Rajeev Ranjan

Professor

E-408, Department of Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore-560012, INDIA

Tel: +91-80-2293 2989
email: rajeev_at_iisc.ac.in

Education

Ph.D. (2000), BHU, Varanasi
M.Tech (1994), IIT, Kanpur
M.Sc. (1992), BHU, Varanasi

Awards

Fellow National Academy of Sciences, India (NASI)
Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (FASc)
Metallurgist of the Year 2018 (NMD award of the Ministry of Steel)
Distinguished Investigator Award (DIA) of SERB (DST) 2018.
Elected Associate Fellow (Asia Pacific Academy of Materials) APAM 2017
Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship April 2006- Sept 2007

Research Interests

Ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials, Relaxor ferroelectrics, Magnetic materials, Multiferroic materials, Structure-property correlations.

Selected Recent Publications

1. Gobinda Das Adhikary, Anil Adukkadan, Gudeta Jafo Muleta, Monika, Ram Prakash Singh, Digvijay Narayan Singh, Harvey Luo, Getaw Abebe Tina, Luke Giles, Stefano Checchia, John Daniels and Rajeev Ranjan
   Longitudinal strain enhancement and bending deformations in piezoceramics
   Nature, 637, 333 (2025)
   

2. Gobinda Das Adhikary, Bhoopesh Mahale, Badari Narayana Rao, Anatoliy Senyshyn, and Rajeev Ranjan
   Depoling phenomenon in Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3-BaTiO3: A structural perspective
   Physical Review B 103, 184106 (2021)
   

3. Bastola Narayan, Jaskaran Singh Malhotra, Rishikesh Pandey, Krishna Yaddanapudi, Pavan Nukala, Brahim Dkhil, Anatoliy Senyshyn and Rajeev Ranjan
   “Electrostrain in excess of 1% in polycrystalline piezoelectrics”
   Nature Materials 17, 427 (2018)
   

Total publications: 177

Teaching

Structure and Properties of Materials, Structural Characterization of Materials.