Post-Doctoral Fellows
Dr. Apu Sarkar
Current Position: Scientist at BARC
Prior Education: Ph.D. (Physics), Jadavpur University,, Kolkata
Research Topic: Microstructure of materials by X-ray diffraction line profile analysis, Recrystallization texture
Email: apusarkar@gmail.com
Dr. Benoit Beausir
Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Lorraine, Metz, France
Designation: Post Doctoral Fellow (2008)
Dr. S. Giribaskar
Current Position:Knowledge Exchange Fellow-Materials at Advanced Forming Research Centre, Scotland
Prior Education: Ph.D., IIT Kanpur
Research Topic: Severe Plastic Deformation of Titanium based alloys
Email: sgbaskar@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in, sgbaskar@gmail.com
Phone: +91-9731988110
Dr. Devinder Yadav
(jointly with Prof. Satish V. Kailas)Current Position:Assistant Professor at IIT Patna
Prior Education: Ph.D., IIT Madras
Research Topic: Friction stir processing/welding
Current Position: Assistant Professor, IIT Patna
Email: deven3042@gmail.com
Dr. Sumeet Mishra
(jointly with Prof. Satish V. Kailas)Current Position:Associate Professor at IIT Roorkee
Prior Education: PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Research Topic: Texture and microstructure evolution during severe plastic deformation in Ti alloys
Email: sumeetm@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Lailesh Kumar
Current Position:Chief Technical Officer (CTO) at TEXMiN Foundation,IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Prior Education: PhD,Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Rourkela
Research Topic: Intervariant boundary analysis in titanium alloys using EBSD and MTEX
Email: laileshk@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Anish Karmakar
Current Position:Associate Professor at IIT Roorkee
Prior Education:PhD, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Kharagpur
Research Topic: Beta phase stability and variant selection in titanium alloys
Email: anishk@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Khushbu Dash
Current Position:Assistant professor in Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Prior Education: Ph.D, Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela(
Research Topic: Phase transformation and creep in titanium-based biomedical alloys
Email: khushbud@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Karthik Dhandapani
Current Position: Scientist 'C' at Department of Science and Technology (DST)
Prior Education: PhD, Physics, VIT Vellore
Research Topic: Texture evolution and variant interaction during Ti–Nb alloy processing
Email: karthikd@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Raghavendra K. G.
Current Position: Assistant Professor at Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Prior Education: Ph.D, Physics, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, Kalpakkam, Tamilnadu
Research Topic: Beta transus and crystallographic relationships in titanium alloys
Email: raghavendrakg@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Rajesh Kumar Rai
Current Position: Assistant Professor at MNIT Jaipur
Prior Education: PhD, Materials Engineering, Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research
Research Topic: Texture inheritance and misorientation mapping in Ti alloys
Email: rajeshr@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Sumit Ghosh
Current Position: Adjunct Professor (Docent) at University of Oulu, Finland
Prior Education: PhD, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Research Topic: Crystallographic texture and deformation mechanisms in titanium-based systems
Email: sumitg@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Srijan Acharya
Current Position: Assistant Professor at NIT Rourkela
Prior Education: M.Tech, NIT Durgapur
Research Topic: In-situ variant interaction analysis using MTEX
Email: srijana@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Anindya Das
Designation: Research Scholar (PhD in Materials Engineering, Jan 2024–)
Prior Education: M.Tech, NIT Durgapur
Research Topic: Computational reconstruction of parent β-phase from α variants
Email: anindya@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Aman Gupta
