🗞️ News & Updates

June 2026
🌱  New Member Joined -  MatX Group
The Materials for eXtreme Environments Research Group expanded with the joining of Dr. Satish Kumar (Ph.D., IIT Kanpur) as a Project Associate-I under the ANRF-funded project, strengthening the group's research activities in next-gen materials for extreme environments at the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee.

March 2026
🔬 J-PARC Neutron Diffraction Experiments
Dr Digvijay Singh (PI) travelled to J-PARC, Japan, to successfully conduct experiments at BL-19 TAKUMI, utilising in situ time-of-flight neutron diffraction to elucidate the cryogenic deformation behaviour and fatigue mechanisms of a next-gen Fe-Mn-Cr-Ni-Si alloy for extreme-cryogenic applications (down to 20 K).

Feb 2026
🌱  Joined as Ramanujan Faculty -  IIT Roorkee
Officially joined the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (MMED), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, as a Ramanujan Faculty Fellow.

October 2025
🎓 Awarded Ramanujan Faculty Fellowship (2025)
Received the prestigious Ramanujan Faculty Fellowship from the ANRF, hosted at IIT Roorkee, with a project grant of INR 120 lakh to establish an independent research program in next-gen cryogenic materials.

Feb 2025
🏅 Seal of Excellence – MSCA 2024
Honored with the Seal of Excellence Award by the European Commission for the H₂CRAFT Project proposal under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) program.

Sept 2024
🔬 J-PARC Neutron Diffraction Project (2024B205)
Awarded beamtime user project at BL-19 TAKUMI, J-PARC, Japan, for In-situ neutron diffraction study on low-cycle fatigue behavior and plasticity mechanism of novel  Fe-15Mn-10Cr-8Ni-4Si seismic damping alloy at cryogenic temperatures (2025–2026 cycle).

April 2023
🔬 J-PARC Neutron Diffraction Project (2023B0173)
Granted beamtime at BL-19 TAKUMI, J-PARC, Japan, for In-Situ Neutron Diffraction Study of Cryogenic Tensile Behavior and Deformation Mechanisms in Fe-15Mn-10Cr-8Ni-4Si Seismic Damping Alloy (2023–2024 cycle).

November 2022
🌏 Convener – ISAJ Annual Symposium 2022
Served as Convener for the Indian Scientist Association in Japan (ISAJ) Annual Symposium held in Tokyo, Japan.

2021
🏆 Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)
Received the SRF Award from IIT Indore for doctoral research on gradient nanostructuring in metallic materials (2019–2021).

2019
🎓 Visiting Research Fellowship – NIMS, Japan
Selected for the NIMS Visiting Research Fellowship at the National Institute for Materials Science, Japan, during the Ph.D. program at IIT Indore.