Faculty
Listed below, in alphabetical order, are members of the faculty
of the Department, the location of their offices, their contact e-mail addresses and extension phone numbers.
HSB stands for the Humanities and Sciences Block, where most of
the offices of the faculty are located. MSB and MSRC are the
Mechanical Sciences Block and Material Science Research Centre,
both of which are adjacent to the HSB.
If you are dialling from outside IIT Madras, please prefix 2257
to reach the office phone numbers.
Clicking on the names of the faculty leads to pages containing
their essential academic profile. The pages also contain links
to their personal pages, if avialable.
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Name
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Designation
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Research Field
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Contact |
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Phone |
Office |
01
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Aravind G.
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Assistant Professor
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Photoelectron spectroscopy, Photoabsorption studies on Biomolecules and Reactions involving trapped ions to study the constituents and dynamics of the Inter-Stellar Medium (ISM)
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aravind
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02
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Balakrishnan V.
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Professor
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Dynamical Systems , Quantum Dynamics and Stochastics
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03
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Bisht, P.B |
Professor |
Ultrafast Lasers and Fluorescence Microscopy laboratory,
Fluroscence upconversion, Ultrafast laser spectroscopy and Fluorescence Microscopy |
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04
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Dawood Kothawala |
Assistant Professor |
Semiclassical Gravity, Quantum Mechanics of Black Holes, QFT with Minimal Length Scale |
dawood |
4848 |
HSB 224D |
05
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Deshmukh P. C. |
Professor |
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Photoabsoption Processes in Free/Confined atoms, molecules and ions
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06
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Dillip K. Satapathy |
Assistant Professor |
Complex fluids in confinement, physics of complex oxide heterostructures, x-ray and neutron scattering characterization of materials |
dks |
4899 |
HSB 119A |
07
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Ganesan A. R. |
Associate Professor |
Adaptive Optics, Vision Science, Laser Instrumentation, Interferometry, Holography and Optical metrology |
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08
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Gopalakrishnan, Manoj |
Assistant Professor |
Theoretical Biophysics, Stochastic Processes, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics |
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09
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Govindarajan, Suresh
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Professor |
Dynamical Systems, Statistical Physics and Field Theory
Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, Black Holes |
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10
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Gupte N. M. |
Professor |
Non-linear dynamics, Chaos, Statistical physics |
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11
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Hariharan K. |
Professor |
Solidstate Ionics / Electronics |
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12
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Harish Kumar N. |
Associate Professor |
Superconductivity, Novel magnetic materials, Instrumentation and automation |
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13
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Jain M. K. |
Assistant Professor |
Semiconductor Physics
Semiconductor, Photovoltaics, Chemical Sensors |
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14
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Kasiviswanathan S.
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Professor |
Interface and Surface Science of Thin Films, Tunneling Spectroscopy, Surface Plasmon Resonance and SPR Microscopy, DMS and MCD, DSP based Physical Measurements. |
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15
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Kothiyal M. P. |
Professor |
Applied Optics, Interferometry, Optical Instrumentation and testing |
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16
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Krishnamurthy C. V. |
Associate Professor |
Modeling and simulation of electromagnetic, acoustic, elastic wave propagation and scattering; Nonlinear ultrasonic wave propagation in liquids and solids; Modeling and simulation of heat transport in micro- and nanoscale structures; Infrared thermography; Quantitative imaging schemes; Tomography; Material characterization |
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17
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Lakshmi Bala S. |
Professor |
Classical and quantum dynamical systems, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, Chaos in gauge theories, Quantum information theory |
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18
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Lakshminarayan, Arul |
Professor |
Quantum Chaos, Quantum Information theory, Chaos and Transport, Mathematical Physics |
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19
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Libby, James |
Associate Professor |
Experimental particle physics, CP-violation and flavour physics |
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20
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Manu Jaiswal |
Assistant Professor |
Condensed Matter Physics |
manu_jaiswal |
4893 |
HSB 224C |
21
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Markandeyulu G.
