Group

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Presently this research group comprises of 6 doctoral students, who work on diverse areas of materials science.

For more information about the scholars, click on their name.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

 

Ajeet K Srivastav

 

Dynamic/quasi static loading behavior of nanocrystalline W-based alloys

Email: ajeetshri@gmail.com

Phone: +919962989648

S. L. Pramod

 

Synthesis and Characterization of Functionally Graded in-situ Al and Mg matrix composites.

 (Jointly with Dr. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi , IIT Madras)

Email: slpramod@gmail.com

Phone: +919787174959

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Mayur vaidya

High Entropy Alloys

 

Email: mmayur007@gmail.com

Phone: +919962812491

 

Ranjim Mondal

Multiferroic Composites

  (Jointly with Prof. V. R. K. Murthy , IIT Madras)

Email: rajimmondal.phys@gmail.com

Phone: +919094947644

Preethi

 (Tube Investments, Chennai

Development of Ultra fine grained steel tubes and itsmicrostructure & mechanical property characterization 

(Jointly with Prof. Ganesh Sunrararaman)

 

Email: preethim@tii.murugappa.com 

L. Sree Vardhan

(DMRL, Hyderabad) 

Friction Welding

(Jointly with Prof. M. Kamaraj) 

 

Master of Technology (M.Tech) 

 

Amman Jakhar

 

Email: ammanjakhar5000734@gmail.com

 

Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech)

 

Manasi Paraswar

 

Email: manasi4masti@gmail.com

vishwanath venkatachalam

 

Email: vishwanath.iitm@gmail.com

 

 

A. Arjun Rao

Studies on the grain refinement of Al-Cr, Al-Zr and Al-Si alloys using Al-Ti-B master alloy (1996) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)

 Email: aarao@sify.com

K.V.S. Prasad

Studies on the preparation of Al-Ti and Al-Ti-B master alloys used for grain refinement of Al and its alloys (1997) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)

Email:  

J.Jordar

Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline aluminides by mechanical alloying in Ni-Fe-Al system (2000) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)

Email: joydip@lycos.com

S.A.Kori

Studies on grain refinement and modification of some hypoeutectic and eutectic Al-Si alloys (2000) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)

Email: kori.shivu@mailcity.com

K. Venkateswarlu

Studies on the thermo-mechanical processing of Al-5Ti and Al-5Ti-1B master alloys used for the grain refinement of Al and its alloys (2001) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)

Email: karodi2002@yahoo.co.in

M.K. Dutta

Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline silicides by mechanical alloying in Ni-Fe-Si system (2003) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)

Email:

  Kallol Mondal

Thermodynamics of glass formation and oxidation and corrosion behavior of amorphous and nanocrystalline Zr based alloys (2005)

Email: kallol_m_2000@yahoo.com

G.S. Vinod Kumar

Fading and poisoning phenomena in the grain refinement of Al and Al-7Si alloy (2005) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)

Email: vinodnarasimha@gmail.com

  

T.Venugopal

Synthesis and characterization of Cu matrix nanocomposites by high energy ball milling (2006) (jointly with Prof. K. Prasad Rao)

Email: vgthota@yahoo.com

Ananda Selvi

Studies on equiaxed zone formation in Al-Zn-Mg alloy welds (2006) (jointly with Prof. K. Prasad Rao)

Email: anandhi_nithi@yahoo.com

S.K.S. Parashar

Size effect on structural, electrical and mechanical properties of Sm, Gd, Nd and Zn modified PZT nano ceramics (2007) (jointly with Prof. R.N.P. Chowdhury)

Email: parashar@phy.iitkgp.ernet.in

 

Animesh Mondal

Studies on the synthesis and characterization of Al based in-situ composites reinforced with TiB2 particles (2007)(jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)

Email: animesh.mandal@yahoo.com

 

 

Sashank S. Nayak

Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline intermetallics and nanocomposites of Al-TM (TM=Ti, Zr, Fe) alloys prepared by non-equilibrium processing routes (2007) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)

  Email: sashank_n@yahoo.com

      M. Ashfaq

Studies on the effects of interlayers on friction welded Ti-AISI 304L joints (2007) (jointly with Prof. K. Prasad Rao)

