Mr. Shyam Sunder Sahu and Mr. K. Raghuram Chakravorthy join the group
Mr. Shyam Sunder Sahu has joined as a PhD student and Mr. K. Raghuram Chakravorthy has joined as a Senior Technical Project Assistant. Welcome to the group, Ram and Shyam!
Srujana, Raveesh and Tanay graduate
Srujana, Raveesh and Tanay have graduated with an M.Tech. Congratulations to the graduands, and we wish them all the best for their future!
Peeyush, Vinayak, and Jala join the group
Mr. Peeyush Naidu, Mr. Vinayak Sah and Mr. Jala Prajash have joined the lab as M.Tech. project students. Welcome to the group!
Dr. Namrata joins the group
Dr. Namrata has joined the lab as an Institute Post-doctoral Fellow. Welcome to the group!
Dr. Ajay Kumar leaves the group
Dr. Ajay Kumar left the group in January 2026, after completing 2 years as an Institute Post-doctoral fellow in the group. He has joined IIT Kharagpur as a Post-doctoral fellow. We wish him the best for his future endeavours and thank him for all his contribution toward advancing the research and establishment of facilities in the laboratory!
Talk at IIT Bombay - Univ. of Cambridge Workshop
Abhijeet delivered a talk at the 2-day workshop on Advanced Materials and Devices, organised at IIT Bombay to explore potential collaboration opportunities with University of Cambridge, U.K. The talk was titled "Growth of Lead-free Heteroepitaxial Thin Films of (Na0.8K0.2)0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Ferroelectrics by Nd:YAG Laser Pulsed Laser Deposition."
Ms. Srishti Keshari joins the group
Srishti has joined the group as a Ph.D. student. She is co-supervised by Professor Debanjan Bhowmik of Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay. She will be working on nanocomposite thin films to develop memory devices for neuromorphic computing applications.
New Indian Patent Granted
A new Indian patent has been granted to the group on energy storage in nanostructured thin films.
Inventors: Sangle, A. L., Banerjee, K., Khilari, S.
Patent No: 570012
Talk at IIT Bombay - Tsukuba University Workshop
Abhijeet delivered a talk at the 2-day workshop on Materials' Innovation and Healthcare, organised at IIT Bombay to explore potential collaboration opportunities with Tsukuba University, Japan. The talk was titled "Self-assembled, Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite (VAN) thin films of functional materials for various applications."
New Publication Accepted
Our new research article on "Lead-Free Heteroepitaxial (Na0.8K0.2)0.5Bi0.5TiO3 Ferroelectric Thin Films Grown by Nd:YAG Pulsed Laser Deposition and Their Applications in Energy Storage and Piezoelectric Sensors" has been published. Read the full paper here
Mr. Abhishek Kajirnekar joins the group
Mr. Abhishek Kajinerkar has joined the group as a Research Intern under the IITB Summer Research Internship Program. He is currently pursuing B.Tech. in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at the prestigious College of Engineering Pune (COEP).
Talk at VSSC, ISRO, Trivandrum
Abhijeet was invited for a talk at a 2-day workshop on functional materials organised by Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO at Trivandrum. He delivered a talk titled "Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite films of functional materials for various applications."
Dr. Ajay Kumar and Ms. Divya Nikam join
Dr. Ajay Kumar has joined the group as an Institute Post-Doctoral Fellow. Ajay joins us after his PhD from IIT BHU. Also joining us is Ms. Divya Nikam as a Research Intern under the IITB Summer Research Internship Program. She is currently pursuing MSc in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology at Mumbai University.
Krishnarjun leaves for QMUL
After a highly productive year-long stay at IIT Bombay, Krishnarjun has left for Queen Mary University London on the prestigious Marie Curie post-doctoral fellowship under the guidance of Dr. Haixue Yan. We thank him for his generous contribution and wish him all the best for all his future endeavours!
Invited talk at EMP 2023, Singapore
Abhijeet was invited to give a talk at the International Conference on Energy, Materials and Photonics (EMP) 2023, held at NUS, Singapore. He presented ongoing work on nanostructured thin films for energy storage.
Siddhant joins the group
Siddhant Kalel (a 4th year UG student, Dept of MEMS) has joined as an iSURP student. He will be working on developing flexible thermoelectric devices for wearable applications, focusing on formulating inks for aerosol-jet printing. Welcome!
Shibashis and Himanshu join the group
Shibashis Sahoo and Himanshu Kumar have joined as Dual Degree Project (DDP) students. Shibashis (co-supervised by Prof. Amrita Bhattacharya) will work on bulk thermoelectric materials. Himanshu (co-supervised by Prof. Triratna P. Muneshwar) will work on electrical properties of oxide thin films. Welcome!
Amir presents poster at IITB
Amir presented a poster on his research project at IIT Bombay. The work was highly appreciated by visitors and he received many valuable suggestions. Well done, Amir!
Samarth joins the group
Samarth has joined as a proposed B.Tech. project student, focusing on ferroelectric thin films. As a summer intern, he will also spend a few weeks at the University of Oxford in Prof. Robert Hoye's group, working on BiOI thin films. We welcome him and wish him the best!
Sukhamoy joins the group
Sukhamoy Khilari has joined as a Ph.D. student in TAP category, funded through an IRCC seed grant. He will work on nanostructured thin films. Prior to this, Sukhamoy was a student at IIT Goa. Welcome!
Amir joins the group
Amir Khan has joined as a Research Intern, funded by IRCC under the prestigious IIT Bombay Research Internship Award. He will work on developing a thermoelectric power factor measurement setup. Welcome!
Invited talk at IIT Hyderabad
Abhijeet was invited to give a talk at Microactuators, Microsensors and Micromechanisms (MAMM 2022), an international conference at IIT Hyderabad. He delivered a talk on "In search of the perfect Pb-free piezoelectric material".
Krishnarjun joins the group
After completing his Ph.D. in Physics from IIT Hyderabad in Professor Asthana's group, Dr. Krishnarjun Banerjee has joined as an Institute Post-doctoral Fellow. Welcome to the group!
Abhijeet joins IIT Bombay
Abhijeet has joined the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay as an Assistant Professor. He returns to his alma mater after nearly 12 years.