Guruswamy Kumaraswamy
INAE Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation Fellow (2018-23), and
Professor, Chemical Engineering Department,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Powai Mumbai 400076, Maharashtra, India
CV (Google scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rRaAd4YAAAAJ&hl=en)
guruswamy@iitb.ac.in
+91-22-25767239 (Guru's office) and +91-22-25766204 (lab)
https://twitter.com/GuruKumaraswamy
Current Members
Sanjay Kumar Verma (Postdoc)
Background:
B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), Moradabad Institute of Technology, Moradabad
M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), IIT (BHU) Varanasi
PhD (Chemical Engineering), IIT Roorkee
Research Area: Particle Technology, Fluidization, Pneumatic conveying system, Segregation, 3D Printing
Hobbies: Playing Badminton
Farzeena C (Project Research Associate)
Background:
BS-MS Dual degree programme in Science from IISER Pune.
PhD from the School of Materials Science and Engineering (SMSE), NIT Calicut.
Research Interests:Optofluidics, Light-actuated particle patterning, Binary colloidal assembly, Thermoplasmonics.
Akanksha Pandey (Postdoc)
Background:
B.Tech. (Plastic Technology), C.I.P.E.T Lucknow
M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), NIT Jalandhar
PhD (Polymer and Process Engineering), IIT Roorkee
Research Interest: Rheology of complex fluids, Circularity.
Vivek Sharma (PhD Scholar)
Background:
B.Tech. (Information Technology) NIT Karnataka, Surathkal.
M.Tech. (Biotechnology), IIT Guwahati.
Research Area: Polymer Grafted Nanocomposites
Hobbies: Sports and Mythology
Santosh Daware (PhD Scholar, co-advised by Prabhakar Ranganathan, Monash)
Background:
B.E. (Biotechnology) from KIT's College of Engineering, Kolhapur
M.S. (Chemical Engineering) from IIT Madras
Work experience: Scientist and Team Lead at TRDDC, TCS Research, Pune
Research Interest: 2D Materials, E-waste recycling, and Machine Learning
Hobbies : Playing Badminton and Chess
Harshit Yadav (PhD Scholar)
Background:
B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun
M.Tech. (Chemical Engineering), IIT Guwahati
Research area: Block-copolymer and Composites
Hobbies : Playing Badminton and Sudoku
Aihika Mandal (PhD Scholar)
Background:
B.Tech. (chemical engineering ), Jadavpur university
M.Tech. (chemical engineering), Jadavpur University
Research area: Upcycling of thermoplastic and micro plastic formation
Hobbies : Music and travel
Namrata Pandey (M. Tech. Student)
Background: B-Tech (Chemical Engineering) - Noida Institute of Engineering and Technology
Research areas: Polymers, and Supercritical water treatment
Hobbies: Music, Painting
Shreya Makkar (B. Tech. Project)
Background: Fourth Year Undergraduate, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay
Research area: Ionic Block copolymers, composites, and Interfacial phenomena
Hobbies : Writing, reading, and crafts
Manas Agrawal (B. Tech. Project)
Background: Third Year Undergraduate, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay
Research area: Microplastic Formation and Polymer Adhesion
Hobbies : Table Tennis, RC Aircrafts & Drone Making (Aeromodelling)
Alumni
Alumni from our group are listed with their current affiliation, or where they moved to immediately after leaving the group.
Akshat Zalte (B. Tech. Project, PhD Student at MIT, USA )
Archita Mullick (M. Tech. Student, PhD Student, University of Minnesota, USA)
Harish S. (M. Tech. Student, Innovation Lead, Albatross Energetics, India)
Kushal Shah (M. Tech. Student, Data Scientist, Perpetual Block, Pune)
Nisarg Kothari (B. Tech. Project, GET at Shell)
Nikhita Joy (Postdoc, Currently Postdoc at University of Pittsburgh)
Vedant Vashishtha (M. Tech. Student, Process Engineer, Bilfinger, Abudhabi, UAE )
Krishnakant Prajapati (M. Tech. Student, Consultant Engineer, Bilfinger, Abudhabi, UAE)
Suranjana Banerjee (Project Assistant, NCL; PhD IIT Bombay)
Uditi Malviya (UG intern)
Ranajit Mondal (Postdoc 2021-22, Assistant Professor at IIT-Hyderabad)
Anish Sukumar (UG intern, PhD student at MIT)
Kriti Chaturvedi (UG intern)
Mohit Gaekwad (UG intern, IIM-Bangalore)
Pragya Parihar (UG intern, IITB-WashU joint Masters program)
Kumar Madhukar (Postdoc, 2021, Dr. Reddys Lab, Hydrabad)
Aakash Sharma (PhD., AcSIR-NCL, Postdoc at Jülich Centre for Neutron Science, Neutron Scattering and Biological Matter, Germany)
Bipul Biswas (PhD. 2020, AcSIR-NCL, Postdoc at University of Massachusetts, Amherst.)
Nirmalya Bachhar (Postdoc, currently Assistant Prof. at IIT Jodhpur)
Aniket Gudadhe (Project Assistant, NCL; Reliance Industries Limited)
Prophesar Kamadi (PhD., Co-advised with Dr. Ashish Orpe, AcSIR-NCL )
Subrajeet Deshmukh (Project assistant at NCL, PhD student in Germany)
Saurabh Usgaonkar (Project assistant at NCL, PhD student at Univ. Minnesota)
Anees Khan (Postdoc at NCL, faculty at Manipal Institute)
Karthika Suresh (PhD 2018, Postdoc at Univ. Minnesota)
Soumyajyoti Chatterjee (PhD 2018, ATGC Hyderabad)
Manoj Kumar Sharma (PhD 2017, Postdoc at NCBS)
Gadha Mathews (MTech 2018)
Paridhi Goel (MTech 2013, PhD from BRNS, BARC)
Sudhakar Srivastava (Project assistant at NCL, Dr Reddys)
Kaivalya Borwankar
Sushant Kalaskar (Tata Motors)
R. Rajamanickam (PhD from GIST, South Korea; Postdoc at IIT-Madras)
Kamendra Sharma (PhD 2011, Associate Prof. Chemistry at IITB)
K. Sreenivas (Project assistant at NCL, PhD from Toyota Inst of Tech, Anton Paar)
Pooja Kayasth
Jijo Vallooran (Project assistant at NCL, PhD from ETH,Zurich, Assistant Prof. Nirmala College)
Ashok Dasmahapatra (PhD 2009, Professor Chemical Engg. at IIT-Guwahati)
Nikita Surve
Kiran Pulidindi
Purnatosh Saha
Shweta Sahasrabuddhe
Sai Vaidya (currently with DSM)
Samir Chikkali (currently Scientist at CSIR-NCL, Pune)
Vikrant Agarwal (currently with Dow Chemicals)
Yogesh Deshmukh
Suhas Patil
Mohan Wadekar (currently with KLK Oleo/KLK Kolb)
Sham Ravindranath (Project assistant at NCL, Assoc. Prof. IIT-Roorkee)
Samruddhi Kamble (currently with Ashland)
D. Raghavendra