Dr. Augustin Paul Kambakula currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance at Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
Before this, Dr. Augustin rendered his services at PJTSAU, ICFAI University, KL University, and the University of Hyderabad. He holds a Ph.D. in Finance from the School of Management, University of Hyderabad.
He has also qualified UGC Junior Research Fellowship in Commerce and a UGC-NET in Management. Dr. Augustin has presented papers in National and International Conferences, including “Effectiveness of Insolvency and Bankruptcy code- A study of selected cases”, Forecasting Financial Markets Conference 2024, in collaboration with Said Business School. University of Oxford, UK.
He is a recipient of the Young Research Award and two Best Paper Presenter Awards at the International Conference on Social Science and Humanities in Dubai and Vishwa Vishwani Institute of Systems and Management, Hyderabad. He has been a resource person to several institutions in the Accounting and Finance area and as a Board of Studies member.Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. (Finance), School of Management, University of Hyderabad.
  • M.B.A (Finance), Pondicherry University, Puducherry.
  • M.com (Finance), Osmania University, Hyderabad.

Publication
  • Paul, K. A., Jessica, M., Thakur, R. R., & Shah, T. (2024). Impact of Corporate Debt Restructuring on the Operating Performance of Selected Indian Firms. IUP Journal of Accounting Research & Audit Practices, 23(4).
  • GP, R., Sinha, R. S., Paul, A., & Jayanth, R. S. S. (2022). How does pandemic force social enterprises to evolve? –A case study of Thank U Foods. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 12(3), 1-21.

  • Assistant Professor at Mahindra University, Hyderabad.
  • Worked as an Assistant Professor, KL University, Hyderabad.
  • Worked as an Assistant Professor, ICFAI, Hyderabad.
  • Teaching Associate, PJTASU, Hyderabad.
  • Guest Faculty, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

Corporate Finance, Personal Finance, Sustainable Finance

Dr. Pankaj Narke is an Assistant Professor of English at Mahindra University. He has a Ph.D. in English Language Education from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. He has expertise in the areas such as technology enhanced education, teacher training, and intercultural competence. Dr. Pankaj received the Fulbright scholarship in 2019-2020 for which he was placed at the Wake Forest University, USA.

  • The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), School of English Language Education, Hyderabad (India) Doctor of Philosophy in English Language Teaching, June 2019
    Dissertation title:“Effects of Online Synchronous Discussions as Pre-Speaking Tasks on Speaking Performance of ESL Learners: An Exploratory Study”
  • The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Dept. of Education, Hyderabad (India) Bachelor of Education (ENG), 2012. Passed with 1st Class
    Subjects:Methods of English Language Teaching, Materials Developing, Test Designing and Assessment, Statistical Analysis, Action Research, Educational Psychology, Practice Teaching
  • University of Pune, Pune (India) Master of Arts in English, 2011. Passed with 1st Class 2011
  • University of Pune, Pune (India) Bachelor of Arts in English, 2009. Passed with 1st Class

Publications
  • Kolharkar, S. & Narke, P. (2024). Examining the role of inquiry-based learning in shaping the professional identity of ESL teachers. Fortell: A Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature, Issue No. 48, 45-57
  • Narke, P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. (2024). Research orientation in ESL teacher training. In instructional materials for M.A. ELT Distance Education, Published by The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
  • Narke, P. & Mukhopadhyay, L. (2024). Feedback and motivation techniques. In instructional materials for M.A. ELT Distance Education, Published by The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
Book Chapters
  • Narke, P. (2021) Communicative Strategies as a tool for assessing interactional speech. In Task Based Language Assessment, Springer Nature, Singapore (2021)
  • Narke, P. (2019). Bilingual Tasks in ESL Classroom. In Anand Mahanand et al. (Ed.) In Classroom Tasks English: A Resource Book for Multilingual Teaching, New Delhi, Viva Books
Peer-Reviewed Articles
  • Narke, P. (2017). Capturing individual growth in group discussions through teacher observations, Fortell: A Journal of Teaching English Language and Literature, 35, 105-112.
  • Narke, P. (2017). Morpheme Acquisition of Indian ESL Learners: A Comparative Study, Lokaratna: The e-journal of the Folklore Foundation, 10, 224-247.
  • Narke, P. (2016). Effect of online synchronous discussion on ESL learners’ classroom speaking. Proceedings of 4th International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities and Innovation, 4, 46-55
  • Narke, P. (2015). Developing Second Language Pragmatic Competence of ESL Learners Through Teaching of Indirect Speech Act, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Methods, Aesthetics and Genres of English Communication, MAG/I/C 14-19.

Dr. Pankaj Narke is an Assistant Professor of English at Mahindra University.

  • Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant Wake Forest University, North Carolina, USA – 2019-2020 Prepared instructional and assessment materials for Hindi classes and delivered lectures frequently. Hosted discussion table and one-on-one conversation session with the students. Acted as Indian cultural representative of India in the university.
  • Assistant Professor Vellore Institute of Technology University- Andhra Pradesh (India), 2017-2021 ENG- 2002: Business Communication, ENG- 2004: Written Analysis and Communication. Developed syllabi, designed and transacting teaching and assessment materials, graded papers and assigned grades. Member of Board of Studies.
  • Teaching Assistant The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad (India) – 2015-2017 Taught the Certificate of Proficiency (COP) courses to EFL and ESL learners with a focus on developing proficiency in the skills of English language for everyday communication. Coordinated two courses. Created materials for teaching and assessment of English language proficiency
  • UGC-MHRD MOOC (2017) Subject expert and script writer for the UGC-MHRD sponsored NME-ICT e-content development programs for B.Ed. (English)
  • Teacher Education Projects with Tara Learning Solutions, India (2015) Trained in-service teachers from St. Gabriel’s Foundation, Thailand with a focus on English as a language of instruction for teaching different subjects
  • Presented a research paper at the 8th annual conference on Classroom-based assessment in the new normal and beyond: Challenges and possibilities organized by the Asian Association for Language Assessment (AALA), October 2022 Paper title: Assessing interactional speech performance using non-temporal tools in ESL classroom
  • Presented a paper titled “Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Competence in Foreign Language Classroom: Perspectives of Fulbright FLTAs” at South Asian Languages in the Diaspora (SALD) conference,Yale University, USA, April 2021
  • Presented a paper titled “Role of intercultural communication in teaching of a foreign language” at WISE 2020 International Conference, Organized by Wake Forest University, NC, USA, 2020
  • Participated in the workshop titled “Best Practices in Creating Your Own Intercultural Learning Tools” by Perdue University, 2020
  • Presented a paper titled “Communicative Strategies as a tool for assessing interactional speech” at Linguistics Colloquium, University of North Carolina, USA, 2020
  • Presented paper titled “Using online collaborative writing as a pre-speaking task: integration of ICT in the ESL Classroom” at NCERT sponsored national conference organised by RIE, Ajmer (India), 2019
  • Presented a paper titled “Sequential blending of online and face-to-face instruction in ESL classroom for achieving a common goal” at the Asian Conference on Language Learning at Kobe, Japan, 2018
  • A senior reviewer at the international conference (IAFOR) on Asian Conference on Language Learning at Kobe, Japan, 2018
  • Presented a paper titled “Effects of online synchronous discussion on ESL learners’ classroom speaking” at 4 International Conference on Language, Education, Humanities, and Innovation, Bali, (Indonesia) 2016.
  • Presented and published a paper titled “Developing pragmatic competence of Indian ESL learners through teaching of Indirect Speech Acts” at an International conference (MAGIC) organized by University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun (India), 2014
  • Conducted a workshop on Learning Outcome Based Curriculum Framework – NEP 2020; Proposal of Curriculum 2023-24 at Geetanjali College of Engineering and Technology, Hyderabad, April 2023
  • Delivered a training session on “Role of Critical Thinking in ESL classroom” in an FDP titled – Pedagogic Excellence in English Language Teaching- organized by Kumarguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, Coimbatore, Feb 2023
  • Delivered a training session on “Writing abstract and review of literature” at an FDP titled – Research, Publication, and Patent Filing in Humanities and Sciences, organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology, August 2022 Delivered a training session on “Academic Writing in Research” in an FDP conducted by K L University, Vijaywada, May 2022
  • Conducted a workshop on International and Intercultural Education for under graduate students from China and India, Oct 2021
  • Delivered a talk on ‘Teaching and Assessing Intercultural Communicative Competence (ICC)’ organized the World Council for Intercultural and Global Competence in collaboration with University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA – February, 2021
  • Delivered a talk on ‘Techniques for flipped classroom and effective use of ICT tools’ at Indian Institute of Information Technology Design and Manufacturing, Kurnool -January, 2021
  • Delivered a talk on Exploring Research Opportunities in ELT at SASJ Govt. Degree College, Andhra Pradesh – June, 2020
  • Delivered a talk on ‘Integrating critical thinking skills in ESL materials, instructions and assessment’ at Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science – July 2020
  • Conducted a workshop on Technical Report Writing for Engineering Students at Aurora’s Technical and Research Institute, Hyderabad – 2017

  • Implications of Natural Language Processing (NLP) in English language education
  • Intercultural competence development
  • Instructional modalities and learning outcomes among university students

Dr. Monali Sahu Pathange has completed her Ph.D. in English from the Department of Indian and World Literatures at The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad. She has an M.A. in English from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad with a specialization in English literature. She has been trained in English Language Teaching as part of her B.A. programme and PGCTE training at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad. In addition to these qualifications, she has also audited courses on Postcolonial studies at Technical University, Dresden (Germany). She has presented multiple conference papers at International conferences in India and abroad (Lancaster university, University of New York in Prague and TU Dresden). Being from science background in her intermediate education, she is a rank holder in Mathematics Olympiad, Science Olympiad and Chemistry Olympiad. Apart from these academic engagements, she has an impassioned inclination towards painting and two of her paintings have featured as the cover pages of the International peer-reviewed e- journal Lokaratna (Vol XIV issue 1 and 2). She is also trained in Hindustani classical (vocal). She has been a member of the Junior Red Cross society and has received prizes for essay writing, extempore and painting competitions in various state level and National Red Cross camps [2005-06]. In addition to these, she has been a part of the Scouts and Guides organization and is a recipient of the prestigious Governor’s prize for outstanding performance in 2005.

