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Welcome to the website of the Interdisciplinary Programme on Materials Science at IIT Kanpur. This interdisciplinary initiative was started more than 50 years back to encourage people from varied backgrounds to collaborate and come up with an academic programme to train manpower for harnessing the potential of materials to power our technological growth. The technologies of today use a large variety of materials with tailor-made properties, and stringent demands on performance much beyond that can be obtained from naturally occurring materials. Read More...
Prof. Raj Ganesh S. Pala
Head, Materials Science Programme
Email: headmsp@iitk.ac.in
- Aritra Mukherjee (M.Tech. Student, MSP) working under the supervision of Prof. M. Jaleel Akhtar has received the Academic Excellence Award in M.Tech.( 2022 and 2023)
- Sugandha Singh (Ph.D. Student, MSP) working under joint supervision of Prof. Manas K. Ghorai and Prof. Kamal K. Kar, Journal Back cover selected and published in J. Mater. Chem. A. vol. 11, pp 8406-840, April 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D3TA90074F
- Selected Candidates in Ph. D. programme 2023-24- First Semester Result
- Mr. Harish Kumar (Ph.D. Student, MSP) has received Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF), working under joint supervision of Prof. Rajeev Gupta, Prof. Arunabh Meshram.
- Mr. Jitendra Tahalyani (Ph.D. Student, MSP) working under joint supervision of Prof. M. Jaleel Akhtar and Prof. Kamal K. Kar has received the Best Student Paper Award (Male Category) at the IEEE Microwave, Antennas, and Propagation Conference, held during December 12-14, 2022 at Bangalore.
- Mr. Jitendra Tahalyani (Ph.D. Student, MSP) working under joint supervision of Prof. M. Jaleel Akhtar and Prof. Kamal K. Kar has received the First Prize in Ph.D. Student Initiative Category at the IEEE International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), held during December 17-19, 2021 at IIT Kanpur.
- MSP Brochure
- List of Candidates who submitted their fees within the stipulated date for the Ph. D./ M. Tech. programme 2023-24- First Semester
- Selected Candidates in Ph. D. programme 2023-24- First Semester Result
- Admission Notice for PhD/MTech/MDes/MS(By Research)/DIIT Programmes 2022-23-I Semester
- For all admission enquiry:
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- Kajal Chaudhary, S. Malik, G. Singh, S. Bhattacharya, J. Ramkumar, S.A. Ramakrishna, K.V. Srivastava, "Flexible Dielectric Spacer with Tunable Dielectric Properties for Metamaterial Absorber Application", Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics vol. 57, no. 5, p. 055101, 2023 (DOI: 10.1088/1361-6463/ad030e)
- Kajal Chaudhary, J. Ramkumar, S.A. Ramakrishna, K.V. Srivastava, P.C. Ramamurthy, "Protective layer for microwave metamaterial absorbers and method thereof", Application number: 201911050380, Indian Patent No. 445111, August 16, 2023 (granted).
- Ravi Nigam and Kamal K. Kar, "Effect of simple cubic, face-centered cubic, and body-centered cubic-electrodes on the electric double layer capacitance of supercapacitors", Nanotechnology 34 465405, August 2023. DOI 10.1088/1361-6528/acf04d
- J. Tahalyani, M J. Akhtar, K. K. Kar, “Flexible, Stretchable, and Thin Films Based on Functionalized Carbon Nanofiber/Graphene Nanostructures for Electromagnetic Interference Shielding”, ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2023, 6-10, 8178–8191. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.3c00215
- S.Singh, M. K. Ghorai and K. K. Kar, "Cobalt (II)-bridged triphenylamine and terpyridine-based donor-acceptor coordination polymer as an efficient trifunctional electrocatalyst," J. Mater. Chem. A, vol. 11, pp. 8003-8012, Feb. 2023. DOI: 10.1039/D2TA08759F
- Nigam, R., Kumar, R., Kar, K.K. (2023). Laser as a Tool for Fabrication of Supercapacitor Electrodes. In: Kar, K.K. (eds) Handbook of Nanocomposite Supercapacitor Materials IV. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 331. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23701-0_4
- Nigam, R., Kar, K.K. (2023). Optical Revolution with Sustainable Energy Framework. In: Kar, K.K. (eds) Handbook of Nanocomposite Supercapacitor Materials IV. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 331. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-23701-0_15
- S. Bhattacharya, K. Chaudhary, K.V. Srivastava and J. Ramkumar ""Energy Optimization in Laser Micro-machining of Transparent Metamaterial Absorber"" IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON) pp. 106-110, Dec. 2022. DOI: 10.1109/MAPCON56011.2022.10047019
- K. Chaudhary, V. K. Singh, M.S. Bisht, J. Ramkumar, S.A. Ramakrishna, and K.V. Srivastava, "Optically transparent adhesives for microwave metamaterial absorber With PET–PDMS interface" IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 1253-1261, Aug 2022.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TCPMT.2022.3195880 - K. Chaudhary, A. Bhardwaj, R. Vishwakarma, J. Ramkumar, S.A. Ramakrishna and K.V. Srivastava, "Analysis of Protective Coating for Optically Transparent Microwave Metamaterial Absorber" IEEE Microwaves, Antennas, and Propagation Conference (MAPCON) pp. 89-92, Dec 2022.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/MAPCON56011.2022.10047267 - Ravi Nigam, Kamal K. Kar, "Simulation study of electric double-layer capacitance of ordered carbon electrodes", Langmuir, 2022, 38, 40, 12235–12247. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01865
- Prerna Sinha, Mukesh Kumar, Ravi Nigam, Hiroyuki Yokoi, and Kamal K. Kar, "Value-added functional carbon for potential electrodes and its validation", Journal of Energy Storage Volume 56, Part B, 10 December 2022, 106116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.est.2022.106116
- Manas K. Ghorai, Kamal Krishna Kar, Sugandha Singh, A trifunctional
electrocatalyst and process for synthesis thereof, Application no –
202211031567, 2022. - Jitendra Tahalyani, M Jaleel Akhtar, Kamal K Kar, “Flexible, stretchable and lightweight polyurethane and graphene nanoplatelets nanocomposite for high performance EMI shielding application”, Materials Today Communications, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2022.104586
- Jitendra Tahalyani, M Jaleel Akhtar, Kamal K Kar, “Graphene Nanoplatelets-Based Lightweight Flexible Nanocomposites for EMI Shielding Application”, IEEE Transactions on Electromagnetic Compatibility, 2022, 1-9. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TEMC.2022.3198646
- Kajal Chaudhary , G. Singh, J. Ramkumar, S.A. Ramakrishna, K.V. Srivastava and P.C. Ramamurthy, “Optically transparent protective coating for ITO-coated PET-based microwave metamaterial absorbers,” IEEE Trans. Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 378-388, Feb. 2020. (DOI: 10.1109/TCPMT.2020.2972911) .
