भा.प्रौ.सं. गाँधीनगर

Jitkumar Bhatt

PhD (CSIR-CSMCRI)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biological Sciences and Engineering
DNA and RNA nanomaterials, ionic liquids, gene delivery, DNA self-assemblies

Research Interests

DNA and RNA nanomaterials
ionic liquids
deep eutectic solvents
drug delivery
gene delivery
DNA self-assemblies

Krupa Kansara

PhD (Ahmedabad University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Designer Nanodevices, in vivo imaging, molecular biology

Research Interests

Designer Nanodevices
In vivo imaging
Molecular biology

Krupa Shah

PhD (The Gujarat Cancer & Research Institute, Asarwa)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Cancer Biology, Stem cell Biology, Immunomodulation

Research Interests

Cancer Biology
Stem cell Biology
Immunomodulation
Natural Compounds
Bioinformatics
nanotechnology
Cancer Stem cells
Cancer Drug Resistance

Ramesh Singh

PhD (Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidyalaya)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Peptide Synthesis solid and solution phase, Generation of Metal nanoparticles

Research Interests

Peptide Synthesis solid and solution phase
Short peptide and nucleic acid-based self-assembling materials for biomedical applications.
Short Peptide-based antibacterial nanomaterials for multi-drug resistant bacteria.
Atomic Force Microscopy investigation of self-assembling biomolecules.
Generation of Metal nanoparticles

Ritu Varshney

PhD (IIT Roorkee)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Autophagy, Natural Products, Cancer Biology, Neurological Disorders, Metabolic Disorders

Research Interests

Autophagy
Natural Products
Cancer Biology
Neurological Disorders
Metabolic Disorders

Shanka Walia

PhD (AcSIR-New Delhi)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Synthesis, DNA nanotechnology

Research Interests

Synthesis
Characterization of functional nanomaterials and their Application in bioimaging and analyte Detection
DNA nanotechnology

Abhijit Paul

PhD (NIT Arunachal Pradesh)
Research Associate
Biological Sciences and Engineering
Shear Wave Elastography, Acousto-mechanical model

Research Interests

Shear Wave Elastography
Acousto-mechanical model
Photo thermal therapy
Non-linear modelling
Plasmonic nanoparticles
Computational Fluid Dynamics

Anupma Thakur

PhD (AcSIR, CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Chemical Engineering
Material Science and Engineering, Green Hydrogen Production

Research Interests

Material Science and Engineering
2D Materials (TMDs, MXenes and MBenes)
Green Hydrogen Production
Carbon Dioxide Reduction
Environmental Pollutant Monitoring and Removal

Ankit Kumar

PhD (IIT BHU)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Chemical Engineering
Renewable Hydrogen Production, Oxidation of alcohol, Material Characterization

Research Interests

Renewable Hydrogen Production
Oxidation of alcohol
Material Characterization
Heterogeneous Catalyst Synthesis
Catalyst Characterization
Biomass Pyrolysis
Gasification

Mrinmoy Karmakar

PhD (University of Calcutta)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Chemical Engineering
Hydrogel, Interpenetrating polymer, Graft copolymer

Research Interests

Hydrogel
Interpenetrating polymer
Graft copolymer
Adsorption
Fluorescence-based sensing
Anticounterfeiting applications
Cyclic voltammetry and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy
Metal Organic Framework
MXene

Suvrajyoti Mishra

PhD (Utkal University, Odisha)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Chemical Engineering
Polymeric material, Piezoelectric Energy harvesting, Wearable Sensor

Research Interests

Polymeric material
Piezoelectric Energy harvesting
Wearable Sensor
Material characterization

Abhijit Roy

PhD (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Chemistry
High resolution structural characterization of nanomaterials

Research Interests

High resolution structural characterization of nanomaterials using transmission electron microscopy and scanning electron microscopy.
Cross-sectional sample preparation for TEM.
Synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles for efficient surface-enhanced Raman scattering, fluorescence enhancement and single molecule spectroscopy.
Lumerical FDTD for finite-difference time-domain simulation to study optical
property of nanomaterials.

