Faculty News

Attended and participated in the 10th Annual Research Meet – ARM 2024 (Scientific Conference ISBN: 978-81-969897-1-2 | Theme: Diverse Approach to Address Societal Challenges and Deliver Novel Solutions) organized by the Centre for Research and Innovation of Venus International Foundation on Saturday 7th of December 2024 at Green Park Chennai, India.

Lab Events

Open Day 2024 (23 Nov 2024)

During the OPEN DAY 2024 hosted by Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani KK Birla Goa campus, our team exhibited a model wastewater treatment plant. The miniaturized plant model was completely designed and fabricated by our team members Swaraj Sontakke, Ashwini Padole, Shubranshu Samal, K P Sreelakshmi, and Yogesh Jadhav.

Kudos to the team!!!

Peer reviewed Book Chapter entitled “The Response of Fordhook Giant / Swisschard (Beta vulgaris var Cicla) and Mustard (Brassica Juncea) Spinach Vegetables to Irrigation with Saline Water” for the book entitled Current Research Progress in Agricultural Sciences (9th November, 2024).

Participated in II International Scientific Conference, Space. Time. Civilization, STC-2024, organized by BITS Pilani together with Bauman University held simultaneously in India, Egypt and Russia from November 2nd to 7th 2024 in online mode on Zoom

Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “Study on the Characteristics of Steel Slag and its Road Performance in Asphalt Mixture” for Journal of Engineering Research and Reports (23rd September, 2024) (DOI of published manuscript: https://doi.org/10.9734/jerr/2024/v26i111312).

Certificate of Reviewing Awarded to Kamalesh Kumar in recognition for exemplary peer review of the manuscript entitled “Analyzing the Effects of Soil Structure Interaction and Geometric Configuration on Structure” for STM Journals, Journal of Geotechnical Engineering (published manuscript details, vol. 11, Issue 2, 2024, pp 1-15)

A new pathway for psychedelic drugs

Psychedelics drugs are abused because of their addictive and hallucinogenic properties. But some of them also have positive effects, such as in promoting neuronal plasticity. It would be great if we could separate the two facets! A new pathway for drug action that we have discovered may provide a glimpse of that possibility. We probed the psychedelic drug DOI in an in vitro system, and found that it is a potent agent for changing lipid membranes, which in turn can change membrane fusion and plasticity. So it can have receptor-independent effects on neuronal signalling. Since the hallucinogenic effects are thought to be mediated by the receptors, this shows a possible route to develop new molecules that can mimic its membrane-mediated actions, but will be devoid of hallucinogenic effects. Check out our new results published recently in ACS Chemical Neuroscience: https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.4c00484

Kudos to Debsankar and the team, and thanks to all our collaborators.

Media Coverage:

Nanotechnology based cheap diagnostic kit for Hepatitis C virus featured in Hindu newspaper on 13.03.2021 (https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/bits-pilani-hyderabad-develops-cheap-kit-to-detect-hepatitis-c-virus/article34055910.ece); Highlighted in Times of India newspaper on 24.03.2021 (https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/city-scientists-develop-kit-to-diagnose-hep-c covid/articleshow/81657724.cms); also captured in Eenadu newspaper on 24.03.2021.
‘New gold nanoparticle-based kit can detect dominant Hepatitis genotypes’ featured in Hindu newspaper on 27.07.2021.
(https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/new-gold-nanoparticle-based-kit-can-detect-dominant-hepatitis-genotypes/article35565675.ece. (published as Outside Back Cover page article in Analyst). (Featured in Hindu Newspaper on 27.07.2021).

Faculty News

Abroad Visits

Aston University, Birmingham, UK Academic visit from 30 May 2024 to 13 July 2024. (Research Collaborators Prof Prasanta Dey and Prof Pawan Budhwar, Aston University, UK)-Under BITS Pilani University Exposure Abroad Program
Paper Presentation on " A UNIQUE DISCRETE FORMULATION FOR UNEQUAL AREA DYNAMIC FACILITY LAYOUT PROBLEM" at IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM23)- 18-21 Dec 2023,Singapore.
Paper Presentation on "Linearised formulation for dynamic facility layout problem" in POMS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2019-Connecting the Operations Management & Supply Chain Management World in Divided Times, September 2-4, 2019, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Paper Presentation on"A Non-greedy Local Search Heuristic for Facility Layout Problem" in 2^nd International Conference on Recent Trends in Information Processing and Computing (IPC-2011). Nov. 14-15, 2011, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Applied Catalysis Lab (ACL) Group at CEES 2024

ACL group members (Sri Himaja, Suharika, Lavanya, Atmaja and Uttara) have presented their research progress on CO2 conversion to value-added fuels and Hydrogen generation from Water Splitting at CEES-2024, IICT Hyderabad. Congratulations Atmaja for winning the Best Poster Award.

Congratulations Lavanya for her first co-authored publication in collaboration with Prof. Sudarsanam Putla, IIT Hyderabad. In this work, Lavanya has successfully quantified Lewis acidic sites and its prominance in Selective Synthesis of Renewable Diesel Fuel Precursors via C–C Condensation of Biomass-Derived Furans.

New article on C-C condensation of biomass-derived molecules published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

Congratulations Himaja for her first publication in the PhD thesis. In this work, Himaja prepared novel LaNiO3 catalysts for photocatalytic hydrogen evolution under visible light. The noble metal doped catalysts showed exceptionally high H2 evolution ability.

New article on photocatalytic water splitting published in Catalysis Today

Congratulations Aathira for the insightful study on Unveiling the catalytic behaviour of LaNiO3 and La2NiO4 for dry reforming of methane. This is the first publication in the fruitful collaboration with Prof. Patrick da Costa, Sorbonne University, Paris.

New article on perovskites role in Dry Reforming of Methane published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

This work showcases the design of fractionation column and techno-economics investigation to obtain different fuel grades from real plastic pyrolysis oil. Excellent work by Hemanth Kumar. Hearty Congratulations.

Insightful article on fractionation column design for the separation of plastic waste pyrolysis oil into valuable fuels, published in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

Present work showcases the role of morphology in converting CO2 into methanol. Great job by Suresh, Hearty Congratulations.

New work on Morphologically tuned CuO–ZnO–CeO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, published in RSC Advances.

This article presents the role of active sites and their distribution in Microrod networks of CuO–ZnO–Al2O3 for CO2-to-MeOH. Hearty Congratulations Suresh for the excellent work.

An Insightful article on the role of actives sites in CuO–ZnO–Al2O3 for the conversion of CO2 to Methanol, published in Materials Today Chemistry.

This is one of our first experimental work on CO2 hydrogenation under high pressure conditions. It took almost two years to setup the experiment configuration and complete the studies due to COVID pandemic. The hard work and unwavering dedication of Suresh resulted such an outstanding work. Hearty Congratulations Suresh.

A new work in evaluating the prominence of Fe on Cu/ZnO/ZrO2 catalyst for methanol synthesis from CO2, published in Chemical Engineering Science.

Overview

Membership of Professional Society

Member, International Society of Development & Sustainability (ISDS) Society, Japan.
Life Member, Vijnana Parishad of India.
Life Member, Indian Association of Reliability and Statistics.
Life member, Operations Research Society of India.
Life member, Rajasthan Ganita Parishad.
Life member, Global Society of Allied Mathematics.
Member, Indian Science Congress Association, January’2001-January’2002.

Professional Responsibility

Member, International Conference on Innovative Trends in Statistics, Optimization and Data Science at Department of Statistics and Operational Research, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, Haryana from December 21-23’2024.
Member, Advisory Committee and Program Committee, International Conference on Emerging Trends in Business Analytics & Management Sciences and 57th Annual Convention of Operational Research Society of India (BAMS-ORSI-2024) at IIT Bombay, Mumbai from December 12-14’2024.
Member, Organizing Committee, 3rd International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural, & Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE 2024) at BITS Pilani- Pilani campus during February 26-28’2024.
Resource Person, Refresher Course on Mathematical Insight into Real-World Problems (online) organized by UGC-Malviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC), University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, from December 11-23’2023.
Member, International Advisory Committee, I^st International Conference on Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (ICMSS-1), organized by Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Namibia, on July 3-4’2023.
Member Technical Committee, 2^nd Asia Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Machine Learning (CACML 2023) organized at Shanghai, China on March 17-19, 2023.
Member, Organizing Committee, International Conference on Advances in Mechanics, Modelling, Computing and Statistics (ICAMMCS 2022) organized by Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Pilani on March 19-21’2022.
Member, Technical Advisory Committee in Workshop on Artificial Intelligence Application for Electro Optical Sensors (WAIAEOS-2022 organized by Department of Mathematics BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus jointly with IRDE Dehra Dun on February 04’2022.
Member, Advisory Committee, 3^rd International Conference on Frontiers of Science and Technology-2021 (ICFST-21), organized by Department of Applied Sciences, KIET Group of Institutions, Ghaziabad, August 13-14’2021.
Member, Organizing Committee, International Workshop on Recent Advancements in Data Envelopment Analysis and Applications (IWRADEAA-2021) organized by Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, July 10-11’2021.
Committee Member, 2^nd International Conference on Internet of Thing, Artificial Intelligence and Mechanical Automation (IoTAIMA 2021), Hangzhou, China, May 14-16’2021.
Member, International Advisory Committee, International Conference on Recent Advances in Computational Mathematics & Engineering (RACME-21) organized by Department of Applied Sciences and Humanities, B.K. Birla Institute of Engineering & Technology, Pilani, Rajasthan, March 19-21’2021.
Member, Advisory Board, International Conference on Substantial Developments in Science (ICSDS-2020), organized by Faculty of Science, SGT University, Gurugram, August 29-30’2020.
Organizing Secretary, International Conference and 22nd Annual Convention of Vijñāna Parishad of India on Advances in Operations Research, Statistics and Mathematics (AOSM 2019) (CSIR, India and SERB, DST, India sponsored) organized by Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, December 28-30’2019.
Organizing Secretary, International Workshop on Stochastic Simulation and Its Applications (WSSA 2019) organized by Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, December 24-27’2019.
Convener, National Mathematics Day organized by Department of Mathematics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Pilani Campus, December 22’2019.
Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Soft Computing and Mathematical Modelling-2018, organized by Department of Applied Sciences, Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghaziabad, December 22-23’2018.
Member, Advisory Committee, 2^nd International Conference on Frontiers in Science and Technology, Organized by Department of Applied Sciences, Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghaziabad, July 21-22’2018.
Convener, Symposium on Operations Research and Pure Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, February 26’2017.
Member, Advisory Committee, International Conference on Soft Computing and Mathematical Modelling-2017. Organized by Department of Applied Sciences, Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghaziabad, December 22-23’2017.
Member, Advisory Committee, International conference on Frontiers in Science and Technology. Organized by Department of Applied Sciences, Krishna Institute of Engineering and Technology, Ghaziabad, January’2017.
Member, Advisory Committee, National conference on Computational Mathematics and Operations Research (NCCMOR 2016) organized by BKBIT, Pilani on October 15-16’2016.
Member, Advisory Committee, National conference on Role of Science and Technology towards ‘Make in India’ (RSTTMI 2016) organized by YMCA University of Science and Technology, Faridabad on March 05-07’2016 under aegis of Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA).
Convener, Hospitality Committee, Five days National workshop on LaTex and MATLAB for Beginners (NWLMB 2014) organized in Department of Mathematics, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan held on date December 24-28’2014.
Organizing Secretary, National conference on Recent Trends and Developments in Operations Research (NCRTDOR-2014) organized by Department of Mathematics, BITS, Pilani held on February 22-23’2014.
Member, Advisory Board, National conference on Mathematical Modeling and Application in Science and Engineering (MMASE 2013) organized by Department of Mathematics, National Institute of Technology, Patna (India) on March 09-10’2013.
Convener, Hospitality Committee, Two days National Workshop in Modeling and Computation organized in Department of Mathematics, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan held on date February 23-24’2013.
Convener, Local hospitality committee in National conference on Modeling, CFD and OR organized by Department of Mathematics, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan held on February 04-05’2012.
Committee member, International conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural & Geotechnical Engineering organized by Department of Civil Engineering, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan held on October 25-27’2009.
Chief resource person, National conference on Recent trends in Science, Technology and its Application organized by S.D. College of Engineering & Technology, Muzaffarnagar on January 7-8’2006.
Organizing member, National Conference on Mathematical Modeling and Analysis (NCMMA’ 04) organized by Department of Mathematics, BITS, Pilani, Rajasthan held on October 8-9’2004.
Organizing member, National Conference on Information Technology, Operation Research and Computing organized by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar University, Agra held on April 10-12’2004.
Organizing member, National Conference on Operation Research and Information Technology held at Agra on April 2-3’2000.

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News and Updates

Positions Available

Applications are invited from the candidates with own-fellowship (e.g. NET-JRF, DST-INSPIRE), who want to pursue Ph.D. in synthetic organic chemistry / green chemistry / heterogeneous catalysis / mechanochemistry / supramolecular chemistry.
Applicants seeking to apply National Post-doc fellowship (N-PDF) scheme (or similar position) may send email.
Professionals interested in pursuing research may apply under part-time or Aspirant scheme of BITS (for details see: https://www.bits-pilani.ac.in/Goa/ARD/Aspirant).
A post is open for BITS-RMIT joint PhD program (https://bitsrmit.in/study-with-us/bits-rmit-phd-program/)

Miscellaneous information

TRAINING COURSES AND CONFERENCE/SEMINAR/WORKSHOP

Refresher courses, Methodology, workshop, Training, Teaching-Learning-Evaluation Faculty Development Programme- Not less than two weeks duration.

S.No.

Name of the Programme

Organized by

Dates of the Programmes

Duration of the Programme

ITW (Intense teaching workshop)

BITS PILANI Goa Campus

(i)August- Nov. 2004

(i) Aug- Nov. 2010

4 months

Refresher courses, Methodology, workshop, Training, Faculty Development Programme- One week duration.

S.No.	Name of the Programme	Organized by	Dates of the Program	Duration of the Program
1.	‘Microbial Systematics: Soil to sequences’- Workshop	CSIR-IMTECH	2^nd to 12^th March, 2015	11-days
2.	AICTE-ISTE sponsored Short Term Training on Molecular Biology Techniques in Biotechnology	AICTE-ISTE & BITS PILANI	18-30^th December, 2000	13- days
3.	Indo-US Symposium & Workshop on Recombinant DNA Technology & its applications in Drug discovery/Biotechnology	BITS PILANI, Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences, USA & The Catholic University of America, USA.	Feb, 22-27, 1999	6 days
4.	41^st BRNS National workshop	IANCAS, BRNS & BITS Pilani.	15^th -20^th Oct, 2000	6 days
5.	BIOINFORMATICS	National Institute of Technical Teachers’ Training & Research, BHOPAL	14-2-2005 to 18-2-2005	5 days
6.	American Society for Microbiology Sponsored International Workshop on Bioremediation (IWB-2010)	BITS -Goa	January 04-16, 2010	14 days
7.	63rd BRNS - IANCAS National Workshop on Radiochemistry and Applications of Radioisotopes in Science - A Hands on Training programme	BITS GOA	20-28 January, 2007	9 days

Professional Activity

Reviewer for International Journals of

ACS Nano
Advanced Healthcare Materials
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Molecular Pharmaceutics
International Journal of Pharmaceutics
European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Drug Delivery and Translational Research
Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology
Material Science and Engineering C
Chemistry - An Asian Journal
Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy
AAPS PharmSciTech
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Journal of Microencapsulation
Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
International Journal of Nanomedicine

Research Proposal Reviewer for Granting Agencies

DST
ICMR

PhD Thesis Reviewer

Acted as Organizing Secretary for "2nd National Symposium on Currents Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences." Nov' 17th 2012.
Acted as Convenor, Scientific Committee for "Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences." Nov' 2011.

Institutional Responsibilities

AY 23-24

1. Faculty-in-charge, Civil Engineering Association

- Organized the freshers’ welcome

- Organized invited lectures by Prof. A. K. Sarkar, former director of BITS-Pilani

2. Faculty-in-charge, Concrete Technology Laboratory

- Arranged the procurement and installation of Carbonation chamber from HEICO

-Executed the annual maintenance of existing equipment

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

3. Faculty-in-charge, Advanced Materials Characterisation Laboratory

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

-Executed the annual maintenance of equipment

4. Technical Committee Member, RILEM TC 294 MPA

- Submitted the revised draft of the State of the Art Report on Mechanical Properties of Fiber Reinforced Alkali-Activated Concrete

5. Member, Disciplinary Committee

AY 22-23

1. Faculty-in-charge, Civil Engineering Association

- Organized the freshers’ welcome

- Organized invited lectures by Prof. GS Raju, University of Purdue, Dr. V. Malla, NICMAR, and Ms. Paromita Nath, Rowan University

2. Faculty-in-charge, Concrete Technology Laboratory

- Arranged the procurement and installation of 20 kN Tensile UTM from HEICO

-Executed the annual maintenance of existing equipment

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

3. Faculty-in-charge, Advanced Materials Characterisation Laboratory

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

-Executed the annual maintenance of equipment

4. Technical Committee Member, RILEM TC MPA

- Submitted the first draft of the State of the Art Report on Mechanical Properties of Fiber Reinforced Alkali-Activated Concrete

5. Member, Disciplinary Committee

AY 21-22

1. Faculty-in-charge, Civil Engineering Association

-Organized the freshers’ welcome in online mode

-Organized invited lectures by Prof. Reeta Sony, JNU, Ms. Swetha Prabhakar from Georgia Tech, and Mr. Kaniska Ghosh from IIT Kharagpur

- Conducted sessions for discussions on mental health of the students during the pandemic

2. Warden, Gautam Bhavan [Till September 2021]

- Prepared the draft for Covid Guidelines circulated with the students

- Conducting weekly meetings and visits to the hostel to monitor the situation and address prevalent issues

3. Faculty-in-charge, Concrete Technology Laboratory

-Executed the annual maintenance of existing equipment

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

4. Faculty-in-charge, Advanced Materials Characterisation Laboratory

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

-Executed the annual maintenance of equipment

- Supervised the installation of granite workbenches and storage shelves in the lab

5. Member, Works Committee

- Negotiated with vendors for various civil works on campus: painting of D and E block, painting at D-306, construction of new facilities for Mechanical Engineering, construction of new facilities for WILP division

- Prepared Excel sheets for the Purchase Division to track backlogs of more than 2 months in PO processing and materials receipt

6. Technical Committee Member, RILEM TC MPA

- Represented India and of course BITS-Pilani as one of seven Indians on a committee of 76 members to formulate the operations for developing standard codes of practice for alkali-activated concrete.

- Serving as the global leader for the round robin tests on fiber-reinforced alkali-activated concrete

7. Member, Disciplinary Committee

- Addresses concerns related to 2 cases till date

AY 20-21

1. Faculty-in-charge, Civil Engineering Association

-Organized the freshers’ welcome

-Organized invited lectures by Dr. Jimmy Thomas (Geotechnical Consultant); Mr. Hridyesh Tewani (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Mr. Shashank Gupta (Politecnico di Milano); Ms. Ritika Sridharan (Georgia Tech)

2. Faculty co-ordinator, PS-II

- Arranged for the seats of 2 ME Structures students at Aliens Developers Pvt Ltd as part of Practice School II

3. Faculty-in-charge, Concrete Technology Laboratory

- Executed the annual maintenance of existing equipment

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

- Prepared the annual budget

- Updated the safety guidelines

- Updated the lab poster

4. Faculty-in-charge, Advanced Materials Characterisation Laboratory

-Executed the annual maintenance of existing equipment

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

-Updated the safety guidelines

5. Admissions Duty

- Conducted admissions interviews for 40 students of the first year FD program.

6. Technical Committee Member, RILEM TC MPA

- Represented India and of course BITS-Pilani as one of three Indians on a committee of 62 members to formulate the operations for developing standard codes of practice for alkali-activated concrete.

7. Member, Animal Welfare Committee

- Working towards vaccinations, sterilization, and adoption drives for indie dogs on campus

AY 2019-20

1. Served as the faculty mentor for 5 PS Stations; and the SPOC in 4 out of those 5

2. Faculty-in-charge, Civil Engineering Association

-Organized the freshers’ welcome

-Organized BEAM-IT and STAAD Pro workshop during ATMOS

-Invited guest lectures by Prof. Bhargab Maitra (IIT KGP); Ms. Madhura Mukherjee (GE), Er. Gopan Pillai (HOCHTIEF); Mr. Darshan Chauhan (Portland State U); Dr. Vamsi (Texas A&M); Mr. Hridyesh Tewani (Imperial College London)

-Published the CEA Magazine for the mid-year report (Sem-I)

-Talk by Prof. Sridhar Raju and myself to mentor the students on selection of elective courses

3. Faculty-in-charge, Scanning Electron Microscope

-Supervised the operations and maintenance of the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and its accessories;

-Drafted the operational guidelines for usage of the SEM for both internal and external users

4. Faculty-in-charge, Concrete Technology Laboratory

-Executed the annual maintenance of existing equipment

- Stocked up materials required for the upcoming semester

-Prepared the annual budget

-Updated the safety guidelines

-Updated the lab poster

5. Faculty-in-charge, Advanced Materials Characterisation Laboratory

-Purpose: Laboratory for Characterization of Long-term properties of Materials

- Equipment: Stereomicroscope, Laminar Air Flow chamber, Vibratory strain gage setup, digital length comparator, muffler furnace, height gauge, colorimeter, RCPT setup

6. Addressed the students’ concerns through proper channel as the Warden of Gautam Bhavan

7. Served as co-ordinator+event organizer for the ARENA event.

AY 2018-19

1. Supervised the operations and maintenance of the Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) and its accessories;

2. Drafted the operational guidelines for usage of the SEM for both internal and external users

3. Addressed the students’ concerns through proper channel as the Warden of Gautam Bhavan

4. Worked as the point of contact to facilitate the signing of MoU between UMASS-Lowell and BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus

5. Prepared the banners and outline the schedule for the workshop on demonstration of STAAD Pro software to the academicians from neighboring colleges, organized by the department as a part of DST-FIST project

AY 2017-18

1. Got the SEM installed and running and taking care of the necessary measures to maintain its smooth operation

2. Developed and drafted Program Educational Objectives for the Department of Civil Engineering in alignment with the institute’s mission and vision

3. Initiated the incorporation of Expected Learning Outcomes and lecture-wise Student Learning Outcomes for each course in the respective handouts

4. Conducted 3 workshops in the department to help other faculty members in preparing the SLO based handouts

5. Completed the process of Curriculum Review for the Department of Civil Engineering and incorporated the necessary changes in the Bulletin after approval from the Senate

6. Initiated a student exchange program and research collaboration opportunity with UMass-Lowell, USA

AY 2016-17

1. Supervised the tests on soil permeability for the Govt. of Telangana Palamuru Rangareddy Lift Irrigation Scheme as part of consultancy activities for about 220 soil samples

2. Made necessary modifications to existing FD course curriculum/syllabi as a DCA member for 8 CDCs and 19 Elective courses as per the suggestions of external experts, industry requirements, and CCDCA discussions.

3. Member of the Stage Committee and the Sound Committee for Convocation, 2016

4. Facilitated the access to 5 new international journals for the Department of Civil Engineering through the library, as part of the library committee

5. Participated in meetings to finalize the purchase of SEM-EDS for the Hyderabad campus through Central Analytical Laboratory.

6. Prepared questions for BITSAT HD 2017 for the subject, “Advanced Concrete Technology”

7. As the safety in-charge for the Department of Civil Engineering, procured fresh First Aid Kits, gloves, long boots, safety glasses, glucose packets for each of the 5 laboratories in our department. Also put up notices and keeping strict surveillance so that students (both research scholars and students enrolled in CDCs) do not use the laboratory facilities unless they are wearing fully-covered boots, shirts, and trousers. Additionally, efforts were made to see that students enrolled in CDCs take note of the lab safety measures more sincerely.

8. Compiled and assimilated the departmental information for the 2016 BITSCAN Report

AY 2015-16

1. Proposed a course on ‘Advanced Concrete Technology’ to be introduced into the curriculum (accepted by the senate, ST* ZG523)

2. Introduced petrographic characterizations through stereomicroscopy in the curriculum for CE F311

3. Member, stage committee during Convocations of 2015 and 2016

4. Presented a lecture on Research Methodology during ‘Research Methodology Workshop’ in 2015

5. Worked with Central Analytical Laboratory to facilitate the purchase of Scanning Electron Microscope for Hyderabad campus

6. Collected solid construction and demolition waste materials from the campus (generated by ongoing construction activities) and using them for research purpose (paper accepted for conference based on relevant research at SEC 2016, referred above)

7. Member of the library committee which has been able to introduce RFID chips to facilitate circulation of books to students and faculty members

8. Funded the travel of Reeti Sarkar (2013A2PS581H) to PSU through OPERA grant and initiated the collaboration

9. Procured a stereomicroscope (OLYMPUS SXZ7) for the concrete technology lab

10. Procured a length comparator equipment to measure shrinkage strains for the concrete lab through OPERA grant

Students’ recent achievements

1. Ms. Dyagala Shalini awarded 1st position in the poster presentation competition as a part of Vidwanotsav 2024 held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on 13th July, 2024. She received a gold medal and a cash prize of Rs. 5000/-.

2. Ms. Dyagala Shalini received the Best Poster Award in the International Symposium cum Workshop on Translational Therapies for Cancer and Infections (TTCI-2024) held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Hyderabad Campus on 22nd July, 2024.

Position of Responsibilities

Program Head, Young Entrepreneur’s BootCamp (YEB) 2023 [Aug 2023-June 2024]
Convener, 3^rd International Conference on Recent advances in Materials and Manufacturing (IMMT 2023), held in November 20-23, 2023.[Sept 2022-Present]
Faculty In-charge, Center for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Jan 2023-June 2024]
Co-Convener, Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Sept 2023-Present]
Convener, Departmental Research Committee at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Sept 2022-Present]
Departmental Research Committee Member at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Aug 2020-Sept 2022]
Member, Library Committee, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Dec 2020-Dec 2021]
Member of Standing Committee for Students Discipline at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Dec 2020-Mar 2023]
Institute Hostel Warden at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Jan 2020-Sept 2022]
Organizing Committee Member, IMMT 2019 Conference held at BITS Dubai Campus from 20th - 22nd November, 2019.
Organizing Committee Member, ICRAFT 2020Conference held at BITS Dubai Campus from 19^th-21^st March, 2021.
Faculty advisor, ASME Student Chapter at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus [Aug 2020-June 2024]
Capstone Project, Mechatronics Group, Coordinator at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala [Jan 2016- Jan 2019]
Department Sports Faculty Coordinator at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala [Jan 2017-Dec 2018]
Summer Internship Coordinator at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala [Jan 2017-Dec 2017]
Departmental Alumni Committee Coordinator at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala [Oct 2017-Jan 2019]
Departmental Time- Table Committee Co-Coordinator at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, Patiala [Oct 2017-Jan 2019]
Institute Doctoral Representative at IIT Bombay [May 2013-May 2014]
Overall Coordinator, Research Scholars and Alumni Symposium-2014 at IIT Bombay [Aug 2013-May 2014]
Overall Coordinator, Institute Research Scholar Companion Programme at IIT Bombay [Apr 2012-May 2013]
Department PhD Representative at MEMS IIT Bombay [Apr 2012-Apr 2013]

Research projects

Get in touch to discuss opportunities for PhD, Masters, and Undergraduate research.

Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “TO EXPLORE THE PRACTICALITY OF CONCRETE USING COAL BOTTOM ASH AND SUGARCANE BAGASSE WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS” for International Journal of Environment and Climate Change (1st August, 2024).

Group updates

2024

Mr. Akhil Chandran publishes his first PhD result in Material Advances (RSC) journal.
Ms. T Leelasree defended her PhD thesis on 5th July 2024.
Ms. Anagha Nair joins our group as a joint PhD student (with Dr. Piyush Khandelia as a Co-PI) to work on "porous materials for the detection of urinary biomarkers for early detection of cancer".
Ms. Krishna Priyanka joins the group as a joint PhD student (with Prof. N. Rajesh as PI) to work on "synthesis of materials for recovery of metals from electronic wastes".

