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

• Vistapalli, J., & Bhavsar, B. (2025). Trajectory generation and motion analysis of a four degrees of freedom spatial biped robot for walking with different speeds using Euler parameters. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics, 239(1), 40-61.
• 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, 2021, 609-618.
• 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

• SumaVarshini Borra., Hemanth Guntipally., Shashank Vuppugalla., Faiz Iqbal and Janardhan Vistapalli, Developing Digital Twin for Transforming CNC Machine to Industry 4.0 for Remote Monitoring, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), Aug 2023, PP. 100-105.
• Vallapureddy Aneesh Reddy., Vanga Vamshi Krishna., Annamaneedi Charishma., Faiz Iqbal and Ja nardhan Vistapalli, Transformation of Industry 3.0 CNC Machines to Industry 4.0 Machines: Sensor Selection and Integration, IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA), Aug 2023, PP. 285-290. (No of Citations: 1)
• 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).

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• Oct’2021- present: 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. “Aβ_17-20 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)
• 1^st 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 21^stCentury’, 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

• 1) IIT Hyderabad Develop Algae-Based Sewage Treatment Systems, Business World Education.
• 2) IIT-H developing systems for water treatment, biodiesel. India Today. https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/news/story/iit-h-developing-systems-for-water-treatment-biodiesel-1630884-2019-12-23

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• 2022 – Present: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India

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.

My research is related to atomic physics, quantum optics, lasers, and optical nanofiber. I have worked with room temperature, cold and ultracold atoms and used them to understand the fundamental and applied areas of physics.

• Ph.D. in Physics: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (2011) Thesis Title: Deep-cooled fermionic and bosonic potassium atoms in a multi-species laser-cooling and trapping set-up. Advisor: Prof. C. S. UnnikrishnanIn my thesis work, bosonic and fermionic isotopes of potassium atoms were laser-cooled in a compact 2D-3D magneto-optical trap setup. Further special sub-Doppler cooling technique, namely polarization gradient cooling was implemented to cool both the isotopes to tens of micro Kelvin. Temperatures obtained for the 39K using polarization gradient cooling were among the very first lowest temperatures reported.

• Dr. Vandna Gokhroo is an Assistant Professor at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University.

• Staff Scientist: OIST Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan (2019-2021)
  Research work in the group of Prof. Síle Nic Chormaic: Experiments using laser-cooled Rb atoms near an optical nanofiber.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate: Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA (2015-2018)
  Research work in the group of Prof. Peter Engels: Experiments using Bose-Einstein condensates to understand condensed matter phenomena and hydrodynamics.

• Postdoctoral Scholar: OIST Graduate University, Okinawa, Japan (2012-2015)
  Research work in the group of Prof. Síle Nic Chormaic: Experiments using laser-cooled Rb atoms and optical nanofiber.

• Visiting Scientist (2012): Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India
  Research work in the group of Prof. Hema Ramachandran: Experiments using laser-cooled Rb atoms.

• My research area is based on experiments with laser-cooled atoms to understand the fundamental aspects in physics e.g. atom-light interaction.
• Atoms at room temperature move with a mean speed of a few hundreds of meters per second. These high-velocities result in frequent collisions with walls and with other atoms and also in the spectral line broadening. The motion or temperature of the atoms can be reduced to the sub-milliKelvin regime or even lower using the laser beams of the appropriate frequency. Slow atoms are extremely useful in exploring quantum optics, precision experiments, etc.
• I have also worked on experiments with laser-cooled atoms near a sub-wavelength diameter fiber namely optical nanofiber. Such a system has unique advantages to study a variety of atomic physics experiments at ultralow powers and also has future applications in quantum technologies.

Dr. Shabnam Samima is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.

She received her B. Tech. degree in Information Technology from Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology (Affiliated with West Bengal University of Technology) in the year 2012. In 2014, she received her M. Tech. degree in the specialization of Software Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Durgapur. She completed her Ph.D. program at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2021. She joined the CSE department of Mahindra University (MU) as an Assistant Professor on 18th July 2022. Before joining (MU), she was working as an Assistant professor at GITAM University Hyderabad since August 2020.

Her research interests include Signal Processing, Feature Extraction, Noise Reduction, FFT, Event-Related Potential, Brain-Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Image and Video Processing, Steganography, and Human Reliability Assessment. Also, she is an active reviewer for journals like Cognition Technology and Work (Springer), Sensors (IEEE), Access (IEEE), Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics (IEEE), and Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (IEEE).

