Faculty at IITGN
IITGN has attracted outstanding faculty members from the best educational institutions around the world. Their diverse training experiences, and expertise makes IITGN an institution of learning like no other in India.
Our vibrant visiting faculty program brings academicians from other institutions around the world to collaborate and interact with our faculty, making IIT Gandhinagar a truly global environment to work.
Ashutosh Srivastava
PhD (CSIR Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology)Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Integrative modeling of macromolecular complexes
Bhaskar Datta
PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)Associate Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering (Jointly with Chemistry)
Construction of metal nanowires based on biomolecular templates
Dhiraj Bhatia
PhD (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research)Associate Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
DNA nanotechnology, Chemical biology
Karla P. Mercado-Shekhar
PhD (University of Rochester)Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Tissue elasticity imaging, Shear wave imaging, Quantitative ultrasound techniques
Mukesh Dhanka
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Allograft Therapy, Biomaterials, Drug Delivery, Bio-nanotechnology, Orthopedic Applications, Regenerative Medicine
Pratik Mutha
PhD (Pennsylvania State University)Jibaben Patel Chair Associate Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Sensorimotor control and learning, Movement disorders after neurological damage, Brain lateralization
Sharad Gupta
PhD (University of Pittsburgh)Associate Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Protein aggregation and their role in neurodegenerative disorders
Sharmistha Majumdar
PhD (Cornell University)Associate Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Evolution of mobile genetic elements/ transposons: mechanisms of transposition and control
Subramanian Sankaranarayanan
PhD (University of Calgary)Assistant Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Plant Developmental Biology, Biotechnology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology
Umashankar Singh
PhD (Uppsala University)Associate Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Cellular stress response and gene expression vis-à-vis retrotransposon evolution
Vijay Thiruvenkatam
PhD (Jiwaji University)Associate Research Professor
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Structural biology of macromolecular complexes, Chemical crystallography, Insitu cryo-crystallizations of liquids
Abinaya Sampath
PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Heterogeneous catalysis, Raman spectroscopy, Mass spectrometry
Biswajit Saha
PhD (Singapore MIT Alliance)Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
2D/nanomaterial synthesis and analysis, Development of wearable sensors and detection of physiological signal
Chinmay Ghoroi
PhD (IIT Bombay)B. S. Gelot Chair Professor
Chemical Engineering
Particle Engineering, Cohesive Powders, Surface Engineering, Wetting and Antibacterial Surfaces/ Bacterial Adhesion
Hari Ganesh
PhD (The University of Texas at Austin)Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Modeling and Simulation, Process Control and Optimization, Energy and Environment, Data Science
Kabeer Jasuja
PhD (Kansas State University)Dr. Dinesh O Shah Chair Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Exfoliation of layered metal borides, Synthesis of XBenes - a new family of boron based nanosheets analogous to graphene
Karthik Subramaniam Pushpavanam
PhD (Arizona State University)Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering
Synthetic Biology, Nanomaterials, Sensors
Kaustubh Rane
PhD (University at Buffalo)Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Interfacial phenomena at solid-fluid and fluid-fluid interfaces, Thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, Molecular simulations
Mithun Radhakrishna
PhD (Columbia University)Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Protein aggregation, Chaperone mediated protein folding, Polymer coacervation, Molecular simulations
Nitin Padhiyar
PhD (IIT Bombay)Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Process optimization and control, Multi-objective optimization, Genetic algorithms, Dynamic optimization
Prachi Thareja
PhD (University of Pittsburgh)Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Viscoelastic properties of particles in liquid crystals and applications, Liquid crystal sensors, Anti infective surface
Pratyush Dayal
PhD (University of Akron)Associate Professor
Chemical Engineering
