Group Members

Post Doctoral (Post-doc)

Research Area : Metallic multilayered nanolaminates

Qualification : PhD, NIT Rourkela (2014)

Email : khushbudash @ gmail.com

Phone :+91- 9108682465

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

	Ameey Anupam (Jointly with Dr. Ravi S. Kottada, IIT Madras & Prof. Chris Berndt, Swinburne Univ., Australia) Research Area : High entropy alloy coatings Qualification : B.Tech. (Hons.), NIT Jamshedpur (2013) Email : ameeyanupam @ gmail.com
	Dilipan Research Area : Permanent magnetic high entropy alloy Qualification : M.Tech in Ceramic Technology Email : dilip19ar @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9566010151
	Gourav Mundhra (Jointly with Prof. Jien-Wei Yeh, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C) Research Area : Development of light-weight multicomponent alloys for advanced structural applications Qualification : B.Tech., NIT Durgapur (2017) Email : gourav.nitdurgapur.mse17 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-7003417075
	Hariharan V. S. (Jointly with Prof. G. Phanikumar, IIT Madras) Research Area : Phase field modelling of solidification in high entropy alloys Qualification : B.E, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (2018) Email : rajhharan97 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9952273369
	Harish K. (Jointly with Dr. K. Murugan(Scientist E),ARCI Hyderabad) Research Area : Self Cleaning coatings on Glass Using TiO2 Nanoparticles Qualification : B.Tech, RGUKT- IDUPULAPAYA (2018) Email : harishkuruva5 @ gmail.com Phone : +91- 9502943755
	Karthick G. Research Area : Austenitic ODS alloys Qualification : B.E, GCE, Salem (2013) M.E, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore (2015) Email : karthickg2013 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9003430205
	Lavanya R. (Jointly with Dr. Ravi S. Kottada, IIT Madras and Dr. Dan Fabijanic, Deakin University, Australia) Research Area : Development of processing maps for high entropy alloys Qualification : B.E, Metallurgical Engineering, PSG College, Coimbatore (2012) Email : lavanya.metly @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9597243620
	G. Mohan Muralikrishna (Jointly with Dr. Kaustubh Kulkarni, IIT Kanpur) Research Area : Thermal stability of high entropy alloys Qualification : B.Tech., RGUKT Nuzvid (2015) Email : mohanmuralikrishna9 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-8374338979
	Nischay Kaushik G. Research Area : Ferritic oxide dispersion strengthened steels Qualification : B.E and M.Sc., BITS Pilani, Hyderabad (2015) Email : gnkaushik92 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9940116032
	Priyesh P. (Jointly with Prof. MSR Rao, IIT Madras) Research Area : Thin film metallic glass Qualification : B.Tech., College of Engg., Thalassery (2013) M.Tech NIT Calicut (2015) Email : priyeshpmt @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9447403625
	Raghavendra Kulkarni (Jointly with Prof. V. Srinivas, IIT Madras) Research Area : Magnetic behavior of high entropy alloys Qualification : B.Ed., Osmania Univ. (2008) M.Phil, M.S Univ., Thirunelveli (2005) Email : rkphy2009 @ yahoo.com Phone : +91-9440381432
	Rahul Bhattacharya (Jointly with Dr. Dan Fabijanic, Deakin Univ., Australia) Research Area : Oxidation behavior of high entropy alloys Qualification : B.Tech., NIT, Raipur (2010) M.Tech., IIT Madras (2015) Email : rahulbnitrr @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9962878997
	Rahul John (Jointly with Dr. Dan Fabijanic, Deakin Univ., Australia) Research Area : High temperature deformation behavior of high entropy alloys Qualification : B.Tech., Mech. Engg., Govt. Engg. College, Calicut (2012) M.Tech., Process Metallurgy, NIT, Surathkal (2015) Email : rahuljohn77 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-8939775784, 9037176070
	Rushikesh Sabban Research Area : Effect of thermo-mechanical processing on high entropy allloys Qualification : M.Tech research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore(2019). B.Tech., College of Engineering, Pune(2016) Email : rushisabban555 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-8277401512, 9673052030
	Soumya Ranjan Mishra (Jointly with Raju Ramanujan) Research Area : Thermoelectric high entropy alloys Qualification : B.Tech., Chemical & Electrochemical Engineering, CSIR-CECRI (2016) Email : somranjan21 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-8903435785
	Sufyan M. Shaikh (Jointly with Dr. Satyesh Kumar Yadav, IIT Madras) Research Area : Refractory high entropy alloys Qualification : B. Tech., College Of Engineering, Pune (2015) Email : sufyanshk @ gmail.com Phone : +91-8087673658
	Tripta Parida (Jointly with Prof. G. Markandeyulu, IIT Madras) Research Area : Magnetic nanocomposites Qualification : M.Sc., NIT, Rourkela (2012) M.Tech., Pondicherry University, Puducherry (2015) Email : tripta.parida @ gmail.com Phone : +91-9940263869
	Vikrant Trivedi (Jointly with Dr. Manjusha Battabyal (Senior scientist, ARCI Chennai)) Research Area : Nano-structured Skutterudites(CoSb3/FeSb3) type thermoelectrics materials synthesis and properties optimization, Metallization of the ceramic substrate and green synthesis Qualification : B.Tech.,UIET CSJM University, Kanpur (2016) Email : trivedi.vikrant501 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-08687873973, 8318935751
	Vedasri Research Area : Thermoelectric Materials Qualification : B.Tech.,Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur (2019) Email : vkhavala97 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-8552058285