  • Ph.D. in English (2020) from the Department of Indian and World Literatures at The English and Foreign languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad
  • M.A. in English Literature (80%, Grade: A+) from The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad.
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Teaching of English(PGCTE) with an overall grade A from the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), Hyderabad.
  • B.A. in English (Hons) with French as an elective (74%, grade: A) from The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
  • 10+2 Science from Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha.
  • Matriculation from Board of Secondary Education, Odisha.

  • Sahu, Monali and P V, Amith Kumar. “How Liminal is the Liminal Space(?): Understanding Interpenetrative Spaces in the Fictional Works of Ben Okri and Salman Rushdie”. Lokaratna: An E- Journal for Language, Culture, Literature and Indigenous Knowledge. Volume XVII, Issue II, June 2024. pp. 79-97. ISSN: 2347-6427.
  • Sahu, Monali and Amith kumar P V. “ ‘Locating the Unlocatable’: The Voyage on the ‘Mytho-Political’ Borderland in Ben Okri’s Songs of Enchantment”. IUP Journal of English Studies, June 2023, pp. 27-40, ISSN 0973-3728.
  • Designated as the journal cover artist for Lokaratna: : An E- Journal for Language, Culture, Literature and Knowledge in collaboration with World Oral Literature Project, Cambridge University.
  • Sahu, Monali and Amith Kumar P V. “Reading the ‘Hybrid’ Mother: Representation of Divinity and Grotesqueness in the Mother Figure of Ben Okri’s Abiku Trilogy”. Lokaratna: An International e-Journal for Language, Culture, Literature and Indigenous Knowledge, XIV, No.2, December 2021, pp. 115-134. ISSN No. 2347-6427.
  • Sahu, Monali. “Between Colonial Ancestry and Postcolonial Identification: Locating ‘Filiation’ and ‘Affiliation’ in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road“. Gnosis: An International Refereed Journal of English Literature and Language, Vol. 5, No. 1, October 2018, pp. 76-87. ISSN No. 2391-0131.
  • Sahu, Monali. “Objects of Enchantment: Mind and Matter Correlation in the Fictional Writings of Ben Okri and Salman Rushdie”. Daath Voyage: An International Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, Vol.2, No.3, September, 2017, pp. 78-88. ISSN No. 2455-7544.
  • Sahu, Monali. “Reflections from a Broken Mirror: Locating Lacanian Subject in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road.” International Journal of English language, Literature in Humanities”, 5, No.9, September, 2017, pp. 138-147. ISSN No. 2321-7065.
Invited talks
  • Delivered a talk titled, “Indian Macbeths of the Silver Screen: Pomp, Pageantry and Power in the Cinematic Adaptations” in the two day national seminar on “William Shakespeare: Interpretations, Adaptations and Appropriation” (24th and 25th April, 2023) organized by the Department of English, School of Humanities and Languages, Central University of Karnataka.
Conferences
  • Presented a research paper titled, “The Vulnerability of Hunger: Body Politics and Mythopoesis in Amruta Patil’s Aranyaka” in a three-day International conference on “Graphic Narratives and Comic Studies as a World Literary Phenomena” organized by the Department of Indian and World Literatures from 12th to 14th February, 2025 at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
  • Chaired a panel on “Comics and Graphic Narratives as World Literature” in the three-day International conference on “Graphic Narratives and Comic Studies as a World Literary Phenomena” organized by the Department of Indian and World Literatures from 12th to 14th February, 2025 at The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad.
  • Chaired a session in the International Conference on Navigating Inequalities, Development and Sustainability in the Global South (ICNIDS) 2024, organized by School of Social Sciences and Humanities at VIT-AP University in collaboration with Ryukoku University (Japan), American University of Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Asian Studies Center–University of Valladolid (CEA), University of Alicante (Spain) and Casa De la India (Spain) on 13th September, 2024.
  • Presented a research paper titled, “The Curvature and the Caricature of the Indian Web Comics: Reading the Tension Between the Image and the Text in Bakarmax Comics and Royal Existentials” at the panel organised by the ICLA (International Comparative Literature Association) Research Committee on Comparative Comic Studies and World Literature in the XVII Biennial International conference by Comparative Literature Association of India (CLAI) (10-12th September, 2024) in collaboration with University of Delhi.
  • “‘The Globalectical Imagination’ and Okri’s The Famished Roadtrilogy: Reading the aesthetics of ‘here’ and ‘there’ in shifting centers”, at XXII International Conference on “Global South Cultural Production and Dialogue” organized by Forum on Contemporary Theory on 21st December, 2019.
  • “Objects of Enchantments: Mind and Matter Correlation in the Fictional Writings of Ben Okri and Salman Rushdie”, at the International (Annual) Conference organized by Forum on Contemporary Theory on 19thDecember, 2016.
  • “Deciphering the Postcolonial Trauma: Unraveling traumatized neurosis in Salman Rushdie’s Shalimar the Clown and Ben Okri’s Songs of Enchantment” at the International Conference on Commonwealth Literature, organized by OUCIP and ISCS on 28thNovember 2015.
  • “Captivating the elusive self of the ‘spirit child’: A psychoanalytical investigation into Ben Okri’s The Famished Road” at the International Students’ researcher’s Conference, organized by University of New York in Prague and Empire State College on 15thMay, 2015.

  • Dr. Monali Sahu Pathange is presently working as a Assistant Professor at Humanities & Social Sciences, Mahindra University.
  • She was a Lecturer at Mahindra University.
  • She has taught a course titled “Communication Skills and Proficiency in English” to PGDMA students at the National Academy of Agricultural Research and Management (NAARM), Hyderabad.
  • She has taught students of English Language Proficiency course at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad as part of the PGCTE programme.
  • She has assisted her supervisor in a few teaching activities at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad {for BA (English) and M.A. students}.
  • She was selected as a teacher by the Make A Difference (MAD) organization.

Her areas of research include English Literature with specialization in modern and contemporary literature, South Asian Fiction, Literatures from the Global South, Indian Writings in English, Postcolonial Poetics and Ecocriticism.

Dr. Dipti Mishra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University. She completed her Ph.D. in November 2021 under the supervision of Dr. Satish Kumar Singh and Dr. Rajat Kumar Singh at Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Prayagraj, India.

Her research interests lie in tackling intriguing and challenging interdisciplinary problems within the fields of image processing, medical image analysis, deep learning, computer vision, image compression, signal processing, Generative AI, and Explainable AI.

She actively seeks motivated researchers, including undergraduates, postgraduates, Ph.D. students, and faculty members, to collaborate on the research areas mentioned above and produce high-quality, impactful results.

  • Ph.D., Image Processing, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad. (2017 – 2021)
  • M. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology. (2013 – 2015)
  • B. Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology (UPTU). (2006 – 2010)

