title: Electrochemical reduction of CO2 on copper derived surfaces

Nusrat is from Pulwama, Jammu and Kashmir. After completing her Bachelor's from University of Kashmir, she joined the group in 2015. Nusrat received her Ph.D. in 2021. Currently, she is working  as Research fellow at FMED lab, Institute for Materials Discovery, University College London, United Kingdom.

Soniya Gahlawat

Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Engineering of Metal-oxide semiconductors to amend a Robust Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.

Preeti Chaudhary

Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Engineering of Metal-oxide semiconductors to amend a Robust Photoanode for Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting.

Shwetambara Jha

Ph.D.

Thesis Title: Cobalt Metal/Metal Oxide-based Nanomaterials Supported on Carbon Nanostructures for High-performance Electro-catalysis.

Shwetambara belongs to Bihar. She did her B.S. from J.D. Women's college, and M.S. from TMBU University, Bihar.  She joined IITD for M.Tech.  and later joined PPI group as a Ph.D. student in 2016. Currently she is working as a Post Doctoral Researcher at RWTH university, ITMC, Aachen, Germany.

Jyoti Rohilla 

2018CYZ8474

Jyoti is from Rohtak, Haryana. She has done her M.S.  from IIT Ropar.  Jyoti joined the PPI group under the joint degree program  IITD-NYCU Taiwan (Co-supervisor Prof. Yung Jung Hsu, NYCU).  Jyoti's research interest emphasizes designing and development novel semiconductor-based catalyst and their application in PEC water splitting. Jyoti received her PhD in 2024.

Vaishali Tanwar

2019CYZ8147

Vaishali.tanwar@chemistry.iitd.ac.in

Early Doc Fellow 

rdz188245@iitd.ac.in

Dr. Lahur is from northern India precisely from Gonda district, Uttar Pradesh. He completed his bachelor’s (BSc) and master’s (MSc) degrees from LBS College, Avadh University, and University of Lucknow; followed by another advanced engineering master’s degree (MTech, Batch,18) in molecular engineering from IIT Delhi Chemistry―working on transition metal Cu(I) based Inorganic catalysis with Prof. Jai Deo Singh. Then he switched to work as a UGC Fellow in Green Nanomaterial synthesis & Photo-electrochemistry for Environment toward his PhD jointly with Prof. Satyawati Sharma (CRDT) and Prof. Pravin P. Ingole (Chemistry). Recently he has been awarded PhD (Batch,24) and is currently associated as an Early Doc fellow. He tries his best to be regular in sports and returns often to History, and Philosophy as amateur reader. 

Dr. Kajal Kumar Dey

SERB-NPDF (2016-18)

Kajal hails from Habra, West Bengal, India.  He has been awarded Ph.D. by National Physics laboratory in 2015. He joined the PPI group in 2016 as a post doctoral researcher. Currently, Dr. Kajal is working as a Scientist/Assistant Professor at the Centre for Nanoscience and Technology, Prof. Rajendra Singh Institute of Physical Sciences, VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur.

Dr. Priyanka Pandey

DST WOS-A (2016-19)

Priyanka was born in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.  She has done his B.S. and M.S. from VBS Purvanchal University, Jaunpur, UP. She joined the group in 2017. Currently, she is working as Laboratory/Classroom Coordinator, University of Michigan, USA.

Dr. Rasmita Barik 

Institute Post Doctoral Fellow (2019-2021)

Rasmita Barik holds a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Utkal University (2016). She was working as Institute Post Doctoral Fellow at PPI group from 2019-2021. Prior to joining IITD, she was working as Post-Doctoral Fellow at University of Witwatersrand South Africa (2016 – 2017) and University of Johannesburg, South Africa (2017 – 2018).