Master of Technology (M.Tech)

P. Lalit Naidu

(Jointly with BARC)

Research Area : High entropy alloys in Thermoelectric applications

Qualification : B.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering, NIT Raipur

Email : lalitnaidu1994 @ gmail.com

Phone : +91-9406319686

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Dr. A. Arjuna Rao (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : The grain refinement of Al-Cr, Al-Zr and Al-Si alloys using Al-Ti-B master alloy Year of graduation : 1996 Current Affiliation: Director & Principal, Miracle ES Group of Institutions, Bhogapuram Email : aarao27 @ gmail.com	Dr. K.V.S. Prasad (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : The preparation of Al-Ti and Al-Ti-B master alloys used for grain refinement of Al and its alloys Year of graduation : 1997 Current Affiliation: Professor & Head, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, SJCE, Mysore Email : kvsprasad3 @ yahoo.com
Dr. J. Joardar (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline aluminides by mechanical alloying in Ni-Fe-Al system Year of graduation : 1999 Current Affiliation: Scientist E, ARCI, Hyderabad Email : joydip @ arci.res.in	Dr. S.A. Kori (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Grain refinement and modification of some hypoeutectic and eutectic Al-Si alloys Year of graduation : 2000 Current Affiliation: Executive Director, Karnataka State Higher Education Council Email : kori.shivu @ gmail.com
Dr. K. Venkateswarlu (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : The thermo-mechanical processing of Al-5Ti and Al-5Ti-1Bmaster alloys used for the grain refinement of Al and its alloys Year of graduation : 2001 Current Affiliation: Principal Scientist, CSIR NAL, Bangalore Email : karodi2002 @ yahoo.co.in	Dr. M.K. Dutta (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline silicides by mechanical alloying in Fe-Ni-Si system Year of graduation : 2002 Current Affiliation: Research Asst. Prof., Dept. of Bio engineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA Email : mkd16 @ pitt.edu
Dr. Kallol Mondal (Jointly with Prof. U.K. Chatterjee) Title of thesis : Thermodynamics of glass formation and oxidation &corrosion behavior of amorphous and nanocrystalline Zr based alloys Year of graduation : 2005 Current Affiliation: Associate Prof. Department of Materials science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur Email : kallol @ iitk.ac.in	Dr. G. S. Vinod Kumar (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Fading and poisoning phenomena in the grain refinement of Al and Al-7Si alloy Year of graduation : 2006 Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, SRM Research Institute, SRM University Email : vinodkumar.s @ res.srmuniv.ac.in
Dr. T. Venugopal (Jointly with Prof. K. Prasad Rao) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of Cu matrix nanocomposites by high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2006 Current Affiliation: Wire Business Unit Manager, Welding Alloys (Far East), Malaysia Email : venugopal.thota @ welding-alloys.com	Dr. SelviDev (Jointly with Prof. K. Prasad Rao) Title of thesis : Studies on equiaxed zone formation in Al-Zn-Mg alloy welds Year of graduation : 2006 Email : dr.selvidev @ aol.com.au
Dr. S. K. S. Parashar (Jointly with Prof. R.N.P. Chowdhury) Title of thesis : Size effect on structural, electrical and mechanical properties of Sm, Gd, Nd and Zn modified PZT nano ceramics Year of graduation : 2007 Current Affiliation: Associate professor, KIIT, Bhubaneswar Email : sksparasharfpy @ kiit.ac.in	Dr. Animesh Mandal (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Studies on the synthesis and characterization of Al based in-situ composites reinforced with TiB2 particles Year of graduation : 2007 Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Minerals, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar Email : animesh @ iitbbs.ac.in
Dr. Sashank S. Nayak (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline intermetallics and nanocomposites of Al-TM (TM=Ti, Zr, Fe) alloys prepared by non-equilibrium processing routes Year of graduation : 2007 Current Affiliation: Research Associate, University of Waterloo, Canada Email : sashank @ uwaterloo.ca	Dr. M. Ashfaq (Jointly with Prof. K. Prasad Rao) Title of thesis : Studies on the effects of interlayers on friction welded Ti-AISI 304L joints Year of graduation : 2008 Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Trichy Email : ashfaq @ nitt.edu
Dr. J. Bhatt Title of thesis : Thermodynamic & topological modeling of glass forming compositions& the synthesis of multi component Zr-based bulk metallic glasses through mechanical alloying & suction casting Year of graduation : 2007 Current Affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, VNIT Nagpur Email : jatinbhatt @ mme.vnit.ac.in	Dr. S. Kumar (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Studies on Al-4Cu & Al-7Si alloy based in-situ composites reinforced with TiB2&TiC particles Year of graduation : 2008 Current Affiliation: Research Fellow, Department of Materials, University of Oxford Email : kumar.sundaram @ materials.ox.ac.uk