Ganesh S Sorabad

PhD (Mangalore University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chemistry
Oxidative CH-bond Functionalization, Synthetic methodology and catalysis

Research Interests

Oxidative CH-bond Functionalization
Synthetic methodology and catalysis
Asymmetric organocatalysis
CH-Bond activation

Gayatri Joshi

PhD (Purdue University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chemistry
Development of gold nanostructure assemblies

Research Interests

Development of gold nanostructure assemblies for enhanced single molecular spectroscopy
Devising novel approach that advance sensing efficiency for plasmonic transducers

Himarati Mondal

PhD (University of Calcutta)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chemistry
Hydrogels, Interpenetrating polymer, Biocomposites

Research Interests

Hydrogels
Interpenetrating polymer
Biocomposites
NMR, FTIR, XPS, XRD, TGA, and SEM
Adsorption
Urine treatment
Fluorescence-based toxicant sensing
Nitrogen harvesting

Rudranarayan Khatua

PhD (IIT Dhanbad)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Chemistry
Density Functional Theory (DFT), Time-dependent DFT

Research Interests

Density Functional Theory (DFT)
Time-dependent DFT
Screening of the Materials
Non fullerene acceptors
MR-TADF
Molecular Dynamics

Geeta Sharma

PhD (IIT Bombay)
Research Associate
Chemistry
Investigation of ultrafast dynamics of various atomic and molecular systems

Research Interests

Investigation of ultrafast dynamics of various atomic and molecular systems.
Investigation of structural, morphological, electrical, and linear-and-nonlinear optical properties of nanostructures.
Modeling of optical processes in nanostructures.
Manipulating light-matter interactions at nanoscale.
Nanoplasmonics.
Nanoelectronics.
Biomedical optics.

Gurudutt Dubey

PhD (NIPER S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab)
Research Associate
Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry, Computer-aided drug design

Research Interests

Medicinal Chemistry
Computer-aided drug design
In silico drug delivery
X-ray crystallography
Drug polymorphism

Pankaj Dubey

PhD (IISER, Mohali)
Research Associate
Chemistry

Research Interests

Gopala Krishna Rodda

PhD
Research Associate
Civil Engineering

Research Interests

Mahesh Kumar Tiwari

PhD (IIT Roorkee)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Civil Engineering
Compartment Fire, Building Façade Fire

Research Interests

Compartment Fire
Building Façade Fire
Fire Dynamics Simulator
Hybrid Structural System
Combustion
Heat Transfer

Siva Ram Karumanchi

PhD (VNIT Nagpur)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Civil Engineering
Unsaturated soil mechanics, Numerical modeling of geotechnical structures

Research Interests

Unsaturated soil mechanics
Numerical modeling of geotechnical structures
Numerical studies on embankment stability
Underground Structures
Experimental studies on expansive soils

Ramyasri Rachamadugu

PhD (Shiv Nadar University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Civil Engineering
Computational Geomechanics, Numerical Modelling

Research Interests

Computational Geomechanics
Numerical Modelling
Soil Structure Interaction
Constitutive Modelling of Geomaterials

Sumit Nandi

PhD (IIT Roorkee)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Civil Engineering
Pavement material characterization, Valorization of recycled aggregates

Research Interests

Pavement material characterization
Valorization of recycled aggregates
Recycling of industrial and agricultural wastes
Design and construction of pavements
Sustainable concrete paver blocks and concrete pavements

Viswanath Parol

PhD (IIT Kanpur)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Civil Engineering
Granular material behaviour, Experimental simulations, Numerical modelling

Research Interests

Granular material behaviour
Experimental simulations
Numerical modelling
Theoretical modelling
Chemo-mechanics in soil
Geo-environmental problems

Jayakrishnan Madathil

PhD (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, HBNI)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Computer Science & Engineering
Parameterized Complexity, Algorithms

Research Interests

Parameterized Complexity
Algorithms
Graph Theory

Biswajit Roy

PhD (IISER Kolkata)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Earth Sciences
Biogeochemistry, biomolecules, pedology, paleoenvironment reconstructions

Research Interests

Reduce uncertainties in the biogeochemical cycles, ecology, and hydrology, especially for periods in the Earth’s past.
Climate-Tectonic relationship in sedimentary basins.
Tectonic-geomorphic relationship to ecological evolution in a sedimentary system.
Use of trace and REEs in paleoenvironmental reconstructions.
Understanding the paleodepositional conditions through the use of specific non-isotopic biomarkers.
Determining the distribution of organic carbon in different terrestrial systems and development of suitable organic proxies.

