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Dr. Amrita Chakraborty

DST Woman Scientist , Department of Chemistry

Research Group

PhD Thesis (as Supervisor)

  • Residual stresses in additively manufactured aluminium alloys, Mr Abhishek EedaBITS-RMIT-Melbourne PhD Program (ongoing). In Collaboration with Dr. Vivian  from RMIT Melbourne
  • Development of Lean Six Sigma-Industry 4.0 integrated framework for sustainable manufacturing, Dr Arish Ibrahim (Graduated, Nov 2025), BITS Pilani-Dubai Campus.
  • Effect of Twin Cold Wire SAW on Thick 316L Stainless Steel Plates, Mr Siva Karthik, BITS Pilani-Dubai Campus (ongoing).
  • Implementation of Lean Six Sigma in Quality Control Procedures to Improve Performance and Efficiency: A focus on UAE’s Construction Industry, Mr Hasan Shroof, BITS Pilani-Dubai Campus (ongoing)
  • Incremental Sheet Metal Forming of Titanium alloy, Dr Gianender Kajal, Manav Rachna University, India (Graduated, May 2024). In Collaboration with Prof. M R Tyagi, Manav Rachna University.

PhD Thesis (as Co-Supervisor)

  • Electrochemical behaviour, cytotoxicity and mechanical properties of the novel Magnesium based multicomponent alloysDr Priya Sudha K, BITS Pilani-Dubai Campus (Graduated, Oct 2023). PI: Prof. S. Vincent, BITS Pilani Dubai Campus.

M.E. Thesis (as Supervisor)

  • Study of residual stress distribution in relation to microstructure during deep cold rolling of Al6061 alloy: An experimental and numerical validation, Mr Rakesh Kumar (Awarded)
  • Through thickness residual stress distribution during cold rolling of titanium alloy (commercially pure Ti), Mr Ayush Singla (Awarded)
  • Quantification of Residual stresses in relation with microstructural changes during hot rolling of titanium alloys, Mr Rohit Kumar (Awarded)
  • Analysis of Residual Stress and Microstructure of Pure Titanium During Single Point Incremental Forming for Biomedical Applications, Mr Rohit KumarYoung Researcher Award 2020 (Awarded)
  • Using Lean Six Sigma to Increase the mill availability, Mr Affanali Asadali Sayyad(Awarded)
  • Reverse engineering, design optimization & analysis for an impeller for an air compressor using product design techniques, Mr Pratheep S.N(Awarded)
  • Reverse engineering, design optimization & analysis for a transportation box for offshore fields using product design techniques, Mr Ankur Dhawan(Awarded)

M.E. Thesis (as Co-Supervisor)

  • Experimental investigation and Finite Element Simulation of strain in the developable surfaces, Mr Hitesh Mittal (Awarded). 
  • Experimental investigation and modelling of bead geometry and residual stresses during submerged arc welding of HSLA steel, Mr Rahul Dixit (Awarded). 
  • Role of residual stresses in cold and hot rolling of titanium alloys, Ms Maryam, UAE University Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates (ongoing). PI: Prof. Adbel Mourad, UAE University, Al-Ain.

MBA Thesis (as Supervisor)

  • ERP systems and their effects on organizations, Mr Yash Choudhury (Awarded)

Research Area

Manufacturing, Materials and Metallurgy:

  • Material Characterization- Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, Mechanical Properties
  • Mechanical Metallurgy, Microstructure-Property Relation in Metallic Materials, Microstructural Evolution
  • Residual stress measurements, X-ray Diffraction, and Crystallographic Texture
  • Thermo-Mechanical Processing of Metallic Materials, Recovery, Recrystallization and Grain Growth
  • Friction Stir Welding
  • Metal Forming, Bulk and Sheet Metal Forming- Cold Rolling, Deep Cold Rolling, Ring Rolling, Pilgering, Stamping, Bending, Deep Drawing etc
  • Finite Element Simulation

 Industrial Engineering and Manufacturing Management:

  • Production and Operations Management, Quality Control, Total Quality Management
  • Production, Planning and Control, Project Management, Materials Management, ERP
  • Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma
 

PhD Students

Ongoing PhD Students

  1. Shini Girija, Digital privacy in smart healthcare systems using federated learning with integrated approaches to prevent inference attacks, 2023-till date
  2. Haseeba Neyyan, Federated Learning for Enhancing Privacy and Robustness for Detecting and Severity Assessment of Plant Disease, 2024-till date. (Supervisor: Prof. Pranav M Pawar, Cosupervisor: Prof. Mithun Mukherjee)

  3. Kashyap Shah, 2026-till date.
  4. Jasmita Vijay Malik, Securing Machine Learning Systems Against Adversarial Attacks under Realistic Threat Models, 2022-till date (Supervisor: Prof. Raja M, Cosupervisor: Prof. Pranav M Pawar)