Dr. K. Surekha (Jointly with Prof. K. Prasad Rao) Title of thesis : Studies of surface treated AA 2219 alloy Year of graduation : 2008 Current Affiliation: Product Manager, SAIW, Johannesburg Email : surekha.krishnan2 @ nmmu.ac.za	Dr. A. Chattopadhyay (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Studies on hot rolled galvanized steel sheets for automobile applications Year of graduation : 2009 Current Affiliation: Head, Primary Metals Lab, Quaker Chemical, Kolkata Email : arnabc.iitm @ gmail.com
Dr. S. Varalakshmi (Jointly with Prof. M. Kamaraj, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis as characterization of nanocrystalline high entropy alloys by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 2009 Current Affiliation: Research Email : varasun @ gmail.com	Dr. T. Shanmugasundaram (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis of bulk ultrafine grained and nanocrystalline high strength and ductile Al-Cu alloys by cryorolling and high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2009 Email : ss.thangaraju @ gmail.com
Dr. G. Sreenivasulu (Jointly with Prof. G. Markandeyulu, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of magnetic & magnetoelectricnano composites by high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2009 Email : srinivas.gollapudi @ gmail.com	Dr. V. Udhayabanu Title of thesis : Synthesis & characterization of metal & intermetallic matrix nanocomposites by reactive milling Year of graduation : 2010 Email : udhaya2k1 @ yahoo.com
Dr. Chittaranjan Das (Jointly with Dr. A.K. Bhaduri, IGCAR) Title of thesis : Influence of boron on microstructure & mechanical properties of modified 9Cr-1Mo steel weldments Year of graduation : 2011 Current Affiliation: Scientific Officer F, Materials development and technology Group, IGCAR Kalpakkam Email : chitta @ igcar.gov.in	Dr. B. Praveen Kumar (Jointly with Prof. M. Balasubramanian, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Preparation & characterization of micro & nanocrystalline lead zirconatetitanate based ceramics Year of graduation : 2012 Current Affiliation: Scientist E, ARDE, Pune Email : praveen0406 @ gmail.com
Dr. K. Murugan (Jointly with Dr. A.S. Gandhi, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Development of visible light active nanotitaniaself cleaning surfaces Year of graduation : 2012 Current Affiliation: Scientist-D, ARCI Email : murugan @ arci.res.in	Late B. Ramakrishna Rao (Jointly with Dr. A.S. Gandhi, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Glass forming ability of Iron and Copper based alloys: Thermodynamic modeling and validation Year of graduation : 2012
Dr. Ajeet Kumar Srivastav Title of thesis : Nano W based alloys Year of graduation : 2014 Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, VNIT, Nagpur Email : ajeet.srivastav @ mme.vnit.ac.in	Dr. Preethi (Jointly with Prof. S. Ganesh Sundara Raman, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Microstructure and mechanical properties of Ultra fine grained welded low carbon steel tubes Year of graduation : 2015 Current Affiliation: Tube Investments, Chennai Email : preethiamin @ gmail.com
Dr. Rajim Ali Mandal (Jointly with Prof. V.R.K. Murthy, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Nano Multiferroic materials Year of graduation : 2015 Current Affiliation: Hindustan University Email : rajimmondal.phys @ gmail.com	Dr. S. Vincent Shantha Kumar (Jointly with Dr. Jatin Bhatt, VNIT) Title of thesis : Bulk Metallic Glasses Year of graduation : 2015 Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani Dubai, UAE Email : vincentsks @ gmail.com
Dr. L. Sree Vardhan (Jointly with Prof. M. Kamaraj, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : A Study on Friction Welding of Inconel 718 and EN24 dissimilar joints Year of graduation : 2015 Email : vckkdmrl @ gmail.com	Dr. S.L. Pramod (Jointly with Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Effect of scandium on the Microstructure, Mechanical and Wear Behaviour of A356 Alloy and A356-TiB₂In-Situ Composite Year of graduation : 2016 Email : slpramod @ gmail.com
Dr. Satish Idury (Jointly with Dr. Jatin Bhatt, VNIT, Nagpur) Title of thesis : Year of graduation : 2017 Current Affiliation: Project Associate, IIT Madras Email : satishidury @ gmail.com	Dr. Mayur Vaidya Title of thesis : Thermal stability and diffusion behaviour of CoCrFeNi and CoCrFeMnNi high entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2017 Current Affiliation: Asst. Professor, Dept. of MSME, IITH Email : mmayur007 @ gmail.com
Dr. D. Aravindha Babu (Jointly with Dr. B. Majumdar, DMRL, Hyderabad) Title of thesis : Glass forming ability, structure and soft magnetic properties of amorphous and nanocrystalline Fe(Ni)Zr(Nb)-B-Cu melt spun ribbons Year of graduation : 2018 Current Affiliation: Scientsist E Email : darvindhababu @ yahoo.com	Bharat Bhushan (Jointly with Dr. Kallol Mondal, IIT Kanpur) Email : bhrtbhushan45 @ gmail.com Phone : +91-7839429357