Publications : Journals
  • Dipti Mishra, Satish Kumar Singh, Rajat Kumar Singh, Mukul Sharad Sutaone, Edge-aware pre and post-processing for JPEG images using deep learning architectures, Digital Signal Processing, 2024, 104953, ISSN 1051-2004,https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dsp.2024.104953, (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1051200424005773) (IF 2.9)
  • Dipti Mishra, Satish Kumar Singh, Rajat Kumar Singh, Divanshu Kedia, Multi-scale network (MsSG-CNN) for joint image and saliency map learning-based compression, Neurocomputing, Volume 460, 2021, Pages 95-105, ISSN 09252312, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neucom.2021.07.012. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0925231221010468)(IF 5.719)
  • Dipti Mishra, S. K. Singh and R. K. Singh, “Wavelet-Based Deep Auto Encoder-Decoder (WDAED)-Based Image Compression,” in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 1452-1462, April 2021, doi: 10.1109/TCSVT.2020.3010627. (IF 4.133)
  • Dipti Mishra, N. Pandey, M. H. Minver, B. Das, V. Jain, An Efficient Face Detection and Recognition for Video Surveillance, in Second International Conference on Recent Trends in Electronics and Computer Science, RTCSE-2016 DOI: 10.17485/ijst/2016/v9iS1/109672. (IF 2.678)
Conferences
  • V. S. Adithya, R. Siddi, J. Bolla, K. Dupaguntla and D. Mishra, “Latent Anomalies: Advanced Detection in Industrial Machinery via Convolutional Autoencoder,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence (CVMI), Prayagraj, India, 2024, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/CVMI61877.2024.10782753.
  • N. Singh, N. Singh and D. Mishra, “Early Detection of Diabetic Retinopathy Using Enhanced Transfer Learning Techniques,” 2024 IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence (CVMI), Prayagraj, India, 2024, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/CVMI61877.2024.10782018.
  • Mishra D, Singh SK. ColCompNeT: Deep Learning-Based Colorization-Based Coding Network, In Machine Intelligence Techniques for Data Analysis and Signal Processing: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference MISP 2022, Volume 1 2023May 31 (pp. 151-160). Springer Nature Singapore, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0085-5_13.
  • D. Mishra, S. K. Singh and R. K. Singh, “Lossy Medical Image Compression using Residual Learning-based Dual Autoencoder Model,” 2020 IEEE 7th Uttar Pradesh Section International Conference on Electrical, Electronics and Computer Engineering (UPCON), 2020,pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/UPCON50219.2020.9376417.
  • D. Mishra, A. Singh, D. M. Akbar Hussain, S. Dabas and M. Dhankar, “Interdigital transducer modeling through Mason equivalent circuit model: Design and simulation,” 2016 3rd International Conference on Computing for Sustainable Global Development (INDIACom), 2016, pp. 1941-1946.
  • D. Mishraand A. Singh, “Sensitivity of a surface acoustic wave-based gas sensor: Design and simulation,” 2015 International Conference on Soft Computing Techniques and Implementations (ICSCTI), 2015, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/ICSCTI.2015.7489558.
  • D. Mishra, “Modeling of Interdigital Transducer Surface Acoustic Wave Device – Design and Simulation,” 2015 Fifth International Conference on Communication Systems and Network Technologies, 2015, pp. 1327-1331, doi: 10.1109/CSNT.2015.174.
Conferences/Workshops Organized/Attended
  • Worked as a Technical Committee Member and Reviewer in ICETCI 2022, ICETCI 2023 and ICETCI 2024.
  • Worked as a Technical Committee Member and Reviewer in CVMI 2023 and CVMI 2024.
  • Organized CVIP 2020 in IIIT Allahabad.
  • Organized CICT 2019 in IIIT Allahabad.
  • Organized Advanced Deep/ Architectures in Signal, Image and Vision Applications, (ADASIVA-2021), 6th-10th December, 2021, IIIT Allahabad.
  • Organized 5th IAPR International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing, (CVIP 2020), 4th-6th December 2020, IIIT Allahabad
  • Organized Advanced Deep Architectures in Signal, Image and Vision Applications, (ADASIVA-2020), 30th November-6th December, 2020, IIIT Allahabad
  • Organized 3rd IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology, 2019, (CICT-2019), 6th-8th December 2019, IIIT Allahabad
  • Organized Advanced Deep Architectures in Signal, Image and Vision Applications, (ADASIVA-2019), 24th-30th June, 2019, IIIT Allahabad
  • Organized Advanced Deep Architectures in Signal, Image and Vision Applications, (ADASIVA-2018), 14th-28th July, 2018, IIIT Allahabad
  • Organized GIAN course on Probabilistic Graphical Models on Machine Learning, 26th December- 2017-05th January, 2018, IIIT Allahabad
  • Organized Cognition and Biometrics, 27th-28th October, 2017, IIIT Allahabad
  • Attended Advanced Optimized Techniques, IIIT Allahabad
  • Attended Digital Signal Processing Algorithms and their Implementation, PSIT Kanpur
  • Attended Virtual Labs, PSIT Kanpur
  • Attended Linear Integrated Circuits, AKTU, Lucknow
  • Attended Microcontroller and its Applications, 19th June 2017 – 24th June 2017 PSIT Kanpur

  • Assistant Professor, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India, August 2021-Present.
  • Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad Prayagraj, India, July 2017-July 2021.
  • Assistant Professor, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, August 2015-July 2017.
  • Project Associate, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, June 2015 – August 2015.
  • Teaching Assistant, Jaypee Institute of Information Technology Noida, India, July 2013 – May 2015.
  • Lecturer, Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology Kanpur, India, September 2010 – June 2013.

Research Interests: Image Processing, Medical Image Processing, Generative AI, Data and Image Compression, Signal Processing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence

Reviewer

Very active Reviewer in mentioned reputed Journals and Conferences namely, IEEE Transactions on Circuit Systems and Video Technology, IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, Neural Computing and Applications, IET Image Processing, Neurocomputing, IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence (CVMI 2024), IEEE International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI 2024), IEEE International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI 2023), IEEE International Conference on Emerging Techniques in Computational Intelligence (ICETCI 2022), IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT 2020), IEEE International Conference on Information and Communication Technology (CICT 2019), IEEE International Conference on Computer Vision and Image Processing (CVIP 2020)

  • 2017: Young Scientist Award, Got Young Scientist Award in RTCSE 2017 for one of the research paper.
  • 2016: NEPTEL Online Certification Course, Secured 73% in “Probability and Random Variables/Processes for Wireless Communications”.
  • 2007 – 2010: Stood 1st, Achieved 1st prize for branch Topper in 2007, 2008 (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th year).
  • 2008: University Topper in Mathematics, Got highest marks (96) in mathematics in 3rd semester in U.P.T.U.
  • 2008: Second Prize in Badminton, Achieved prize for runner up in Badminton.

Memberships

  • IEEE (from 2018)
  • Lifetime IETE
  • Lifetime IAENG
  • Lifetime Gyancity Research Lab

Jitendra K. Behera is an Assistant Professor in the Ecole Centrale School of Engineering (ECSoE) at Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India. Prior to joining MU, he worked as an Assistant Professor at School of Advanced Sciences in Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. His current research interests include designing chalcogenide materials and its nanostructure for data storage and active photonics devices. Apart from research he has experience in teaching both UG and PG student. He has published 25+ international peer-reviewed journal papers, with total citations over 890+ with current h-index 15+. Some of his work is highlighted in PHY.ORG and ScienceDAILY

(https://phys.org/news/2018-04-statistical-optimization-layered-d-crystals.html, https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180425093801.htm)

  • Post-Doctoral –RWTH Aachen University, Germany, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, China
  • Ph.D. (Engineering Product Development) – Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD), Singapore
  • M.Sc. (Physics)—IIT Kharagpur, India

Publications
  • L. Zhao, J. K. Behera, S.Zang, Y. Cai, Y. Meng (2025). Reconfigurable multidimensional optical manipulation of visible light via chalcogenide phase-change metasurfaces. Optics and Laser Technology, 192,113794. (IF=5.0)
  • J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, and R. E. Simpson (2021). Design of c-axis oriented pnictogen chalcogenides for strain engineered iPCM. ACS Applied Electronics Materials 3, 7, 3114–3122. (IF=4.7)
  • J. K. Behera, L. Kuan, M. Lian, and T. Cao (2021). A Reversible Tuning of High Absorption in Chalcogenide– Metal Stacked–Layer Structure and Its Application for Multichannel Biosensing. Advanced Photonics Research, 2, 8, 2000152. (IF=3.9)
  • J. K. Behera, L. Kuan, M. Lian, and T. Cao (2021). A reconfigurable hyperbolic metamaterial perfect absorber. Nanoscale Advances 3, 6, 1758–1766. (IF=4.6)
  • J. K. Behera, W. Wang, X. Zhou, S. Guan, W. Weikang, Y. Shengyuan, and R. E. Simpson (2020). Resistance Modulation in Ge2Sb2Te5. Journal of Material Science and Technology 50, 171–177. (IF=14.3)
  • J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, A. Ranjan, and R. E. Simpson (2018). Sb2Te3 and its Superlattices: Optimization by Statistical Design. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 10 (17):15040–15050 (This work is highlighted in www.phys.org). (IF=8.2)
  • J. K. Behera, X. Zhou, J. Tominaga, and R. E. Simpson (2017). Laser switching and characterisation of chalcogenides: systems, measurements, and applicability to photonics. Optical Materials Express 7 (10),3741–3759. (IF=3.1)
  • Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, S. Wang, M. Jiang, J. Lin, J. Wei, Y. Wang, T. Cao, Y. Long (2020). Tunable Grain Orientation of Chalcogenide Film and Its Application for Second Harmonic Generation. ACS Applied Material and Interfaces 12, 26, 299953–29958 (IF=8.2)
  • Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, Z. Wang, J Zheng, J. Wei, L. Wu, Y. Yang (2019). Nanostructure Patterning of C-Sb2Te3 by Maskless Thermal Lithography Using Femtosecond Laser Pulses. Applied Surface Science 508, 145228. (IF=6.9)
  • Y. Meng, J. K. Behera, S. Wen, R. E. Simpson, J. Shi, L. Wu, Z. Song, J. Wei, and Y. Wang (2018). Ultrafast multi-level optical tuning with CSb2Te3 thin films. Advanced Optical Materials, 6 (17), 1800360. (IF=7.2)
  • W. Dong, H. Liu, J. K. Behera, L. Lu, J. H. Ng Ray, K. V. Sreekanth, X. Zhou, J. K. W. Wang, and R. E. Simpson (2018). Wide Bandgap Phase Change Material Tuned Visible Photonics. Advanced Functional Materials 29 (6), 1806181. (IF=19.0)
  • J. Kalikka, X. Zhou, J. K. Behera, N. Giacomo, and R. E. Simpson (2016). Evolutionary design of interfacial phase changes van der Waals heterostructures. Nanoscale 8 (42), 18212–18220. (IF=5.1)

