Assistant Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Bio-tribology, DLC etc, Dental implants, Design and Materials Engineering, Environmental tribology (Studying the friction and wear trends in controlled gas atmospheres), Nano/Micro tribology (i.e. Tribology of MEMS), Oral tribology, Polymer processing and characterizations, Tribology of layer-by-layer (LBL) coatings, Tribology of polymers, Water/Environmentally adaptive lubrication (EAL), carbon materials and coatings such as graphene, composites
Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani Hyderabad Campus Jawahar Nagar, Kapra Mandal Dist.-Medchal-500 078 Telangana, India
DST-SERB Start-up Research Grant (SRG), Title: Tribological behavior of Scalable and Low-cost Multilayered MoS₂ Coatings for Hydrogen Valve Applications. Budget amount: INR 23,91,400 for 2 years (FY 2021 - 2022), Approving Authority: DST-SERB, India. Role : Principal Investigator (PI).
Completed Projects at BITS:
BITS Pilani RIG - Research Initiation Grant, Title: Polymer composites for water-lubricated hydropower bearing applications. Budget amount: INR 200,000 for 2 years (FY 2020 - 2021), Approving Authority: BITS-PILANI Hyderabad Campus, India. Role : Principal Investigator (PI).
Completed Projects (Before joining BITS) :
Kakenhi Start-up Research Grant, Grant No. UFG5H06471, Title: Study of the Tribological Properties of Graphene and Related Materials Under Extreme Environments. Budget amount: ¥1,560,000 / year for 2 years (FY 2016 - 2017), Approving Authority: JSPS, JAPAN.
Kakenhi Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists (Wakate), Title: Study of the Tribological Behavior of Multilayered MoS2 based Coatings for Hydrogen Applications. Budget amount: ¥5 Million / 2 years (FY 2019 - 2020), Approving Authority: JSPS, JAPAN. (Partially completed)