Master of Science (M S)

T. Mukherjee (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Grain refinement of Al alloys containing poisoning elements Year of graduation : 2001	Shasikanth (Jointly with Prof. V.R.K. Murthy, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis & characterization of nano BZT, BaZr_0.08Ti_0.92O₃ by high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2008
V. Raghavendra Rao (Jointly with Dr. Prakash Sai) Title of thesis : An innovative powder metallurgical process for the manufacturing of nanoferroelectric materials with enhanced physical properties Year of graduation : 2009	Nikhil Charbhai (Jointly with Dr. S. Sakaran, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Studies on precipitation kinetics & foaming characteristics of Al-Cu-TiB₂ in-situ composites Year of graduation : 2012 Email : nikhilcharbhai @ gmail.com
N. R. Karthikeyan (Jointly with Dr. V. S. Sarma, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Studies on microstructure and high temperature mechanical bahaviour of oxide dispersion strengthened nanostructured ferritic 9Cr-1Mo and 9Cr-1W alloys Year of graduation : 2012 Email : karthikeyan.rajan @ gmail.com	Sreeharsha Nandam (Jointly with Dr. S. Sakaran, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Studies on precipitation kinetics & foaming behavior of Al-Si-Mg-TiB₂ in-situ composites Year of graduation : 2012 Email : nandam1987 @ gmail.com
Adil Shaik Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline aluminium boride (AlB12) for high energy applications Year of graduation : 2018 Email : adilmmt01 @ gmail.com

Master of Technology (M. Tech)