Current Position: Research And Development Scientist, PARU Printed Electronics, South Korea
Prior Education: PhD, Material Engineering, VNIT Nagpur
Research Topic: Machine learning for variant identification and microstructural prediction
Email: amang@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Neera Singh
Current Position: Lead engineer, Probe refurbishment, Wipro GE Healthcare
Prior Education: PhD, Ceramic Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi
Research Topic: Texture and variant evolution during heat treatment of Ti alloys
Email: neeras@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Kasturi Sala
Current Position: Assistant Professor,IIT(ISM) Dhanbad)
Prior Education: PhD, High temperature structural materials, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Research Topic: EBSD-based variant reconstruction of Ti6Al7Nb alloy
Email: kasturis@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Vasanth Gopal
Current Position: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, University West
Prior Education: Ph.D. (Physics, 2021), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Research Topic: Development of Additively Manufactured β Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta Alloy for Orthopedic Implant Application
Dr. K N Chaithanya Kumar
Current Position: Post doctoral research associate, CAAAM, University of North Texas
Prior Education: Ph.D. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), IIT Roorkee
Research Topics: Microstructure-Texture evolution during additive manufacturing, deformation, Titanium alloys, Electron Microscopy
Email: tonagachaithanya@gmail.com
Dr. Deepankar Panda
Current Position: Assistant Professor (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering), MNIT Jaipur
Prior Education: Ph.D. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), NIT Rourkela
Research Topic: A study of twinning and de-twinning behaviour in magnesium alloys
Email: deepankar.meta@mnit.ac.in
Dr. Palash Chandra Maity
Current Position: Research Associate (January 2024–)
Prior Education: Ph.D. (Metallurgical and Materials Engg.), IIT Roorkee
Research Topic: Texture studies of a Nickel based superalloy and high entropy alloys
Email: palashchandramaity@gmail.com
Dr. K. Praveenkumar
Designation: National Postdoctoral Fellow (NPDF-SERB) (2023–2025)
Prior Education: Ph.D. (Mechanical, 2022), Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore
Research Topic: High Temperature Fatigue Behavior of Additively Manufactured Titanium Aluminide for Aerospace Application
Dr. Narasimha Vinod Pulagara
Designation: Research Associate (January 2024–2025)
Prior Education: Ph.D. (Metallurgical and Materials Engg.), IIT Roorkee
Research Topic: Refractory high entropy alloys
Email: narasimhavp@iisc.ac.in
PhD Fellows
Ph.D. (2005-2010)
Dr. Nilesh Prakash Gurao
Current Position: Professor, IIT Kanpur
Prior Education: B.E. (Metallurgical Engineering), V.N.I.T. Nagpur
Research Topics: Texture evolution in metals and alloys, Crystal plasticity, Electron microscopy
Email: npgurao@iitk.ac.in
Ph.D. (2006-2010)
Dr. Somjeet Biswas
Current Position: Associate Professor, IIT Kharagpur
Prior Education: M.Tech (Materials Engg.), Jadavpur University, Kolkata
Research Topics: Evolution Of Texture And MIcrostructure During Processing Of Pure Magnesium And The Magnesium Alloy AM30
Email: somjeetbiswas@gmail.com
Ph.D. (2008–2010))
Dr. P. Ramesh Narayanan
Current Position: Head, MCD/MMG, VSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum
Prior Education: M.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering), IIT Bombay
Research Topics: Materials Characterisation, Failure Analysis, Texture and Residual stresses in materials, Structure-property Correlation
Email: rameshnarayananp@yahoo.co.in
Ph.D. (2006-2011)
Dr. Shibayan Roy
Current Position: Associate Professor, Materials Science Center, IIT Kharagpur
Prior Education: M.Tech. (Materials and Metallurgical Engineering), IIT Kanpur
Research Topics: Role Of Boron On The Evolution Of Microstructure And Texture In Ti-6AL-4V-0.1B Alloy
Email: royshiba@gmail.com
Ph.D. (2007-2012)