2023

Mr. Sankho S. Samanta joins our research group as a PhD student to work on "designing new materials for water splitting reaction".
Ms. Suchashrita Mitra joins the group as a joint BITS-RMIT PhD scholar to work on carbon capture and conversion.

Mr. Sankho S. Samanta joins

ViStA Lab and Sumit Biswas….in the news

ToI report on 3 stage incubator

With scientists developing a scientific model for artificial breeding of windowpane oysters, stakeholders along Chicalim bay are contemplating use of sea ranching practices to rejuvenate the depleting brood stock of this unique but endangered bivalve species.

Sumit Biswas at YIM 2017......click to listen

Sumit Biswas is a young professor at BITS-PILANI, Goa. He was one of the organisers of YIM, 2017. In this talk he describes the challenges faced in setting up his lab and his work on the cholera bacterium.

Click to read the interview

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Our report on horseshoe crabs in Bengal

A story in Millennium Post on our survey noting dwindling horseshoe crab population

Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “A Review of Cost Control Research in Prefabricated Construction under EPC Mode” for Advances in Research (22nd July, 2024) (DOI of published manuscript: https://doi.org/10.9734/air/2024/v25i41120).

Workshop in Oct/Nov

A Two-day workshop will be organized on Theorising Future Ethics of Technology: Can Moral be determined?

Deails will be updated soon...

News from the Lab

Parikshit along with Prof. Nilesh Goel and Prof. Santanu Datta received WIPRO WIN project.
Parikshit and Chandu represented the startup" Sparshacare Innovations" at Global Bio India 2024.
Parikshit attended Semicon 2024.
Parikshit attended the Applied Materials Connect Event at New Delhi.
Bishal and Soumi paper published in ACS Applied Electronic Materials.
Vishnu joined the lab as PhD scholar. Welcome Vishnu to the team.
Gowtham and Chandu paper published in Nature Scientific Reports. Collaborator: Dr. Dr. Andres from UNAM
Gowtham paper published in Plos One. Collaborator: Dr. Dr. Andres from UNAM
Sohel paper published in ACS Applied Nanomaterials. Collaborator: Prof. Sameer Sonkusale, Tufts University, USA
Gowtham and Chandu paper published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Collaborator: Dr. Dr. Andres from UNAM
Nandini, Megha, Mou, Joy and Isha joined the lab as PhD scholars. Welcome to the team
Gowtham. Venkat and Chandu paper published in 2D Materials. Collaborations: Dr. Andres from UNAM, Mexico and Prof. Mauricio, Penn State.
The lab registered the startup "Sparshacare Innovations".
Vivek paper published in ACS Nano. Collaborator: Yeonwoong Jung, University of Central Florida, USA
Dr. Chandrasekhar Reddy joins the lab as SERB NPDF. Welcome to the team.
Sohel, Anurag, Sarang, Naveen and Chandu paper published in IEEE Journal of Flexible Electronics.
Gowtham paper Paper published in Graphene and 2D Materials.
Paper published in Photonics Technology Letters. Collaborator: Dr. Subhradeep Pal, BITS Hyderabd
Paper published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Collaborator: Prof. CK Sumesh, Charusat Gujarat
Vivek paper published in Applied Physics Letters.
Paper published in Journal of Energy Storage. Collaborator: Prof. CK Sumesh, Charusat Gujarat
Paper published in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical. Collaborator: Prof. CK Sumesh, Charusat Gujarat
Paper published in Electrochemica Acta. Collaborator: Prof. CK Sumesh, Charusat Gujarat
Paper published in IEEE Photonic Letters. Collaborator: Dr. Subhradeep Pal, BITS Hyderabad
Dr. Sahatiya visits Purdue University as Visiting Assistant Professor
Vivek paper accepted in Advanced Materials Technologies. Collaborators: Dr. Sayan Kanungo and Dr. Nilanjan Dey, BITS Hyderabad.
Dr. Sahatiya joins as an Associate Editor at IEEE Access.
Paper published in Material Science in Semiconductor Processing. Congratulations Sanjana for her first publication. Collaborator: Dr. Subhradeep Pal, BITS Hyderabad
Naveen Bokka defended his PhD on 20th December. Congratulations Dr. Naveen Bokka
Dr. Parikshit Sahatiya joins the Editorial Board of Chip.
Venkat review paper on mixed dimensional photodetector accepted in Microelectronic Engineering Journal. Congrats Venkat.
Gowtham, Venkat and Chandrashekhar paper accepted in Advanced Materials Interfaces. Collaborator: Dr. Andres, UNAM Mexico.
Venkat, Gowtham and Chandrashekhar presented their work at IEEE ICEE 2022 at Bangalore, India.
Vivek and Chandrasehkhar presented their work at MRS Fall 2022 at Boston, USA
Vivek and Manav paper accepted in IOP Flexible and Printed Electronics.
Vivek, Raghuram and Manav paper accepted in ACS Applied Nanomaterials.
Paper accepted in npj 2D Materials and Applications. Collaborator: Dr. Sayan Kanungo, EEE Department, BITS Hyderabad
Bishal Keshari joins the Lab as JRF. Welcome Bishal
Gowtham, Vivek, Jeevan and Chandrashekhar paper accepted in Material Science in Semiconductor Processing. Congrats Gowtham for the first publication.
Vivek Adepu is going to University of Central Florida as a visiting scholar for a period of 1 year in Prof. Yeonwoong (Eric) Jung lab. Congrats Vivek Adepu from the FAWND Lab.
Sohel Siraj and Mahesh Vuppala join the lab as PhD scholars. Welcome Sohel Siraj and Mahesh Vuppala to FAWND Lab.
Mrs. J. Chandrakala joins the lab as Part-time PhD Scholar. Chandrakala is a Senior Technical Manager at ECIL. Welcome J. Chandrakala to FAWND Lab.
Dr. Parikshit Sahatiya joins the editorial board of Materials Today: Electronics
Naveen Bokka paper accepted in FlatChem.
Soumi Saha, Vivek Adepu, Khush Gohel paper accepted in IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices Collaborator: Dr. Surya Shankar Dan

Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “In-Situ Measurement of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity Function By A NEW POINT Source Field Dripper Method (NPSFDM)” for Journal of Experimental Agriculture International (4th June, 2024).

To be Updated Soon

News Coverage

17^th October, 2023: Ahmedabad Professor and Researchers at TU Delft Combine Two Nobel Prize-Winning Concepts to Monitor Earth’s Climate and Human Health

https://ahduni.edu.in/stepwell/stepwell-newsletter/ahmedabad-professor-and-researchers-at-tu-delft-combine-two-nobel-prize-winning-concepts-to-monitor-earths-climate-and-human/

23^rd March, 2023: Easy-To-Use Mechanical Frequency Comb Platform

https://semiengineering.com/easy-to-use-mechanical-frequency-comb-platform-tu-delft/

22^nd March, 2023: New microchip links two Nobel Prize-winning techniques

https://www.tudelft.nl/en/2023/tnw/new-microchip-links-two-nobel-prize-winning-techniques

17^th July, 2018: “Adarsh Ganesan wins IET Hudswell International Research Scholarship”

http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/adarsh-ganesan-wins-iet-hudswell-international-research-scholarship

10^th January, 2018: “Phononic Frequency Comb Demonstrated by Nonlinear Trimodal Coupling”

http://aip.scitation.org/doi/10.1063/1.5020987

March, 2017: “PhononischerFrequenzkammErstmalsBeobachtet”

http://www.cui.uni-hamburg.de/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/2017_03_CUI-News_fin.pdf

6^th March, 2017: “Celebrated Optical Trick Goes Vibrational”

https://phys.org/news/2017-03-celebrated-optical-vibrational.html

6^th March, 2017: “Celebrated Optical Trick Goes Vibrational”

http://www.eng.cam.ac.uk/news/celebrated-optical-trick-goes-vibrational

March – April, 2017: “Acoustic Frequency Comb Measures Up”

http://aip.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Australian%20Physics/Aust%20Phys%2054-2.pdf

March – April, 2017: “Acoustics Frequency Comb Sounds Good”

http://www.ioa.org.uk/sites/default/files/Acoustics%20Bulletin%20March-April%202017_0.pdf

February, 2017: “First Experimental Verification of a PhononicFrequency Comb”

http://www.cui.uni-hamburg.de/en/2017/02/first-experimental-verification-of-a-phononic-frequency-comb

24^th January, 2017: “Acoustic Frequency Comb Measures Up”

http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2017/jan/24/acoustic-frequency-comb-measures-up

18^th January, 2017: “Celebrated Optical Frequency Comb Goes Vibrational”

http://photon.physnet.uni-hamburg.de/de/ilp/footer/news-detail/celebrated-optical-frequency-comb-goes-vibrational/back4

17^th January, 2017: “Celebrated Optical Trick Goes Vibrational”

https://physics.aps.org/articles/v10/4

4^th July, 2014: “Tiny Waves Could Build Livers on a ‘Liquid Template’”

https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn25843-tiny-waves-could-build-livers-on-a-liquid-template

26^th June, 2014: “Microscale Assembly on Liquid Templates: A Promising Tool for Tissue Engineering”

http://www.advancedsciencenews.com/microscale-assembly-liquid-templates-promising-tool-tissue-engineering

To be Updated Soon

Ph.D. positions

Ph.D. positions are open in my laboratory. Students with their own fellowships such as CSIR-Net, DBT-JRF, etc., are encouraged to contact Dr. Balakumaran Chandrasekar for potential research topics!

Professional Experiences

Associate Professor BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus (June, 2021 to till date)
Assistant Professor BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus (July, 2017 to May, 2021)
CDA-Post Doctoral Fellow St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada (2015 to 2017)
Post Doctoral Fellow St Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada (2014 to 2015)
Post Doctoral Fellow University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA (2011-2014)
Visiting Research Fellow University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland (2 months, 2010)
Project Associate Anna University, Chennai, India (6 months, 2006)

Reviewer For

1. Nature Communication (Nature Publishing Group).

2. Kidney International (official Journal of International Society of Nephrology)

3. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (Elsevier), Certified as "Recognized Reviewer" by Elsevier.

4. Oxidative Medicine and Cellular Longevity (Hindawi).

5. American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology (American Physiology Society).

6. Frontiers in Pharmacology (Frontier Press).

7. Journal of Experimental & Clinical Cancer Research (BMC)

8. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (Elsevier), Certified as "Recognized Reviewer" by Elsevier.

9. Frontiers in Space Technology (Microgravity theme) Invited Review Editor.

10. Endocrinology (Oxford Academic Journals)

Education

PhD (Biology) 2013 University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
MSc (Biochemistry) 2004 Devi Ahilya University
BSc (Microbiology) 2002 Holkar Science College, Indore

Professional Experience

Post Doctoral Researcher (2013-2017) , University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA
Graduate Teaching Assistant (2007-2013) , University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
Research Assistant (2006-2007) , School of Biochemistry, Devi Ahilya University
Research Assistant (2004-2005) , National Institute of Immunology

To be Updated Soon

Recent News and Announcements

We would be happy to welcome students with strong computational biology/machine learning background and interest looking for opportunity to apply their expertise to solve biological problems through SOP/LOP/DOP/dissertation projects.

Sincere students would be encouraged to and, given opportunity to publish their work jointly with Ph.D. students in the lab.

To be Updated Soon

Faculty News

https://www.expresspharma.in/advances-in-neurological-research-highlight-breakthrough-therapies/

Education

Degree	Major	Institute	University	Year
Ph.D.	Chemistry Thesis: Properties of molecules in ground and low-lying excited states using some stationary coupled-cluster methods Guide: Dr. Sourav Pal	National Chemical Laboratory, Pune	University of Pune	2007
M.Sc.	Physical Chemistry	Department of Chemistry	University of Pune	2001
B.Sc.	Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics	Shri. Shivaji Science College, Nagpur	Nagpur University	1999

Institutional/Departmental Responsibilities Undertaken (other than teaching and research)

Institutional Responsibilities:

Member of the Teaching Learning Centre (TLC) of the Pilani Campus since August 2020. Coordinated the Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW-2021) and co-coordinated the "NEP 2020 Naya Kshitij, Teachers' Training Workshop" during 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Core team member of maintenance of the central HPC facility of Pilani Campus since July 2020.
Non-resident Warden of Viswakarma Bhavan since January 2019.
Served as a member of the Academic Counselling Cell of the Pilani Campus (August 2011-August 2016).
Served as PS-1 faculty during 2015 and 2016.
Coordinated BITSAT during 2014, 2016 and 2017 and proctored BITSAT during 2013 and 2019.
Have been participating in creation and validation of questions for the BITSAT question bank.

Departmental Responsibilities:

Served as Departmental Research Committee (DRC) for three successive terms: May 2016-August 2016, September 2016-August 2018, September 2018-August 2020.
Served as In-charge for maintenance of the website of the Department of Chemistry @ Pilani Campus for over a decade (August 2010-March 2021).
Member of Departmental committee for Institutional budget-Capital expenditure/Laboratory development : In-charge for software purchase and maintenance.
Served as coordinator or the Students-Faculty-Council (SFC) during two terms: First Semester of 2016-17 and First Semester of 2020-21. Also served as member of SFC during the first semester of 2015-16.
Actively participated in course curriculum redesigning during 2010-2011 (In particular the courses: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry-II, Physical Chemistry-III, Electron correlation in Atoms and Molecules). Also designed the elective laboratory course, "Introductory Computational Chemistry Laboratory" and designed a few experiments for "Chemical Experimentation-II".

Other Activities

Contributions

At BITS Pilani

Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC) (Sep 2022 - Present)
Core Member, Teaching Learning Center (TLC) (Sep 2022 - Present)
Prof-In-Charge, Chemical Engineering Association (ChEA) (Sep 2022 - Present)
Convener, Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) ( Sep 2020 - Aug 2022)
Nucleus Member, Teaching Learning Center (Sep 2020 - Aug 2022)
Convener, International Conference on Nanotechnology for Sustainable Living and Environment (ICON-NSLE-2022)
Resource Person, PIEMR Faculty Development Program (27th-30th Jan 2022)
Convener, International Conference on Best Innovative Teaching Strategies (ICON-BITS-2021)
Coordinator, Student Faculty Council (SFC)(Sem I , AY 2020-2021)
Member, Academic Audit Committee, Vignan's (Deemed to be) University, Guntur (15-17th July 2019)
Proctor, BITSAT (2018, 2019)
Examiner, Department Ph.D. Qualifying Exam (2019,2020,2021,2022)
Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee for five Ph.D. students, (2018-Present)
Coordinator, Department Seminars, (2018-2020)
Member, FESEM Committee, (2020-2022)
Faculty Incharge, Engineering Chemistry Lab (2020-Present)
Faculty Incharge, Environmental Engineering Lab (2018-2020)

At Vignan's University, Guntur

Dean, Academics (2017 - 2018)
Head, Department of Chemical Engineering (2016-2018)
Deputy Director, Center of Excellence in Advanced Materials, Manufacturing, Processing and Characterization (CoExAMMPC) (2016-2017)
Convener, Central Purchase Committee (2017-2018)

Professional Experience

Institution	Position	Period
Institution	Position	From	To
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus	Associate Dean, Academic Undergraduate Studies, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus	August, 2018	Till date
	Associate Professor, Chemical Engineering Department	February, 2015	Till date
	Head, Chemical Engineering Department	September, 2012	August, 2016
	Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Department	August, 2008	January, 2015
	Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department	Jan, 2004	July, 2008
	Assistant Lecturer, Chemical Engineering Department	Nov, 2002	Dec, 2003

Administrative Positions

1	Associate Dean, Academic Undergraudate Studies Division, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, August 2018 to Till date.
2	Head, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, September 2012 to August 2016.
3	Professor-in-Charge, Chemical Engineering Association, BITS – Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2010 – 2011.
4	Non Residence Warden, Malviya Bhawan, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, July 2010 – December 2015.
5	Nucleus Member, Instruction Division, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, Jan 2007 to August 2012.

Academic Committee

1	Member of Sub-committee of Examination Pilani Campus, August 2018 to till date.
2	Chairman, Academic Counceling Board, Pilani Campus, August 2018 to till date.
3	Member of Academic Monitoring Board, BITS Pilani, August 2018 to till date.
4	Member of Academic Governing Committee, BITS Pilani, August 2018 to till date.
5	Champion of one of the thrust area "Programs, Curriculum, Pedagogy and Quality assurance" with the Boston Consulting Group, 2017.
6	Committee Member for an inquiry committee constituted by Registrar in the year 2017.
7	Co-cordinator of GC-MS/MS facility as a part of Central Analytical facility, 2015-2020.
8	Member of the selection committee in the year 2018 & 2019 of 'Best Performance Awards' for Non-teaching staff on Founder's Day (Basant Panchami Day).
9	Department Level Short-listing Committees (DLSC) member, 2012 to till date.
10	DRC member of Chemical Engineering Department, September 2016 to August 2020.
11	Member, Senate, BITS Pilani, 2012 onwards.
12	Ex-officio member and Chairperson, Departmental Research Committee, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2012 – 2016.
13	Chairperson, Departmental Committee on Academics, Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2012 – 2016.
14	Member, Library Committee, BITS Pilani, 2011.
15	Member, Research Board, BITS Pilani, 2009-2011.
16	Member, Standing Committee of Student Discipline, BITS Pilani, 2009-2010.
17	Member, Cross Campus Departmental Committee of Academics (ccDCA), 2010 – 2012.
18	Member, Institute Level Anti-ragging Committee, 2009 – 2015.
19	Co-coordinator for the UGC Assistance to the Department of Chemical Engineering at the Level-1 of DRS under Special Assistance Program for year 2011 - 2016.
20	Member of Implementation Committee of DST FIST Support at the Level -1 for the Department of Chemical Engineering for Year 2011 - 2016.
21	Co-coordinator, Program Committee- Process, Work Integrated Learning Program Division, BITS Pilani.
22	Co-coordinator & Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering for the Employees of Bharat Aluminum Company Ltd., Korba, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, June 25 - July 24, 2010.
23	Co-coordinator & Resource Faculty, Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering for the Employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited, Udaipur, Organized by Practice School Division, BITS Pilani, June 21 - July 19, 2010.
24	Resource Person, Intensive Teaching Workshop, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, 2008.
25	Member, Committee for PhD Qualifying Examinations, BITS Pilani, 2005 onwards.
26	Member, Doctoral Advisory Committees, BITS Pilani.

Positions

BE/B. Tech. and ME/M. Tech. students:

Internal (RP/SOP/LOP/DOP) and external (summer/winter internship) students who wish to carry research work with our group can apply using the following steps -

Identify the topic of your interest from the list of the research topics.
Submit the relevant details to show your interest against a identified topic by filling the google form.

The candidates with adequate understanding/relevant experience will be invited for discussion.

Ph. D. Candidates

Eligible candidates who are interested to work in the area of microwave processing of materials or additive manufacturing are encouraged to email their CVs. Candidates with master degree in the area of Mechanical/ Manufacturing/ Metallurgy/ Material Science/ Digital manufacturing/ Chemistry/ Physics/ other relevant specializations can be considered for the JRF/Research scholar positions.

Full Time: candidates with relevant academic requirements can apply under the below schemes -

Institute Fellow: no vacancy
Project Fellow: no vacancy
CSIR-NET/UGC-NET/Other external funding: positions are available

Part Time: candidates from industries with relevant experience and academic requirements can apply under the below schemes -

Aspirant Scheme: positions are available (for relevant information visit the link)
Regular call for PhD admission: positions are available (for relevant information visit the link)

Post-Doctoral Candidates

Candidates who are pursuing PhD/completed PhD can write to me with detailed CV including areas of interest, research carried during PhD, publication record, funding for pursuing Postdoc if any etc. The suitable candidates will be invited for discussion on possible funding opportunities and future research.

Memberships

Indian Society of Heat and Mass transfer, ISHMT
Indian Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-conditioning. ISHRAE
Aeronautical Society of India

Vice President of ISHMT - Between 2013-2017

Research Positions

Candidates with valid CSIR/UGC NET JRF and willing to work in the areas of electrochemical energy storage devices may email for discussion.
Candidates working in industry and planning for a part-time PhD in the areas of energy storage particularly fast charging of Li-ion batteries, flexible energy storage devices, developing hybrid EVs, BMS etc. may email for discussions.

To be Updated Soon

Update

Full-time PhD candidates with their own fellowship (UGC-NET/CSIR JRF etc.) are welcomed to contact.
Part-time PhD candidates from industry (working in the field of CFD or Heat Transfer or Renewable Energy) are welcome to contact.
Summer/Winter internship students are welcome to contact (CFD, Heat Transfer, Renewable Energy, etc.)

Recent Book Chapter Published

Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, John P. Abraham, Lijing Cheng and John Gorman (August 30th 2021). Introductory Chapter: A Brief History of and Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Dr. Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, IntechOpen.
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.97235.
Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/76425
John Gorman, Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, Lijing Cheng and John Abraham (August 27th 2021). Turbulence Models Commonly Used in CFD, IntechOpen.
DOI: 10.5772/intechopen.99784.
Available from: https://www.intechopen.com/online-first/78287

Information

48^th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power 2021 (FMFP 2021)

27^th - 29^th December, 2021.

Venue: BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus, RJ, India.

Website Link: http://bitspilanithermal.in/

*** Guest Editor for Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry (SCI), Impact Factor: 4.62, Q1. https://www.springer.com/journal/10973/updates/17273890
*** Guest Editor for Journal of “Heat Transfer Engineering” (SCI), Impact Factor: 2.172, Q2. *** Guest Editor for Journal of Sustainability (SCI), Impact Factor: 3.2, Q2. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special_issues/Solar_Air_Heater
*** Guest Editor for Journal of Energies (ISI), Impact Factor: 3.00, Q2 Special Issue "Internal Flow Heat Transfer to Enhance Solar Thermal System: Experimental and Numerical Techniques". https://www.mdpi.com/journal/energies/special_issues/Heat_Transfer_Solar_Thermal
***Guest Editor for International Journal of Thermofluids, Scopus, Published: Elsevier. https://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-thermofluids/call-for-papers/experimental-and-numerical-techniques

To be Updated Soon

To be updated.

Seminars Attended:

Invited Talk : “Effect of Constrained Groove Pressing on Mechanical Properties of Nitinol and Titanium Alloy” on November 16, 2016 at Northwestern University, Illinois, USA
Panel Member : Advanced Materials in Defence and Aerospace Applications (AMDA) on December 22, 2014 at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Invited Talk : “Preparation of Research Proposal” on April 12, 2014 at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus
Faculty Development Program : "Characterization of materials and processing of high strength materials" on July 01, 2013 at GRIET, Hyderabad sponsored by AICTE
Invited Talk : “Constitutive Models for Alloys in Hot Working” on November 20, 2012 at SIMTech, Singapore
Invited Talk : “Constitutive Models for Alloys in Hot Working” on November 19, 2012 at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Work Experience

July 2004 - July 2008: Hero Honda Motors Limited Gurgaon (Now Hero MotoCorp)
August 2015 - March 2023: Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
March 2023 - Till Now: Associate Professor, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

Work Experience

April 2013-Present, Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan.
October 2007-March 2013, Scientist, Institute of High Performance Computing, A-STAR, Singapore.
March 2010- June 2010, Visiting Research Scholar, Brown University, Rhode Island, USA.

Academic Experience (≈22 years)

Professor (Mechanical Engineering Department) at Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Rajasthan, India: March 1, 2023, to date
Supervising projects and Thesis: Undergraduate students and Postgraduate students, teaching courses of B. E. (Hons.), M. E., Guiding Ph.D., and Research
Visiting Researcher: Luleå University of Technology, Sweden (from June 2018 to July 2018)
Associate Professor (Mechanical Engineering Department) at Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Rajasthan, India: June 15, 2016, to February 2023 (Experience: 6Y 9M)
Supervised projects and Thesis: Undergraduate students and Postgraduate students,
Teaching courses of B. E. (Hons.), M. E., Guiding Ph.D., and Research
Visiting Scholar at The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA (9 June to 27 July 2013) Visited various labs and get hands-on experience with the experiments available. Make the collaboration with various people in my area. Helped two Ph.D. students and gave directions for research
Assistant Professor (Mechanical Engineering Department) at Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Rajasthan, India: October 2006 to June 14, 2016 (Experience: 9Y 9M)
Supervised projects and Thesis: Undergraduate students and Postgraduate students,
Teaching courses of B. E. (Hons.), M. E., Guiding Ph.D., and Research
Lecturer (Mechanical Engineering Department) at Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, India: June 2005 to September 2006 (Experience: 1Y 4M)
Supervised projects: Undergraduate students, Taught Course of B.E. (Hons.) and Research
Research Scholar (Mechanical Engineering Group) at Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani India: January 2001to May 2005 (Experience: 4Y 5M) Research and Teaching

Administrative Experience

Resident Warden: Ashok Bhawan & Bhagirath Bhawan,
Non-resident Warden
In-charge Test Scheduling and Examination
Nucleus member of Instruction Division/AUGSD, BITS-Pilani, from September 2007 to till date
Convener, Departmental Committee for Academics
Convener, Student Faculty Council
Treasurer, Staff Association BITS Pilani
Member of workshop Team from June 2005 to July 2007
SPOC Practice School Division
Member, Library Executive Committee
Executive Committee Member IEI Pilani Chapter
Executive Committee Member SEA India
Member, Recreational Activity Forum (RAF)

Memberships

Fellow, Institute of Engineers (FIE) (Membership No: F-1197203)
Senior Member (SMIIE: 10316 (99)), Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering, Navi Mumbai.

Administrative Responsibilties

Nucleaus Member, Academic Graduate and Research Division
Warden Budh Bhawan
Faculty In-charge ASME Student chapter
Member, Centre for materials Science

Administrative and Professional Engagements

Faculty-in-charge, Transport Services Section (Sept 2012 to August 2018)
Convener, DCA (Sept 2016 to August 2018)
Member, DRC (2015-2016)
Member, Disciplinary Committee (2017-18)
Member, Library Committee (2015-16)
Non-Residential Warden, Bhagirath Bhavan (2009 to 2016)
Nominated Institute member in the Governing counsil, SSMS (2013 to 2018)
Professor-in-Charge, Manufacturing Engineering Association (2009-2017)
Member, advisory committee for UGC SAP under DRS (2009-10)
Member, DAC
Secretary, Staff Association for Period 2007-08
Task Force Member, Mission 2012-Vision 2020 (2010-2012)
Assisting in PhD qualifying exams
Assisting in M.E. and PhD admission process
Assisting in the course curriculum redesign
Assisted in the upgradation of existing Mechanical Engineering Laboratory facilities
Assisted in the development of WILPD courses and programmes
BITSAT (2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2018)
PS-I duties (2003,2007, 2008, 2018)
WILPD projects evaluation and exams
Developed lab experiments for Mechanical Engineering Lab.
Developed EDD notes for Metal Forming and Machining Practicals
Developed EDD Lab Manual for Mechanical Engineering Laboratory
Developed Engineering Materials and Workshop Practice course materials for HZL and BALCO refresher programme
Developed Inventory Management software for BITS Workshop stores
Assisted in Convocation
Successfully conducted Engagement Survey as a part of Mission 2012-Vision 2020
Organized International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing in Nov 2011

Professional Memberships

Immediate Past President, Indian Subcontinent Region Decision Sciences Institute (ISDSI) Regional body of DSI, Houston, Texas, USA
Member, Performance Measurement Association, Cranfield University, UK
Life Member, Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE)
Senior Member, Indian Institution of Industrial Engineering (SM- IIIE)
Fellow, Institute of Engineers (FIE)
Life Member, Sports Engineering Association (SEA)
Life Member, Indian Society of Training and Development (ISTD)
Member, Society of Operations Management (SOM)

To be Updated Soon

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Experience

Current Positions held:

Working as Associate Professor in Department of Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani, Rajasthan. India since Oct 2015 to till date.