• Ph. D. from IIT Kharagpur on Human Reliability Assessment using Vigilance and Mental Workload of a Human.

• M. Tech. in Software Engineering from NIT Durgapur in 2014 (Third position in the department).

• B. Tech. in Information Technology from W.B.U.T (Murshidabad College of Engineering and Technology) in 2012 (1st position in the department).

• 12^th from Kendriya Vidyalaya, Berhampore (West Bengal) affiliated to CBSE in 2008.

• 10^th from GitaRam Academy, Berhampore (West Bengal) affiliated to CISCE in 2006.

Journal(s):

• Samima, S. and Sarma, M., “PSPHERE: person specific human error estimation”, Journal of Reliable Intelligent Environments, 8, pages-133–164 (2022). doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40860-021-00146-1.
• Samima, S. and Sarma, M., “Mental Workload Level Assessment based on compounded Hysteresis Effect”, Cognitive Neurodynamics, 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11571-022-09830-1.

• Samima, S., Sarma, M., Samanta, D., and Prasad, G., 2019. “Estimation and quantification of vigilance using ERPs and eye blink rate with a fuzzy model-based approach.” Cognition, Technology & Work, 21(3), pp. 517-533.

• Roy, Ratnakirti, Shabnam Samima, and Suvamoy Changder. “A map-based image steganography scheme for RGB images.” International Journal of Information and Computer Security 7.2-4 (2015): 196-215.

Conference(s):

• Samima, S. and Sarma, M., “EEG-Based Mental Workload Estimation”, 2019 41st Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE, 2019.

• Cheema, B. S., Samima, S., Sarma, M., & Samanta, D. (2018, July). “Mental Workload Estimation from EEG Signals Using Machine Learning Algorithms.” In International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics (pp. 265-284). Springer, Cham.

• Samima, Shabnam, Monalisa Sarma, and Debasis Samanta. “Correlation of P300 ERPs with visual stimuli and its application to vigilance detection.” 2017 39th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC). IEEE, 2017.
• Samima, Shabnam, Monalisa Sarma, and Debasis Samanta. “Detecting Vigilance in People Performing Continual Monitoring Task.” International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction. Springer, Cham, 2017.

• SR Sreeja, Vaidic Joshi, Shabnam Samima, Anushri Saha, Joytirmoy Rabha, Baljeet Singh Cheema, Debasis Samanta, Pabitra Mitra. “BCI augmented text entry mechanism for people with special needs.” International Conference on Intelligent Human Computer Interaction. Springer, Cham, 2016.

• Samima, Shabnam, Ratnakirti Roy, and Suvamoy Changder. “Secure key based image realization steganography.” 2013 IEEE Second International Conference on Image Information Processing (ICIIP-2013). IEEE, 2013.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mahindra University, (since July 2022
• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus (August 2020 – June 2022)

• Teaching Assistant for Programming and Data Structures Lab (Spring Semester, 2017), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

• 6 months of project experience Standardization of Virtual Keyboard in Indic Languages at IIT Kharagpur, sponsored by Department of Information Technology, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Govt. of India. (July 2014-December 2014.

Research Areas:

• Brain-Computer Interaction
• Human Reliability Assessment
• Image Steganography
• Image and Video Processing

Mr. Mahesh Chowdary Kongara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mahindra University. He has submitted his Ph.D. thesis in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at National Institute of Technology Goa. He received his M.Tech degree in Computer Science and Engineering from National Institute of Technology Goa.

• National Institute of Technology Goa, Ponda, India.
  Ph.D. (Thesis Submitted) in Computer Science and Engineering

• National Institute of Technology Goa, Ponda, India.
  M.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering

• Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (Currently Mohan Babu University), Tirupati, India.
  B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering

Journals :

• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, Damodar Reddy Edla. “Energy-Efficient Load Balancing Strategy for Wireless Sensor Networks using Quasi-Oppositional based Jaya Optimization.”, Wireless Personal Communications, vol.118, no.4, pp:2319-2343, 2021.
• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili. “Enhanced Clustering and Intelligent Mobile Sink Path Construction for an Efficient Data Gathering in Wireless Sensor Networks.”, Arabian Journal for Science and Engineering, vol.46, no.9, pp:8329-8344, 2021.

• Kannadasan K, Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili. “M-curves path planning model for mobile anchor node and localization of sensor nodes using dolphin swarm algorithm.”, Wireless Networks, vol.26, no.4, pp:2769-2783, 2020.

• Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Ramalingaswamy Cheruku. “SCE-PSO based clustering approach for load balancing of gateways in wireless sensor networks.” Wireless Networks, vol.25, no.3, pp:1067-1081, 2019.
• Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Ramalingaswamy Cheruku. “A PSO based routing with novel fitness function for improving lifetime of WSNs.”, Wireless Personal Communications, vol.104, no.1, pp:73-89, 2019.

Network and Computer Applications

• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, “A Novel Energy Replenishment Scheme using Multi-Objective Optimization in On-demand Wireless Rechargeable Sensor Networks.”, (Communicated to Journal of Network and Computer Applications).

Applied Soft Computing

• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, “An Energy-Efficient Charging Tour using Fuzzy Logic and Shuffled Frog-Leaping Algorithm with Effective Search Strategies in On-demand WRSNs.”, Applied Soft Computing (Under Review).

Conferences :

• Amruta Lipare, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Amit Shewale. “Modified Shuffled Complex Evolution Algorithm for Energy Efficiency in WSNs.”, 15th International Conference on Computing Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT), IEEE, pp: 1-6, 2024.
• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili. “A Hybrid Meta-Heuristic Algorithm for Energy-Efficient Data Gathering in Heterogeneous Wireless Sensor Networks.”, The 11th International Conference on Computer Science and Computational Mathematics (ICCSCM), malaysia, 2022.

• Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, Damodar Reddy Edla. “Dynamic Cluster Formation Mechanism in Wireless Sensor Networks Using Fuzzy Logic.”, In 2019 International Conference on Applied Machine Learning (ICAML), Bhubaneswar, IEEE, pp: 291-295, 2019.

Book :

• Damodar Reddy Edla, Mahesh Chowdary Kongara, Amruta Lipare, Venkatanareshbabu Kuppili, Kannadasan K. “Wireless Sensor Networks: Evolutionary Algorithms for Optimizing Performance.”, Chapman and Hall/CRC (2020).

Journal invited Reviewer :

Ambient Intelligence

• Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing

Applied Sciences

• SN Applied Sciences

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=R8ePWuAAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

• Mr. Mahesh Chowdary Kongara is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Mahindra University. (2022- Present)

• Teaching Assistant, National Institute of Technology Goa (January 2018 to July 2022)

• Research cum Teaching Assistant, National Institute of Technology Goa (July 2015 to July 2017)

Research interests are Internet of Things (IoT), Edge–Fog–Cloud Computing, Wireless Sensor Networks, Soft Computing

Dr. Tauheed Ahmed is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science and Engineering at École Centrale School of Engineering, Mahindra University, Hyderabad.

He received his B. Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Northern India Engineering College, Lucknow (Affiliated with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University Lucknow) in year 2011. In 2014, he received his M. Tech. degree in the specialization of Software Engineering at National Institute of Technology Durgapur. He completed his Ph.D. program from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in 2021. He joined the CSE department of Mahindra University (MU) as an Assistant Professor on 6th July 2022. Before joining (MU), he was working as an Assistant professor in GITAM University Hyderabad since August. 2020.

His research interests include Image Processing, Biometric Data Indexing and Steganography.

• Ph. D. from IIT Kharagpur on Fast, Accurate and Reliable indexing Biometric Data in 2021.

• M. Tech. in Software Engineering from NIT Durgapur in 2014 with overall GPA of 9.38/10 (Institute Gold Medal)

• B. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering from U.P.T.U (Northern India Engineering College) in 2011 with 74.58%

• Intermediate from Vindhyavasini Public School, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) with 69.4 % in 2006

• High School from Vindhyavasini Public School, Mirzapur (Uttar Pradesh) with 84.8 % in 2004

Journal

• Tauheed Ahmed, and Monalisa Sarma. “Hash-based space partitioning approach to iris biometric data indexing.” Expert Systems with Applications 134 (2019): 1-13

• Tauheed Ahmed, and Monalisa Sarma. “An advanced fingerprint matching using minutiae based indirect local features.” Multimedia Tools and Applications 77, no. 15 (2018): 1993119950.
• Tauheed Ahmed, and Monalisa Sarma. “Locality sensitive hashing-based space partitioning approach for indexing multidimensional feature vectors of fingerprint image data.” IET Image Processing 12, no. 6 (2018): 1056-1064.
• Roy, Ratnakirti, Tauheed Ahmed, and Suvamoy Changder. “Watermarking through image geometry change tracking.” Visual Informatics 2, no. 2 (2018): 125-135.

