Group Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

Research Team
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Email: kirankumar.surthi@che.iith.ac.in

Dr. Kiran Kumar Surthi

Research Area: Metal-ion, Metal-Sulphur batteries, Computational Studies, Gas Sensing Applications

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Email: aisha.siddiqa@che.iith.ac.in

Dr. Aisha Siddiqa

Research Area: Supercapacitors, Capacitive desalination, Metal-ion batteries, Metal-ion capacitors, Metal-CO2 batteries

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Email: ch24ipdf12@iith.ac.in

Dr. Namsheer K

Research Area: Material design, Phase engineering of TMDS, Energy Storage (Supercapacitors and Battery), Energy conversion (Hydrogen production)

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Email: seetha.lakshmy@che.iith.ac.in

Dr. Seetha Lakshmy

Research Area: Computational Materials Science, DFT Calculations, Ab initio Molecular Dynamic Simulations, 2D Materials & their Composites, Supercapacitors, Drug delivery

Ph.D Students

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Shaik Ruksana

Research Area: Chemiresistive Gas Sensors

Email: ch20resch11002@iith.ac.in
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Ankit Kumar Chourasia

Research Area: Metal-CO2 Batteries

Email: ch21resch01007@iith.ac.in
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Sony K Cherian

Research Area: Li - S batteries

Email: ch21resch01006@iith.ac.in
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Surya Babu S

Research Area: Metal - CO2 batteries

Email: id21resch11001@iith.ac.in
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Naga Keerthana Apparla

Research Area: Carbon Based Electrode Materials for Next Generation High Energy and High Power Devices

Email: ch21resch11003@iith.ac.in
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Amit Malla

Research Area: Metal - CO2 batteries

Email: ch23resch11001@iith.ac.in
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Parnika

Research Area: Metal - Sulfur batteries

Email: id23resch11009@iith.ac.in
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Srijina M

Research Area: Metal - CO2 batteries

Email: ch23resch11006@iith.ac.in
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Tilesh Chaudhari

Research Area: Dual Carbon Batteries

Email: ch24resch02002@iith.ac.in

M.Tech Students

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Dekketi G C Vikram Reddy

Research Area: Metal-CO2 Batteries

Email: ch23mtech11008@iith.ac.in
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Arshad Adil P T

Research Area: Gas Sensors - Bacterial Cellulose - TMDs

Email: pb23mtech11001@iith.ac.in
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Himanshu Prasad

Research Area: Metal-CO2 Batteries

Email: gs23mtech11302@iith.ac.in
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Ayush Pratap Singh

Research Area: Metal - Sulfur Batteries

Email: gs23mtech14303@iith.ac.in

Project Staff

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Tulika

Project Assistant

Email: @iith.ac.in

Alumni

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Dr. Manohar Kakunuri (2015)

Thesis title: Nano-structured Carbon Materials as High Capacity Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Battery

Current Position: Assistant Professor, NIT Warangal
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Dr. Anulekha K.H (2015)

Thesis title: Electrospun Nanostructured Inorganic Materials as High Performance Electrodes for Lithium Ion Batteries

Current Position: Scientist, Eagle Picher Technologies
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Dr. Ramya Reddy Araga (2018)

Thesis title: Carbon and Polymer Based Novel Adsorbents for the Removal of Fluoride from Aqueous Solution

Current Position: Assistant Professor, NIT Warangal
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Dr. Sharanya Shankar (Co-Supervisor) (2019)

Thesis title: Biomimetic Electrospun Scaffold For Regenerative medicines

Current Position: Will Update soon...
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Dr. Srinadh Mattaparthi (2019)

Thesis title: Nature-inspired Functional Surfaces

Current Position: PDF, IIT Gandhinagar
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Dr. Mrunalini Gaydhane (2020)

Thesis title: Electrospun Nanofibers For Drug Delivery

Current Position: Ad-hoc faculty, NIT Hamirpur
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Dr. Akash Nathani (2020)

Thesis title: Electrospun nanofibers

Current Position: PDF, Kansas State University
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Dr. Mani Pujitha Illa (Co-Supervisor) (2020)

Thesis title: Bacterial Cellulose

Current Position: Assistant Professor, NIT Trichy
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Dr. Suresh Mamidi (2020)

Thesis title: Hard Carbon as Anode for Lithium ion Battery: Design & Materials Aspects

Current Position: Assistant Professor, NIT Agartala
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Dr. Nandini Dhiman (2020)