Industrial Research Experience:

Post PhD experience: Worked as Research Scientist in Formulation Development Department at Astron research centre, division of Intas Pharmaceuticals, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Post M.Pharm experience: Worked in Formulation Development Department, Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

Experienced on preformulation studies, compatibility studies, quality control tests and stability studies of different formulations.
Experienced on different pharmaceutical dosage forms: immediate released and controlled release tablets, bilayer tablets, capsules and sachets.
Extensive industrial experience on multi-particulate pellets preparation using extrusion and sphronization process
Key role played in commercialized formulations: Development, optimization, and scale-up

TEACHING INVOLVEMENT

I enjoy my teaching because it gives me a ‘joy of giving and joy of learning’. I believe that a teacher can make a subject very easy with his soul involvement.

Teaching Experience:

Worked as Lecturer at Department of Pharmacy, BITS, Pilani since Oct. 2008 to Dec. 2014.

Working as Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmacy, BITS, Pilani since Oct. 2015 to till today.

Teaching responsibilities performed at BITS Pilani:

First degree courses: Forensic Pharmacy, Dispensing Pharmacy, Pharm Management and Quality control, Biopharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical formulation, Industrial Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Formulation I
Higher degree courses: Advanced Physical Pharmaceutics, Dosage Form Design, Quality by Design for pharmaceutical product development, Pharm Administration and Management
WILP courses: Advanced Physical Pharmaceutics, Pharm Administration and Management
WILP students thesis evaluation
Involved in course creation for industry personnel with WILP
Curriculum review for B.Pharm and M.Pharm courses

Teaching feedback:

Average feedback above 8/10 (on campus) and above 4/5 (off campus)
Implemented newer teaching pedagogy in classroom: team based learning, case studies based learning, class room live assignment and discussed current health policies.
Updated the course content and introduced new practicals

Students supervision (last 5 years):

Doctoral Supervision

Number of students completed PhD: 03
Number of PhD students guiding currently: 3 (as supervisor) and

3 (as co-supervisor)

M.Pharm Supervision: M.Pharm Thesis (9), B.Pharm thesis, Research Practice, Lab project (higher degree), First degree project courses.

INSTITUTIONAL INVOLVEMENT

Nucleus member for Central Purchase Units (Year 2019-till date)
Nucleus member for Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Pilani Campus. Sept 2018- till date
Coordinator: Student-Faculty-Council, year 2020-August 2022. Convener: Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) during year 2020- August 2022.
Member: Departmental Committee on Academics (DCA) during year 2018-2020.
Member: Student-Faculty-Council. Duration: 2016-2020, 2022 to till date
Coordinator: Departmental awards such as BM Mitthal gold medal award, CNVBH gold medal award, TATA trusts fellowship, Khorana medal. (2016-2018).
Convener: Instrument under Sophisticated Instrument facility (year 2018-till date)
Convener: Instrument under Central Analytical Instrument Facility (year 2020).
Lab in-charge: Pharmaceutics research and teaching labs
Organizing committee member: Diamond Jubilee celebration of Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani.
Organizing committee member: A Two Day Workshop On: Pharmacokinetic & Pharmacodynamic Modeling and Simulation. On 24 and 25 February, 2020, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus.
Organizing committee member: Disso India, Conference, Society for Pharmaceutical Dissolution Sciences (SPDS), 2019, organized at NIPER Mohali.
Organizing committee member: International Conference on Life Science Research and its Interface with Engineering and Allied Sciences (LSRIEAS-2018), November 1 – 3, 2018, BITS Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
Organizing committee member: In-charge for account and member sponsorship committee. International Conference On Challenges In Drug Discovery And Delivery (ICCD3) March 2-4, 2017, BITS Pilani, India
Judge for paper evaluation for APOGEE 2019, Department Of Paper Evaluation and Presentation, 30 March 2019.
Recourse faculty in 4^th Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE – 2019) during March 25-26, 2019. Organized by Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus. Demonstrated HPLC and UV instruments and its applications.
As Co-chair in international conference: Disso research presentations India 2020-Online (DRPI 2020), event, organised by Society for Pharmaceutical dissolution Science (SPDS) and APTI jointly conducted from 4-7th June 2020.
Nominated as member in the Board of Studies in Quality Assurance and PMRA at Lachoo Memorial College of Science & Technology, Jodhpur. 2018-2020.
· Practice school -1 instructor: At Vapi (Year 2009); Adani Power, Mundra (Year 2012); Helpage India, Ahmedabad (Year 2016); Essar Power Hazira, Surat, (Year 2017); Birla white cement, Gotan and ISRO Jodhpur (Year 2019)
BITSAT invigilator: At Ahmedabad center (Year 2011); Surat (Year 2020).

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Invited Talks/ Seminars

International

1	Delivered Open Seminar at Tokyo Polytechnic University, Japan on "Wind Resistant Design of Special Structures Housing Sensitive Instruments", July 13, 2019 Link: http://www.collaborate.wind.t-kougei.ac.jp/en/
2	Seminar on "Geometrical Modifications for wind resistant design of proposed LIGO India Structure", June 28, 2019 at Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
3	Invited Talk on "Current status of laboratory tornado simulation studies and investigations on their interaction with structures", International Workshop on Gusty Wind, Thermal Environment and Energy Saving, Japan, March 9-10, 2017
4	Seminar on topic- “Understanding stationary and translating vortex flows and challenges in its laboratory simulation” at Department of Aerospace Engineering, Iowa State University, USA, June 13, 2016
5	Seminar on topic- “Effects of non-dimensional governing parameters on building internal and external pressures under a tornado-flow” at National Wind Institute, Texas Tech University, USA ,June 15, 2016
6	Invited talk on the topic- “Experimental Wind Pressure estimation on structures in extreme wind events like tornado” at Department of Civil Engineering, Beijing Jiatong University, Beijing, China on 15th July 2015
7	Invited talk on the topic- “Extreme Wind Events-Laboratory Scale Simulation and analysis of low-rise structures” at State Key Laboratory for Disaster Risk Reduction, Tongji University, Shanghai, China on 13th July 2015

National

1	Resource person at FDP on Performance of Engineering Structures under extreme loading, Conducted by Vignana Bharathi Institute of Technology and Telangana Association for Skill and Knowledge (TASK), June 8, 2020, Hyderabad
2	Invited Speaker at Refresher Course on Wind Induced forces and effects on buildings and structures organised by Indian Association of Structural Engineers, 16 February 2019, New Delhi
3	Invited Speaker at CEP - Missile Structural Dynamics on "Vibration Isolation Systems", DRDL, Hyderabad, Sep 4, 2018
4	Invited speaker at FDP on "Recent Advances in Mechanical Engineering", June 14, 2018, Geethanjali College of Engineering, Hyderabad
5	Invited talk on 'Wind Resistant design for proposed LIGO observatory' at Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, Dec 19-21, 2016
6	Seminar on “Fundamentals of Vibration Analysis and Machinery Vibration” to 30 Graduate Engineering Trainees at Shanthi Gears Limited on June18th,2015
7	Invited talk on the topic- “Fluid Structure Interaction- Design Issues and Challenges” at the 2^nd International Conference on Emerging areas in Technology and Sciences, Saintgits College of Engineering, Kottayam, Kerala, 2nd May 2015
8	Invited Talk on "Tornado Effects on Structures" at International Workshop on 'Wind Disaster Challenges Ahead' organised by Royal Group of Institutions and Assam Engineering College, Guwahati, Feb 22, 2013

Other Information

Recent Invited Talk:

Technical Talk for One Week Online Faculty Development Programme related to r
ecent Advances in Materials Characterization (RAMC) at GRIET, Hyderabad from 23-May 2020.
A talk on "How to teach effectively on the google meet platform" in online FDP scheduled at GRIET on 29 May 2021.
A talk on "How to write impactful research article" in online FDP scheduled at GRIET on 14 May 2021.
Short Term Training Programme on "Advanced Techniques in Modeling and Analysis for Materials and Manufacturing Process", organized by VNRVJIET, Hyderabad 14th -19th December 2020.
A talk on National level Training Programm on Material Characterization, Modelling and Finite Element Analysis, organized by GRIET in Aug. 2022.
AICTE-ISTE Induction-Refresher FDP Program 2021-22 in ONLINE mode on Pedagogy and Research Methodologies organized by GRIET, Hyderabad, on Dec. 2021.
Invited talk in Self Sponsored Short-Term Training Programme On Nano, Micro and Bulk Material Processing and Nanotechnology, title entitled “Recent Advances in Warm Sheet Metal Forming Processes” at GRIET Hyderabad, 2018.
Keynote talk on "Experimental and Numerical Studies of Deformation and Warm Forming Behavior of Ni-Based alloy at Elevated Temperatures" International Conference &Exposition on Mechanical, Material and Manufacturing Technology (ICE3MT-2020), organized by CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad between 9-10 October 2020.
Keynote talk on advances of metal forming scheduled on 28-29 October 2022,CVR College of Engineering, Hyderabad.

Conference and Workshop organized:

Convener for 14th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization, organized by GRIET, Hyderabad, from 24-26 March 2023.
Organizing Secretaries for one-day workshop on Material Characterization using Electron Back-Scatter Diffraction (EBSD) Technique at BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, March 14, 2016.

Other Important Contributions:

Guest editor for a special issue on Advance Manufacturing for Sage Part-E (Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, Impact Factor - 1.6, SCIE, Q2) journal for 2021.
Guest editor for a special issue related to material testing and characterization for International Journal on Interactive Design and Manufacturing (IJIDeM), Scopus Index journal for 2020 and 2021.
Gust editor for a Advances in Materials and Processing Technologies (AMPT), Scopus Index Journal for 2021.
Topic organizer for ASME-IMECE Conference 2020 and 2021 related to metal forming processes.
Session chair for ASME-IMECE Conference 2020 and 2021.
Session chair for Numisheet conference 2020 and 2021.
Session chair for ICMPC conference from 2016 to 2022.

Honours and Awards:

Received SERB-International Travel Support Scheme for attending Numisheet-2014 conference (Melbourne, Australia, worth - 2.0 Lakhs).
Best Paper Award for conference paper entitled " Analysis of forming characteristics for dual phase steel under warm incremental forming process" in 13th International Conference on Materials Processing and Characterization in 2021 at GRIET, Hyderabad.

Reviewers for International Journals:

Reviewers for many reputed journals such as Materials and Design, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, Material Characterization, International journal of material forming, Materials and Manufacturing processes. Also, reviewed many articles for the various international conferences.

Presentations

Congress/Meeting	Poster presentation	Oral presentation
ASN Kidney week meetings	2008, 2010, 2012	2012
ERA-EDTA Congress	2010	2012
DGfN Congress	2010, 2012
American College of Rheumatology Meeting	2010
ICDDT Conference, Dubai	2010
MiPTec Conference, Basel	2011
EULAR meeting, London	2011
HLA-G meeting, Paris		2012

Invited Presentations to peer-reviewed international conferences

2012	49^th ERA-EDTA congress, Paris	Renal dendritic cells release interleukin-22 which promotes regeneration of tubular epithelial cells after acute kidney injury
2012	6^th international conference on HLA-G, Paris	Therapeutic role of HLA-G in mouse model of lupus nephritis
2012	ASN congress 2012, San Diego	Toll-Like Receptor-4 activation induces interleukin-22 secretion in renal mononuclear phagocytes which stimulates tubular epithelial cell regeneration upon kidney injury

Research and Academic Visits

Conferences & Workshops:

Central Laser Facility, STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, June 2022
King's College London, May 2022
Center for Relativistic Astrophysics, Georgiatech, June 2019
Stanford University, May 2019
Cosmology, ICTP, Trieste, June, 2018
IV Cosmology and the Quantum Vacuum 2017, Segovia, Spain, Sept, 2017
Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Sept 2017
Wind Noise Assessment for LIGO India, IUCAA, Pune Dec 2016
Stochastic population dynamics under resource constraints, AIP Conf., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Jan 2016
Role of Magnetic Field in Structure Formation, TMMGP, Sydney, Australia, Feb 2015
3rd WCSET, Kathmandu, Nepal 2014
Decay of Dyonic Black Holes, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada, Sept 2013
Workshop on Data Analysis of Gravitational Waves, BITS Goa, Dec 2012
On decay of charged black holes, Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, Dec 2008
International Workshop on “String Theory and LHC physics”, IISc Bangalore, Nov 2008.
International Workshop in “String Theory”, Puri, Dec 2006.
ICTP Spring School on “String Theory”, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, Feb 2007.
International Workshop on “String Theory and LHC physics”, IIT Chennai, Nov 2007.
National Workshop in “String Theory”, IIT Kanpur, Oct 2005.
KIAS International School in “String Theory”, Seoul, Korea, Mar 2005.

School/Workshops Organized:

Workshop on Archival Data: Stars, 17-18 Aug 2019. Sponsored by IUCAA Centre for Astronomy Research and Develpment (ICARD).
IAGRG 2019, 3rd-5th Jan - 2019
Workshop on “Structure Formation in Standard Cosmology”, 19 th – 23 rd Dec – 2016.
Workshop on “Virtual Observatory and Big Data in Astronomy”, 2 nd Oct – 2016.
Preparatory SERC School in Theoretical High Energy Physics, June 2014.

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Current -Administrative Responsibilities

S. No	Administrative Work
1	Member Secretary, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, BITS Pilani (June 2020- till date).
2	Scientist In charge, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, BITS Pilani (Feb 2020- till date).
3	Member Secretary of Institutional Human Ethics Committee, BITS Pilani (From 2013- till date).
4	Member of Departmental Research Committee (2022 till date)
5	Co-ordinator of Prof.B.M Mithal and Mr. C.N.V. H.B. Gupta Gold Medal award (2022 to date)
6	Member,-Student Faculty Council Cell (2016- till date)
7	Ph.D Qualifying - process In-charge , Department of Pharmacy (2016-2020)
8	In-charge of Lab. No. 3125 (2022- to date)
9	Warden -Bhigirath (October, 2022 to date)

Administrative working experience

S. No	Administrative Work
1	Member Secretary, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, BITS Pilani (June 2020- till date)
2	Scientist In-charge, Institutional Animal Ethics Committee, BITS Pilani (Feb 2020- till date)
3	Member Secretary of Institutional Human Ethics Committee (IHEC, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (From 2013- till date).
4	Member of Library Committee, BITS Pilani (Jan 2013- 2014)
5	Co-ordinator of Prof.B.M Mithal and Mr. C.N.V. H.B. Gupta Gold Medal award (2014-2018)
6	Member of DRC (2013-2020) and DAC (2013- till date)
7	Co-ordinator of Departmental seminar (2013-2018)
8	Co-ordinator -Student Faculty Council Cell (2013-2016)
9	Member,-Student Faculty Council Cell (2016- till date)
10	FDTS, HDD process In-charge , Department of Pharmacy (2016-2020)
11	In-charge of Lab. No. 3118 (2014-2022)
12	Non -Resident Warden -CV Raman Hostel (2019- 2022)

Experience

Positions held

Asst. Professor in Department of Pharmacy, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Asst. Professor at A.K College of Pharmacy, Tamilnadu.
Lecturer at A.K College of Pharmacy, Tamilnadu.

Administrative Experience

Teaching experience | 6 Years for both M. Pharm and B. Pharm level at A.K. College of Pharmacy, Tamilnadu.
Teaching experience | 7 Years for both M. Pharm and B. Pharm level at BITS Pilani, Pilani. Rajasthan.
Head of the department, Department of Pharmacy, 1-9-14 to 31-8-16 (Two Years)

Research Experience

Research Assistant at Dept. of Pharm. Sciences and Technology, BIT, Mesra - 4 Yrs.
Research Trainee at Torrent Research Centre, Ahmedabad - 8 Months.

Professional Development Programs

Underwent BITS Pilani sponsored Industry Immersion Program at Hospira Healthcare India Pvt, Ltd (a Pfizer Company), Chennai during 2 to 30th June, 2016 and learned several new techniques in the area of Medicinal Process Chemistry and Impurity Profiling.

Experience

Positions held

Associate Professor at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Lecturer at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Lecturer at N.K.B.R. College of Pharmacy & Research Centre, Meerut
Lecturer at Dept. of Pharmacy, Northern India Engg. College, Lucknow

Administrative Experience

Warden, Ram Bhawan (From November 2022- till date)
Nucleus Member, AUGSD (From 27th July 2021- till date)
Member of Academic Counseling Cell (ACC), BITS Pilani (From Sept. 2011- till date)
Member of Departmental Research Committee (From Sept 2022-till date)
Member, Student-Faculty Council (SFC) (From Sept 2022-till date)
Non-Resident Warden, Ram Bhawan (January 2019-October 2022)
Member of Departmental Academic Committee (From Sept 2020- Aug 2022)
Nucleus Member of Instruction Cell, Practice School Division, BITS Pilani (May 2008-Dec. 2015)
Member, Library Committee

Author Profile

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Important Links

Professional

Reviewer for international journals of repute viz., Nanoscale letters, Nature Communications, New Journal of Chemistry, Optics Communications, Journal of Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Liquids, RSC advances, Results in Optics, Crystals, Current Applied Physics, Liquids, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.....
Member of Indian Liquid Crystal Society
Member of National Advisory Committee of First International Conference on Blends, Composites, Bio-Composites and Nanocomposites (ICNC–2020) to be held on 9, 10 and 11 October 2020, Kottayam, Kerala, India.
Convener, Departmental Research Committee, Physics Department, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (Sep. 2020 onwards)
PhD Thesis Examiner of MAHE (2023), JNU (2020), Bharathidasan University ( 2018, 2019)
Member of Faculty Grievance Redressal Committee, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (March 2018-Nov 2020)
Member of Research Board , BITS Pilani (Dec. 2017-2019)
Faculty in-charge PHYSICS ASSOCIATION, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus(Sep. 2018-Aug 2020)
Faculty in-charge Kannada Vedike, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus (2015-2017)
Member of Departmental Research Committee, Physics Department, BITS Pilani (2016-18)
Member of Student Faculty Council, Physics Department, BITS Pilani (2016-17)
BITSAT Co-ordinator for the Bangalore I center 2016
BITSAT Co-ordinator for the Bangalore II center (RV Institute of Management ) 2015
Member of Departmental Research Committee, Physics Department, BITS Pilani (2012-14)
Member of Staff Association, BITS Pilani (2011-2013)
Secretary, Staff Association, BITS Pilani (2012-2013)

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Research Collaboration

In collaboration with Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland, following research paper has been published -
Surface second harmonic generation from coumarin 343 dye - attached TiO 2 nanoparticles at liquid - liquid interface.D. D. Pant , Sunita Joshi and Hubert H. Girault, Journal of Nanoparticle Research , 13 (2011) 7057 - 7064.

Visits Abroad

Visited HERIOT WATT University, Dubai Campus for attending 36th International Conference on Vibro-Acoustic in March 2019.

Invited speaker in Royal Academy of Engineering on Frontiers of Development "Inclusive Prosperity and Wellbeing in the context of Mass Displacement," Kigali, Rwanda, 2018.

Visited High Speed Vision Robotics Lab, Hiroshima University, Japan as a Visiting Research Scholar as a part of the University Immersion Programme of BITS Pilani for eight weeks, 2016.

Delivered Lecture in 73rd Taoyaka Program Seminar , "Ongoing Project at BITS, Pilani - Considering Social, Industrial and Futuristic Challenges," Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan, 2016.

Visited Malaysia to present paper in International Conference on Machine Learning and Signal Processing (MALSIP), Melaka, 2015.

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Professional Experience

Assistant Professor (April 2021-Till date) Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Rajasthan, India.
Senior Research Scientist (September 2020-March 2021) TCG Life Sciences, Kolkata, West bengal
Research Scientist (June 2020-August 2020) Amar Chemistry Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (April 2018-March 2020) Supervisor: Professor S. Thayumanavan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (March 2015- March 2018) Supervisor: Professor A. Chatterjee, Boston College.

Academic Background

PhD in Organic Chemistry (July 2009-February 2015)

Supervisor: Professor Amit Basak, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
M.Sc. in Chemistry (First Class First, August 2007-May 2009)
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
B.Sc. in Chemistry (First Class , August 2004-July 2007)
University of Calcutta (Presidency College), Kolkata, India.

Professional Activities

Member of American Chemical Society.
Ad hoc reviewer of Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry (OBC).
Ad hoc reviewer of Tetrahedron Letters.
Ad hoc reviewer of Journal of Molecular Structure.
Ad hoc reviewer of SynOpen.
Convener of Research Scholar Day 2013 at Chemistry, IIT Kharagpur.

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Other Teaching Engagements

Dr. Sarkar is a passionate educator believing in total development of students emphasizing on intricate details and building up understanding and correlations therein. In addition to teaching assigned courses, his spontaneous engagements in improving various aspects of teaching are as follows,

New Course Development - CHEM F431: Sustainable Chemistry using Renewables, new course packages for new programs (proposed)
New Laboratory Setup - Designed new teaching laboratory (Room 3209) for new equipment-based experimental setups (from PHYWE, Germany) for CHEM F341: Chemical Experimentation II
Revisiting course curriculum - Detailed review of inorganic chemistry courses and modifications therein
Redesign of Laboratory Manuals - Completely new design of laboratory manual for the CHEM F110: Chemistry Laboratory course targeting enhancement in student performance and evaluation
New Experiment / equipment use - Introduced several new experiments for CHEM F341 course
Improved content delivery/ pedagogy - Prepared digital content (lecture slides) for several entire courses such as CHEM F431, CHEM F337, CHEM F333, CHEM F214, CHEM F111 etc., and detailed online evaluation modules for CHEM F110 using Nalanda (Moodle platform)

Other Professional Services and Recognition

Part of selection committee /Assessment:

2020: Selection committee member for appointing JRF in DST sponsored project of Dr. Meetha Shenoy 5 Aug. 2020
2017: Selection committee member for appointing JRF in DRDO sponsored project of Prof. Navneet Gupta.
2013: Part of interview panel of 'BrohMos Missile Programme' in campus interview held at BITS, Pilani (I^stsemester 2012-13).

International visits & Collaboration:

Sr. No.

Place

Duration

Visiting Assistant Professor' University of Virginia, Charlottesvillie (USA)

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2018 - July 2018

(Worked at HPLP lab of UVA Charlottesvillie under university Immersion)

2 Months

Books and papers Reviewed

2020:Reviewed paper for IEEE Access Journal 2020 (appearing on Publon)
2019:Reviewed paper for IEEE Access Journal 2019 (appearing on Publon)
2019:Ph. D. Thesis reviewer and Examiner for Symbiosis International University, Pune 2019
2011:Reviewed a book on "Electronic Principles, 7e" (Albert Malvino & David J. Bates) April 2011.
2009:Reviewed a book on "Basic Electronic" (Ghatak & De), Pearson Education, May 2009.
2005: Reviewed a book on semiconductor physics, technology and device, oxford university press, December 2005.
2009: Reviewed papers for "International Journal of electronics" Taylor & Francis.
2010:Reviewed papers for "International Journal of Signal and Imaging Systems Engineering (IJSISE), Inderscience Publishers Ltd.
Reviewed papers for "International Journal of Circuits and Architecture Design," (IJCAD) Inderscience Publishers Ltd.
Reviewed a book on "Microelectronic Circuits", (Sedra, Kenneth, Smith) Adapted by Dr. Chandorkar , Oxford University Press, Seventh Edition.

Professional Body memebership

Senior Member of IEEE since June 2018
Member of IEEE since June 2015
Life Member of 'The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) from January 2014.
Executive committee member of IETE since July 2022 to July 2024.
Executive committee member of IETE since August 2020 to July 2022.
Life Member The Institution of Engineers (India) since June 2014.
Life Member of 'Metrology Society of India' since 2012.

Conference Committee

- 2024: Reviewer for IEEE Region 10 Symposium (TENSYMP), an official annual conferences owned and organized by the IEEE REGION 10 (Asia Pacific),
- 2024: Program Committee Member and reviewer of “ 6th International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2024), Spain, September 25-27, 2024.
- 2023: Finance Team 27th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2022), 17-29 September 2023-1 October 2023 to be held at BITS, Pilani.
- 2023: Technical program chair in 27th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2022), 17-29 September 2023-1 October 2023 to be held at BITS, Pilani.
- 2023: Program Committee Member of “ 5th International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2023), Portugal on 20-22 September 2023.
- 2023: Reviewer in BITS DELCON 2023, 2nd edition of IEEE Delhi section owned international conference 24-26 February, 2023.
- 2022: PC member, Reviewer, Session chair in BITS EEE CON 2022 International Conference on Next Generation Systems and Network to be held on 4-5 November at BITS Pilani.
- 2022: PC member reviewer and in 26th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2022), 17-19 July 2022 held at IIT Jammu.
- 2022: Program Committee Member of “4th International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies” (MicDAT '2022), Corfu Holiday Palace hotel (Greece).(15 - 17 June 2022)
- 2021: Panelist in One Day Virtual Symposium on "Recent Technological Advancement in Wide/Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials, Devices and Applications" 10 April 2021 held at BITS Pilani.
- 2021: Executive Committee Member and reviewer of IETE national technical paper contest held on 3 January 2021
- 2020: Program Committee Member of “3rd International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies” (MicDAT '2020), Tenerife (Canary Islands), Spain (17 - 19 June 2020)
- 2019: Technical session chair and delivered an invited lecture in the 530th International Academic Conference on Engineering, Technology and Innovations (IACETI), Phuket, Thailand on 6 -7 February 2019.
- 2019: International Program Committee Members, Second International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2019) Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 22-24 May 2019.
- 2018: Program committee members for The First International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT’ 2018), organized by IFSA in technical cooperation with the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Castlldefels, Spain, 20-22 June 2018.
- 2018: Techanical Program Committee Member in 3rd International Conference Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (ICRAIE-2018), Poornima College of Engg., Jaipur, India, Poornima University, Jaipur, India, 22-25, November - 2018 (Supported by IEEE Rajasthan sub section)
- 2018: Technical Program Committee (TPC) of Online Conference on Green Communication, Network and Systems (OGCNS 2018), Department of Computer Applications, Sikkim University (A Central University), 2018.
- 2016: Organizing chair in International conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI) jointly held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI) on 12-13 December, 2016.
- 2016: Publicity chair in International conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction (IHCI) jointly held at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, and CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-CEERI) on 12-13 December, 2016.
- 2016: Techanical Program Committee Member in 2nd International Conference Recent Advances and Innovations in Engineering (ICRAIE-2016), Poornima College of Engg., Jaipur, India, Poornima University, Jaipur, India,23-25, December - 2016
- 2015: Reviewer in IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing, Computing and Control (ISPCC 2015), solan, Himachal Pradesh, India, 24-26 September 2015.
- 2015: Technical Committee member of the National Conference on Advanced in Microelectronics, Instrumentation and Communications (MICON-2015), 20-21, November 2015, at Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, India.
- 2015: Reviewer for IEEE International Conference on Signal and Image Processing Applications (ICSIPA) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 18-21 October, 2015.
- 2015: Technical Program Committee, National Conference On Advances in Microelectronics, Instrumentation and Communication (MICOM), November 2015, BITS, Pilani.
- 2015: Program Committee member of the Nineteenth International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2015) June 26-19, 2015 at Institute of technology Nirma university, Ahmedabad, India
- 2014:Advisory Committee member of IEEE International Conference on Signal Processing and Computer Technology (ICSPCT 2014), 12-13 July, 2014, Ajmer, India
- 2014: Program committee of ICAECC-2014 IEEE International Conference on advances in electronics, computers and Communications.
- 2013: Technical Committee member of the International Conference on Advanced Electronic Systems (ICAES-2013), 21-23, September 2013, at Central Electronic engineering Research Institute Pilani, India.
- 2013: Program Committee member of the Seventeenth International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT-2013) 27-30, July, 2013 at MNIT Jaipur, India.
- 2013: Technical Program Committee member of National Conference on Emerging trend in Electronic and Communication (ETEC-2013) 25-26, October, 2013 at BRCM, Bahal, India.
- 2011: Team member of 'publicity, publication, invitation and media committee' for the National conference on VLSI Design and Embedded Systems (NCVDES-2011) jointly organized by BITS and CEERI.
- 2010: Convener/Coordinator in "Indo-Taiwan Workshop On Nano, Microelectronics and Embedded Systems" 24-25 September, 2010.
- 2010: Attended 'University Day' program at ST Microelectronics, Greater Noida on Nov 16, 2010.
- 2009: Convener (Convener, SESSION V-B (Topic: Next Generation PSoCs (PSoC3 and PSoC5))/registration committee member in "National Conference on Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation" 13-14 November, 2009.
- 2009: Delivered a talk on “Design of Barrel Shifter” High performance Digital System Design workshop at BITS, Pilani, 16-18 January, 2009.
- 1998: Coordinated an ISTE/AICTE winter school on " Impact of Power Electronics Drives of 21st Century" (5th October 1998 to 16th October 1998 held at VNIT Nagpur).

