Dr. rer. nat. Paramita Das
Principal Investigator
Email: paramita@iiserb.ac.in
Roop Singh Lodhi, M. Tech.
PhD Student ( 31 Dec 2018 - Present)
Research area: Polymeric materials for environmental applications.
Email: roop18@iiserb.ac.in
Pankaj Kumar, M. Tech.
PhD Student ( 31 July 2019 - Present)
Research area: Polymer-based materials for energy applications.
Email: pankaj19@iiserb.ac.in
Himanshu Kumar Bhatt, M.Sc.
PhD student (31 Dec 2020 - Present)
Research area: MOF-based composite membranes for engineering applications
Email: himanshuk20@iiserb.ac.in
Manas Mandal, M.Sc.
JRF (13 Oct 2023 - 30 Dec 2023) & PhD (31 Dec 2023 - Present)
Research area: Functional Hybrid Materials for Environmental Remediation
Email: manas23@iiserb.ac.in
Ekta Yadav - Project Associate (DBT Funded) (Dec 2023 - Present)
Siddarth Sreedharan, Krishnaprira G, Bhavana S Raj, Arathi A - (Master Dissertation Students) (Dec 2023 - May 2024)
Alumni
Sukrant Bhat, BS-MS.
MS Project (Aug 2022 - April 2023)
composite filtration membrane for waste-water treatment
Athira C H
MS project student (Dec 2022 - May 2023)
Materials for membrane electrode assembly (MEA) in Fuel Cells
Arya A R
MS project student (Dec 2022 - May 2023)
Functional MOF based composites for energy
application
Neha Anna Jacob
MS project student (Dec 2022 - May 2023)
Novel proton exchange membrane for Fuel Cells
MS Students:
Arya (CIPET Kochi), MS Thesis Dec 2022 - May 2023, Research area: Functional MOF based composites for energy application, Current position: Management Trainee in Jindal Polyol Film Ltd., Nasik.
Athira (CIPET Kochi), MS Thesis Dec 2022 - May 2023, Research area: Materials for membrane electrode assembly (MEA) in Fuel Cells, Current position: Project Assistant in NCL Pune.
Shivangi Chourasia (17260, Chemistry, IISER Bhopal), May 2021 - April 2022. MS project on Slow-release fertilizer hydrogels. Current position: PhD at Massey University, New Zealand.
Viplav (17320, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal) May 2021 - April 2022. MS Project on Proton exchange membrane for fuel cells. Current position: PhD in IIT Bombay, India.
Ajitha Achuthanunni (CIPET Kochi), MS Thesis, Dec 2019 - Mar 2020, Research area: Cellulose nanocrystals-based bioinspired nanocomposites. Current position: PhD at University of Warwick, UK.
BS Students:
Yashraj Soni (18320, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal) May 2021 - April 2022. BS Project on Synthesis and characterization of bioactive carbon-based materials for energy applications, Current position: PhD in IISER Bhopal.
Mudavath Purandas (17199, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal) May 2021 - April 2022. BS Project on Synthesis and Characterization of In-situ functionalized Metal-Organic Frameworks for Heavy Metal Ion Detection, Current position: MS in IISER Bhopal.
Sukrant Bhat (18401, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal), May 2021 - April 2022. BS Project on Fabrication of cellulose nanocrystals and biopolymer-based robust nanocomposites, Current position: MS in IISER Bhopal
Viplav (17320, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal), Jan - May 2021, BS Project on Preparation and Characterization of PVA/MoS2 Nanocomposite films. Current position: MS project intern at Das Research Group, IISER Bhopal.
Project JRFs:
Ankit Rathore - SERB Project JRF from Aug 2021 to June 2022.
Anjali Soni - SERB Project JRF from Nov 2020 to July 2021. Current position: Graduate Engineer Trainee at Nalco.
Summer/Winter Interns:
Sakshi from IISER Bhopal completed her project as summer intern, May - July 2023.
Uday from MANIT Bhopal completed his project as winter intern, 2019 - 2020. Current position: MS in Mechanical Engineering at University of California - San Diego.
Nikhil (CUSAT), summer intern. 2019-20. Current position: Assistant Manager in R&D Centre, CEAT Tyres Ltd, Halol, Gujarat.
Neel, Sneha, Vikas from NIT Durgapur, Viplav, Vaibhav, and Prajna from IISER Bhopal, summer interns. 2019-20.
Reading Project Interns
1. Shama Gode (18240), BS-MS in Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal completed her reading project on Fire Retardancy of Bio Based Composites during March - April 2021.
2. S. Muthu Krishnan (18205), BS-MS in Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal, completed his reading project on Cellulose Nanocrystals based composites used in Energy and Environmental Applications during Dec 2019 - Jan 2020.
3. Shirshakk Purkayastha (18247), BS-MS Engineering Sciences, IISER Bhopal, completed his reading project on Manufacture and Construction of Flexible Electronics during Dec 2018 - Jan 2019.