FACULTY

Ų This is a listing of teaching staff of the department in Alphabetical order by last name.
Ų For quick access to contact information use the Directory hyperlink in the left frame.
Ų For administrative structure of the department please click on the Administration hyperlink.
Ų For phone and Fax numbers the Country and Area codes are: (+91)(512) {or (0512) for calls within India}

Gouthama Ph.D. (I.I.Sc. Bangalore)
Office:	Faculty Building 417	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7450	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 214	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7934
Lab 2:	TEM Labs 107	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6049
Email:	gouthama@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~gouthama
Specialization: Electron Microscopy, Physical & Mechanical Metallurgy
Areas of Interest: Structure Property Correlation, Shape Memory Alloys, Grain Boundary Engineering, Severe Deformation Processing

Kantesh Balani Ph.D. (Florida International University, Miami, USA)
Office:	Laboratory of Biomaterials	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6194	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Biomaterials Processing and Characterization Laboratory	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7920
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Email:	kbalani@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kbalani
Specialization: Biomaterials, Computational Modeling, CNT Reinforced Nanocomposites, Nanomechanics & Tribology
Areas of Interest: Bone Implant Materials, Molecular Modeling of Interfaces, Nano-composites, Multi Length Scale Abridgment

Somnath Bhowmick Ph.D. (I. I. Sc. Bangalore)
Office:	Faculty Building, 406	Phone:	+91 512 259 7161	Fax:
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Email:	bsomnath[at]iitk.ac.in
Website:	https://sites.google.com/site/somnathbhowmick/
Specialization: Computational materials science
Areas of Interest: Size dependent properties of nanomaterials, Ab-initiophase stability,Electronic structure calculations, Multiscale modeling.

Krishanu Biswas Ph.D. (I.I.Sc. Bangalore)
Office:	Faculty Building 407	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6184	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 210	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7710
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Email:	kbiswas@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kbiswas
Specialization: Nanomaterials, Phase Transformation, Electron microscopy, Bioceramics
Areas of Interest: Alloy Nanoparticles, Phase Transformation, Electron Microscopy, Materials for catalysis

Ashish Garg Ph.D. (University of Cambridge, U.K.)
Office:	Western Labs 104	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7904	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 105,106,108	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7263
Lab 2:	SCDT	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6620
Email:	ashishg@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~ashishg
Specialization: Electronic Materials and Devices
Areas of Interest: Ferroic and Multiferroic Materials, Thin Film Solar Cells, Thin Film Growth of Materials, Device Processing

Anshu Gaur Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Office:	Faculty Building 405	Phone:	(+91) 512 259 7600	Fax:
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Email:	agaur@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~agaur
Specialization: Electronic Materials, Nano-Materials, Device Physics and Device Characterization
Areas of Interest: Materials for electronic devices, carbon based nanostructures, Device physics and simulation, computational materials science

Deepak Gupta Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Office:	Western Labs 210A	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7353	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 105	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7263
Lab 2:	Samtel Centre	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6088
Email:	saboo@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~saboo
Specialization: Device Materials
Areas of Interest: Organic Electronics: OLED/PLED, Displays, TFTs and Ultraviolet Electronics, Oxide and Transparent Semiconductors, Materials Development: Electronic and Optical, Defects in Semiconductors, Modeling and Simulation of Materials and Processes

Nilesh Prakash Gurao Ph.D. (I. I. Sc. Bangalore)
Office:	Laboratory for Biomaterials	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6688	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
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Email:	npgurao@iitk.ac.in
Website:	https://sites.google.com/site/nileshgurao/home
Specialization: Crystallographic texture, Thermo-mechanical processing and Mechanical Behaviour of materials
Areas of Interest: Length and time scale effects in plasticity, in-situ deformation studies, Micro-Laue diffraction using synchrotron, crystal plasticity simulations

Sarang Ingole Ph.D. (Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA)
Office:	Western Lab 204	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7089	Fax:
Lab 1:	Western Lab 204	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7974
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Email:	sarang@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sarang
Specialization: Semiconductor materials, Micro and Nano-fabrication, Electrical Characterization of Materials
Areas of Interest: Materials for photovoltaic applications and energy storage, Electrochemical synthesis and deposition of materials

Monica Katiyar Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA)
Office:	Western Labs 113B	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7941	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 105	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7935
Lab 2:	Western Labs 204E	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7915
Email:	mk@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://www.iitk.ac.in/mse/emg/
Specialization: Opto-Electronic Materials and Devices
Areas of Interest: Electronic Materials and Devices, Organic Electronics, Thin Film Transistors, Memory Devices, Solid State Lighting, Sensors, Printable Electronics, Spintronic Materials

Kaustubh Kulkarni Ph.D. (Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA)
Office:	FB 403	Phone:	+91 512 259 6102	Fax:
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Email:	kkaustub@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~nitinksh/kaustubh_kulkarni/
Specialization: Multicomponent Diffusion, Thermodynamics, Physical Metallurgy
Areas of Interest: Application of computational thermodynamics and kinetics for design and development of alloys and processes; Lightweight alloys for automotive and aerospace applications; Thin Films; Diffusional interactions in multicomponent systems

Tanmoy Maiti Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Office:	Faculty Building 409	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6599	Fax:
Lab 1:	Lab Office: Western Labs 204	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6994
Lab 2:	Western Labs 204	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7974
Email:	tmaiti@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://www.iitk.ac.in/new/tanmoy-maiti
Specialization: Electronic materials and devices, Nanophotonics
Areas of Interest: Nano-fabrication, Plasmonics, Semiconductor Devices, Pyroelectrics, Ferroelectrics.

