Meet our team
Meet our team
Dr. Dhritee Diksha Baroowa
Project Research Scientist
Ph.D. IIT Kharagpur
Research Area: Pavement Rehabilitation, Pavement Performance Evaluation, Analysis and Experimental Investigation of Concrete Overlays, Non- Destructive Testing on Concrete Structures
Anusha Toshikhani
PhD Student (ongoing)
Thesis Topic: Internally Cured Concrete Pavements
Ritika
PhD Student (ongoing)
Thesis Topic: Hydration Mechanism of Concrete Pavements made with Organic Asphalt-Coated Aggregates
Kamran Ilahi
PMRF PhD Student (ongoing)
Thesis Topic: Carbon Capture and Mineralization of Red Mud and its Feasibility as Pavement Material
Irfan Ali
PhD Student (ongoing)
Tentative Topic: Feasibility of Alkali-Activated Materials for Concrete Pavement Applications
Menbere Aklilu
PhD Student (ongoing)
Tentative Topic: Phase-change materials
Prachi Singhal
PhD Student (ongoing)
Tentative Topic: TBD
Kunal Singh
M.Tech Student (ongoing)
Thesis Topic: TBD
Rajasri S
M.Tech Student (ongoing)
Thesis Topic: Internal curing in pavements
Yogya Prakash
B.Tech student
IIT Bombay
Mohammad Usaid
B.Tech student
IIT Bombay
Past Members
Dr. Anupam B. R., Former Postdoctoral Fellow (2023 – 2024), Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Karnataka
Monu Kumar Thakur, Former M.Tech student (2022 – 2024), Current Position: Management Trainee (Projects Department), KALPA-TARU
Sujit Narayana Singh, Former M.Tech student (2022 – 2024), Current Position: Godrej Limited India
Pranesh Pandey, Former M.Tech student (2024 – 2025), Current Position: Executive Officer (Civil), Coal India Limited, a Maharatna PSU
Aman Choudhary, Former M.Tech student (2023 – 2025), Current Position: Marsh McMelon
Amogha Pote Ketan, Former B.Tech student (2025)
Farhan Ahmed, Former IRCC Intern (2025)
The group is actively looking for candidates whose research background is in the following areas:
Design of rigid pavements
Internally cured concrete pavements
High-performance materials, design and modelling
Carbon capture for sustainable concrete pavements
Waste valorization in concrete pavements
Interested candidates may write an email at sdebbarma@iitb.ac.in or sdebbarma@civil.iitb.ac.in along with a curriculum vitae and area of interest.