Self-oscillating polymer gels, Structure development in polymer blends and solutions, Polymer processing
Sameer V. Dalvi
PhD (IIT Bombay)Smt. Meera and Prof. Girish K. Sharma Chair Professor
Chemical Engineering
Engineering stable microbubbles formulations for biomedical applications, Precipitation and stabilization
Sameer Patel
PhD (Washington University in St. Louis)Assistant Professor
Chemical Engineering (Jointly with Civil Engineering)
Aerosol and air quality, Air pollution control, Low-cost air quality monitors
Anirban Mondal
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore)Assistant Professor
Chemistry
Multiscale Computational Modeling, Organic Electronics, Fuel Cells
Bhaskar Datta
PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)Associate Professor
Chemistry (Jointly with Biological Engineering)
Construction of metal nanowires based on biomolecular templates
Biswajit Mondal
PhD (Jadavpur University)Assistant Professor
Chemistry
Photo-electrochemistry, Electrochemical conversion of value added chemicals
Chandrakumar Appayee
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Associate Professor
Chemistry
Development of novel double-hydrogen bond donor catalysts, Asymmetric amine catalysis
Iti Gupta
PhD (IIT Bombay)Associate Professor
Chemistry
Boron based NIR dyes and their conjugates, Derivatives of corroles and N-confused porphyrins with novel properties
Priyabrata Ghana
PhD (University of Bonn)Assistant Professor
Chemistry
The chemistry of low-valent main group compounds, Application of main group compounds in catalysis
Sairam Swaroop Mallajosyula
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore)Associate Professor
Chemistry
Carbohydrate-protein interactions, Novel DNA constructs
Sivapriya Kirubakaran
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Kankuben Bakshirambhai Gelot Chair Associate Professor
Chemistry
Drug discovery and cancer chemical biology
Sriram Kanvah Gundimeda
PhD (IIT Bombay)Associate Professor
Chemistry
Synthesis of photosensitive π-conjugated materials for a variety of optical and biological applications
Sudhanshu Sharma
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Associate Professor
Chemistry
Materials, Electrochemistry, Catalysis
Sudipta Basu
PhD (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Physiology Dortmund)Associate Professor
Chemistry
Chemical biology of mitochondria and endoplasmic reticulum (ER)
Ajanta Sachan
PhD (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)Associate Professor
Civil Engineering
Liquefaction & cyclic instability in soils, Stiffness degradation and pore pressure of soils under earthquake
Amit Prashant
PhD (University of Tennessee at Knoxville)Professor
Civil Engineering
Constitutive modeling for granular materials, Numerical modeling of geotechnical structures
C N Pandey
PhD (North Gujarat University)Professor of Practice
Civil Engineering
Carbon sequestration of coral reefs of Gujarat, Status of grasslands of Saurashtra and Central Gujarat
Dhiman Basu
PhD (University at Buffalo)Associate Professor
Civil Engineering
Ground motion characterization and seismic hazard, Performance based earthquake engineering
G. V. Rao
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Visiting Professor
Civil Engineering
Geotechnical testing and evaluation, Design of pavements and quality control check
Gaurav
PhD (University of Minnesota)Dr. Vilas Mujumdar Chair Associate Professor
Civil Engineering
Uncertainty quantification, Structural Fire Engineering, Computational mechanics
Manish Kumar
PhD (University at Buffalo - SUNY)Associate Professor
Civil Engineering
Performance-based earthquake engineering, Seismic isolation
Pranab Kumar Mohapatra
PhD (IIT Kanpur)Professor
Civil Engineering
Hydraulics and water resources engineering, Transients in pipe flow
Sameer Patel
PhD (Washington University in St. Louis)Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering (Jointly with Chemical Engineering)
Aerosol and air quality, Air pollution control, Low-cost air quality monitors, Environmental policies and regulations
S R Gandhi
PhD (IIT Madras)Visiting Professor
Civil Engineering
Pile Foundation, Ground improvement
Sudhir Kumar Arora
MBA (KSOU)Professor of Practice
Civil Engineering
Infrastructure Development, Water Supply (Urban/Rural), Sewer networks and STPs
Sushobhan Sen
PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
Laboratory and computational characterization of pavements
Udit Bhatia
PhD (Northeastern University)Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
Critical infrastructure resilience, Network science, Ecological dynamics, Machine learning, Climate variability and change
Vimal Mishra
PhD (Purdue University)Professor
Civil Engineering
