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29 September 2025

One of our Doctoral Scholar has been “Best Paper Award”.

Please join us in congratulating Ms. Milan Shahana, Doctoral Scholar (MM18D015), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering on being awarded the “Best Paper Award” for her paper titled “Long-Term High-Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of Cold-Sprayed and Heat-Treated IN718 Coatings: A Comparative Study with Wrought Alloy” at the International Conference & Exhibition on Corrosion (ICECORR 2025), held during August 20-22, 2025 at Kochi. She is guided by Prof. Kamaraj M and Prof. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi.

Congratulations to Prof. Kamaraj M, Prof. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi and their Doctoral Scholar Ms. Milan Shahana.

21 September 2025

The article that appeared in Times of India on low cost solar power technology

We are happy to share the article that appeared in Times of India on low cost solar power tech developed by Prof. Tiju Thomas, Prof. Sreeram and their student Adithyan TR (MM22D058). The work was part of an SERB funded project in which I was involved as a Co-PI.

18 September 2025

One of our PhD students, review article on additively manufactured (AM) Ni-base superalloys has been published.

We are happy to share that the first comprehensive review article on creep of AM Ni-base superalloys has been published in Journal of Materials Science by the group of Prof. Ravi Sankar.

We are delighted to inform you that one of our PhD students, Mr Sabari Rajan's (MM19D754) review article on additively manufactured (AM) Ni-base superalloys has been published. We must mention that this happens to be the first comprehensive review article in the AM literature dealing with creep of AM Ni-base superalloys. Congratulations to Prof. Ravi Sankar, his collaborators and students.

17 September 2025

A review of silver nanowire-based composites for flexible electronic applications, has received a top cited paper award.

We are happy to share that the review article A review of silver nanowire-based composites for flexible electronic applications from the group of Prof. Parasuraman has received top cited paper award for receiving top 1% most cited papers in IOP’s portfolio for 2022-2024.

The authors, Dr. Neha and Dr. Nitheesh, were former IDRP Regular PhD students working jointly with Dr. Debdutta Ray. Dr. Nagasarvari was a regular PhD student in the department.

Congratulations to Prof. Parasuraman and his former students.

9 September 2025

Indian patent WEARABLE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DETERMINING ACTIVITIES OF A USER has been granted to Prof. Prathap

We are happy to share that an Indian patent WEARABLE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR
DETERMINING ACTIVITIES OF A USER has been granted to Prof. Prathap, Prof. Bobby George (MST dept) and their and his student Mr. Neelakandan Mani. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Prathap and his student.

4 September 2025

Prof. Sreeram's PhD student Guguloth Naresh (MM22D021) has been selected as a front cover image for the ACS journal Langmuir.

We are happy to share the following news that the cover art graphic prepared by Prof. Sreeram's PhD student Guguloth Naresh (MM22D021) has been selected as a front cover image for the ACS journal Langmuir. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Sreeram and his student Mr. Naresh.

21 August 2025

Indian Patent granted to Profs. Lakshman Neelakantan and Manas Mukherjee along with their postdocs Drs. Yoganandan and Rajaram Date

We are happy to share that Profs. Lakshman and Manas along with their postdocs Drs. Yoganandan and Rajaram have been granted an Indian patent PROCESS FOR FORMING PATINA LAYER ON BIDRI ALLOY SURFACE, PATINATION SOLUTION, AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF

Hearty congratulations to Profs. Lakshman and Manas and their postdocs and wish them more success in their research

28 May 2025

Prof. Sreeram and Prof. Tiju has been granted a patent on the development of a polymer based sensor for detecting heavy transition metals.

We are happy to share the news of grant of patent on the development of a polymer based sensor for detecting heavy transition metals to the team led by Prof. Sreeram and Prof. Tiju.

Congratulations to Profs. Sreeram, Tiju and the students Ms. Suvitha and Ms. Vidhya.

13 May 2025

Prof. Satyesh and his students have been granted a patent for the invention titled “Material and Method for Roughness Reduction of Substrates”.

We are happy to share that Prof. Satyesh and his students Mr. Allamula Ashok (MM20D016), Ms. Peela Lasya (MM22D011), and Mr. Daljin J ( MM22S007) have been granted a patent for the invention titled “Material and Method for Roughness Reduction of Substrates”. The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Satyesh and wish his students more success in future.

3 March 2025

Prof. Somnath Bhattacharya has been recognised by his alma mater (VNIT Nagpur) with the distinguished alumnus award.

We are happy to inform you that Prof. Somnath Bhattacharya has been recognized by his alma mater (VNIT Nagpur) with the distinguished alumnus award. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Smonath Bhattacharya.

5 February 2025

Prof. Sampath Kumar has been invited to join as a board member of the Indian Council of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM).

We are happy to share the news that Prof. Sampath Kumar has been invited to join as board member of Indian Council of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM). The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Sampath Kumar and wish him more success in future.

6 January 2025

Prof. Sanjay Mathur has been offered the position as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.

We are happy to inform you that Prof. Sanjay Mathur has been offered the position as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.