Thesis title: Microfluidic Chip-based Three-dimensional Cell Culture for Cancer and Stem Cell Therapeutics

Current Position: QA/RA Consultant, LEXQARA
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Dr. Mitravinda Tadepalli (2021)

Thesis title: Methods and Modifications of Nano-Porous Carbon Materials to Augment Supercapacitor Performance

Current Position: Assistant Manager,Amara Raja Advanced Cell Technologies
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Dr. Mayur Gaikwad (2021)

Thesis title: Carbon Xerogel as anode for Li ion batteries

Current Position: Research Associate, University of Pittsburgh
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Dr. Poonam Rani (2022)

Thesis title: Design and Development of Carbon based Interlayers: The Prospective Approach towards the High Performance Lithium-Sulfur Battery

Current Position: PDF, IIT Roorkee
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Dr. Arti Gupta (2022)

Thesis title: Micro/Nano textured silicon/polymer antireflective surfaces for high efficiency solar cells

Current Position: Will update soon..
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Dr. Omkar Sangabathula (2022)

Thesis title: Carbon Based Metal & Metal Sulfides for High Performance Supercapacitors

Current Position: PDF, IIT Roorkee
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Dr. Vikram Kishore Bharti (2023)

Thesis title: Bacterial Cellulose-derived Carbon Nanofiber for Next-Generation Metal-Sulfur (Metal- Li, K) Batteries

Current Position: Postdoctoral Research Fellow,University of Southampton
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Dr. Aakanksha Ruhela (2023)

Thesis title: Micro-Nano fabrication for healthcare applications

Current Position: R & D Engineer, Avient Corporation
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Dr. Shalakha Saha (2024)

Thesis title: Unlocking the Potential of Carbon & Transition Metal Compounds as High-Performance Electrodes for Next-Generation Supercapacitors

Current Position: Will update soon..

Research Scholars

Lokesh Kumar Khobragade, M.Tech (2010-12) Sri Harsha Mandalapu, M.Tech (2011-13) Srinadh Mattaparthi, M.Tech (2011-13)
Tulika Rastogi (NIT Rourkela), Summer intern: 2013 Akanksha Adawal, M.Tech (2012-2014) Suresh Killada, M.Tech (2012-2014)
Sushma Sunkara (NIT-T), Summer intern-2014 Mani Pujitha Illa (RGU-IIIT Nuzvid), Summer intern-2014 Rishab Saraswat (BITS Hyderabad)
Sheetal V, B.Tech (2011) Nilesh Charpota, B.Tech (2012) Krishna Kumar, B.Tech (2012)
Aditya Aagare, B.Tech (2012) Karthik M.G., M. Tech (2013-15) Shital Yadav, M. Tech (2013-15)
Sanjana Kanuganti, B.Tech (2013) Shantanu Soni, B.Tech (2013) Dr. Ravi Kali, PDF (2017-18)
Karthikeyan G, B.Tech (2018) Dr. Ananya G, PDF (2017-18) Dr. Darshna Potphode, PDF (2018-19)
Dr. Krishna Kumar S, PDF (2019-2020) Dr. Vishnu N, PDF (2019-2020) Dr. Bongu Chandra Sekhar, PDF (2020-2021)
Dr. Anil D. Pathak, PDF (2020-2021) Dr. Manikandan K, PDF (2020-2021) Dr. Arthi Gopalakrishnan, PDF (2021-2022)
Dr. Kisshore Kampara, PDF (2021-2022) Dr. M. Karnan, PDF (2022) Dr. Mohd Shavez, PDF (2022-2023)
Dr. Ranjini Sarkar, PDF (2022-2023) Dr. Manojk Rajbhar, PDF (2023) Dr. Keerti M. Naik, PDF (2022-2024)
Alok Pandey, B.Tech (2020) Ahmed Shihorwalla, B.Tech (2021) Ankeet, M.Tech (2020)
Md Nizam, Project Staff Kali Suresh, Project Officer Ajay Singh, M.Tech (2021)
Sai Praneeth, M. Tech (2021-22) Apurva Anjan, M. Tech (2021-22) Ayonija Srivastava, M. Tech (2021-22)
Madhavi K. Gaydhane, Project Assistant (2018-2022) Swapna, Project Assistant (2022-2023) M. Manoj Kumar, M.Tech (2022-2023)
Ashish Priyam Goswami, M.Tech (2022-2023) Satyam Pandey, M.Tech (2022-2024) Ashwini Bhise, Project Technical Assistant (2023-2024)