Faculty

Anu Prathap M.U.
Assistant Professor/Ramalingaswami Re-entry Fellow (on contract)
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
M.Sc. (Chemistry, M.G. University), M.Tech (Polymer Science & Rubber Technology, CUSAT, Kerala), Ph.D. (Chemistry, IIT Ropar), Post Doctorate (Nanyang Technolgical Unversity, Singapore) & (University of Wisconson Madison, USA)
Research Interests: Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion, Storage and Biosensor applications

J D Sharma
Associate Professor & Head
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
BE – Metallurgy ME – Industrial Materials & Metallurgy, Ph.D.
Research Interests: Management for Metallurgical Process waste, Transparent Ceramics, Conducting Ceramics and Thin Films, Materials Degradation and Selection, High Strain Rate Materials

Mahesh V. P.
Assistant Professor (on contract)
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering, University of Calicut, Kerala), M.Tech. (Process Metallurgy, NIT-K), Ph.D. (Materials Science & Engg., IIT Gandhinagar, Gujarat)
Research Interests: Aluminum Metal matrix composites, Electrochemistry, Metal casting, Friction Stir Welding/ Processing

Dr. Rajiv Kumar
Assistant Professor
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.Tech. (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering-NIT DGP), M.Tech. (Materials Science and Engineering-IITK), Ph.D. (Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay and Monash University, Australia)
Research Interests:Alloys development, High entropy alloys, Corrosion, High-temperature oxidation, Materials Characterization, Powder metallurgy, Structure-Property correlation, Mechanical behavior of metals and alloys

Ranvir Singh Panwar
Assistant Professor (on contract)
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
M.Tech. (Materials Science & Engg.), Ph.D
Research Interests:Composite Materials, Tribological Behavior of Materials, Metal Foam Development, Nano Materials

Suresh Chand
Assistant Professor
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.Tech. (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering-NITD), M.Tech. (Materials Science and Engineering-IITK)
Research Interests:Brazing of metals (e.g: Ti and its alloys), Bulkultrafine nanostructured materials produced by ball milling and severe plastic deformation processes, structure - property relationship of materials, Electron microscopy, Aging and recrystallization of metal

Uma Batra
Professor
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.E. (Metallurgy), M.Tech. (Metallurgy), PhD (Metallurgy)
Research Interests:Structure-Property Correlation, Austempered Ductie Iron, Failure Analysis, Biomaterials, Ti-Alloy Bio Implants, Lead free Solder Development