K.H.S. Singh Title of thesis : Production of nanocrystalline nickel aluminides by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 1995	J. Joardar (Jointly with Prof. S. K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Study on the synthesis of nanocrystalline Cu-Zn alloys by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 1995 Current Affiliation: Scientist E, ARCI, Hyderabad Email : joydip @ arci.res.in
K. Kiran Kumar (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Studies on alloying behaviour in Cu-Ni system by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 1996	A. Srinivas (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Influence of process parameters on the grain refining behaviour of Al-Ti-B master alloys Year of graduation : 1996
P. Ramakrishna (Jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw) Title of thesis : Characterization of Al-Li/SiCp composites prepared by vacuum infiltration route Year of graduation : 1996	M. Dey (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Influence of thermo-mechanical processing on the performance of Al-5Ti-B master alloy during grain refinement of Al Year of graduation : 1998
S. Basu (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Role of Mg in the grain refinement of Al-Si alloys by Al-5Ti-1B master alloy Year of graduation : 1998	D. Venkateshwara Rao (Jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw) Title of thesis : Production of Al and Mg based composites with SiCp reinforcement by infiltration Year of graduation : 1998
Late B. Ramakrishna Rao (Jointly with Prof. H.E. Schaefer, University of Stuttgart under DAAD sandwitchMTechProgramme) Title of thesis : Determination of atomistic free volumes in non-oxide and precursor derived ceramics Year of graduation : 1999	Sashank S. Nayak Title of thesis : Studies on the development of nanocrystalline Al-Ti alloys by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 2002 Current Affiliation: Research Associate, University of Waterloo, Canada Email : sashank @ uwaterloo.ca
R.V. Koteswara Rao (Jointly with Prof. S. K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Studies on the formation and stability of nanoquasicrystalline phase in Al-Cu-Fe and Al-Cu-Co systems by high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2002 Email : sajjarkr @ yahoo.com	Dr. Animesh Mandal (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Development of in-situ Al-TiB2 composites Year of graduation : 2002 Current Affiliation: Assistant Professor, Minerals, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Bhubaneswar Email : animesh @ iitbbs.ac.in
Rajiv Panda (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Development of nanostructured intermetallics in Fe-Ti system for hydrogen storage applications Year of graduation : 2003 Email : hallo_rajiv @ yahoo.co.in	Prashant Thakre (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Advanced development of in situ Al-Tic composites Year of graduation : 2003
Manish Jain (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Development of Fe-Al2O3 nanocomposites by reactive milling and study of their magnetic properties Year of graduation : 2003	Bipin Kumar (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Zr based bulk metallic glasses by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 2004
Nitin Kameshwar (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Rapid solidification processing Ti-Ni shape memory alloys Year of graduation : 2004	N.N.R. Vijay (Jointly with Prof. G. Markandeyulu, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis of magnetic nanocomposites based on Sm2Co17/Fe/Co through high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2005
B. Srinivasa Rao (Jointly with Dr. K.C. Hari Kumar, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Study on the criteria for high glass forming ability Year of graduation : 2005	Abhimanyu Sahoo Title of thesis : Mechanically activated leaching of chromite concentrate by reactive milling Year of graduation : 2005
Hemant Pareek (Jointly with Prof. H. Hahn, University of Darmstadt under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme) Title of thesis : Preparation of porous nanocrystalline platinum supported YSZ by spray pyrolysis Year of graduation : 2006	P.K. Ray (Jointly with Prof. K. Chattopadhyay, IISc) Title of thesis : Influence of thermodynamics and local geometry on glass formation in transition metal alloys Year of graduation : 2006