Surface water hydrology, Climate variability and climate change, Global food and water security
Aditi Kothiyal
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Teaching Professor
Creative Learning
Making in education, Embodied learning, Hands-on learning, Engineering education, STEM education
Manish Jain
BTech (IIT Kanpur)Teaching Professor
Creative Learning
Hands-on & experiential pedagogy
Abhishek Bichhawat
PhD (Saarland University)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Language-based security, Formal methods and verification for security, Information flow security
Anirban Dasgupta
PhD (Cornell University)N Rama Rao Chair Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Algorithms for large scale data, Social networks, Computational social science, Crowdsourcing, Machine learning
Balagopal Komarath
PhD (IIT Madras)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Circuit complexity and other low-level computational models
Bireswar Das
PhD (Institute of Mathematical Sciences)Associate Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Computational complexity theory and algorithms, Algebra and computationy
Krishna Prasad Miyapuram
PhD (University of Cambridge)Associate Professor
Computer Science & Engineering (Jointly with Social Sciences)
Neuroeconomics & neuromarketing, Computational cognitive science
Manoj Gupta
PhD (IIT Delhi)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Dynamic graph algorithms, Streaming algorithms, Randomized algorithms, Data-structures
Mayank Singh
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Text mining, Natural language and processing, Machine learning, Network science, Information retrieval
Neeldhara Misra
PhD (Institute of Mathematical Sciences)Smt. Amba and Sri. V S Sastry Chair Associate Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Design and analysis of algorithms, Computational social choice
Nipun Batra
PhD (IIIT Delhi)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Sensor networks, Machine learning, Computational sustainability
Rajat Moona
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Computer Architecture, VLSI Design, Operating Systems, Embedded Systems, Security, Smart Cards and RFID
Sameer Gundurao Kulkarni
PhD (University of Göttingen)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Network Function Virtualization, Software Defined Networking, Cloud Computing, Power & Performance Optimizations
Shanmuganathan Raman
PhD (IIT Bombay)Jibaben Patel Chair Associate Professor
Computer Science & Engineering (Jointly with Electrical Engineering)
Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Computational Photography
Shouvick Mondal
PhD (IIT Madras)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Software Testing, Evolution, and Maintenance, Social Choice Theoretic Software Engineering
Yogesh Kumar Meena
PhD (Ulster University)Assistant Professor
Computer Science & Engineering
Human-Computer Interaction, Brain-Computer Interface, Eye Tracking, Motor Control and Rehabilitation, AI/ML
Manasi Kanetkar
MDes (IIT Bombay)Assistant Teaching Professor
Design
Pedagogy in design education, Semiotics and design
Sameer Sahasrabudhe
PhD (YCMOU)Professor of Practice
Design
Visual Communication, 3D Animation, Educational Technology.
C N Pandey
PhD (North Gujarat University)Professor of Practice
Earth Sciences
Carbon sequestration of coral reefs of Gujarat, Status of grasslands of Saurashtra and Central Gujarat
Pankaj Khanna
PhD (Rice University)Assistant Professor
Earth Sciences
Modern and fossil carbonates, Reservoir architecture, Quaternary sea-level fluctuations, Sequence stratigraphy
Parthasarthi Mukhopadhyay
PhD (IITM)Guest Professor
Earth Sciences
Numerical Weather Prediction, development of parameterization particularly the cloud and convective process in numerical model
Prem Chand Pandey
PhD (Allahabad University)Adjunct Professor
Earth Sciences
Earth Observations from Satellites: Ocean and Atmosphere
Pradeep K Srivastava
PhD (Peoples' Friendship University, Moscow)Adjunct Professor
Earth Sciences
Physical and mathematical modeling, Satellite photogrammetry
Rajkrishna Dutta
PhD (Princeton University)Assistant Professor
Earth Sciences
High-Pressure Mineralogy, Diamond Anvil cells, Planetary Interiors
Rishi Narain Singh
PhD (Banaras Hindu University)Visiting Professor
Earth Sciences
Geophysical and environmental modeling, Geodynamics, Inverse methods, Mathematical modeling
Utsav Mannu
PhD (ETH Zurich)Assistant Professor
Earth Sciences
Studying the relationship between the evolution of accretionary wedges
Vikrant Jain
PhD (IIT Kanpur)Professor
Earth Sciences
Earth surface processes, River science, External forcings and river's future, Glacio-fluvial coupling