  • June 2025-Present, Assistant Professor, Mahindra University, Hyderabad
  • June 2022-June 2025, Assistant Professor, VIT Vellore, Tamil Nadu
  • July 2021-June 2022, Assistant Professor, MIT World Peace University, Pune, Maharashtra
  • Jan 2017-March 2017, Visiting Scholar, University of Bath, UK
  • May 2014-Nov 2014, Industrial Research Intern, Data Storage Institute, A-Star, Singapore

  • Functional Materials’ Growth, Design, and Characterisation
  • Crystal Nanostructure Design
  • Thin film and Superlattices
  • Structure-property correlation study
  • Chalcogenides, Non-Volatile Memory, Data Storage
  • Photonics, Hyperbolic Metamaterial, Plasmonics
  • Photovoltaic, Solar Cells

Dr. Banasree Sadhukhan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, École Centrale School of Engineering at Mahindra University. Before joining here, she was working as a Research Assistant Professor at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, and a postdoctoral researcher at IFW Dresden, Germany and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. The main domains of her research activities are Topological Transport in Quantum Materials, Skyrmion Dynamics for Modern Spintronics, and Renewable Energy-Harvesting Quantum Technologies.

Please visit the Computational Condensed Matter Lab “Sustainable QuanTum Electronic Materials” (“STEM”) for Dr. Banasree Sadhukhan’s current research activities on emerging fields of Computational Condensed MatterPhysics.

STEM Lab: https://banasreesadhukhan.wixsite.com/computational-conden

  • Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Presidency University, India (2014-2018)
  • M.Sc. in Physics, University of Calcutta, India (2009-2011)
  • B.Sc. in Physics, University of Calcutta, India (2006-2009)

Publications
  • [23] “Interplay between interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-moriya interaction and magnetic anisotropy in 4d transition metal multilayers for skyrmion nucleation”, Tamali Mukherjee, Banasree Sadhukhan*, and V Satya Narayana Murthy* (*joint last author), Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 625 173036 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/jmmm.2025.173036 (I.F 2.5)
  • [22] ‘ ‘Large bulk photovoltaic effect and Fermi-surface-mediated enhancement with chemical potential in ZnGeP2”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 37 165701 (2025), DOI : 10.1088/1361-648X/adbb48, Published as a special issue “Women in Computational Condensed Matter Physics” in Journal : https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/jpcm-240514-555
  • [21] “Spin-lattice couplings and effect of displacements on magnetic interactions of a skyrmion system PdFe/Ir(111)”, Banasree Sadhukhan; Anders Bergman; Johan Hellsvik; Patrik Thunström; Anna Delin, SciPost Physics 18, 064 (2025); DOI : https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.18.2.064 (I.F 5.29)
  • [20]‘ ‘Spin transport properties in a topological insulator sandwiched between two-dimensional magnetic layers”, Nezhat Pournaghavi, Banasree Sadhukhan and Anna Delin, Scientific Reports 15(1) 2255 (2025); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80694-7 (I.F 4.379)
  • [19] ‘ ‘Sb2Se3 and SbBiSe3 surface capping and biaxial strain Co-engineering for tuning the surface electronic properties of Bi2Se3 nanosheet- A density functional theory based investigation”, Naresh Bahadursha, Banasree Sadhukhan, Tanay Nag, Swastik Bhattacharya, Sayan Kanungo; Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 186 109042 (2025); DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.109042 (I.F 4.2)
  • [18] ‘ ‘ Topological magnon in exchange frustration driven incommensurate spin spiral of kagome lattice YMn6Sn6”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Anders Bergman, Patrik Thunstr¨om, Manuel Pereiro Lopez, Olle Eriksson and Anna Delin, Phys. Rev. B 110(17), 174412 (2024), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.174412 (I.F 4.036)
  • [17] ‘ ‘Engineering skyrmion from spin spiral in transition metal multilayers”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 37 095801 (2024), DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad9da8; Published as a special issue “Focus on Magnetic Topological Materials with Reduced Dimensionality” in Journal : https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/jpcm-240514-555 (I.F 2.3)
  • [14] ‘ ‘Pressure-driven tunable properties of the small-gap chalcopyrite topological quantum ma- terial ZnGeSb2 : A first-principles study ”, Surasree Sadhukhan, Banasree Sadhukhan, Sudipta Kanungo, Phys. Rev. B 106, 125112 (2022) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.125112
  • [13] “Spin-lattice couplings in two-dimensional CrI3 from first-principles computations”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Anders Bergman, Yaroslav O. Kvashnin, Johan Hellsvik, and Anna Delin, Phys. Rev. B 105, 104418 (2022) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.104418
  • [12] “Tunable chirality of noncentrosymmetric magnetic weyl semimetals in rare-earth carbides”, Rajyavardhan Ray, Banasree Sadhukhan, Manuel Richter, Jorge I. Facio, Jeroen van den Brink, npj Quantum Materials 7, 19 (2022) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00423-z
  • [11]“Electronic structure and unconventional nonlinear response in double Weyl semimetal SrSi2”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Tanay Nag, Phys. Rev. B 104 (24), 245122 (2021) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.245122
  • [10] “Role of time reversal symmetry and tilting in circular photogalvanic responses”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Tanay Nag, Phys. Rev. B 103, 144308 (2021) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.144308
  • [9]“Bulk photovoltaic effect in BaTiO3-based ferroelectric oxides: An experimental and theoretical study”, Subhajit Pal, S Muthukrishnan, Banasree Sadhukhan, Sarath NV, D Murali, Pattukkannu Murugavel, J. Appl. Phys 129, 084106 (2021) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0036488
  • [8] “Electronic, magnetic, optical and thermoelectric properties of Ca2 Cr1x Nix OsO6 double perovskites”, Shalika R. Bhandari, D. K. Yadav, B. P. Belbase, M. Zeeshand, Banasree Sadhukhan, D. P. Rai, R. K. Thap, G. C. Kaphle, Madhav Prasad Ghimire, RSC Advances, 10(27) 16179 (2020) DOI : 10.1039/C9RA10775D
  • [7] “First-principles calculation of shift current in chalcopyrite semiconductor ZnSnP2”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Yang Zhang, Rajyavardhan Ray, Jeroen van den Brink, Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 064602 (2020) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.064602
  • [6] “Effect of random vacancies on the electronic properties of graphene and T graphene: a theoretical approach” Banasree Sadhukhan, Arabinda Nayak, Abhijit Mookerjee, Indian J Phys. 91 1541-1552 (2017) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-017-1067-2
  • [5] “Disorder induced lifetime effects in binary disordered systems : a first principles formalism and an application to doped Graphene”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Subhadeep Bandyopadhyay, Arabinda Nayak, Abhijit Mookerjee, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B. 31 (29) 1750218 (2017) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979217502186,
  • [4] “Effect of disorder on the optical response of NiPt and Ni3Pt alloys ”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Arabinda Nayak, Abhijit Mookerje, Computational Materials Science 140, 1 (2017) DOI :10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.08.003
  • [3] “Bandgap tuning and optical response of two-dimensional SixC1−x : A first principles real space study of disordered 2D materials”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Prashant Singh, Arabinda Nayak, Sujoy Datta, Duane D. Johnson, Abhijit Mookerjee, Phys. Rev. B 96, 054203 (2017) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.054203
  • [2] “Increased metallicity of Carbon nanotubes because of incorporation of extended Stone-Wales defects: an ab-initio real space approach”, Sujoy Datta, Banasree Sadhukhan, Srabani Chakraborty, Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri, Abhijit Mookerjee, Indian J Phys. 91(3) 269 (2016) DOI : 10.1007/s12648-016-0922-x
  • [1]‘ ‘Configuration and self-averaging in disordered systems”, Suman Chowdhury, Debnarayan Jana, Banasree Sadhukhan, Dhani Nafday, Santu Baidya, Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Abhijit Mookerjee, Indian J Phys. 90(6), 649 (2016) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-015-0789-2
Few selected Workshops/Seminars /Conferences/Visits on national and international level:
  • May 2025: Selected as an invited speaker in the Annual PSI-K India Conference on “International conference on DFT and Applications 2025”; (19-21) May, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India.
  • November 2023: Selected as a contributed speaker in the Annual Conference on “Quantum Condensed Matter, 2023″; November (27-30), National Institute of Science Education and Research, India,
  • March 2023: Give a seminar on “Atomistic simulation of light-matter interaction at ultrafast region”; on 7th March, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India.
  • February 2022: Give a seminar on “Topological transport in Weyl semimetal”; on 7th February, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India.
  • October 2022: Tutor in “UppASD Autumn School 2022, Modelling atomistic spin-dynamics using UppASD”; (11-13)th October, 2022, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, main campus, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • September 2022 : Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) spring meeting (German Physical Society e.V.), September (4–9), 2022, Regensburg, Germany.
  • August 2022 : Attending Psi-k 2022 Conference, 6th general conference for the worldwide Psi-k community, August (22–25), 2022 SwissTech Convention Center, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (Contributed Talk on “Spin-lattice couplings in two-dimensional CrI3 from first-principles computations” as part of the symposium C3 dedicated to “Magnetism and spintronics”).
  • November 2019 : In the group of Prof. Biplab Sanyal, Magnetisation dynamics and spin transport in different magnetic materials, Uppsala University, Sweden (Visit from 16/11/2019 – 18/11/2019).
  • September 2019 : In the group of Prof. Massimo Capone, Condensed Matter Theory, Sissa (International School for Advanced Studies), Trieste, Italy (Visit from 23/09/2019 – 18/10/2019).
  • March 2022 : Attending APS march meeting, March (14–18), 2022, Chicago, USA (Contributed Talk on “Effect of Spin-lattice coupling in CrI3 Monolayer” in Session F52 : “Van der Waals Magnets II”).
  • March 2019 : Attending APS March meeting, March 4–8, 2019, Boston, USA (Presented Poster).
  • August 2018 : Advanced School and Workshop on Correlations in Electron Systems – from Quantum Criticality to Topology (smr 3232), August (6-17), 2018, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, (Presented Poster).
  • March 2018 : Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) spring meeting (German Physical Society e.V.), March (11–16), 2022, Berlin, Germany.
  • October 2015 : Functional Materials for Today and Tomorrow, A joint programme by Uppsala University and Tribhuvan University, Kolkata, India (Presented Poster).