Dr. Suresh K S
Current Position: Associate Professor, IIT Roorkee
Prior Education: M.Tech. (Materials and Metallurgical Engineering), IIT Kanpur
Research Topics: Evolution Of Texture And Microstructure In Some NiTi Based Alloys And Their Impact On Shape Memory Behavior
Email: santharamsuresh@gmail.com
Ph.D. (2008–2014)
Dr. Madhavan Radhakrishnan
Current Position: Research Scientist, University of North Texas, USA
Prior Education: B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering), NIT Tiruchirapally
Research Topic: Synthesis-processing-texture-property correlation in Ni & Ni-Co alloys
Email: madhavan@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in, rkmadhav@unm.edu
Ph.D. (2015) (jointly with Prof. Satish V. Kailas)
Dr. Naresh Narayanan
Current Position: Research Associate, Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore
Prior Education: B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), Govt. Engg. College, Trissur
Research Topic: Structure-property correlations in ultra-fine grain aluminium alloys processed through friction stir processing (FSP)
Email: nareshnn@mecheng.iisc.ernet.in, naresh245gec@gmail.com
Ph.D. (2015)
Dr. Ram Krushna Sabat
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engg. Department, IIT Bhubaneswar
Prior Education: B.Tech, NIT Rourkela
Research Topic: Evolution of Microstructure and Texture during Severe Plastic Deformation of a Magnesium-Cerium Alloy
Dr. Atanu Chaudhuri
Ph.D. (2016)Current Position: Lead Material Scientist at Ge
Prior Education: M.Tech (Materials Engineering),IIEST, Shibpur
Research Topic: Hot deformation behaviour of some Niobium and Molybdenum based alloys
Dr. Amlan Kar
Ph.D. (2011–2017) (jointly with Prof. Satish V. Kailas))Current Position: Senior Research Scientist, AMP, SDSMT, USA
Prior Education: M.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), IIT Madras
Research Topic: A study of optimization and micro-mechanism in friction stir welding of aluminum to titanium
Dr. Rajib Kalsar
Ph.D. (2012–2017)Current Position: Materials Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington, USA
Prior Education:BTech, (Ceramic Technology), West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata
Research Topic: Evolution of Microstructure and Texture in Manganese Steels
Email: rajibk166@gmail.com, rkphd12@platinum.materials.iisc.ernet.in
Dr. Anuj Bisht
Ph.D. (2012–2017) (jointly with Prof. Jagadeesh Gopalan)Current Position: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Prior Education:M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Research Topic: Response of shock loading on microstructural and texture evolution in close packed metallic materials
Email: toninegi01@gmail.com
Dr. Sumit Bahl
Ph.D. (2012–2017) (jointly with Dr. Kaushik Chatterjee))Current Position: Materials Scientist, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
Prior Education:B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering) IIT, Roorkee
Research Topic: Nanoscale surface engineering of metallic biomaterials for enhancement of mechanical and biological responses
Email: sumitbahl07@gmail.com
Dr. Abhishek M More
Ph.D. (2014–2017)Current Position: Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, Pune
Prior Education: M.Tech (Physical Metallurgy), B.E (Metallurgy), COEP
Research Topic: Control of texture and microstructure in Aluminium-Lithium alloy AA2195 and its response on mechanical properties
Dr. Chandra Shekhar P
Ph.D. (2011–2018) (jointly with Prof. Subodh Kumar)Current Position: Research Fellow, Emerging Nanoscience Research Institute (EnRI), NTU Singapore
Prior Education: Master's Degree, Physics, Avanthi Degree and PG College, Hyderabad
Research Topic: Development of wrought Mg-Li based alloys with improved strength and ductility
Email: pcrnigh@gmail.com, chandrap@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Nitish Bibhanshu
Ph.D. (2014-2019)Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Ropar
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), NIFFT Ranchi
Research Topic: Solidification, Phase Transformation and Hot Deformation of Titanium Aluminide
Email: nitishbibhanshu@gmail.com
