Post-Doctoral Scholars
1. Dr. Delphine Neff
Paris, France
Jan-Dec 2004
2. Dr. R. Karpagavalli
Chennai, India
Jan 2004 - Mar 2006
3. Dr. A.C. Vajpei
Kanpur, India
Apr 2005 - Jul 2006.
4. Dr. Anil Kumar
Jamshedpur, India
March 2004 - September 2006
5. Dr. Sujata Mohapatra
IIT Kanpur, India
April 2007 – ongoing
Doctoral
1. M.N. Mungole
Hydrogen Storage Properties of MmNi5-xMx (M = Al, Mn and Sn) Based
on Indian Mischmetal
1993
Co-guides: Dr. K.N.Rai and K.P.Singh
2. T.K. Roy
High Temperature Oxidation of Titanium Aluminides
1995
Co-guide Dr. A.Ghosh
3. A.K. Singh
Influence of Thermosolutal Convection on Macrosegregation
during Solidification of Binary Alloys
2003
Co-guides: Dr. A. Ghosh and Dr. B. Basu, TRDDC, Pune
4. Sahoo Gadadhar
Corrosion of Novel Phosphoric Irons for
Concrete Reinforcement Applications
2007
5. Maddela Surender
Galvanic Corrosion of Magnesium (Mg, AM50, AZ91D)
and Aluminum (Al, 6063, 6111) Couples
2008
6. Mukesh Bharadwaj
On Novel Methods For Determination Of Kinetic Parameters In Case Of
Hydrogen Evolution Following Volmer-Heyrovsky-Tafel Mechanism
and Volmer-Heyrovsky Mechanism
2008
7. Gopi Kishore Mandal
Aluminum Enrichment in Galvanized Coatings
ongoing.
Co-guide: Dr. S.P. Mehrotra (National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur).
8. Bijayani Panda
On the Corrosion of Novel Rail Steels
submitted April 2008
9. Deepika Sachdeva
Corrosion of Rare Earth (Tb,Dy)-Iron Based Magnetostrictive Materials
submitted April 2008.
10. Vinod Kumar
Novel Methods of Protection of Magnesium
Co-guide: Dr. Kantesh Balani
ongoing
11. Anoop Kumar Shukla
Processing and Characterization of Degradation of Copper based
Composite Materials for Rocket Engine Applications
ongoing
Post Graduate
1. Govind
Recrystallization and Hydrogen Embrittlement of P/M Alumina
Dispersed Copper Alloys
1991
Co-guide: Dr. G.S.Upadhyaya
2. Subhajyoti Sen
Finite Element Evaluation of Accommodation Energies During Solid State
Phase Transformations
1992
Co-guide: Dr. R. Sethuraman
3. K. Gopinath
Environmental Degradation of Cast Al-Al2O3 Particulate Composites
1992
Co-guide: Dr. V.S.R.Murthy
4. Arvind Agarwal
Hydrogen Embrittlement of Iron Aluminides
1994
5. Jameel Mohammed Akthar
Corrosion Behaviour of Iron Aluminides
1994
6. Chidanand Thakur
Hydrogen Embrittlement of Al-Li Alloys
1996
7. Shalin Astha
Electrochemical Behaviour of Fe3Al-M (M=Ti,Zr, V ,Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo and W)
Intermetallics
1996
8. Arbind Kumar
Hydride Formation in Titanium Aluminides
1996
9 K. Sajikumar
Finite Element Analysis of Precipitate Aspect Ratio on the Accommodation
Energies During Solid State Hydrogen Transformation
1996
10. Padmanabha Banerjee
Hydrogen Behavior in Chromium and Titanium Alloyed Iron Aluminides
1997
11. N. Babu
Kinetics of Room Temperature Aqueous Corrosion and High Temperature
Oxidation of Iron Aluminides
1998
12. Somnath Das
Finite Element Evaluation of Hydrogen Solubilities due to Thermal Residual
Stresses in Palladium-Alumina Composites
May 2000.