- Prakrati Azad, N Tiwari, and M J Akhtar, "Study of constitutive properties retrieval technique using planar topology", Proceedings, IEEE MTT-S International Microwave and RF Conference (IMaRC), Kanpur, India, Dec. 17- 19, 2021.
- S. Srin, J. Ramkumar, R. Bathe “Material Selection for Ultrashort Pulsed Laser Textured Self-cleaning Surfaces” Springer Nature, J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C, pp.1-7, Jan 2022, (DOI: 10.1007/s40032-022-00818-8).
- S. Srin, J. Ramkumar, Ravi Bathe, “Design and developmental approach aimed at polar solvent chemical sensor for biomedical application”, Elsevier, Materials Today: Proceedings, Vol. 56, Part 3, pp. 1255-1260, Apr 2022, (DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2021.11.191).
Alumni Messages
I was admitted in the Material Science Programme Department (MSP), IIT Kanpur as a PhD student in December2013. My work has been started in the direct supervision of Prof. M. Jaleel Akhtar and finished the thesis entitled “Development of Efficient RF Energy Harvesting Circuits for Low Power Applications” in October 2019.
With the vibrant, robust, and inclusive environment and world class research facilities, the MSP department has made research-intensive roots in the career of students. There is nowhere better place than IIT Kanpur to research the unknown and the unanswered prospects. Apart from the research, involvement of students in the extracurricular activities makes them move forward by engaging in respectful position at some reputed organisation.
Joining IIT Kanpur was one of the best decisions that I took. Material Science Programme provided me the exposure to inter disciplinary subjects and a plethora of knowledge to gain from them. The department aims at providing students with problem solving skills while working on real life challenges, which was the crux of my thesis work. The faculty is very helpful for all and any queries and believes in directing the students to reach their objective, rather than simply spoon feeding the solution. They have helped in strengthening my academic rigour and persistence for finding a solution instead of giving up.
“MSP is the culmination of ideas of basic sciences and engineering principles which makes it unique. It has flavours of physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering, electronics/electrical engineering. It helps one to move beyond their comfort zone and dive into an interdisciplinary field of study, which is very much the need of the time. With programs like DAAD one can also get an international exposure and I was lucky to be the recipient of such an award.”
I had a great time at MSP, IIT Kanpur. The support that I received from the faculties and staff helped me shape my career. The best part about MSP is its interdisciplinary nature where we get to learn about different streams in one course.
My experience in the IIT Kanpur, MSP was tremendous. I found the course curriculum to be very challenging but rewarding. My degree in Material Science provided an ideal blend to develop analytical thinking and play around with data. I had many professors in the college who inspired my best efforts and who helped me a lot. The great emphasis on practical learning had helped me to sharpen my skills.
“I had joined the Master’s Program at IIT Kanpur in 2K14 immediately after completing my graduation. MSP being an interdisciplinary department not only offered diversity in learning but also enabled me on a personal level to meet some of the brilliant minds of India as course mates. Be it the guidance of professors or inputs from the course mates, each and every discussion added value to my skill-set which helped me evolve as an individual and assisted me with my professional journey since then. I started off my professional journey with Reach Ivy as Innovation Officer (Campus Placement), then joined a Noida based start-up MGINNE as Marketing and Product Manager and then joined Byjus where initially I was working in Business Development segment and lately started looking after Strategy and Operations of state UP for Byjus. For each milestone I have achieved, I owe my journey of learnings I had as a postgrad student at IIT Kanpur. Foremost I am immensely thankful to all the professors and my batch mates. MSP offers you everything you aspire for. It certainly is one of the best departments across IITs.”
“Two years at IITK were delightful as well as a great learning experience. The education and the vision provided by faculties at MSP are still turning out to be crucial for my current tenure. My time with my friends at IITK was memorable, developing into long-standing friendships.”
