Faculty

Sanjay H. Upadhyay

Professor & Head, CSST

sanjay.upadhyay[at]me.iitr.ac.in

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

01332-285520

Non-Linear Vibration Analysis and Control, Bearing Dynamics, Fault Diagnostic and Prognostic, Inflatable and Gossamer Structure/Antenna, Smart Materials and Structures,

Sumanta Sarkhel

Associate Professor

sarkhel[at]ph.iitr.ac.in

Department of Physics

01332-284817

Space Physics: Ionosphere, Sodium Airglow, Mesospheric Chemistry and Dynamics, Atmospheric Gravity Waves, Optical Instruments: Active and Passive Remote Sensing, Airglow Photometer, Airglow Imager, Airglow Spectrometer, Sodium Lidar, Image Analyses: Allsky Imager, Optical and Thermal Image Processing, Planetary Science: Investigation of the Atmosphere of Venus and Mars.

M. V. Sunil Krishna

Associate Professor

mv.sunilkrishna[at]ph.iitr.ac.in

Department of Physics

01332-285335

Space Physics, Optical Aeronomy, Physics of Aurora and Airglow, Ionospheric Physics, Space Weather, High energetic particle precipitation, Effects of extreme space weather, Mesospheric Sodium, Modeling of metal layer chemistry & airglow, Ozone variability, Mesospheric dynamics and chemistry, Atmospheric Waves, AI/ML based predictive modeling of thermosphere ionosphere system

Anil Kumar Gourishetty

Associate Professor

anil.gourishetty[at]ph.iitr.ac.in

Department of Physics

01332-285133

Experimental Nuclear Physics, Monte Carlo simulation of response of radiation detectors, ., Characterization of radiation detectors for different applications, Nuclear Astrophysics, Radiation induced effects in materials, ., Environmental Radioactivity, ., Promotion of Sanskrit language and Sanskrit knowledge Systems

B. V. Manoj Kumar

Professor

manoj.kumar[at]mt.iitr.ac.in

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Tribology of advanced materials, Processing of Ceramics and Composites, Structure-Property Correlations in Advanced Materials

Amalendu Patnaik

Professor

amalendu.patnaik[at]ece.iitr.ac.in

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

01332-285850

RF and Microwave Engineering, , Machine learning applications in Electromagnetic, , CAD of antennas, Plasmonic antennas

Darshak Bhatt

Assistant Professor

darshak.bhatt[at]ece.iitr.ac.in

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

01332-285645

RF Microelectronics, Analog circuits for wireless application, RFIC, Transciever design

Rajib K. Panigrahi

Associate Professor

rajib.panigrahi[at]ece.iitr.ac.in

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering

01332-284767

Radar-based remote sensing, denoising, segmentation and classification of SAR images, radar interferometry, radar polarimetry, Radar system design and development, Lunar surface characterization, AI-IoT based smart irrigation system, development of landslide forewarning system, disaster mitigation, development of sensors and networking.

Dhanashri Joglekar

Assistant Professor

dhanashri.joglekar[at]me.iitr.ac.in

Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

01332-284410

Guided Wave Propagation, NDE, Nonlinear dynamics, Computational mechanics, Finite and Spectral finite element methods for nonlinear problems in elastodynamics

Nachiketa Rai

Assistant Professor

n.rai[at]es.iitr.ac.in

Department of Earth Sciences

9917082787

Planetary Science, Geochemistry, High Pressure – High Temperature experiments, Planetary Volatiles, Mineral Physics, Aqueous & Low-T Geochemistry and Isotopes

Diptimayee Nayak

Assistant Professor

dipti.nayak[at]hs.iitr.ac.in

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Environmental Economics, Ecological Economics, Protected areas, Forest and Water ecosystem services, Valuation of ecosystem services, Participatory management, Tourism, Sustainability

Ambrish Pandey

Assistant Professor

ambrish.pandey[at]ph.iitr.ac.in

Department of Physics

01332-284806

Atmospheric and Space Physics: Atmospheric Turbulence, Solar and Stellar Convection, Geo- and Astrophysical Turbulent Flows, Direct Numerical Simulations, Computational Fluid Physics, Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Ramachandran C. N.

Associate Professor

ramcn[at]cy.iitr.ac.in

Department of Chemistry

01332-284773

Theoretical Chemistry,Computational Chemistry, Gas hydrates, Interstellar Chemistry, Computational Designing of Materials,Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Sandip Banerjee

Professor

sandip.banerjee[at]ma.iitr.ac.in

Department of Mathematics

01332-285697

Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Modeling.

Dr. Bhanu Pant

Visiting Professor

bhanupant[at]csst.iitr.ac.in

Centre for Space Science and Technology

Development and processing of Space materials including metallic, bimetallic, functional and ceramic materials. Joining of similar and dissimilar materials, System development for space applications. Keen interest in the area of additive manufacturing, development of thermal protection systems for hypersonic reentry of space vehicles. Non-destructive evaluation of components and space system troubleshooting and qualification

Dr. Sharad Chandra Sharma

Visiting Professor

sharad.sharma[at]csst.iitr.ac.in

Centre for Space Science and Technology

Processing of Materials under Space Environment, Thermostructural and Thermal Protection System Materials, Special Purpose Materials for Space Applications, Smart Materials and Structures, Structure-Property Correlations in Light Structural Materials

Mr. A C. Mathur

Visiting Professor

acmathur[at]csst.iitr.ac.in

Centre for Space Science and Technology

SMART / INTELLIGENT Materials Structures, Lightweight & Inflatable materials & Structures, Composite material Structures, Satellite & Earth Stations, Antenna Mechanical Design, Satellite Payloads Mechanical Design, Manufacturing for and in Space, Advanced Manufacturing, Micro & Nano Technology (MNT) Systems