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Group News

Congrats!!! Ms. Annu for getting best poster presentation award in International Conference on "Luminescent Materials: From Fundamentals to Application(ICLMFA-2024)".
Congrats!!! Mr. Ram Prasad Bhatta for getting your article, " "Enhanced TNT Vapor Sensing Through PMMA-mediated AIPE-Active Monocyclometalated Iridium(III) Complex: A Leap Towards Real-Time Monitoring." published in the Analyst Journal.
Congrats!!! Ms. Annu for getting best poster presentation award in 17th RSC-CRSI Symposium (01-04 February 2024) organized by Department of Chemistry, BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.
Congrats!!! Mr. Ram Prasad Bhatta for getting best poster presentation award in TSRP-2024 BARC, Mumbai.
Welcome!!! Nancy, has joined our group from 9th January 2024.
Congrats!!! Prof. Inamur R. Laskar has become a Guest Editor on a Spotlight Collection for Dalton Transactions on Aggregation induced luminescence of metal complexes: advances and applications, 2023, 52, 10625–10636.
Congrats!!! Mr. Pramod Raichure has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis and selected as a post-doctoral researcher at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
Congrats!!! Ms. Annu for getting your article, "Controlling the sensitivity and selectivity for the detection of nitro-based explosives by modulating electronic substituents on the ligand of the AIPE-active cyclometalated Iridium (III) complexes." published in the Dalton Transactions (IF: 4.6)
Congrats!!! Mr. Ram Prasad Bhatt for getting your article, "Tunable Emission in Visible Range from a Single Organic Fluorophore through Time Controlled Morphological Evolution" published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C (IF: 8.067)
Big congrats!!! Prof Laskar was felicitated with best DRDO project award by the ho'nable Defence minister Rajnath Singh.
Big Congrats!!! Ram Prasad Bhatta for demonstrating your research work (in collaboration with TBRL, DRDO Lab and Department of EEE, BITS-Pilani) in Atal innovation Mission, NITI Aayog National Technology Week 2023 at Pragati Maidan, Delhi.
Congrats!!! Pramod Raichure on successfully delivering your thesis Pre-submission titled "Functional Luminescent Complex for Low-Cost Analyst Sensing and Tunable White-Light Emitting Polymer Synthesis".
Congrats!!! Sumit for getting your research article in ACS Applied Bio Materials journal (IF: 3.9) accepted.
Welcome!!! Ms. Sushama Biswas, has joined our group (dated- 27th Feb 2023) in the project entitled " Development of detection system of pre- validated salivery biomarkers to determine the stages and types of cardiovascular disease" under the kind supervision of Dr. Syamantak Majumdar ( P.I.) & Prof. Dr. Inamur R Laskar ( Co. P.I.)
Congratulations!! Prof. Laskar for successfully organizing THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON AGGREGATION INDUCED EMISSION- FUNDAMENTAL TO APPLICATION (ICAIEFA-2022) IN INDIA (BITS-Pilani, Goa Campus, 16^th- 18^th Dec) along with professors of BITS-Goa and BITS-Hyderabad.
Congrats!!! Mr. Sumit for getting ACS Materials Au best poster-presentation award and other members for presenting posters and Pramod Raichure for Oral presentation (ICAIEFA-2022^th December 2022)
Congrats!!! Mr. Pramod Raichure for getting your research article in ACS Macromolecules journal (IF: 6) accepted.
Congrats!!! Dr. Vishal Kachwal and Prof I.R. Laskar for getting your manuscript of the book chapter in Topics in Current Chemistry journal (IF: 9.06) accepted.
Congrats!!! Mr. Pramod Raichure for publishing your research article in the RSC-New Journal of Chemistry (IF: 3.9).
Welcome!!! Mr. Bharat Kaushik, Mr. Sumit, Mr. Ajeet Singh, and Miss. Annu Agarwal have joined our group recently.
Congrats!!! Mr. Vishal Kachwal has successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis and selected as a post-doctoral researcher at the engineering science department, University of Oxford, UK.
Mr. Pramod Raichure presented his research work at the FlexEV-2020 conference held at Manipal University, Rajasthan, dated 6^th March 2020.
Welcome!!! Mr. Ramprasad Bhatt joined our research group in Sept. 2019.
Congrats!!! Dr. Sengottuvelu Dineshkumar for acceptance of manuscript in ACS Applied Materials and Interface journal (IF: 10.38).
Recently, one Project has been sanctioned by Defence R&D Organization (DRDO) INDIA.
Dr. Sengottuvelu Dineshkumar successfully completed his National Post-doctoral (NPDF) Research from our lab.
Congrats!!! Dr. Sheikh Saleem Pasha successfully defended his Ph.D. Thesis and selected as Research Associate at (CSMCRI), Bhavnagar (Gujarat, INDIA).
Congrats!!! Dr. Sheikh Saleem Pasha has submitted his final thesis dated 17th November 2018.
Congrats!!! Mr. Tanmay Jaiswal for sanctioned funding of 33,000 INR for the First-Degree Project Funding Scheme (FDPS) from BITS Pilani, Pilani campus.
Congrats!!! Dr. Sengottuvelu Dineshkumar's research article has been accepted in RSC-Polymer Chemistry.
Prof. Inamur R. Laskar visited Academia Sinica, Taiwan, through Indian National Science Academy (INSA) in July 2018.
Congrats!!! Mr. Vishal Kachwal for his selection in CSIR-SRF (Senior Research Fellowship).
Mr. Sheik Saleem Pasha got the best Oral presentation award at International conference NFM-2017 at BITS Pilani.
Welcome!!! Mr. Pramod Raichure joined our research group in Jan 2018.

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About the Faculty

ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA graduated (BTech) from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute (HBTI) Kanpur in 1986, earned Masters (MS) in 1992 and PhD in 2005, both from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras.

He worked as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) in the Department of Post-Harvest Process and Food Engineering, College of Technology, Govind Ballahab Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, during 1986-87. Later at IIT Madras (apart from doing MS and later PhD) he also worked as a Senior Project Officer (SPO), during 1990-92, for a project on Biogas Generation from Tannery Effluents funded by the Department of Nonconventional Energy Sources of Ministry of Energy and as a Research Associate (RA) for a project on Colour Removal of Industrial Effluents using Fluidized Bed funded by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) during 1997–2002.

Presently he is an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani–Pilani Campus, which he joined as a Lecturer in December 2004.

He also served as Head of the Department (Jan 2007 to August 2012). During this period, department was granted three major development funds: Departmental Research Support (DRS)–Special Assistance Programme (SAP) of University Grant Commission (UGC) [Rs. 48 Lakhs (2011-16)], UGC-Infrastructure Support [Rs. 20 Lakhs (2011-12)] and Fund for Improvement of S & T Infrastructure (FIST) of Department of Science and Technology (DST) [Rs. 80.5 Lakhs (2011-16)]. Five (5) UGC-BSR research fellowships were also granted to the department. The department also conducted two prominent conferences: Technological Advancements in Chemical and Environmental Engineering (TACEE-2012, March 23-24, 2012) and 8th Annual Session of Students’ Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON-2012, September 21-22, 2012), an annual event of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE).

Dr. Sharma teaches in the field of Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering & Biochemical Engineering and his areas of Research are Environmental Engineering (Water and Wastewater Treatment), Adsorption, Fluidization, Hydrodynamics, Biochemical Engineering (Bioreactor Analysis and Design), Reaction Mechanism & Kinetics and Modeling & Simulation. He is nurturing his interests in Reactor Analysis & Design, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Statistical Thermodynamics.

He is guiding 1 PhD and has guided 1 PhD, 7 ME Dissertations, 30+ Professional & Research Practice and Research Methodology students, 6 BE Theses and 70+ BE Projects. He has published 40+ research papers in national & international journals and conferences, 5 chapters in lecture notes and participated in 15+ short term courses/seminars/conferences/symposiums/workshops/conventions.

He has reviewed research papers submitted for Journal of the Institution of Engineers (India): Series A; CURIE Journal (Journal of Cooperation among University, Research and Industrial Enterprises); paper/proposal for 2nd National Convention on Energizing Entrepreneurship through Innovation, Nov 2-3, 2007, Pilani, India and coordinated the proof reading of 25 review/research papers for the special issues of Journal of Energy, Heat and Mass Transfer–Dec 1996 and March 1997 issues, viz., FESTSCHRIFT ISSUES in honour of Prof. Y B G VARMA, on his retirement from the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras.

He delivered Expert Lectures/Talk on Environmental Protection: Issues and Perspectives, TEQIP-II Sponsored FDP, Development in Sustainable Energy & Environment Protection, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, BIET, Jhansi, India, March 27-31, 2017; Introduction to the World of Chemical Engineering-Its Scope and Prospects, NTSE Awardees' Nurturing Program, BITS Pilani–Pilani Campus, Pilani, India, Nov 16-20, 2016; Research at BITS, Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE 2013), Pilani, India, March 22-23, 2013; Co-judged a Session in SCHEMCON–2012, Sept 21-22, 2012, Pilani, India and Chaired a Session on Green Chemistry in International Conference on Sustainable Manufacturing: Issues, Trends and Practices (ICSM 2011), Nov 10-12, 2011, Pilani, India.

He has been a Member of Organizing Committee for Workshop on Analytical Instruments for Chemical and Environmental Engineers (WAICEE 2013, 2015, 2017 & 2019), March 22-23, 2013; February 27-28, 2015; 2017; 2019, Pilani, India; Symposium on Sustainable Technology Development in Polymer (SSTDP-2016), Pilani, India; Local Advisory Committee for National Conference on Green and Sustainable Chemistry, Feb 19-21, 2010, Pilani, India; Organizing Committee for National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-06), Sept 1-3, 2006, Pilani, India; Registration Committee for Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON)–2001, Dec 19–22, 2001, Chennai, India and Student Member of Technical Programme Committee for International Conference on Advances in Chemical Engineering, ICAChE – 96, Dec 11–13, 1996, Chennai, India.

He has been an examiner for PhD Thesis at IGCAR Kalpakkam (Feb 2016), Anna University (May 2015) & VNIT Nagpur (May 2014); MTech Project at HBTI Kanpur (Oct 2017 & April 2013); BE Final Year Project at MNIT Jaipur (June 2014) & BTech (Industry) Projects at Banasthali University-Banasthali (Jan 2013 & Jan 2012); and, at BITS Pilani, for PhD Thesis, ME Dissertations, Professional & Research Practice and Research Methodology, BE Theses, Practice School (PS) Project Reports and BE Projects.

At BITS Pilani, he is/has been a member of Senate, Research Board, Doctoral Counseling Committee (DCC), Doctoral Advisory Committee (DAC), Departmental Research Committee (DRC), Intensive Teaching Workshop (ITW), Teaching Learning Centre (TLC), Departmental Committee for Academics (DCA), Departmental Level Shortlisting Committee (DLSC), IIChE-Pilani Regional Centre, Academic Counseling Cell (ACC), (Mentor) ACB, Library Committee (LC), PFAC, Student Faculty Council (SFC), Registration (Advisor), etc.

He is a Life Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) and Member of Institution of Engineers (India) [IE]. For more details, please visit: http://universe.bits-pilani.ac.in/pilani/arvinds/profile.

Extra-Curricular Activities of Mr. Sharma had been: Creative Writing, Debate, Extempore, Elocution | Singing, Dramas | Drawing | Long Races, Karate, Cricket, Table Tennis etc. Arvind is married, blessed with two sons and gifted with brothers, sisters & friends … !

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Blockchain Technology BITS F452

The course titled "Blockchain Technology" is offered in 2nd Semester 2020-21.

The details of the course specifying the course contents, and evaluative components is specified below.

Following are some of the Frequently Asked Questions about this course

Q1: Is it a department elective or an open Elective

The course code starts with BITS. It is an open elective

Q2: What are the prerequisites for this course

Computer Programming

Q3: What are the course contents? Are we doing a project in this course

Kindly refer the details below.

In case of any further doubt. Please feel free to reach me.

Course contents

Module	Lecture session	Learning Outcome	Topics	Reference
1	1-5	Overview of Blockchain Technology	Defining Blockchain and Distributed Ledger, Blockchain Properties Decentralized, Transparent, Immutable and secure. Blockchain Applications. Types of Blockchain: Public, private, and consortium based blockchain, When to use, and when not to use Blockchain, History of Blockchain.	TB: Ch 1 R1: Ch 0,1
2	6-8	Introduction to computing models and P2P networking	Centralized, Decentralized and Distributed Systems, Decentralization vs distributed, P2P systems, propertied of P2P systems, P2P communication architecture. P2P network applications: File sharing, P2P network for blockchain	TB: Ch 1
3	9-12	Foundational Concepts Blockchain Data Structure	Cryptographic Hash Functions, Digital Signatures, Public Keys as Identities, Hash Pointers and Hash chain and Merkel tree, Consensus mechanisms	TB: Ch3 R1: Ch1
4	13-18	Blockchain Characteristics	Decentralized Identity management, Transactions, incentivising and mining. Distributed Consensus (PoW), Cryptocurrency as the first blockchain application. Mechanics of Bitcoin, Bitcoin Scripts, Storing and Using Bitcoins, Mining in Bitcoin.	TB: Ch4 R1: Ch 2,3,4,5,6
5	19-21	Other Consensus Mechanisms	Proof of storage, proof of stake, proof of deposit, proof of burn, proof of activity. algorithms for adjusting difficulty and retargeting. Limitations of Bitcoin, alternative cryptocurrencies.	TB: Ch5 R1: Ch 8
6	22-27	Smart Contracts and Ethereum	History, Purpose and types of smart contracts, Introduction to Ethereum, bitcoin vs Ethereum stack. P2P network in Ethereum, consensus in Ethereum, scripts in Ethereum, Smart contracts (Ethereum Virtual Machine). Developing and executing smart contracts in Ethereum. State and data structure in Ethereum.	TB: Ch 6, 7,8 R1: Ch 11
7	28-33	Private and Consortium based Blockchain: Hyperledger	Need for the consortium. Hyperledger stack, Multichainblockchain. Innovation in Hyperledger, smart contracts, and distributed applications in hyperledger.	TB: Ch 9
8	34-40	Case studies/ Enabling Technologies and applications	Application of blockchain in privacy and security, IoT and smart cities, Business and Industry, Data management, e-Governance	TB: Ch 10,11 R1: Ch11

Evaluative Components

Component	Duration	Weightage(%)	Date & Time	Mode
Midsem	90 Mins.	30	<TEST_1>	Closed Book
Project		20	-	OB
Quiz	30 minutes	10	-	OB
Seminar	20 minutes	5	-	OB
Comprehensive Exam	3 Hrs.	35	<TEST_C>	Partly Open

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Foreign Assignments

Sede Boqer, Israel: Collaboration Program between BITS-Ben Gurion University of Negev; March 15-18, 2006
Washington, USA: Global Development Market place organized by World Bank at Washington in 6-11th May, 2006
Sede Boqer, Israel: International Conference on from Invention and Development to Product from research Institutes to Water Industry; Nov 28-30, 2006
Sharjah, Dubai: BITS, Pilani Dubai campus, member of Examination and Infrastructure Development Committee,
Dubrovnik, Croatia: Conference on sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems 22nd - 27th Sept - 201
Genève Switzerland: Geospatial World Forum, Centre International Conferences, 05-09 May 2014
MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE from Venice (Italy) to Istanbul (Turkey): 9th Conference on sustainable Development of Energy, Water and Environment Systems, 20th - 27th Sept - 2014
Bangkok, Thailand: The International Conference On Advances in Civil, Structural and Mechanical Engineering - ACSM 2015, 21-22 February, 2015
Charlottesville, USA: Visiting Faculty at University of Virginia, USA, 18th May -17th July 2015
San Diego, California, USA: ESRI User Conference 2015, 20-24th July, 2015
Zhangjiajie, China: International Conference on Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discover August 15-17, 2015
Rome, Italy: EU - INDIA Science, Technology and Innovation Cooperation, 15-16 October 2015
Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Perspective on water Resources and the Environment, EWRI and ASCE, Jan 4-6, 2016.
Mauritius: IIE and URUAE International Conference, March 20-21, 2016
Hammamet, Tunisia: International renewable Energy Congress, March 22 – 24, 2016,
Tokyo, Japan, 5th Asia Conference on Mechanical and Materials Engineering (ACMME 2017)June 9-11, 2017
Stockholm, Sweden, M/s Mariella, Viking Line (Stockholm-Helsinki-Stockholm) 22-24 August 2017
Barcelona, Spain, 1st International Conference on Microelectronic Devices and Technologies (MicDAT '2018) 20-22 June 2018,
Edinburgh, Scotland, Economy, Sustainable Development and Energy International Conference 25th – 27th June 2018
Brisbane, Australia, The Fourth Australasia and South-East Asia Structural Engineering and Construction Conference December 3-5 and 2018 5th International Conference on Environmental Systems research (ICESR 2018), December 6-8, 2018 The University of Queensland Brisbane, Australia
Charlottesville, USA Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, 17.12.18- 21.12.18
Ottawa, Canada, International Conference of Recent Trends in Environmental Science and Engineering (RTESE'19), Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada – June 10-12, 2019
Netherland, Project proposal- 28-30 Jan 2019
Portland, OR, USA, IEEE Conference on Technologies for Sustainability (SusTech), 2023
Qatar, 2nd International Conference on Civil Infrastructure and Construction (CIC 2023), 5-8th Feb. 2023
Orlando, USA: On cruise, Advanced Composite and Functional Material Congress, 27-30 April 2023,

Certificate of Appreciation to Prof. Kamalesh Kumar, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, for participating as a listener in International Conference on Advancements in Science, Engineering and Management (ICASEM) 2024 – Jointly Organized by Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology, Purnea, Bihar, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India on 30/05/2024 & 31/05/2024 in the virtual mode.

Certificate of Participation presented to Prof. Kamalesh Kumar, Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan, India, for participating in the skill training International Seminar on the Title “AI and Future of Teaching and Learning” Jointly Organized by Vidya Vihar Institute of Technology, Purnea, Bihar, India & RSP Conference Hub, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India on 30/05/2024 in the virtual mode.

Judged technical papers from Geotechnical Engineering domain presented during 3rd International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural & Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-2024) organized by Department of Civil Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Pilani campus on 26-28 February 2024.

Media Articles

Title: Can state governments do better in procuring vaccine and avoid wastage

Newspaper: The Hans India, May 26th 2021

Link: https://www.thehansindia.com/hans/opinion/news-analysis/can-state-governments-do-better-in-procuring-vaccine-and-avoid-wastage-687829

Professional Memberships

Society for Neuroscience (SFN), U.S.A
Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN)
Life membership in Society for Neurochemistry, India (SNCI)
Life membership in the Indian Academy for Neuroscience (IAN)
Life membership in the Asia Pacific Society for Neuroscience and the International Society for Neurochemistry (ASPN-ISN)
Society for the Neural Control of Movement

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Publications in Telugu Literature

Recent Book Link

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-0102-5?sap-outbound-id=0DE92080004B1688DFE3123DBD104FACF2A8CC30

Regarding SoP/DoP/LoP

All my formal project slots for spring semester 2024-2025 is full. Those who would like to have informal projects, please email me once the semester begins.

Research Areas: AI-ML and Computer Vision in Agriculture and Healthcare

Research IDs

ORCID	http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7945-3229
Researcher ID (Web of Science)	C-8398-2012
SCOPUS ID	57212821721
Semantic Scholar ID	5552124
Ciência ID	D716-1B91-FE04
Loop Profile	https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/217730/overview
Google Scholar	https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=7_Dz9wsAAAAJ&hl=en
Vidwan ID	137279
IRINS (BITS)	https://bits-pilani.irins.org/profile/137279

Memberships & Affiliations

Academic Member: Academy of Management (Member ID: 121847)
Member (International Affiliate) of International Association of Applied Psychology (Membership No:2102379)
International Affiliate of American Psychological Association (Membership No:53899527)
Advisory Board Member of E-Psychologie (ISSN 1802-8853)-Electronic Journal Published by Czech-Moravian Psychological Society, Czech Republic URL: http://e-psycholog.eu/ocasopise/
Member-International Positive Psychology Association (Member ID-7825)
Founder Member-National Positive Psychology Association (http://nppassociation.org)
Member of New Zealand Association of Positive Psychology (NZAPP)
Member of International Society for Research on Internet Interventions {ISRII}
Fellow of International Association of Holistic Psychology (FIAHP) (Member ID-JA09AMF0041)
Member of National Academy of Applied Psychology (NAOP) (Member ID-20090123)
Professional Member & Faculty Sponsor BITS Pilani Association of Computing Machinery-W-Student Chapter (ACM Member ID:9867497)
Team Member- International Research Symposium of Services Marketing (IRSSM: India Chapter).

Faculty News

Dr. Ganesh was interviewed for the EDC lab series for the September 2023 edition of the International Society of Biomechanics (ISB) Newsletter. Here is the full interview: ISB Newsletter

Research guidance for Ph.D. aspirants (Full-time/Part-time)/SOP/DOP/LOP/SP :

Research guidance for Ph.D. aspirants (Full-time/Part-time):

Gate/NET qualified, well-motivated, and hard-working individuals are encouraged to apply through proper channel. I accept research students based on his/her interview's performance and department rules and regulations.

Background (essential): Probability and random processes, communication systems, signal processing, network fundamentals.

Skills: Programming in MATLAB (essential), C/C++, Python, plus technical writing (desirable)

Key research areas:

Terrestrial/satellite communication systems (fifth generation systems and beyond),

Efficient signal processing for communication (e.g., deep learning/machine learning),

Cognitive and cooperative Internet-of-Things (IoT),

Hybrid communication systems and networks.

Guidance for SOP/DOP/LOP/SP (undergraduate):

Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary

Topic-1: EEE/E & I plus M.Sc. (Chemistry/Biology)

Interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary

Topic-2: EEE/E & I plus M.Sc. (Mathematics/Economics)

Well-motivated and hard-working EEE/E&I undergrads (non-dualites) are also encouraged to apply.

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Lab News

Mr. Milan Paul has achieved a significant milestone by successfully defending his PhD thesis, demonstrating his expertise and commitment to academic excellence. His rigorous research and insightful analysis contribute valuable knowledge to his field. Congratulations to Milan on this well-deserved accomplishment!

Professor Swati Biswas has been featured among top 10 faculty across all four BITS campuses.

Professor Swati Biswas chaired a session and delivered talk on “Nanomedicines for cancer and infectious diseases” as invited speaker at International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi

PhD research scholar Ms. Shishira PS has received best poster award at International conference on Translational materials for sustainable technology (Transmat 2k24) organized by Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India

Professor Swati Biswas along with her lab members attended International Conference on Translational Materials for Sustainable Research (TransMat 2k24), Department of Physics, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, from Feb 1 to Feb 4, 2024.

Lab News and Information

Mr. Bhushan Kishor Nandre joined to our lab as a JRF under a SERB-SURE project. Hope Bhushan will likely bring a lot of enthusiasm and a fresh outlook to the research projects.
Congratulations to Monika for her thesis submission.....Thank you for your hard work and wish you all the very best!
Congratulations to Anup and Sayan for their recent publication on MOR and ORR electrocatalysis in Surfaces and Interfaces!!

Lab News

Congratulations to Soumya Mattupalli for winning the best post award at Vidwanostav 2024, PhD fest of BITS Pilani Hyderabad. (July 2024)
Jashaswinee Swain's work on durable oil-water separation techniques clears the Talent Filter-1 round of the MaterialNEXT 5.0 by TATA Steel. (January 2024)
Congratulations Soumya Mattupalli for winning the first prize in Sci-Art competition at Chemference 2023, BITS Pilani Goa Campus, October 2023.
Our work, now published in Soft Matter reports a unique behaviour of large polymer drops on anisoptropic patterned surfaces. (June 2023)
Soumya Mattupalli wins first place in poster presentation at ChemE Day BITS Hyderabad. (April 2023)
Our latest work on improving durability of GO-coated meshes for oil-water separation application gets published in Nanoscale Advances. (January 2023)
P. Saikiran (Ph.D. Student) attends and presents his work on polymer blends at Soft Thin Films Session, CompFlu 2022, IIT Kharagpur. (19-21 December 2022)
Welcome to Jashaswinee Sawin, Ph.D. student who joins our group to work on durability of special wettability surfaces. (April 2022)
Welcome to Soumya Mattupalli, JRF student under SERB-CRG Project. (March 2022)
Our lab received a SERB-CRG grant to study droplet evaporation on patterned surfaces! (Jan 2022)
Mayuri Dhole (ME student) wins the ACS (American Chemical Society) Best Poster Presentation Award at the International Conference on Complex Fluids and Soft Matter (Compflu 2021) organized by IIT Gandhinagar and the Indian Society of Rheology. (13-15 December 2021)

Academic Qualification

Class	Year	Board/University	Division	Subject
D.Phil.	2003^*	H.N.B. Garhwal University (Central University)	Awarded	Mathematics^**
B.Ed.	2001	Indira Gandhi National Open University	Passed	Mathematics, Science, Computer
M.Sc.	1998	H.N.B. Garhwal University (Central University)	I	Mathematics
B.Sc.	1996	H.N.B. Garhwal University (Central University)	I	Physics, Mathematics, Geology
Intermediate	1993	C.B.S.E.	I	English, Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biology
High School	1991	C.B.S.E.	II	English, Hindi, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies

* Submitted on 30/07/2002 Viva Voce on 23/08/2003 Awarded on 20/03/2004

** Title of thesis: Some queueing models for prediction and evaluation of performance of computer system.

Professional Qualification

Having three years Post Graduate Advanced Diploma in Computer and Telecommunication Engineering from Indian Institute of Computer Information, Dehra Dun.

Computer Skill

Environment: DOS, Windows, Novel Netware
Packages: MSOffice, FoxPro, LaTex
Language: C, MATLAB, Mathematica, Maple
Technical: Installation, Maintenance and Upgradation of PC and Network

Newspaper/ Magazine Articles: English/Odia

‘Time Use Survey’: A Way to Understand India’s Household Gender Inequality, (With
S.S Pattayat), Opinion article, The Standpoint, 06 February, 2021.
https://thestandpoint.in/2021/02/06/time-use-survey-a-way-to-understand-indias-household-gender-inequality/
“Why is Microcredit Necessary for Transgender People?”, Opinion article, Odisha
Plus, 31 December, 2020. https://www.odisha.plus/2020/12/why-is-microcredit-necessary-for-transgender-people/
“COVID-19: A Turning Point for India’s Digital Finance Market”, (With S.S Pattayat),
Opinion article, The Standpoint, 24 December, 2020.
https://thestandpoint.in/2020/12/24/covid-19-a-turning-point-for-indias-digital-finance-market/
“Covid-19 Pandemic and Life Struggle of Indian Transgender” (With S.S Pattayat),
Opinion article, Odisha Plus, 18. Nov.2020. https://www.odisha.plus/2020/11/covid-19-pandemic-and-life-struggle-of-indian-transgender
“Measuring poverty beyond income”, (With Arun Bairwa), Opinion article, OrissaPost,
11th, May, 2019. https://www.orissapost.com/measuring-poverty-beyond-income/
“In Defense of AAP’s Redistribution Policy: Serving The Poor, Maximising Welfare!”,
Youth ki Awaz. https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2020/03/in-defense-of-redistributionpolicies/
“Thanks To This Breakthrough Initiative, Indian Villages Will Have Wi-Fi Soon”,
Youth ki Awaz, https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2019/10/digitalizing-rural-indiathrough-gramnet/
“Will Privatization of Public Sector Banks Increase Rural-Urban Financial Inclusion
Gap?”, Youth ki Awaz, https://www.youthkiawaaz.com/2019/01/privatization-ofpublic-sector-banks-does-it-increase-the-rural-urban-financial-inclusion/
Odia Articles
1. “ସମ୍ବିଧାନର ଚିଠି(Letter of the Constitution)”, Odisha live, 11, December, 2020.
https://odisha.live/2020/12/11/siba-sankar-patayat-and-rajesh-barik-special-articleletter-of-constitution-odisha-news-odia-news/

Review

PhD Thesis Review

1. "Wireless Sensor Network For Real-Time Landslide Monitoring", Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, Karnataka,India. February 2021. (PhD Thesis)
2. “A Multi-Objective Vertical handover mechanism for improvement of QoS in 4G wireless networks”, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education (NICHE) , November 2014 (PhD Thesis)

3. "HOLISTIC MULTILINGUAL SENTIMENT ANALYSIS ON REVIEWS IN SOCIAL MEDIA", Jaypee University of Information Technology,Waknaghat, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, November 2018. (PhD Thesis)

4. "Segmentation and Visualization of tissue Structures from Bone Histopathological Images-A confirmatory tool for diagnosis of bone cancer", Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi, February 2020 (PhD Thesis)

5. “NOVEL CLASSIFICATION TECHNIQUE FOR DIAGNOSIS OF LUNG CANCER ON MEDICAL IMAGES”, Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education (NICHE) , June 2020 (PhD Thesis)

Research Proposal

Reviewed a research proposal for UGC fellowship/Research Grant Scheme through the FRG portal in February 2023.

