Physical and Materials Chemistry

The group research primarily focuses on understanding diverse electrochemical phenomena and their correlation with renewable energy. The know-how from fundamental studies is translated to the design and engineering of novel and practical materials for sustainable energy generation and storage applications. The group uses interdisciplinary methodologies to deliver sustainable materials, processes, and systems solutions in energy and environment. The Government of India's Funding Agencies and Industry financially support R&D works.  

Keywords: Electrochemistry, Energy Storage and Conversion, Materials, Energy Devices/Processes (Batteries, Supercapacitors, Photon Harvesting), Electrocatalysis, Electrosynthesis, Sensing 

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dipen Biswakarma, D.S. Kothari Fellow, UGC

Debalina Deb, Research Associate, CSIR

Rekha Kumari, Research Associate, DST

Abhishek Bharti, Research Associate, IISc

PhD/Int-PhD Students

Asutosh Behera, Senior Research Fellow/SRF, CSIR

Sham. J. Mane, Senior Research Fellow/SRF, CSIR

Vishnu Priya H. R., Senior Research Fellow/SRF, DST-INSPIRE

Abhishek Bharti, Research Associate/RA

Neeraj Pal, Senior Research Fellow/SRF (Int-PhD)

Subhankar Mandal, Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF) and Senior Research Fellow/SRF (Int-PhD)

Manisha Sanawa, Senior Research Fellow, IISc

Kunnam Teja Vardhana Reddy, Junior Research Fellow/JRF, IISc (Int-PhD)

Sanhita Pal, Junior Research Fellow/JRF, UGC

Rikta Salui, Junior Research Fellow/JRF, UGC 

Former Group Members

Shyamal Kumar Das (PhD/2010), Tezpur University

Monalisa Patel (PhD/2010), Shell, Bengaluru

Shobhna Kapoor (MS-Int-PhD/), IIT-Bombay, Mumbai

Supti Das (PhD/2012), Johnson Matthey, UK

Soumit Sankar Mandal (Int-PhD/2013), IISER, Tirupati

Konda Shiva Reddy (PhD/2013)

Sayantan Mazumdar (PhD/2015), Guangdong, China

Sudeshna Sen (PhD/2016), WMG, University of Warwick, UK

Subhra Gope (PhD/2017), Mahindra Electric Mobility, Bengaluru

Suman Das (PhD/2017), Exide Energy Solutions, Bengaluru

Tamilselvan M. (Int-PhD/2018), Exide Energy Solutions, Bengaluru 

Rudra Narayan Samajdar (Int-PhD/2019), National Physical Laboratory, UK

Sweta Mariam George (ICER) (PhD/2021), Gegadyne Energy, Mumbai

Ravindra K. Bhardwaj (PhD/2021), NREL, US

Akshatha Venkatesha (PhD/2022), Ola Electric, Bengaluru

Chandrappa K.G. (Project Assistant/2007-09), Govt. Engg. Coll., Ramanagara, Karnataka

Manu M. Patel (Project Assistant/2008-10)

Pramod V. Menezes (Project Assistant/2008-10)

Rajendra H.B. (Project Assistant/2011-2014)

Santosh A. L.  (Project Assistant/2012-15)

Medhashree H. (Project Assistant/2013-14)

Sneha Malunavar (Project Assistant/2014-18), Deakin University, Australia

M. Gnanavel (DS Kothari Fellow/2010-12; 2016-17), Periyar Arts College, TN

Farheen N. Sayed (INSPIRE Faculty/2017-19), Cambridge University, UK

G.R. Dillip (INSPIRE Faculty/2018-2021), Energy Institute, Centre of Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Bengaluru 

Gundegowda Kalligowdanadoddi Kiran (DS Kothari Fellow/2019-21), University of Waterloo, Canada

Ruth Gomes (NPDF/2017-19, RA/2019-2022), University of Ulm, Germany

Homen Lahan (DS Kothari Fellow/2020-22), Chakr Innovation, Haryana

Priya Murria (MS-Int-PhD/2011), USA

Karthik Narayan Kotha (MS-Int-PhD/2012), USA

Dipak Dutta (Research Associate/2012-17), National Central University, Taiwan

Rupavath Chandar (MS-UG-Res/2023), Wisconsin-Maddison, US

Google Scholar

American Chemical Society (ACS)

Royal Society of Chemistry  (RSC)

Ph.D.: Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering/Physics/Applied Physics candidates with good CSIR-NET rank // GATE score are encouraged to apply. 

No direct entry is possible. Candidates are selected after completing (written tests and/or) interviews (conducted in May/November every year) and satisfying all admissions criteria of the Indian Institute of Science.

MTech(Res): Candidates with Chemical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering are encouraged to contact the PI (E-mail: anindajb@iisc.ac.in).

Post-Doctoral Fellow (subject to vacancies): Chemistry/Chemical Engineering/Materials Science & Engineering/Physics/Applied Physics candidates are encouraged to apply via National Level Fellowships / IISc-IOE/Raman.

The laboratory is open to hosting BS/MS/B.Tech. candidates for Internships (3-6 months). For discussions on research topics and vacancies, please get in touch with anindajb@iisc.ac.in 

1CMCEE14, Budapest, Hungary (August 18-22, 2024) 

   ACEPS12, Osaka, Japan (May 19-22, 2024)

    ACS Spring Meeting, New Orleans, USA (March 17-22, 2024) 

  Visit of Prof. Philipp Adelhelm, HUB, Berlin Feb 23-27, 2024