Navneet Kumar Singh Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of Ni-Al2O3 and NiAl-Al2O3 nanocomposites by reactive milling Year of graduation : 2007	Avinash Chetan (Jointly with Prof. J. Banhart, University of Berlin under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme) Title of thesis : Characterization and study of stabilization mechanism of Zinc Foams Year of graduation : 2007
K.G. Prashanth (Jointly with Prof. J. Eckert, University of Dresden under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme) Title of thesis : Fabrication of metallic glasses and metallic glass reinforced metal matrix composites Year of graduation : 2008	K. Praveen Kumar (Jointly with Dr. M. Balasubramaian, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline PZT Ferroelectrics Year of graduation : 2008
Ch. S.R.L. Prasad (Jointly with Dr. M. Balasubramaian, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis & characterization of nanocrystalline BiFEO3/PVOF Polymer nanocomposites Year of graduation : 2009 Email: ch_prasad1985 @yahoo.co.in	Pavan Nukala Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of Zn doped Barium Titanate-Nickel ferrite multiferroic nanocomposites Year of graduation : 2009 Email : p.nukala @ rug.nl
Mayur Vaidya Title of thesis : Nanocrystalline Cu doped Ni-Zn ferrites and their multiferroicnanocomposites with Barium Titanate Year of graduation : 2010 Current Affiliation: PhD Research Scholar, MME, IIT Madras Email : mmayur007 @ gmail.com	K.G. Pradeep (Jointly with Prof. J. Banhart, University of Berlin under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline high entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2010 Current Affiliation : RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany Email : kgprad @ gmail.com
Pragna Bhaskar (Jointly with Dr. S. Sankaran, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterisation of austenitic ODS alloys Year of graduation : 2010 Current Affiliation : Scientific Officer, IGCAR, Kalpakkam Email : pragna.bhaskar @ gmail.com	M. Sattaiah Title of thesis : ODS alloysfor nuclear applications Year of graduation : 2011 Email : satti.bhuphysics @ gmail.com
Senthil Kumar Arumugam Title of thesis : Synthesis of multicomponent equiatomic amorphous alloys by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 2012 Email : senthil.arumugam.89 @ gmail.com	Amman Jakhar Title of thesis : FerriticNanoODS Alloys Year of graduation : 2013 Email : ammanjakhar5000734 @ gmail.com
Rahul Bhattacharya (Jointly with Prof. M. Kamaraj and Deakin Univ.) Title of thesis : High temperature wear, hot corrosion and oxidation behaviour of high entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2015 Current Affiliation: PhD Research Scholar, MME, IIT Madras Email : rahulbnitrr @ gmail.com	A. Karthik (Jointly with Dr. Lukas Bichler, UBC) Title of thesis : Understanding sintering mechanisms and kinetics of ionic solids by SPS Year of graduation : 2015 Current Affiliation : PhD Research Scholar, MIT, USA Email : karthik01123 @ gmail.com
T. Vikram (Jointly with Dr. M. Manivel Raja, DMRL, Hyderabad) Title of thesis : Microstructural and Magnetic Studies on Spark Plasma Sintered Gd5Si4 –Gd5Ge4 Pseudo-binary Alloys for Magnetic Refrigeration Applications Year of graduation : 2015	Soumya Mishra (Jointly with Prof. H. Hahn, University of Karlsruhe under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme) Title of thesis : HEA based nano glasses Year of graduation : 2016 Current Affiliation : PhD Research Scholar, IISc, Bangalore Email : mishra.soumya3 @ gmail.com
Nivedhitha Title of thesis : Nanocrystalline light high entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2016 Email : nive.jaya1993 @ gmail.com	Rama Srinivas V (Jointly with Prof. J.M. Schneider, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany under DAAD IITM Master sandwitch programme) Title of thesis : Li intercalation in Si-Ti-Ni ternary alloys Year of graduation : 2017 Email : varanasiramasrinivas @ gmail.com
Sirasavada Ravi Varma Title of thesis : Deformation behavior of high entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2017 Email : s.ravi.varma07 @ gmail.com	Prangya Paramita Sahoo Title of thesis : High entropy ODS alloys Year of graduation : 2017 Email : prangya26 @ gmail.com
D. Vivek Title of thesis : Study of grain boundary segregation on heat treatment in Mg - 1wt% Gd alloy Year of graduation : 2018 Email : d.vivek07 @ gmail.com	Sripooja Mishra Title of thesis : Year of graduation : 2019 Email : sripooja.mishra @ gmail.com

