Alumni

Here are the alumni of my research group at Materials Science Center, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT-Kharagpur

Research Scholar

Dr. Souvik Sahoo

Ph.D (July 2016 - December 2022)

Current status: Research Scientist at GE Aerospace, Bangalore

Project: The influence of micro-texture on the microstructure and texture evolution in Ti-6Al-4V alloys

Previous Education: M.Tech in Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur

Contact: sahoo.souvik@iitkgp.ac.in Complete CV

Post-doctoral fellow

Adya Charan Arohi

Worked as Project Research Scientist from July 2024 to November 2024

Project: Understanding MTR formation and its removal strategies during secondary TMP of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Previous Education: PhD, Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, 2024.

Contact: arohi0310@gmail.com Complete CV

Dr. Aniket Dutt

Worked as Project Research Scientist from April 2023 to December 2023

Project: Understanding MTR formation and its removal strategies during secondary TMP of Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Current status: Senior Manager, Zindal Steel

Previous Education: PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of North Texas, USA, Spring 2017

Contact: Complete CV

Dr. Mohan Babu K.

Worked as Post-doctoral fellow (DST-SERB N-PDF) from December 2022 to July 2023

Project: Sol-gel synthesis of nano bioactive glass-ceramic nano-particles with doped ions using a modified Stober method for bone tissue regeneration

Current status: Marie-Currie fellow at Alborg Univeristy, Denmark

Previous Education: PhD from National Institute of Technology NIT Warangal, Telengana, India

Contact: mmbabu771@gmail.com Complete CV

Dr. Mrinmoy Garai

Worked as Post-doctoral fellow (DST-SERB N-PDF) from March 2017 to March 2019

Project: Processing, microstructure and mechanical properties of high-strenth Mica and Leucite based glass-ceramics

Current status: Quality Assurance Officer, Directorate General of Aeronautical Quality Assurance (DGAQA), Ministry of Defense, Govt. of india

Previous Education: Ph. D. (Chemistry), Jadavpur University, 2016 (Worked at: CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata, India)

Contact: mrinmoygarai@yahoo.co.in

Masters

Saurav Kumar Sahoo

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2023 - )

Project: Development of low-dielectric constant ceramics for radome applications

Previous Education: MSc in Physics from Ravenshaw University, Odisha

Contact: sauravkumarsahoo@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in Complete CV

Shiv Kumar Gautum

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2023 - )

Project: Effect of grain orientation on the efficiency of battery cathode materials

Previous Education: MSc in Physics from Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Rohilkhand University, Bareilly (U.P.)

Contact: gautamshivkumar01@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in Complete CV

Md. Jamil Akhtar

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2022 - May 2024)

Project: Materials development for high temperature radome applications

Current Status: Project assistant in Materials Science Center, IIT Kharagpur

Previous Education: M. Tech from Materials Science Center, IIT Kharagpur

Contact: jamil0354ms@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in Complete CV

Mohamed Faizal Ussama J

Worked as Junior Project Assistant (DST-SERB)

Course registered: MS (January 2020 - July 2022)

Current Status: Doctoral student at Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

Project: Structure-property relationship for machinable glass ceramics

Previous Education: B. Tech in Ceramic Technology from Anna University, Chennai

Contact: faizalusama@iitkgp.ac.in Complete CV

Malarvizhi Thangarasu

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2020 - May 2022)

Project: Effect of fiber Orientation on microstructure and mechanical properties of C-SiC composites prepared via liquid Silicon infiltration technique

Current Status: Research Scientist at Staint Gobain Research India, Chennai, TN

Previous Education: B. Tech in Ceramic Technology, Anna University, Chennai

Contact: malarvizhi1417@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in Complete CV

Lt. Cdr. Lalit Ahlawat

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2020 - May 2022)

Project: Homogenization of direct metal deposited 17-4 Ar PH SS and 316L SS

Previous Education:

Current Status: Continuing service in Indian Navy

Contact: lalitahlawat007@kgpian.iitkgp.ac.in Complete CV

Chalapaka Phani Nookarajendra

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2019 -May 2021)

Current status: Doctoral student at ARCI, Hyderabad

Project: Structure-property relationship for C-fibre reinforced ultra high temperature (UHC) ceramics composites

Previous Education: B. E. in Metallurgical Engineering, JNTUK University College of Engineering, Vizianagara

Contact: ch.phanikumar654@gmail.com

Arjun Mahato

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2018 - May 2020)

Current status: Doctoral student at Materials Science Center, IIT Kharagpur

Project: Structure-property relationship for C-fiber reinforced MMC and CMC (In collaboration with Tata Steel)

Previous Education: B. Tech in Nanotechnology from Central university of Jharkhand, Ranchi

Contact: mahatoarjun244@gmail.com

Saumya Gupta

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2018 - May 2020)

Current status: Doctoral student at Materials Science Center, IIT Kharagpur

Project: Structure-property relationship in additively manufactured steel and Ni-superalloys (In collaboration with Wayne State University, USA)

Previous Education: Masters of Science (Physics), Kanpur University

Contact: iamsaumyagupta@gmail.com

Biswajit M. Patra

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2017 - May 2019)

Current status: Research scientist at Tata Steel India

Project: Microstructure-processing-mechanical property relationship of hot pressed (powder metallurgy) Cu-Sn alloy

Previous Education: B. Tech in Ceramic Engineering, National Institute of Technology NIT Rourkela, Odisha

Contact: biswajitmpatra1@gmail.com

Sushmita Sharma

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2017 - May 2019)

Current status: Research scientist at Tata Advanced Systems Ltd.

