Feb. 2026: We are delighted to share that Ms. Pooja Rani has joined the Department of Plastic Technology at Harcourt Butler Technical University (HBTU), Kanpur, as an Assistant Professor on February 27, 2026
Mar. 2026 : Congratulations to Mr. Shiven Ponnapureddy has been awarded the best oral presentation in Padarth 2026 - Research Scholar day, IIT Kanpur.
Mar. 2026 : Congratulations to Mr. Kunwar P. Singh Yadav, who has been awarded the best metallography and best oral presentation in Padarth 2026 - Research Scholar day, IIT Kanpur.
July 2025: Congratulations to Mr. Murli Manohar, Ph.D. scholar under the mentorship of Prof. Kantesh Balani, has been awarded the Best Microscopy Image Award in the Physical Sciences category at EMSI 2025 – the International Conference on Electron Microscopy and XLIII Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscopy Society of India, held at IISc Bangalore.
July 2025: Congratulations to Mr. Shiven Ponnapureddy (PhD Student under Prof. Kantesh Balani) has been selected as a delegate for the President’s Council of Student Advisors (PCSA) — the prestigious student leadership committee of The American Ceramic Society (ACerS).
May 2025: Congratulations to Ms. Dubey has secured the third position in the student poster presentation competition at the Advances in Energy Efficient Materials Processing (AEEMP-2025) conference held at IIT Patna.