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech)

B.K. Panigrahi and P. Biju (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Grain refinement of Al by Al-Ti and Al-Ti-B master alloys prepared under different conditions Year of graduation : 1993	M.K. Gupta (Jointly with Prof. A.K. Chakrabarti) Title of thesis : Corrosive-erosive and erosive wear in cast nitrogenated austenitic stainless steels Year of graduation : 1994
Sangeet Saurabh (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Effect of hot rolling on the grain refining behavior of Al-Ti master alloy Year of graduation : 1994	K. Rajesh Namboodri (Jointly with Prof. T.B. Ghosh) Title of thesis : Surface study and characterization of SiC Year of graduation : 1995
Rajeev Kajaria (Jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw) Title of thesis : Some studies on Al-Li/SiC (P) composites prepared through infiltration route Year of graduation : 1995	Himanshu Kapoor Title of thesis : Development of milling map for the synthesis of NiAl by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 1996
Subhashish Batabyal (Jointly with Prof. S. K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Studies on miscibility gap in Cu-Ni system by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 1996	R.K. Jha (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi) Title of thesis : Synthesis of nanocrystalline intermetallics in Fe-Al system by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 1996
Nitin Agarwal (Jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw) Title of thesis : Surface and interface studies in cast Al-SiC particulate composites Year of graduation : 1997	D.K. Verma (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Influence of ternary additions on the grain refinement behavior of Al-7Si alloys with Al-5Ti-1B master alloys Year of graduation : 1997
K.M. Haasan (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Effect of casting size on the grain refinement of Al by Al-5Ti-1B master alloy Year of graduation : 1997	Jyoti Jain Title of thesis : Studies on the synthesis of carbides by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 1998
Sundeep Mukerjee (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Studies on fading characteristics of Al-10Ti and Al-5Ti-1B grain refiners Year of graduation : 1998	Atul Kumar and S. Sinha Title of thesis : Studies on the development of nano crystalline Al-Ti alloys Year of graduation : 2001
Arvind Nigam Title of thesis : Studies on development of nanocrystallineAl-Ti alloys by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 2002	Lal Bahadur (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Development of Al-Ti-C master alloys & study of its grain refining efficiency Year of graduation : 2002
Pranav Chandra (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Studies on the development of in-situ Al-TiC grain refiners by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 2003	Abhishek Title of thesis : Mechanochemical synthesis using high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2003
Tushar Kheterpal (Jointly with Prof. S. Ram) Title of thesis : Synthesis and characterization of granular CMR La1-xBaxMnO3nanoceramic powders Year of graduation : 2003	Indranil Das (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty) Title of thesis : Modeling of fading phenomenon during grain refining of Al and its alloys Year of graduation : 2003
Vithika Mishra Title of thesis : Synthesis of Al-based nanocomposites & intermetallics by ball milling & its characterization Year of graduation : 2004	Krishna Nittala Title of thesis : Synthesis & characterization Al-TiC & Al-Cu-TiC metal matrix composites Year of graduation : 2004
Ashish Kumar Mishra Title of thesis : Solid state amorphization of Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu system by mechanical alloying Year of graduation : 2005	Pushkar Anand (Jointly with Dr. S. Kasiviswanathan) Title of thesis : Organic light emitting diode fabrication Year of graduation : 2005
Ashish Singhal (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma) Title of thesis : Mechanical testing and microstructural studies of dual phase steels Year of graduation : 2005	Vivek Raghunathan Title of thesis : Nanomultiferroics in BaTiO3-NiFe2O4 system by high energy ball milling Year of graduation : 2007
Sahil Sahni Title of thesis : Influence of synthesis and sintering parameters on the microstructural, mkechanical and electrical properties of nanotitania synthesized by sol gel Year of graduation : 2007	P. Ravi Kumar Title of thesis : Modeling the influence of milling medium on the energy input during high energy ball milling for the synthesis of nanocrystalline TiO2 Year of graduation : 2008
Ashok Gurumurthy Title of thesis : Thermodynamics of high entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2008	S. Aravind (Jointly with Dr. K. Ravisankar) Title of thesis : Synthesis & thermal stability studies of nanocrystalline high entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2008
Santosh Raghavan Title of thesis : Kinetics of Mechanically Activated Reactions Year of graduation : 2009	Nikhil D. Kamath (Jointly with Dr. K.C. Hari Kumar) Title of thesis : Thermodynamics of High Entropy Alloys Year of graduation : 2009
A.H.V. Pavan Title of thesis : Nano Al-Cu alloys Year of graduation : 2010	V. Kaushik Title of thesis : Nano ODS alloys Year of graduation : 2010
Abhinav Vaish Title of thesis : Titania dispersed ferritic oxide dispersed strengthened alloys Year of graduation : 2011	R. Raghavan Title of thesis : Thermodynamics of phase formation in multicomponent alloys Year of graduation : 2012
Abhishek Vyas Title of thesis : A study on grain growth & sintering kinetics of pure metals with varying stacking fault energies Year of graduation : 2012	Manasi Paraswar Title of thesis : High entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2013
Chinmay Sonavane (Jointly with Dr. A.S. Gandhi) Title of thesis : Reduction in the sintering temperature of nanocrystalline Magnesia ceramics Year of graduation : 2014	R. Anil Prasad Title of thesis : Thermal stability of High entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2015
Bhupinder Singh (Jointly with Dr. V. Subramanya Sarma, IIT Madras) Title of thesis : Deformation maps for High entropy alloys Year of graduation : 2016 Email : bhupinder.s.192 @ gmail.com	Jung Soo Lee (Jointly with Prof. Eun Soo park, SNU, Korea) Title of thesis : High entropy BMG composites Year of graduation : 2017 Email : sooshi0886 @ gmail.com