Vimal Mishra
PhD (Purdue University)Professor
Earth Sciences
Surface water hydrology, Climate variability and climate change, Global food and water security
Anand Kumar
MBA (Lucknow University)Professor of Practice
Electrical Engineering
Power Sector Regulation, Training and Capacity Building
Arup Lal Chakraborty
PhD (University of Strathclyde)Professor
Electrical Engineering
Tunable diode laser spectroscopy for gas parameter measurement, Optical physical and chemical sensing
Himanshu Shekhar
PhD (University of Rochester)Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Therapeutic ultrasound, Nonlinear imaging, Ultrasound contrast agents, Ultrasound-assisted drug delivery
Jhuma Saha
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Characterization of III-V based Quantum Dot based devices
Joycee M. Mekie
PhD (IIT Bombay)Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
Approximate computing, Low power SRAM, Radiation hardened systems, Asynchronous design
Madhu Vadali
PhD (University of Wisconsin - Madison)Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering (Jointly with Mechanical Engineering)
Dynamic systems, Control systems, Smart manufacturing
Mukul Chandorkar
PhD (University of Wisconsin - Madison)Visiting Professor
Electrical Engineering
Electric Machine Analysis, Microprocessor Applications in Power Electronics, Simulation of Power Electronic Circuits
Naran M. Pindoriya
PhD (IIT Kanpur)Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
Restructured power systems - operation and management, Smart distribution grid and microgrids
Nihar Ranjan Mohapatra
PhD (IIT Bombay)Professor
Electrical Engineering
Nano-scale devices physics, Device and circuit interaction in advanced devices, Reliability of semiconductor devices
Nithin V. George
PhD (IIT Bhubaneswar)TEOCO Chair Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
Active Noise Control, Adaptive Signal Processing, Assistive Listening Devices, Psychoacoustics
Pallavi Bharadwaj
PhD (Indian Institute of Science)Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Smart power electronics: design & development of hardware, AI, IoT; Photovoltaic power conversion
Ragavan K
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
Drives for electric vehicles, Diagnostic testing and condition monitoring of transformers, Active power filter
S. Rajendran
MTech (IIT Madras)Associate Teaching Professor
Electrical Engineering
High speed packaging machines, Liquid packing machines - high speed applications, CO2 laser - metal processing applications
Ravi Hegde
PhD (University of Michigan)Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering
Computational photonics, Nanophotonics, Silicon photonics, Nanoelectronics, High performance computing
Sandip Lashkare
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Semiconductor device physics, Emerging non-volatile memories (Resistive, Ferroelectric)
Soumyabrata Chakrabarty
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)Visiting Professor
Electrical Engineering
Electromagnetic modelling, Simulation and design of antenna
Shanmuganathan Raman
PhD (IIT Bombay)Jibaben Patel Chair Associate Professor
Electrical Engineering (Jointly with Computer Science & Engineering)
Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Computational Photography
Tarun Kumar Agarwal
PhD (KU Leuven)Assistant Professor
Electrical Engineering
Benchmarking of beyond CMOS materials and devices using multi-scale approaches
Uttama Lahiri
PhD (Vanderbilt University)Professor
Electrical Engineering
Virtual reality based human computer interaction used in affective computing, Eye Tracking and Physiology based modeling
Aashish Xaxa
PhD (Tata Institute of Social Sciences)Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Development Studies, Urban Development, Tribal Development, Environment, Sustainability, Sociology of Tribes
Alok Kumar Kanungo
PhD (Deccan College)Assistant Research Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Who owns the past, Understanding history and origin of the nagas, History and origin of glass
Ambika Aiyadurai
PhD (National University of Singapore)Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Biodiversity conservation, Human-animal relations, Natural resources management, Iindigenous people and livelihoods
Angus McBlane
PhD (Cardiff University)Visiting Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Cultural theory, Embodiment, Environmental humanities, Merleau-Ponty, Phenomenology, Science and Technology
Argha Manna
MSc (University of Calcutta)Artist-in-Residence
Humanities & Social Sciences
- Bringing the history of science into life through graphic narratives including comics, data comics...