  • Assistant Professor (June 2025 – Present) Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
  • Research Assistant Professor (April 2024 – June 2025) SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India
  • Researcher (September 2023 – March 2024) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, India, Woman scientist grant under “Woman in Science and Technology” (WISE-PDF) scheme by DST, India Government with ref. no. DST/WISE-PDF/PM-4/2023
  • Independent Researcher (September 2022 – August 2023) KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (September 2020 – August 2022) KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (Joining delayed by 6 months due to Covid-19)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (March 2018 – February 2020) Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW Dresden, Germany

The main domains of research activities are :

  1. Topological Transport in Quantum Materials
  2. Skyrmion Dynamics for Modern Spintronics
  3. Renewable Energy-Harvesting Quantum Technologies

Please visit the Computational Condensed Matter Lab “Sustainable QuanTum Electronic Materials” (“STEM”) for Dr. Banasree Sadhukhan’s current research activities on emerging fields of Computational Condensed Matter Physics. STEM Lab: https://banasreesadhukhan.wixsite.com/computational-conden

Projects and Grants:

  1. Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM ECRG): Received as PI (Ref. No. ANRF/ECRG/2024/005021/PMS), by ANRF, India Government. Project title: “Emerging magneto-transport and thermoelectric responses in altermagnets for novel application of energy harvesting “; Approved grant Rs. 34,82,719/- for 3 years (Tentatively March 2025 onward for 3 years).
  2. Woman in Science and Technology (WISE-PDF) Grant: Received as PI (Ref. No. DST/WISE-PDF/PM-4/2023), by DST, India Government. Project title: “Interplay between skyrmion and band topology for sustainable transport.” Sanctioned grant Rs. 42,59,033/- for 3 years (June 2024 onward for 3 years).
  3. Scientific Responsibilities Held: Reviewer for Peer-reviewed journals like Physics Review B, Physical Review Materials, PRX Energy, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, NPG-Asia-Materials
  4. Scientific Memberships: Free American Physical Society membership for 4 years through the “Matching Membership Program”, by American Physical Society, USA, (September 2023 – August 2027)

Dr. Anil Annadi is an Associate Professor of Physics at Mahindra University École Centrale School of Engineering. He obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from National University of Singapore, Singapore in 2013. Later he worked as a postdoctoral fellow in University of Pittsburgh and The University of Chicago, USA (2014 – 2017), and subsequently at National University of Singapore (2017-2020). Prior to joining MU, he briefly worked as an Assistant Professor, School of Advanced Sciences, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India. His research interests are Condensed Matter Physics (Experimental): His research interests primarily deal with Solid state electronics, with emphasis on designing novel functional material systems for electronic and energy applications. Material of interests are electron correlated systems, magnetoelectric and phase change materials, transparent conductors and high mobility 2D electron systems. He has published 48 national and international peer-reviewed journal papers, with total citations over 1700 and current h-index 20.

  • Ph.D. in Physics 2009 – 2013
    National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • M.Tech. in Solid State Technology 2007 – 2009
    Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India.
  • M.Sc. in Physics, University College of Science 2004 – 2006
    Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