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Dr. Ravi K.R. Research Area : Current Affiliation : Associate Professor, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore Email : krr @ mtl.psgtech.ac.in	Dr. Radhika Research Area : Current Affiliation : Email :
Dr. Manjusha Battabyal Research Area : Current Affiliation : Senior Scientist (Level II), ARCI - Centre for Automotive Energy Materials, Chennai Email : manjusha.battabyal @ gmail.com	Dr. Sanjay Kashyap Research Area : Current Affiliation : Assistant Professor, Bml Munjal University, Gurgaon Email : kashyapsanjay @ gmail.com
Dr. Chinmoy Chattopadhyay Research Area : Current Affiliation : Assistant Professor, NIFFT, Ranchi Email : techchinmoy @ gmail.com	Dr. Ravikirana Research Area : Current Affiliation : Research Assistant Professor, SRM University Email : ravikirana.28 @ gmail.com
Dr. Ram S. Maurya Research Area : Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Ferritic Steels Current Affiliation : Assistant Professor, NIT, Rourkela Email : ramsajeevan419 @ gmail.com	Nagini Macha Research Area : Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) high entropy alloys Current Affiliation : Research Manager, IIT Madras Email : naginimacha @ gmail.com
Joydev Manna Research Area : High entropy alloys for hydrogen storage applications Current Affiliation : Sr. Scientist at National Institute of Solar Energy, Haryana Email : joydev09 @ gmail.com

2019

Anirudha Karati (PhD scholar) awarded the Best Poster (High entropy material 2 section) in ISMANAM 2019 conducted by MME-IITM.
Tripta Parida (PhD scholar) awarded the Best Poster (Nanostructured and nanoporous materials section) in ISMANAM 2019 conducted by MME-IITM

2018

G. Mohan Muralikrishna (PhD scholar) awarded the Best paper (Materials processing section) in IHS (In-House Symposium-2018) conducted by the MME-IITM.
K. Guruvidyathri (PhD scholar) awarded the Best paper (Thermodynamics and kinetics section) in IHS (In-House Symposium-2018) conducted by the MME-IITM.
Rahul Bhattacharya (PhD scholar) awarded the Best paper (Materials characterisation section) in IHS (In-House Symposium-2018) conducted by the MME-IITM.
G. Mohan Muralikrishna (PhD scholar) selected for the prestigious DAAD scholarship - 2018 to work at University of Muenster, Germany.
Rama Srinivasa V. (M.Tech scholar) (Jointly with K.G. Pradeep, RWTH Aachen) received Bhagyalakshmi and Krishna Ayengar award - 2018 for the best project in the field of solar & alternate energies.

2017

Rahul John (PhD scholar) awarded the Best poster in IWHEM 2017 for the poster titled “Hot Deformation Behavior and Processing Map of Al_0.3CoCrFeNi HEA synthesized by MA-SPS”.
Mayur Vaidya (PhD scholar) received the Departmental award for the Best paper (J. Alloys. Compd. 688 (2016) 994 - 1001) by MME Dept. IIT Madras.

2016

Anirudha Karati (PhD scholar) awarded the Best Poster in ISRS (International Symposium for Research Scholars-2016) for the paper titled "Thermoelectric properties of nanocrystalline Ti_1-xTa_xNiSn (x=0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.05) synthesized by mechanical alloying."
Anirudha Karati (PhD scholar) awarded second prize in Metallography (TEM) in ISRS (International Symposium for Research Scholars) 2016.
Satish Idury (PhD Alumni) (Jointly with Dr. Jatin Bhatt, VNIT, Nagpur) awarded the best paper award during the NMD-ATM - 2016.
Rahul Bhattacharya (PhD scholar) awarded the Best paper in NMD 2016 for the paper titled “Effect of Al content on oxidation behavior of mechanically alloyed and spark plasma sintered Al_xCoCrFeNi (x = 0,0.3,0.6,1 mole) high entropy alloys”.
D. Arvindha Babu (PhD scholar) received Laboratory award for the best technical paper (Metall. and Mater. Trans A, 47 A (2016), 560 - 571) by DMRL Hyderabad.

2014

Mayur Vaidya (PhD scholar) selected for the prestigious DAAD scholarship - 2014 to work at University of Muenster, Germany.

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