Arka Chattopadhyay
PhD (Western Sydney University)Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
20th century literature: modernism and postmodernism, Modern theatre, European avant garde fiction
Arnapurna Rath
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
South-Asian Literature, Comparative Literature, Bakhtin studies, Critical Theory, Creative writing, Digital Humanities
Deepak Singhania
PhD (University of California)Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Decentralization, Local Governance, and Public Policy
Jaison A Manjaly
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)Jasubhai Memorial Chair Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Curiosity, Moral Cognition, Embodied Cognition
Jooyoung Kim
PhD (University of Delaware)Assistant Teaching Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
linguistics Syntax and Semantics, Syntax - Semantics of East and Southeast Asian languages
Krishna Prasad Miyapuram
PhD (University of Cambridge)Associate Professor (Cognitive and Brain Sciences)
Humanities & Social Sciences (Jointly with Computer Science and Engineering)
Neuroeconomics & neuromarketing, Computational cognitive science
Leslee Lazar
PhD (National Brain Research Centre, India)Assistant Teaching Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Neuroscience of Perception, Touch Perception, Multi-modal Somatosensory Processing
Madhumita Sengupta
PhD (University of Calcutta)Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Modern and Contemporary Indian History, Colonial Histories, Social History
Mana Apoorva Shah
PhD (Jain Visva Bharati University)Lecturer
Humanities & Social Sciences
Sanskrit Pedagogy, Prakrit, Apabhramsha and medieval Gujarati literature, Indian Knowledge Systems, Jain Studies, Ancient Indian Historiography, Manuscriptology
Meera M. Sunny
PhD (University of Warwick)Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Visual attention, Attention capture, Visual marking
Michel Danino
Visiting Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Archaeology and history of ancient India, History of Indian science and technology, Indian Knowledge Systems
Mohd. Mubashir Ahsan
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru University)Lecturer
Humanities & Social Sciences
Arabic and Islamic studies in India, Translation : arabic to english, hindi, urdu, and vice versa
Nishaant Choksi
PhD (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor)Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Semiotics, Linguistic ethnography, Script and writing systems
Joining Soon
Scholar-in-Residence
Humanities & Social Sciences
Rekha R. Srinivasan
PhD (Case Western Reserve University)Scholar-in-Residence
Humanities & Social Sciences
Rosa Maria Perez
PhD (ISCTE, Lisbon)Visiting Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Social structures, social segregation, subaltern studies
Sharada C. V.
Double PhD (Deccan College and University of Ferrara and NMNH)Assistant Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Archaeozoology and taphonomy, Bioarchaeology
R Sharan
PhD (University of Waterloo)Scholar-in-Residence
Humanities & Social Sciences
Technological progress and human values, Semiconductor devices, Transducers and instrumentation, Noise
Sharmita Lahiri
PhD (University of Houston)Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Indian writing in english, Postcolonial literature
V.N. Prabhakar
PhD (Kurukhsetra University)Associate Professor
Humanities & Social Sciences
Archaeology of protohistorical India; Harappan archaeology; Scientific techniques applied to archaeology
Akshaa Vatwani
PhD (Queen's University)Associate Professor
Mathematics
Analytic number theory, Sieve methods, Algebraic number theory
Atul Abhay Dixit
PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)Associate Professor
Mathematics
Analytic number theory, Special functions, Theory of partitions
Bipul Saurabh
PhD (Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi)Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Operator algebras, Noncommutative geometry, Quantum groups
Chetan Pahlajani
PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)Associate Professor
Mathematics
Probability theory and stochastic processes, Dynamical systems
Gadadhar Misra
PhD (Stony Brook University)Visiting Professor
Mathematics
Mostly in operator theory using tools from complex geometry and representation theory
Indranath Sengupta
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Professor
Mathematics
Commutative algebra, Algebraic geometry
Mohan Joshi
PhD (Purdue University)Visiting Professor
Mathematics
Nonlinear analysis, Probabilistic functional analysis, Mathematical system theory, Industrial mathematics
Projesh Nath Choudhury
PhD (IIT Madras)Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Total positivity, Matrix inequality, Algebraic and spectral aspects of distance matrices of graphs
Rohit Kumar Mishra
