MS Students:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. 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:

1. Aruna Gopal (21370, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal) May 2024 - April 2025. BS Project on ASYMMETRIC WATER TRANSPORT IN COMPOSITIONALLY GRADED DENSE NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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

5. Viplav (17320, Chemical Engineering, IISER Bhopal), Jan - May 2021, BS Project on Preparation and Characterization of PVA/MoS2 Nanocomposite films. Current position: PhD at IIT Bombay.

Project JRFs:

1. Ekta Yadav - DBT Project Associate-I from Dec 2023 to August 2024, Current position: PhD at POLYMAT, Spain.

2. Yugal Singh - SERB Project Associate-I from April 2024 to July 2024, Current position: PhD at IIT Goa.

3. Manas Mandal, SERB Project JRF from 13 Oct 2023 to 30 Dec 2023, Current position: PhD at IISER Bhopal.

4. Ankit Rathaur - SERB Project JRF from Aug 2021 to June 2022. Current position: PhD at North Carolina State University.

5. Anjali Soni - SERB Project JRF from Nov 2020 to July 2021. Current position: Graduate Engineer Trainee at Nalco.

Summer/Winter Interns:

1. Aarti (IIT Mandi), Ashlin Gilsten Netto (ICT Mumbai), Druv Korlekar (Ramnarian Ruia Autonomous College), Priyanka Thakur (Sharda University) completed their project as summer interns, May - July 2024. 

2. Sakshi from IISER Bhopal completed her project as summer intern, May - July 2023. 

3. Uday from MANIT Bhopal completed his project as winter intern, 2019 - 2020. Current position: MS in Mechanical Engineering at University of California - San Diego.

4. Nikhil (CUSAT), summer intern. 2019-20. Current position: Assistant Manager in R&D Centre, CEAT Tyres Ltd, Halol, Gujarat. 

5. 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.