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Members

Present Members

Prof. Saswata Bhattacharya

Group leader

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PhD students:

Shantanu Pathak

Senior research fellow (PMRF) (December 2022-present)

Research field: Quantum materials

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Divyanshi Tyagi

Senior research fellow (UGC-NET) (July 2023-present)

Research field: Quantum Materials

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Udit Kumar

Junior research fellow (GATE) (July 2024-present)

Research field: Optical properties and excited state physics

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Dhriti Mandal

Junior research fellow (GATE) (Dec 2024-present)

Research field: Optical properties and excited state physics

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Subhodip Paul

Junior research fellow (GATE) (June 2025-present)

Research field: AI driven materials discovery

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Vishal Bharman

Junior research fellow (GATE) (Dec 2025-present)

Research field: AI driven materials discovery

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Alumni (2015 - )

PhD Alumni:

Dr. Sanchi Monga [PhD from July 2021 - July 2026]

Entry No.: 2021PHZ8067

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Thesis title: Many-body Theoretical Studies of Excitonic Effects and Carrier Dynamics in Perovskite-Inspired Semiconductors.

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Dr. Ankita Phutela [PhD from September 2020 - April 2026]

Entry No.: 2020PHZ8338

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Thesis title: Unveiling valley and topological properties of quantum materials using first-principles simulations.

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Dr. Sajjan Sheoran [PhD from January 2020 - February 2024]

Entry No.: 2019PHZ8687

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Thesis title: Theoretical Insights to Symmetry-Induced Spin Splittings and Textures in (Non-)Magnetic Materials

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Dr. Preeti Bhumla [PhD from January 2019 - November 2023]

Entry No.: 2018PHZ8342

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Thesis title: Unravelling Electronic Structure in Modulating Functional Properties of Materials for Energy Applications

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Dr. Arunima Singh [PhD from July 2018 - April 2023]

Entry No.: 2018PHZ8342

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Thesis title: Theoretical Insights in 2D Defect Engineering and van der Waals Heterostructures for Optical and Catalytic Applications

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Dr. Manjari Jain [PhD from July 2018 - April 2023]

Entry No.: 2018PHZ8339

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Thesis title: Unravelling Optical, Excitonic and Polaronic Effects in Perovskites Using Many Body Perturbation Theory

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Dr. Deepika Gill [PhD from July 2018 - February 2023]

Entry No.: 2018PHZ8321

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Thesis title: Theoretical Insights of Defects in Modulating Functional Properties of Various Advanced Energy Materials

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Dr. Manish Kumar [PhD from July 2017 - July 2022]

Entry No.: 2017PHZ8387

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Thesis title: Understanding Defects in Perovskites and their Optical Properties from First-Principles Approaches

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Dr. Ekta Arora [PhD from July 2016 - October 2021]

Entry No.: 2016PHZ8213

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Thesis title: Understanding Defects in Advanced Energy Materials from First-Principles Calculations

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Dr. Pooja Basera [PhD from July 2016 - April 2021]

Entry No.: 2016PHZ8200

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Thesis title: Self-energy and Excitonic Effects in Wide Band Gap Energy Materials from Many Body Perturbation Theory

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Dr. Shikha Saini [PhD from July 2015 - September 2020]

Entry No.: 2015PHZ8192

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Thesis title: Designing Clusters for Efficient Catalytic Activity at a Realistic Condition from First-Principles Simulation

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Project Alumni:

  • Ujjwal Shukla (MTech. SSQM Cornerstone Project 2026)
  • Jijin Joseph (MTech. SSQM Cornerstone Project 2026)
  • Mridul Singhal (Master thesis MSc. 2023-2024)
  • Yuglesh Kumari (Master thesis MSc. 2023-2024)
  • Akshika Jangid (Master thesis MSc. 2022-2023)
  • Jyoti Duhan (Master thesis MSc. 2022-2023)
  • Rahul Raj (Master thesis MSc. 2022-2023)
  • Harsimran Singh (Master thesis MSc. 2022-2023)
  • Karan Kumar (BTech project, 2021-2022)
  • Pranshuman Singh Bhouriyal (BTech project, 2021-2022)
  • Hemant Kumar (Master thesis MSc., 2021-2022)
  • Rajkumari Babysana (Master thesis MSc., 2021-2022)
  • Megha Arya (Master thesis MSc., 2021-2022)
  • Suraj (Master thesis MSc., 2021-2022)
  • Preeti Sharma (Master thesis MTech. SSM, 2021-2022)
  • Sakshi Mishra (Master thesis MTech. SSM, 2021-2022)
  • Mariya Talib Ezzy (Sura Project, BTech., summer 2021)
  • Gunjana Yadav (Master thesis MTech. SSM, 2020-2021)
  • Ritvik Ranjan (BTech project, 2020-2021)
  • Harshita Adlan (Master thesis MSc., 2020-2021)
  • Divyansh Verma (BTech project, 2020-2021)
  • Vishal Verma (BTech project, 2020-2021)
  • Robin Kumar (BTech project, 2020-2021)
  • Manoj Gupta (Master thesis MSc., 2019-2020)
  • Deepak Verma (Master thesis MSc. and mini project, 2019-2020)
  • Harshita Adlan (Mini project, 2019-2020)
  • Mudit Garg (BTech project, 2019-2020)
  • Rudraksh Agarwal (B.Tech project, 2019-2020)
  • Tapish Narwal (BTech project, 2018-2019)
  • Sparsh Sharma (BTech project, 2018-2019)
  • Sankara Dinesh (BTech project, 2017-2018)
  • Vishnu Raghuraman (BTech project, 2017-2018)
  • Arunima Singh (Master thesis MTech. SSM, 2017-2018)
  • Rajibul Islam (Master thesis MTech. SSM. under DAAD fellowship 2016-2017)
  • Antima Sharma (Master thesis MSc., 2016-2017)
  • Archana Meena (Master thesis MSc., 2016-2017)
  • Debalaya Sarker (Project fellow 2016-2017)
  • Divya Vats (Summer Internship under NNMCB fellowship, 2016)
  • Apoorv Bajpai (Summer Internship under NNMCB fellowship, 2016)