Completed PhD Students

  1. Dr. Shalaka Mahadik, Thesis Title: Machine Learning based Security Mechanisms to Protect Heterogeneous IoT (HetIoT) from DDoS attack, 2021-2024. (Supervisor: Prof. Pranav M Pawar, Coupervisor: Prof. Raja M)
  2. Dr. Diana Susane Joseph, Thesis Title: An Intelligent Plant Leaf Disease Detection and Prognosis using Deep Learning Techniques, 2021-2024. 
  3. Dr. Sapna Sadhwani, Thesis Title: Enhancing IoT Security against DDoS Attacks using Machine Learning Techniques, 2020-2025 (Supervisor: Prof. Raja M, Cosupervisor: Prof. Pranav M Pawar)

Plant Developmental & Environmental Signal Integration (DESI) Lab

Team Members

Prathum Pathak

PhD Scholar (Institute Fellowship)


Prathum joined the group as the first PhD student in January 2026. He completed an integrated B.Tech-M.Tech program in Biotechnology from Amity University, Noida, where he developed a strong foundation in molecular biology, genetics, and plant sciences. His current research focuses on understanding how light signaling interacts with developmental plasticity through gene regulatory networks in plants.

Email: p20250443@pilani.bits-pilani.ac.in


PhD Students

  1. Sakshi Kiran Bandekar


Research Group

Doctoral Students

As Supervisor:

  1. Dharmesh Mishra (2020PHXF0069P), Synthesis and fabrication of various novel electrode materials for lead detection in water, Project Sponsored (MKS Vision Pvt. Ltd.), Completed (2025).
  2. Manu Sharma (2021PHXF0475P), Preparation of coaxially electrospun composite nanofibers for filtration of lead and fluoride-infested groundwater, Project Sponsored (SERB, SRG), Ongoing.

  3. Animikh Goswami (2022PHXF0009P), Functionalized nanoparticle-based thin film nanocomposite (TFN) membranes for ionic dyes removal and desalination applications, Institute-sponsored, Ongoing. (Co-Supervisor: Prof. Banasri Roy)
  4. Ankit Pal (2022PHXF0408P), Effect of blended composite hollow fibers in membrane bioreactor for treatment of pharmaceutical wastewater, Project Sponsored (Gujarat Fluorochemicals Pvt. Ltd.), Ongoing. (Co-Supervisor: Prof. Banasri Roy)

  5. Prapti Bansal (2023PHXF0011P), Investigating the influence of doping on metal-organic framework (MOF) based catalysts for enhanced hydrogen evolution reaction (HER), Project Sponsored (Lightatom Electrolyzer Pvt. Ltd.), Ongoing. (Co-Supervisor: Prof. Surojit Pande)

  6. Bhagabat Prashad Das (2025PHXP0031P), Electrochemical membrane reactor for high-grade extraction of critical minerals, Institute-sponsored, Ongoing.

As Co-Supervisor:

  1. C. Enoch Iraianbu (2023PHXF0013P), Conversion of agricultural residues to value-added materials and chemicals, Institute-sponsored, Ongoing. (Supervisor: Prof. Banasri Roy)

  2. Arindam Koley (134754), Design and evaluation of topical dosage form for the accelerated healing of diabetic wound, Institute-sponsored (NIMS University, Jaipur), Ongoing. (Supervisor: Prof. Ravindra Pal Singh, Principal, NIMS University, Jaipur)

Master Students

  1. Aagnish Paul (2025H1010012P), Novel synthesis of Mxenes by electrochemical deposition method, Ongoing.
  2. Nilarghya Kundu (2023H1010022P), Composite electrospun nanofibers for ballistic application, Completed (2025).
  3. Kadav Priyanka Chandrakant (2022H1010029P), Fabrication of novel shungite carbon paste-based electrochemical sensor for lead detection, Completed (2024).
  4. Prapti Bansal (2021H1010030P), Cellulose acetate and magnesium oxide nanoparticle-based polymeric beads for effective removal of lead from groundwater, Completed (2023).
  5. Akhil Vijayakumar (2020H10100P), Nanocomposite membranes for desalination applications, Completed (2022).
  6. Vashistha Patel (2019H1010005P), Degradation of pectin present in apple juice using pectinase immobilized on hollow fiber membrane, Completed (2021).

First degree project students: 40 (Completed)

First degree thesis students: 10 (Completed)

 


Member of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS)


Pragya

https://pragyaai.github.io/


PhD Students

(1) Mr. Vikash Kumar (Jointly with Dr. Vinod Kumar Bussa, Assistant Professor, Dept. of EE, IIT Patna)

Tentative Title: Advanced Robust Control Design with Guaranteed Stability for High-Performance Maximum Power Point Tracking in Solar Photovoltaic Systems

(2) Mr. Balaji Jatoth

Tentative Topic: Advanced Robust Control Design For Electric Vehicle Charging Applications

(3) Mr. Abhishek Pandey

Tentative Topic: Robust Sensorless Control Synthesis and Stability Analysis for Power Factor Correction Converters

 

 


3D Vision Group

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