PhD (TIFR Centre For Applicable Mathematics Bangalore)Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Inverse problems related to integral geometry, Partial differential equations
Sanjaykumar Amrutiya
PhD (Harish-Chandra Research Institute)Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Algebraic geometry
Tanya Kaushal Srivastava
PhD (Freie Universitat Berlin Germany)Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Algebraic Geometry (Mathematics)
Jagmohan Tyagi
PhD (IIT Kanpur)Associate Professor
Mathematics
Ordinary differential equations, Elliptic partial differential equations
Vishnu Dutt Sharma
PhD (Banaras Hindu University)Visiting Professor
Mathematics
Quasilinear systems of partial differential equations, Conservation laws
Atul Bhargav
PhD (University of Maryland)Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Hydrogen production from hydrocarbon reforming, Heat & mass transfer
K. Chelvakumar
PhD (California Institute of Technology)Visiting Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Solar power: cell physics, panel production, Healthcare finance
Dilip Srinivas Sundaram
PhD (Georgia Institute of Technology)Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Propulsion and Combustion, Energetic Nanomaterials, Nanoscale Transport Processes, Multiphase and Chemically Reacting Systems
Girish Kumar Sharma
PhD (Moscow Power Engineering Institute)Visiting Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Heat transfer and heat exchangers
Harini Subramanian
PhD (IIT Madras)Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Constitutive modelling, Continuum damage mechanics, Plasticity, Mechanics of composites, Viscoelasticity, Self-healing materials
Harish Palanthandalam-Madapusi
PhD (University of Michigan)Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Systems and control theory, System identification
Harmeet Singh
PhD (Virginia Tech)Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Classical continuum mechanics, Elasticity, Mechanics of thin bodies, Applied differential geometry
Jayaprakash K R
PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Wave propagation in one and two-dimensional granular media
Madhu Vadali
PhD (University of Wisconsin - Madison)Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering (Jointly with Electrical Engineering)
Dynamic systems, Control systems, Smart manufacturing
N. Ramakrishnan
PhD (IIT Bombay)Visiting Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Integrated material handling system, Low cost automation
Ravi Sastri Ayyagari
PhD (Illinois Institute of Technology)Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Solid mechanics, Constitutive modeling, Computational mechanics, Continuum damage mechanics
Soumyadip Sett
PhD (University of Illinois)Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Phase Change Heat Transfer, Thermal Management, Water Harvesting
Uddipta Ghosh
PhD (IIT Kharagpur)Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Viscous Flows, Electrohydrodyamics and Electrokinetics
Vineet Vashista
PhD (Columbia University)Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Wearable & Rehabilitation Robotics, Human-robot Interaction
Vinod Narayanan
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering
Flow instabilities and transition to turbulence
Abhay Raj Singh Gautam
PhD (University of Virginia)Associate Professor
Materials Engineering
Interface structure and dynamics
Abhijit Mishra
PhD (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign)Associate Professor
Materials Engineering
Peptide-lipid interactions
Amit Arora
PhD (The Pennsylvania State University)Associate Professor
Materials Engineering
Numerical Modeling of Additive Manufacturing
Emila Panda
PhD (Max Planck Institute for Metals Research and University of Stuttgart)Associate Professor
Materials Engineering
Transparent conducting oxides
Gopinadhan Kalon
PhD (IIT Delhi)Assistant Professor
Materials Engineering
Experimental (soft) condensed matter physics
Jyoti Mukhopadhyay
PhD (IIT Bombay)Visiting Professor
Materials Engineering
Structure – property correlation, Super plastic forming and formability of materials
S P Mehrotra
PhD (IIT Kanpur)Visiting Professor
Materials Engineering
Mineral processing and process metallurgy, Transport phenomena
Pradipta Ghosh
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Assistant Professor
Materials Engineering
Microstructure characterization of nanocrystalline materials
Raghavan Ranganathan
PhD (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)Assistant Professor
Materials Engineering
Atomistic/Molecular simulations of structure-property relations
Sriharitha Rowthu
PhD (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne)Assistant Professor
Materials Engineering
Wetting and dewetting phenomena
Superb Misra
PhD (Imperial College London)Associate Professor
Materials Engineering
Biomaterials and tissue engineering, Nanomaterials
Anand Sengupta
