Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Kharagpur

We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Gaurav Potnis, who successfully defended his PhD on November 12, 2024. His doctoral research focused on "Strengthening and twinning mediated plasticity in as-cast and thermomechanically treated CoCr1.3FeNi0.7MnNbx eutectic high entropy alloy with low stacking fault energy," conducted under the guidance of his advisor, Prof. Jayanta Das. We eagerly anticipate a promising and fruitful future for Dr. Potnis. #iitkharagpur #materials #metallurgy #phd

We extend our best wishes and congratulations to Dr. Debajyoti Palai, who successfully defended his PhD on November 21, 2024. His doctoral work on the topic, "Development of Zinc-based alloys for biodegradable implant application", was carried out under the supervision of his advisor, Prof. Karabi Das. We look forward to a prolific and bright future of Dr. Palai. #iitkharagpur #materials #biomaterials

The Annual Technical Meeting (ATM) of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) serves as a flagship event, annually drawing participants from various sectors of industry, academia, and R&D institutions. Several research scholars and faculty members of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, participated resoundingly in this recently organized event. #iitkharagpur #materials #metallurgy

Recently, our research scholar, PC Gautam, successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic, "Deformation and fracture behaviour of hot rolled Mg-3Al-0.5Ce alloy"???? . This work was carried out under the supervision of Prof. Somjeet Biswas. We wish Dr. Gautam continued success in the future. ?? #iitkharagpur #materials #phd #research #metallurgy

Adya Charan Arohi, a research scholar in our Department, successfully defended his thesis on November 8, 2024 ???? . His doctoral work on the topic, "Processing Induced Microstructural Evolution And Property Modification For Metastable β Ti-5Al-5V-5Mo-3Cr Alloy", was carried out under the supervision of Dr. Indrani Sen. We wish Dr. Arohi a splendid future ahead. ??

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Prof. Rajesh Prasad, the eminent materials scientist and academician from the Department of Materials Science & Engineering of Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. During his brief visit, our students had the privilege of attending his profoundly insightful lectures on crystallography. Prof. Prasad is well known for his expertise and video lectures on various topics of materials science, which have garnered hundreds of thousands of views. His passionate teaching motivated the department's UG, PG, and doctoral students to have prolonged discussions with him.? We look forward to more of his visits in the future.

It is a pleasure to inform you that Prof. ChandraSekhar Tiwary, Assistant Professor at our department, has been selected for the award of the MRSI 2024 medal. The medal will be presented during the Annual General Meeting of the Materials Research Society of India, scheduled at UGC-DAE-CSR, Indore, from December 3-6, 2024. This laurel is an apt recognition of Prof. Tiwary's achievements in the research and development of advanced materials. #iitkharagpur #materialsengineering #materialsscience #advancedmaterials

We are glad to observe that ten of the faculty members of our Department have been recognized in the Stanford/Elsevier Top 2% Scientists List, 2024. We take this opportunity to acknowledge this achievement of our following faculty colleagues: Prof. Indranil Manna, Prof. Gour Gopal Roy, Prof. rahul mitra, Prof. Shiv Brat Singh, Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar, Prof. Tapas Laha, Prof. Mangal Roy, Prof. Sumantra Mandal, Prof. ChandraSekhar Tiwary, Prof. Chenna Rao Borra

Our Head of the Department, Prof. Shiv Brat Singh, delivered an online lecture for the Warwick Manufacturing Group, University of Warwick, UK. In this lecture, Prof. Singh elaborates on several intriguing aspects of displacive transformation in steels. The video of this lecture is available on the YouTube channel of Sir Harry Bhadeshia. If you are interested, you can watch the entire lecture here. #iitkharagpur #materials #metallurgy #steel #universityofwarwick https://lnkd.in/grncrcdc

Dr. Khilesh Kumar Bhandari, a research scholar at our Department, has successfully defended his thesis, "Exploring The Role Of Local Microstructures On The Mechanical Behavior Of Low-carbon Ferritic Steel," under the supervision of Prof. Debalay Chakrabarti and Prof. Arghya Deb. We congratulate Dr. Bhandari for his achievements and look forward to his bright career. #iitkharagpur #metallurgy #materialscience #phd