Chemistry
Dr. Avijit Goswami
PhD (Heidelberg University, Germany)
Research Interests: Synthetic organic and polymer chemistry
Dr. Debaprasad Mandal
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Research Interests: Organic and Organometallics chemistry
Dr. Narinder Singh(Coordinator)
PhD (Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar)
Research Interests: Nano-particles and calix[4] arene and tripodal frameworks for chemo-sensor development
Dr. Prabal Banerjee
PhD (National Chemical Laboratory, Pune)
Research Interests: Synthetic organic chemistry
Dr. Rajendra Srivastava
PhD (National Chemical Laboratory, Pune)
Research Interests: The design, synthesis and catalytic investigation of functional nanoporous materials and ionic liquids
Dr. T. J. Dhilip Kumar
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Madras)
Research Interests: Electronic Structure Calculations, Chemical Kinetics and Reaction Dynamics
Computer Sci. & Engg.
Dr. Nitin Auluck
PhD (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Research Interests: Real-time systems, Embedded Systems, High-Assurance Systems, Real-time scheduling, Parallel and Distributed Computing, Scheduling Theory, Heterogeneous Computing, and Operating Systems
Dr. Deepti Bathula
PhD (Yale University, USA)
Research Interests: Medical Image Processing and Analysis, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning and Computer Vision
Dr. Daya Gaur (Head of Department)
PhD (Simon Fraser University, Canada)
Research Interests: Bioinformatics, Discrete and Combinatorial Optimization, Facility location, Operations Research in Health Care
Dr. Apurva Mudgal
PhD (Georgia Tech, USA)
Research Interests: Theoretical Computer Science, Approximation Algorithms, Theoretical Robotics, Computational Geometry
Dr. Anil Seth (Visiting Faculty)
PhD (Northwestern University, USA)
Research Interests: Application of Information Technology, use of Open Source software and Python programming environments as a way to get the most cost effective solutions for applying information technology
Electrical Engg.
Dr. Aashia Rahman
Ph.D. (Instrumentation and Applied Physics)
Research Interests:
Dr. C. C. Reddy
Ph.D. (Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Mechanism of Conduction and Breakdown in Dielectrics, Space Charges in Dielectrics, HVDC Cables and accessories, High Voltage Engineering, Nano Dielectrics.
Dr. J. S. Sahambi
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
Research Interests: Biomedical signal processing, MR image processing
Dr. Kalaga Madhav
PhD (Indian Institute of Science)
Research Interests: Nano-Optics and Nano-photonics, fiber optic sensors
Dr. Ranjana Sodhi
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Research Interests: Wide area monitoring and control systems, application of optimization techniques to power systems, voltage stability assessment and control
Dr. Sanjoy Roy (Head of Department)
PhD (University of Calgary, Canada)
Research Interests: Renewable energy systems: planning and economics, Decision making in power network management
Dr. Brajesh Pandey (Visiting Scientist)
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Research Interests: Low-power mixed signal circuit and device designs, I/O circuits and issues, novel devices structures
Humanities
Dr. Rajyashree Khushu-Lahiri (Head of Department)
Ph.D (IIT Kanpur, India)
Research Interests: American Studies, Gender Studies, Cultural Studies, Literature- Linguistics Interface, Postcolonial Studies
Dr. Kamal Kumar Choudhary
PhD (Linguistics), University of Leipzig, Germany
Research Interests: Psycho/Neurolinguistics (Language processing, Neurocognition/ Neurosceince of Language, EEG), Typology, Syntax, Cognitive Science, NLP
Dr. Rano Ringo
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
Research Interests: Gender studies, Postcolonial studies, and Modern fiction
Dr. Snehlata Jaswal (Visiting Faculty)
PhD (University of Edinburgh)
Research Interests: Human cognition
Dr. Somdev Kar
PhD (University of Tübingen, Germany)
Research Interests: Phonetics, Phonology (with special interest in Optimality Theory), and Speech Processing
Dr. Malini L. Tantri
PhD (Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Indian and Chinese Special Economic Zones (SEZs),Agricultural Export Processing Zones & Gender Dimensions of Trade Policies, Agriculture & Trade
Mathematics
Dr. Arvind Kumar Gupta
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
Research Interests: Mathematical modelling of traffic flow, Cellular Automata
Dr. D. Tripathi (Visiting Faculty)
PhD Institute of Technology BHU
Research Interests: Mathematical Modelling of bio-fluids flow,Peristaltic flow of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids,Numerical methods and Fractional differential equations
Dr. Manju Khan
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
Research Interests: Algebra
Dr. Manoranjan Mishra
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, Scientific computing
Dr. M. Prabhakar (Coordinator)
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
Research Interests: Low-dimensional Topology
Dr. Subash Chandra Martha
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati)
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, Mathematical modelling on water waves phenomenon, integral equation
School of Mechanical, Materials & Energy Engg.
Dr. Anupam Agrawal
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Research Interests: Analysis of Metal Forming Processes, Deformation Analysis, CAD/CAM
Dr. Anshu Dhar Jayal
PhD (University of Utah)
Research Interests: Sustainable manufacturing technologies
Dr. Ekta Singla
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Research Interests: Robotics, redundant manipulators, robot path planning,collision detection, obstacle avoidance, applied optimization methods - classical and evolutionary, optimal mechanical design
Dr. Harpreet Singh (Coordinator)
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee)
Research Interests: Surface Engineering, Degradation of Materials, Thermal Spraying; Sustainable Manufacturing Technology, Friction-Stir Processing/Welding
Dr. Himanshu Tyagi
PhD (Arizona State University, USA)
Research Interests: Thermo-fluids engineering, radiative and ignition properties of nanofluids, and nanoscale heat transfer and its applications in energy harvesting
Dr. Jitendra Prasad
PhD (Michigan State University, USA)
Research Interests: Biomechanics, Bone Fracture Healing, Mechanotransduction, Structural and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Computational Mechanics, and Agent Based Modelling.
Prof. M. K. Surappa
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Solidification processing of metal matrix composites and tribology
Dr. Navin Kumar
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Delhi)
Research Interests: Theoretical and experimental aspects of mechanics and dynamics of nano and smart materials and structures
Dr. Prabir Sarkar
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore )
Research Interests: Product design, Sustainability and eco design, Creativity and innovation, Engineering design and industrial design, Manufacturing
Dr. Ramjee Repaka
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)
Research Interests: Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering
Dr. Satwinder Jit Singh
PhD (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Research Interests: Applied Mechanics, Numerical Methods
Physics
Dr. Asoka Biswas
PhD (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad)
Research Interests: Quantum Computing
Prof. P. K. Raina (Head of Department)
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur)
Research Interests: Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics
Dr. Rakesh Kumar
PhD (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay)
Research Interests: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
Dr. Sanjiv Gupta
Research Interests: Nuclear Physics
Dr. Shubhrangshu Dasgupta
PhD (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad)
Research Interests: Physical modeling in quantum optics, nano-systems, and decoherence in physical systems
Dr. Subhendu Sarkar
PhD (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)
Research Interests: Low energy ion beam physics, fabrication of nanostructures on semiconductor surfaces using ion beams, and secondary ion mass spectroscopy