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Dr. Srijan Acharya
Ph.D. (2014-2019)Current Position: Assistant Professor, NIT Rourkela
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgy & Materials Engineering), IIEST Shibpur; M.Tech (Materials Engineering), IIT Kharagpur
Research Topic: Development of a low modulus Ti-Nb-Ta-O alloy for orthopedic applications
Email: srijanacharya@gmail.com
Dr. Krishna Verma
Ph.D. (2014-2020)Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of North Texas, USA
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering), NIT Warangal
Research Topic: Development of a wrought Mg‒7Sn‒3Zn alloy with improved strength and ductility
Email: krishnakv@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Yazar K U
Ph.D. (2015-2021)Current Position: Assistant Professor, VIT Vellore
Prior Education: B.Tech (Mechanical Engineering), Amrita University; M.Tech (Materials Science), IIT Bombay
Research Topic: Effect of microstructure and texture on the dwell fatigue behaviour of titanium alloys
Email: yazar1988@gmail.com
Dr. Gyan Shankar
Ph.D. (2015-2021)Current Position: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), USA
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering), NIFFT Ranchi
Research Topic: Modelling and Experimental correlation of Recrystallisation texture
Email: gyanshankar24@gmail.com
Dr. Deepak Kumar
Ph.D. (2017-2023)Current Position: Post-doctoral fellow, Purdue University, USA
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering), NIFFT Ranchi
Research Topic: Microstructure – texture - mechanical property correlation in additively manufactured stainless Steel 316L and Cu-Ni-Sn
Dr. R J Vikram
Ph.D. (2017-2023)Current Position: Alexander Von Humboldt Research Fellow, KIT, Germany
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering), IIT Madras
Research Topic: Structure-Property Correlation in Additively Manufactured High-Temperature Materials: Insights from Nickel-Based Superalloy IN718 & Nickel-Based Eutectic High Entropy Alloy AlCoCrFeNi2.1
Email: vikramraja92@gmail.com
Dr. Soumita Mondal
Ph.D. (2017-2023)Current Position: Post-doctoral fellow, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USA
Prior Education: M.Tech (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering), IIT Kharagpur
Research Topic: Microstructure-Texture-Property correlation of SPD processed materials
Email: soumita.nitk@gmail.com
Shubhendu Anupam Dutta
(jointly with Prof. Satish V. Kailash)Designation: Research Scholar (PhD in Materials Engineering, Aug 2018–)
Prior Education: B.Tech & M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur
Research Topic: Creep-fatigue interaction in Superalloys in Advanced ultra supercritical conditions
Email: shubhenduanupam@gmail.com
Dr. Saurabh Kumar Gupta
Ph.D. (2018–2024) (jointly with Dr. Kaushik Chatterjee)Current Position: Material Scientist
Prior Education: M.Tech. (Materials Science), IIT Kanpur
Research Topic: Additive Manufacturing of Titanium Alloys for Orthopaedic applications: Processing-Microstructure-Property-Function Relationship
Dr. Shavi Agrawal
Ph.D. (2018–2025) (jointly with Dr. G. S. Avadhani)Current Position: Post-doctoral fellow, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
Designation: Research Scholar (PhD in Materials Engineering
Prior Education: M.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering), IIT BHU, Varanasi
Research Topic: Thermal and Thermo-Mechanical Behaviour of Additively Manufactured Hastelloy X
Email: agrawal.shavi@gmail.com
MTech Students
Rohini Garg
M.Sc. (2007) (jointly with Prof. S. Ranganathan)Prior Education: M.Sc. (Solid State Physics), IIT Delhi
Research Topic: 3 Dimensional Microstructural Characterization
Current Position: Scientific Officer, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
Krishna Reddy Jonnala
M.E. (2007)Prior Education: B.E. Metallurgical Engineering, NIT Warangal (2005)
Research Topic: Texture evolution in metals and alloys, Ultra fine grain materials, steels
Current Position: TVS Motors, Hosur
Shishir Jain
M.E. (2007)Prior Education: B.E. Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Roorkee (2003)