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Professor |
Magnetism and magnetic materials |
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22
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Murugavel P. |
Assistant Professor |
Physics of dielectric, ferroelectric and magnetoelectric oxide materials in Bulk, Film and Nanocrystalline forms |
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23
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Murthy V. R. K. |
Professor |
Microwave physics and materials
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24
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Nanda, Ranjit Kumar |
Assistant Professor |
Condensed Matter Theory (Electronic Structure) |
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25
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Narayanan, Rajesh
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Associate Professor
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Condensed Matter Theory: Quantum Field Theories applied to condensed matter systems, Quantum Phase Transitions, Strong disorder physics |
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26
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Natarajan T. S. |
Professor |
Conducting polymers, Molecular electronics, Instrumentation |
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27
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Nirmala R.
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Assistant Professor
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Rare earth intermetallics |
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4888 |
HSB 117 |
28
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Padhan, Prahallad
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Assistant Professor
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Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
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4884 |
HSB 213 |
29
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Pattabiraman M.
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Assistant Professor |
Experimental Atomic Physics, Quantum Optics and Magnetometry |
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30
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Prafulla Kumar Behera |
Associate Professor |
Experimental particle physics |
behera
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31
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Ramachandrao Rao M. S. |
Professor |
Electronic and Magnetic Materials: Oxide Electronics, Thin films and Nanostructures, ZnO nanostructures for light emission, nanocrystalline diamond for mechanical and electronic applications, Magnetic nanoparticles, Nanoparticles for photovoltaic applications, Magnetoelectric coupling in oxides, Magnetotransport, and SPINTRONICS. |
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32
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Ramaprabhu S. |
Professor |
Synthesis of CNTs, CNCs, Graphene, Nano Composites, Metal Oxide Nano Structures, Alloys and their Applications inHydrogen Production, Hydrogen storage, hydrogen sensors,Chemical and bio sensors, PEMFC, Micro Fuel Cells, DMFC, DEFC, Alkaline fuel cells, Li-ion battery, Supercapacitors,Field emission, photovoltaic, Nano Fluids, Switchable Mirrors and Optical Shutters, Filter for Water purification, Carbon dioxide Capture and Bio Medical Applications. |
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33
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Sankaranarayanan V. |
Professor |
Low Temperature Physics, Super Conductivity |
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34 |
Santhosh P. N. |
Associate Professor |
Magnetism in Condensed Matter Physics, Electroceramics, Magnetic Materials, Low Temperature Characterization of Advanced Materials |
santhosh |
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35
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Satyanarayana M. V. |
Professor |
Quantum optics, Laser physics, Photonics |
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36
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Sethupathi K. |
Professor |
Low Temperature Physics, Superconductivity |
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37
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Simha, Aditi
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Assistant Professor
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Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics:Heat Conduction, Drifting Flux Lattices, Sedimental suspensions, Sheared Complex Fluids, 'Active' Matter, Transition rates in some nonequilibrium steady states.
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aditi |
4881 |
HSB 218A |
38
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Somnath Chanda Roy |
Assistant Professor |
Thin Films, Materials Science, TiO2 nanotubes and Photocatalysis |
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39
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Srinivas V. |
Professor |
Experimental condensed Matter Physics, Low temperature Electronic properties, Magnetic Properties of intermetalic alloys and Low dimensional and disordered materials. |
veeturi
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40
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Sriramkumar L . |
Associate Professor |
Semi-classical Gravity and Cosmology |
sriram
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41 |
Subramanian V. |
Associate Professor |
Microwave and Dielectrics, Semiconductors |
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42 |
Subrahmanyam A. |
Professor |
Semiconductor devices, Photovoltaics |
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43 |
Sudakar Chandran
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Assistant Professor |
Oxides and Nitrides, Magnetic materials, Spectroscopic techniques (such as Raman, XPS, UV-Vis, IR), Defect-structure property correlations, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Materials for memory and energy applications
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csudakar
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44 |
Sunethra Ramanan |
Assistant Professor |
Nuclear Structure, Renormalization Group Approaches, Cold atomic gases in traps and lattices, Computational Many-Body Physics |
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HSB 119A |
45 |
Sunil Kumar P. B. |
Professor |
Complex Fluids, Biological Physics and Statistical Mechanics |
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46 |
Tripathy, Prasanta
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Assistant Professor
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String Theory
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47 |
Vijayan C. |
Professor |
Non-linear Optics, Optical Processes and Materials such as semiconductor Quantum dots (nanostructures), Porphyrins and dyes |
cvijayan
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