Journal Review

21. Cluster Computing , Springer Nature November 2023

20. Journal of Machine Learning Research September 2023

19. Journal PeerJ Computer Science in June 2023.
18. Applied Intelligence January 2023

17. Neural Processing Letters in Aug 2022
16. Applied Intelligence in July 2022

15. Applied Intelligence in June 2022
14. Applied Intelligence , May 2022

13. Asian Journal of Research in Computer Science , May 2022.
12. Discover Internet of Things, Springer Nature, April 2022.

11. Applied Intelligence, Springer Nature, March 2022.
10. Int. J. of Business Information Systems, Inderscience. January 2022.
9. Asian Journal of Research in Computer Science(AJROCS), September 2021.

8. Int. J. of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics (IJESDF), Inderscience, August 2021.
7. Int. J. of Information and Computer Security, Inderscience, May 2021.

6. Int. J. of Business Innovation and Research , Inderscience. March 2021.

5. AIMS Electronic Engineering. November 2020
4. Journal of Engineering Science & Technology (JESTEC). August 2020.

3. ESCRIPTS. Publication Department | European Alliance for Innovation. November 2019

2. TKDE-2017-03-0219 for the Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering.December 2019

1. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems. November 2017.

Conference Paper Review

24. Reviewed two papers for the 32nd International Conference on Artificial Neural Network – ICANN 2023 Heraklion, Greece & online, 26 – 29 September 2023.
23. International Program Committee (IPC) Members for the inaugural Blockchain & Cryptocurrency Congress (B2C' 2022), 16-18 November 2022, Barcelona, Spain.

22. Technical Program Committee Member for The 2022 IEEE World Conference on Applied Intelligence and Computing (AIC 2022) will be organized by Rajkiya Engineering College, Sonbhadra, India, and Soft Computing Research Society, New Delhi, India during June 17 – 19, 2022.

21. Technical Program Committee member for International Conference on Intelligent Media, Big Data and Knowledge Mining (IMBDKM 2022) will be held in Changsha, China, from November 18-20, 2022.

20. Technical Program Committee member for "Third International Conference on Computing, Communication, and Intelligent Systems ICCCIS'2022" on December 02-03, 2022 to be conducted by School of Engineering & Technology, Sharda University, Greater Noida, India.

19. Technical Program Committee member for "The Eighth International Symposium on Women in Computing and Informatics (WCI'22) " which is co-affiliated with the International Conference on Connected Systems & Intelligence (CSI'22), August 31, September 1-2, 2022, Trivandrum, Kerala, India.

18. Technical Program Committee member for 7th International Conference on Big Data Analytics (ICBDA2022) held in Guangzhou, China during March 4-6, 2022.

17.Technical Program Committee member for “International Conference on Cyber Warfare, Security & Space Research (SpacSec'21)” to be held on on December 09^th - 10^th, 2021 in Jaipur, India. Conducted by Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Computing and Information Technology (SCIT), Manipal University Jaipur (MUJ) .Conference website: www.spacsec.com

16. Technical Program Committee member for 7th International Conference on Big Data Analytics (ICBDA 2022) which will be held during March 4 - 6, 2022 in Guangzhou, China.

15. Selected nominee for Technical Committee of the 5th International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Systems (ICACS 2021:http://icacs.org/) which will be held in Xi'an, China during September 24-26, 2021.(Reviewed 3 papers)

14.Technical Program Committee Member for The 5th International Conference on Innovation in Artificial Intelligence (ICIAI 2021), held in Xiamen, China during March 5-8, 2021. (Reviewed 5 papers)

13. Reviewer for the 11th International Conference on Electronics, Communications and Networks which will be held during November 18-21, 2021 in Beijing, China.

12.Nominated to be on International Advisory Board for International Conference on Sustainable Computing SUSCOM 2021.Held between March 20-21,2021 in Sri Balaji College of Engineering & Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.

11. IEEE-GCC Conference and Exhibition 2013. Held between 17th and 20th of November 2013 at Doha, Qatar.

10.12th IEEE India International Conference INDICON 2015, held between December 17-20, 2015 at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.

9.The Eleventh International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services. ICIW 2016. May 22 - 26, 2016 - Valencia, Spain.

8.International Journal of Internet Protocol Technology in March 2016.

7.International Conference on Data Science Analytics and Applications 7th - 9th December 2016, Anna University, Chennai, India.

6. International Journal of Business Information Systems on February 9th 2017.

5. Sixth International Conference on Data Analytics DATA ANALYTICS 2017 November 12 - 16, 2017 - Barcelona, Spain on 6th August 2017.

4. CoCoNet'19 International Conference on Computing and Network Communication.

3. Ista2019 5th International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (ISTA'19), Dec 18- 21 2019,Trivandrum India.

2.International Conference on Advances and Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

on 29- 30th October'2020.

1.Sixth International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Technologies and Applications (ISTA'20) October 14-17, 2020, Chennai, India.

Research activities

Interacting droplet pair suspended in a non-isothermal shear flow, Physics of Fluids 35, 042012 (2023)

The different patterns exhibited by droplet pair interacting in a shear flow field in the presence of a transverse temperature gradient applied across a micro-channel are shown here. Some of the patterns shown here include: sliding-over motion, follow-up motion, reversing motion and droplet coalescence. These patterns are seen to be strongly dependent on various parameters such as channel width, initial separation distance between the droplet, the strength of the imposed temperature gradient as compared to the imposed viscous pressure driven flow.

Coexisting sliding states of active particles near top and bottom walls of a micro-channel, Langmuir 2020, 36, 25, 7133–7147.

Diffuso-phoretic active particles is seen to exhibit sliding states near the bottom wall of a micro-channel, but can the same particle also exhibit a sliding state near the top wall ? If the answer is yes, then under what parametric regime is this possible ?

Events

Global Bio India 2024

Co-founders Akash Chaurasiya and Kanan Panchal represented AtreVes Healthcare to exhibit it's product and technology at the esteemed Global Bio India 2024 organized by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) from 12-14th September 2024 at Bharat Mandapam, Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. AtreVes harnessed this opportunity and contributed to the shaping of resilient Atmanirbhar Bharat 🇮🇳.

International Symposium cum Workshop on Translational Therapies for Cancer and Infections (TTCI-2024)

Budding scientists of DPIL presented their research work in the International Symposium cum Workshop on Translational Therapies for Cancer and Infections (TTCI-2024) held at BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus on 22 Jul 2024. The event was meticulously curated with talks on translational therapies with plenary talks by Dr. Adam Mechler and Dr. Jimmy Hsia. The platform offered by this symposium to demonstrate the scientific research work was leveraged by Mr. Sumeet Katke, Ms. Kanan Panchal and Ms. Sonali Singh. This was indeed a cherishing moment for the team wherein Ms. Kanan Panchal was felicitated with the 'Best Poster' award for her research work as presented. Kudos to the Team DPIL!

3rd Vidwanotsav 2024

"All work and no play makes a mind dull as hay!" And to rightly defy this the zealous Ph.D. scholars of BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus successfully organized the 3rd edition of Vidwanotsav from 8th - 13th July 2024 in the campus. The fest was all-inclusive ranging from technical to sports and cultural events wherein scholars of TPRL actively participated in these events. Who knew our scholar would bag a gold at Antakshari!? DPIL believes this to be a reflection of its PI, Dr. Akash Chauraiya, who won a bronze medal in cricket. No wonder the life of a Ph.D. scholar is multifaceted.

13th International Colloids Conference, Elsevier

It was a moment of pride when Dr. Akash Chaurasiya and Ms. Kanan Panchal presented their research work at the 13th International Colloids Conference organized by Elsevier at Sitges, Barcelona, Spain from 9th - 12th June 2024. Also, Ms. Kanan Panchal was awarded the travel grant (under the International Travel Scheme) by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST, GoI. This insightful conference helped understand the depths of nano-beings - how they form, function, and behave on their turf. The event was attended by experts from academia/industry from various domains of colloidal sciences. The presented work was discussed with experts/participants with great enthusiasm and excitement for possible collaborations. The Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (JCIS) is the publication partner for this conference. No wonder, these talks and networking give one a direction or validate the path to push forward the frontiers of science across domains!

Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences - National Symposium

On April 29, 2024, the DPIL team attended the National Symposium on Current Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences (CTPS) 2024 at the BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus. The team actively participated in the symposium by presenting a poster highlighting their latest research and innovations. The event provided a valuable opportunity for engaging with leading professionals in the field, discussing emerging trends, and receiving constructive feedback on their work, all within the dynamic and intellectually stimulating environment of BITS Pilani.

PDA Annual Meeting

The PDA India Chapter is a key branch of the Parenteral Drug Association, dedicated to advancing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical science, regulation, and technology. The chapter plays a pivotal role in fostering knowledge exchange among professionals in the industry. Recently, our translational pharmaceutics and research lab team attended the PDA India Chapter Annual Conference as volunteers. The event, held at Hotel Novotel Hyderabad, focused on "Maintaining Quality and Compliance" in pharmaceutical processes. The conference offered a platform to explore the latest trends and challenges in ensuring high standards in drug development and manufacturing. Our research scholars, Mr. Sumeet Katke, Ms. Kanan Panchal, Ms. Sonali Singh, and Mr. Siddhant Padhi, along with master’s students Yadu, Shivani, and Rashmi, participated actively in the sessions. This opportunity enriched their understanding of the critical aspects of quality control and regulatory compliance, equipping them with insights to enhance their research endeavours.

Controlled Release Society - International Symposium

DPIL group’s Members recently attended the 22nd International Symposium on Advances in Technology and Business Potential of New Drug Delivery Systems, held on February 29th and March 1st, 2024, in Mumbai and presented posters highlighting their latest research and innovations. The event offered a deep dive into innovative drug delivery technologies and their commercial potential, featuring a series of compelling presentations and discussions from leading experts in the field. The visit, provided a sophisticated backdrop, enhancing the overall experience and fostering valuable networking opportunities with industry professionals.

TechExpo for National Science Day, IIC

To acknowledge the innovations and keep up the scientific spirit Institution's Innovation Council (IIC) of BITS Pilani - Hyderabad Campus organized the TechExpo for the National Science Day 2024 held on 28th February 2024 at the campus. Students from different disciplines, right from First degree to Ph.D. participated in this event with their innovative and ground-breaking ideas! Amongst them, Ms. Kanan Panchal represented TPRL and emerged as the winner for her innovative work on 'Development and Preclinical Evaluation of a Novel and Affordable Anti-fungal Drug-based Pharmaceutical Product'. DPIL congratulates her for this achievement!

BIG Grant

The formulation of a spin-off start-up company, AtreVes Healthcare Pvt. Ltd. was a proud moment for DPIL. However, the cherry on the cake was Dr. Akash Chaurasiya and Ms. Kanan Panchal bagging the prestigious 23rd BIG support with a second rank from BIRAC/DBT, Govt. of India. This granted AtreVes Healthcare a sum total fund of Rs. 50 lakhs for their innovative project on 'Upscaling and preclinical evaluation for commercialization of a novel and affordable anti-fungal drug product'. Way to go ahead team AtreVes!

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Responsibilities:

Treasurer, BITS Cooperative Stores Limited.
Nucleus Member, Center for Renewable Energy & Environment Development, BITS, Pilani
Member, Senate, BITS, Pilani
Member, Departmental level shortlisting committee (on-campus & off-campus)
Managing Committee Member, Society for Incubation and Entrepreneurship.
Managing Committee Member, BITS Cooperative Stores Limited

Other Major Administrative Responsibilities:

Head, Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department (2020-2022)
Associate Dean, Work Integrated Learning Programmes (2018-2020)
Associate Dean, Academic and Resource Planning (2014-2018)
Convener, Convocation,2017, 2018, 2019.
Co-convener, Convocation, 2015, 2016
Core Committee Member, Convocation 2011,2012,2013,2014
Campus Coordinator, Project Lakshya (2017-18)
Member, Cross Campus Faculty Appraisal Committee (2014, 2015, 2016)
Convener, Departmental Committee on Academics (14-16)
Member, Departmental research committee (14-16).
NSS Coordinator (2011-14)
Member, ERP student finance team (2014-2015)
Core member, Visiting advisory committee for review of all departments (2013-2015).
Boys' Hostel Warden (2008-2014)
Member, Library committee (2014)
Core Member for various institute level functions and UGC/NAAC visits
Programme Officer, National Service Scheme, BITS, Pilani (2008-2011 and 2014-2018)
Faculty In-charge, BITS HD Admission Test. (2016-2018).

Membership

Member, Indian Women Network of CII
Member, Indian Society for Commonwealth Studies
Life member – Comparative Literature Association of India.
Life Member – English Language Teachers Association of India
Member – Osmania University Centre for International Programmes
Member – Muse India
Member - ELTAI Literature Special Interest Group
Member – FICCI FLO

Faculty News

Topics (but not limited to):

Text Generation Models for Natural Language Processing (NLP) (e.g., GPT, BERT)
Language Translation and Multilingual Models
Sentiment Analysis and Opinion Mining
Text Generation: Explainability and Interpretability
Applications of Generative Text Models (e.g., chatbots, content creation)
Ethical Issues in AI Text Generation

Important Dates:

Paper Submission: April 30, 2024
Acceptance Notification: May 1, 2024
Registration Deadline: May 17, 2024
Camera-Ready Submission: May 17, 2024

We invite you to submit your manuscripts adhering to the IEEE template/format. All submissions considered for publication must be submitted by the deadline through the SETCMS, with "SSI: GenAIText" selected from the topic-box.

Research Experiences and Expatiates

Research Journey Unveiled: From Earth's Depths to Computational Frontiers

Embarking on my research odyssey as a Research Assistant in VECC Calcutta's Helium Recovery Division in 1990, I delved into experimental work under the mentorship of Dr. Debashis Ghosh, a student of the esteemed Prof. Shyama Das Chatterjee. My initial focus centered on comprehending the release of trapped helium and other gases resulting from the Earth's tectonic movements, aiming to predict seismic activity and geological phenomena.

Transitioning into my Ph.D. at IIT Kanpur's Nuclear Physics Laboratory, I harnessed Mossbauer spectroscopy and positron annihilation spectroscopy. Leveraging delicate nuclear techniques, I employed various radioactive sources, including a 57Co source with a strength of 50 mC. A closed-cycle helium cryostat operating at temperatures near 8K played a pivotal role in my research. Complementing these techniques, I utilized X-ray, SEM, TEM, EDAX, and more to scrutinize minerals, steels, alloys, coals, and an array of diverse samples.

The theoretical facet of my journey unfolded in IIT Kanpur's Materials and Metallurgical Department, where, as a research associate under Professor N. Chakraborti, I contributed significantly to the study of the Ti-C based ternary alloys phase diagram, funded by a DRDO project.

Venturing into my second post-doctoral role at Emory University, I immersed myself in studying the reaction kinetics of different proteins. Employing liquid helium and nitrogen Mossbauer spectroscopy, along with a 100 mC radioactive source, I received training from Emory Medical School and Hospital's radiological department on using radioactive sources and radiation hazard protection.

In 2006, I initiated my foray into theoretical computational work at BITS Pilani. Here, my focus shifted to studying various hybrid semiconductor nanoclusters, nanotubes, hydrogen storage systems, and other materials using density functional theory. This computational modeling and prediction of novel materials with potential applications have been a cornerstone of my research, culminating in the mentorship of three Ph.D. students in this dynamic field.

ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN NEWSPAPER RELATED TO RESEARCH WORK

Faculty News

News

Full-time PhD candidates with their own fellowship (UGC/CSIR JRF etc.) and whose research interest aligns are encouraged to contact.

Ph.D. Program Notification II Semester 2023-24

Conferences

1. Oral presentation on the topic : Domination on Circulant Circ(n, {1,4}) Graphs

Conference Name : 8th International Conference of IMBIC conducted at Kolkatta form 21-12-2014 to 23-12-2014

2. Oral presentation on the topic: Domination on Circulant Graphs of two chord length

Conference Name : 1st IMA conference on Theoretical and Computational Discrete Mathematics conducted at Derby, UK. from 22-3-2016 to 23-3-2016.

Lab News

Timeline

Joint Lab Lunch at Alankrita Resort - Jan 2024

November 2024 - The first paper from our lab was accepted in the Bulletin of Materials Science

November 2024 - Avinash and Shivani have presented their work at IAN annual meeting (NIMHANS)

April 2024- Shreesha Hegde joined the lab

February 2024 - Presented our lab's work at an Indo-France workshop organized by CEFIPRA at KL University

February 2024 - Avinash won his first award for poster presentation from our lab at the Indo-France workshop

February 2024 - Second extramural grant for developing small molecule therapeutics for drug-resistant epilepsy (Co-PI: Prof. Sajeli Begum)

November 2023 - Heena Choudhary joined the lab

September 2023 - Provisional patent approved for the design of the low-cost acoustic booth.

December 2022 - Shivani Sharma joined the lab.

December 2022 - First undergraduate thesis from the lab - Vinay M

October 2022 - The Lab was awarded its first extramural grant of 29 lacs to examine the circuits in hearing loss by the SERB

August 2022 - Avinash Wadhkar joined the lab

Employment

Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), India

June 2021 - till Date February 2015 - May 2021	Senior Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
August 2010 - January 2015	Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
December 2003 – July 2010	Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
July 1997 – November 2003	Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Memberships

Fellow, The Institution of Engineers (India)
Senior Member, Indian Institute of Industrial Engineering
Life Member, Society of Operations Management
Member, Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers, USA

Reviewer/Professional Duties

Reviewer for the following journals:

1. Scientific Reports (Nature)

2. Physical Review A (American Physical Society)

3. Journal of Mathematical Physics (American Institute of Physics)

4. Quantum Information Processing (Springer)

Professional Associations

Membership

Life Member - ‘Indian Econometric Society'
Life Member - 'Indian Economic Association’
Life Member - ‘Indian Society of Labour Economics
Life Member - ‘Association of Indian Management Scholars International'

Oncampus

President, SPICMACAY Chapter, BITS, PILANI
Professor-in-Charge,BITS MODEL UNITED NATIONS (BITSMUN)
Professor In Charge, BITS CONSULTING CLUB
Professor In Charge, WALL STREET CLUB

Highlights of TPRL

In News

Telangana Today dated September 27th 2024 published "TPRL, BITS Pilani Pharmacy department launch RMDP" (Click here).
The Times of India September 26th 2023: BITS-Hyd holds drive for medical waste disposal (Click Here).

Students Publication

Article "Organic cation transporter 1 in the lacrimal gland facilitates the entry of systemic drugs causing ocular surface toxicity" Authored by Manisha Malani, Ph.D., Published in Experimental Eye Research, 2024, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exer.2024.110098 Impact factor - 3
Article "Extracellular vesicle-associated Complement cascade 8 - alpha and Calpain-2 in Human vitreous as biomarkers of Infectious Endophthalmitis Authoured by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), published in Translational Vision Science & Technology (TVST), 2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1167%2Ftvst.13.5.14 Impact factor-3.2.
Article "Nanomicelles empower natamycin in treating fungal keratitis: An in vitro, ex vivo and in vivo study" Authoured by Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) and Velmurugan K.(PhD Scholar), published in International Journal of Pharmaceutics,2024, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpharm.2024.124118 Impact Factor 5.8
Article "Combination of self-assembling system and N,O-carboxymethyl chitosan improves ocular residence of anti-glaucoma drug " Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), published in European Journal of Pharmaceutics and Biopharmaceutics, 2024 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2024.114208 Impact factor 4.9.
Article "A Promising ‘Single’ and ‘Dual’ Drug-Nanocomposite Enriched Contact Lens for the Management of Glaucoma in Response to Tear Fluid Enzyme " Authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar), published in Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 2024 doi: 10.1039/d3tb02624h Impact factor 7.5.
Article "Carboxylated nanofibrillated cellulose empowers moxifloxacin to overcome Staphylococcus aureus biofilm in bacterial keratitis" Authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), published in Carbohydrate Polymers, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carbpol.2023.121558 Impact factor 11.2.
Article "Loteprednol etabonate loaded lyotropic liquid crystalline nanoparticles in-situ ophthalmic gel: Qbd driven optimization and in-vitro, ex-vivo evidence of sustained precorneal residence time" Authored by Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar), published in Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2023.105081 Impact factor 5.
Article " Interaction of systemic drugs causing ocular toxicity with organic cation transporter: an artificial intelligence prediction " Authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) published in Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/07391102.2023.2226717 Impact factor 5.23.
Article "Development of Dexamethasone loaded Nanomicelles using a 3D Printed Microfluidic Device for Ocular Drug Delivery Applications" Authored by Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) published in Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 2023 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2023.114385 Impact factor 4.29.
Article "Recent advances in novel formulation approaches for tacrolimus delivery in treatment of various ocular diseases" Authored by Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar), Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar), Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), Srujana Mosalikanti Sai Kameshwari (B.Pharm. Student) published in Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology (2022), doi: 10.1016/j.jddst.2022.103945 Impact factor 5.06.
Article "Retinal Pathophysiological Evaluation in a Rat Model" authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) published in Journal of Visual Experiments, J. Vis. Exp.(183), e63111, doi:10.3791/63111 (2022), Impact factor 1.4.
Article "Repurposing pharmaceutical excipients as an antiviral agent against SARS-CoV-2" authored by Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar), Prerana Salunke (M.Pharm. Student), Shraddha Kulkarni (M.Pharm. Student) published in J Biomater Sci Polym Ed, doi: 10.1080/09205063.2021.1975020 Impact factor 3.5.
Article "Smartphone Enabled Miniaturized and automated temperature Controller Platform to Synthesize NiO/CuO and Nanomicelles for Electrochemicals Sensing and Ocular Drug Delivery Applications " authored by Velmurugan K (PhD Scholar) published in Biomedical Microdevices, 2021,6;23(2):31(1-13), PMID: 34091727, Impact factor 2.327.
Article "Injectable in-situ gel depot system for targeted delivery of biologics to the retina" authored by Dr. Rohit Bisht (Post. Doc. Fellow) published in Journal of Drug Targeting (2020) doi:10.1080/1061186X.2020.1803886 Impact factor 3.4.
Article "Biopolymeric hydrogels prepared via click chemistry as carriers of therapeutic modalities" authored by Dr. Rohit Bisht (Post. Doc. Fellow), Pinto Raveena (M.Pharm. Student) published in Tailor made and Functionalized Biopolymer Systems, Elsevier, 2020 doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821437-4.00010-4.
Article "Biologics: Delivery options and formulation strategies" authored by Ridahunlang Nangkhlow (PhD Scholar) published in: Drug Delivery Aspects, Volume 4: Expectations and Realities of Multifunctional Drug Delivery Systems, Elsiever Publications, 2020, Pages 115-155.doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821222-6.00006-3.

Students Placement's/ Higher Education

Prashant Mutthe (M. Pharm Student) placed in Zydus Lifesciences, Goa, 2024.
Ishika Raj (M. Pharm Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai, 2024.
Samhitha Koduganti (M. Pharm Student) placed in Aizant, Hyderabad, 2023.
Vidhula K (B. Pharm Student) selected in Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Boston, 2023.
Srishti V D (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Jodas Expoium Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, 2022.
Samhitha Koduganti (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Aizant Drug Research Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, 2022.
Raj Girish Savla (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Orbicular Pharmaceutical Technology, Hyderabad, 2022.
Manthan S Hiremath (B.Pharm. Student) selected for Ph.D in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, 2022.
M.S.K Srujana (B.Pharm. Student) selected for MS specialization in Applied Drug Development in University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, 2022.
Mansi Shah (B.Pharm. Student) selected for MS in Pharmaceutical Sciences in State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, 2022.
Sai Shreya Cheruvu (M.Pharm. Student) selected for Ph.D in Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani-Hyderabad Campus, 2022.
Kajal Guleria (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai, 2021.
Kavana K (M.Pharm. Student) placed in DataZyme, Bangalore, 2021.
Salunke Prerana Rajendra (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai, 2021.
Shah Manushi Ketankumar (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Jodas Expoim, Hyderabad, 2021.
Pinto Raveena Simeona Richard (M.Pharm. Student) placed in GVK Bioscience, Hyderabad, 2021.
Shraddha Amarnath Kulkarni (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Cipla, Mumbai, 2021.
Shilpa Elsa George (B.Pharm. Student) selected for direct PhD Program at University of Colorado, USA, 2021.
J Sai Aarthi (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Novartis, Hyderabad 2019.
Shubhangi Golande (M.Pharm. Student) placed in Pfizer, Chennai 2019.
Swagatha Sinha (M.Pharm. Student) selected for PhD in BITS Hyderabad 2021.
Gajraj Rathod (B.Pharm. Student) selected in ETH Zorich MS pharmaceutical science Switzerland, 2019.
Tabitha Grace (B.Pharm. Student) selected for Master in neuroscience in Tel AVIV University Israel, 2021.

