Faculty Committee

Rahul Mangal

Associate Professor

(Convener)

Areas of Interest: Polymer physics, colloids, complex fluids, nanocomposites, active matter, liquid crystals.

Email: mangalr@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~mangalr

Office: Faculty Building 451 | Phone: +91-512-259-2002 Lab 1: NL-II-307 | Phone: +91-512-259-6373

Siddhartha Panda

Professor

Areas of Interest: Chemical sensors, Lab-on-a-chip, Micro/nano fabrication, Microfluidics, Materials processing for microelectronic and display technologies.

Email: spanda@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~spanda

Office: 505 NCFlexE Building | Phone: +91-512-259-2040 Lab 1: SL-114 | Phone: +91-512-259-6146

Raju. K. Gupta

Professor

Areas of Interest: Photocatalysis, Green synthesis of nanomaterials, Surface chemistry, High dielectric constant materials, Perovskite solar cells, Supercapacitors, Electrospinning of functional polymers and nanocomposites for environmental and energy applications.

Email: guptark@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~guptark

Office: Faculty Building 486 | Phone: +91-512-259-6972 Lab: NL-II-303 | Phone: +91-512-259-6579

Soumik Das

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Wettability alteration, Surfactants, Composites, Molecular assembly and synthesis in structured solvents, Liquid crystals, Solitons in liquid crystals, Soliton-based chemical soft matter.

Email: dsoumik@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://www.thesprintlabiitk.com/

Office: ESB-II, Room No. 609 | Phone: +91-512-679-2385

Jayant K. Singh

Professor and Head

Areas of Interest: Porous materials development, Carbon capture and conversion, Selective adsorption and separation, Soil Sensor Development

Email: jayantks@iitk.ac.in

Website: https://cnislab.com/

Office: Faculty Building 469 | Phone: +91-512-259-6141 Lab: NL-II-202A/B | Phone: +91-512-259-7886

Debjani Banerjee

Senior Research Establishment Officer

Email: debjani@iitk.ac.in

Office: NL-2/300 | Phone: +91-512-679-7127