  Email: ashfaq_m700@yahoo.co.in

        Jatin

Bulk Metallic Glass

Email id: jatin1411@yahoo.com 

      S. Kumar

Mechanical and wear behaviour of Aluminium based in-situ composites

Email id: sd_kumar1@yahoo.com

   K. Surekha

Microstructure and properties of friction stir processed Al alloys

Email id: surekakrishnan@yahoo.co.in

  Channopadhyay

(Tata Steel), Development of Hot Rolled Galvanized IF, EDD and High strength steel (2009) (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma)

S. Varalakshmi

Nanocrystalline high entropy alloys by mechanical alloying

Email id: svliitm04@yahoomail.com

  Shanmugam

Synthesis of bulk ultra fine grained alloys through cryorolling(2009) (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma)

G. Sreenivasulu

Sm2Co17-Fe/Co magnetic nanocomposites and nano multiferroics by high energy ball milling (2009)(Jointly with Prof. G. Markandeyulu)

V. Udhayabanu

Mechano-chemical reactions and nanocomposites by reactive milling(2010)

Chittaranjan Das (IGCAR, Kalpakkam)

Structure property correlations in modified 9Cr1Mo Steel weld joints (2011)

B. Praveenkumar, (ARDE, Pune)

Nano PZT (Jointly with Dr. M. Balasubramanian) (2012)

K. Murugan(ARCI, Hyderabad)

Nano titania (Jointly with Dr. A.S. Gandhi) (2012)

B. Ramakrishna Rao (NMRL, Ambarnath)

Bulk Metallic Glasses (Jointly with Dr. A.S. Gandhi) (2012)

Master of Science (MS)

 

  1. T. Mukherjee, Grain refinement of Al alloys containing poisoning elements (2001) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  2. Sasikanth, Nano Barium Strontium Titanate by high energy ball milling (2008) (jointly with Prof. V.R.K. Murthy, Physics)
  3. V. Raghavendra Rao, An innovative powder metallurgical process for the manufacturing of nanoferroelectric materials with enhanced physical properties (2009, MS Enterprenuership) (jointly with Dr. Prakash Sai)
  4. Nikhil Charbhai, Al-Cu-TiB2 hybrid foams (2011) (Jointly with Dr. S. Sankaran) (2012)
  5. N.R. Karthikeyan,Nano ODS Alloys (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma) (2012)
  6. Sree Harsha Nandam, Al-Si-TiB2 hybrid foams (Jointly with Dr. S. Sankaran) (2012)

 

