Biological Engineering

SN 1. Name of Faculty Bhaskar Datta* Tentative title of the proposed research / research area (1) Enzymatic Remediation of Phenolic Wastewater 2. Bio-engineered algae for food and fuels (1) Identification of shared druggable targets in neurodegenerative disorders. (2) Development of novel antimicrobial scaffolds. Eligibility/ Background needed for the research MSc. in Analytical Chemistry; Master's in Biosciences; B.Tech /M.Tech. in Biotechnology 1. Master's in Biosciences; B.Tech /M.Tech. in Biotechnology. 2. MSc in Organic chemistry; Master's in Biosciences; B.Tech /M.Tech. in Biotechnology

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Sharad Gupta*

* also as part of Chemistry

Chemistry
SN 1. Name of Faculty Bhaskar Datta* Tentative title of the proposed research / research area (1) Enzymatic Remediation of Phenolic Wastewater (2) Bio-engineered algae for food and fuels (1) Electrochemical reduction of CO2 to make fuels using nano structured materials (1) Identification of shared druggable targets in neurodegenerative disorders. (2) Development of novel antimicrobial scaffolds. (1) Synthesis of novel porphyrinoids with extended pi conjugation for applications in photonics. Synthesis of natural products analogs Eligibility / Background needed for the research MSc. in Analytical Chemistry; Master's in Biosciences; B.Tech /M.Tech. in Biotechnology

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Sudhanshu Sharma

MSc in General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Materials science 1. MSc in Biosciences with experience in Cell Biology. 2. MSc in Organic chemistry with inclination towards Biology or B. Tech/ M.Tech chemical Engineering. 1. MSc in General Chemistry or Organic Chemistry

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Sharad Gupta*

Iti Gupta

Sriram Kanvah

1. MSc in Organic Chemistry or MSc in General Chemistry

*also as part of biological engineering disciplines

Chemical Engineering
SN 1 Name of Faculty Tentative title of the proposed Eligibility / Background needed for the research research / research area Pratyush Dayal 1. Modeling and simulation of active Background in Mechanical/Chemical Engineering, soft materials systems using Finite familiarity with ANSI-C and finite element method Element Techniques (FEM) Prachi Thareja 1. Colloidal particles self assembly in Background in Chemical Engineering; knowledge liquid crystals of basic Matlab coding. Good spoken and written 2. Interfacial rheology and structure English correlation of biomolecules-particle mixtures at oil-water, air water interfaces Chinmay Ghoroi 1.Understanding Powder Processing M.Tech in Chemical Engineering, knowledge of using Discrete Element Method DEM/CFD or any other software will be an added (DEM) advantage Sameer Dalvi 1. Engineering Stable and M.Tech/B.Tech in Chemical Engineering; Biocompatible Microbubbles knowledge of C/C++/MATLAB could be an added Formulations for Biomedical advantage; good spoken and written English skills Applications 2. Precipitation of Dug Nanoparticles using Sub-critical CO2

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Civil Engineering
SN 1. Name of Faculty Ajanta Sachan Tentative title of the proposed research / research area 1. Impact of lime treatment on dynamic properties of Black Cotton soils 2. Shear modulus of Sabarmati soil under High strain and Low strain dynamic loading conditions 1. Analysis of earthquake induced effects on geotechnical structures, such as embankments, foundations, retaining walls, through numerical simulations 2. Nonlinear stressstrain behavior of soils and constitutive modeling 1. Soil moisture drought variability in historic and future climate 2. Implications of climate change on urban storm water designs 3. Climate change impacts on hydropower production in India 1. Rotational seismic excitations and design of dense seismic array 2. Development of cost-effective seismic protective systems Eligibility / Background needed for the research BTech /MTech in Civil Engineering

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Amit Prashant

BTech /MTech in Civil Engineering Skills related to using some FEM software and development of inhouse computer code, strong mathematical skills

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Vimal Mishra

BTech/MTech in Civil/Agricultural Engineering Strong programming, GIS, and remote sensing skills are required. Background in Matlab and scripting will be preferred.

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Dhiman Basu

MTech in civil engineering with strong background in Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. Knowledge in FEM software and Matlab programming will be preferred.

