Prof. (Dr.) Ramesh Chandra

Felicitation by Honourable Defence Minister

Felicitation by Honourable Defence Minister : Shri Rajnath Singh at DRDO Academia Conclave-2023

DRDO Award Principal Investigator

DRDO Award for development of Corrosion Resistant Coating for Marine Applications

DRDO Award Principal Investigator

DRDO Award for development of Corrosion Resistant Coating for Marine Applicatiions

BITS Pilani Goa Campus

Visit to BITS Pilani Goa Campus for PhD Viva-Voce and Seminar

Thin Film Laboratory

Dr Ramesh Chandra Research Group at Thin Film Laboratory, IIC- IIT Roorkee

Professor (Dr.) Ramesh Chandra
HAG Scale Professor at IIT Roorkee with 28+ years of Teaching experience.
Prof. Ramesh Chandra is a prominent academic and researcher associated with the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee). His work spans various areas within engineering and technology, contributing significantly to the institution's reputation for excellence in research and education. At IIT Roorkee, Prof. Chandra is known for his dedication to teaching, mentoring students, and leading cutting-edge research projects. His expertise and innovative approaches have garnered him recognition within the academic community, both in India and internationally. Over the years, he has published numerous research papers in reputed journals and has presented his work at various conferences, reflecting his active engagement with the latest developments in his field. His commitment to fostering a collaborative and dynamic academic environment has made him a respected figure among his peers and students alike. In addition to his academic pursuits, Prof. Chandra is also active in professional organizations and has received several awards and honors for his contributions to engineering and technology. Currently, he was felicitated by Honourable Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh at DRDO Academia Conclave-2023.

PhD Dissertations

M.Tech. and M.Phil.

Post Doc Fellows

PUBLICATIONS

2025

1) Advance biomass-derived cellulose composite electrodes for supercapacitors: a review; Nitesh Choudhary, Akshay Tomar, Shakshi Bhardwaj, Jakub Cwiertnia, Dominik Just, Dawid Janas, Ramesh Chandra, Pradip K. Maji; J. Mater. Chem. A, 13 (2025) 4012
2) Investigation of electrochemical properties of Pt-WO3 nanocomposite thin films for supercapacitor applications; Reenu Rani, A Kumar, M Sharma, Brij Mohan, R Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, V.K. Malik; J Phys. Chem. Solids, 197, (2025),112428
3) Synergistically integrated WS2-MoSe2nanowires co-sputtered over porous silicon towards ppb level NO2 detection; Sonika Kodan, Sheetal Issar, Akshay Tomar, Vivek Malik, Ramesh Chandra; Sensors & Actuators: B. Chemical 441 (2025) 138021
4) Correlative morphology effects on surface characteristics of hydrophilic h-MoS2 thin films; Prachi Gurawal, Somdatta, G Malik, R Adalati, M Madaan, V.K. Malik, Ramesh Chandra; Mater. Chem. Phys. 341 (2025) 130870
5) MoS2-MoSe2 Nanoflakes-based n-n Heterojunction towards Highly Sensitive and Selective Room Temperature NO2 Gas Sensor; Sonika Kodan, Sheetal Issar, Akshay Tomar, Vivek Malik, Ramesh Chandra; Appl. Phys. Lett. 126, (2025) 241602
6) Li-salt assisted high performance bimetallic titanium vanadium nitride-based symmetric supercapacitor device for energy storage application; Sheetal Issar, Sonika Kodan, A Bansal, A Tomar, Nitesh Choudhary, Ramesh Chandra; Electrochimica Acta. 535, (2025) 146636
7) Unlocking Versatility of V2O5 Films for Next-Generation Batteries: A Binder-Free Approach; Ananya Bansal, Pramod Kumar, Kushagra Bharadwaj, Vipin Chawla, Ramesh Chandra; J. Power Sources 653 (2025) 237748
8) La2NiMnO6-modified flexible PVDF membranes for wastewater purification via coupled piezo contact electrocatalysis; A Gangal, Samta Manori, S Rana, Aakanksha Jain, Ramesh Chandra, R K Shukla; J. Water Process Engg, 76 (2025) 108202
9) Radical-Mediated Photocatalytic Dye Degradation Antimi Properties of La2NiMnO6 Nanoparticles; Samta Manori, A Gangal, Aakanksha Jain Kaushik, Vishwajeet Bachhar, Vibha Joshi, M Duseja, Ramesh Chandra, Ravi Kumar Shukla; New J Chem., 49 (2025) 807
10) Electrochemical Analysis of Flexible Symme Supercapacitors Using WSe2@Graphite Thin Film Electrodes under Different pH Conditions; Akshay Tomar, N Choudhary, R Jain, D Chaudhary, G Malik, Sheetal Issar, Ramesh Chandra; Nanoscale 17 (2025), 16457-16475
11) Beyond Heat Harvesting: Thermoelectric Materials and Hybrid Devices for Smart Sensing and Sustainable Technologies; Neeraj Dhariwal, Preety Yadav, Akanksha, Sakshi Bisht, Ramesh Chandra, O. P. Thakur, Paul V. Braun, Sung Bum Kang, Amit Sanger, Vinod Kumar; Adv. Energy Mater. (2025), 2502895
12) Tailored 2D Bi2WO6-rGO hybrid composites for advanced flexible and wearable supercapacitor devices; Neeraj Dhariwal, Priti Yadav, Dinesh, Somdatta, Amit Sanger, Ramesh Chandra, Vinod Kumar; Inorganic Chemistry Communications; 115398; Our reference INOCHE_115398 PII S1387-7003(25)01515-1;DOI 10.1016/j.inoche.2025.115398