Research Topic: Investigation on 3 Dimensional morphology of α and β phases in a two phase titanium alloy
Current Position: TVS Motors, Hosur
Ayan Bhowmik
M.E. (2008)Prior Education: B.E. Metallurgical Engineering, Jadavpur University (2006)
Research Topic: Texture evolution in metals and alloys, ultra fine grain steels
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Delhi
Email: ayan99@gmail.com, ab754@cam.ac.uk
Segolene Cadoret
M.E. (2008)Prior Education: B.E. Materials Engineering, ENSEIRB, France
Research Topic: Microstructural evolution during thermo-mechanical processing of titanium alloys
Current Position: Research Engineer, ArcelorMittal, France
Subhasis Biswas
M.E. (2009)Prior Education: B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, Jadavpur University
Research Topic: Investigation of deformation mechanisms in Ti alloys
Current Position: Senior Engineer, Tata Steel
Pankaj Kumar
M.E. (2010)Prior Education: B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Research Topic: Texture and grain boundary engineering in titanium alloys
Current Position: Engineer, Mahindra & Mahindra
Arun K. Ghosh
M.E. (2011)Prior Education: B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, NIT Durgapur
Research Topic: Advanced characterization of titanium microstructures
Current Position: Scientist, DRDO
G. Kannan
M.E. (2012)Prior Education: B.E. Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College of Technology
Research Topic: Microstructural evolution during thermomechanical processing of Ti alloys
Current Position: R&D Engineer, L&T Technology Services
S. Satyanarayana
M.E. (2013)Prior Education: B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, NIT Warangal
Research Topic: Phase transformation and texture analysis in Ti alloys
Current Position: Engineer, ISRO
Subham Chattoraj
M.E. (2014)Prior Education: B.Tech Metallurgical Engineering, Jadavpur University
Research Topic: Characterization of dwell fatigue in near alpha titanium alloys
Current Position: Research Engineer, Hyundai Motor India
Chetaneshwari Jitendra Nivargi
Master in Engineering (ME), 2023Joint Supervisor: Prof. Dipankar Banerjee
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering), College of Engineering Pune
Research Topic: Microstructural Features of Dwell Fatigue in Near alpha Ti alloys
Current Position: Management Trainee (Research & Technology), TATA Steel
Email: chetaneshwar@iisc.ac.in
Somisetty Mahesh
Master in Engineering (ME), 2023Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), NIT Andhra Pradesh
Research Topic: Investigating dwell sensitivity of fatigue in high temperature Titanium alloy Ti-6242
Email: maheshsomise@iisc.ac.in
Aluri Sai
Master in Engineering (ME), 2023Joint Supervisor: Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical and Materials Engineering), Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies, Nuzvid, Andhra Pradesh
Research Topic: The study on additively manufactured Ti-35Nb-7Zr-5Ta biomaterials in orthopedic application
Email: alurisai@iisc.ac.in
Vaishnavi Menon
Master in Engineering (ME), 2023Joint Supervisors: Prof. Kaushik Chatterjee and Raj Shabadi
Prior Education: B.Tech (Metallurgical Engineering), College of Engineering Pune
Research Topic: Study of Quaternary Mg-Zn-Ca-Yb alloy for biomedical implant application
Current Position: Micron technology, Singapore
Email: vaishnavipm@iisc.ac.in
Undergraduate Students
Deepak Kumar
M.S. (2019)Research Topic: Investigation on the orientation-based deformation mechanism to explore the processing strategy for titanium aluminide
Current Position: M.Tech. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Defence Institute of Advanced Technology
Email: deepak.rehan96@gmail.com
Shirin Pullot
B.S. (2019)Research Topic: High temperature deformation behavior of electron beam melted IN718
Email: shirinp@iisc.ac.in
Loyid Lawrence
Bachelor of Science (Research), 2020Research Topic: Modelling and study of recrystallization behaviour in FCC metals and alloys
Email: loyid.iisc@gmail.com
Gokulnath S.A.
Master of Science (Research)Research Topic: Study on INCONEL 718 Superalloys
Email: sagokulnath98@gmail.com