PhD Students:
Pragya Belwal (Preprints/Publications)
Thesis: Cohomological aspects of solutions to the quantum Yang-Baxter Equation, August 2022--July 2026.
Biswadeep Karmakar (Preprints/Publications)
Thesis: Cohomological aspects of symmetric quandles, August 2021--July 2025.
Post Doctoral Fellow at IISER Tirupati, August 2025--Till Date.
Deepanshi Saraf (Preprints/Publications)
Thesis: Combinatorial and cohomological aspects of knot invariants, August 2021--July 2025.
Post Doctoral Fellow at IISER Tirupati, August 2025--Till Date.
Pravin Kumar (Preprints/Publications)
Thesis: Structural aspects of planar braids and related groups, August 2021--July 2025.
Post Doctoral Fellow at Beijing Institute of Mathematical Sciences & Applications (BIMSA), China, August 2025--Till Date.
Neha Nanda (Preprints/Publications)
Thesis: Structural aspects of planar braid groups, August 2017--June 2021.
Post Doctoral Fellow at IISER Bhopal, September 2021--May 2022.
Marie Curie Post Doctoral Fellow at Université de Caen Normandie, France, June 2022--Till Date.
Manpreet Singh (Preprints/Publications)
Thesis: Algebraic structures in knot theory, August 2017--June 2021.
Post Doctoral Fellow at Harish-Chandra Research Institute, September 2021--April 2022.
Post Doctoral Fellow, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal, May 2022--March 2023.
Fulbright-Nehru Post Doctoral Fellow, University of South Florida, USA, April 2023--April 2025.
Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad, May 2026--Till Date.
Pinka Dey (Preprints/Publications)
Thesis: Group actions on Dold and Milnor manifolds, January 2016--December 2019.
Post Doctoral Fellow at Indian Statistical Institute Kolkata, January 2020--December 2023.
Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Calicut, February 2024--Till Date.
Post Doctoral Fellows/Long Term Visitors:
Sagar Saha (PhD from IIT Guwahati).
ANRF National Post Doctoral Fellow, September 2026--Till Date.
Komal Negi (PhD from IIT Ropar).
SJF project Post Doctoral Fellow, August 2025--December 2025.
Pankaj Kapari (PhD from IISER Bhopal).
Institute Post Doctoral Fellow, November 2024--July 2025.
Nishant Rathee (PhD from HRI Prayagraj).
Institute Post Doctoral Fellow, February 2023--October 2024.
Assistant Professor at National Institute of Technology Trichy.
Apeksha Sanghi (PhD from IISER Bhopal).
SJF project Post Doctoral Fellow, October 2022--February 2025.
Neeraj Kumar Dhanwani (PhD from IISER Bhopal).
Institute Post Doctoral Fellow, December 2020--December 2022.
NBHM Post Doctoral Fellow, January 2023--July 2025.
Assistant Professor at South Asian University, New Delhi.
Hitesh Raundal (PhD from IISER Pune).
SJF project Post Doctoral Fellow, July 2020--July 2022.
Assistant Professor at University of Allahabad.
Tushar Kanta Naik (PhD from HRI Prayagraj).
Institute Post Doctoral Fellow, October 2018--September 2020.
NBHM Post Doctoral Fellow, October 2020--June 2022.
Assistant Professor at NISER Bhubaneswar.
Pradeep Kumar Rai (PhD from HRI Prayagraj).
Visiting INSPIRE Faculty, September 2018--July 2019.
Assistant Professor at Mahindra University.
Rahul Kitture (PhD from Bhaskaracharya Pratishthana).
SERB National Post Doctoral Fellow, November 2017--October 2019
Assistant Professor at IIT Jammu.
Vikas Siwach (PhD from IIT Ropar).
INSPIRE project Post Doctoral Fellow, March 2015 --January 2016.
Assistant Professor at Haryana Agricultural University.
MS Project Students:
Shubham Sehgal
Thesis: Khovanov homology and computations, 2026--27.
Nilangshu Bhattacharyya
Thesis: Khovanov homology, 2019--20.
Completed PhD from Louisiana State University in 2026.
Ramandeep Singh
Thesis: Topological complexity, 2018--19.
Pursuing PhD from IISER Pune.
Pooja Phogat
Thesis: Doodle groups, 2018--19.
Divya Sharma
Thesis: Topological K-theory, 2014--15.
Completed PhD from University of Münster in 2021.
Monika Kaushal
Thesis: Leray-Serre spectral sequence and applications, 2014--15.
Process Developer at Mercer.
Rahul Yadav
Thesis: Cohomology of groups and applications, 2013--14.
Manager at National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Akash Sharma
Thesis: Homotopy theory and Gottlieb groups, 2013--14.
Summer/External Project Students:
Aman Rawat (HNB Garhwal University)
Groups and Topology, August--November 2026.
Gourav Bajar (IISER Mohali)
Algebraic Topology, June--July 2026.
Arun Verma (IIT Kanpur)
Knots and Braids, June--July 2026.
Palash Sharma (IISER Mohali)
Algebraic Topology, June--July 2025.
Shubham Sehgal (IISER Mohali)
Algebraic Topology, June--July 2025.
Murtaza Farooq Wani (St. Stephen's College)
Jones polynomial of knots and links, May--July 2019.
Joined the Berlin Mathematical School.