PhD (IUCAA Pune)Associate Professor
Physics
Detection of gravitational waves, Aspects of CMB data analysis
Arpan Bhattacharyya
PhD (IISc Bangalore)Assistant Professor
Physics
Quantum entanglement in many-body systems, Tensor network methods
Baradhwaj Coleppa
PhD (Michigan State University)Associate Professor
Physics
Beyond the standard model – Model builidng and LHC phenomenology of new states
Chandan Kumar
PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)Assistant Professor
Physics
Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Physics
Gopinadhan Kalon
PhD (IIT Delhi)Associate Professor
Physics
Experimental (soft) condensed matter physics
Krishna Kanti Dey
PhD (IIT Guwahati)Associate Professor
Physics
Active matter, Colloidal dynamics, Nanotechnology
Krista R Khiangte
PhD (IIT Bombay)Assistant Professor
Physics
Group IV photonics, Molecular beam epitaxy of semiconductor heterostructures
Naveen Sisodia
PhD (IIT Delhi)Assistant Professor
Physics
Modelling of spintronics-based logic-in-memory devices and hardware for neuromorphic computing
Prasanna Venkatesh B
PhD (McMaster University)Assistant Professor
Physics
Theoretical research in Quantum Optics, Ultracold Atomic Physics, Quantum Thermodynamics
Ravinder Rupchand Puri
PhD (Bombay University)Visiting Professor
Physics
Theoretical quantum optics, Foundations of quantum mechanics, Quantum information processing
Rupak Banerjee
PhD (University of Calcutta)Associate Professor
Physics
Nano-science, Surface physics and material science, Organic Solar Cells
Rusa Mandal
PhD (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences)Assistant Professor
Physics
Theoretical Particle Physics: Flavour Physics, Dark Matter
Sudipta Sarkar
PhD (University of Pune, IUCAA)Associate Professor
Physics
Gravitation, Black hole physics, Thermodynamics and Quasi normal modes, Field theory in curved space-time
Urjit A. Yajnik
PhD (University of Texas at Austin)Visiting Professor
Physics
- Elementary Particle Physics; Cosmology and unified theories
Vinod Chandra
PhD (IIT Kanpur)Associate Professor
Physics
- Theoretical High Energy Physics: Physics of Quark-Gluon-Plasma
A. V. Anilkumar
PhD (California Institute of Technology)Guest Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Vanderbilt School of Engineering
Ajithprasad. P
PhD (MSUB)Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Professor, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, The M. S. University of Baroda, Vadodara
Amb. V. Ashok
Indian Foreign Service (retd.)Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Garwood Fellow and Senior Advisor on Smart Villages, University of California, Berkeley, USA
India's ambassador to Czech Republic and Zimbabwe (2007, 2011)
Auroop R. Ganguly
PhD (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Guest Professor, Civil Engineering
Director, Sustainability & Data Sciences Lab (SDS Lab), Northeastern University
Dheeraj Sanghi
PhD (University of Maryland)Guest Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
Professor, IIT Kanpur
Durgesh C. Rai
PhD (Universty of Michigan)Guest Professor, Civil Engineering
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
K. Krishnan
PhD (MSUB)Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Professor of Archaeology, Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda
M. Venkataraman
MTech (IIT Madras)Guest Professor, Civil Engineering
Vice President, Indian Chapter of International Geosynthetics Society
Mahesh Tandon
PhD (University of Hyderabad)Guest Professor, Civil Engineering
Managing Director, Tandon Consultants Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi
Mythily Ramaswamy
PhD (University of Paris)Guest Professor, Mathematics
Faculty, TIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics
Nikhil Balram
PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)Guest Professor, Electrical Engineering
Head of Display R&D, Google LLC
P.P. Joglekar
PhD (University of Pune)Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Former Professor, Deccan College, Pune
Pravinray Gandhi
PhD (University of Notre Dame)Guest Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Business Development Director, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
R. P. Chhabra
PhD (Monash University)Guest Professor, Chemical Engineering
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
R. S. Bisht
PhD (Kumaun University)Guest Professor, Archaeological Sciences
Joint Director General (Retd.), Archaeological Survey of India & Padma Shri Awardee, 2013
Rajen Jaswa
MBA (Stetson University)Guest Professor, Electrical Engineering
Managing Director, Jaswa & Company
Rajendra Bordia
PhD (Cornell University)Guest Professor, Material Science & Engineering
Professor and Chair of the Department, MSE, Clemson University
Shyam Sunder
PhD (Carnegie Mellon University)Guest Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences
Professor, Yale School of Management & Department of Economics