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
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

Nicky Kisku
Assistant Professor (on contract)
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.Tech. (Metallurgical and Mat. Sc. Engg. IGIT, Sarang, Govt. of Odisha), M.Tech. (Metallurgical and Mat. Sc. Engg. NIT, Durgapur), Ph.D. (Metallurgical and Mat. Sc. Engg., IIT Kharagpur)
Research Interests: Development of Advanced high strength steel for automotive applications, Structure- Property correlation of metals, Recycling of waste material using hydrometallurgical, extractive routes

Vishvendra Pratap Singh
Assistant Professor (on Contract)
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering, Uttarakhand Technical University Hamirpur), M.Tech. (Material Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur), Ph.D. (Material Science and Engineering, IIT Mandi)
Research Interests: Functional materials for water remediation, Piezoelectric materials and Glass ceramics.

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

Dr. Sandan Kumar Sharma
Assistant Professor (on contract)
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering), M.Tech. (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee), Ph.D. (Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, IIT Roorkee), Post Doctorate (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, Europe)
Research Interests: Processing of Advanced Structural Ceramics, Tribology of Materials, Spark Plasma Sintering, Nano Composite Materials

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

Ravi Kant
Assistant Professor (on contract)
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Ph.D.
Research Interests:Composite materials, nano materials and wear

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 & Head
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