Krishanu Biswas
(PhD, IISc. Bangalore)
Professor, Department of MSE
Email: kbiswas@iitk.ac.in
Office: Western Labs 210
Phone: +91 512 679 6184
Specialization:
Nanomaterials, Phase Transformation, Electron microscopy, Alloy Design
Areas of Interest:
Alloy Nanoparticles, Multicomponent Alloys, Deformation Behavior of High Entropy Alloys
Professional Experience
- Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur (2016 - Present)
- Associate Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur (2012 - 2016)
- Assistance Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, IIT Kanpur (2008 - 2012)
Recent Publications | 
- Synthesis and Characterization of Mg-Ca-Zn (Sn) Bulk Metallic Glasses and Composites via Melt Spinning Followed by High-Pressure Torsion
P Ramasamy, SK Badu, S Bera, D Singh, Z Chen, Z Zhang, P Wang, ...Metals and Materials International, 1-14, 2025
- Effect of minor additions of Al, Nb and V on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of HfTiZr Medium Entropy Alloy
A Dixit, NP Gurao, K BiswasJournal of Alloys and Compounds, 181463, 2025
- Beneficiation and Management of Technological Waste: Opportunities and Challenges
A Bajpai, A Meshram, K BiswasCRC Press, 2025
- A Critical Review on Mechanical Alloying of High-Entropy Materials
R Mitra, A Bajpai, K BiswasHigh Entropy Alloys & Materials, 1-40, 2025
- Enhanced physical and mechanical properties of Cu-based nanocomposites with bundled multi-layered carbon nanotubes incorporation: fabrication and comparative analysis via …
P Shrivastava, SN Alam, A Ghosh, V Bramaramba, N Sahoo, W Zhou, ...Advanced Composite Materials 34 (3), 388-408, 2025
Awards/Scholarships
- Member, Indian National Young Academy of Science (under aegis of INSA) 2016-21
- Key Reader, Materials and Metallurgical Transactions A, 2015 onward
- J S Bindra Faculty Research Fellow from IIT Kanpur, 2015-2018
- DAAD Fellowship to visit RWTH, Aachen and DLR, Cologne, Germany, 2013
- BOYSCAST fellowship by Dept of Science and Technology, Govt. of India, 2011
- Young Engineer Award by IEI , 2011
- Young Scientist Medal by Indian National Science Academy (INSA), 2010
- Young Metallurgist of the Year, Ministry of Steel, Government of India, 2008
- Research Fellowship by Japan Society for the Promotion of Sciences (JSPS), 2006
- Recipient of The Shri Ram Arora Award for Materials Science & Engg., by TMS, USA, 2006
- Best student speaker in International Conference on Solidification Science and Processing (ICSSP) held at Bangalore, India, November, 2004
- Second best poster prize in International Conference on Advances in Surface Treatment: Research and Application, held at Hyderabad, India, November, 2003.
- Obtained Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) Student Prize for securing highest marks in Masters degree, 2001
- Obtained Certificates from Indian Institute of Metal for securing highest marks 3 rd , 4th and 5 th , 6th , 7th and 8 th semester in Bachelor degree
- Obtained highest marks in thesis work in Bachelor Degree of Engineering, 1997
- Gold Medal in Bachelor Degree of Engineering, 1997