2024

1) Fabrication of Symmetric Supercapacitor Device using MnO2/Cellulose nanocrystals/Graphite electrode by Sputtering for Energy Storage. Nitesh Choudhary, Akshay Tomar,b Shiva Singh, Ramesh Chandra, Pradip K. Maji; Nanoscale; 17 (2025) 1289–1307
2) WSe2 Nanoflakes on Graphite Sheets for Flexible Symmetric Supercapacitors; Akshay Tomar Nitesh Choudhary, Gaurav Malik, Ramesh Chandra; Nano Materials ACS Appl. Nano Mater; 7 (2024) 22, 26111–26125
3) Chemically-tuned Cellulose Nanocrystals/Single Wall Carbon Nanosheet based Electrodes for Hybrid Supercapacitors; Nitesh Choudhary, Shiva Singh, Gaurav Malik, Shakshi Bhardwaj, Siddharth Sharma, Akshay Tomar, Sheetal Issar, Ramesh Chandra, Pradip Kumar Maji; Sustainable Energy Fuels; 8 (2024) 3595–3609
4) Design of High-Performance Symmetric Supercapacitor Based on WSe2 Nanoflakes for Energy Storage Applications; Energy & Fuels; 38 (2024) 13425−13435
5) Temperature-dependent wetting and other physical characteristics of sputtered grown WO3 thin films; Somdatta Singh, Prachi Gurawal, Gaurav Malik, Davinder Kaur, Ramesh Chandra; Bulletin of Materials Science; 47 (2024) 137
6) Highly efficient NO2 gas sensor based on sputter-grown nanocrystalline MoO3 thin films; Somdatta Singh, Ravikant Adalati, Prachi Gurawal, Gaurav Malik, Davinder Kaur, Ramesh Chandra; Materials Letters; 369 (2024) 136762
7) Recent Advancements in Nanocellulose-based Supercapacitors for Energy Storage Devices: A Review; Nitesh Choudhary, Shiva Singh, Shakshi Bhardwaj, Sayan Gupta, Upendranath Nandi, Ramesh Chandra, Pradip K. Maji; Carbohydrate Polymer Technologies and Applications; 7 (2024) 100416
8) High-voltage (> 3 V) energy storage device based on sputter-grown TiCrN microelectrodes towards miniaturized applications; Sheetal Issar, Deepika Jhajhria, Ravikant Adalati, Pramod Kumar, Sonika Kodan, Ramesh Chandra; Journal of Energy Storage; 95 (2024) 112569

