• Chemical and solid-state processing of nanostructured alloys and ceramics.
• Novel Oxide materials for thermal barrier coating, waste water treatment and catalytic applications.
• Advanced structural materials for extreme conditions application (Ni based Superalloys and ODS steels).
• Sustainable processing of natural graphite for Li ion battery applications.

Projects Involved:

• “Evaluation of mechanical properties and ion irradiation studies in novel ZrO₂ Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Steels”. as Principal Investigator, fund sanctioned by UGC DAE CSR – Kalpakkam for 3 yrs; 2024-2027.
• “Structure Property correlations in Entropy stabilized Rare Earth Oxides for thermal barrier coating applications”. as Principal Investigator, fund sanctioned by MAHE Manipal for 3 Yrs; 2024-2027.
• “High Pressure structural studies in Gd³⁺ and Ce⁴⁺ co-doped Lanthanum Zirconates” – work carried out at Elettra Sincrotrone, Trieste, Italy. Visit funded by DST, India;
  May - June, 2024.
• “Structure - Property correlation and microstructure tailoring of Rare-Earth Zirconates – A potential dispersion strengthener and thermal barrier coating material”. Funded by MAHE Manipal; as Principal Investigator, April 2022–March 2024.
• “Purification of natural graphite for applications in Li-ion batteries”, with Prof. Gervais Soucy, UdeS Sherbrooke and Dr. Martin Brassard, Nouveau Monde Graphite, Canada. March 2019 – Sep 2021.
• “Microstructural investigations of Ni based superalloys and advanced steels using electron microscopy tools”, with Prof. Satyam Suwas, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, Dec 2017 – February 2019.

• Assistant Professor, MIT, MAHE Manipal, Oct 2021 – till date.
• Post-Doctoral Researcher at Universite de Sherbrooke, Canada, March 2019 – Sep 2021
• Research Associate at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, Dec 2017 – Feb 2019
• Research Fellow at IGCAR Kalpakkam, July 2012 – July 2017
• Lecturer in Physics at Sacred Heart P.U. College Madanthyar, June 2011– March 2012

Awards & Recognitions

• Best Oral Presentation award – National Conference in Condensed Matter Physics and Applications (CMPA – 2022), Manipal Institute of Technology, India, Dec - 2022
• MITACS-Accelerate Post-Doctoral Fellowship – February 2019, Canada
• Young Scientist Award – Physical Sciences, by K. V. Rao Scientific Society – June 2017, India
• CSIR – International Travel Fellowship for participation in TMS-2017, San Diego, USA
• Research Fellowship by Department of Atomic Energy, India, July 2012 to July 2017
• First prize in Metallography contest – International Symposium for Research Scholars, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, 2016
• Summer Student Fellowship by IGCAR, Kalpakkam, India May - July 2010
• Sir C.V. Raman Fellowship by Govt. of India during B.Sc. studies, 2006 - 2009