Conference

• Tauheed Ahmed, M. Sarma and D. Samanta, “A Fuzzy-based Two-stage Biometric Sample Quality Evaluation System,” ICASSP 2019 – 2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP), Brighton, United Kingdom, 2019, pp. 2317-2321.

• Tauheed Ahmed, Ratnakirti Roy, and Suvamoy Changder. “Cropping and rotation invariant watermarking scheme in the spatial domain.” ICT and Critical Infrastructure: Proceedings of the 48th Annual Convention of Computer Society of India-Vol II. Springer, Cham, 2014.

• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Mahindra University, (since July 2022)

• Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, GITAM University, Hyderabad Campus (August. 2020 – June 2022)

Research Areas:

• Biometric Data Indexing
• Watermarking and Steganography
• Image and Video Processing

Dr. Ramakant Yadav is a member of IEEE and has a teaching experience of more than 9 years. He received his B. Tech. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur in year 2010. In 2012, he received his M. Tech. degree in Signal Processing specialization from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. He completed his Ph.D. program in the EEE department of BITS Pilani, in the area Tunnel Field Effect Transistor in 2022. He joined the EEE department of Mahindra University (MU) as an Assistant Professor on 20th June 2022. Before joining (MU), he has been associated with Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, Hyderabad Campus, as an Assistant Professor in the Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, since Feb. 2016. His research interests include Tunnel FETs, semiconductor devices and VLSI circuit design.

• Ph. D. (EEE Department), Semiconductor Devices, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani, 2022.
• M. Tech. (EEE Department), Signal Processing, Indian Institute Technology Guwahati, 2012.
• B. Tech. (Electronics and Communication Engineering), Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, 2010.

Journal Articles Published

• Ramakant Yadav, Surya Shankar Dan, and Simhadri Hariprasad, ‘Low and High Vt GOTFET Devices Outperform Standard CMOS Technology in Ternary Logic Applications’, IETE Technical Review, issue 38 pp – 1-10, Aug 2021, Impact Factor: 2.20. (https://doi.org/10.1080/02564602.2021.1960903).
• Simhadri Hariprasad, Surya Shankar Dan, Ramakant Yadav, and, Ashutosh Mishra ‘Double-Gate Line-Tunneling FET (DGLTFET) Devices for Superior Analog Performance’, Wiley International Journal on Circuits Theory and Applications, vol. 49, pp. 2094-2111, April 2021, Impact Factor: 2.038.(https://doi.org/10.1002/cta.3002).

• Ramakant Yadav, Surya Shankar Dan, Sanjay Vidhyadharan and Simhadri Hariprasad, ‘Suppression of Ambipolar Behavior and Simultaneous Improvement in RF Performance of Gate-Overlap Tunnel Field Effect Transistor (GOTFET)’, Springer Silicon Journal, vol. 13, pp. 1185–1197, July 2020, Impact Factor: 2.67. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s12633-020-00506-1).
• Ramakant Yadav, Surya Shankar Dan, Sanjay Vidhyadharan and Simhadri Hariprasad, ‘Innovative multi‐threshold gate‐overlap tunnel FET (GOTFET) devices for superior ultra‐low power digital, ternary and analog circuits at 45 nm technology node’, Springer Journal of Computational Electronics. vol. 19, pp. 291-303, January 2020, Impact Factor: 1.807. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10825-019-01440-1).
• Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Surya Shankar Dan, Ramakant Yadav, and Simhadri Hariprasad, ‘An Innovative Ultra-Low Voltage GOTFET based Regenerative-Latch Schmitt Trigger’, Elsevier Microelectronics Journal, vol. 104, p. 104879, August 2020, Impact Factor: 1.607. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mejo.2020.104879).
• Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Surya Shankar Dan, Abhay S, V, Ramakant Yadav, and Simhadri Hariprasad, ‘Novel Gate-Overlap Tunnel FET based Innovative Ultra-Low Power Ternary Flash ADC’, Elsevier Integration, the VLSI Journal, vol. 73, pp. 101-113, April 2020, Impact Factor: 1.211. (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vlsi.2020.03.006).
• Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Surya Shankar Dan, Ramakant Yadav, and Simhadri Hariprasad, ‘A Novel Ultra-Low Power Gate-Overlap Tunnel FET (GOTFET) Dynamic Adder’, Taylor and Francis International Journal of Electronics, vol. 107, no. 10, pp. 1663-1681, Mar 2020, Impact Factor: 1.336. (https://doi.org/10.1080/00207217.2020.1740800).

• Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Ramakant Yadav, Simhadri Hariprasad and Surya Shankar Dan, ‘A nanoscale gate overlap tunnel FET (GOTFET) based improved double tail dynamic comparator for ultra-low-power VLSI applications’, Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 101, pp. 109-117, June 2019, Impact Factor: 1.337. (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-019-01487-x).
• Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Ramakant Yadav, Simhadri Hariprasad and Surya Shankar Dan, ‘An advanced adiabatic logic using Gate Overlap Tunnel FET (GOTFET) devices for ultra-low power VLSI sensor applications’, Springer Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing, Vol. 102, pp. 111-123, November 2019, Impact Factor: 1.337 (https://doi.org/10.1007/s10470-019-01561-4).

Book Chapters Published:

• Ramakant, Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Gangishetty Akhilesh, Vaibhav Gupta, Anand Ravi and Surya Shankar Dan, ‘Part I: Optimization of the Tunnel FET Device Structure for Achieving Circuit Performance Better than the Current Standard 45 nm CMOS Technology’, Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 215, pp. 611–618, Feb 2019, R. K. Sharma and D. S. Rawal, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing. (https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-97604-4_95).
• Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Ramakant, G. Akhilesh, Vaibhav Gupta, Anand Ravi and Surya Shankar Dan , ‘Part II: Benchmarking the Performance of Optimized TFET-Based Circuits with the Standard45 nm CMOS Technology using Device & Circuit Co-Simulation Methodology’, Springer Proceedings in Physics, vol. 215, pp. 619-628, Feb 2019, R. K. Sharma and D. S. Rawal, Eds. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Conference Papers Published

• Ramakant, Sanjay Vidhyadharan, A. Krishna Shyam, Mohit P. Hirpara, Tanmay Chaudhary and Surya Shankar Dan, ‘Novel Low and High Threshold TFET Based NTI and PTI Cells Benchmarked with Standard 45 nm CMOS Technology for Ternary Logic Applications’, 32nd International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID 2019), May 2019, pp – 419 – 424 New Delhi. (https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSID.2019.00090).
• Sanjay Vidhyadharan, Ramakant Yadav, Abhay SV, A. Krishna Shyam, Mohit P. Hirpara and Surya Shankar Dan, ‘An Efficient Design Approach for Implementation of 2-bit Ternary Flash ADC Using Optimized Complementary TFET Devices’, 32nd International Conference on VLSI Design (VLSID 2019), pp-401-406 New Delhi. (https://doi.org/10.1109/VLSID.2019.00087).

• Ramakant, Noor-e-Karishma Shaik, Lathasree Veerapalli, ‘Sign Language Recognition Through Fusion of 5-DT Data Glove and Camera Based Information’, 2015 IEEE International Advance Computing Conference (IACC), pp. 639-643, July 2015. (https://doi.org/10.1109/IADCC.2015.7154785).

• Assistant Professor, Electrical & Electronics Department, Mahindra University, (since June 2022)

• Assistant Professor, Electrical & Electronics Engineering Department, BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus (Feb. 2016 – June 2022)

• Lecturer, Electronics & Communication Engineering Department, RGUKT IIIT R K Valley, Kadapa (July 2012 – Jan. 2016)

Research Projects

• Project Title: Design and Performance Investigation of Negative Capacitance Tunnel Field Effect Transistor
  (NC-TFET) for Ultra-Lower Power Binary, Ternary, and Analog VLSI Applications.
• Name of the investigators: Dr. Ramakant Yadav (PI), Prof. Ram Mohan Vemuri (Co-PI)
• Sponsoring Agency: Seed grant from Mahindra University, India
• Amount granted: 5.5 Lakhs Rs.
• Period: 2 Years
• Status: Ongoing

• Project Title: IoT-based real-time monitoring of power substations and blackout prediction in smart grids using deep learning techniques.
• Name of the investigators: Dr. Neeraj Choudhary (PI), Dr. Ramakant Yadav
• Sponsoring Agency: Seed grant from Mahindra University, India
• Amount granted: 1.17 Lakhs Rs.
• Period: 2 Years
• Status: Ongoing

Research Areas:

• Development of Tunnel FETs for low power Digital and Ternary logic applications.
• Semiconductor devices beyond CMOS technology.
• A Study of the Memristors and Applications.