2023

1) Room temperature tunability of ferroelectricity and Di electricity in La and Mn cooped BiFeO3 Nanoflakes: Implications for electronic devices applications; Arvind Kumar, Ashwani Kumar, Shekhar Tyagi; Ramesh Chandra; Davinder Kaur; Ceramic International; 49 (2023) 1960-1969
2) Self-assembled Zinc Oxide Nanocauliflower and Reduced graphene oxide Nickle-foam based Noval Asymmetric Supercapacitor for Energy Storage Applications; Ashwani Kumar, Ravikant Adalati, Meenakshi Sharma, Nitin Choudhary, Kowsik Sambath Kumar, Luis Hurtado, Yeonwoong Jung,Yogesh Kumar, Jayan Thomas, Ramesh Chandra; Materials today Communications; 34 (2023) 105362
3) Self-assembled Zinc Oxide Nanocauliflower and Reduced graphene oxide Nickle-foam based Noval Asymmetric Supercapacitor for Energy Storage Applications; Ashwani Kumar, Ravikant Adalati, Meenakshi Sharma, Nitin Choudhary, Kowsik Sambath Kumar, Luis Hurtado, Yeonwoong Jung,Yogesh Kumar, Jayan Thomas, Ramesh Chandra; Materials today Communications; 34 (2023) 105362
4) Self-assembled Zinc Oxide Nanocauliflower and Reduced graphene oxide Nickle-foam based Noval Asymmetric Supercapacitor for Energy Storage Applications; Ashwani Kumar, Ravikant Adalati, Meenakshi Sharma, Nitin Choudhary, Kowsik Sambath Kumar, Luis Hurtado, Yeonwoong Jung, Yogesh Kumar, Jayan Thomas, Ramesh Chandra; Materials today Communications; 34 (2023) 105362
5) Vertically Aligned Porous VxOy Nanofilms with Pt Decoration for Sub-ppm H2 Gas Sensors; Jyoti Jaiswal, Abhijeet Das, Sanjeev Kumar, Ramesh Chandra, Kazuyoshi Tsuchiya; ACS Appl. Nano Mater.; 6 (2023) 2646-2657
6) Physiological fluid based flexible NbN||TiN supercapacitor for biocompatible energy storage applications; Siddharth Sharma, Ravikant Adalati, Nitesh Choudhary, BS Unnikrishnan, Meenakshi Sharma, P. Gopinath, Ramesh Chandra; J Alloys. Comp.; 960 (2023) 170749
7) Investigation of Wear and Corrosion Characteristics of PTFE/TiN Composite Coating on SS-304 Fabricated by Two-step Sputtering Technique; Gaurav Malik, Pranjala, Nitesh Chaoudhary, Ramesh Chandra; Surface & Coatings Technology; 466 (2023) 129660
8) Pool boiling heat transfer enhancement of R134a, R32, and R600a using cavity surfaces; Uma Kant Shete Ravi Kumar, Ramesh Chandra; Experimental Heat Transfer; 36 (2023) 528-547

Nano Science Lab

The Nano Science Laboratory (NSL) was nucleated in 2005 with the endeavors of a small group of research scholars lead by Dr. Ramesh Chandra. With the advent of time, gradual addition of experimental facilities like deposition of single layer / multi layers films of metals, insulators, semiconductors and alloys by DC/RF Magnetron sputtering, Pulse Laser Deposition, Thermal evaporation and Spin Coating fostered the research work at NSL. Today NSL, well equipped with the sophisticated scientific instruments stands tall among the most promising research laboratories in the country. We have successfully developed and synthesized various kinds of coatings for esteemed organizations like DST, DRDO, CSIR, IRDE, DRDE, and CPRI etc.

Thin Film Lab

TFL has established facilities for depositing films of metals, insulators, semiconductors and alloys in amorphous as well as polycrystalline and single crystal form by thermal evaporation, sputtering (dc-, rf-magnetron and ion-beam), glow discharge, ion plating, electrolysis, solution growth, spray pyrolysis, chemical conversion, chemical vapor deposition, splat quenching and melt spinning techniques under clean room conditions. Vacuum coating units, in the medium and ultra high vacuum range, with accessories for monitoring, controlling and in-situ measurements have been developed indigenously. The facilities allow the preparation of films under controlled conditions and the study of structural, thermal, electrical, magnetic and optical properties thereof.

Felicitation by Honourable Defence Minister

Felicitation by Honourable Defence Minister: Shri Rajnath Singh at DRDO Academia Conclave-2023