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Prof. B Harihara Venkataraman  

Professor,
Department of Physics

Dielectric, Ferroelectric/Multiferroic ceramics for memory and photovoltaic devices, Glass/Polymer composites for capacitor and optical based device applications, Piezoelectric and Nonlinear optical materials, Structure - property correlation studies in electroceramic materials
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani
Hyderabad Campus
Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal
Dist.-Medchal-500 078
Telangana, India

Research Scholar

Supervisor 
1)  
Name                         :  Mr. B. Rajesh Kannan 
M. Sc, Physics           :  Alagappa University, Karaikudi
Ph. D Thesis Topic   :   Rare earth doped ferroelectric ceramics for memory devices
Ph. D joined in August 2011 (Scholarship funded by project)
Ph. D completed  in November 2016 
 
 
2) 
Name                            :   Mr. N. Jahangeer
M. Sc, Physics            :   Osmania University, Hyderabad
Research Interests   :    Multiferroic ceramics for memory devices
Ph. D joined in January 2017
Ph. D thesis submission (To be in 2023)
 

3)

Name                             :   Priyanka Mitra
M. Sc, Physics             :   IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
Research Interests   :    Multiferroic composites for memory and magnetoelectric devices
Ph. D joined in January 2020 (Scholarship funded by Institute)
Ph. D thesis submission (To be in 2024)
 
 
Co - Supervisor 
 
4) 
Name                              :   Mr. Waseem 
M. Sc, Physics             :   IFTM, University Moradabad
Research Interests    :   Ferroelectric Photovoltaics
Ph. D joined in August 2017 (Scholarship funded by Institute)
Ph. D completed in April 2023 
Postdoctoral fellow at Univ College Dublin, Ireland. 
 
 
5) 
Name                              :   Renuka 
M. Tech                          :   JNTU, Hyderabad
Research Interests    :   Ferroelectric Solar Cells
Ph. D Thesis Topic:
Transition metal oxide doped bismuth ferrite compound based photovoltaic devices
Ph. D joined in January 2019 (Scholarship funded by project) 
Ph. D completed in May 2022 
Postdoctoral researcher at Carnegie Mellon Univ, US. 

First Degree Thesis Supervised @ BITS

Name                :    Mr. Vivek Manu
Thesis Topic   :   "Growth, Characterization and Transport Properties of Bismuth Selenide" 
                              (Jointly with Prof. Anil Kumar, IISc, Bangalore) 
Ph. D in Physics, University of Texas, Dallas (Joined in 2017)
 
Name                :    Mr. Chandravardhan
Thesis Topic   :   "High energy terahertz electromagnetic wave generation and characterization"  
                              (Jointly with Prof Ravindra Kumar, TIFR, Mumbai) 
Ph. D in Physics, University of Mainz, Germany (Joined in 2022)
 
Name                :    Mr. Shraman Saha
Thesis Topic   :   "Photon upconversion in lanthanide doped nanoparticles of ZnO"  
                              (Jointly with Prof Kannan Ramaswamy)
 
Name                :    Ms. Dhriti Madan
Thesis Topic   :   "Design and characterization of functional oxide materials for memory devices" 
 
 

Study/Lab Oriented Projects Supervied

Project Topics: Piezoelectric and Multiferroic Materials 
 
1. Mr. Prithvi Reddy 
2. Mr. Potluri Adithya
3. Mr. Suraj Partani
4. Mr. Yashwardhan Singh
5. Mr. Abhilash
6. Mr. Aravind 
7. Mr. Rahul Ranjan
8. Mr. Sarthak Chowdhury
9. Mr. Gautham
10. Mr. Devansh