  1. K.H.S. Singh, Production of nanocrystalline nickel aluminides by mechanical alloying (1995)
  2. J. Joardar, A study on the synthesis of nanocrystalline Cu-Zn alloys by mechanical alloying (1995) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  3. K. Kiran Kumar, Studies on alloying behaviour in Cu-Ni system by mechanical alloying (1996) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  4. A. Srinivas, Influence of process parameters on the grain refining behaviour of Al-Ti-B master alloys (1996) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  5. P. Ramakrishna, Characterization of Al-Li/SiCp composites prepared by vacuum infiltration route (1996) (jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw)
  6. M. Dey, Influence of thermo-mechanical processing on the performance of Al-Ti-B master alloy during grain refinement of Al (1998) (jointly with Prof. M. Charaborty)
  7. S. Basu, Role of Mg in the grain refinement of Al-Si alloys by Al-5Ti-1B master alloy (1998) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  8. D. Venkateswara Rao, Production of Al and Mg based composites with SiCp reinforcement by infiltration (1998) (jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw)
  9. B. Ramakrishna Rao, Determination of atomistic free volumes in non-oxide and precursor derived ceramics (1999) (Jointly with Prof. H.E. Schaefer, Universityof Stuttgartunder DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme)
  10. S.S. Nayak, Studies on the development of nanocrystalline Al-Ti alloys by mechanical alloying (2002)
  11. R.V. Koteswara Rao, Studies on the formation and stability of nanoquasicrystalline phase in Al-Cu-Fe and Al-Cu-Co systems by high energy ball milling (2002) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  12. Animesh Mondal, Development of in-situ Al-TiB2 composites (2002) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  13. Rajiv Panda, Development of nanostructured intermetallics in Fe-Ti system for hydrogen storage applications (2003) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  14. Prashant Thakre, Development of advanced Al-TiC in-situ Composites (2003) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  15. Manish Jain, Development of Fe-Al2O3 nanocomposites by reactive milling and study of their magnetic properties (2003) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  16. Bipin Kumar, Zr based bulk metallic glasses by mechanical alloying (2004) (jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  17. Nitin Kameshwar, Rapid solidification processing Ti-Ni shape memory alloys (2004) (jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  18. N.N.R. Vijay, Synthesis of magnetic nanocomposites based on Sm2Co17/Fe/Co through high energy ball milling (2005) (jointly with Prof. G. Markandeyulu)
  19. B. Srinivasa Rao, Study on the criteria for high glass forming ability (2005) (jointly with Dr. K.C. Hari Kumar)
  20. Abhimanyu Sahoo, Mechanically activated leaching of chromite concentrate by reactive milling (2005)
  21. Hemant Pareek, Preparation of porous nanocrystalline platinum supported YSZ by spray pyrolysis (2006) (Jointly with Prof. H. Hahn, University of Darmstadt under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme)
  22. P.K. Ray, Influence of thermodynamics and local geometry on glass formation in transition metal alloys (2006) (Jointly with Prof. K. Chattopadhyay, IISc)
  23. Navneet Kumar Singh,  Synthesis and characterization of Ni-Al2O3 and NiAl-Al2O3 nanocomposites by reactive milling (2007)
  24. Avinash Chetan, Characterization and study of stabilization mechanism of Zinc Foams (2007) (Jointly with Prof. J. Banhart, University of Berlin under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme)
  25. K.G. Prashanth, Fabrication of metallic glasses and metallic glass reinforced metal matrix composites(2008) (Jointly with Prof. J. Eckert, University of Dresden under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme)
  26. K. Praveen Kumar, Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline PZT Ferroelectrics (2008) (jointly with Dr. M. Balasubramaian).
  27. Ch.S.R.L. Prasad, Synthesis and characterization of BiFeO3 and BiFeO3–PVDF polymer nanocomposites (2009) (jointly with Dr. M. Balasubramaian).
  28. Pavan Nukala, Synthesis and characterization of Zn doped Barium Titanate-Nickel ferrite multiferroic nanocomposites (2009).
  29. Mayur Vaidya, Nanocrystalline Cu doped Ni-Zn ferrites and their multiferroic nanocomposites with Barium Titanate (2010).
  30. K.G. Pradeep, Synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline high entropy alloys (2010) (Jointly with Prof. J. Banhart, University of Berlin under DAAD sandwitch MTech Programme)
  31. Pragna Bhaskar, Synthesis and characterisation of advanced ODS steels (2010) (jointly with Dr. S. Sankaran)
  32. Sattaiah, ODS alloys for nuclear applications (2011)
  33. Senthil Kumar, Synthesis of multicomponent equiatomic amorphous alloys by mechanical alloying (2012)