Electrical Engineering
SN 1. Name of Faculty Uttama Lahiri Tentative title of the research / research area Title: Physiology-based Affective Computing Area: Signal Processing and Machine Learning Title: Energy Efficient Drive for Electric Vehicles Applications Area: Electrical machines and Power electronics 1. Asynchronous circuits for Biomedical applications Area: VLSI design, MicroElectronics 2. Synchronization techniques for high speed SOC designs Area: VLSI design, MicroElectronics High-sensitivity detection of gases for industrial and clinical applications using near- and mid-infrared diode laser spectroscopy Eligibility / Background needed for the research Signal Processing, Machine Learning, C++, python, Matlab

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Ragavan K

An understanding of electromechanical machines is expected

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Joycee Mekie

Exposure to C, MATLAB, VLSI tools such as Cadence, Verilog, etc.is desirable

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Arup Lal Chakraborty

1. An ideal candidate would be from Electronics and Communications or Physics background with genuine interest in cross-disciplinary research activities. A background in Photonics will be extremely helpful. There is plenty of scope in this kind of work to bring in expertise from diverse backgrounds. 2. Strong Matlab skills will be invaluable. 3. Good written and oral communications skills are desirable. Strong knowledge in Competitive Power Systems and sufficient skills in optimization methodologies for solving power systems' complex problems Bachelors/Masters in: 1. Electrical Engineering 2. Electronics and Communication Engineering 3. Physics Applicants should demonstrate ability to carry out independent research. Good written and oral skills are necessary for this position. This aspect will be taken into account during the interview.

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Naran Pindoriya

Smart Distribution Grid

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Nihar Mohapatra

Novel Semiconductor Device design

Humanities and Social Sciences

SN 1. Srinivas Reddy Ancient to Pre-modern South Asian Literature and Music Broad research area: Demography/Population Studies Specific interests: aging & intergenerational relations; marriage and family formation; spatial demographic analysis Democracy, civil society, ethnic conflict in South Asia, social movements, comparative political theory, South Asian political thought. Cognitive Psychology; specifically, visual perception and Attention, visual marking, attention capture, attentional blink inattentional blindness etc. Masters or M Phil in Humanities or Social Sciences M.Phil in any discipline relating to Humanities and Social Sciences (some knowledge of statistical methods in social sciences is required) Name of Faculty Tentative title of the research / research area Eligibility / Background needed for the research

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Tannistha Samanta

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Mona Mehta

M.A. or M.Phil in any discipline relating to Humanities and Social Sciences. Applicants must submit a sample of academic writing (published or unpublished) that is between 10 to 20 pages in length

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Meera Mary Sunny

M.A. or M.Phil in psychology / cognitive science or other related disciplines

Materials Science & Engineering

SN 1. Name of Faculty Abhijit Mishra Tentative title of the research / research area Molecular-scale membrane curvature generation in protein-lipid systems Friction Stir Welding of Composite Thin film solar cells Eligibility / Background needed for the research M.Tech or equivalent degree in Materials Science MTech in Metallurgy/Materials Science/Mechanical /Manufacturing with high GATE/CSIR score B.E./B.Tech/M.Tech in Materials science, Metallurgical Engineering

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Amit Arora

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Emila Panda

Mechanical Engineering
SN 1. Name of Faculty Amey Karnik Tentative title of the research / research area Energy Management System (immediate focus Batteries) Using systems and control theory to develop methods for estimating unknown inputs to a system 1. Lattice Boltzmann Methods for Multi-Phase Flow Assurance 2. Modeling of Plasma Aerodynamics Drag Reduction Stability and Transition in MHD Eligibility / Background needed for the research Knowledge of Control Theory. Familiarity with Electromechanical or Electrochemical systems Knowledge of control theory, linear algebra and matrices. Familiarity with Matlab

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Harish PM

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Murali Damodaran

MTech/ ChE or ME in Thermo Fluids, HPC

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Vinod Narayanan

B.Tech/MTech in AE/ME

Mathematics
SN Name of Faculty 1. Anulekha Dhara Tentative title of the research / research area 1. Nonsmooth Optimization 2. Variational inequalities variational relations with applications 1.Nonconforming spectral element methods with applications 2.Tensor decompositions 1.Analysis of elliptic partial differential equations(PDEs) 2. Viscosity solutions of elliptic PDEs Eligibility / Background needed for the research M.A./M.Sc. in Mathematics

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Kishore Kumar

M.A./M.Sc. in Mathematics

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Jagmohan Tyagi

M.A./M.Sc. in Mathematics

Physics
SN 1. Name of Faculty Anand Sengupta Tentative title of the proposed research / research area Detection of gravitational waves from a network of advanced LIGO detectors Eligibility/ Background needed for the research Highly motivated candidate interested in algorithm development and signal processing applications. Should have strong mathematical, analytical and computational physics background Highly motivated candidates interested in working on interdisciplinary areas of statistical physics, networks science and social science. Knowledge in statistical physics

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Shivakumar Jolad

Complex sysyems: Dynamics on complex networks, statistical physics of social dynamics