Dipak Mazumdar Ph.D. (McGill University, Montreal, Canada)
Office:	Faculty Building 415	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7328	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 101A	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7977
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Email:	dipak@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~dipak
Specialization: Steelmaking, Modeling
Areas of Interest: Process Metallurgy

Kallol Mondal Ph.D. (I.I.T. Kharagpur)
Office:	Faculty Building 406	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6156	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 205	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7648
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Email:	kallol@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kallol/
Specialization: Physical Metallurgy, Glassy Alloys
Areas of Interest: Glassy Alloys, Nanocrystalline Alloys, Coating

Rajdip Mukherjee Ph.D. (I.I.Sc. Bangalore)
Office:	Faculty Building 407	Phone:	(+91) (512) 6796449	Fax:
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Email:	rajdipm[at]iitk.ac.in
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Specialization: Microstructure Modelling and Simulation
Areas of Interest: Phase-field Modelling, Multiscale Modelling, Phase Transformations

Shobit Omar Ph.D. (University of Florida)
Office:	Advanced Center for Materials Science Building, 203 (E)	Phone:	(+91) (512) 679 7427	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	WL109	Phone:	(+91)(512) 679 6750
Lab 2:		Phone:	(+91)(512) 679 6752
Email:	somar@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~somar
Specialization: Ionic Conductors, Ceramic Processing, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Thermal Barrier Coatings
Areas of Interest: Electroceramics, Oxide and Protonic Ceramic Conductors, Structural Ceramics

Sandeep Sangal Ph.D. (University of Manitoba, Canada)
Office:	Western Lab Extension 114	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7167	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Lab Extension 116	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7959
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Email:	sangals@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sangals
Specialization: Physical and Mechanical Metallurgy
Areas of Interest: Structure-Property Correlations, Microstructural Characterization, Stereology, Image Processing, Development of Web-Based Educational Aids

Rajiv Shekhar Ph.D. (University of California, Berkeley, USA)
Office:	Faculty Building 416, Currently Visiting Faculty at IIT Rajasthan	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7016	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 103A	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7694
Lab 2:	Western Labs 103E	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7001
Email:	vidtan@iitk.ac.in, vidtan@iitj.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vidtan
Specialization: Electrochemical Materials Processing
Areas of Interest: Molten Salt Electrolysis, Electrodeposition

Shashank Shekhar Ph.D. (Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA)
Office:	Faculty Building 411	Phone:	+(91) (512) 259 6528	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	WL104 D	Phone:
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Email:	shashank[at]iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shashank
Specialization: Physical Metallurgy, Thermomechanical Processing, Material Interfaces, Manufacturing
Areas of Interest: Grain Boundaries and Interfaces in Crysatlline Materials, Structural Nanomaterials, Manufacturing, Influence of Grain Boundaries on Efficiency of Solar Cells, Nanomaterials, Physical Metallurgy, Metals & Alloys

Anandh Subramaniam Ph.D. (I.I.Sc. Bangalore)
Office:	Western Labs 210B	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7215	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 207	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7147
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Email:	anandh@iitk.ac.in, anandh333@rediffmail.com
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~anandh
Specialization: Physical Metallurgy & Materials Science
Areas of Interest: Nanomaterials, Quasicrystals, Amorphous Materials, Metastable Materials, Epitaxial Systems, Interfaces in Materials, Symmetry, Crystallography, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Finite Element Method.

Anish Upadhyaya (Head, MSE Department) Ph.D. (The Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Office:	Faculty Building 419	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7672, 7505	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Western Labs 208	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 7342
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Email:	anishu@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~anish
Specialization: Powder Metallurgy, Sintering of Ferrous & Non-Ferrous Alloys & Composites
Areas of Interest: Materials Processing, Powder Metallurgy, Sintered Particulate Alloys & Composites, Microwave Processing

Vivek Verma Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Office:	410 Faculty Building	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6527	Fax:	(+91) (512) 259 7505
Lab 1:	Laboratory for Surface Science and Engineering	Phone:	(+91) (512) 259 6949
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Email:	vverma@iitk.ac.in
Website:	http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vverma/
Specialization: Biomaterials, Composites
Areas of Interest: Protein patterning, hybrid synthetic devices, micro-fabrication, nanocomposites