• July 2014-June 2020: Ph.D. Electronics Science – Centre for Advanced Studies in Electronics Science and Technology (CASEST), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
  Thesis title: Studies on Silicon Carbide thin films fabricated by single composite target magnetron sputter deposition for Resistive Random Access Memory (RRAM) and Schottky barrier diode applications.
  Supervisors: Prof. M. Ghanashyam Krishna & Prof. G. Rajaram

• Aug 2010 – June 2014: B.Tech in Electronics and Telematics Engineering- G.Narayanamma Institute of Technology and Science (JNTU), Hyderabad

• Poreddy Chaitanya Akshara, Ramakant Yadav, Vydya Ram Parasd, “Performance Enhancement of Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistor for High Frequency Applications using AlInGaN as Back Barrier Layer”, physica status solidi (a) applications and materials science, 2025, DOI: 10.1002/pssa.202500334.

• Poreddy Chaitanya Akshara, “Advancements in Digital Circuit Design: A Study of Wallace and Dadda Architectures in Emerging Technologies using CMOS, FinFET and GNRFET”, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Signal Processing and Effective Communication Technologies (INSPECT) 2025 (Accepted).
• P. Chaitanya Akshara, G. Rajaram, M. Ghanashyam Krishna, “Characteristics of 21H-SiC Thin Film Based Schottky Barrier Diodes using TiN Contacts”, Journal of Electronic Materials, 2021, DOI: 10.1007/s11664-020-08597-7.
• P. Chaitanya Akshara, Nilanjan Basu, Jayeeta Lahiri, G. Rajaram and M. Ghanashyam Krishna, “Resistive Switching Behaviour of Amorphous Silicon Carbide Thin Films Fabricated by a Single Composite Magnetron Sputter Deposition Method”, Bulletin of Materials Science, 43, 123 (2020), DOI: 10.1007/s12034-020-02093-8.
• P. Chaitanya Akshara, M. Ghanashyam Krishna, G. Rajaram, Y. Rajesh, Nilanjan Basu, Jayeeta Lahiri, “Electric Field Induced Dissociation of SiC Thin Films Leading to the Formation of Nanocrystalline Graphite”, Electronic Materials Letters, 16, 231–238 (2020), DOI: 10.1007/s13391-020-00204-5.
• P. Chaitanya Akshara, G. Rajaram, M. Ghanashyam Krishna, “Single Composite Target Magnetron Sputter Deposition of Crystalline and Amorphous SiC Thin Films”, Materials Research Express, 5 (2018), 036410, DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/aab3b0.

Conference Presentations

• P.Chaitanya Akshara, M.Ghanashyam Krishna, and G.Rajaram, Fabrication and characterization of nanostructured SiC based resistive random access memory devices, International Conference on Nanoscience and Technology (ICONSAT 2018) at Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, IISC Bengaluru during 21-23 March 2018.

• P.Chaitanya Akshara, M.Ghanashyam Krishna, and G.Rajaram, Fabrication and characterization of SiC based resistive switching devices, International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN 2017) at SRM university, Kattankulathur during 9-11 August 2017.

• P.Chaitanya Akshara, V.Shankernath, M.Ghanashyam Krishna, Growth of crystalline Silicon Nitride thin film by RF Sputtering, Frontier in Physics – 2016 held at University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad during 28-29 March 2016.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7112-8050

• July 2020- May 2022: Visiting Researcher in Centre for Advanced Studies in Electronics Science and Technology (CASEST), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad. Worked on CADENCE tool for the VLSI design flow (Semi Custom Design).

• 2015-2019: Teaching assistant for Integrated Circuit and Nano Fabrication (ICnFT) lab course, Semiconductor Processing, Characterization Simulation Lab course for M.Tech, which includes Fabrication and characterization of MESFET in cleanroom (class 100 and class 1000) and Device, process simulator for semiconductor devices using SILVACO tool.

• Worked as a project assistant for “Development of sputtering process for deposition of TiNx Films on soft substrates” funded by UPE-II, University of Hyderabad from May 2016-May 2017.

• Areas of Interest:
  1. Fabrication of Semiconductor and Microelectronics devices such as RRAM, MEMS/NEMS
  2. Fabrication of Flexible Electronic Devices for Neuromorphic computing applications
  3. VLSI design

• Working Experience of fabricating and characterizing semiconductor devices and thin film growth in cleanroom (class 100 and class 1000).

• Experience in fabrication and deposition techniques such as Optical lithography, Sputtering, Thermal evaporation, e-beam evaporation, Electron-beam lithography, characterization by device analyzer, UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy, Profilo meter.

• Reviewer of International Journals such as
  1. Nano Futures (IOP Publisher)
  2. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (IOP Publisher)