Present Members

PhD students:

Senior research fellow (PMRF) (December 2022-present)
Research field: Quantum materials
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Senior research fellow (UGC-NET) (July 2023-present)
Research field: Quantum Materials
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Junior research fellow (GATE) (July 2024-present)
Research field: Optical properties and excited state physics
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Junior research fellow (GATE) (Dec 2024-present)
Research field: Optical properties and excited state physics
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Junior research fellow (GATE) (June 2025-present)
Research field: AI driven materials discovery
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Junior research fellow (GATE) (Dec 2025-present)
Research field: AI driven materials discovery
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CVAlumni (2015 - )
PhD Alumni:

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Entry No.: 2016PHZ8213
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Thesis title: Understanding Defects in Advanced Energy Materials from First-Principles Calculations
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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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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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- 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)