Research and Academic Publications:
  • Book Chapter: Co-authored book chapter “Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interfaces” Zhiqi Liu, Anil Annadi. Textbook “Functional Materials and Electronics” 1st edition, Apple Academic Press, New York, 2018.
  • Guest Editor for special issues “Synthesis, Properties, and Applications of Multifunctional Magnetic Nanostructures” published in Journal of Nanomaterials by Hindawi publications – 2017, 2018.
  • Authorship in 45 international publications. Google Scholar: total citations 1350, h-index 19, i-10 index 25. Researcher ID: M-1239-2014, ORICD: 0000-0003-2817-8225. Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-XM1P8AAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1
Selected Publications:
  • A. Annadi, N. Zhang, D. B. K. Lim, H. Gong. New Transparent Magnetic Semiconductor NixCu1−xI which Can Perform as Either P‐type or N‐type and Success in the P−N Homojunction Diode, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces (2020), 12, 6048−6055, IF 8.0
  • Anil Annadi, Shicheng Lu, Hyungwoo Lee, Jung-Woo Lee, Guanglei Cheng, Anthony Tylan-Tyler, Megan Briggeman, Michelle Tomczyk, Mengchen Huang, David Pekker, Chang-Beom Eom, Patrick Irvin, Jeremy Levy, Quantized Ballistic Transport of Electrons and Electron Pairs in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Nanowires, Nano Letters, (2018), 18 (7), 4473–4481. IF 12.7, Citations 25.
  • A. Annadi, N. Zhang, D. B. K. Lim, H. Gong. Hole Transport Modulations in Low Dimensional γ-CuI Films; Implication for High Figure of Merit and Thin Film Transistors, ACS Appl. Electron. Mater (2019), 1, 6, 1029-103.
  • Guanglei Cheng, Anil Annadi, Shicheng Lu, Hyungwoo Lee, Jung-Woo Lee, Mengchen Huang, Chang-Beom Eom, Patrick Irvin, Jeremy Levy. Shubnikov–de Haas–like Quantum Oscillations in Artificial One-Dimensional LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Electron Channels, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 076801 (2018). I.F 7.7, Citations 2.
  • Yun-Yi Pai, Hyungwoo Lee, Jung-Woo Lee, Anil Annadi, Guanglei Cheng, Shicheng Lu, Michelle Tomczyk, Mengchen Huang, Chang-Beom Eom, Patrick Irvin, Jeremy Levy. One Dimensional Nature of Superconductivity at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Interface, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 147001 (2018), IF 8.0.
  • J. Lin, A. Annadi, S. Sonde, C. Chen, L. Stan, K.V.L.V. Narayanachari, S. Ramanathan, and S. Guha, “Low-Voltage Artificial Neuron using Feedback Engineered Insulator-to-Metal-Transition Devices,” conference publication at IEEE Int’l Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) Tech. Dig., pp.862-865, (2016). IF 2.52, Citations 8.
  • W.M. Lü, Surajit Saha, X Renshaw Wang, Z.Q. Liu, K. Gopinadhan, A. Annadi, S.W. Zeng, Z Huang, B.C Bao, C.X Cong, M. Venkatesan, T Yu, J.M.D Coey, Ariando, T. Venkatesan. Long-range magnetic coupling across a polar insulating layer. Nature Communications 7, 11015 (2016). IF 10.7, Citations 8.
  • Michelle Tomczyk, Guanglei Cheng, Hyungwoo Lee, Shicheng Lu, Anil Annadi, Joshua P Veazey, Mengchen Huang, Patrick Irvin, Sangwoo Ryu, Chang-Beom Eom, Jeremy Levy Micrometer-Scale Ballistic Transport of Electron Pairs in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Nanowires. Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 096801 (2016). I.F 7.7, Citations 20.
  • Kalon Gopinadhan, Anil Annadi, Younghyun Kim, Amar Srivastava, Brijesh Kumar, Jingsheng Chen, J Michael D Coey, Ariando, Thirumalai Venkatesan. Gate Tunable In-and Out-of-Plane Spin–Orbit Coupling and Spin-Splitting Anisotropy at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 (110) Interface, Advanced electronic materials, 1 (8), 1500114, (2015). IF 5.4.
  • Changjian Li, Zhiqi Liu, Weiming Lü, Xiao Renshaw Wang, Anil Annadi, Zhen Huang, Shengwei Zeng, T Venkatesan, Tailoring the Two-Dimensional Electron Gas at Polar ABO3/SrTiO3 Interfaces for Oxide Electronics, Scientific Reports, 5, 13314 (2015).
  • Kalon Gopinadhan, Brijesh Kumar, Natalie Palina, M Motapathula, I Pallecchi, TP Sarkar, Y. Zhihua, JQ Chen, A. Annadi, A Rana, Amar Srivastava, D Marré, Jingsheng Chen, S Dhar, A. Rusydi, T Venkatesan, Effect of Nb and Ta substitution on donor electron transport and ultrafast carrier dynamics in anatase TiO2 thin films. Journal of Materials Chemistry C 3 (24), 6329-6333 (2015).
  • T. C. Asmara, A. Annadi, I. Santoso, P. K. Gogoi, A. Kotlov, H. M. Omer, M. Motapothula, M.B.H. Breese, M. Rübhausen, T. Venkatesan, Ariando and A. Rusydi. Mechanisms of charge transfer and redistribution in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 revealed by high-energy optical conductivity, Nature Communications 5, 3663 (2014). IF 10.7, Citations 48.
  • Kulothungasagaran Narayanapillai, Kalon Gopinadhan, Xuepeng Qiu, Anil Annadi, Ariando, Thirumalai Venkatesan, Hyunsoo Yang. Current-driven spin orbit field in LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures, Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 162405 (2014).
  • Z Huang, ZQ Liu, M Yang, SW Zeng, A Annadi, WM Lü, XL Tan, PF Chen, L Sun, X Renshaw Wang, YL Zhao, CJ Li, J Zhou, K Han, WB Wu, YP Feng, JMD Coey, T Venkatesan, Biaxial strain-induced transport property changes in atomically tailored SrTiO3 -based systems, Phys. Rev. B 90, 125156 (2014).
  • Sinu Mathew*, Anil Annadi* (*Equal contribution), Taw Kuei Chan, Teguh Citra Asmara, Da Zhan, Xiao Renshaw Wang, Sara Azimi, Zexiang Shen, Andrivo Rusydi, Araindo, Mark B. H. Breese, and T. Venkatesan. Tuning the interface conductivity of LaAlO3/SrTiO3 using ion beams-implications for patterning, ACS Nano, 7, 10572-10581 (2013), IF 13.0, Citations 27.
  • A. Annadi, Z. Huang, K. Gopinadhan, X. Renshaw Wang, A. Srivastava, Z. Q. Liu, H. Harsan Ma, T. P. Sarkar, T. Venkatesan, and Ariando. Fourfold oscillation in anisotropic magneto resistance and planar Hall Effect at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 Heterointerfaces: Effect of carrier confinement and electric field on magnetic interactions, Physical Review B 87, 201102 (Rapid communications) (2013). IF 3.68, Citations 30.
  • Natalia Palina, Anil Annadi, Teguh Citra Asmara, Caozheng Diao, Xiaojiang Yu, Mark BH Breese, T Venkatesan, Andrivo Rusydi, Electronic defect states at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 heterointerface revealed by O K-edge X-ray absorption spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 18 (20), 13844-13851. IF 3.0.
  • Z. Q. Liu, C. J. Li, W. M. Lu, X. H. Huang, Z. Huang, S. W. Zeng, X. P. Qiu, L. S. Huang, A. Annadi, J. S Chen, J. M. D Coey, T Venkatesan. Origin of the two-dimensional electron gas at LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interfaces-The role of oxygen vacancies and electronic reconstruction, Physical Review X 3, 021010 (2013). IF 7.81, Citations 198.
  • A. Annadi, A. Putra, Z. Q. Liu, X. Wang, K. Gopinadhan, Z. Huang, S. Dhar, T. Venkatesan, and Ariando. Electronic correlation and strain effects at the interfaces between polar and non-polar complex oxides, Physical Review B, 86, 085450 (2012). IF 3.68, Citations 50.
  • A. Annadi, A. Putra, A. Srivastava, X. Wang, Z. Huang, Z. Q. Liu, T. Venkatesan, and Ariando. Evolution of variable range hopping in strongly localized two-dimensional electron gas at NdAlO3/SrTiO3 (100) heterointerfaces, Applied Physics Letters, 101, 231604 (2012). IF 3.52, Citations 12.
  • A. Roy Barman, M Motapothula, A. Annadi et al., Multifunctional Ti1−xTaxO2: Ta doping or alloying? Applied Physics Letters, 98, 072111 (2012). IF 3.52, Citations 27.
  • A Srivastava, TS Herng, S Saha, B Nina, A Annadi et al., Coherently coupled ZnO and VO2 interface studied by photoluminescence and electrical transport across a phase transition, Applied Physics Letters, 100, 241907 (2012).
  • Ariando, X. Wang, G. Baskaran, Z. Q. Liu, J. Huijben, J. B. Yi, A. Annadi, A Roy Barman, A Rusydi, S Dhar, YP Feng, J Ding, H Hilgenkamp, T Venkatesan. Electronic phase separation at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface, Nature Communications 2, 188 (2011). IF 10.7, Citations 210.

  • Assistant Professor 03/2021 – present
    Physics, Mahindra Ecole Centrale, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India.
  • Assistant Professor 06/2020 –02/2021
    School of Advanced Sciences,Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore, India.
  • Research Fellow10/2017 – 02/2020
    Materials Science and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
  • Postdoctoral Scholar03/2016 – 04/2017 Institute for Molecular Engineering, The University of Chicago, Chicago, USA.
  • Research Associate 04/2014 – 02/2016 Pittsburgh Quantum Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA.

  • Condensed Matter Physics (Experimental): Solid state electronics
  • Design of functional transition metal oxides, semiconductor materials and their interfaces/surfaces to create novel phenomena through coupling of spin, charge and lattice degrees of freedom.
  • Quantum transport at low dimensional devices through electrostatic gating and implementation of their device concepts.
  • Development of new functional material systems for low power and energy applications, such as spin-charge devices, and non-volatile memory.
  • Materials of interest are correlated electron systems, magnetoelectric and phase change materials, and transparent conductors.

Dr Janardhan is faculty in the department of mechanical engineering. Dr Janardhan completed his MS by research from Indian Institute of Technology Madras, in the area of unconventional machining. Having fascination towards developing robots, he completed his PhD in the area of bipedal robotic locomotion from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. He proposed various approaches for generating for biped robots to cross obstacles. He has a great interest in developing robots that can assist humans and also work in cooperation with humans. His research interests include multibody dynamics, biped robot locomotion generation, design and development of legged robots, dynamic walking of biped robots, design, analysis and development of aerial manipulators for performing maintenance tasks in hi rise buildings. He has more than 5 years of experience in teaching both UG and PG students. In future he would like to extend his focus towards cooperative robotics using machine learning and artificial intelligence.

  • Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering (Robotics), IIT Hyderabad, Kandi, India.
  • M.S in Research in Mechanical Engineering (Unconventional Machining), IIT Madras, Chennai,India.
  • B.Tech in Production Engineering, VR Siddartha Engg.,Vijayawada, India

International Journals
  • Janardhan and R. Prasanth Kumar. Generating Real-time Trajectories for A Planar Biped Robot Crossing A Wide Ditch With Landing Uncertainties. Robotica 37(1), (2019), 109-140. (Impact Factor: 1.509).
  • Neel Gandhi ., Garlapati Nagababu and Vistapalli Janardhan, Modeling and Kinematic Analysis of a Robotic Manipulator for Street Cleaning Applications Using Screw Theory, Advances in Industrial Machines and Mechanisms, Springer-Lecture notes in mechanical engineering.
  • Janardhan and R. Prasanth Kumar. Generating Feasible Solutions for Dynamically Crossing a Wide Ditch by a Biped Robot. Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems, (2017), 88(1), 37-56. (ImpactFactor: 2.259).
  • Janardhan and R. Prasanth Kumar. Online Trajectory Generation for Wide Ditch Crossing of Biped Robots Using Control Constraints. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 97 (2017), 61-82. (Impact Factor: 2.825).
  • Janardhan and G. L. Samuel, Investigations on Material Removal Rate in Wire Electrical Discharge Turning (WEDT) using Pulse Train Data Analysis, Journal of Mechatronics and Intelligent Manufacturing, (2011),2(1/2),17-39.
  • Janardhan and G. L. Samuel, Pulse Train Data Analysis to Investigate the Effect of Machining Parameters on the Performance Of Wire Electrical Discharge Turning (WEDT) Process, International Journal of Machine Tools and Manufacture,(2010), 50(9), 775-788. (Impact Factor: 8.019).
International Conferences
  • Neel Gandhi ., Garlapati Nagababu and Vistapalli Janardhan, Modeling and Kinematic Analysis of a Robotic Manipulator for Street Cleaning Applications Using Screw Theory, International conference on Industrial Problems on Machines and Mechanisms (IPRoMM-2020), BITS-Pilani, Hyderabad campus.
  • Aditya Sripada., V. Janardhan and R Prasanth Kumar, Biped Robot Vertical Jumping with Control Constraints, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics(ROBIO-2018), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 2018, pp. 1683-1687.
  • Janardhan and R. Prasanth Kumar. Kinematic Analysis of Biped Robot Forward Jump for Safe Locomotion. iNaCoMM2013, Proceedings of the 1st International and 16th National Conference on Machines and Mechanisms, IIT Roorkee, India, Dec 2013.
  • G. Dhake., V. Janardhan and G. L. Samuel, Machining and Evaluation of Axi-symmetric Forms Turned Using Cylindrical Wire-EDM process, Proceedings of 3rd International Conference on Advanced Design and Manufacturing,Nottingham, 7th -10th September 2010, Nottingham, UK. PP. 18-24.
  • Janardhan and G. L. Samuel, Investigations into Turning of Cylindrical Components Using Wire Electrical Discharge Machine, International Conference on Advances in Mechanical Engineering(ICAME- 2009), 3rd -5th August 2009, SV National Institute of Technology, Surat, pp. 835-839. (No of Citations: 3).

