My research focus is on manufacturing science, especially CAD/CAM, developing predictive models, flexible and hybrid manufacturing processes, fatigue testing of materials, sustainable/circular manufacturing, and finite element analysis (FEA). Extensively worked in the area of sheet metal forming especially Double-Sided Incremental Forming (DSIF) process with a major focus on tool path planning (CAD/CAM), inducing the favorable residual stresses by varying the support tool force that enhances the mechanical properties (tensile and fatigue) as well as accuracy, and sustainable manufacturing at process level.

• Ph.D. (2016-2022) in Integrated Design and Manufacturing, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad.

• M.E (2012-2014) in Production Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad.

• B.Tech (2008-2012) in Mechanical Engineering, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Kakatiya University, Warangal.

Patent (granted)

• Praveen Konka and N. Venkata Reddy, “A multiple tool assembly to improve productivity and energy efficiency during double sided incremental forming.” Indian patent filed on March 23, 2024, Application number: 202441022735.
• Praveen Konka, N. Venkata Reddy, Om Prakash, Megha Sahu, “Tool for enhanced accuracy in double sided incremental forming,” An US patent granted on November 2, 2022, US20210237140. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/6c/e9/dc/214599f7a79011/US11484932.pdf

Journals (published)

• Praveen Konka, N. Venkata Reddy, Carla Susana A Assuad and Kristian Martinsen, “Optimal process planning for energy consumption and product quality during double sided incremental forming,” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 125:3305-3327, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-023-10948-7
• A. Subrahmanyam, Praveen Konka and N. Venkata Reddy, “Electro-plastic effect in Ti-6Al-4V: an experimental and numerical study,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2023. Accepted for publication.
• Praveen Konka, CH. Shivaprasad and N. Venkata Reddy, “Effect of support force on quality during double sided incremental forming: an experimental and numerical study,” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 122(11-12): 4275-4292, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-022-09871-0
• CH. Shivaprasad, Praveen Konka and N. Venkata Reddy, “Enhancement of accuracy in multi-point stretch forming: cushion stretching,” SME, Manufacturing Letters, 205-213, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mfglet.2022.07.027
• CH. Shivaprasad, Praveen Konka and N. Venkata Reddy, “Component specific elastic cushion design to enhance accuracy with use of reconfigurable tools in stretch forming,” Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1177/09544054221140
• Praveen Konka, R. Lingam and N. Venkata Reddy, “Tool path design system to enhance accuracy during double sided incremental forming: an analytical model to predict compensations for small/large components,” SME, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 58:510-523, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmapro.2020.08.014
• Praveen Konka, R. Lingam, UA. Singh, CH. Shivaprasad and N. Venkata Reddy, “Enhancement of accuracy in double sided incremental forming by compensating tool path for machine tool errors,” The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology, 111:1187-1199,2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00170-020-06149-1

Conference proceedings

• R. Lingam, G. Kalathiya, Praveen Konka, S. Shamshoddin and N. Venkata Reddy, “Analysis of anisotropic effects in single point incremental forming.” The 11th International Conference and Workshop on Numerical Simulation of 3D Sheet Metal Forming Processes, July 30 – August 3, 2018, Tokyo, Japan. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/1063/1/012125/pdf
• A. Subrahmanyam, Praveen Konka, Rahul Verma, N. Venkata Reddy, “A review on electric pulse aided plastic deformation.” Asia Steel International Conference February 6-9, 2018, Bhuvaneshwar, India.
• A. Subrahmanyam, S. Singh, Praveen Konka, G. Ramu and N. Venkata Reddy, “Electric pulse aided draw-bending of Ti-6Al-4V.” The 31st International Conference on Flexible Automation and Intelligent Manufacturing June 19 – 23, 2022, Wayne State University, Detroit-USA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17629-6_1
• CH. Shivaprasad, N. Vishwanath, Praveen Konka, S. Suryakumar and N. Venkata Reddy, “Judicious hybridization of incremental forming and additive manufacturing to enhance product complexity through non-planar substrate/deposition.” The 51st NAMRC, June 12 – 16, 2023, Rutgers University-USA.

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• Assistant Professor (Aug 2023 – present) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
• Post doctoral fellow (Jan 2022 to July 2023), Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, IIT Hyderabad Project: Circular Manufacturing research and education collaboration with India and Japan funded by Research Council of Norway
• Assistant Professor (2014 to 2016) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies (RGUKT) Basar, Nirmal, Telangana

My research interests includes CAD/CAM, developing predictive models, flexible and hybrid manufacturing processes, fatigue testing of materials, sustainable/circular manufacturing, and finite element analysis (FEA) of various manufacturing processes.

Dr. Harshavardhan Kalathur is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Department in the École Centrale School of Engineering, at Mahindra University. His research interests are in the area of high-performance materials with applications across diverse disciplines. Specifically, his research group works on studying the underlying mechanisms that govern mechanical behaviour of materials with structure. These kinds of materials are popularly known as mechanical metamaterials. The scope of research includes design, simulation, fabrication, experimental validation and optimization of structural parameters, for best performance. His research group makes use of contemporary design tools along with state-of-the-art experimental apparatus for conducting mechanical metamaterials research.

• Ph.D. in Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, 2015.

• M.Sc. in Engineering Mechanics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, 2010.

• B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering, Jawaharlal Technological University-Hyderabad, 2009.

• Karthik Reddy Thatipelli, Harshavardhan Kalathur, Gouripriya S., Size-dependent mechanics in finite cellular lattices: structural and Cosserat responses under tension and bending, International Journal of Solids and Structures, Volume 326, 2026,113750, ISSN 0020-7683, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2025.113750.
• Kalathur, H., Lakes, R.S., “Enhancement in piezoelectric sensitivity via negative structural stiffness”, J. Intell. Mat. Sys. and Struc., 27(18) 2568-2573 (2016).
• Rodriguez, B., Kalathur, H.and Lakes, R. S., “A sensitive piezoelectric composite lattice: experiment”, Physica Status Solidi, 251(2) 349-353 (2014).

• Kalathur, T. M. Hoang, R. S. Lakes and W. J. Drugan, “Buckling Mode Jump at Very Close Load Values in Unattached Flat-End Columns: Theory and Experiment”, J. Appl. Mech. 81(4), 041010 Sept. (2013).
• Kalathur, H., Lakes, R. S., “Column dampers with negative stiffness: high damping at small amplitude”, Smart Materials, 22, 084013 (8pp) (2013).

ORCID: 0000-0001-9905-9835

• Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, 2019-present.

• Entrepreneurial Intern, Tandemlaunch Inc., Montreal, Canada, 2018-2019.

• Associate Lecturer, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, 2018.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate in Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, 2017-2018.

• Postdoctoral Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, McGill University, Canada, 2016-2017.

Teaching

• Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Fall 2021.
• Mechanics of Solids, Mechanical Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Spring 2021.

• Mechanics, Mechanical Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Fall 2020.
• Experimental Analysis Lab: Dynamics and Vibrations, Mechanical Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Fall 2020.
• Mechanics of Solids, Mechanical Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Spring 2020.

• Experimental Analysis Lab: Dynamics and Vibrations, Mechanical Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Fall 2019.

• Teaching Assistant for Dynamics, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, Spring 2015.

• Teaching Assistant for Statics, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, 2011-2012.

• Teaching Assistant for Practicum in Finite Elements, Engineering Physics, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, Fall 2013.

• Teaching Assistant for Electrical Measurements and Instrumentation Lab, Mechanical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, U.S.A, Fall 2010.

• Design and development of high-performance materials with structure, systems for diverse applications.
• Research lifecycle includes modelling, computational analysis and optimization, fabrication, testing and validation.
• Concepts such as Negative Stiffness, Negative Poisson’s ratio (Auxetic) for developing designed materials that exhibit unique mechanical properties, are explored.
• The over-arching theme is to combine otherwise mutually exclusive properties such as Modulus and Damping, Strength and Weight, Modulus and Weight, Strength and Toughness, etc. to develop designed material systems, for high performance.

Dr. Maity is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad. His research focuses on bioinorganic and coordination chemistry, with a particular emphasis on the design of artificial metalloenzymes and metalloproteins. He utilizes protein engineering and crystallographic techniques to investigate catalysis, small-molecule recognition, and drug-binding studies. In addition, his group explores the use of protein crystals as solid matrices for developing functional biomaterials, particularly in bioinspired catalysis and related applications.

His broader research interests include the development of engineered protein systems and self-assembled biomaterials for catalysis and drug delivery.

• Ph.D. (2012): Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
• B. Sc. (2004) & M.Sc. (2006): University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India

• J. Tian, B. Maity*, T. Furuta, T. Pan, T. Ueno* An artificial metal-free peroxidase designed using a ferritin cage. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2025, e202504608.
• Y. Hishikawa, T. Suzuki, B. Maity, H. Noya, M. Yoshizawa, A. Asanuma, Y. Katagiri, S. Abe, S. Nagatoishi, K. Tsumoto, T. Ueno* Design of aromatic interaction networks in a protein cage modulated by fluorescent ligand binding. Adv. Sci. 2025, 2417030
• B. Maity*, M. Shoji*, F. Luo, T. Nakane, S. Abe, S. Owada, J. Kang, K. Tono, R. Tanaka, T. T. Pham, M. Kojima, Y. Hishikawa, J. Tanaka, J. Tian, M. Nagama, T. Suzuki, H. Noya, Y. Nakasuji, A. Asanuma, X. Yao, S. Iwata, Y. Shigeta, E. Nango*, T. Ueno* Real-time observation of a metal complex-driven reaction intermediate using a porous protein crystal and serial femtosecond crystallography. Nat. Commun., 2024, 15, 5518.
• B. Maity, S. Kameyama, J. Tian, T. T. Pham, S. Abe, E. Chatani, K. Murata, T. Ueno* Fusion of amyloid beta with ferritin yields an isolated oligomeric beta-sheet-rich aggregate inside the ferritin cage. Biomater. Sci. 2024, 12, 2408-2417.
• C. Lu; X. Peng; B. Maity; X. Sheng; Y. Zhou; T. Ueno; Z. Liu; D. Lu Novel Au(I)-based artificial metallo-cycloisomerase for catalyzing the cycloisomerization of γ-alkynoic acids. ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 15, 9918–9924.
• T. Pan; B. Maity; S. Abe; T. Morita; T. Ueno In-cell engineering of protein crystals into hybrid solid catalysts for artificial photosynthesis. Nano Lett. 2023, 23, 14, 6744–6751.
• B. Maity; J. Tian; T. Furuta*; S. Abe; T. Ueno* Atomic-level insights into a single semi-clathrate hydrate formed in a confined environment of porous protein crystal. Cryst. Growth Des. 2023, 23, 10, 7448-7458.
• M. Taher, B. Maity, T. Nakane, S. Abe, T. Ueno*, S. Mazumdar* Controlled uptake of an iridium complex inside engineered apo-ferritin nanocages: study of structure and catalysis. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2022, e202116623.
• C. Lu, B. Maity, X. Peng, N. Ito, S. Abe, X. Sheng, T. Ueno*, D. Lu* Design of a gold clustering site in an engineered apo-ferritin cage. Commun. Chem. 2021, 5, 39.
• B. Maity, S. Abe, T. Ueno* Observation of gold sub-nanocluster nucleation within a crystalline protein cage. Nat. commun, 2017, 8, 14820.
• B. Maity, K. Fukumori, S. Abe, T. Ueno* Immobilization of two organometallic complexes into a single cage to construct protein-based microcompartment. Chem. Commun. 2016, 52, 5463-5466.

• Associate Professor (Oct, 2025–present): Department of Chemistry, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
• Specially appointed Assistant Professor (Dec, 2018 – Sept, 2025): School of Life Science and Technology; Institute of Science Tokyo, Yokohama, Japan
• Research staff (Nov, 2015 – Nov, 2018): School of Life Science and Technology; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Yokohama, Japan
• JSPS Postdoc (Oct, 2013 – Oct, 2015): Department of Biomolecular Engineering; Tokyo Institute of Technology; Yokohama, Japan

• Bioinorganic and Coordination Chemistry
• Artificial Metalloenzymes and Metalloproteins
• Engineered Protein Systems for Catalysis and Drug Delivery
• Protein Crystallography for Drug Binding and Reaction Mechanism Studies
• Protein Self-Assembly and Functional Biomaterials

Dr. Pradhan is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad. His research focuses on the development of novel organic fluorophores using C-H functionalization, bioconjugation, target oriented synthesis using photoredox catalysis and method development towards sustainable and green chemistry applications.

• Senior Researcher (2023–2025): Institute for Basic Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
• Ph.D. (2014–2020): Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India

• M. SC. (2011–2013): Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Powai, India

• B. Sc. (2008–2011): Vidyasagar University, West Bengal, India

• S. Pradhan,^† J. Kweon,^† M. K. Sahoo, H. Jung, J. Heo, Y. B. Kim, D. Kim, J. W. Park,* S. Chang* A Formal γ-C–H Functionalization of Carboxylic Acids Guided by Metal-Nitrenoids as an Unprecedented Mechanistic Motif, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2023, 145, 28251. (^†equal contribution)

• M. K. Sahoo,^†S. Pradhan,^† D. Kim, J.-W. Park,* and S. Chang* Head-to-Head Homocoupling of Ynamides via a Dual Activation Mode of Triple Bonds by Half Sandwich Metal Complexes, Organometallics2022, 41, 900. (^†equal contribution)

• S. Pradhan, M. Mishra, P. B. De, S. Banerjee and T. Punniyamurthy* Weak Coordination Enabled Switchable C4-Alkenylation and Alkylation of Indoles with Allyl Alcohol, Org. Lett. 2020, 22, 1720.
• S. Pradhan, S. Roy, S. Banerjee, P. B. De and T. Punniyamurthy* Oxidative C-H/N-H Annulation of Aromatic Amides with Dialkyl Malonates: Access to Isoindolinones and Dihydrobenzoindoles, J. Org. Chem. 2020, 85, 5741.
• S. Pradhan, P. B. De, T. A. Shah and T. Punniyamurthy* Recent Advances on Metal-Catalyzed Alkylation, Alkenylation and Alkynylation of Indolines/Indoles Around Benzenoid Nucleus, Chem. Asian J. 2020, 15, 4184.

• S. Pradhan, P. B. De and T. Punniyamurthy* Weak Coordination-Guided Regioselective Direct Redox-Neutral C4-Allylation of Indoles with Morita-Baylis-Hillman Adducts, Org. Lett. 2019, 21, 9898.

• S. Pradhan, P. B. De and T. Punniyamurthy* Copper(II)-Mediated Chelation-Assisted Regioselective N-Naphthylation of Indoles, Pyrazoles and Pyrrole Through Dehydrogenative Cross-Coupling, J. Org. Chem. 2017, 82, 4883.

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• Assistant Professor (2025–present): Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India

• Senior Researcher (2023–2025): Institute for Basic Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (2021–2023): Institute for Basic Science, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
• Research Associate (10/2020–03/2021): Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, Karnataka

• Co-operative Catalysis
• Photoredox Catalysis and Bioconjugation
• Organic Fluorophores

Dr. Gomathi Anandhanatarajan is an Assistant Professor with École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University in the Department of Chemistry. She holds a Ph.D in the field of Nanomaterials from Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.

• Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, Karnataka.

• Master of Science [Engg.] in Materials Science, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, Karnataka.

• Master of Science in Chemistry, The American College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

• Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, Lady Doak College, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.

Patents

Mark MacLachlan, Michael Wolf, Gomathi Anandhanatarajan, 2015, “Methods for preparing metal / metal oxide materials from nanostructured substrates and uses thereof.” PCT/CA2015/000118, Filed: February 26, 2014, Issued: February 26, 2015.

Book Chapter: Functionalization and Solubilization of Carbon and Inorganic Nanostructures. C. N. R. Rao, A. Ghosh, A. Gomathi, Comprehensive Nanosci. & Tech. 3 (2011) 445.

Published Papers

• Priya Pathmanathan, A. Sivanesan, A. Gomathi, Pushing the Limits of the Layers: Completely Delaminated ?-Ni(OH)2 – an Enhanced Electrocatalyst for the OER. Sustainable Energy & Fuels 2025. https://doi.org/10.1039/d5se00267b.
• Priya Pathmanathan, A. Gomathi, Ramesh, A., Ch. Subrahmanyam. In Situ Generation of Turbostratic Nickel Hydroxide as a Nanozyme for Salivary Glucose Sensor. RSC Advances 2024, 14 (30), 21808–21820. https://doi.org/10.1039/d4ra03559c.
• Ponugoti, P. V., Priya Pathmanathan, Jyotsna Rapolu, A. Gomathi, Janardhanan, V. M, On the Stability of Ni/?-Al2O3 Catalyst and the Effect of H2O and O2 during Biogas Reforming. Applied catalysis. A, General 2023, 651, 119033–119033. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2023.119033.
• Nanostructured Materials Prepared by Surface-Assisted Reduction: New Catalysts for Methane Oxidation
• Gomathi, S. M. Vickers, R. Gholami, M. Alyani, R. W. Y. Man, M. J. MacLachlan, K. J. Smith, M. O. Wolf, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7 (2015) 19268.Interaction of Inorganic Nanoparticles with Graphene.
• B. Das, B. Choudhury, A. Gomathi, A. K. Manna, S. K. Pati, C. N. R. Rao, Chem. Phys. Chem. 12 (2011) 937.Covalent functionalization of metal oxide and carbon nanostructures with polyoctasilasesquioxane (POSS) and their incorporation in polymer composites. A. Gomathi, K. Gopalakrishnan, C. N. R. Rao, Mater. Res. Bull. 45 (2010) 1894.Synthesis and characterization of nanoparticles, nanotubes, nanopans and graphene-like structure of BN.
• K. Raidongia, A. Gomathi, C. N. R. Rao, Israel J. Chem. (Special Nano Number) 50 (2010) 399.Novel Nanocomposites Made of Boron Nitride Nanotubes and a Physical Gel.
• S. K. Samanta, A. Gomathi, S. Bhattacharya, C. N. R. Rao, Langmuir 26 (2010) 12230.MoS₂and WS₂ analogues of graphene.
• H. S. S. R. Matte, A. Gomathi, A. K. Manna, D. J. Late, R. Datta, S. K. Pati, C. N. R. Rao, Angew. Chem. 49 (2010) 4059. Published in research highlights of Nature Chemistry, doi:10.1038/nchem.691.

• Covalent and non-covalent functionalization and solubilization of graphene.
  K. S. Subrahmanyam, A. Ghosh, A. Gomathi, A. Govindaraj, C. N. R. Rao, Nanosci. Nanotech. Lett. 1 (2009) 28.
• Functionalization and solubilization of inorganic nanostructures and carbon nanotubes by employing organosilicon and oraganotin reagents.
  A. Gomathi, S. J. Hoseini and C. N. R. Rao, J. Mater. Chem., 19 (2009) 988.
• A simple urea-based route to ternary metal oxynitride nanoparticles.
  A. Gomathi, S. Reshma, C. N. R. Rao, J. Solid State Chem. 182 (2009) 72.
• Stable dispersions of metal oxide nanowires and nanoparticles in water, dimethylformamide and toluene.
  S. Ghosh, A. Gomathi, C. N. R. Rao, 9 (2009) 5214.

• Covalent and non-covalent functionalization and solubilization of nanodiamond.
  U. Maitra, A. Gomathi, C. N. R. Rao, J. Experimental Nanosci. 3 (2008) 271.
• White-light sources based on composites of GaN nanocrystals with conducting polymers and nanophosphors.
  B. Chitara, S. V. Bhat, S. R. C. Vivekchand, A. Gomathi, C. N. R. Rao, Solid State Commun. 147 (2008) 409.
• Hexadecyltrimethoxysilane-induced Dispersions of metal oxide nanoparticles in non-polar solvents.
  A. Gomathi, C. N. R. Rao, J. Clust. Sci., 19 (2008) 247.
• Urea route to coat inorganic nanowires, carbon fibers and nanotubes by boron nitride. A. Gomathi, M. R. Harika and C. N. R. Rao. Mat. Sci. Eng. A, 476 (2008) 29.

• Room temperature ferromagnetism in nanoparticles of superconducting materials. Shipra, A. Gomathi, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, Solid State Commun. 142 (2007) 685.
• Nanoparticles of superconducting γ-Mo₂N and δ-MoN.
  A. Gomathi, A. Sundaresan, C. N. R. Rao, J. Solid State Chem. 180 (2007) 291.
• Ternary metal nitrides by the urea route.
  A. Gomathi, Mater. Res. Bull. 42 (2007) 870.
• Nanostructures of the binary nitrides, BN, TiN and NbN, prepared by the urea route.
• A. Gomathi, C. N. R. Rao, Mater. Res. Bull. 41 (2006) 941.Chemically bonded ceramic oxide coatings on carbon nanotubes and inorganic nanowires.
• A. Gomathi, S. R. C. Vivekchand, A. Govindaraj, C. N. R. Rao, Adv. Mater. 17 (2005) 2757.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5340-3618

• Associate Professor at École Centrale School of Engineering, in the Department of Chemistry, Mahindra University (2025 – Present)
• Assistant Professor at École Centrale School of Engineering, in the Department of Chemistry, Mahindra University (2020 – 2024)

Research Experience

• Research Associate – April 2010 to September 2010 – Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, Karnataka.

• Post-Doctoral Fellow – October 2010 to September 2013 – Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.

Dr. Gomathi’s research interest is focused on the synthesis and the study of surface chemistry of inorganic nanostructures. Her current projects include design and synthesis of

• Metal/metal oxide based composite materials for glucose sensing and carbon dioxide valorization.
• Photocatalytic heterostructures for industrial waste water treatment.
• MXene based nanostructures for hydrogen production by photocatalytic water splitting.
• Field responsive superhydrophobic surface for drop impact studies.

Dr. Rashmi Kumari is an assistant professor in the Indira Mahindra School of Education, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
She teaches Sociology of Education, Society, Culture and Education, Children and Childhood, and Youth culture and society for Ph.D. and MA students.
Her research interests are at the intersection of childhood, gender, indigeneity, education, and digital culture in conflict and crises. Currently, she is working on a collaborative project titled Mediated Lifeworlds: Digital Cultures in a Context of Technological Scarcity.
Dr. Rashmi is an ethnographer with extensive experience of conducting fieldwork and research projects in the USA and India.

• Ph.D. Department of Childhood Studies. Rutgers, State University of New Jersey. Graduate Certificate in Women and Gender Studies. Rutgers, State University of New Jersey – 2025
• M.Phil. (Sociology of Education), Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai – 2017
• M.A. (Sociology), Department of Sociology, Delhi School of Economics. Delhi. – 2014
• B.Sc. Mount Carmel College, Bangalore University. – 2009

Peer-Reviewed Article(s)

• Kumari, Rashmi. ‘Please let us live’ –childhoods and the politics of life. Accepted for publication January 2026. Deportate Esuli Profughe: Rivista Telematica di Studi sulla Memoria Femminile.
• Kumari, Rashmi. “Indigenous Youth and Emerging Educated Subjectivities: A Decolonial Approach to Researching Childhood.” (November 2025). TheCanadian Journal of Children’s Rights. https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/cjcr/article/view/5317.
• Kumari, Rashmi and Peggy Froerer. Indigenous Childhoods in South Asia. Oxford Bibliographies Online. (May 2025): 1-17. DOI: 10.1093/OBO/9780199791231-0297.
• Kumari, Rashmi. “Constructions and Contestations of Indigenous Girlhoods in Residential Schools in Central India.” Children’s Geographies. (2022): 1–13. DOI: 1080/14733285.2022.2071601
• Kumari, Rashmi. Menstruating Women and Celibate gods: a discourse analysis of women’s entry into Sabarimala temple in Kerala, India, Third World Thematics: A Third World Quarterly Journal, 4:4-5, 288-305. DOI: 10.1080/23802014.2019.1682946.

Book Chapters

• Kumari, Rashmi. “WhatsApp ‘Status’: Indigenous Storytelling Through Digital Mediums,” In Planet Digital: A Global Media Reader, edited by Aswin Punathambekar, Adrienne Shaw, and Jonathan Gray. Accepted for publication in 2025.
• Birla, Swati and Rashmi Kumari. “In Excess of Nation: The Cartographies of Decolonization” in Handbook on Anticolonial, Decolonial, and Postcolonial Sociologies, edited by Jyoti Puri and Vrushali Patil. Edward Elgar Publishing. Under Review (2025)
• Kumari, Rashmi “Navigating Medical Neglect and Care: Covid-19 Management and Adivasi Societies” In Governing the Crisis: Covid and Narratives from the Margins edited by Rahul Ranjan. Routledge India Publications, 2025. Doi: 4324/9781003591641-7
• Kumari, Rashmi. “Constructions and Contestations of Indigenous Girlhoods in Residential Schools in Central India.” in Modern Schooling and Trajectories of Exclusion: Childhoods in India edited by Divya Kannan and R. Mathreyi. Routledge, 2023. Doi: 4324/9781003431527-8
• Kumari, Rashmi. “Production of ‘Safe’ Spaces for Adivasi Children and the Armed Conflict of Bastar, India.” In Childhoods in Peace and Conflict, 203–22. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021.

Book Reviews

• Kumari, Rashmi Book Review: Ain’t No Makin’ It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-income Neighborhood. Contemporary Education Dialogue, (2016), 13(1), 150–156.

Other Publications

• Rashmi Kumari. What Keeps Bastar’s Young Adivasi Women Away from Higher Education. Behanbox. November 2023.
• Rashmi Kumari. Relational Aspirations in Keyword Entries of Sociological and Anthropological Studies of Education in India. July 2023. url: https://saseindia.com/encyclopedia/relational-aspiration/
• Rashmi Kumari. Gender Based Violence Among Adivasis Comes From Long Years Of Paternalist, Upper Caste Administration. Behanbox. August 2023. url: https://behanbox.com/2023/08/11/gender-based-violence-among-adivasis-comes-from-long-years-of-paternalist-upper-caste-administration/
• Nemmani Sreedhar and Rashmi Kumari. The Role of Communication Technologies in Adivasi Protest at Silinger. The Hub for the Study of Hybrid Communication in Peacebuilding (HCPB). August 2022.
• Rashmi Kumari, interview by Chloe Bozak. NEOS Issue 14, Volume 1, Spring 2022.
• Kannan Smruthi. and Rashmi Kumari. Collaborations Across Global North-South: Considering Opportunities and Challenges. NEOS (2020). 12 (1). https://acyig.americananthro.org/neos-current-issue/kannanand-kumari_neos_12-1_april-2020/
• Birla Swati, Ragini Jha, and Rashmi Kumari. A War with No Measure: The Indian State Agains Its People. Antipode Online (2020). url: https://antipodeonline.org/2020/01/30/the-indian-state-against-its-people
• Kumari, Rashmi. “Life in a Girl’s Porta-Cabin: A Residential School for Girls”, for a 16 days’ campaign blog symposium on Education, Gender and Violence. (2016). https://gritprajnya.wordpress.com/
• Manjrekar, Nandini. Kumari. Rashmi. and Murali, Sreejith. Schooling in a Zone of Conflict: A Situation Assessment of UNICEF’s Educational Interventions in Partnership with NGOs in Southern Chhattisgarh. (2015).

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=UjXYhNUAAAAJ&hl=en

Orcid id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0801-7945

• Assistant professor of sociology of education, childhood studies, IMSE, MU.
• Research Manager- Center for Urban Research and Education, Rutgers University – Camden
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Critical Childhood Studies Centre, University College London
• Adjunct Faculty of childhood studies. Rutgers University – Camden

Dr Rashmi Kumari’s research is focused on the children’s and youth’s everyday experiences of interdependent forms of violence and the role of education in their lives. Her Ph.D. research locates childhood as a crucial site for witnessing and discerning the rhetoric of development and ensuing violence in national imaginaries.

As part of her work at CURE, Rutgers Camden, Rashmi worked on two youth participatory action research (Y-PAR) – First one examined the role of youth leadership in community health initiatives across 11 countries in New Jersey. The second project focused on Y-PLAN (Youth – Plan, Learn, Act, Now), which was another youth-centered program intended to foster awareness and participation in the development of a local food cooperative in Camden.

Further, Rashmi is also interested in understanding the use of digital technologies by Indigenous children and youth. She is currently working on a collaborative research project titled, Mediated Lifeworlds: Digital Cultures in a Context of Technological Scarcity, which is funded by Dean (R&D) Mahindra University.

Dr. T V Gopal retired on Superannuation as a Professor Computer Science and Engineering at CEG Campus, Anna University. Dr. T V Gopal has expertise in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Architecture, Usability Engineering and Cyber – Physical Systems. One of his research areas includes “Science and Spirituality”.

Dr. T V Gopal has published around 90+ Research Papers. He has written FOUR books and Co-Edited ELEVEN Conference Proceedings. He is actively associated with many professional societies such as CSI, ICANN, IFIP WG 9.2, IEEE and ACM India Council. He is an Expert Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Review of Information Ethics: [IRIE] – the official journal of the International Centre for Information Ethics [ICIE].

Dr. T V Gopal was also serving as Director, Centre for Applied Research in Indic Technologies [CARTI], Anna University @ https://www.annauniv.edu/CARIT/ until retirement on superannuation.

For the full profile, please visit: https://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/profile/57545

• Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communications) , College of Engineering, Osmania University, Hyderabad , P [1982-86]
• Master of Tech. (Computer Science), Hyderabad Central University, Hyderabad, A.P [1986-87]
• Ph.D from Anna University, Chennai, India in the area of Distributed Operating Systems, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, 1996

Books Published

• Gopal T V, “HRISHIKESA : Krishna” – A Natural Evolution”, Universal Publishers Inc., USA, 2000.
• Gopal T V, “Open Source Software”, Scitech Publications (India) Ltd., India , 2003
• Terrance W Pratt, Marvin V Zelkowitz and Gopal T V, “Programming Languages – Design and Implementation”, Fourth Edition, Pearson Education, 2006
• B Viswanathan, S Ram Mohan, Gopal T V and K Ramanakumar, “Mahaperiyava Commemorative Volume on “Facets of Consicousness”, Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Viswa Mahavidyalaya, Enathur, 2007

Conference Proceedings (Edited)

• K S Lakshminarayanan, Usha Devi, R Bhavani Shankar and T V Gopal (Editors) “NanoComputing – Technology Trends”, Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd., India, 2001
• B Ramamurthi, T V Gopal, S Ram Mohan and K Srinivasa Rao (Editors), “Facets of Consciousness”, Infinity Foundation, USA, 2001
• Anirban Basu, H R Vishwakarma and T V Gopal (Editors), “Software Quality: The Road Ahead”, McGraw Hill, India, 2011
• Ramesh Gopalaswamy,T.V. Gopal,K. Ananth Krishnan and V. Rajanna (Editors),“Proceedings of the 4^th CSI International Conference on Software Engineering”, CSI, Chennai, India,2009.
• Y Raghu Reddy and T V Gopal (Editors), “Proceedings of the 7^th CSI International Conference on Software Engineering”, CSI, Pune, India, 2013 [Sl. Nos 3, 4 and 5 are Scopus Indexed by M/s Elseviers]
• T V Gopal, Manindra Agrawal, Angsheng Li and S Barry Cooper (Editors),” Proceedings of the 11th Annual Conference on “Theory and Applications of Models of Computation [TAMC 2014], Springer LNCS, Chennai, India.
• T V Gopal, Gerhard Jaeger and Sylvia Steila (Editors),” Proceedings of the 14th Annual Conference on “Theory and Applications of Models of Computation [TAMC 2017], Springer LNCS, Bern, Switzerland.
• T V Gopal and Junzo Watada (Editors)“ Proceedings of the 15th Annual Conference on “Theory and Applications of Models of Computation [TAMC 2019], Springer LNCS, Kitakyushu, Japan.
• David Kreps, Taro Komukai, T. V. Gopal and Kaori Ishii (Editors), Proceedings of the 14th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers [HCC14],“Human-Centric Computing in a Data-Driven Society”, Springer IFIPAICT, Volume 590, Tokyo, Japan
• Heather Love, Greg Adamson and T V Gopal (Editors), “Being Human in a Global Village”, Proceedings of the 3rd IEEE Conference on Norbert Wiener in the 21st Century (21CW), IEEE XPlore, Chennai, India, 2021.
• T V Gopal, Laurie Lau, Lennon Chang and Greg Adamson (Editors), Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Symposium on Technology and Society (ISTAS), ), IEEE XPlore, Hong Kong, 2022.

Book Reviewer

• Paul Deitel and Harvey Deitel, “C++: How to Program, Early Objects Version”, 10th Global Edition, Pearson, 2017.
• Paul J. Deitel, CEO and Chief Technical Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management. Dr. Harvey M. Deitel, Chairman and Chief Strategy Officer of Deitel & Associates, Inc., has 46 years of academic and industry experience in the computer field.

Book Chapter

School Textbooks

• Co-Editor for the Six Volumes of the Computer Science Textbooks for PLUS I and PLUS II students published by the Government of Tamilnadu, 2001. General Editor for the year 2000 edition of the textbooks.
• Reviewer for the Four Volumes of the Computer Science Textbooks for PLUS I and PLUS II students published by the Government of Tamilnadu, 2005. Co-Ordinator for the preparation of associated supplementary materials on DVDs and Teacher Training Programmes at Chennai and Coimbatore.
• Domain Expert for the Computer Science Textbooks for Plus I and Plus II Students – 2019 Editions onwards.

• Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai [12.01.2006 to 30.06.2025]
• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai [12.01.1998 to 11.01.2006]
• Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai [25.09.1991 to 11.01.1998]
• UGC Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Guindy Campus, Anna University, Chennai [18.06.1989 to 24.09.1991]
• COSTED, Gandhi Mandapam Road, Chennai [22.02.1988 to 17.06.1989]

• Operating Systems
• Cyber – Physical Systems [Distributed Computing]
• Usability Engineering
• Information Architecture
• Object Oriented Technologies
• Software Quality
• Nano-Computing
• Science and Spirituality

Deepika Bansal is an Assistant Professor at the Indira Mahindra School of Education. She holds a PhD from the Department of Education at the University of Delhi. Her doctoral work lay at the intersection of history and philosophy of science, science education, and feminist theory. Her research interests include critical science and technology studies, science education, and chemistry education. 

• Ph.D.: Department of Education, University of Delhi
• M.Ed.: Department of Education, University of Delhi
• M.Sc. Chemistry: St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi
• B.Sc. (Honours) Chemistry: Miranda House, University of Delhi

Publications

• Bansal, D., & Chari, D. (2024). Agency building with early research exposure: A study of an undergraduate science education exposure program. Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, 1(2), 101–116.
• Bansal, D. (2023). Women in science education and science careers in India. In N.V Varghese and N. Sabharwal (eds.) India Higher Education Report: Women in Higher Education (pp. 189-207). New Delhi: Routledge.
• Bansal, D. (2023). Vigyan ki nariwadi alochana aur vigyan shiksha. In H. Dewan, S. Saxena and R. Utsahi (eds.) Vigyan, Vigyan Shiksha aur Samaj. New Delhi: Vani Prakashan.
• Bansal, D. (2018). Science education in India and feminist critiques of science. Contemporary Education Dialogue, 15 (2), 164-186.
• Bose, N. & Bansal, D. (2018). Redesigning the school classroom: A case-study of Mirambika. In V. Kapur and S. Ghose (eds.) Dynamic Learning Spaces in Education (pp. 195-210). Singapore: Springer.

• 2025- Present: Assistant Professor, IMSE, Mahindra University
• 2023-2025: Lecturer, IISER Mohali
• 2022-2023: Research Associate, IISER Mohali
• 2021-2022: Postdoctoral Fellow, TISS Mumbai

Science education, science and technology studies, feminist and critical perspectives on science, chemistry education.

Dr. Das joins IMSE after nearly a decade in the School of Arts and Humanities at Christ (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru, where she contributed extensively to teaching, research, editorial work, and curriculum development.

She holds a Ph.D. in Epistemology of Language and Communication from the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS) and Manipal University. Her scholarly and teaching expertise spans philosophy of language, epistemology, ethics, and transformative pedagogy, with a strong focus on equity, emotion, and education.

She has served as Editor of Tattva – Journal of Philosophy and coordinated Christ University’s Centre for Publications, providing leadership in academic publishing and research communication.

Dr Rolla’s current teaching and research interests include Equity and Ethics in Education, Philosophy of Education, Philosophy of Language, Emotions, and Transformative Pedagogy. Her work will focus on connecting philosophy of language to research agendas in education, particularly studying the intersection of language, emotions and education.

At IMSE, Dr. Das will advance her research on the intersection of language, emotion, and education, and contribute to shaping conversations around philosophy, ethics, and equity in learning spaces.

• Ph.D., National Institute of Advanced Studies and Manipal University, India; 2016
• Master of Arts, Jadavpur University; West Bengal, India; 2008
• Bachelor of Arts, Jadavpur University; West Bengal, India; 2006

Publications

• Das, R. (2023). Un ‘casting’ Universities: Examining the Intersections of Inclusive Curriculum and Dalit Pedagogies in a Private University in Bangalore, India. CASTE/A Global Journal on Social Exclusion, 4(1), 154-166.
• Abhaya N.B., & Das, R. (2023). Unhomed: Relocating Postcolonial Pedagogy in Higher Education. In S. Puthiyedath (Ed.),Teaching English Literature in India: Pedagogy and Practice. EFLU Press.
• Das, R., & Abhaya N.b. (2022). Humanising History through Graphic Narratives: Exploring Stories of Home and Displacement from the North-East of India. Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 14(2), 1-18.
• Das, R, Kasturirangan, R. and Sinha, A. (2022). Silent Words: Semiotic Assemblages as Bridges to the Semantics-Pragmatics Divide in Communication. In K. Bhattacharya, M. Sen, S Sirker (Eds.), Logic Language and Cognition: An Interdisciplinary Sharing, New Delhi: D K Printworld.
• Das, R., & Sahoo, S. (2018). Is English Stand-Up Comedy in India Intersectional?, Language in India, 18(9).
• Das, R. (2018). Sundar Sarukkai on Indian Higher Education: Quality, Excellence in Neoliberal Times. Tattva-Journal of Philosophy, 10(1), 89-93.
• Das, R. (2018). The Origo in Lebenswelt – A Brief Overview of Philosophising, Tattva Journal of Philosophy, 10(1), pp. v-ix.
• Das, R. (2017). Justice and Ethics in Modern Times, Tattva Journal of Philosophy, 9(1), pp. vix.
• Das, R. (2017). Quest for Becoming: Revisiting Freire’s Humanism. Tattva Journal of Philosophy, 9(2), pp. v-ix.
• Das, R. (2017). Rajan Gurukkal on Indian Higher Education: Quality, Excellence in Neoliberal Times, Tattva-Journal of Philosophy, 9(2), 43-56.
• Das, R, Kasturirangan, R. and Sinha, A. (2015). Intervening with Interjections: A Comprehensive Approach to Study Ambiguity in Natural Conversations, Language in India, 15(7).

• Doctoral Research Scholar: School of Humanities, National Institute of Advanced Studies, 2009-2015
• Grant recipient: International Society for Gesture Studies, Germany-Gestures, Cognition, Multilingualism: 2010
• Grant recipient: IBRO-APRC School of Neuroimaging, National Brain Research Centre, India-Language and Cognition: 2010
• Assistant Professor: Arts and Humanities, Christ (Deemed to be University), 2016-2025
• Publication Coordinator: Centre for Publications, Christ (Deemed to be University) and Tattva-Journal of Philosophy, 2016-2019
• Issue Editor: Centre for Publications, Christ (Deemed to be University) and Tattva-Journal of Philosophy, 2016-2020
• Coordinator roles in various committees at Christ (Deemed to be University): Internationalisation Cell (2022-2025, Select Postgraduate program/s (2023-2025), Department level Syllabus and Curriculum Studies committee (2024-2025), IQAC Strategic Planning Committee-School Level (2024)

Projects:

• Das has collaborated on several national and international projects, including: Language and Brain Organization in Normative Multilingualism (DST-funded, NIAS)
• Articulating Women: Interrogating Intersectionality and Empowering Women through Critical Engagement (AHRC-funded, UK collaboration)
• A Grant Project on caste and inclusion in higher education classrooms in Bengaluru

2009-2015

• Research Scholar, School of Humanities, National Institute of Advanced Studies, India (Project on Language and Brain Organization in Normative Multilingualism-DST funded: NIAS)

2019-2020

• Academic Advisor, AHRC funded project, ‘Articulating Women: Interrogating Intersectionality and Empowering Women through Critical Engagement’ for Christ (Deemed to be University) and Liverpool Hope University, UK

2024

• Project on equity in classroom, Christ (Deemed to be University)

Dr Rolla’s current teaching and research interests include Equity and Ethics in Education. She is working on her publications related to issues central to Philosophy/s of Education especially questions surrounding knowledge, affect/emotions, democracy and equity in learning spaces.