13. Mukut Sen
Environmental Degradation of Carbon-Alloyed Fe3al-Based Intermetallics
March 2000.
14. Debashis Das
High Temperature Oxidation and Hot Corrosion Behaviour of Carbon-Alloyed '
Fe3Al-Based Intermetallic Alloys
March 2001.
15. J. Shankar
Sintering and Electrochemical Studies of Yttria Dispersed Ferritic and
Austentic Stainless Steels
Co-guide: Dr. Ainsh Upadhayay
March 2002
16. Arnab Chattopadhyay
Combined Electro-Mechanical Fatigue of Ferro Electric Material
Co-guide: Dr. R. Roedel, TU Darmstadt, Germany
December 2001.
17. Pawan Tyagi
Surface Passivation of Gallium Arsenide
Co-guide: Dr. Deepak Gupta
July 2002.
18. Tapas Laha
Hydrogen Attack on Carbon-Alloyed Iron Aluminide Fe-28Al-2C
Co-guide: Dr. Asim Tewari
December 2002.
19. Krishna Murari
Electrochemical Characterization of Ancient Indian Irons
March 2003
20. Maddela Surender
Electrodeposition of Ni-WC Composite Coating
Co-guide: Dr. B. Basu
July 2003
21. Rajiv Mishra
Studies on Nanocrystalline Nickel Synthesized by Electrodeposition
August 2003
22. Animesh Choubey
Electrochemical and Tribological Behaviour of Novel Titanium-
Based Alloys for Human Body Implants
Co-guide: Dr. B. Basu
September 2003
23. Sriram Srinivasan
Effect of Cerium on the Electrochemical Behaviour of
Carbon Alloyed Fe3Al Based Intermetallics
Co-guide: Dr. S. Bhargava
March 2004
24. Anoop Kumar Shukla
Passive Film Behavior of Novel Titanium Alloys in
Simulated Body Conditions
Co-guide: Dr. S. Bhargava
May 2004
25. Anand Kumar Nigam
Role of Cerium in the Electrochemical Behaviour of Caron-Alloyed Iron Aluminides
Co-guide: Dr. S. Bhargava
May 2004
26. T. Ramachandra Murthy
Development and Characterization of TiB2-based Materials
for High Temperature Applications
Co-guide: Dr. B. Basu and Dr. A.K. Suri, BARC, Mumbai.
July 2004
27. A. Ravi Shankar
Corrosion Behaviour of Ti-5Ta-1.8Nb Alloy in Nitric Acid Medium
for Fast Reactor Fuel Reprocessing Applications
Co-guide: Dr. R.K. Dayal, IGCAR, Kalpakkam.
July 2004
28. Indrani Ghosh (Environmental Engineering Department)
Red Mud and Sintered Product: Material Characterization and
Leaching of Metals
Co-guide: Dr. S. Guha (Environmental Engieering)
July 2004
29. Ashish Srivastava
Electrochemical and Microstructural Study of
Copper in Aqueous and Soil Environments
Co-guide: Dr. K.N. Rai
January 2005
30. Shruti Tiwari
Corrosion of SiC Particulate Reinforced Al and Mg Based Composites
August 2005
31. Ajit Kumar Mishra
On the Inhibition of Corrosion of Al, AA2014, AA6061
and AA6061-SiC by Novel Rare Earth Chlorides
August 2005
32. Sushanta Pal
Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of Electrodeposited AA6061
and Hot pressed Nickel-Alumina Composites
July 2006
33. B. Vishwanadh
Synthesis and Characterization of Iron Based Metallic Glasses
Co-guide: Dr. G.K. Dey, BARC, Mumbai,
July 2006
34. Gaurav Kumar Gupta
Optimization of Coating Parameters of Corrosion Resistant
Silate-Based Sol-Gel Coatings for Aerospace Application
July 2006
35. Bhamidi Bhavani Raghuveer
Effect of Passivation on Corrosion of Nanocrystalline Nickel
August 2007
36. Ruchi Singhal
Effect of Surface Treatment on the Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel 301L
September 2007
37. Vinod Kumar
Material and Texture Characterization of Deformed Hypereutectoid (Wootz) Steel
December 2007
38. K.S. Vinay
Electrochemical Techniques for Fabrication of IR Photodetectors and Solar Cells
ongoing
39. M. Sairam Krishna
Exploiting Crystallographic Texture for Improved Nano-Crystalline Metals
Co-guide: Prof. M.R. Barnett, Deakin University, Australia
ongoing
40. Abhijeet Moon
Mechanical Behavior of Novel Rail Steels
ongoing
41. U. Raghunandan
Degradation of TiSi and Ti-6Al-4V in Human Body Conditions
Co-guides: Dr. B. Basu and Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Pompe,
Technical University, Dresden, Germany.