  • Oct’2021- to till date: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India.
  • June’2019- Oct’2021: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM university AP, Amaravati, India.
  • June’2018-June’2018: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University, Gandhinagar, India
  • Nov’2017-June’2018: Research Associate,Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad.
  • July’2011-April’ 2012:Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, GITAM University Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
  • Feb’ 2011-April’ 2011:Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, AURORA Engineering College, Bhongir.
  • Mar’ 2010-June’ 2010: Project Associate,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian institute of Technology Madras.

Robotics, Multibody dynamics, Cooperative robotics and Manufacturing Automation

Dr. Kumar is currently an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad. The research interests of Dr. Kumar underlie at the interface of biogenic and synthetic polymers in order to explore their potential applications towards material sciences and biomedicines. Major focuses of his research activities are to understand the supramolecular self-assembly behaviour of rationally designed biomimetic polymeric conjugates, and to create hybrid ‘smart’ polymer (nano)materials.

Homepage: https://sites.google.com/view/s-kumar/home

  • Ph.D. (2011- 2015): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India
  • Integrated B.S.-M.S.(2006 – 2011): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, India

  • Kumar, S.* “Synthetic Polymers Derived Single-Network Inks/Bioinks for Extrusion-Based 3D Printing Towards Bioapplications” Materials Advances, 2021, 2, 6928-6941.
  • Kumar, S. ;* Tharayil, A.; Thomas, S. “3D Bioprinting of Nature-Inspired Hydrogel Inks Based on Synthetic Polymers” ACS Applied Polym. Mater., 2021, 3, 3685–3701.
  • Kumar, S. ; Binder, W. H. “Peptide-induced RAFT polymerization via an amyloid-β17-20-based chain transfer agent” Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 6964-6968.
  • Kumar, S. ; Hause, G.; Binder, W. H. “Bifunctional peptide-polymer conjugates based fibers via a one-pot tandem disulfide reduction coupled to a thio-bromo “click” reaction” ACS Omega, 2020, 5, 19020-19028.
  • Kumar, S. ; Hause, G.; Binder, W. H. “Thio-bromo “click” reaction derived polymer-peptide conjugates for their self-assembled fibrillar nanostructures” Macromol. Biosci., 2020, 20, 2000048.
  • Kumar, S. ; Deike, S.; Binder, W. H. “One-pot synthesis of thermoresponsive amyloidogenic peptide-polymer conjugates via thio-bromo “click” reaction of RAFT polymers” Macromol. Rapid Commun., 2018, 39, 1700507.
  • Kumar, S. ;* Bheemireddy, V.; De, P. “Aβ17-20 Peptide-guided structuring of polymeric conjugates and their pH-triggered dynamic response” Macromol. Biosci., 2015, 15, 1447–1456.
  • Kumar, S. ; Maiti, B.; De, P. “Carbohydrate conjugated amino acid based fluorescent block copolymers: their self-assembly, pH responsiveness and/or lectin recognition” Langmuir, 2015, 31, 9422–9431.
  • Kumar, S. ; Acharya, R.; Chatterji, U.; De, P. “Controlled synthesis of β-sheet polymers based on side-chain amyloidogenic short peptide segments via RAFT polymerization” Polym. Chem., 2014, 5, 6039-6050.
  • Kumar, S. ; De, P. “Fluorescent labelled dual-stimuli (pH/thermo) responsive self-assembled side-chain amino acid based polymers” Polymer, 2014, 55, 824-832.
  • Kumar, Y. P.; Das, R. N.; Kumar, S.; Schütte, O. M.; Steinem, C.; Dash, J. “Triazole tailored guanosine dinucleosides as biomimetic ion channels to modulate transmembrane potential” Chem. Eur. J., 2014, 20, 3023-3028.
  • Maiti, B.; Kumar, S.; De, P. “Controlled RAFT synthesis of side-chain oleic acid containing polymers and their post-polymerization functionalization” RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 56415-56423.
  • Kumar, S. ; Acharya, R.; Chatterji, U.; De, P. “Side-chain amino acid based pH responsive self-assembled block copolymers for drug delivery and gene transfer” Langmuir, 2013, 29, 15375-15385.
  • Kumar, S. ; Acharya, R.; Chatterji, U.; De, P. “Controlled synthesis of pH responsive cationic polymers containing side-chain peptide moietiesvia RAFT polymerization and their self-assembly” J. Mater. Chem. B, 2013, 1, 946-957.
  • Kumar, S. ; Roy, S. G.; De, P. “Cationic mathacrylate polymers containing chiral amino acid moieties: controlled synthesis via RAFT polymerization” Polym. Chem., 2012, 3, 1239-1248.

(Note: * denote Corresponding Author)

  • Associate Professor (2025 – till present): Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
  • Assistant Professor (2022 – 2025): Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
  • Assistant Professor (2019 – 2022): Punjab Engineering College (Deemed to be University), Chandigarh, India
  • Humboldt PostdocFellow (2017–2019): Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (2015–2017): Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany

  • Bioinspired Synthetic Polymers
  • Hybrid Polymeric Nanoconjugates
  • Multifunctional Polymer Materials for Various Applications
Awards
  • Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Germany (2017-2019)
  • DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award, Department of Science & Technology (DST), of India (2016)
  • SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellowship, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), of India(2016)
  • GIAP’s Best Researcher Award, NCICST 2015, GIAP Journals (2015)
  • Young Scientist Award, NSRACI 2015, Indian Chemical Society (2015)
  • 1st Prize in Oral Presentation, Advances in Sustainable Polymers 2014, IIT Guwahati, India (2014)
  • MRSI Young Scientists’ Award, Young Scientists’ Colloquium, Materials Research Society of India (2013)
  • Best Poster Award, National Symposium on ‘Polymer & Rubber Technology for 21stCentury’, India (2012)
  • Best Poster Award, Symposium on Polymer Science, IISER Kolkata, India (2011)

Dr. Keerthi Katam is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Mahindra University École Centrale School of Engineering (India). She finished her PhD in Civil Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India. She worked on “Developing a Cost-effective Biological Decentralized Domestic Wastewater Treatment System Using Bacteria and Microalgae for Residential Communities”.During her PhD she also worked in Graduate school of Life science, Ritsumeikan University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan on projects “Aerobic Biodegradation of Surfactants and Fluorescent Whitening Agents in Detergents of a Few Selected Asian Countries (India, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand) and Developing trickling photobioreactor for removing Linear alkylbenzene sulphonate and Caffeine from wastewater” under the funding of JICA. Her research interests are Photobioreactors, Biofuel production, Biological wastewater treatment (algae-activated sludge), and Decentralized wastewater treatment. She is also a reviewer of leading journals such Journal of Biotechnology, Journal of Water Process Engineering, and Arabian Journal of Chemistry.

  • Ph.D. (Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering)) – IIT Hyderabad, India.
  • M.Tech. (Civil engineering (Environmental and Water Resources Engineering)) – IIT Hyderabad, India.
  • B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) – Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Kakinada, India.
  • Intermediate – Nalanda Girls Junior college, Vijayawada, AP.
  • SSC – St. Anne’s High School, Guntupalli, AP.