Saptarshi Dey

PhD (University of Potsdam)
Inspire Fellow
Earth Sciences
Tectonic geomorphology, Cosmogenic nuclide-based dating

Research Interests

Tectonic geomorphology
Cosmogenic nuclide-based dating
Tectonically-active sedimentary basins
Field geology

Horthing V. Zimik

PhD (IIT Bhubaneswar)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Earth Sciences
Geothermal energy, Hydro-geochemistry, Soil chemistry

Research Interests

Geothermal energy
Hydro-geochemistry
Soil chemistry
Remote sensing and GIS
Stable isotope systematics
and Photogrammetry

Nirav Raval

PhD (Gujarat University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Earth Sciences
Water and wastewater treatment, Synthesis of biopolymers and nano-adsorbents

Research Interests

Water and wastewater treatment
Synthesis of biopolymers and nano-adsorbents
Adsorption
Environmental pollution control (air/water purifications)

Sonam

PhD (IIT Gandhinagar)
Research Associate
Earth Sciences
Geology and river evolution

Research Interests

Geology and river evolution
Geomorphology and river management
Climate change and arid zone environments.

Ramya Selvaraj

PhD (IIT Madras)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Electrical Engineering
MID-IR Wavelength Modulated Photoacoustic Spectroscopy

Research Interests

MID-IR Wavelength Modulated Photoacoustic Spectroscopy
Chemical and Biomedical sensing
Hollow core fiber assisted sensing

Anuj Kaushik

PhD (IIIT- Allahabad)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Electrical Engineering
Acoustic Characterization of Ultrasound Contrast Agents

Research Interests

Acoustic Characterization of Ultrasound Contrast Agents
Photoacoustic Spectroscopy and Imaging
Ultrasound Imaging
Nanoparticle Characterization using Photoacoustics

Sankha Subhra Bhattacharjee

PhD (IIT Gandhinagar)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Electrical Engineering
Adaptive Signal Processing

Research Interests

Adaptive Signal Processing
Evolutionary Computing
Hearing Aids
Active Noise Control

Shivashankar Sukumar

PhD (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Electrical Engineering
Smart distribution system, Renewable Energy Integration

Research Interests

Smart distribution system
Microgrids
Renewable Energy Integration
Energy management

S Hari Charan Cherukuri

PhD (VIT Vellore)
Research Associate
Electrical Engineering
Energy management in grid interactive micro grids

Research Interests

Energy management in grid interactive micro grids
Electric springs and Demand Side Management
Home energy management
Application of optimization techniques to power systems problems

Ekta Gupta

PhD (National Institute of Advanced Studies)
Early Career Fellow, Archaeological Sciences Centre
Humanities and Social Sciences
Historical maps, cartography

Research Interests

Historical maps
cartography
geomorphology, archaeology,
remote sensing, and Geographic Information Systems
coastal dynamics.

Alino Sumi

PhD (MLC University)
Postdoctoral Fellow (Archaeological Sciences)
Humanities and Social Sciences
Indigenous Ecological Knowledge, Tribal Studies, Gender and Environment

Research Interests

Indigenous Ecological Knowledge
Tribal Studies
Gender and Environment
Natural Resource Management and Environmental Impact Assessment

Tosabanta Padhan

PhD (DC Pune)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Humanities and Social Sciences
Archaeology

Research Interests

Archaeology

Surya Nath Maiti

PhD (IIT Kanpur)
Postdoctoral Fellow
Humanities and Social Sciences
Health and Labour Economics

Research Interests

Applied Microeconomics with particular interest in Development
Health and Labour Economics

Vikas Pareek

PhD (National Brain Research Centre)
Research Associate, Neuroscience
Humanities and Social Sciences
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neuroanatomical findings

Research Interests

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Image Acquisition and Analysis). Voxel-Based Morphometry (VBM) analysis of Structural MR Images, Diffusion tensor imaging (DTI), and fMRI (functional MRI) analysis. Structural and functional connectivity analysis.
Implementation of Machine Learning to automate the analysis of MR images. Functional (resting and task) based imaging and diffusion imaging.
Neuroanatomical findings, human brain fingerprinting.
Bioinformatics Studies: Involving transcriptomic analysis (Adult human neurogenesis and psychiatric disorders)

