Students working for their PhD
9) Ms. Preeti (2022PHXP0059P, September 2022, BITS Pilani Sponsored)
8) Mr Akash Gayakwad (2019PHXP0428P, Jan 2020, CSIR-NET Sponsored)- PhD qualifying completed on 17th March 2021.
- PhD thesis proposal on 4th May 2021.
- Thesis proposal approved on 22nd July 2021.
- Research Article Publications: 2 (J. Mol. Liq., {IF::6.165}, IEEE Sensors)
7) Mr Amrit Kumar (2019PHXF0063P, June 2019, DST sponsored)
- Thesis proposal presentation on 11/11/2020 on "Studies on thin films of organic and nanomaterials at interfaces and applications"
- Thesis proposal approved on 25/11/2020.
- Research Articles published: 5 (JPCM (IOP), Plasmonics (2), Europhysics Letters, IEEE TED)
- JRF to SRF conversion: 5th June 2021
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GRADUATED STUDENTS
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1) Dr. C. Karthik (BSR Fellow, UGC India, ID: 2007PHXF401P )
- Thin films of liquid crystals (PhD pre-submission seminar held on 28/5/2015)
- Thesis submitted on 8th July 2015
- Thesis defended on 21st March 2016. Thesis examiners: (a) Prof Dipak Goswami (IITKGP) (b) Prof A Patnaik (IITM)
Present Address: Pilani
2) Dr. Monika Poonia (BITS Pilani Sponsored, ID: 2011PHXF028P)
- Thin films of nanomaterials (PhD pre-submission seminar held on 10/5/2016)
- Thesis submitted on 15th September 2016
- Thesis defended on 25th November 2016.
- Present Address: Ohio State University, USA (March 2022), University of Rhode Island till 2022.
3) Dr. Devanarayanan V. P. (DST Sponsored, ID:2011PHXF045P)
- Development of surface plasmon resonance instrument (DST sponsored Project)
- PhD Pre-submission seminar held on 21st November 2016
- Thesis submitted on 15th December 2016
- Thesis defended and degree awarded on 26th June 2017.
- Present Address: IIT Madras.
4) Dr. Parul Taneja (DST Sponsored, ID:2016PHXF0010P)
- Detection of contaminants in water using functional ultrathin films (Sponsored by BITS under WWE, DST INDIA)
- Supervisor: Prof R. K. Gupta (BITS Pilani, Physics Dept)
- Co-Supervisor: Prof. K. K. Gupta (BITS Pilani, EEE Dept)
- Thesis proposal presentation on 17/4/2017 on "Development of thin film based sensor"
- Thesis Proposal Approved: 8/7/2017
- PhD Thesis Pre-submission seminar: 23rd October 2021
- PhD Thesis Submission: 24th November 2021
- PhD Thesis Defended: 1st April 2022. External Examiners: (i) Prof. Dipak K Goswami* (IITKGP) & (ii) Prof Sandip Dhara (IGCAR)
- Presently @ IIT Roorkey
- Research Articles published: 5 (Cols. Surf. B, IEEE Sensors, Sens & Actu. B, Liq. Cryts., Mol. Sym. )
5) Dr Ashutosh Joshi (2017PHXF0035P, March 2017, DST Sponsored)
- Development of Surface Plasmon Resonance Instruments (Funded by DST India), Joined in March 2017
- Thesis proposal presentation on 14/11/2017 on "Development of surface plasmon resonance instrument for sensing and other applications"
- Thesis Proposal Approved: 29/1/2018
- Research Articles published: 6 (Nanotechnology; Plasmonics; Materials Today(2); EuroPhys Letts; J. Mol. Liq; )
- Pre-Thesis Seminar : 23rd Nov 2022
- PhD Thesis submitted on 29th Dec 2022
- PhD Thesis Defended on 20th June 2023, Examiners: Prof Arghya Narayan Banerjee of Yeungnam University, South Korea (Examiner for Viva Voce) & Prof Sujeet Chaudhary of IIT Delhi.
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As Co-Supervisor:
6) Dr Punit Khatri (2017PHXF0009P, Dept of EEE, BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus)
Supervisor: Prof. K. K. Gupta, BITS Pilani, Dept of EEE.
Co-Supervisor: Prof. R. K. Gupta, BITS Pilani, Dept of Physics
DST & CSIR Sponsored.
- Thesis proposal presentation on 15/11/2017
- PhD Thesis Pre-submission seminar: 17th November 2021
- Research Articles published: 5 (MESE, SNCS, JAIHC, IJESD,MAPAN) + 1 book chapter (SpringerNature).
- Pre-Submission Seminar of PhD Thesis: 17th Nov 2021
- Thesis Submission: 3rd January 2021
- Thesis Defended: 26th May 2022
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