Journals
  • Dharmalingam, B., Annamalai, S., Areeya, S., Rattanaporn, K., Katam, K., Show, P. L., & Sriariyanun, M. (2023). Bayesian Regularization Neural Network-Based Machine Learning Approach on Optimization of CRDI-Split Injection with Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel to Improve Diesel Engine Performance. Energies, 16(6), 2805. (Quartile: Q1)
  • Jose, D., Kitiborwornkul, N., Sriariyanun, M., & Keerthi, K. (2022). A Review on Chemical Pretreatment Methods of Lignocellulosic Biomass: Recent Advances and Progress. Applied Science and Engineering Progress, 15(4), 6210-6210.
  • Tantayotai, P., Gundupalli, M. P., Katam, K., Rattanaporn, K., Cheenkachorn, K., & Sriariyanun, M. (2022). In-depth investigation of the bioethanol and biogas production from organic and mineral acid pretreated sugarcane bagasse: Comparative and optimization studies. Biocatalysis and Agricultural Biotechnology, 45, 102499.
  • Oruganti, R. K., Katam, K., Show, P. L., Gadhamshetty, V., Upadhyayula, V. K. K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2022). A comprehensive review on the use of algal-bacterial systems for wastewater treatment with emphasis on nutrient and micropollutant removal. Bioengineered, 13(4), 10412-10453.
  • Katam, K., Bhattacharyya, D., Soda, S., & Shimizu, T. (2021). Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of trickling photo-bioreactor treating domestic wastewater: Removal of carbon, nutrients, and micropollutants. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 102, 351–362. (IF: 6.064; Quartile: Q1)
  • Katam, K., Tiwari, Y., Shimizu, T., Soda, S., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2021). Start‐up of a Trickling Photo‐bioreactor for the Treatment of Domestic Wastewater. Water Environment Research, 93, 1690–1699.
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2021). Improving the performance of activated sludge process with integrated algal biofilm for domestic wastewater treatment: System behavior during the start-up phase. Bioresource Technology Reports, 13, 100618.
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2020). Effect of solids retention time on the performance of algae-activated sludge association in municipal wastewater treatment and biofuel production.Journal of Applied Phycology, Springer Nature, v 32, 1803–1812 . (IF: 3.215; Quartile: Q1)
  • Katam, K., Shimizu, T., Soda, S., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2020). Performance evaluation of two trickling filters removing LAS and Caffeine from wastewater: Light reactor (Algal-bacterial consortium) vs Dark reactor (bacterial consortium).Science of the Total Environment, Elsevier, v 707, 135987 . (IF: 7.963; Quartile: Q1)
  • Pandey, A., Katam, K., Joseph, P., Soda, S., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2020). Micropollutant Removal from Laundry Wastewater in Algal-Activated Sludge Systems: Microbial Studies. Water Air Soil Pollution, Springer Nature, 231, 374. (IF: 2.520; Quartile: Q2)
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2019). Simultaneous treatment of domestic wastewater and bio-lipid synthesis using immobilized and suspended cultures of microalgae and activated sludge. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Korean Society of Industrial Engineering Chemistry (Elsevier), v 69, 295-303. (IF: 6.064; Quartile: Q1)
  • Katam, K., Shimizu, T., Bhattacharyya, D., & Soda, S. (2019). Nutrient, Linear Alkyl Benzene Sulfonate, and Caffeine Removal from Synthetic Wastewater with an Algal-bacterial Culture and an Activated Sludge Culture in Batch Mode. Japanese Journal of Water Treatment Biology, Japanese Society of Water Treatment Biology, v 55, 1 – 9.
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2018). Comparative study on treatment of kitchen wastewater using a mixed microalgal culture and an aerobic bacterial culture: kinetic evaluation and FAME analysis. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, Springer Nature, v 25, n21, 20732-20742. (IF: 4.223; Quartile: Q1)
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2018). Biodegradation of commercial laundry and dishwashing detergents under aerobic and anaerobic conditions: a kinetic evaluation. Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste, American Society of Civil Engineers, v 22, n1, 04017023. (IF: 1.44; Quartile: Q2)
  • Katam, K., Maetani, K., Shimizu, T., Nakajima, J., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2018). Study of Aerobic Biodegradation of Surfactants and Fluorescent Whitening Agents in Detergents of a Few Selected Asian Countries (India, Indonesia, Japan, and Thailand). Journal of Water and Environment Technology, Japan Society on Water Environment, v 16, n 1, 18-29.
  • Babu, A., Katam, K., Gundupalli, M. P., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2018). Nutrient removal from wastewater using microalgae: A kinetic evaluation and lipid analysis.Water Environment Research, Water Environment Federation, v 90, n 6, 520-529. (IF: 1.946; Quartile: Q3)
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2017). Biodegradation of laundry wastewater under aerobic and anaerobic conditions: a kinetic evaluation. Water Environment Research, Water Environment Federation, v 89, n 12, 2071-2077. (IF: 1.946; Quartile: Q3)
International Conference Presentation
  • Katam, K., Tiwari, Y., Shimizu, T., Soda, S., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2020). Start-up of a Trickling Photo-bioreactor Seeded with Activated Sludge and Microalgae for Domestic Wastewater Treatment. Second ASCE India Conference on “Challenges of Resilient and Sustainable Infrastructure Development in Emerging Economies” (CRSIDE2020), Kolkata, India, March 2-4, 2020.
  • Katam, K., Shimizu, T., Soda, S., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2019). Effect of hydraulic retention time on the performance of algae-bacteria based trickling photobioreactor in removing organic micropollutants and nutrients from domestic wastewater. IWA Conference on Algal Technologies and Stabilization Ponds for Wastewater Treatment and Resource Recovery (IWAlgae2019) , University of Valladolid, Spain, July 1 -2, 2019.
  • Katam, K., Shimizu, T., Bhattacharyya, D., & Soda, S. (2018). Removal of Linear Alkyl-benzene Sulphonate and Caffeine from Domestic Wastewater in Trickling Filters Using Algal-bacterial Consortia. International Conference on Green Energy and Environment Engineering , Kitahiroshima, Japan, August 27-29, 2018.
  • Katam, K., Gundupalli, M. P., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2018). Production of biofuel from a kitchen wastewater by using a mixed culture of diatoms: Treatment, kinetic evaluation, and lipid analysis. Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Energy and Water Infrastructure; Transportation Infrastructure; and Planning and Financing , 278 -287, New Delhi, India, December 12–14, 2017.
Conference Proceedings
  • Katam, K., Saisriyoot, M., Roddecha, S., Pornwongthong, P., and Sriariyanun, M. (2023). Conversion of lignocellulose residue obtained from biorefinery stream to electricity by microbial fuel cell. E3S Web Conf., 428, 01011. (https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202342801011)
  • Buakeaw, E., Jose, D., Rodiahwati, W., Gundupalli, M. P., Katam, K., Tantatotai, P., Sriariyanun, M., and Cheenkachorn, K. (2023). Optimization of Organosolv Pretreatment with Acid Catalyst to Enhance Enzymatic Saccharification of Corn Husk. E3S Web Conf., 428, 01009. (https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202342801009)
  • Kakara, M., Dasari, S., Gundupalli, M. P., Kangsadan, T., and Katam. K. (2023). Understanding the Environmental Distribution and Potential Health Risks of Pollutants from Deodorant Products: A Review. E3S Web Conf., 428, 02015. (https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202342802015)
  • Golakoti, K. S., Maloth, S., Kumara, M. K., Sabavath, M. K., Areeya, S., Bhattacharyya, D., and Katam. K. (2023). Pharmaceuticals and Agro-Chemicals in Groundwater of Hyderabad, India. E3S Web Conf., 428, 02016. (https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202342802016)
  • Duddupudi, S. K., Penmetsa, S. V., Kumara, M. K., Vasili, N. S. R., Bhattacharyya, D., and Katam, K. (2023). Non-Target Screening Of Organic Micropollutants In Durgam Cheruvu Lake, India. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on New Technologies (NewTech’23), Brunel University, London, United Kingdom – August 09-11, 2023. (DOI: 10.11159/icepr23.147)
  • Maganti, M. S., Gourishetty, V. V., Katam, K. (2023). Analysis of Indoor and Outdoor Noise Quality at the University – A Case Study. Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on New Technologies (NewTech’23), Brunel University, London, United Kingdom – August 09-11, 2023. (DOI: 10.11159/icepr23.145)
  • Katam, K., Ananthula, R., Anumala, S., Sriariyanun, M., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2022). The impact of light intensity and wavelength on the performance of algal-bacterial culture treating domestic wastewater. E3S Web of Conferences (Vol. 355, p. 02003). EDP Sciences.
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2018). Comparing and evaluating the kinetics of mixed micro-algal system with aerobic bacterial system in treating kitchen wastewater: Biodiesel production. The European Conference on Sustainability, Energy & the Environment , Brighton, UK, July 7-9, 2017.
  • Modi, P., Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2018). Aerobic Biological Treatment of Pesticide Industry Effluent: A Kinetic Evaluation. Urbanization Challenges in Emerging Economies: Energy and Water Infrastructure; Transportation Infrastructure; and Planning and Financing , 278 -287.
Book Chapters
  • Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2022). Occurrence, fate, and persistence of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking water treatment systems. In Current Developments in Biotechnology and Bioengineering (pp. 247-283). Elsevier.
  • Gundupalli, M.P., Katam, K., & Bhattacharyya, D. (2017). Treatment of Sugarmill Effluent and Simultaneous Production of Ethanol: Effect of pH and Quantity of Seed Sludge. International Conference on Biotechnology & Bioengineering – Trends. Chapter 37. ISBN 978 –93 –85518 –10-2

Media coverage

  • Dr. Keerthi Katam is presently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University.

Research (6 years – August 2015 to May 2021)

  • Research Scholar in IIT Hyderabad, India.
  • Visiting Research scholar at Graduate school of Life science, Ritsumeikan University, Otsu, Shiga, Japan.

Research areas:
  • Indoor Environment Quality
  • Water, Air, & Soil pollution
  • Wastewater treatment
  • Waste management
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Microalgae biofuels and nutraceuticals
  • Photobioreactors
  • Biofuel production
  • Biological wastewater treatment (algae-activated sludge)
  • Decentralized wastewater treatment
  • Anaerobic digestion (solid waste management)
  • Emerging micropollutants analysis
Awards
  • Doctoral Research Fellowship at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad from Ministry of Human Resources & Development.
  • Recipient of GATE-MHRD (Ministry of Human Resources & Development) Scholarship at IIT Hyderabad.
  • Recipient of JASSO (Japan Student Services Organization) Scholarship at Ritsumeikan University, Japan.
  • Research excellence award (2018) by IIT Hyderabad for publishing two Scopus index journals in a year.
  • Research excellence award (2021) by IIT Hyderabad for publishing three Scopus index journals in a year.
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