People
Group head
Prof. Avinash V. Mahajan
B.Tech. (Engg. Physics) 1986, IIT Bombay
PhD (Solid State Physics) 1991, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, USA. Advisor: Prof. David C. Johnston
Current members
PhD students
Ms. Monika Jawale
Post-doc & RA
Dr. Saikat Nandi
( Post Doctoral Fellow)
Dr. Sanjay Bachhar
( Post Doctoral Fellow)
Former members
PhD Students
Dr. Jaydip Das (PhD 2003)
Thesis title: Impurity effects in the S = 1 Haldane compound Y2BaNiO5.
Current position: Senior Manager, Applications Engineering at Carpenter Technology Corporation, USA
2. Dr. Ramesh Chandra Nath (PhD 2004)
Thesis title: Magnetic properties of some low dimensional S = 1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnets based on copper.
Current position: Professor, Dept. of Physics, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
3. Dr. Libu Alexander (PhD 2007)
Thesis title: Magnetic studies on some Co-based and Cr-based geometrically frustrated systems.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, University of Calicut
4. Dr. Sarita Salunke (PhD 2007)
Thesis title: Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Low-Dimensional Quantum Spin Systems.
Current position: Petrophysicist at BP, USA
5. Dr. Panchanan Khuntia (PhD 2010)
Thesis title: Proton NMR Probe of Magnetism and Spin Dynamics in Some Molecular Magnets.
Current position: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Madras
6. Dr. B. Koteswararao (PhD 2010)
Thesis title: Magnetic Properties of Some Cu-Based Low-Dimensional and Frustrated Quantum Spin Systems.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Tirupati
7. Dr. Tusharkanti Dey (PhD 2013)
Thesis title: Bulk and NMR studies in some (i) 4d/5d-based, spin-orbit driven, insulating oxides and (ii) iron arsenide superconductors.
Current position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
8. Dr. Tanmoy Chakrabarty (PhD 2015)
Thesis title: Bulk and NMR Studies in Some Vanadium - based Geometrically Frustrated Oxide Magnetic Systems.
Current position: Assistant Professor of Physics, Krea University
9. Dr. Ramender Kumar Sharma (PhD 2016)
Thesis title: Exploration for Novel Magnetism in Some 3d/4d/5d Based Triangular and Honeycomb Lattice Systems.
Current position: Post-doc researcher at University of Paris, LPS Orsay, France.
10. Dr. Susanta Kundu (PhD 2018)
Thesis title: Search for Novel Magnetism in Some 3d-based Geometrically Frustrated Quantum Magnets Through Bulk and NMR Studies.
Current Position: Post-doc researcher at IIT Madras
11. Dr. Vinod Kumar (PhD 2021)
Thesis title: Quantum Magnetism in Some Transition Metal Ion and Lanthanide Ion Based Low Dimensional Oxide Systems.
Current position: Post-doc fellow at IISC Bangalore.
12. Dr. Sanjay Bachhar (PhD 2023)
Thesis title: Exploration of Emergent Quantum Spin Liquid Phases In Ir/Ru-Based Honeycomb Lattice Systems
Current Position: Post-doc researcher at IIT Bombay
Post-docs
Dr. Niharika Mohapatra (2009)
Current position: Assistant Professor, School of Basic Sciences, IIT Bhubaneswar
2. Dr. Aga Shahee
Current position: Post-doc fellow at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, South Korea.
3. Dr. Susmita Dhara-Rudra (2019)
4. Dr. Vinod Kumar Dwivedi (2022)
Current position: Post-doc fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel.
5. Dr. Vinod Kumar (2022)
Current position: Post-doc fellow at IISC Bangalore.
6. Dr. C. Dhanasekhar (2023)
Current position: Post-doc fellow at National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU)