Name

Designation

Research Interests

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Sutapa Roy Ramanan

(Ph.D., Jadavpur University)

Senior Professor

Nano-biomaterials for labeling and drug deliveryElectroceramic nano powders, Thermal interface materials for electronic packaging, thin films for optical and electronic applications, Corrosion Engineering

Advanced Heat Transfer

Srinivas Krishnaswamy

(Ph.D., University of London)

Professor

Process Engineering / Process Intensification with emphasis on addressing techno-commercialchallenges posed in developing practical cost-effective energy efficient and environment friendly systems

Saroj S. Baral(Ph.D., NIT Rourkela)

Professor

Adsorptive removal of heavy metal from waste water Extraction and purification of metals from ores and industrial waste, Biogas Production from different waste by Anaerobic digestion and Control Engineering

Sampatrao D. Manjare

(Ph.D., BITS Pilani)

Professor

Life Cycle Assessment studies of the process plant, environmental management systems, separation processes, recovery of resources from waste materials and development of fillers for rubber compounds

Manjuri Kumar

(Ph.D., BITS Pilani)

Associate Professor

Design, synthesis and characterization of novel copper and zinc complexes using different chelating ligands. Biological studies: DNA binding, DNA cleavage studies using metal complexes, protein interaction and molecular docking using Human serum albumin, cytotoxicity studies and anticancer activity of metal complexes on cancerous and noncancerous cell lines

Sharad Sontakke

(Ph.D., IISc, Bangalore)

Associate Professor

Water and wastewater treatment, Metal organic frameworks, Catalysis, Materials engineering, Photocatalysis, Hydrogen production, CO₂ capture and conversion, Waste to value added materials

Anirban Roy

(Ph.D., IIT Kharagpur)

Associate Professor

Membrane separation, Water and wastewater treatment, Thermodynamics, Water-energy nexus, Biomedical Devices

Vivek R

(Ph.D., IIT, Kharagpur)

Associate Professor

Biosurfactants, Hydrolytic enzymes for the production of reducing sugars, Fermentation of cashew apple, Biopolymers

Jegatha N. Krishnan

(Ph.D., KIST – UST S Korea)

Associate Professor

Bio-MEMS – Microfluidic separation and detection technologies, Nanomaterials for sensor applications, Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Technology

Richa Singhal

(Ph.D., Drexel University, USA)

Associate Professor

Nanomaterials synthesis, Electrospinning, Electrochemical energy storage, Supercapacitors, Rechargeable batteries, Electrocatalysis, Renewable energy systems

Pradeep Kumar Sow

(Ph.D., IIT, Delhi)

Associate Professor

Hydrogen Energy, New diagnostic tools for understanding surface wettability, Smart materials with an active control over the wettability

Amol Deshpande(Ph.D., BITS Pilani)

Assistant Professor

Unmixed combustion for heat transfer applications, Transport Phenomena, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Reaction engineering (Modeling)

Asima Shaukat(Ph.D., IIT Kanpur)

Assistant Professor

Rheological behavior of polymer-layered silicate clay and graphene nano-composites, Rheological and tribological behavior of bio-greases, Advanced Transport Phenomena

Paramita Haldar

(Ph.D., IIT Bombay)

Assistant Professor

Molecular simulation techniques including Density Functional Theory (DFT), Molecular Dynamics (MD), Monte Carlo (MC), Kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC), Molecular Docking, and Nudged Elastic Band Method (NEB)

Riju De

(Ph.D., IIT Bombay)

Assistant Professor

Process systems engineering (PSE), Dynamic Optimization, Multi-objective Optimization, Stochastic Optimization, Batch-to-batch iterative learning control, Model based design of experiments, Machine learning methods

Sundari Ramji

(Ph.D., IIT, Madras)

Assistant Professor

Transport Phenomena, Multiphase flows, Microfluidics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Systems Biology

Mrunalini Gaydhane

(Ph.D., IIT, Hyderabad)

Assistant Professor

Functionalized nanomaterials for agricultural, healthcare and environmental applications

Upasana Mahanta

(Ph.D., IIT, Guwahati)

Assistant Professor

Non-aqueous solvents, Phase equilibria and thermodynamics, Electrochemical energy storage, Molecular dynamic simulation

Saurabh Patankar

(Ph.D., ICT, Mumbai)

Assistant Professor

Waste management and valorization, Green chemistry and technology, Catalysis, Sustainable Engineering

Jayita Chopra

(Ph.D., IIT, Kharagpur)

Visiting Faculty

Bioprocess optimization,

Biofuel production,

Hydrothermal liquefaction,

Life cycle assessment