ongoing
42. Gaurav Gupta
Corrosion of Nano-Crystalline Metals produced by Ball Milling
Co-guide: Dr. Kallol Mondal
ongoing
43. M. Shravan Kumar
Degradation of Nanocrystalline Copper
Co-guide: Dr. K. Biswas
ongoing
Undergraduate
1. Siddarth Mukherjee
Analysis of Hysteresis in MmNi4.6AlO.4-H System
1991
2. Arul Deepak
Oxidation Behaviour of Cermets
1991
3. Rashid Moin
Oxidation Resistance by Laser Surface Treatment
1992
4. Dharmesh Sharma
Oxidation Resistance by Laser Surface Treatment
1992
5. Ankur Agarwal
Corrosion Resistance of CP Ti and Ti-Ni Alloys
1993
6. Vineet M. Rao
High Temperature Oxidation and Sulphate Induced Corrosion of a
ODS Nickel Base Superalloy MA6000
1993
Co-guide: Dr. G.S.Upadhyaya
7. A. Tripathi
Long Term and Short Term Exfoliation Corrosion Testing of DMRL
Aluminium-Lithium Alloys
1994
8. Gyan Prakash Trivedi
An Experimental Investigation into the Corrosion Behaviour of Powder
Metallurgically Processed Iron Strips
1994
Co-guide: Dr. R.K.Dube
9. Soumya Shanker
Microstructural and Electrochemical Study of Iron Clamps from Qutub Minar
1995
10. Sanjeev K. Jain
Mathematical Modeling of the Eshelby's Strain Energy Model
1995
11. Navneet Agarwal
Hydride Cracking in Zircaloys
1995
12. Balla Srinivas
Characterization and Environmental Degradation of 12th Century
Iron Clamps from Qutub Minar
1996
13. Pravin Kumar
Hydrogen Diffusion in Austenitic Stainless Steels
1996
14. Vishal Puri
Microstructural and Electrochemical Characterization of Ancient Corrosion
Resistant Gupta Iron
1997
15. Shivendra Kumar Trivedi
Microstructural Characterization of Hydrogenated Palladium/Alumina
Composites Produced by Internal Oxidation
1997
16. Sandeep Arora
Thermomechanical Processing of Iron Aluminides
1999
17. Inderjeet
Rust Analysis of the Delhi Iron Pillar by X-ray Diffraction Method
1999
18. S. Pandey
Microstructural Characterization of Ancient Indian Silver Coins
1999
19. Vishal Dhall
Oxidation Behavior of Zn-Al Alloys and Zn-Al Matrix/Al2O3
Particulate Composites
2000
20. Anand Agarwal
Hydrogen Adsoption in Carbon Nanotubes
2000
21. Manoj Bansal
Hydrogen Trapping in Carbon-Alloyed Iron Aluminides
2000
22. Nubeel Ansari
Hydrogen Interaction in Composite Materials
2000
23. Amit Gupta
Microstructural Study of Aged Zn-Al Alloys
2001
24. Bhuvan Sharma
Estimation of Solute Diffusivity in Pd-M Alloys from Hydrogen Isotherms
of Partially Internally Oxidized Pd-M Alloys
2001
25. Amit Kumar
Modelling of Hydrogen Attack of Iron Aluminides Fe3Al
2001
26. Vikas Kumar
On the Origin of High Phosphorus Contents in Ancient Indian Iron
2001
27. Rakesh Kumar Singh
Microstructural Analysis of Corrosion Resistant Gupta Period
Iron from Deogarh
2001
28. Shweta Bajpai
Corrosion Behaviour of Ancient Indian Iron: Archaeological Analogs
2003