Students Conference presentations

Mohd. Faizan Mujawar (M. Pharm Student) presented a poster titled "Artificial Intelligence-driven transporter targeted approach to mitigate 5-fluorouracil induced ocular toxicity” in ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Oindrilla Dasgupta (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Biodegradable polymeric inserts for prolonged ocular residence of amphotericin in fungal keratitis” in ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Tamizmathy Mannagatty (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "HEMA-coated polymeric patch for sustained release of vancomycin to treat ocular infections” in ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Shruti Mhamane (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Biomimetic polymeric patch for improved corneal residence” in ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Sandhya Rani Kendre (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Investigating the role of microglia as a therapeutic target for retinal inflammation using network pharmacology” in ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Raj Savla (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "The anti-angiogenic role of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor to mitigate diabetic retinopathy” in ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "Unveiling the mechanism of epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitor-induced ocular toxicity” in the ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented a free paper (poster presentation), "Pre-clinical ocular pharmacokinetics, safety, and efficacy of topical TRPV1 antagonist SER114 for ocular pain” in the ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Shridual Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "An alternative for riboflavin eye drops - ribopat: Riboflavin loaded polymeric ocular patch" in the ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "3D-printed drug eluting conjunctival insert: A promising sustained delivery platform to deliver PDE-4 inhibitor for treating anterior uveitis" in the ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled "A mechanistic insight into the permeation of nanomicelles across corneal barrier" in the ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Manisha Malani (Post-doctoral Scholar) presented a poster titled "Novel Organic cation transporter in blood tear barrier: Carrier of systemic drugs" in the ARVO-India 30^th Annual Meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2024, held at AIIMS, New Delhi.
Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented free paper (oral presentation), "Topical Eye Drop to Prevent the Entry of Anticancer Drugs into the Eye" in the ARVO Annual Meeting held at Seattle,USA,May 2024.
Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented free paper (oral presentation), "Resveratrol loaded polymeric ocular patch for treating corneal diseases" in International conference on Integrative Approach of Ayush Medicine in Healthcare, January 2024, conducted by Captain Srinivasa Murthy Central Ayurveda Research Institute, at National Institute of Ocean Technology, Pallikaranai, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Raj Girish Savla (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Moxifloxacin loaded carboxylated cellulose particles to treat corneal infections" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Suraj Paulkar (PhD Scholar)presented a poster titled, "Transporter profiling of the lacrimal gland to decipher their role in ocular toxicity" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Artificial Intelligence delineates the link between Organic Anion Transporting Polypeptide1A2 and systemic drug-induced ocular toxicity" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Lisinopril-loaded light-responsive in-situ gelling depot to treat retinal diseases" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Formulation development and characterization of nanocarriers-loaded polymeric ocular patch" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Velmurugan Kailasam (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Development of latanoprost loaded N,O-Carboxymethyl chitosan self assembling system to improve ocular residence time" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Peptide transporter targeted drug delivery system to treat fungal keratitis" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented a poster titled, "Functional role of Organic Cation Transporter 1 in systemic drug induced ocular toxicity" in ARVO-India, 29th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, July 2023, held at Aravind Medical Research Foundation (AMRF), Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented research paper titled, "Physicochemical characterization of resveratrol mixture" in START Herb-Journey from Innovation to entrepreneurship, October 2022, organized by D Y Patil deemed to be university, Mumbai, Maharashtra.
Raj Girish Savla (M.Pharm Student) presented basic science poster titled, "Amphiphilic nanomicelles for topical delivery of difluprednate", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Samhitha Sai Veda Koduganti (M.Pharm Student) presented basic science poster titled, "Comparative study of transferosomes and liposomes for improving transcleral delivery", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Vemuri Durga Srishti (M.Pharm Student) presented basic science poster titled, "Nanofibrillated cellulose carrier for treating bacterial keratitis", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Manthan S Hiremath (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, "Artificial intelligence and biophysical simulation delineates the potential role of organic anion transporter-1 in systemic drug induced ocular toxicity", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Sai Shreya Cheruvu (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, Nirmal "Efficacy of phosphodiesterase-4 inhibitor to treat anterior uveitis in invivo model", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, "A self-assembled resveratrol loaded nanocarriers for treating keratoconus", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
K Velmurugan (PhD scholar) presented free paper (oral presentation) titled, "Enhancing the stability of amphotericin-b using polymeric patch for corneal delivery", in ARVO 2022 held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Priyadarshini Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented clinical science poster titled "Stable, clear nanomicelles for enhanced corneal permeation of natamycin", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented basic science poster titled, "In-silico models to comprehend the drug-transporter interaction", in ARVO-India, 28th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, September 2022, held at L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
Shridula Sankar (PhD Scholar) presented in a lab challenge titled "Breaking the wall of Invasive Intervention for Keratoconus", in Falling Walls Lab Hyderabad, held at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad, August 2022
Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented poster titled, " Artificial intelligence and experimental studies to understand the role of transporters in ocular toxicity of systemic drugs", in ARVO 2022 held at Denver, Colorado, USA, May 2022.
Manthan Hiremath (B.Pharm. Student) presented research work titled, "In silico methods to predict interaction between systemic drugs causing ocular toxicity and organic cation transporter, APOGEE-2022, BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, April 2022.
Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented research paper titled, " Membrane Transporters in Lacrimal Gland: Portal for Systemic Drugs to Enter Eye", in NBRCOM-India, 3rd National Biomedical Research Competition, December 2021.
Priyadarshani Sathe (PhD Scholar) presented research paper titled, "Nanocrystal formulation for poorly water-soluble drug" ARVO-India, 27th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, October 2021.
K Velmurugan (PhD scholar) presented research paper titled, "Stereolithography based 3d-printed microfluidic device to develop nanomicelles for ocular drug delivery" in ARVO-India, 27th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, October 2021.
Manisha Malani (PhD Scholar) presented research paper titled, "Artificial Intelligence in Predicting the Drug Transporter Interaction: Understanding the Entry of Systemic Drugs into Eye", in ARVO-India, 27th Annual meeting of Indian Eye Research Group, October 2021.
Swagata Sinha (M.Pharm. Student) presented a research paper titled, "Comparison of Various Techniques To Evaluate Encapsulation Efficiency of Model Hydrophobic Drug in Liposomes: An Experimental Study" in 71st Indian Pharmaceutical Conference, Chennai, December 20-22, 2019.

News from the Chatterjee Research Group (Green Organic Synthesis Lab)

29th November 2024: Tanmay Chatterjee delivered an invited talk on "Green Synthesis of Stereodefined Tri-/Tretrasubstituted Alkenes by
100% Atom-Economical, Regio- and Stereoselective Halo-Chalcogenations of Alkynes" in the Internation Conference on "Modern Aspects of Green and Sustainable Organic Synthesis (MAGSOS-2024)" held in Shhiv Nadar University, Delhi NCR, during November 26 - 29, 2024.
27th November 2024: A research paper is published online in Chemical Communications (ChemCommun). Congratulations to Paramita and Samiran!
25th September 2024: A research paper is published online in Synlett as apert of the special issue dedicated to Prof. B. C. Ranu on the occassion of his 75th birthday. Congratulations to Paramita, Satyanarayana, samiran, Keerthana, Naresh and yogesh!
Our ChemComm publication, “Electricity-driven, oxidative C-H selenylative and tellurylative annulation of N-(2-alkynyl)anilines: Sustainable synthesis of 3-selanyl/tellanylquinolines” (DOI: 10.1039/D4CC01780C), was one of the top 25% downloaded ChemComm articles in August, 2024.
11th September 2024: A research paper is published online in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (JOC). Congratulations to Paramita and Satyanarayana!
16th August 2024: A research paper is published online in RSC Advances. Congratulations to Nilanjana!
9th August 2024: A research paper is published online in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (JOC) . Congratulations to Satyanarayana!
6th August 2024: A research paper is published online in the Journal of Organic Chemistry (JOC) . Congratulations to Satyanarayana, and Paramita!
6th July 2024: Paramita Pattanayak received the "Best Poster Award" in the "33rd CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry" held in Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd., Hyderabad. Hearty congratulations to Paramits!
1st July 2024: Yogesh K. Girase joined our group in a SERB (CRG)-sponsored project. Welcome Yogesh to our group and wish you all the best!
13th June 2024: A research paper is published online in Chemical Communications as a part of invited collection: 2024 Emerging Investigators. Hearty congratulations to Naresh, Keerthana, and Nilanjana!
12th June 2024: A research paper is published online in RSC Advances. Congratulations to Paramita!
27th May 2024: Prof. Tanmay Chatterjee has become a life-member of Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI): Membership No. LM 4298.
6th May 2024: Prof. Tanmay Chatterjee was elected as an "Associate Fellow" of Telangana Academy of Sciences (TAS)!
1st May, 2024: Samiran Saha joined our group as an UGC-JRF. Welcome Samiran to our group and wish you all the best!
09th March 2024: Sai Keerthana received the "Best Poster Award" in the Internation Conference on "Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends (NIICT-2024)" held in Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad. Hearty congratulations to Sai Keerthana!
08th March Tanmay Chatterjee delivered an invited talk on "Cascade Radical Addition and Cyclization Strategy with Chalcones to Access 4-(Trifluoromethyl)isoxazoles: A Potential Class of Anti-Breast Cancer Agent" in the Internation Conference on "Nature Inspired Initiatives in Chemical Trends (NIICT-2024)" held in Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad.
12th February 2024: Our work, published in JOC, is highlighted in Organic Chemistry Portal: https://www.organic-chemistry.org/abstracts/lit8/979.shtm
17th January 2024: Paramita Pattanayak received the "Best Poster Award" in the Indo-French Conference on "Fostering Catalysis for Societal Benefit (FCSB-2024)" held in School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad. Hearty congratulations to Paramita.
16th January Tanmay Chatterjee delivered an invited talk on "Iodine Catalyzed Chalcogenative C-H Annulation and Functionalization Reactions in Water: A Green Synthetic Approach to Potential Organochalcogens" in the Indo-French Conference on "Fostering Catalysis for Societal Benefit (FCSB-2024)" held in School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad.
08th January 2024: Appanapalli N. V. Satyanarayana is selected for the CSIR-Senior Research Fellowship (SRF). Hearty congratulations to him.
12th December 2023: Tanmay Chatterjee received the approval of SERB-CRG project. A new Ph.D. position is created.
6th October 2023: Tanmay Chatterjee was promoted to the regular post of "Associate Professor"
4th October 2023: Nilanjana submitted her thesis for the Ph.D. degree
7th September 2023: Tanmay Chatterjee delivered an invited talk in the International Conference on Recent Advances on Green and Sustainable Developments (ICRAGSD-2023), organized by Akal University, Talwandi Sabo, Punjab.
10th August 2023: Sai Keerthana joined the group for a full-time Ph.D. programme (Welcome Sai Keerthana and Good Luck!)
17th July 2023: Tanmay Chatterjee delivered an invited talk in the Five-Day Online Faculty Development Program on "Frontiers of Modern Research on Chemistry Biology Interface", organized by Amity Institute of Applied Sciences, Amity University, Kolkata.
16th January 2023: Ainala Naresh joined the group for a part-time Ph.D. programme (Welcome Naresh and Good Luck!)

Projects- Under Graduate Students

2022- 23 I Sem

A V PRANEETH REDDY , PRUDHVI RAJ DUTTA S - Physics Informed ML

K SAI SRINIVAS, K SUDHANSHU - Quantum Computing

B KAUSHIK, HARSH GARG - Solutions to DE using ML algorithms

2021- 22 I Sem

MIHIR JESHURUN -Bio Fluid mechanics

AYUSH KUMAR SINGH - AI in Electric / power system

MANISH PRAJAPATI - Fluid flow in n/w of pipes

SIDDHARTH TIBREWAL -AI in Finance

BAIMEEDI NITHIN REDDY - ML in Signal Processing

VANAMA PHANINDHAR -ML in Communication system

DARA SAI SRIJA -Optimization Tech in ML

SHWETA M -ML in IOT

2020-21 (II Sem)

KARTHEEK SIVAVARMA NADIMPALLI -Problems in Fluid Dynamics

TEJA BHASKAR MADDU - Linear Algebra and AI

B PRANEETHA - Linear Algebra in AI

A KRISHNA SAI ANUDEEP – AI

BHOSALE IRA INDRANIL- Linear Algebra in ML

ARCHAN PARIMAL DESAI - Statistical Techniques in AI and ML

SRISHTI SARASWAT - Linear Algebra in NLP

SHIVALI RATRA - Multivariate Calculus

2020-21 (I Sem)

RUTHVIK REDDY S - Application of Machine Learning Techniques in Fluid Mechanics

BALIVADA PRANAV SAI - Flow Past Porous Objects

GURU SUDHAN M - Statistical Fluid Mechanics and its applications

PRAVEEN KUMAR R- Computational Fluid Dynamics with Python

UTTAM SINGH- Mathematical modelling of Image processing techniques On Blood Flow Problem

AYUSH SRIVASTAVA - Implementation of AI and Deep Learning In CFD

2019-20( II Sem)

JANUPALA GNANESHWAR REDDY - A Study on Fluid Flow Past a Sphere in a Cylinder

MRINAL JHA- Stokes flow around rotating axially symmetric pervious body

MUSAIYAB ALI MIRZA - Fluid Flow in Porous Media

SURABHI SHARMA- Creeping Flow Past a Fluid Sphere

JONNADABHATTARU SAI LOHIT- Study on Heat transfer about a sphere

KHANDELWAL DIPANSHU HARISH - Unsteady Motion of Spheres in Fluid Flow

NAHATA MUSKAN- A Report on Flow past Heterogeneous porous spheres

DISHIKA RASTOGI - Non Conventional Coordinate Systems

2019-20 (I Sem)

ADITYA MISHRA - Bio-Fluid Mechanics

JANUPALA GNANESHWAR REDDY - A Study on Fluid Flow Past a Sphere

DIVY DWIVEDI - A Study on Flow past Separated Spheres

2018-19 ( II Sem)

T. RAHUL RAJU- Biofluid mechanics and FSI

GOVINDU SAVIO – Fluid dynamics- linear elasticity and FSI

2018-19 ( I Sem)

AYUSH BAGDIYA - Biofluid mechanics

DIVY DWIVEDI - Non-Cartesian Coordinate Systems

2017- 18 (II Sem)

NIKHILESH B - Flow of a Newtonian Fluid in a Pipe with Time-dependent Flow Properties

RISHABH CHAUHAN - Statistical Natural Language Processing

GANESH NAGENDRA K - Applications Of Ordinary Differential Equations in the Theory Of Elasticity

JOHN VIKAS K - Partial Differential Equations in the Theory of Elasticity

2017-18 (I Sem)

RITIKA RAMCHANDANI- Methods 0f Solving Differential Equations

2016-17 (II Sem)

J MADHULIKA - Fuzzy Logic in Image Processing

S SRILATHA - Wavelet Analysis n Signal and Image Processing

APOORVA SHRIDHAR - Qualitative Properties of Solutions to Difference Equations

ASEEM BAJI -Analytical methods to solve Linear and Non-Linear Partial Differential Equation

R SAI RAM - Analytical and Numerical Methods for solving Non-linear PDE

B HEMANTH REDDY - Study of mass transfer problems arising in Transport Phenomena

BARKHA MK. TAORI - Fluid Flow in Curved Pipes

G SAI SRIRAMYA - Methods to Solve Differential Equations in Control System Engineering

2016-17 (I Sem)

K SASHANK - Solutions to Unsteady State Problems Arising in Transport Phenomena

SREEJA Y - Study on Techniques for Analysing Arterial Waveforms

VEERAV CH - Study on Techniques for Analyzing Arterial Pressure Waveform

P SAI AISHWARYA- Methods for Solving Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations

RACHIT AJITSARIA - Engineering Models of Human Circulatory System

2015-16 ( II Sem)

Ch. Akhil - A Project Report on Wind Kessel Model

2015-16 (I Sem)

ASEEM BAJI - Analytical and Approximate Analytical methods to solve Ordinary and Partial Differential Equation

ASHWIN AGARWAL - Transport phenomena

From 2010 till 2014

ADITYA VIKRAM SINGH

L PRADEEP REDDY

V CHALLA RAO

GAGANDEEP SINGH

SAI KUMAR YERRA

DINESH KUMAR D

K SRI MAHESH

CH SREE CHARAN

R SUDHEER

I RAVI TEJA

ANEKETH T

P DEEPIKA

T PAVAN KUMAR

B L R DEEPIKA

SHANKAR VENKATARAMAN

Y KESAVA RAO

VISHNU PRIYA C

A ADITYA

M HARISH

ANUP GVS

C Y KIRAN KUMAR

K. AVINASH

U. HARI KRISHNA

P H V SRIKARTHIK

A NIKHIL

R VAISHNAVI

SHIKA SUNEJA

ROHIT P

A. ADITYA

VEESAM NARESH KUMAR

RITHESH K

TANIA KHATTER

ANUSHA SINGH

DEEPIKA N SAI

BHASWANT

N ABHIRAM

ROHIT P

KSR KARTHIK

D SRIHARSHA

C BHARAT REDDY

B RAJEEV

D PHANI KRISHNA RAJU

T ESWAR SAI ROHIT

B. ANIL KUMAR

PVPK SAIEESH

N ABHIRAM REDDY

SOWMYA G KUMAR

K CHARISHMA BHAVANI

SUSHANTH S

D CHANDRAHAS

CHARANYA CHANDRASEKARAN

K S HASANTH

E SRAVANTHI

Publications – Undergraduate Students

Paper Presentations:

1. Karthik A, Shriya M, Nithin Reddy B, Ketana K, T S L Radhika, A Substantial Model for Blood Flow, PDEU, Gujarat, March 2022.

2. M. Shriya, A. Karthik and T. S. L. Radhika, Mathematical Blood Flow Model - Simulations and Data Analysis, 2021 IEEE Bombay Section Signature Conference (IBSSC), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IBSSC53889.2021.9673261.

3. Karthik A, Sashank K, T S L Radhika, A study on the effect of various fluid, flow and mechanical parameters on the flow of Newtonian fluid in an expanding and contracting pipe, ICACM, IIT- Kharagpur, 2018.

Publications:

M. Shriya, A. Karthik and T. S. L. Radhika, "Mathematical Blood Flow Model - Simulations and Data Analysis," 2021 IEEE Bombay Section Signature Conference (IBSSC), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IBSSC53889.2021.9673261.
T S L Radhika, T Raja Rani, Divy Dwivedi. Creeping Flow of a Viscous Fluid past a Pair of Porous Separated Spheres, Bulletin of Pure and Applied Sciences. Sect. E Math. Stat. 39E(1), 58–76, 2020. DOI: 10.5958/2320-3226.2020.00005.3.
A. Karthik, K. Sashank, T S L Radhika, A Study on the Effect of Various Fluid, Flow and Mechanical Parameters on the Flow of Newtonian Fluid in an Expanding and Contracting Pipe, Chapter-8, Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & Statistics, Somnath Bhattacharya et al:MATHEMATICAL MODELING AND COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS, ICACM- 2018 (Kharagpur, India, November 23–25), 2020. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-3615-1.
T S L Radhika, T Raja Rani, T V V S Madhavi, S Sushanth, Power Series Method and Asymptotic Method for the Stability of Linear Systems with Time-Varying Coefficients, Journal of Basic and Applied Research International, Vol 15(2), 131-139, 2016.
T S L Radhika, Aditya A, Rohit P, Comparison of ham and exact solutions for the problem of couple stress fluid flow in a circular pipe, American Journal of Applied Mathematics, Vol 4(1), January-June 2015, 63-69, 2015.
T S L Radhika, Ritesh Rai, HAM for finding solutions to a coupled system of variable coefficient equations arising in fluid dynamics, Advances in Applied Science Research, 5(5), 70-81, 2014.
T S L Radhika, BLR Deepika, State-space Approach for solving Transient Queuing Systems, Transylvanian Journal of Mathematics and Mechanics, Vol 6, 53-57, 2014.

First Degree Thesis Students

2021-22 (I Sem)

KUSHAGRA AGRAWAL - Modelling blood flow in the arterial system

VASU SOOD - Fluid flow in a network of pipes

2020-21 (II Sem)

GAUTAM MISRA - Genetic Algorithms And Their Application In Engineering

2019-20 (I Sem)

JOHN VIKAS K- Fluid Flow in Elastic pipes

GANESH NAGENDRA K - Fluid Flow in pipes

2018-19 (II Sem)

R SAI KRISHNA - Solutions to Differential Equations using Lie Group Theory

I ANOOK - Mathematics of Signal Processing

G TARUN SAI- Fluid flow past axisymmetric bodies

2017- 18 (II Sem)

K SASHANK - Flow of fluids in Tapered and Curved Pipes

Y RAVI TEJA- Electrical Equivalent circuit of Human Body

2015-16 (II Sem)

SUSHANTH S- A study on the lumped parameter model of the human circulatory system

2011-12 (II Sem)

P.N.S.CHAITANYA - Mathematical Modelling in Finance

Latest

Delivered a Keynote Talk on "Intelligent Computing: Shaping the Future of Innovation and Technology" at 4th International Conference on Computational Intelligence in Machine Learning (ICCIML-2024), Geethanjali College of Engineering and Technology (Autonomous), Hyderabad on 7th Dec 2024.
Delivered an Invited Talk on "Building Smart Systems using Deep Learning Techniques: Use Cases" as a Resource person at Online FDP (Building Services in Smart City Through IoT-Edge-Fog-Cloud Federation) organized by NIT, Warangal on 15th Nov 2024.
Became a Consultant at Mindmap Digital Private Limited, Hyderabad for helping their GenAI product development and use-cases for a period of One year from Sept 2024 till Sept 2025.
Became a Member of the Working Group (Cyber Security Research and Development), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, New Delhi, India from 30th May 2024 for a period of three years (2024 - 2027).
Two Research papers with my undergraduate students on Informed search techniques, and Generative AI are accepted at IEEE International Conference on Industry 4.0, Artificial Intelligence and Communications Technology (IEEE IAICT 2024), Telkom University, Bali, Indonesia, July 2024.
Received Veteran Scholar of Excellence Award from Artificial Intelligence Medical & Engineering Researchers Society (AIMERS), Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India, March 2024.
Resource person at Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Cloud and Fog Computing Platforms for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications organized by Electronics and ICT Academy, National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, Telangana, India, 8th March 2024.
Presented our Research work on Eye-blink detection using Deep Learning techniques at 6th IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Information and Communication held at Osaka University, Japan during 19th-22nd Feb 2024.
K Sai Anirudh defends his PhD work titled "Design and Implementation of Communication-Efficient Federated Learning Algorithms" on 6th Feb 2024. He is currently working as Founding engineer at alloan.ai.
Delivered an Invited Keynote talk titled "Making Machines Intelligent: Some Approaches" at 2nd Congress on Control, Robotics and Mechatronics jointly organized by Soft Computing Research Society and SR University, Warangal on 3rd February 2024.
Delivered an Invited Keynote talk titled "Cognitive Computing: The Journey from Yesterday to Future" at Applied Research International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies and Education, jointly organized by London Institute of Skills Development, London and SVS Group of Institutions (Autonomous) at Warangal on 27th January 2024.
Appointed as Co-Chairman of Project Review Steering Group by MeitY (GoI) for the project "Malware and Malware-based Attack Detection using Statistical and Machine Learning Approaches" being implemented by Tezpur University, Assam (24th Jan 2024).

Administrative Responsibilities

Current:

Member, Department level shortlisting committee, from April 2013

In the Past:

Chief, Placement Unit , From Sept 2020 to Aug 2024
Associate Dean, Admissions (Jan 2014 to Aug 2018)
Faculty-in-Charge, Alumni Cell (Nov 2014 to Aug 2018)
Faculty-in-Charge, FD Admissions (Dec 2016 to Aug 2018)
Faculty-in-Charge, Admission Tests and Services (Sept 2012 to Aug 2014)
Resident warden-Gandhi Bhawan (Dec 2008 to July 2014)
Programme officer, National Service Scheme (April 2008 to Aug 2020)
Member, Department committee on Academics (Sept 2016 to Aug 2020)
Convener, Student Faculty Council (SFC) (Sept 2018- Aug 2020)
Non Resident Warden-Ashok Bhawan (July 2006 to Nov 2008)
Member, Department Research committee (Sept 2012 to Aug 2016)
Member, PFAC (Feb 2013 to Aug 2014)
Resource person in Intensive Teaching Workshop (2010)
Secretary to Staff Association (Aug 2009 to July 2010)
Secretary to Staff Association (Aug 2009 to July 2010)
Treasurer to Staff Association (Aug 2008 to July 2009)
Member, 6th Pay commission Review Committee (2009)

Professional Association & Membership

Life Member of Indian Society for Earthquake Technology (ISET) Registration No. LM 1327
Student Member of Indian Association of Structural Engineers (IStructE) Registration No. S-062
Life Member of Indian Society for Wind Engineering(ISWE)
Member of American Concrete Institute (ACI) Membership No: 1258882 (April, 2016 to March 2017)
Affiliated Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Member ID: 10617565
Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute (ICI), Member No. 13629

Academic & Professional Experience

■Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, Rajasthan

Lecturer in Civil Engineering Department from 16.07.2007 to
08. 2010. Assistant Professor in Civil Engineering Department from 01.09.2010 to 31. 12. 2017. Associate Professor in Civil Engineering Department from 01.01.2018 to 31. 12. 2022. Presently working as a Professor.
Acting as a Head of the Department, Civil Engineering since 01.09.2024

Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Central University, Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA

Visiting Faculty at Gati Shakti Vishwavidyalaya, Central University, Vadodara, Gujarat, INDIA and teaching Building Materials and Concrete Technology (BMCT) (August 2024 – December 2024)

Trinity College Dublin

Visiting Academic at Trinity College Dublin under ISCA Ireland-India Science foundation programme and University (abroad)-immersion programme, BITS Pilani (May-July 2014).

■Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand (July, 2003 to July, 2007)

Attended and presented paper at IIT Kharagpur in December, 2003 (SEC 2003)
Attended and presented paper at IISC Bangalore in December, 2005 (SEC 2005)
Member of organizing committee of workshop on Earthquake Engineering for teachers held at Department of Earthquake Engineering at IIT Roorkee; also participated in the technical session by presenting a paper and also was responsible for Hospitality and Transportation
Organized and participated in the technical session by presenting the papers for 13SEE, 2006 in December, 2006, Earthquake Engineering Department, IIT Roorkee
Supervised computer lab class of B-TECH first year at IIT Roorkee.

■Industry

Engineer in Civil in S.K.Samanta & Co.Ltd., Kolkata from 10.07.2000 to 21.11.2001

Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty In Charge, Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE), BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus Sept 2018 - till date
Joint Secretary, Pilani Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Society, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus Sept 2018 till date
Nucleolus Member in Practice School Division, , BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus Aug 2010 - Sept 2014
Convener of International Conference on Evidence Based Management, BITS Pilani Pilani Campus March 2015, March 2017 and Feb 2019

Conferences

Joshi, T.; Deepa, PR.; Sharma, P.K. Chromatographic Analysis of Bioactive Metabolites from a Traditional Food Combination of (semi) Arid Regions—Panchkuta: Insights for Sustainable Functional Foods Development, in Proceedings of the 4th International Electronic Conference on Nutrients, 16–18 October 2024, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland.
Puri, S.; Mandal, S.K.; Sharma, P.K.; Deepa, PR. Anti-obesity and anti-steatotic effects of Bixin (apocarotenoid from Bixa orellana l. seeds): Dose-dependent correlations with bioactivity, in Proceedings of the 4th International Electronic Conference on Nutrients, 16–18 October 2024, MDPI: Basel, Switzerland.
Invited workshop on “Ayurvedic Phytochemicals: Recent Research and Clinical Implications”, held at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar on 8th October, 2022.
28th Indian Convention of Food Scientists & Technologists (28TH ICFOST) “Emerging and Adoptable Technologies for Sustainable Agro Food industries and Economy (EAT-SAFE)”, 20th-22nd January, 2022
Online webinar on 'Covid-19 diagnosis, drug discovery and vaccine design', organized by Current Biotech Academy, Chennai, on 12th July, 2020.
Online technical workshop on 'Protein design and engineering', organized by Wisecorner Laboratories Pvt Ltd., Chennai, on 19th July, 2020.
Workshop on 'Next Generation Sequencing Data Analysis and Targeted Genome Engineering using CRISPR-Cas9', organized by Wisecorner Laboratories Pvt Ltd., Chennai, 25-28th July, 2019.
Workshop on 'Use of storytelling in conducting effective undergraduate biology classes', conducted by Dr. Eric Miller, Chennai, 22-25th Dec, 2018.
Kannan M, Marathe S, Shukla P and Sharma PK (2018), Avoiding Technology Overuse in Science Education for Holistic Well Being of School and College Students, International Conference on Spirituality, Science and Civilization, organized by IIT Roorkee.
Saxena, V….Sharma, PK (2018) Composing an Interactive Question Paper to Generate Interest of Students and De-stress them during Examination. In: Question Paper to Generate Interest of Students and De-stress them during Examination. In: National Workshop on Improving Synergy between Teaching and Research in Indian Academia (ISTRIA 2018), BITS, Pilani – Pilani Campus, March 26-27.
Sharma PK and Marathe S (2016) Using Individual Strength-based Assignments for Student Evaluation to foster a Spirit of Confidence and Well-being. In: National Convention on Current Practices and Future of Classroom Teaching at Higher Education Level, organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences & Teaching Learning Centre, BITS, Pilani – Pilani Campus, 30th Sep-1st Oct.
Mehrotra R, Kannan M and Sharma PK (2016) Smart Question Paper Design to Enhance Student Learning and Engagement in Examinations. In: National Convention on Current Practices and Future of Classroom Teaching at Higher Education Level, organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences & Teaching Learning Centre, BITS, Pilani – Pilani Campus, 30th Sep-1st Oct.
Sharma, PK (2016), “Engaging activity-based and learning-centred classes for a second year, undergraduate course on evolutionary biology and taxonomy”, Fourth International Conference on Psychology & Allied Sciences, Ravindra Bhawan, Goa, Jan 16-18, 2016.
Divya R., Dubey A, Asati V. and Sharma PK (2016), Extraction and Identification of Secondary Metabolites from Seeds of Cordia dichotoma (Lassora). In: 5th Biennial International Conference on New Developments in Drug Discovery from Natural Products and Traditional Medicines, NIPER, Mohali, November 18-20, 2016.
Sharma PK (2015), Use of Analogies From Nonscience and Other Pedagogical Tools in Teaching Biochemistry and Cell Biology to a Large, Multi-Disciplinary, First Year Undergraduate Class, In: Second International Conference on Frontiers in Biological Sciences, Department of Life Science, NIT, Rourkela, 22-24 Feb, 2015.
Shruti S. and Sharma PK, Purification and Characterization of a Thermostable Beta-Galactosidase from Solanum lycopersicum seeds. In: 2nd International Conference on Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (ICBB – 2015), Feb 6 – 8, 2015.
Workshop on Neurolinguistic Programming for effective teaching in classes, conducted by Shinota Consulting, 3rd-9th Aug 2014, Karjat, Mumbai.
Gupta S and Sharma PK, 12-13th March, 2011, Preliminary characterization of a stable β-glucosidase activity from the seeds of Albizzia lebbeck. National Conference on Contemporary Trends in Biological and Pharmaceutical Research (CTBPR-2011), organized by Departments of Biological Sciences and Pharmacy, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani.
Sharma PK, Sangwan NS and Sangwan RS, February 21-24, 2010, “Purification and Characterization of a Novel Geraniol Acetyltransferase (GAAT) from Palmarosa (Cymbopogon martini var Motia) Grass Leaf,” in International Symposium on Current Status and Opportunities in Aromatic & Medicinal Plants (AROMED), Lucknow.
Sharma PK, Sangwan NS and Sangwan RS, October 6-8, 2006, “Aroma ester metabolism in plants: evolution of two discrete substrate specific types of AATs and deacetylases,” in Seventy-sixth Annual Session, Symposium and Concluding Function of Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of The National Academy of Sciences, India, under the joint auspices of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai.
Sharma PK, Sangwan NS and Sangwan RS, 24-26 February, 2006, “The next front in fragrant monoterpene ester biosynthesis: a novel geraniol acetyltransferase from palmarosa,” in National Conference on ‘Role of Plant Physiology in Biotechnology and Biodiversity Conservation’ held in University of Rajasthan, Jaipur.

