The Team

Mrs. Shilpa Santhosh

Administrative Assistant

Office: SF-17; E-mail: shilpasanthosh@iisc.ac.in

Dr. Jalaja M A, IoE Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. Jalaja completed Ph.D (Physics) from CSIR-National Aerospace Laboratories, Bangalore, and National Institute of Technology, Calicut in 2020. She was awarded with CSIR-Research Assistantship, and qualified the CSIR-UGC NET (June, 2012), and GATE 2011. Her current project is based on Relaxor based Ferroelectrics with a semiconducting bandgap for Neuromorphic Computing.

Binoy Krishna De

IoE Postdoc

Ms. Pooja Punetha

(Joint student with Prof. Rajeev Ranjan from Materials Engg.)

She has completed MSc (2018) degree in Physics from the National Institute of Technology, Rourkela. Her current research project focuses on the TEM study of the structure and properties of NBT-KBT lead-free ceramic.

Ms. Upanya Khandelwal

(Joint student with Prof. Saurabh Chandorkar, CeNSE)

She holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Delhi University in Physics. The focus of her work is to fabricate and hence study the oscillations made from the family of Nickelates which shows Insulator to Metal Transition (IMT).

Mr. Shubham Kumar Parate

Mr. Shubham has done B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from NIT Raipur and M.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from IIT Madras. His research is based on in-Situ TEM for investigating electromechanical responses of oxides.

Mr. Anudeep Tullibilli

He holds B.Tech. in Mineral Engineering from ISM, Dhanbad. He served as Executive Trainee and as an Assistant Manager at NMDC. His research focuses on the study of superlattice PbTiO_3-SnTiO₃ pulse laser depositions, and study on dead-layer & topologically stable field configurations of polarization in thin films.

Mr. Soumyajyoti Mondal

Mr. Soumyajyoti has done B.Tech in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur. His research focuses on the study of Electrostriction in Lanthanum doped Ceria.

Mr. Vivek Dey

He obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Physics from Dibrugarh University and his Master’s degree in Physics from Cotton University. Further, he completed an MTech in Solid State Materials from IIT Delhi. His research delves into the intriguing world of stochastic phenomena and the physical modeling of stochastic memristive systems. His passion lies in the fusion of chaos theory with learning mechanisms, pushing the boundaries of unconventional computing.

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Abhishek Kumar

I completed my B. Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT (BHU) in 2021. I, then, went on to work with Tata steel from 2021 to 2023. Later, I joined CeNSE as a direct PhD student. I will be working on Co-relative microscopy of ferroelectrics and other semiconductors using Atom Probe Tomography and Transmission Electron microscopy.

Kartick Biswas

I completed my BSc in physics from Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Rahara and MSc from IIT Hyderabad. Currently I am working on a project to investigate the Metal-Insulator transition in rare earth nickelate.

Phani Shankar

3rd year PhD Student

Arup Basak

1st year PhD Student

Krishna Jayswal, BS-MS Student

I’m a final year BS-MS student with a materials major and chemistry minor at IISc. My BS project was on “Solution Processed Synthesis of Gd-Doped HfO2 Thin Films”. I’m exploring for my Masters Project currently. Born and brought up in Ahmedabad, learning life in Bangalore. Outside of Materials, you can find me engrossed in AniManga, Sitcoms and Cricket.

Mr. Haroon Ali Afsal, BS-MS Student

He is in the fifth year of BS-MS materials programme.

Kotrakona Sai Dutt, Project Associate

I’m a project associate at CeNSE

Yatin Miglani, Project Associate

I am Interested in Optoelectronics, Quantum Electronics, Neuromorphic Computing and Neural Networks

Prashanth S, Project Associate

Project associate, BTech in Electrical Engineering, Former FT at NNFC, Research Projects with ftfeml 1) growth and optimisation of EuNiO3 2) Fabrication and characterisation of VO2 nanowires 3) Thin film deposition of High entropy alloys 4) Thin film deposition of Ce and Mn doped RuO2 for OER

Anand Santhosh, BS-MS Student

Anand is passionate about semiconductor technology, and aims to work at the forefront of synthesis and fabrication techniques. He worked mainly on giant electrostriction and a bit on phase transitions in VO2. Moonlights as a guitarist, hockey goalkeeper and an endurance cyclist. And often the coolest member of the lab.

Thejas Basavarajappa, M. Tech

I have done my B.E in ECE from Ramaiah Institute of technology, Bangalore. I am currently working on stochastic resonance in ferroelectric devices for my masters thesis. My research interests include neuromorphic computing and memory devices. In free time, I watch cricket, football and sports anime.

Mr. Haroon Ali Afsal, BS-MS Student

He is in the fifth year of BS-MS materials programme.

