FACULTY
Ø This is a listing of teaching staff of the department in Alphabetical order by last name.
Ø For quick access to contact information use the Directory hyperlink in the left frame.
Ø For administrative structure of the department please click on the Administration hyperlink.
Ø 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
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