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Professional Services

Technical/Advisory Committee

Member, Steering Committee [Chemical Group] in the area of Food Safety and Applied Nutrition [FSSAI, New Delhi]
External expert, NIPER-JEE entrance exam [2017,2023,2024]
Expert, Department of Science and Technology Grants
External Examiner, B.Pharm. and M.Pharm programme of Baba Farid University of Health Science, Faridkot (Punjab).
External Examiner, M.Pharmacy programme of Central University of Punjab, Bathinda (Punjab).
Expert, Research Grants for South African Medical Research Council

Examiner [PhD thesis]

MANONMANIAN SUNDARANAR University, Tirunelveli [Tamil Nadu] 2018 .
PUNE University [Maharashtra]
MGM Institute of Health Sciences, Navi Mumbai [Maharashtra]
SRM University, Chennai [Tamil Nadu]
AcSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research [IITR], Lucknow [Uttar Pradesh]
BNU, Udaipur [Rajasthan]
Central University of Rajasthan, Kishangarh [Rajasthan]-2024

Expert Reviewer [Journals]

Journal Medicinal Chemistry [American Chemical Society]
Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry [Elsevier]
Bioorganic Medicinal Chemistry Letter [Elsevier]
Archiv der Pharmazie [Wiley]
Biomedical Chromatography [Wiley]
Journal of Biomolecular Structure & Dynamics [Taylor & Francis]
Natural Product Research [Taylor & Francis]
Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds [Elsevier]
International Journal of Phytoremediation [Taylor & Francis]
In-silico Pharmacology [Springer Nature]
Journal of Ayurveda and Integrative Medicine [Elsevier]
Chemistry & Biodiversity [Elsevier]
Scientific Reports [Nature]

Vacancy

Currently no research positions are available

International Collaboration

International Research Collaboration with UKEIRI and British Council funded research on Market Insight Study of UK-India Education Research Initiative on Internationalization Strategies between UK & India in Higher Education

My PhD Thesis

Title: Language Analysis of Two Major Forms of Computer-Mediated Communication: Emails and Webpages

Creative Writing

Mrig Trishna Ki Manind, Poem
400 Kmph: Jindagi Ki Raftaar, Short Story

News from the lab

New grant: a project sanctioned by ICMR (fund sanctioned Rs 73 lakh) (Oct 2023)
New PhD student, Ms. Aaditi Karnik (M.S. (Pharm), NIPER Mohali) joined the lab (Aug 2023)
New paper: first review paper from the lab accepted (May 2023)
- Sonam Dolma, Abhijeet Joshi; The Node of Ranvier as an Interface for Axo-Glial Interactions: Perturbation of Axo-Glial Interactions in Various Neurological Disorders; Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology, 2023 (IF: 7.285) (Read it here)
A PhD student Ms. Sonam Dolma selected for prestigious DST INSPIRE fellowship (Sept 2022)
New grant: a project sanctioned by The Korean Society for Ginseng (Rs. 3,12,000) (August 2022)
An award of CAEN 1B by International Society of Neurochemistry (ISN) received by Dr. Abhijeet Joshi (Rs. 3,80,000) (July 2022)
First PhD student of the lab Ms. Sonam Dolma (M.S. (Pharm), NIPER Ahmedabad) joined the lab (March 2022)

About Faculty:

Dr. Ranganayakulu graduated from Andhra University, M.E from Bharathiar University, Ph.D from IIT (Madras), Chennai, a National Academy of Engineers Fellow, and an Alexander von Humboldt fellow from Germany. He was a re-visiting researcher at Helmut Schmidt University, Hamburg, and presently a re-visiting Scholar at Leibniz University, Hannover, Germany, and a Visiting Researcher at UNISA, Johannesburg, South Africa. He published over 100 peer-reviewed papers in International/National journals/conferences. He is a reviewer for various Research Journals. He guided 6 Ph.D. projects and is supervising 8 more Ph.D. topics in BITS and other institutions. He is the Chairperson and member of various committees at ADE, DARE, NAL, HAL, ADA - Bangalore and NIOT-Chennai.

Media Recognition

Shi-Civ

Recognition

Research in geothermal area is reported by India Science Wire, Government of India: http://vigyanprasar.gov.in/isw/new-analysis-says-puga-highest-geothermal-potential.html
Research in geothermal area is reported by TECH EXPLORIST: https://www.techexplorist.com/puga-highest-geothermal-potential/19121/
Research is referred by Geothermal Resources Council in Geothermal world news: http://geothermalresourcescouncil.blogspot.in/2017/11/india-geothermal.html

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Subject Expert assignments;
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Reviewing Assignment

i. International Journals

Advances in Civil Engineering, Hindwai
Advances in Water Resources, Elsevier
Agricultural Water Management, Elsevier
Applied Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing, Hindwai Publishing
Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, World Scientific
Climate Dynamics, Springer
Climatic Change, Springer
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, Elsevier
Environmental Management, Springer
Environmental Modelling and Software, Elsevier
European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier
H2Open Journal, IWA
Hydrological Process, Wiley
Hydrology Research, IWA
Hydrological Sciences Journal, Taylor and Francis
IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems
Information Sciences, Elsevier
International Journal of Climatology, Wiley
International Journal of Global Environment Issues, Inderscience
International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, Inderscience
International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making, World Scientific
International Journal of Sediment Research, Elsevier
International Journal of Water, Inderscience
Irrigation Science, Springer
ISH Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Taylor and Francis
Journal of American Water Resources Association, Wiley
Journal of Earth System Science, Springer
Journal of Environmental Management, Elsevier
Journal of Flood Engineering, Serial Publications
Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, ASCE
Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, ASCE
Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, ASCE
Journal of Hydrology, Elsevier
Journal of Sustainable Manufacturing and Renewable Energy, Nova
Journal of Water and Climate Change, IWA
Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management,ASCE
Natural Hazards, Springer
Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, Springer
Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Elsevier
Water and Environment Journal, Wiley
Water Policy, IWA
Water Resources Management, Springer
Water Resources Research, Wiley
Water Science and Technology, IWA

ii. Books/ Book Chapters/Web/Video based Lectures

Book chapters of Environmental engineering (Volume 1 & 2), Oxford University Press (December 22, 2016).
Book on Hydraulic steel structures, Informatics publishing limited, Bangalore (June 29, 2015).
Book chapter ‘Fuzzy logic in multiobjective decision making and hydrological modelling’ for book’ Sustainable water resources management’, ASCE, editor: Prof CSP Ojha (December 31, 2014).
Book on Fluid mechanics and machinery for Oxford University Press, April 2014.
NPTEL video based course on Stochastic hydrology prepared by Prof P. P. Mujumdar, IISc., Bangalore, 2012.
NPTEL web based course on Water resources systems planning and management prepared by Prof D. Nagesh Kumar, 2011.
NPTEL web based course on Optimization methods prepared by Prof D. Nagesh Kumar, IISc., Bangalore, 2007.
Book on Engineering hydrology, Pearson education.

iii. Ph.D & M.Tech Theses

Ph.D

Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (Quantifying Climate and Catchment Effects on Streamflow using the Budyko Framework, Student Name: Mr. Sharma Pushkar Ajaykumar (Roll Numbe174040012), Advisor: Prof Arpita Mondal, Viva held on March 31, 2023)
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal (Hydrological Impact of Land Use and Climate Change on the West Coast River Basins of Karnataka, Student Name: Ms. Sharannya TM, Advisor: Prof A Mahesha, Viva held on December 28, 2022)
Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai (Multi-Objective Design of Water Distribution Networks considering Mechanical, Hydraulic Failures and Future Water Demands, Student Name: Ms. Swati Sirsant, Advisor: Prof M Janga Reddy, Viva held on February 12, 2021)
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (Simulation and Control of Water Resource Systems: Student Name: Pawan Kumar Rai; Advisors: Prof CT Dhanya and Prof BR Chahar; Viva held on March 26, 2018)
Victoria University Melbourne Australia (Daily Stream Flow Estimation Using Remote Sensing Data; Student Name: Sisri Danaka Nilantha MEEPIEGALKATIYA GAMAGE; Advisor: Prof Chris Perera, 2015)
Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai (Optimal Reservoir Operation for Hydropower Production Using Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Programming; Student Name: Bholanath N.S. Ghimire; Advisor: Prof. M Janga Reddy, 2014)
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Heat and Mass Transfer Analysis of Evaporation from Water bodies; Student Name: Manoj Kumar; Advisors: Prof.C.S.P.Ojha and Prof. J.S. Saini, 2012)
Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai (Physical and Numerical Model Studies for Aerators on Orifice Spillways; Student Name: Bhosekar V V; Advisor: Prof V Jothiprakash, December 2011)
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (Analytic Element and Particle Swarm based Simulation-Optimization Model for Groundwater Management; Student Name: Shishir Gaur; Advisor: Prof BR Chahar, 2010)
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal (Planning and Management of Small Scale Irrigation Schemes in Coastal Uttara Kannada District, Karnataka, India; Student Name: Sandeep Nayak; Advisor: Prof L. Nandagiri, 2009)
National Institute of Technology, Surathkal (Integrated Water Resources Management for Sustainable Development; Student Name: H Ramesh; Advisor: Prof A. Mahesha, 2008)
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad-4

M.Tech

Two M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) theses evaluated on November 16, 2024, Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad
Fifteen M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) theses evaluated on July 3-4, 2023, National Institute of Technology, Warangal.
Two M.Tech theses (Soil and Water Engineering) evaluated in the academic year 2021-22 and 2022-23, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University, Hyderabad.
One M.Tech thesis (Construction Engineering and Management) and One M.Tech thesis (Water Resources Engineering) evaluated on December 10, 2020, Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad.
Eight M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) theses evaluated on July 5, 2019, National Institute of Technology, Warangal.
Four M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) evaluated on July 27, 2019, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded, Maharashtra.
Fifteen M.Tech (Water Resources Engineering) theses evaluated during June 29-30, 2017, National Institute of Technology, Warangal.
Ten M.Tech theses of various reputed institutes in India [IIT Madras-4, JNTU Hyderabad-6]

B.Tech

Evaluated 71 students project reports of Department of Civil Engineering, Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad and taken viva on July 30-31, 2021.

iv. Conference Papers and Abstracts

1st International E-Conference on Sustainable Approach for Resilient Infrastructure (IC-SAFRI-2021), CBIT, Hyderabad, June 26-27, 2021 (2 abstracts reviewed and submitted report on May 2, 2021).
Hydro 2019, Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad, December 18-20, 2019 ( 1 full paper reviewed and submitted report on October 16, 2019)
Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development" (ITCSD-2019), NIT Warangal, September 13-15, 2019 (7 extended abstracts reviewed and submitted report on July 19, 2019).
ASCE India conference 2017: Urbanization challenges in emerging economics, IIT Delhi, December 12-14, 2017 (nine papers on November 20, 2017).
Fifth International conference on machine intelligence and knowledge exploration (MIKE 2017), Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology, Hyderabad, December 13-15, 2017 (one paper on September 13, 2017).
International SWAT conference, IIT Madras, January 8-12, 2018 (eight abstracts August 27, 2017 & October 10-15, 2017).
National conference on sustainable materials and management systems in civil engineering (NCS2MCE'16), CBIT, Hyderabad, December 15-16, 2016 (two papers December 9, 2016).
International conference on technological advances in climate-smart agriculture and sustainability (TACSAS-2017), Nanded, January 16-18, 2017. (four abstracts October 11, 2016 & October 25, 2016).
International conference on water, environment, energy & society 2016 held at Bhopal for possible publication in Springer (one paper June 2, 2016).
National conference on hydrology with special emphasis on rain water harvesting, Poornima Group of Institution, Jaipur, November 15–16, 2013.
HYDRO-2013 International IIT Madras, December 4-6, 2013.
EWRI of ASCE, India 2010, January 5-7, 2010.
Special session on artificial intelligence applications in water resources management for 4th Indian international conference on artificial intelligence (IICAI-09), December 16-18, 2009.
HYDRO-2008, MNIT, Jaipur, December 15-16, 2008.
International convention on water resources development and management (ICWRDM-2008), BITS Pilani, October 23-26, 2008.
National conference on sustainable water resources development and management (SWRDAM-2008), Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, June 13-14, 2008.
International Conference on Advances in Civil Engineering (ACE2002), Organised by Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, January 3-5, 2002.

v. Proposals/Technical Reports

Two Research Proposals submitted to Regional Academic Centre for Space (RAC-S), Joint Venture of MNIT Jaipur and ISRO, Bangalore (Review Report Submitted on October 15, 2019; July 12, 2023).
Technical report for Indo-French centre for the promotion of advanced research, New Delhi, Prof BR Chahar, IIT Delhi.
Technical reports for National Institute of Hydrology, MoWR, Government of India.

Media Coverage

English Newspaper Deccan Chronicle: Article on "Half of Hyderabad Buildings face flood Risk: Study", July 20, 2023 [Newspaper Coverage]
Telugu Newspaper EENADU: Article on "Building Risk Analysis in GHMC", October 17, 2021.[Newspaper Coverage]
Newspaper News18: Article on " If It Rains Continuously for 17 Days, Study Says This Is What Will Happen To Hyderabad", OCTOBER 17, 2021 [Newspaper Coverage]
Newspaper Siasat: Article on "Extreme rainfall can submerge half of Hyderabad: Study", October 16, 2021 [Newspaper Coverage]
Newspaper THE INDIAN EXPRESSS: Article on "Extreme Rain may damage 38% buildings: study", October 15, 2021 [Newspaper Coverage]
ETV Bharat: Article on "Researchers Successfully in Assessing Floods in Hyderabad", October 1, 2021. [Newspaper Coverage]
Newspaper THE HINDU: Article on "Climate change poses significant threat of urban flooding: research", September 29, 2021.[Newspaper Coverage ]
Telugu Newspaper EENADU: Article on "Machine learning on urban flood estimation", October 1, 2021. [Newspaper Coverage]
Telugu Newspaper ANDHRA JYOTHI: Article on "Best management practices for urban flood mitigation", October 1, 2021. [Newspaper Coverage]
Telugu Newspaper ANDHRA JYOTHI: Article on "Urban flood mitigation", October 2, 2021. [Newspaper Coverage of Rangareddy District Edition ] [News Paper Coverage of Medchal District Edition]
Newspaper THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS:Article on " Worse yet to come? Climate change to aggravate flooding in Hyderabad ", October 20, 2020 [Newspaper Coverage]
Telugu Newspaper EENADU: Article on "Mitigation for urban flood: role of BITS Hyderabad", 2018, [Newspaper Coverage]
Telugu Newspaper EENADU: Article on "Role of professors in GHMC flood mitigation", 2018, [Newspaper Coverage]
Newspaper THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS: Article on" Hyderabad: Monday’s miseries preview of future calamities?", October 4, 2017 [Newspaper Coverage]
Newspaper THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS: Article on "Is there a cost-effective solution to urban flooding in Hyderabad? A city scholar thinks so", October 5, 2017 [Newspaper Coverage]
Newspaper THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS: Article on "Early flood warning system: TS can learn lessons from KSNDMC", October 5, 2017 [Newspaper Coverage]

Workshops & Conferences Organized

Total Conferences, Workshops, and Training Programs Conducted:16

One Week Basic Course on "Urban Flood Modelling in a Changing Climate, June 6-12, 2024, ISRO-DMS-Capacity Building Sponsored Program
Workshop on Fuzzy Logic and Applications in Civil Engineering, March 15-16, 2019.
Five-day Training Workshop on Reservoir Simulation Using NIH_ResYP, June 25-29, 2018, in association with the National Institute of Hydrology, Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India.
Workshop on Data Mining and Soft Computing Techniques in Civil Engineering, April 13-14, 2018.
Workshop-Cum-Training Program on Urban Flood Management: Technology Driven Solutions, March 3-4, 2017.
Workshop on Research Methodology, April 11-12, 2016.
Training Programme on Urban Flood Management: Technology Driven Solutions, November 20-21, 2015.
Workshop on Integrated Urban Flood Management in Hyderabad: Technology Driven Solutions, October 31, 2015.
Workshop on Research Methodology, April 3-4, 2015.
Workshop on Research Methodology, April 11-12, 2014.
National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Planning, Management and Impact of Climate Change, April 5-6, 2013.
Workshop on Recent Advances in Climatic Modelling for Water Resources Planning and Management, November 19, 2011.
National Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Management and Impact of Climate Change, March 5-6, 2010.
Advanced Training Programme on Water Resource Development and Management for NABARD Officers, November 3-7, 2004.
Symposium on Prediction in Ungauged Basins for Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management (PUBSWRPM-2004), October 30, 2004.
Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management (ISWRPM-2003), October 11-12, 2003.

Member, Board of Studies

Present

Member, Research Advisory Committee, Aditya University, Kakinada [with effect from August 17, 2024]
Osmania University, Hyderabad [with effect from August 5, 2024, for two years]
Vignan's Foundation for Science, Technology and Research (Deemed to be a University), Guntur, Andhra Pradesh [with effect from March 23, 2019, for three years] [with effect from academic year June 2022-23 for three years]

Past

Methodist College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad [with effect from September 24, 2021, for three years]
Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded [with effect from November 3, 2016, for two years] [With effect from June 1st, 2022 for two years]
Osmania University, Hyderabad [with effect from August 13, 2021, for two years]
Anurag University, Hyderabad [with effect from June 26, 2020, for three years]
VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hyderabad [with effect from August 25, 2015, for two years] [with effect from the academic year 2019-2020 to the academic year 2021-2022]
Kakatiya University College of Engineering and Technology, Warangal [with effect from September 14, 2020, for two years]
Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal [with effect from May 15, 2018 for two years] [with effect from February 10, 2020 for two years]
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) Hyderabad (Centre for Water Resources) [with effect from April 4, 2014 for two years] [with effect from April 22, 2019 for two years]
Anurag Group of Institutions, Hyderabad [with effect from December 13, 2018 for one year]
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad [with effect from August 8, 2015 for two years][with effect from December 29, 2017 for two years]
Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad [with effect from August 1, 2014 for two years]
Gudlavalleru Engineering College, Gudlavalleru, Andhra Pradesh [with effect from November 22, 2016 for two years]
Guru Nanak Institutions Technical Campus, Hyderabad [with effect from July 23, 2016 for two years]
MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune [with effect from December 22, 2015 for two years]
Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad [with effect from February 5, 2014 for two years] [with effect from February 15, 2018 for two years]
Rajeev Gandhi Memorial College of Engineering and Technology, Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh [with effect from April 25, 2015 for two years]
Vardhaman College of Engineering, Hyderabad [with effect from November 8, 2016 for two years]
Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad [with effect from November 28, 2014 for two years]

Subject Expert

External Subject Expert for evaluating the research ability of faculty, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, January 25, 2024
External Subject Expert for Faculty Interviews, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded (August 26, 2023)
External Subject Expert for one faculty member for teaching and research ability, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad (September 20, 2022; March 20, 2023)
External Subject Expert for Faculty Interviews at KITS, Warangal (April 26, 2022; May 11, 2022; December 8,2018; February 29, 2016)
External Expert Member, Faculty Recruitment at Department of Civil Engineering, SRM-AP (Held on 15.02.2022)
Evaluated 6 Faculty Aspirants for Teaching and Research Ability, CBIT, Hyderabad (6 on January 18, 2021; 21 on June 7, 2019)
Faculty Recruitment Interviews at Mahindra Ecole Centrale (MEC) Engineering College, Hyderabad (January 11, 2021; May 22, 2018)
Evaluated 6 Faculty Aspirants for Teaching Ability, MGIT, Hyderabad (June 27, 2019)
Faculty recruitment interviews at Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad (February 24, 2016)
External Expert for faculty Recruitment on May 3, 2017 & Selection of the Candidates Seeking Admission into Ph.D/M.S research program 2017- 2018 on June 7, 2018 & evaluation of three research scholars on July 7, 2017, JNTU Hyderabad.
Evaluation of Research Scholars, Department of Civil Engineering, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded, Maharashtra (September 12, 2020 through webinar; January 11, 2020, July 3 2019, July 29 2017, January 28 2017, January 30 2015).
Internal Expert for Selection of Research Associate for the CSIR project on Water distribution networks, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus (October 29, 2018)
Academic Audit for the Second Year B. Tech First Semester Courses, Civil Engineering, MIT Academy of Engineering, Alandi, Pune (November 11, 2017).
Judged Civil Engineering Research Papers Presented during SUDHEE-2015 (A National Level Students Tech Fest), Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, September 29, 2015.

Member of Technical/Organizing Committee of Conferences

Diamond Jubilee Celebrations 2024: International Conference on Advances in Sustainable Materials, Modelling & Infrastructure, Feb 17-19, 2025, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus
Fifth Indian National Groundwater Conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, December 5-6, 2023.
HYDRO-2023 International, 28th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, River and Coastal Engineering, NIT Warangal, December 21-23, 2023.
HYDRO-2022 International, 27th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources, Environmental and Coastal Engineering, Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, Punjab, December 22-24, 2022.
HYDRO-2021 International, 26th International Conference on Hydraulics, Water Resources and Coastal Engineering, SVNIT, Surat, Gujarat, December 23-25, 2021.
2021/2nd International Virtual Conference on Sustainable Construction Technologies & Advancements in Civil Engineering (ScTACE 2021), Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, October 14-16, 2021.
1st International E-Conference on Sustainable Approach for Resilient Infrastructure (IC-SAFRI-2021), CBIT, Hyderabad, June 26-27, 2021
International Conference on Innovative Trends in Hydrological and Environmental Systems (ITHES 2021), National Institute of Technology, Warangal, April 28-30, 2021.
Online International Conference on Sustainable Water Resources Development and Management (SWARDAM-2021), Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, March 8-9, 2021.
2020 National Virtual Conference on Sustainable Construction Technologies & Advancements in Civil Engineering (ScTACE 2020), Shri Vishnu Engineering College for Women, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, October 9-10, 2020
HYDRO-2019 International conference (hydraulics, water resources and coastal engineering), Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad, December 18-20, 2019.
International conference on innovative trends in civil engineering for sustainable development (ITCSD-2019), National Institute of Technology, Warangal, September 13-15, 2019.
National conference on futuristic approaches in civil engineering (FACE), Mahindra Ecole Centrale, Hyderabad, August 30-31, 2019.
6th National conference on water, environment & society (NCWES-2019), JNTU Hyderabad, June 5-7,2019.
3rd National conference on recent trends, innovations in civil engineering and urban infrastructure (RTICEUI-2K19), Nalla Narasimha Reddy Group of Institutions, Hyderabad, March 29-30, 2019.
Fifth International Conference on Hydrology and Watershed Management, focusing on urban water management for sustainable development, JNTU, Hyderabad, February 12-15,2019.
5th National conference on water, environment & society (NCWES-2018), JNTU Hyderabad, June 4-6, 2018.
Two-day National conference on advanced computing applications in civil engineering (ACACE-2018), Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad, April 20-21, 2018.
Fifth International conference on mining intelligence and knowledge exploration (MIKE 2017), Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), Hyderabad, December 13-15, 2017.
Workshop on Bitumen Rheology-2017 (BITURHEO-2017), BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, September 22, 2017.
National conference on sustainable water and environmental management (SWEM-17), JNTU Hyderabad, December 21-23, 2017.
SWAT 2018: International workshops and conference, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Chennai, India, January 8-12, 2018.
International conference on sports engineering (ICSE-2017), BITS Pilani campus, October 23-25, 2017, held at Birla Auditorium, Jaipur).
4th National conference on water, environment & society (NCWES-2017), JNTU Hyderabad, March 16-18, 2017.
National conference on water resources management in coastal regions, Deltaic Regional Centre, National Institute of Hydrology, Kakinada, December 8-9, 2016.
National conference on sustainable materials and management systems in civil engineering (NCS2MCE '16), CBIT, Hyderabad, December 15-16, 2016.
Two Day National workshop on computer applications in civil engineering (CACE-2016), Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, October 21-22, 2016.
HYDRO-2016 International, 21st International conference on hydraulics, water resources and coastal engineering, CWPRS Pune, December 8-10, 2016.
National Conference on Water Resources and Flood Management with special reference to Flood Modelling (WRFM 2016), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, October 14-15, 2016.
International conference on technological advances in climate-smart agriculture and sustainability, SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded, January 16-18, 2017.
3rd National conference water, environment & society (NCWES-2016), Centre for water resources, JNTU, Hyderabad, June 6-8, 2016.
2-Day National conference on disaster preparedness, mitigation, and reconstruction of sustainable society, VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, February 11-12, 2016.
National conference on sustainable water resources development and management (SWARDAM-2016), Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, July 4-5, 2016.
National workshop on participatory irrigation management (PIM-2015), VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, May 25-30, 2015.
Two Day National conference on water, environment and society (NCWES-2015), JNTU, Hyderabad, July 30-31,2015.
National conference on recent trends in civil engineering with emphasis on water resources and retaining structures, GITAM School of Technology, Hyderabad Campus, February 20-21,2015.
Two-day National conference on recent research advances in civil engineering (RRACE-2014), Osmania University College of Engineering, Hyderabad, November 7-8, 2014.
Two Day National conference on water, environment, and society (NCWES-2014), JNTU, Hyderabad, June 30th-July 1st, 2014.
National seminar on Indian space technology: present and future (NSIST-2014), BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, Hyderabad, May 1, 2014.
National conferences on recent advances in civil engineering (RACE 2K-14), CMR Technical Campus, Hyderabad, March 14-15, 2014.
National conference on technology, policy, and community: small experiments in sustainability, BITS, Pilani - Hyderabad Campus, March 22-23, 2014.
National workshop on sustainable technologies in civil engineering, perspectives and strategies, GRIET, Hyderabad, December 27-28, 2013.
National conference on advances in civil engineering and infrastructure development (ACEID-2014), Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, February 6-7, 2014.
Fourth International conference on hydrology and watershed management, Centre for water resources, JNTU, Hyderabad, October 29th- November 1, 2014.
National conference on hydrology with special emphasis on rainwater harvesting (NCHRWH-2013), Poornima Group of Institution, Jaipur, November 15 – 16, 2013.
National conference on sustainable water resources development and water management (SWARDAM-2013), Government College of Engineering, Aurangabad, September 30-October 1, 2013.
HYDRO-2013 International, IIT Chennai, December 4-6, 2013.
Indo-Danish international conference on wind energy: materials, engineering, and policies (WEMP 2012), BITS, Pilani -Hyderabad Campus, November 22-23, 2012.
Workshop on green building practices and impact on environmental performance, BITS, Pilani- Hyderabad Campus, October 23, 2010.
HYDRO-2008, MNIT, Jaipur, December 15-16, 2008.
International convention on water resources development and management (ICWRDM-2008), BITS Pilani campus, October 23-26, 2008.
National Conference on Environmental Conservation (NCEC-2006), BITS Pilani campus, September 1-3, 2006.
Asia Regional workshop on promoting community-based rural transport infrastructure sustainability, BITS Pilani campus, September 6-8, 2004.
National conference on structural engineering and mechanics (SEM-04), BITS Pilani campus, September 24-25, 2004.
International conference on advanced modeling techniques for sustainable management of water resources, NIT, Warangal, January 28-30, 2004.

