BIO

Education

Ph.D. (May 2022): Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.

Thesis title: Formation pathways and growth mechanisms of metal oxide/graphene nanostructures

Supervisor: Dr. Ajeet Kumar Srivastav

M.Tech (Nov. 2016): Industrial Metallurgy, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Andhra University (AU), Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Thesis title: Effect of low temperature sensitization on corrosion behavior 304L SS for canister material – An application for nuclear high level waste packages in geological repositories. (Thesis work carried out at IGCAR)

Supervisor(s): Prof. N.B.R. Mohan Rao (Andhra University), Dr. U. Kamachi Mudali (IGCAR), and Dr. Girija Suresh (IGCAR)

B.Tech (July 2014): Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Thesis title: Friction surfaced coatings of cupronickels (Cu 90%- Ni 10%) on steel substrates – A feasibility study

Supervisor: Mr. A. Veera Sreenu

Experience

• Assistant Professor (G-II), Department of Applied Mechanics, Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad. Duration: 16th Feb to Present.

• Faculty (Ad hoc), Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India. Courses teaching: Light Metals and Alloys (theory course for M.Tech 1st year) and Powder metallurgy Laboratory (B.Tech 3rd year 1st semester lab). Duration: 26th Aug 2022 to 6th  Jan 2023.

• Research fellow (JRF/SRF) in a project funded by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India, at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, India. JRF: 28th Dec 2016 to 28th Dec 2018; SRF: 3rd Jan 2019 to 27th Sept 2019. 

Project title: Large scale synthesis of WO3-x nanowires for chemiresistive gas sensors.

• M.Tech., Dissertation at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Energy (IGCAR), Kalpakkam, India. - 2015-16.

Awards/Honors

• Certificate of appreciation for the image titled “Balanced Stones” at the International Sci-Art Image competition 2021 sponsored by INYAS, Carbon Lab, IIT-Hyderabad and organized by INYAS, NYAB, and TYSA.

• Augmenting Writing Skills for Articulating Research (AWSAR) – 2018 award (for the story titled “Necessity of Gas Sensing in Daily Life: Graphene/Metal Oxide Nanocomposites for Carbon Monoxide Sensing”) sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India.

• Logo designer for Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Nagpur chapter, through a competition.

• 3rd best oral presentation: “In-situ TiO2/rGO Nanocomposites for Gas Sensing Applications”, CHEMIX’18, Visvesvaraya national institute of technology – Nagpur, 7-8 April 2018.

Workshops/Trainings

• Attended the ISMANAM-2019 Pre-Conference Workshop on “Advances in Nano-Scale Materials Characterization”, 7th July 2019, IIT Madras, Chennai.

• Attended a workshop on “Characterization of Materials”, 22-26 March 2018, VNIT- Nagpur.

•  Participated in a GIAN Course on “Advanced Electron Microscopy for Material Science”, 13-22 March 2018, JNU-New Delhi.