Mr. Calvinshijo M, M.Tech. Student

He holds BSc (Physics) from St. Joseph’s College, Trichy; M.Sc. (Physics) from Bharathidasan University, Trichy; M.Phil. (Physics) from Loyola College, Chennai. University Gold Medalist and Gold Medalist in both graduate and post graduate courses. His project is on the microwave Synthesis and Characterization of La:HfO₂ thin films

Mr. Shashank Raj, BS Student

He is currently an MBA student at IIM Kozhikode and did his bachelor’s thesis at FTFEML, CeNSE.

Mr. Manas Pratim Biswas, BS Student

He is currently in the third year of BS program.

Mr. Mudit Jain, BS-Intern (IISER-Berhampur)

Mr. Mudit is pursuing his UG degree (Major in Physics) at IISER Berhampur. He joined our group as an intern and his current project is to study the chaotic oscillations in nickelates based memristors.

P D Sri Harsha Molleti, Junior Research Fellow

He graduated at the Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (2018) and Post graduated at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering (2021). His project is primarily based on the synthesis and study of BTO nanoparticles and its incorporation into various dielectric matrices.

Mr. Jishnu N K, BS Student

He is currently in the fourth year of BS program. His project is based on BaTiO₃ based ferroelectric thin films growth.

Mr. Mcnally Bethapudi H.Th, ERP Candidate from L&T

He holds B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in Electronics. He served at many places in the past including Nucleonix, Powerspec, and Elico Ltd. He is currently working at L&T Technology Services. His project is to develop NEMS/MEMS based Accelerometers with Ferro electric materials.

Dr. Gobinda Das Adhikary

Dr. Gobinda has completed Ph.D. (2021) in Material Science from Indian Institute of science Bangalore. His current project is to investigate the Metal-Insulator transition in EuNiO₃ rare earth nickelate.

Mr. Abhinav Jith A, BS Student

He is currently an MBA student at IIM Bangalore and did his bachelor’s thesis at FTFEML, CeNSE.

Mr. Ashfakh Ali Km, BS Student

He is currently in the third year of BS program.

Dr. Rajeev Kumar Rai, Postdoctoral Fellow

He holds an Integrated M.Sc and PhD degree (2021) in Material Science from Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has done his Bachelors (Hons.) in Chemistry from Delhi University, Delhi. In FTFEML, he worked on Electron Microscopic investigation of thin film oxide materials. Currently, he is a Postdoctoral Research fellow at the University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Rajesh Katoch

He holds Ph.D. (2016) in Materials Science and Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur and M.Tech (2009) in Materials Science and Technology from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU). Before joining our group he worked at INRS Canada and CeNS bangalore. His project was based on resistive switching memories, rare earth nickelates, and transition metal oxides.

Advaitha M, Sr. Project Associate

She holds B.Sc. in Industrial Electronics from Bharthidasan University and M.Sc. in Applied Electronics from NIT Trichy. Before joining our group she has served in many other institutes and organizations. She worked on the growth of crystalline PCM by physical deposition methods.

Deepak K Dinkar, CEng (Project Scientist)

He holds Master’s degree in Materials Science and Nanotechnology and Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering. He worked on the investigation of Hopfions in ferroelectric composite thin films, and the investigation of insulator-to-metal transition in rare-earth nickelates’ thin films. Prior to his joining he had worked at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, and at the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai.

Mr. Gokul Krishna, BS-MS-Student

Project: Synthesis of bulk crystals of Transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs)

Mr. Shivam Nigam, Project Assistant

Mr. Shivam has done M.Sc. in Condensed Matter Physics fro University of Allahabad. He qualified the IIT JAM examination in the year 2016.

Dr. Subhajit Pal (Post Doctoral Fellow)

He has completed Ph.D. (2021) in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2021 and has done M.Sc. (2015) in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. His project was focused on Finding an alternative Pb-free material, which converts electrical energy to mechanical stress, fascinates tremendous importance for a wide range of applications perspectives. 

Dr. Debadarshini Samantaray, Post Doctoral Fellow

Dr. Samantaray has done Ph.D. at the Materials Research Centre, IISc; MSc (Physics) at Pondicherry Central University; and B.Sc. (Physics) at Utkal University. She is a Gold Medalist in both of her Bachelors and Masters degrees. She has secured AIR-35 in GATE and AIR-46 in CSIR-NET/JRF Examinations. Her project was related to the Electron Microscopic studies of oxide thin films.

Ms. Suparna Mondal, BS (Research)

She worked on the synthesis and characterization of ferroelectric HfO₂ thin films through microwave assisted synthesis route. She is a NTSE (2015) and KVPY (2015) scholar.

Mr. Vaibhav Singh Rajput (M.Tech. Student)

He graduated in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, and has done M.Tech. in Nanoscience and Engineering at CeNSE, IISc. He secured AIR-1 in GATE and currently working at Juniper Networks.

Mr. Pranav Surabhi (Intern)

Mr. Pranav is currently pursuing B.Tech. in Metallurgy Engineering and Materials Science at IIT Indore. His project was based on the analysis of Synchrotron Data.