Antrakrate Gupta 

Prime Minister's Research Fellow, December 2022

CeramicWorks Laboratory & Biomaterials Processing and Characterization Laboratory



Ph.D. scholar in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, under the supervision of Prof. Shikhar Krishn Jha and Porf. Kantesh Balani. I have completed my B.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from NIT Andhra Pradesh. Currently, my research work focuses on bio-inspired designs and material development for additive manufacturing of body implant applications. I am skilled at using simulation and CAD modeling software like ANSYS and SolidWorks and have hands-on experience with 3D printers of the following types: FDM, SLA, DLP, and laser engravers.


Prof. Shikhar Krishn Jha 

PhD Supervisor

Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. His research group works on fundamental research in developing advanced material-processing techniques for structural and biomedical applications, energy harvesting, interfaces, functional materials, meta-materials, sensor-and-actuators, and electronic applications, while also developing technologies such as Oxygen concentrator, Thermal and Environmental barrier coatings, Armors, Bio-sensors, Devices.

Contact : 0512-2592094

E-mail : skjha@iitk.ac.in

Prof. Kantesh Balani

Ph.D. Co-Supervisor

Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur His research group works on fundamental research in developing biomaterials and coatings/scaffolds and in vitro biomedical characterizations, energy materials, advanced material-processing techniques, ultra-high temperature materials, nano mechanics and nanotribology, and computational modelling.

Contact : 0512-2596194

E-mail : kbalani@iitk.ac.in