Session Chair /Co-Chair/Panel Member/Moderator

Sesssion-TS7-STW4, 26th HYDRO 2021, International Conference, SV National Institute of Technology, Surat, India, December 23-25, 2021 [Session on Soft Computing Techniques in Water Resources Engineering, Chaired on December 25, 2021, 10.30 A.M-11.00 A.M]
Session -3, 1st International E-Conference on Sustainable Approach for Resilient Infrastructure (IC-SAFRI-2021), CBIT, Hyderabad, June 26-27, 2021 (Session chaired on 27.06.2021, 10 A.M- 12.30 P.M)
Session-5, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modelling, International Virtual Conference on Innovative Trends in Hydrological and Environmental Systems (ITHES-2021), National Institute of Technology, Warangal (Session chaired on April 28, 2021 (3 p.m-5 p.m).
Session -7, Innovative Trends in Civil Engineering for Sustainable Development (ITCSD-2019), National Institute of Technology, Warangal, September 14, 2019.
Climate change on water and environment(technical session-VI), Fifth International conference on hydrology and watershed management with a focal theme on urban water management for sustainable development, JNTU, Hyderabad, February 14, 2019 [2.30 p.m-5.00 p.m]
Plenary session-II, lake and river water management: challenges & sustainable engineering solutions, National symposium on emerging environmental challenges: an engineering approach (EEC 2018), jointly organised by CSIR-NEERI, Hyderabad zonal centre and BITS Pilani Hyderabad campus, February 16, 2018
Hydrologic modelling and remote sensing applications (session B3), SWAT 2018 International workshop and conference, January 10-12, 2018, Chennai, India (session was moderated on January 10, 2018)
Societal impact and capacity building, ITRA closure meeting, IIT Hyderabad, July 10, 2017.
International conference on technological advances in climate-smart agriculture and sustainability (TACSAS-2017), Nanded, India, January 18, 2017.
National conference on water resources and flood management (WRFM-2016), Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, October 14, 2016.
Workshop on impact of climate change on water resources, Ministry of water resources and national institute of rural development and panchayat raj, Hyderabad, May 21, 2015.
International conference on modeling tools for sustainable water resources management (theme: data analysis in hydrology), IIT, Hyderabad, December 28, 2014.
HTDRO-2014 International (technical session 20: theme: reservoir operation and irrigation management), MANIT Bhopal, December 19, 2014.
International conference on sustainable civil infrastructure (ICSCI-2014) (technical session -2), conducted by ASCE India section and IIT, Hyderabad, October 17-18, 2014.
Climate change & environment (technical session-II), Two-day national conference on water, environment & society (NCWES-2014), JNTU, Hyderabad, June 30-July 1, 2014.
National seminar on Indian space technology: present and future (NSIST-2014), BITS Pilani-Hyderabad campus, May 1, 2014.
Brain storming session on water and environment, National conference on technology, policy and community: small experiments in sustainability, BITS Pilani-Hyderabad campus, March 15, 2014.
Brain storming session/workshop on climatic impact studies, IIT Madras, Chennai, March 28,2012.
Water resources engineering, International conference on advances in civil engineering (ACE), KL university, Guntur, October 21-23, 2011.

Chief Guest/Guest of Honour

Workshop on 'Process Simulation using Aspen HYSIS', Department of Chemical Engineering, BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, June 3, 2023
Engineers day, Gudlavalleru engineering college, Gudlavalleru, Andhra Pradesh, September 15, 2018.
UN world water day and UN international mother earth day, GRIET, Hyderabad, March 29, 2018. and delivered lecture on consequences and management of urban floods and climate change as part of chief guest address.
Inaugural function, VARADHI, Department of civil engineering fest, Vardhaman college of engineering, Hyderabad, September 21, 2017
Inaugural function, One day workshop on applications of optimization in civil engineering, CBIT, Hyderabad, March 30, 2017.
National workshop on computer applications in civil engineering, Vasavi College of Engineering, Hyderabad, October 21, 2016.

Participation in Conferences/Meetings/Workshops/Field Visits/Brain Storming

Virtual International Symposium on Data Analytics for Strategy & Growth in Higher Education" (DASH-2021), December 10, 2021, BITS Pilani University, India
Infosys digital agricultural farm, Pocharam, Hyderabad, October 7, 2018.
Hyderabad storm water drainage, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, November 7, 2017.
Hyderabad Metro Water Supply Sewerage Board, March 18, 2017.
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) southern region water task force & interaction with stakeholders, February 23, 2017.
International conference on water challenges in India, February 8-9, 2017, New Delhi. Event was organised by DHI.

Membership of Professional Societies

Association of Hydrologists of India
Indian Association of Hydrologists
Indian Society for Hydraulics (Fellow Member)
Indian Society of Remote Sensing
Indian Society for Technical Education
Indian Water Resources Society
Indian Water Works Association
Institution of Engineers (India) (Associate Member and Chartered Engineer)
International Society on Multiple Criteria Decision Making

Administrative Responsibilities

From Year 2016 Onwards

Currently: -

Associate Dean, International Programmes and Collaborations Division - Dubai Campus (Since June'24)
Senate Member, BITS Pilani (Since Oct.'21)
Member, Department Level Selection Committee at BITS Dubai Campus (Since Aug.' 2023)
Member, Department Committee on Academics (DCA) (Since Sept.'19)
Member, Grievance Redressal Committee for Students (Since Sept.'19)
Member, Institute Academic Counselling Board (Since July'18)
Faculty Incharge, Institute of Engineers, India (BPDC Student Chapter) (since Aug.'18)
Faculty Incharge, BITS-Pilani Aerospace Society (BAEROS) (Since Oct.'16)

Previously: -

Deputy-Head, Mechanical Engineering Department (June'22 - June'24)
Member, Cross-Campus Department Committee on Academics (ccDCA) (Sept.'19 - Aug.'24)
Faculty Incharge, American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (BPDC Student Chapter) (Feb.'20 - May'24)
Jury Member, BPDC Mantra Awards 2022 & 2023-24
Member, Institute Anti-Ragging Squad (Aug.'19 - July'20)
Institute Hostel Warden (Apr.'18 - Dec.'19)
Member, Department Research Committee (Aug.'16 - July'20)
Organizing Committee Member, IMMT 2019 Conference at BITS Dubai Campus
Member, Institute Disciplinary Committee (Aug.'18 - Aug.'19)
Incharge, Student Affairs-Mechanical Engineering (Aug.'16 - July'20)
Convener, iCRAFT2018 Conference at BITS Pilani Dubai Campus
Member, Institute Library Committee (Feb.'18 - Jan.'19)
Faculty Incharge, Solar Decathlon Competition (Dec.'16 - Nov.'18)
Organizing Committee Member, IMMT 2017 Conference at BITS Dubai Campus
Member, Institute Scholarships Committee (May'16 - Oct.'16)

Conference Paper Presentations

Presented paper titled SINTTRA: Sliding Window based Temporally Aware Network Traffic Analyzer for IoT Device Fingerprinting at the IEEE Intelligent Systems, 12th International Conference, Varna, Bulgaria, 2024 (Online Presentation).
Presented the paper titled Malware Analysis using Transformer based Models: An Empirical Study at the 21st International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT), Dijon, France, July 2024 (Online Presentation).
Presented the paper titled Context-Aware Behavioral Fingerprinting of IoT Devices via Network Traffic Analysis at the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT), Rome, Italy, July 2023 (Online Presentation).
Presented the paper titled Analyzing Image Based Strategies for Android Malware Detection and Classification: An Empirical Exploration at the 20th International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT), Rome, Italy, July 2023 (Online Presentation).
Presented the paper titled PAMMELA: Policy Administration Methodology using Machine Learning at the 19th International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT), Lisbon, Portugal, July 2022 (Online Presentation).
Presented the paper titled Optimal Feature Set Selection for IoT Device Fingerprinting on Edge Infrastructure using Machine Intelligence at the IEEE INFOCOM Workshops: A4E 2022: AI/ML for Edge/Fog Networks, May 2022 (Online Event).
Presented the paper titled Enforcing Cardinality Constraint in Temporal RBAC at the 18th International Conference on Security and Cryptography (SECRYPT), July 2021 (Online Event).
Presented the paper titled Toward Implementing Spatio-Temporal RBAC Extensions at the International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS), Hyderabad, India, December 2019.
Presented the paper titled A Comparative Study of Margin Noise Removal Algorithms on MarNR: A Margin Noise Dataset of Document Images at the 14th IAPR International Conference on Document Analysis and Recognition (ICDAR), Kyoto, Japan, November 2017.

Institutional Contributions

Departmental mentor for ACB and Non-ACB students
Library Committee Member
BITSAT Duty 2018
DCA Member (December 2018 to November 2020)
Registration Advisor
Member of Infrastructural Team responsible for Systems and Data Science Labs in CSIS
Library Committee Member (December 2021 - November 2022)
Online reporting of First Degree students
Registration Advisor for Sem I 2022-2023
Coordinator for On-Stage Management Team for Convocation 2022
Reporting of New Batch of First Degree Student in Sem I 2022-2023
Member of Institute Innovation Council (IIC) (February 2023 - August 2024)
Member of Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) (April 2023 - Present)
Faculty Advisor for CRUx (January 2024 - Present)
Selection Committee Member of BITS Pilani International Travel Award (June 2024 - June 2026)
NAAC Preparation Team for CSIS (2024)
Registration Advisor for Sem I 2024-2025
DLSC Member (March 2023 - Present)

Group Updates

Congratulations to Rahul for the Best Paper Award at the " ETMN-2024" at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Congratulations to Tejaswi, Advait, Akshat, and Rahul for the paper accepted for presentation at the " Photonics-2024" at IIT Kharagpur, India.
Congratulations to Dhruv, Akshat, and Rahul for the paper accepted for oral presentation at the " ETMN-2024" at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Congratulations to Sindura, Ananya, and Sambhavi for the journal paper accepted in "Plasmonics".
Congratulations to Kaustubh, Aarush, and Rahul for the paper accepted for oral presentation at the " ETMN-2024" at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi.
Congratulations to Akshat, Nikita, and Rahul for the paper accepted for presentation at the " OPTOIn-2024" at CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh.
Congratulations to Ashwin, Muskan, and Debjani for the paper accepted for presentation at the " OPTOIn-2024" at CSIR-CSIO Chandigarh.
Congratulations to Sambhavi, Pritham, and Sanyam for publishing the work in " Microsystem Technologies".
Congratulations to Rahul for the paper accepted for presentation at the " 4th International Electronic Conference on Biosensors" on 20-22 May, 2024 (Online mode).
Congratulations to Rahul for the paper accepted for presentation at the " OPTCT+ SeNcity Workshop 2024" at IIT Roorkee.
Congratulations to Tejaswi, Muskan, Mausam, and Aneerban for the paper accepted for presentation at the " OPTCT+ SeNcity Workshop 2024" at IIT Roorkee.
Congratulations to Debajani, and Ashwin for the paper accepted for presentation at the " SPIE Photonics Europe-2024" International Conference, Strasbourg, France.
Congratulations to Rahul, Sanyam, and Pritham for the paper accepted for presentation at the " SPIE Photonics Europe-2024" International Conference, Strasbourg, France.
Congratulations to Deepika, Sukriti, and Pritham for the paper accepted for presentation at the " SPIE Optical Systems Design-2024" International Conference, Strasbourg, France.
Congratulations to Sambhavi, Ranjeeth, and Aryaman for publishing the work in " Physica Scripta".
Congratulations to Sanyam and Ranjeeth for getting the Appreciation Award for their excellent performance in academics.
Congratulations to Ananya for getting the Prof. K.E. Raman Award for Best E & I Graduating Student award.
Congratulations to Sindura for getting the Best Graduating Girl Student of the Year (2024) award.
Congratulations to Rajeev for the paper accepted for the Presentation at “IEEE 2023 Global Conference on Information Technologies and Communications(GCITC)," Bangalore, India.
Congratulations to Ananya and Sindura for the paper accepted for the Presentation at the “SPIE-Photonics West 2024" International Conference, San Francisco, California, USA.
Congratulations to Pritham and Harsh for the paper accepted for the Presentation at the “SPIE-Photonics West 2024" International Conference, San Francisco, California, USA.
Congratulations to Debajani Mahanta for the paper accepted for the Presentation at the “SPIE-Photonics West 2024" International Conference, San Francisco, California, USA.

Lab Updates

2023

A research grant sanctioned under the SERB SURE scheme (2023) (Funding Agency: SERB, GOI).
SB welcomes the new research scholar, Mr. Truptesh Tukaram Mulgaonkar, to our group.

2024

SB welcomes the new research scholar, Ms. Saptaparna Sinhababu, to our group.

To be Updated Soon

Administrative Responsibilities

Deputy General Manager (Sept 23 - till date)

Associate Dean - Administration (Sept- 22 - till date)

Head of the Chemical Engineering Department (2014 - 16), (2022 - 24)

Petroleum Lab instruments established and commissioned for Petroleum Refining and Petrochemicals course.

Reaction Engineering Laboratory equipments established and commissioned for Chemical Engineering Lab II course

Process of quotations, procurement and commissioning for equipments and required chemicals for chemical engineering department.

Member, Department Library Committee (2012 - 14, 2020-21)

Member, Departmental Research Committee (DRC)

Team Member - Practice School Division

In - charge for Chemical Engineering Lab II (CEL II)

Practice School/Industry Internship Visiting Faculty

Member, Doctoral Advisory Committee, Chemical Engineering

Team member for CAMPUS LIFE for mission 2014 - 16, BITS PILANI, Dubai Campus, Growth Plan

To be Updated Soon

Administrative Responsibilities

Current Administrative Roles:

Head of Department, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, BITS Dubai Campus (June 2024 - June 2026)
Member, Campus Space Utilization Committee (CSUC), BITS Dubai Campus (Sept 2024 - Sept 2026)
Chair Person, DRC Committee, Dept of Mechanical, BPDC (Sept 2024 - Sept 2026)
Convener, DCA and ccDCA member, Dept of Mechanical, BPDC (Sept 2024 - Sept 2026)
Member, ECHO Review Committe, BPDC (Nov 2024 - till date)
Point of Contact for Professional Associations at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2023 - till date)
Member, Department Level Selection Committee at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2023 - till date)
Member of Senate at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2023 - till date)
Member, Timetable Committee (Sept 2024 - till date)
Member, Department Committee on Academics at BITS Dubai Campus (August 2022 - till date)

Past Administrative Roles:

Faculty In-Charge, International Programmes and Collaboration - (June 2022 - Aug 2024)
Faculty In-Charge for Thesis & Projects under AUGSD (from Oct 2018 - Aug 2024)
Member, Library Committee, Mechanical Engineering, BITS-Dubai Campus (Dec 2021 - Dec 2022)
Convenor of Department Research Committee (DRC) - (2021- 2022)
Editor of special edition of Materials Today: Proceedings
Convenor of IMMT 2019 International Conference at BITS Dubai Campus, Nov 2019
Selected as Senate Member for 2 years (from Sept 2018)
Member of Research Board at BITS Pilani University, Pilani
Jury Member for Mantra Awards at BITS 2019
Organized 1st BITS Innovation Competition 2019
Core member of Project Lakshya implementation team.
Convenor of Department Research Committee (DRC) - 2018-2020
Convenor of IMMT 2017 International Conference at BITS Dubai Campus, Nov 2017
Incharge of Creative Lab at BITS Dubai Campus (Sept 2017 - Till Date)
Nucleus Member of Teaching and Learning Center (TLC) BITS Dubai Campus (Aug 2016 - Till Date)
ASME Faculty Incharge, BITS Dubai Campus
Member of Disciplinary Committee, BITS Dubai Campus (Aug 2017 - Aug 2018)
Faculty Incharge of Solar Decathlon Competition
Member, Departmental Research Committee, BITS (Aug 2016 - Till Date)
Member, Library Committee, Mechanical Engineering, BITS-Dubai Campus (Aug 2016 - Aug 2017)

Media Coverage

Rajasthan farmers benefited from solar water pumps: Study (The Hindu, September 28, 2018)

A scientific study conducted by Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, has found mismatch between investment in solar energy sources and employment generation in the sector, but has stated that the farmers in Rajasthan have immensely benefited from the solar photovoltaic (SPV) water pumping systems.

The study has also found a significant decline in the consumption of fuel in the agriculture sector. Scientist Krishna M. led the study as the principal investigator of a project funded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research for addressing some distinct aspects of renewable and non-renewable energy sources at micro and macro levels [Excerpt from the article].

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A report on the economic benefits of renewable and non-renewable energy sources (The Indian Express, October 11, 2018)

India is set to become the youngest country by 2020 (The Hindu, April 18, 2018)

Every third person in an Indian city today is a youth. In about seven years, the median individual in India will be 29 years, very likely a city-dweller, making it the youngest country in the world. India is set to experience a dynamic transformation as the population burden of the past turns into a demographic dividend, but the benefits will be tempered with social and spatial inequalities [Excerpt from the article].

To be Updated Soon

Research Position

Highly motivated candidates having UGC-NET or CSIR-NET scholarship with M.E/M.Tech in Electronics Engineering or M.Sc. in Electronics/Electronic Science/Physics with spl. In Electronics with minimum 65% marks (or 7.0 CGPA) and interested to work in following challenging areas:

(a) Micro/Nano Electronic Devices
(b) Flexible and Wearable Electronics
(c) Electromagnetics and Antennas

are welcome to join our research group as Junior Research Fellow (JRF).

PDF candidates under SERB-NPDF scheme are also welcome to join the group.

Interested candidates may email their CV on: ngupta@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

To be Updated Soon

Research Position

CSIR-UGC (NET)-JRF students interested to pursue research in one of the following areas are requested to apply

Selenium Centered Hydrogen Bonding (SeCHB).
Halogen bonding interaction.
Chalcogen bonding interaction.
Matrix Isolation Infrared Spectroscopy.
Atmospheric Chemistry.
Proton Transfer/Charge Transfer Processes.

* Postdoctoral Research Associate Positions are also available time to time. Interested candidates may contact at shamik@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in

Study Project/Lab Project/FD Thesis/HD Thesis

M.Sc. students interested in the area of molecular spectroscopy, non-covalent interactions, potential landscape of floppy molecules and/or other areas of physical chemistry/chemical physics may work on a suitable project of their choice.

SOLID STATE IONICS RESEARCH@ BITS Pilani

News on our work:

Development of new composites

https://dst.gov.in/novel-composite-materials-developed-high-temperature-battery-and-supercapacitors

Neha wins the best oral presentation award at the Asian conference on solid state ionics in Chennai, (Feb 2024)
Shrishti Sharma won the best oral presentation award at the National Conference on Solid State Ionics, organized by Delhi University, in December 2021.

Position in our research group:

one JRF Position is available with Prof Anshuman Dalvi in the DST project

All-solid-state supercapacitors using Li+ ion garnet-polymer hybrid composites (2024-2027) interested may write directly to Prof Anshuman Dalvi

Eligibility: M Sc Physics with 60% marks

Gate/NET/CSIR desirable

Deadline: April 15th, 2024

The project aims to develop all-solid-state supercapacitors using Li⁺ ion conducting garnet-polymer hybrid membranes as electrolytes, eliminating liquid electrolytes. Garnet-type Li+ ion conductors are considered the most promising solid electrolyte for all-solid-state batteries, and this work aims to incorporate them into all-solid-state supercapacitors. The project involves developing various compositions of garnet polymer hybrids and thoroughly characterizing them. Finally, 2032 and laminated cells will be developed and tested under various temperature and load conditions to assess their performance.

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Materials Physics Lab for Solid State Ionics and Energy Materials Research

Materials Physics Laboratory for solid state ionics research was created by Prof. Anshuman Dalvi in 2006. The lab is equipped for synthesis and characterization of materials for all-solid-state battery ans supercapacitor applications. Lab has following facilities:

AUTOLAB 204 Electrochemical workstation (2 channel galvanostatic charge-discharge with CV and EIS)
Gamry Electrochemical workstation (galvanostatic charge-discharge with CV and EIS)
BET Surface area analyzer (Belsorp MiniX)
Vacuum Oven
HIOKI IM 3570 impedance analyzer (4Hz-5 MHz) for impedance spectroscopy
HIOKI 3522-50 LCR meter (1mHz to 100kHz)
HIOKI 3532-50 LCR meter (42Hz-5MHz)
Scientific LCR meter
High resolution Keysight multimeters
Keithley electrometer
Temperature controllers - PID controller Libratherm PRC 309; Multispan 421P
Ionic mobility setup by transient ion current technique (homemade)
A Liquid Nitrogen Cryostat (home made) for 150-300K.
High temperature electrical transport studies (300-1000K)

2. Synthesis

Fritsch P6 planetary ball mill (with 80 mL Agate, Zirconia, and Tungsten carbide pots and balls)
Polymer Spin coating unit
Lanton Furnace (300-1400K)
Polymer Hot press (Microtech)
Mac Furnace (300-1000K)
Microwave oven
Controlled atmosphere Glove Box (MTI)
Shimadzu Digital balance (0.01 mg)
Hydraulic press (10 T)
Hydrtothermal Autoclave (50 mL)

3. Structural Studies

X-ray diffractometer (Rigaku miniflex-II) from DST-FIST support
Homemade Differential thermal analyzer (DTA)

4. Lithium/Lithium ion 2032 coin cell fabrication unit (Ranga Techno Implex

To be Updated Soon

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News

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Media & News Coverage

BITS Pilani launches The School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship (11 Jan 2024) [Financial Express]
BITS Pilani takes step to boost research, launches School of Interdisciplinary Research and Entrepreneurship (12 Jan 2024) [Hindustan Times]
Indian higher education institutions take bold steps towards a better tomorrow (26 Jan 2024) [Gulf News]
Semiconductors and talent: our colleges, universities need to chip in (8 Jan 2024) [Financial Express]
Simulations and checks on ground and space key to Chandrayaan-3 success: Mission Director Srikanth (21 Dec 2023) [The Hindu]
Semiconductor workshop held at BITS-Pilani Hyderabad campus (6 Nov 2023) [Times of India]
3D printed device uses sweat to detect & monitor diabetes (24 August 2023) [Times of India]
No more painful needles: BITS scientists develop Rs 400 device that can detect diabetes through sweat (24 August 2023) [The Economic Times]
BITS alumnus donates US $1 million for semiconductor research centre in Hyderabad campus (29 June 2023) [The Hindu]
Illness-detecting mask with sensor developed by BITS-Pilani Hyderabad (9 May 2023) [The Hindu]
India leverages student entrepreneurship to fuel disruptive innovations (26 Jan 2023) [Gulf News]
Out Of Battery? This Device Can Turn Your Sweat Into Electricity (29 May 2022) [Times of India]
Solar cells by Hyderabad scientists to make waves (23 August 2021) [Times of India]
Hyderabad: New device developed by BITS Pilani reduces PCR test time (15 July 2021)[Times of India]
Several hand sanitizers fail to make grade in JNTUH & BITS efficacy tests (6 June 2021) [Times of India]
Academic deploys 3D printing tech for space projects(16 March 2021) [Times of India]

Prakash Rewatkar won the best oral presentation award at EIHE 2020 (BARC, Mumbai, Jan 2020) [Pictures]

Prakash Rewatkar won student paper award at 13th IEEE Int’l Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (IEEE-NANOMED) held during November 2019 in Korea.[Pictures]

Sanket Goel, 3D Check, Education Times, 27 June 2017.
Thoughts on Grand Energy Challenge by the National Geographic - https://vimeo.com/116981853
Korea-India to establish high-tech medical device joint development partnership
Report on on Grand Energy Challenge by the National Geographic
Fulbright Nehru Fellowship Program - image
News release regarding India-Kenya collaboration
CSIR-IIP, Dehradun Newsletter (April 2012)
Electrostatics Society of America Newsletter (Sept 2005) mentioning about the first prize

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Call for Project-type Courses/Thesis/Dissertation Applications Semester I (2023-24)

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Lab Events

Open Day 2024 (23 Nov 2024)

Peer reviewed Book Chapter entitled “The Response of Fordhook Giant / Swisschard (Beta vulgaris var Cicla) and Mustard (Brassica Juncea) Spinach Vegetables to Irrigation with Saline Water” for the book entitled Current Research Progress in Agricultural Sciences (9th November, 2024).

Participated in II International Scientific Conference, Space. Time. Civilization, STC-2024, organized by BITS Pilani together with Bauman University held simultaneously in India, Egypt and Russia from November 2nd to 7th 2024 in online mode on Zoom

Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “Study on the Characteristics of Steel Slag and its Road Performance in Asphalt Mixture” for Journal of Engineering Research and Reports (23rd September, 2024) (DOI of published manuscript: https://doi.org/10.9734/jerr/2024/v26i111312).

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Abroad Visits

Applied Catalysis Lab (ACL) Group at CEES 2024

New article on C-C condensation of biomass-derived molecules published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

New article on photocatalytic water splitting published in Catalysis Today

New article on perovskites role in Dry Reforming of Methane published in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.

Insightful article on fractionation column design for the separation of plastic waste pyrolysis oil into valuable fuels, published in Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.

New work on Morphologically tuned CuO–ZnO–CeO2 catalyst for CO2 hydrogenation to methanol, published in RSC Advances.

An Insightful article on the role of actives sites in CuO–ZnO–Al2O3 for the conversion of CO2 to Methanol, published in Materials Today Chemistry.

A new work in evaluating the prominence of Fe on Cu/ZnO/ZrO2 catalyst for methanol synthesis from CO2, published in Chemical Engineering Science.

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Featured in Top 2% Scientists in the World in the category of Civil Engineering: Buildings and Construction

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BITS Pilani, Goa campus' bio-incubator among top 5 in India's private sector

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Refresher courses, Methodology, workshop, Training, Teaching-Learning-Evaluation Faculty Development Programme- Not less than two weeks duration.

Refresher courses, Methodology, workshop, Training, Faculty Development Programme- One week duration.

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Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “TO EXPLORE THE PRACTICALITY OF CONCRETE USING COAL BOTTOM ASH AND SUGARCANE BAGASSE WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS” for International Journal of Environment and Climate Change (1st August, 2024).

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ViStA Lab and Sumit Biswas….in the news

ToI report on 3 stage incubator

Sumit Biswas at YIM 2017......click to listen

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Our report on horseshoe crabs in Bengal

Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “A Review of Cost Control Research in Prefabricated Construction under EPC Mode” for Advances in Research (22nd July, 2024) (DOI of published manuscript: https://doi.org/10.9734/air/2024/v25i41120).

Workshop in Oct/Nov

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Peer reviewed manuscript entitled “In-Situ Measurement of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity Function By A NEW POINT Source Field Dripper Method (NPSFDM)” for Journal of Experimental Agriculture International (4th June, 2024).

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