29. Amit Pratap Singh
A Study of High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of Fe-8.5wt%Al-0.42wt%C Alloy
2003
30. Vishwas Jaju
Study on Electrodeposition of Nanocrystalline Chromium
2003
31. Sumit Kumar
Characterization of Atmospheric Rust Formed on Ancient Indian Irons
by Using FTIR, Raman Spectroscopy and XRD Techniques
2003
32. Naveen Gupta
Understanding the Nature of Passive Film Formed on Nanocrystalline
Nickel Film by Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy,
2004
33. Devashish Fuloria
High Temperature Oxidation Behavior of Ti-6Al-4Al
and Ti-6Al-4Nb Alloys
2004
34. Rakhi Chaturvedi
Electrochemical and Microstructural Characterization
of Modern Bloomery Iron
2004
35. Ravi Kumar
Study of Internally Oxidized Pd Composites by Electron Microscopy
2004
Co-guide: Dr. Gouthama
36. Naveen Srivastava
High Temperature Material Hydrogen Interaction in a
Carbon-Alloyed Iron Aluminide
2004
37. Gaurav Mehrotra
Corrosion of SS 304 and CP Titanium in Nitric Acid
2004
38. Vivek Kumar
Study of Novel Brass Compositions
2004
39. Utkarsh Pande
Effect of CeCl3 Addition on the Corrosion of Aluminium
and AA2014 in 3.5 wt.% NaCl Solution
2005
40. Nikit Phadke
High Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of Ti-6Al-4X Alloys (X=V, Fe, Nb)
2005
41. Kanupriya Pande
Cyclic Voltammetric Deposition of Nickel-Cobalt Alloys
2005
42. Vipul Barjathya
Effect of Anion Nature and Deaeration on Corrosion of Pure Magnesium
2006
43. S. Priyanka
Comparison of Corrosion Behaviour of Galvanized Steel with Phosphoric Irons
2005
44. Pradeep Kumar Goyal
Effect of Crystallization on Corrosion of Metallic Glasses
2006
45. Prateek Mittal
Corrosion Behavior of Mg Alloys in Different Concentrations of Chloride Sulfate Ions
2006
46. Rachna Agarwal
Cyclic Voltammetric Studies of Polymeric Electronic Materials
2007
47. Shilpa Gupta
Galvanic Corrosion Behavior of Electronic Materials
2007
48. Abira Chatterjee
Anodization of Aluminium and Magnesium
2007
49. Tanushree
Mechanical Properties of Nanocrystalline Materials
Produced by Electrodeposition
2007
50. Manisha Kukreja
Corrosion Behaviour of Mg and Mg-alumina Composites
2008
48. Shubhra Pandey
Mechanical Behavior of Nanocrystalline Nickel
2008
49. Ankit Jain
Corrosion Behaviour of boron added Ti-6Al-4V
2008
50. Priyata Goyal
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Metals
2009
51. Nisha Sharma
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Alloys
2009
52. K.S. Vikrant
Corrosion of Copper for Nuclear Canisters
2010
53. Anuj Kumar
Corrosion Behaviour of Magnesium
2010
54. B. Swetha
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Ni-based Composites
2010
55. Ankita Banerjee
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanocrystalline Cu-based Composites
2010