Project: STRUCTURE PROPERTY RELATIONSHIP OF a) DIRECT METAL LASER SINTERING (DMLS) MANUFACTURED Ti-6Al-4V ALLOY AND b) ZrO2 CONTAINING MICA GLASS CERAMICS

Previous Education: B. Tech in Nanotechnology, Central university of Jharkhand, Ranchi, Jharkhand

Contact: sush.sumi17@gmail.com

Dr. Anoop Kumar Maurya

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2016 - May 2018)

Current status: Doctoral student at School of Materials Science and Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, South Korea

Project: Effect of process variables on the microstructure, micro-texture and mechanical properties of additive manufactured (LENS) Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Previous Education: M.Sc in General Chemistry, VNIT Nagpur

Contact: anoopmaurya70@gmail.com

Dr. Silva Basu

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2015 - May 2017)

Current status: Doctoral student at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany

Project: Strain rate sensitivity of a TRIP-assisted dual-phase high-entropy alloy (as a DAAD fellow in RWTH Aachen & MPIE Dusseldorf, Germany);

Previous Education: B Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Contact: basu.silva7@gmail.com, silva.basu@kit.edu

Anuja P. Joshi

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2015 - May 2017)

Current Status: Research Scientist at Airbus India

Project: Processing - microstructure - mechanical property relationship in additive manufactured (LENS) Ti-6Al-4V alloy

Previous Education: B. Tech in Metallurgy and Material Science, College of Engineering, Pune

Contact: joshianuja15@gmail.com, anuja.joshi@airbus.com

Dr. Sunil Yadav

Course registered: M. Tech (July 2015 - May 2017)

Current status: Doctoral student at IIT Madras

Project: Microstructure-processing-property correlation in machinable glass ceramics

Previous Education: B.E. in Metallurgical Engineering, O.P. Jindal Institute of Technology, Raigarh, Chattisgarh

Contact: suniyadav786@gmail.com

Project employee

Madhavi Kreeti

Worked as Jr. Project Assistant from January to July 2023

Project: Materials development for high temperature Radome application

Current Status: Doctoral student at IIT Guwahati

Previous Education: MSc in Chemistry from Indian Institute of Engineering science & Technology (IIEST), Shibpur

Contact: madhavikreeti@gmail.com Complete CV

Baipalli Latha

Working as Jr. Project Assistant from July 2024

Project: Wrought processing of ACMZ alloys

Previous Education: B. Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Andhra Pradesh

Contact: lathabaipalli@gmail.com Complete CV

Research Interns

Anubhav Singh, Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Jharkhand (May 2017 - July 2017)
Deeksha Kodangal, National Institute of Technology NIT Surathkal, Karnataka (December 2017 - January 2018)
Abhirup Saha, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kanpur (December 2017 - January 2018)
Subham Ray, National Institute of Technology NIT Durgapur (December 2018 - January 2019; August 2020 - December 2020)
Milind Nayek, University of Waterloo, Canada (January 2019 - April 2019)
Munmi Das, National Institute of Technology NIT Rourkela (May 2019 - July 2019)
Bhaskarjyoti Das, Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology (IIEST), Shibpur (May 2019 - July 2019; May 2020 - December 2020)
Koomarmangalam Dey, Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Kharagpur (May 2019 - July 2019; May 2020 - December 2020)
Pronoy Roy, National Institute of Technology NIT Durgapur (June 2020 - September 2020)
Nidhi Gupta, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology VNIT Nagpur (August 2020 - December 2021)
Tharun Reddy, Sir M. Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology, Bangalore (September 2020 - January 2021)
Subhadip Paul, National Institute of Technology NIT Durgapur (April 2021 - May 2022)
Shruti Sharma, National Institute of Technology NIT Durgapur (May 2022 - July 2022)
Niladri Paul, National Institute of Technology NIT Durgapur (May 2022 - July 2022)
Rajdita Datta, National Institute of Technology NIT Surathkal (May 2022 - July 2022)
Tamaghna Pratyush Chaudhuri, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology VNIT Nagpur (May 2022 - July 2022)
Subhadeep Sinha, Department of Physics, IIT Gandhinagar (May 2024 - July 2024)