Santosh Kumar

[Jan 2020—ongoing]

Research Title: Reactive Element Effect and the Dynamic Segregation Theory in Nickel Aluminide Bond Coat Materials.

Supervisor: Dr. Pratik K. Ray

Ranjith Kumar S.

[Sep 2020—ongoing]

Research Title: Microstructure and Thermal Stability of Rare Earth-Based Polymer-Derived Ceramics.

Supervisor: Dr. Ravi M. Prasad

Sagarika Bhattacharjee

[Sep 2020 —ongoing]

Research Title: Nanopatterning through ice templating.

Supervisor: Dr. Pratik K. Ray

Atul Pandey

[July 2021—ongoing]

Research Title: DFT of MXenes.

Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana 

Prem Chandra Sinha

ERP [July 2021—Ongoing]

Research Title: Casting Parameters and Casting Defect Formation in Steels.

Supervisors: Dr. Ravi M. Prasad & Dr. Prince K. Singh 

Awnish Prashad Singh

ERP [January 2022—Ongoing]

Research Title: Designing a Sub-Entry Nozzle to Optimize Steel Behavior Inside the Mold During Continuous Casting.

Supervisor: Dr. Prince K. Singh 

Alok Pratap Singh

PT [July 2022—Ongoing]

Research Title: Optimization of Ladle Furnace Slag for Better Refractory Life.

Supervisor: Dr. Prince K. Singh 

Jaganathan M.

[Jan 2023—ongoing]

Research Title: Metal oxide-based composites for enhanced gas sensing applications.

Supervisor: Dr. Ravi M. Prasad

Rudraksha Bhardwaj

[Jan 2023—ongoing]

Research Title: Non-equilibrium solidification: development of theoretical models from experimental insights.

Supervisor: Dr. Pratik K. Ray

Daljeet Singh

[Jan 2023—Ongoing]

Research Title: Oxidation, electrochemical corrosion, and wear behavior of high-entropy alloys

Supervisor: Dr. Rajiv Kumar

Nitesh Kumar

[July 2023—ongoing]

Research Title: Evaluation of orientation- and temperature-dependent flow behavior of Zr-2.5% Nb pressure tubes and its constitutive modeling.

Supervisor: Dr. Abhishek Tiwari 

Swastik Soni

[July 2023—ongoing]

Research Title: Fracture and damage behavior of metals using small punch testing and finite element modeling.

Supervisor: Dr. Abhishek Tiwari 

Mohammad Arshad Jamal

[July 2023—ongoing]

Research Title: Mechanical characterization of discontinuities in materials’ microstructure.

Supervisor: Dr. Abhishek Tiwari 

Sambit Tripathy

[July 2023—ongoing]

Research Title: Recycling of Waste in Metal Industries for Potential Use.

Supervisor: Dr. Prince K. Singh 

Shambhu Pandit

[Jan 2024—ongoing] 

Research Title: MXene-based Sensing Devices.

Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana

Sugam Kumar 

[July 2024—ongoing]

Research Title: Semiconductors.

Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana

Maitreya Fulmall

[July 2023—ongoing]

Research Title: Mechanical and tribological behavior of additively manufactured high-entropy alloys.

Supervisors: Dr. Rajiv Kumar & Dr. Pratik K. Ray

Vikram Tirukkovelur

ERP: [Jan 2024—ongoing]

Research Title: Developing brazing techniques for metal-to-metal, metal-to-cermet, and metal-to-ceramics.

Supervisor: Dr. Avala Lavakumar

Sushree P. Mohapatra

[Sept 2024—ongoing]

Research Title: Deformation Behavior of Equiatomic/Non-Equiatomic Alloys.

Supervisor: Dr. Avala Lavakumar

Sukhjeet Singh

[Jan 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Wear Behavior of Nano-Bainitic Steel.

Supervisor:Dr. Khushboo Rakha 

Nitin Sharma

[July 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Stacking Fault Energy Modeling.

Supervisor: Dr. Khushboo Rakha 

Mohammad Abubakar Ansari
  [July 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Energy Storage Devices.

Supervisor: Dr. Ravi M. Prasad

Gopi

[July 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Specialized Textiles

Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana

Deepa Birthwal

  [August 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Metamaterial for sensing applications.  

Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana

Shashi Noor Beck

[Jan 2025—Ongoing]

Research Title: Cavitation and corrosion behaviour of high-entropy alloys.

Supervisors: Dr. Rajiv Kumar & Prof. Harpreet Singh

Vaibhav Kumar

[Jan 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Mechanical Behavior of Structural Materials.

Supervisor: Dr. Nitish Bibhanshu

Babita Singh

[Jan 2025—ongoing]

Research Title:  Structure and Strength of Electronic Materials.

Supervisor: Dr. Nitish Bibhanshu (Jointly with Dr. Suman Mishra)

Rubal

[Jan 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Flash sintering of ZnO-based materials for high-temperature thermoelectric applications.

Supervisor: Dr. Hariprasad Gopalan

Avishi Sharma

[July 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Physical and Mathematical Modelling of Zone-wise Refining in Ladle

Supervisor: Dr. Prince K. Singh 

Yashasvi Jaiswal

[July 2025—Ongoing]

Research Title:  Mechanical Response and Corrosion Behavior of Additively Manufactured Alloys.

Supervisor: Dr. Nitish Bibhanshu

(Jointly with IIT Mandi)

Gedela Santhosh Kumar 

[July 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Strategic Design of Transformation-Induced Plasticity (TRIP) and Twinning-Induced Plasticity (TWIP) Mechanisms in Medium-Manganese Steels.

Supervisor: Dr. Avala Lavakumar

NarinderPal Singh

[Sep 2025—ongoing]

Research Title: Electrodeposition on Nanoporous Metallic Substrate.

Supervisor: Dr. Sambit Bapari

Sappidi Sanjay

ERP: [Jan 2026—ongoing]

Research Title: Stealth Technologies Using Metallic Materials.

Supervisor: Dr. Avala Lavakumar

Mahinderdeep Singh

[Jan 2026—ongoing]

Research Title: Design, Optimization, and Fabrication of Metallic Lattice Structures for High Strength-to-Weight Ratio Application.

Supervisor: Dr. Avala Lavakumar

Mukesh Rekhi

[Jan 2026—ongoing]

Research Title: ML-assisted atom probe tomography for microstructural characterization and materials informatics.

Supervisor:Dr. Khushboo Rakha 

Guguloth Sipra

[Jan 2026—Ongoing]

Research Title: Recycling of Zinc and Iron From EAF Dust and Conjugated Tools.

Supervisor: Dr. Prince K. Singh 

Aangeerasaa S

[Jan 2026—ongoing]

Research Title: Damage Modeling and Failure Analysis of Superalloys.

Supervisor: Dr. Abhishek Tiwari 

Devesh Anand

[July 2026—ongoing]

Research Title: Deformation Behavior of High-Entropy Alloys.

Supervisor: Dr. Nitish Bibhanshu