PhD Scholars, Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, IIEST, Shibpur

Abhishek Ghosh
Designation: Research ScholarQualifications: M.E. (Metallurgy and Materials Engg), B.Tech. (Mechanical Engg)
Specialization: Physical Metallurgy
Funding Agency: Institute
Research Area: Severe plastic deformation, Crystallographic texture, Aluminum alloys
E-Mail: abhishek.me.rs2015@metal.iiests.ac.in, abhishek.me.08@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Manojit Ghosh

Aluru Praveen Sekhar
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.Tech (Nanotechnology), B.Tech (Electronics and Communication Engg)
Specialization: Materials modeling, wear, Hot Deformation, Artificial Aged Al-Mg-Si alloys. Low cycle Fatigue
Funding Agency: COE for Microstructurally Designed Advanced Materials Development
Research Area:“Structure- Property Correlations of Artificially Aged AA6063 Al-Mg-Si Alloy”
E-Mail: praveensekhar429@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Debdulal Das, Prof. Kalyan Kumar Ray (IIT Kharagpur)

Angshuman Sarkar
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.Tech (Nanoscience and Technology), B.Tech (Electrical Engineering)
Specialization: Nanomaterials and composites, Nanostructured magnetic materials.
Funding Agency: COE, TEQIP-II.
Research Area: Development and processing of high energy density magnetic material, Characterization of microstructurally designed nanomaterials and magnetic materials.
E-Mail: anshumansarkar09@gmail.com/anshumansarkar09.rs.2015@metal.iiests.ac.in
Supervisor(s): Dr. Amitava Basu Mallick (IIEST, Shibpur) and Dr. Amitava Mitra (NML-Jamshedpur)

Balamagendiravarman M.
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: B.E. /M.E.
Specialization: Mechanical Engineering/Engineering Design
Funding Agency: None
Research Area: Advance Manufacturing process, Friction stir welding.
E-Mail: balamvarman@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Sukumar Kundu

Gopinath T.
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.E.
Specialization: Physical Metallurgy
Funding Agency: (Presently Institute and Previously TEQIP)
Research Area: Diffusion Welding
E-Mail: gopinath23t@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Sukumar Kundu and Prof. Subrata Chatterjee (Metallurgy and Materials Engg., IIEST, Shibpur)

Gurudas Mandal
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.E (Physical Metallurgy), B.E (Metallurgy and Materials Engg.)
Specialization: Metallurgy and Materials Eng. (Physical Metallurgy)
Funding Agency: Institute
Research Area: High strength multiphase steel, composite materials, semi-solid processing
E-Mail: gurudasmandal88@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Swarup Kumar Ghosh and Dr. Subrata Chatterjee

Indrajit Dey
Designation : Research Scholar
Academic Qualifications :
- M.Tech. (Materials Science and Eng.)
- B.Tech. (Mechanical Eng.)
Email : indrajitd01@gmail.com
Phone : +91 89814 77147
Type of Fellowship : Institute
Area of Research : Advanced High Strength Micro-alloyed Steel
Supervisor : Prof. Swarup Kumar Ghosh & Dr. Rajib Saha

Kalyan Das
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) / M.Tech. (Physical Metallurgy)
Specialization: Texture study of welded joints
Funding Agency: Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), BRNS
Research Area: Crystallography texture, Plasma treated surface engineering.
E-Mail: kalyan.das.rs2015@metal.iiests.ac.in, kalyan.me52@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Manojit Ghosh (Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engg, IIEST, Shibpur); Dr. Abhijit Majumdar (Department of Physics, IIEST, Shibpur)

Md Abu Bakkar
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.E.
Specialization: Physical Metallurgy
Funding Agency: Institute Fellowship
Research Area: Fatigue and Fracture
E-Mail: abuworld37@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Debdulal Das and Dr. Surajit Paul

Nisith Kumar Tewary
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.E. (Physical Metallurgy), B.Tech. (Mechanical Engg)
Specialization: Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Funding Agency: Institute
Research Area: Low carbon high Mn TWIP steel, Advanced high strength steel, Corrosion, Microstructure, Mechanical properties
E-Mail: tewarynisith@yahoo.com
Supervisor(s): Prof. Swarup Kumar Ghosh, Prof. Subrata Chatterjee

Pratik Kumar Mallick
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: B.E. (Metallurgy and Materials Engg.), M.E. (Process Metallurgy)
Specialization: Metallurgy and Materials Engineering
Funding Agency: None
Research Area: Strain Induced Martensite and its Reversion in Stainless Steel
E-Mail: pratikmallick@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Swarup Kumar Ghosh and Dr. Partha Protim Chattopadhyay

Samarpita Roy
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.Tech.(Materials Engineering), B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering)
Specialization: Processing, Microstructures and Different characterization techniques of ceramic materials
Funding Agency: Institute
Research Area: Processing-Microstructure-Property Relationships of Nano Er2O3 Doped ZnO Based Varistors
E-Mail: samarpitaroy89@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Debdulal Das

Samata Saha
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.Sc (Physics), M.Tech (Materials Engineering)
Specialization: Metallurgy and Materials Engineering (in PhD)
Funding Agency: None
Research Area: Metal matrix composite (Non-ferrous)
E-Mail: samataonline11@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr Manojit Ghosh (Dept of Metallurgy & Materials Engg, IIEST, Shibpur), Dr Joydeep Maity (Depart of Metallurgy & Materials Engineering, NIT Durgapur)

Shilabati Hembram
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: B.E (Metallurgy and Materials Engg) /M. E (Physical Metallurgy)
Specialization: Surface Treatment by Quasicrystalline Coating
Funding Agency: “UGC Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for ST Candidates”
Research Area: Surface Engineering
E-Mail: shilabatihembram88@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Manojit Ghosh (Dept of Metallurgy and Materials Engg, IIEST, Shibpur) and Dr. Abhijit Majumdar (Dept of Physics, IIEST, Shibpur)

Subhranshu Chatterjee
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.Tech.
Specialization: Nano Science and Technology
Funding Agency: Institute
Research Area: Nanocomposite, Nanostructured materials
E-Mail: subhranshu.rs2011@metal.iiests.ac.in, subhra86@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Amitava Basu Mallick

Susanta Kumar Pradhan
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.E. (Metallurgy and Materials Engg), B.Tech. (Production Engineering)
Specialization: Material characterization, Structural and Mechanical properties of materials.
Funding Agency: Institute
Research Area: Composite Materials, Tribology.
E-Mail: susan.kp.rs2015@metal.iiests.ac.in, susan.kp@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Amitava Basu Mallick, Dr. Debdulal Das

Tanusree Dutta
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: M.Tech.
Specialization: Image processing and soft computing
Funding Agency: COE, TEQIP II
Research Area: Microstructure Quantification and Structure-Property Correlation of Dual Phase Steel
E-Mail: tanu.dutta16@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Debdulal Das and Dr. Shubhabrata Datta

Uttam Kumar Murmu
Designation: Research Scholar
Qualifications: B.E. (Metallurgy and Materials Engg), M.E. (Physical Metallurgy)
Specialization: Copper base metal matrix composite
Funding Agency: UGC: Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship for SC/ST Candidates
Research Area: Metal Matrix Composite
E-Mail: hapanta@gmail.com
Supervisor(s): Dr. Manojit Ghosh (Metallurgy and Materials Engineering), Dr. B. B. Jha (IMMT, Bhubaneswar)