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Introduction

Our extensive research in the following departments are listed below.

  • Physics

    Prof. S. RAMASWAMY Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics
    Prof. A.V. KULKARNI Nuclear Physics (Few Body systems & Scattering at Intermediate Energies), Mathematical Physics (Partial Differential Equations), Theoretical Calculations of design & operation of Scanning Probe Microscopes.
    Dr. (Ms.) NEENA GOVEAS Magnetic materials, Spin Chains
    Dr. A. K. BISWAS String Theory
    Dr. (Ms.) RADHIKA VATHSAN Mathematical Physics (Quantization techniques), Gravitation and String Theory, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
    Dr. ASHISH ASGEKAR Radio Pulsars, Interstellar Medium : Studies of Atomic Hydrogen, Supernova Remnants : Multi-wavelength Properties
    Dr. GAURAV DAR Nonlinear dynamics, chaos, turbulence
    Dr. P. NANDAKUMAR Laser
    Dr. P. N. DEEPAK Nuclear models
    Dr. SUTAPA ROY RAMANAN Thermal interface materials for electronic packaging, Sol-gel derived powders, fibers, thin films for electroceramic, biomaterial, optical and optoelectronic applications
    Dr. PRASANTA KUMAR DAS Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics, Gravitation
    Dr. S.K. SAHAY Ultra-violet, X-Ray Astronomy, Gravitational Waves, Data analysis
    Dr. RAGHUNATH RATBOLE Strong Interactions, Quantum Field Theory
    Dr NAVNEET GUPTA Semiconductor devices, Thin Films (Analytical modeling of the electrical behaviour of novel devices like TFT, MOSFET, SOLAR CELL; made up of polycrystalline and nanocrystalline silicon.)
    Dr V.SUNILKUMAR Baryon formation in Heavy Ion Collissions and topological defects in early universe, Noncommutative quantum mechanics, Representations of deformed Lie algebras and theier relevence in quantum mechanics, Quasi exactly solvable systems and coherent states, Gauge theory, QCD, Quantum information
    Dr TOBY JOSEPH Condensed Matter Physics
    Dr. THOKALA SOLOMAN RAJU Solitary waves in optical fibres, Bose-Einsten condensates,Numerical simulations of differential equations.

  • Mathematics

    Dr. (Ms.) REETA S. DUBEY Differential Equations in Abstract Spaces and Application to PDE, Integrodifferential and Functional Differential Equations, Semigroups of Operators, Non-linear Analysis, Approximation to Solutions of Non-linear PDE and Integrodifferential Equations
    Dr. (Ms.) MILLIE PANT Genetic algorithm
    Dr. SABYSACHI PANI Optimization
    Dr. PALLA DHANUMJAYA Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics
    Dr. TARKESHWAR SINGH Graph Theory(Discrete Mathematics)
    Dr. SRIKANT K V Topology
    Dr. N. R. NANDKUMAR Functional analysis, Real and Complex Analysis, Numerical Analysis, College Level Mathematics
    Dr. ANIL K.PUNDIR Control and Optimization, Integro-Differential Equations, Theory of Semigroups of Operators, Finite Element Method
    Dr. PRASANNA KUMAR N. Goemetric Function Theory, Lattice Theory

  • Chemistry

    Prof. A.P. KOLEY Coordination compounds of gold(II), chromium(IV), and copper(II)-synthesis, Spectroscopic and electrochemical studies of gold(II), chromium(IV), and copper(II) compounds with unusual electronic structures, Conformation and dynamics as well as structure-function relationships of cytochrome P450, Inorganic biochemistry of hemoglobin
    Dr. N. N. GHOSH Nanomaterials (Syntheis, characterizations and applications in Catalysis, Sensors etc), Mesoporous Materials,Inorganic materials and ceramics, NanoComposites, Polymers
    Dr. R.N. BEHERA Theoretical and computational chemistry
    Dr. ANJAN CHATTOPADHYAY Theoretical and computational chemistry
    Dr. SANKAR K. GUCHHAIT Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Organoboronic acids in organic synthesis, Rational drug design, Synthesis and SAR studies for development of anticancer drug in combination therapy, Development of multicomponent reactions and their use in diversity oriented synthesis
    Dr. RABI NARAYAN PANDA Synthesis, Characterization and Study of Metal, Alloy and Nitride nano-materials, Synthesis, Characterization and Study of oxide based nano-powder,Physical Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry/ Physics, Techniques of Materials Characterizations
    Dr. RANJAN DEY Chemical Thermodynamics, Thermodynamics of liquid mixtures, Thermoacoustical & Excess properties
    Dr. RASHMI CHAUHAN Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry
    Dr. (Ms.) T. L. THOMAS Steady state and Time resolved Fluorescence Studies on Polymer Gels and films
    Dr. (Ms.) MANJURI KUMAR Chemical technology , Ceramics
    Dr. SUNIL BHAND Biosensors & Bioanalytical Techniques, Field portable biosensors devices, Immunosensors & High Throughput Techniques,Heavy Metal Speciation and Pollution, In-situ monitoring and remediation, High Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy

  • Biology

    Dr. UTPAL ROY Molecular Biology, Recombinant DNA Technology, Food and industrial microbiology, Antibacterial Principles and antifungal substances
    Dr. (Ms.) MEENAL KOWSHIK Geomicrobiology, Metal microbe interactions, Bionanotechnology
    Dr. (Ms.) JUDITH BRAGANCA Haloarchaea / Extremophilic microorganisms, Metal Tolerance, Bioremediation
    Dr. S. K. RAY Computational genomics, Structure function studies of drugs and bioactive compounds, Ecotoxicological Contaminants
    Dr. M SRIKANT Bioremediation, Extremophile Research, Wastewater treatment
    Dr. ANUSUYA GANGULY Zoology, Genetics & Cytology,Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Animal Tissue Culture
    Dr. S. VALLINAYAGAM Characterization of a sex and species specific heterochromatic DNA transcript(s) expressed during spermatogenesis in man" (funded by Dept. of Biotechnology, Govt. of India)

  • Humanities & Management

    Dr. (Ms.) B. MITRA Renaissance and Romantic Period of English Literature, Literary Criticism, Teaching of English as Second / Foreign Language (TESOL), Business English, English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Designing Material for training in Soft Skills
    Dr. DEBASIS PATNAIK Religion, Theosophy, Philosophy (Indian & Western), Economics, Social Science, Education, Management
    Dr. SHALINI UPADHYAY Indian Writings in English, Vibration Ananlysis, Literary Criticism, Non-Verbal Communication, Professional Communication, Personality Development, Technical Report Writing, Business Communication
    Dr. M. S. CHAGLA Cross-Culture Communication, Popular Culture - Media & Culture Studies, Literary theories - Postmodernism & Postcolonialism
    Dr. JOY ANURADHA  
    Dr. ARUNA BOMMA REDDY Post-Colonial Literatures, Regional Novel
    Dr. R. P. PRADHAN  
    Dr. REENA CHERUVALATH Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Education

  • Mechanical Engineering

    Prof. B.J.C. BABU Design of Machine elements, Composite materials, Finite elements analysis
    Prof. V.P. AGRAWAL Robotics
    Dr. D.M. KULKARNI Mech. System Design, Computer Aided Design, Fracture Mechanics, Finite elements analysis
    Dr. PRAVIN MADANRAO SINGRU Machine Dynamics and Vibrations, Design of Algorithms, Theory of Elasticity & Plasticity, Machine design, Robotics, CAD/CAM, Artificial Intelligence and Genetic Algorithms, Analytical Theory of Vibration, Finite Element Methods
    Dr. SHIBU CLEMENT Experimental Aerodynamics, Jet Control Techniques, Nozzle flow, Fluid Mechanics
    Dr. ANAND PAREY Condition Monitoring, Signal Processing, Vibration Ananlysis, Dynamic Modeling

  • Computer Science

    Prof. J. V. RAO Relational Database management
    Dr. B. M. DESHPANDE Optimization, Parallel algorithms

  • Electrical & Electronics

    Prof. M.K. DESHMUKH Power systems, Power generation, Computer simulation of control systems, Electrical energy saving through automation and controls

  • Chemical Engineering

    Dr. S KRISHNASWAMY Condensation heat transfer (Theoretical and experimental), Two-phase flow (Theoretical and experimental), Membrane separation processes, Thermochemical cycles for Hydrogen production, Thermodynamic analysis of processes
    Dr. SAMPATRAO D. MANJARE Separation Processes, Environmental Pollution control and Environmental Management systems, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Fuel Cell and Solar Energy

Grants and Sponsorships

This year the Institute continued its ongoing projects and took up certain new projects for the development of various laboratories. Different Government agencies sanctioned these projects and provided grants for them.

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