  1. B.K. Panigrahi and P. Biju, Grain refinement of Al by Al-Ti and Al-Ti-B master alloys prepared under different conditions (1993) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  2. M.K. Gupta, Corrosive-erosive and erosive wear in cast nitrogenated austenitic stainless steels (1994) (Jointly with Prof. A.K. Chakrabarti)
  3. Sangeet Saurabh, Effect of hot rolling on the grain refining behavior of Al-Ti master alloy (1994) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  4. Rajesh Namboodri, Surface study and characterization of SiC (1995) (Jointly with Prof. T.B. Ghosh)
  5. Rajiv Kajaria, Some studies on Al-Li/SiCp composites prepared through infiltration route (1995) (Jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw)
  6. Himanshu Kapoor, Development of milling map for the synthesis of NiAl by mechanical alloying (1996)
  7. Subhashish Batabyal, Studies on miscibility gap in Cu-Ni system by mechanical alloying (1996) (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  8. R.K. Jha, Synthesis of nanocrystalline intermetallics in Fe-Al system by mechanical alloying (1996) (Jointly with Prof. S.K. Pabi)
  9. Nitin Agarwal, Surface and interface studies in cast Al-SiC particulate composites (1997) (Jointly with Prof. B.K. Dhindaw)
  10. D.K. Verma, Influence of ternary additions on the grain refinement behavior of Al-Si alloys by Al-Ti-B master alloys (1997) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  11.  K.M. Haasan, Effect of casting size on the grain refinement of Al by Al-Ti-B master alloy (1997)(Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  12. Jyoti Jain, Studies on the synthesis of carbides by mechanical alloying (1998)
  13. Sandeep Mukerjee, Studies on the fading characteristics of Al-10Ti and Al-5Ti-1B grain refiners (1998) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  14. Atul Kumar and S. Sinha, Studies on the development of nanocrystalline Al-Ti alloys (2001)
  15. Arvind Nigam, Studies on development of nanocrystalline Al-Ti alloys by mechanical alloying (2002)
  16. Lal Bahadur, Development of Al-Ti-C master alloys (2002) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  17. Pranav Chandra, Studies on the development of Al-TiC grain refiners by mechanical alloying (2003) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  18. Abhishek, Mechanochemical synthesis using high energy ball milling (2003)
  19. Tushar Khetarpal, Synthesis and characterization of granular CMR La1-xBaxMnO3 nanoceramic powders (2003) (Jointly with Prof. S. Ram)
  20. Indranil Das, Modeling of fading phenomenon during grain refining of Al and its alloys (2003) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  21. Vithika Mishra, Al based nanocomposites by mechanical alloying (2004)
  22. Krishna Nittala, Al-TiC in-situ composites by salt route    (2004) (Jointly with Prof. M. Chakraborty)
  23. Ashish Kumar Mishra, Solid state amorphization of Zr-Ti-Ni-Cu system by mechanical alloying (2005)
  24. Pushkar Anand, Organic light emitting diode fabrication (2005) (Jointly with Dr. S. Kasiviswanathan)
  25. Ashish Singhal, Mechanical testing and microstructural studies of dual phase steels (2005) (Jointly with Dr. V.S. Sarma)
  26. Vivek Raghunathan, Nanomultiferroics in BaTiO3-NiFe2O4 system by high energy ball milling (2007)
  27. Sahil Sahni, Influence of synthesis and sintering parameters on the microstructural, mechanical and electrical properties of nano titania synthesized by sol gel (2007)
  28. P. Ravi Kumar, Modeling the influence of milling medium on the energy input during high energy ball milling for the synthesis of nanocrystalline TiO2 (2008)
  29. Ashok Gurumurthy, Thermodynamics of high entropy alloys (2008)
  30. S. Aravind, Mechanical behavior of high entropy alloys (2008) (Jointly with Dr. K. Ravisankar)
  31. Santosh Raghavan, Kinetics of Mechanically Activated Reactions (2009).
  32. Nikhil D. Kamath,    Thermodynamics of High Entropy Alloys (2009) (Jointly with Dr. K.C. Hari Kumar).
  33. A.H.V. Pavan, Development of high strength Nanocrystalline Al-Cu alloys by High Energy Ball Milling and Spark Plasma Sintering (2010)
  34. V. Kaushik, Nano ODS alloys (2010)
  35. Abhinav Vaish, Nano ODS alloys (2011)
  36. R. Raghavan, Thermodynamics of phase formation in multicomponent alloys (2011)
  37. Abhishek Vyas, Effect of stacking fault energy on grain growth and sintering kinetics in nanomaterials (2011)

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D)

Niraj chawake

 

Advisor - Dr. Ravi Sankar Kotada

Email id: niraj.chawake@gmail.com

Phone: +919884681712

 S. Pravee

 Microstructural evolution and Mechanical properties of High Entropy Alloys synthesized by Mechanical Alloying and Spark Plasma Sintering

Advisor - Dr. Ravi Sankar Kotada 

Email id: spravin88@gmail.com

Phone: +918939607033

P. Susila

Nanostructured Iron Based Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloys by High Energy Ball Milling.

Advisor - Dr. V. Subramanya Sarma

 

 

 

A. K. Prasada Rao

On the Graiin refiinement and Modiifiicatiion of Some Hypoeutectiic All-Sii alllloys.

Advisor - Prof. M. Chakraborty

Email id: akprasada@yahoo.com

N. Subba Reddy

 

 

Sheela Singh

 

 

P. Barua

 

 

Research Associates

Lavanya Raman

 

 E Mail: lavanya.metly@gmail.com