Meet The Team
Ms. Nibedita Sinha
Ph.D. Student
Nibedita completed her graduation form Tamralipta Mahavidyalaya under Vidyasagar University and received her M.Sc degree from Vidyasagar University. She has joined the group in Dec. 2020. Her research work focuses on development
of nanostructured materials for efficient hydrogen production by water splitting.
Ms. Chandni Das
Ph.D. Student
Chandni completed her graduation from University of Kalyani. She has done her Masters in Inorganic Chemistry from NIT Durgapur. After completing her Master degree she has worked as a Project Student in Technical Research Centre, S.N Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences. She has joined the group in Dec. 2020. Her research work focuses on nanostructured materials for efficient hydrogen production by water splitting.
Mr. Santanu Pal
Ph.D. Student
Santanu gratuated in Chemistry (Hons.) from Panchmura College under The University of Burdwan in 2017 and received his M.Sc degree from Kazi Nazrul University in 2019. He has joined the group in Dec. 2020 as JRF. His research interest includes development of layered-type nanomaterials as efficient and durable electrocatalysts for electrochemical water splitting.
Mr. Tanbir Ahmed
Ph.D. Student
Tanbir has completed his Graduation in Physics (Hons) from Krishnath College under The University of Kalyani in 2014. He has done his Postgraduation in Physics from Kazi Nazrul University in the year 2017. Tanbir has qualified Joint CSIR - UGC National Eligibility Test ( NET) for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Physical Sciences subject in the month of June and December of 2017. He has joined the group in September 2021 and working on nanostructured electrocatalyst development for H2 production by water splitting.
Mr. Prince Kumar
Ph.D. Student
Prince completed his Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 2022 and Master’s degree in Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology Indore (IIT Indore) in 2024. He joined our group at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune in June, 2025. His research focuses on the design and development of advanced electrocatalysts for efficient green ammonia synthesis via electrochemical NOx reduction.
Mr. Tanbir Ahmed
Ph.D. Student
Tanbir has completed his Graduation in Physics (Hons) from Krishnath College under The University of Kalyani in 2014. He has done his Postgraduation in Physics from Kazi Nazrul University in the year 2017. Tanbir has qualified Joint CSIR - UGC National Eligibility Test ( NET) for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) in Physical Sciences subject in the month of June and December of 2017. He has joined the group in September 2021 and working on nanostructured electrocatalyst development for H2 production by water splitting.
Mr. Prince Kumar
Ph.D. Student
Prince completed his Bachelor’s degree with Honours in Chemistry from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) in 2022 and Master’s degree in Chemistry from IIT Indore in 2024. His master's thesis was focused on the development of porous organic polymers for water remediation at IIT Indore. He joined our group at CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Pune in June, 2025 and initiated his Ph.D. in Aug. 2026. His research focuses on the design and development of advanced electrocatalysts for efficient green ammonia synthesis via electrochemical NOx reduction.
Mr. Anandhu O
Project Assistant
Anandhu completed BSc in Chemistry from CMS College, Kottayam (MG University), followed by MSc in Chemistry from the University of Kerala with a specialization in Renewable Energy. During his master’s research at JNCASR, Bengaluru, he worked on the development of electrocatalysts for hydrogen evolution (HER), oxygen evolution (OER), and formaldehyde oxidation, focusing on improving catalytic efficiency through strategic material design. He joined the group in March 2026, where currently he is working on electrocatalyst development for Seawater electrolysis as well as electrochemical oxidation/reduction reactions.
Ms. Varna N Preman
Project Assistant
Varna completed her B.Sc. in Physics from Maharaja’s College, Ernakulam, Kerala followed by a Joint M.Sc. in Physics with a specialization in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology from Mahatma Gandhi University and Kannur University, Kerala. She worked in sustainable carbon materials for supercapacitor applications during her research internship at IIT Madras. She joined our group in March 2026 and current research interests includes electrocatalysis, electrochemical energy conversion, water splitting.
Alumni
Dr. Sakila Khatun
​
Ph.D. Awarded
Sakila received her BSc (2011-2014) and MSc (2014-2016) degrees in Physics from University of Kalyani, West Bengal, India. She qualified SET (State Level Eligibility Test), NET (National Level Eligibility Test) with JRF (Junior Research Fellowship) from UGC, Delhi. She joined the group as PhD student in Aug. 2019 and her research mainly focuses on mixed metal oxide based nanostructures in electrocatalytic water splitting for hydrogen production.
Sakila awarded Ph.D. degree in Feb. 2025.
Currently she is pursuing her Post Doc in S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Dr. Kunal Ghosh
Ph.D. Awarded
(Joint)
Kunal did his M.Tech in Polymer Nanotechnology from Biju Patnaik University of Technology. Kunal's Ph.D. work focuses on MoS2 based ceramic nano composite for wear-resistant application.
Kunal awarded Ph.D. degree in 2025.
Ms.Sanika Mahendra Pawar: B.E., Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Management and Research (SPPU)
Ms.Rupali Tanaji Patil: B.E., Dr. D. Y. Patil Institute of Engineering, Management and Research (SPPU)
Interns
Dr. Shipra Raj
​
Ph.D. Awarded
Shipra was awarded Ph.D. degree in 2018. Currently she is pursuing National Post-Doctoral Fellowship (NPDF) at IIT Mumbai. Her Ph.D. work was focused on development of nanostructure metal oxides and their applications in energy storage devices. She was also awarded Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) She has published eight research articles in different internationally reputed journals.
Dr. Siddhartha Samanta
​
Ph.D. Awarded (Joint)
Siddhartha completed his Ph.D. work in 2018. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in an Institute. His Ph.D work was focused on polymer nano composites for sensor applications.
Mr. Mayukh Chakravorty
​
Project Assistant
Mayukh has worked as project assistant for one year and half in 2016-17. He has worked on metal oxide based electrode development for super capacitor applications and published one research article on his project work.
Former Group Members @ BIT Mesra
Ms. Chitralee Sarma
​
M.Sc. Project
Chitralee completed her M.Sc project on metal oxide nanostructure for photocatalytic application and published one research article on her project work.
Ms. Abha Singh
​
M.Sc. Project
Abha has completed her M.Sc. project on polymer nano composite jointly with Dr. Pradip Kar and has published one research article on her work.
Mr. Anupam Das
​
Summer Intern
Anupam pursued summer internship on photoactive materials and studied on dye degradation kinetics. He has also published one research article on his work.
Dr. Shalini Divya
​
M.Sc. Project
Shalini completed her M.Sc. project on nickel cobaltite nanomaterials for supercapaictor application. She has published one research article and attended an international conference on her work. Recently, she has been awarded Ph.D. degree from Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.
Ms. Pallavi
​
Summer Intern
Pallavi did summer intern on thin films deposition and its characterisation.
Mr. Sharad Kumar
​
Summer Intern
Sharad did summer internship on deposition of metal oxide thin films by SILAR method and he has also published one research article on his work.