Abhishek Das

PhD (TIFR CAM, Bangalore)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mathematics
Non-conservative hyperbolic systems, in particular the zero-pressure gas dynamics system

Research Interests

Non-conservative hyperbolic systems, in particular the zero-pressure gas dynamics system (Explicit construction, wave interaction, plane-wave type solution)
Transport equation with discontinuous coefficients (Explicit construction, wave interaction)
Conservation Laws with measure-valued initial data (Explicit construction, wave interaction)

Ankush Goswami

PhD (University of Florida)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mathematics
Analytic Number Theory, q-Series and Integer Partitions

Research Interests

Analytic Number Theory
q-Series and Integer Partitions
Quantum Modular Forms

Arivazhagan Anbu

PhD (Central University of Tamil Nadu)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mathematics
Partial Differential Equation, Inverse Problem, Control Theory

Research Interests

Partial Differential Equation
Inverse Problem
Control Theory

Ayan Chanda

PhD (IIT Guwahati)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mathematics
Fluid dynamics, Water Wave Mechanics, Flow through Porous Media

Research Interests

Fluid dynamics
Water Wave Mechanics
Flow through Porous Media
Flexural Gravity Waves
Hydrodynamic stability of porous media.

Raju Nandi

PhD (IIT Madras)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mathematics
Combinatorial Matrix Theory and Spectral Graph Theory

Research Interests

Combinatorial Matrix Theory
Spectral Graph Theory

Marri Girish Kumar

PhD (IIT Madras)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
Multi-Phase Heat Transfer, Thermal Energy Storage

Research Interests

Multi-Phase Heat Transfer
Thermal Energy Storage
Electronic Cooling
Wettability Engineering
Data-driven and Machine Learning models for Heat and Fluid flow

Meenu Sharma

PhD (NIT, Kurukshetra)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
Energy Storage Devicess

Research Interests

Energy Storage Devices

Pratyaksh Karan

PhD (IIT Kharagpur)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
Modelling and applications of elastohydrodynamics in biological systems

Research Interests

Modelling and applications of elastohydrodynamics in biological systems
Mathematical methods for applied mechanics
Characterization of mechanical behavior of materials Mathematical techniques and models I am functional with: 1. Discrete Fourier and Hankel Transformation 2. Numerical solution of non-linear algebraic systems in multiple variables 3. Continuum mechanics, transport phenomena, and electrokinetics

Nirbhay Kumar

PhD (IIT Patna)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
Boiling and Condensation, Thermal Management, Interfacial Phenomena

Research Interests

Boiling and Condensation
Thermal Management
Interfacial Phenomena
Surface-active Additives
Micro/Nanoscale Transport

Sarun Kumar K

PhD Cryogenic Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
Energy and Exergy Analysis, Process Simulation

Research Interests

Energy and Exergy Analysis
Process Simulation
Thermal Sciences
Cryogenic Systems
Liquefied Natural Gas

Siddharth Bhardwaj

PhD (Aligarh Muslim University)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Mechanical Engineering
Rehabilitation/Assistive robotics, Human balance and motor control

Research Interests

Rehabilitation/Assistive robotics
Human balance and motor control
Human factors
WMSDs and occupational ergonomics

Srinadh Mattaparthi

(IIT Hyderabad)
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Materials Engineering
Biomimicking strategies

Research Interests

Biomimicking strategies
Soft-Lithography
Non-Wetting surfaces

Akash Ashok Deshmukh

(RTM Nagpur University)
Research Associate
Materials Engineering
Metallic Glasses (MGs), Mechanical behavior of MGs, Density Functional Theory (DFT), High Entropy Alloys (HEAs)

Research Interests

Metallic Glasses (MGs)
Mechanical behavior of MGs
Thermodynamic Modeling
X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAS)
Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) Spectroscopy
Molecular Dynamics simulations
Density Functional Theory (DFT)
High Entropy Alloys (HEAs)

Chinmayee Mishra

PhD (IISER Pune)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Physics
Ultracold atoms, Quantum optics

Research Interests

Ultracold atoms
Quantum optics

Shirsendu Mitra

PhD (IIT Guwahati)
IITGN-Early Career Fellow
Physics
Electokinetic motions in confined channels

Research Interests

Electokinetic motions in confined channels
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Self-motile micro/nano robots for bio- sensing and other healthcare applications
Biosensors and POCT device development