15 October 2026
On October 8, 2026, the Hon’ble Union Minister of Education, Government of India, Shri Pralhad Joshi Ji inaugurated two newly established world class research laboratories in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, IIT Madras: SMART-IKS Lab (Sustainable Manufacturing, Artificial Intelligence, Regenerative Technologies and Indian Knowledge Systems), led by Dr. Arjak Bhattacharjee, and Precursor Chemistry for Advanced Materials Lab, led by Dr. Shotaro Tada. The inauguration happened in the presence of the head of the department, Prof. V Subramanya Sarma, and the Director of IIT Madras, Prof. V Kamakoti. The objective of these laboratories is to advance interdisciplinary research in sustainable manufacturing, AI, biomaterials, Indian Knowledge Systems, and advanced materials development, strengthening innovation and collaborative research.
25 September 2026
We a happy to share that a patent titled "An Electrocatalyst and Electrochemical Splitting of Ammonia" has been granted to our faculty members Dr. Tiju Thomas, Dr. Pratap Haridoss, Dr. E Hemaprabha and PhD Research Schollar Mr. Singh Sonu Kumar.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Tiju Thomas and his team.
22 September 2026
We are happy to inform you that a patent, "A viscoelastic material structure for noise proofing" has been granted to Prof. Tiju Thomas and Mr. Sriraj Tamana, Dual Degree student.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Tiju Thomas and his student.
15 September 2026
We are happy to share that Prof. NV Ravi Kumar has been elected as Fellow of National Academic of Engineering.
Hearty congratulations on this well deserved recognition. We wish him many more laurels.
6 September 2026
We are happy to share that an Indian patent titled "A polariton photovoltaic device" has been granted for a collaborative work between Dr. Surendra Babu Anantharaman and his BTP students Reitesh Raman and Abhishek Raj worked on this patent.
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Surendra Babu Anantharaman and his BTP students for grant of Indian Patent
6 September 2026
We are happy to share that an Indian patent titled "A method of room-temperature synthesis of two-dimensional metal organic chalcogenolates" has been granted for a collaborative work between Dr. Surendra Babu Anantharaman and his student Mr. Reya Ali worked on this patent.
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Surendra Babu Anantharaman and his student for grant of Indian Patent.
6 September 2026
We are happy to share that an Indian patent titled "PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FLEXIBLE SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY (SERS) SUBSTRATES, SUBSTRATES THEREOF AND THEIR APPLICATIONS" has been granted for a collaborative work between Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan and his student and postdoc Dr. Abishek Kumar (MM21D067) and postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Neethu Thomas. worked on this patent.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan and his team for grant of Indian Patent
27 August 2026
We are happy to share that an Indian patent titled "PROCESS FOR RECOVERING OIL FROM THE SURFACE OF WATER" has been granted for a collaborative work between Prof. Manas Mukherjee, Prof. Madivala Gurappa Basavaraj and Dr. Kaniska Murmu worked on this patent.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Manas Mukherjee and his team for grant of Indian Patent
27 August 2026
We are happy to share that an Indian patent titled "A CENTRIFUGAL ATOMIZATION APPARATUS CONFIGURED TO FORM SOLID PARTICLES FROM MOLTEN MATERIAL IN INERT ATMOSPHERE" has been granted for a collaborative work between Prof. Sabita, Prof. Sreeram Krishnamorrthy Kalpathy and Mr. Lipak Kumar Sahoo worked on this patent.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Sabita and her team for grant of Indian Patent
12 August 2026
I am happy to share that the Indian patent A method of electrochemical splitting of ammonia and an electrochemical system there of has been granted to our colleagues and their students Profs. Tiju Thomas, Sankaran Shanmugam, Shotaro Tada, Debashish Bhattacharjee, Dr. Anit Joseph, and Ms. Chithra Ashok
Hearty congratulations to the colleagues and their students.
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12 August 2026
We are happy to share that Dr. K Shivaraj Kumar, Post-doctoral researcher of our department mentored by Dr. Sreeram K Kalpathy, Prof. Tiju Thomas, and Dr. R Ratheesh (SM Visiting Chair Professor, MME, IITM) have won the best oral presentation award for the talk “A sustainable zero-discharge process for debromination and resource recovery from end-of-life printed circuit boards” in the SustainX 2026 Conference on Circularity in Energy, Earth and Environment held during 23rd- 25th July, at IC&SR, IIT Madras.
Hearty congratulations to Dr. K Shivaraj Kumar and his mentors.
12 August 2026
We are happy to share that Dr. Chrisma Rose Babu, Post-doctoral researcher of our department mentored by Prof. Tiju Thomas and Dr. Sreeram K. Kalpathy have won the best poster award for the title “Co3O4 nanostructures for supercapacitors: A circular electrode design ” in the SustainX 2026 Conference on Circularity in Energy, Earth and Environment held during 23rd- 25th July, at IC&SR, IIT Madras.
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Chrisma Rose Babu and her mentors.
12 August 2026
We are happy to share that Ms. Amrutha Harish, PhD scholar of our department mentored by Dr. Sreeram K. Kalpathy and Prof. Sirish Namilae (Embry Riddle Aeronautical Unversity, USA, Adjunct Faculty of MME, IITM) have won the best poster award for the title “Enhancement in Tensile Strength and Moisture Resistance of Surface Functionalized Jute Fibers” in the SustainX 2026 Conference on Circularity in Energy, Earth and Environment held during 23rd- 25th July, at IC&SR, IIT Madras.
Hearty congratulations to Ms. Amrutha Harish and her mentors.
12 August 2026
We are happy to share that an Indian patent titled "THIN-FILM HEATER PRINTED ON QUARTZ SUBSTRATE USING SILVER NANOPARTICLE INK" has been granted for a collaborative work between Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan’s research group and the research group of Prof. Sumathi (EE, IIT Roorkee). Dr. Nikhila Patil (former PhD student from IIT Roorkee) and Sowmmya V (former MTech student from our department) worked on this patent.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Parasuraman Swaminathan and his team for grant of Indian Patent
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12 August 2026
We are happy to share that Ms. Aneela Perumalla, PhD scholar of our department mentored by Prof. Tiju Thomas and Dr. Sreeram K. Kalpathy have won the best poster award for the title “PDMS-based nanocomposite films as Encapsulants to Improve photovoltaic reliability and longevity” in the SustainX 2026 Conference on Circularity in Energy, Earth and Environment held during 23rd- 25th July, at IC&SR, IIT Madras.
Hearty congratulations to Ms. Aneela Perumalla and her mentors.
31 July 2026
Dr. Bhuvanesh Srinivasan has been conferred INAE Young Engineer Award 2026. The award will be conferred at the INAE Annual Convention 2026 to be held from December 3-5, 2026 at SDSC SHAR, Sriharikota, where he will be presented with Certificate for INAE Young Engineer Award 2026 along with the cash prize of Rs 25,000 in the Grand Award Ceremony.
Hearty congratulations to Dr. Bhuvanesh Srinivasan.
31 July 2026
We are happy to share that Prof. M. Kamaraj, Professor Emeritus, has been conferred the honour of "Eminent Engineer" for his outstanding contributions to the field of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.
The award was presented at the 39th National Convention of Metallurgical and Materials Engineers, organised by the Institution of Engineers (India) [IEI], held on July 17–18, 2026.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Kamaraj.
31 July 2026
We are happy to share that Mr. Pandiri Sirish (MM23D010) and Peela Lasya (MM22D011), under the guidance of Dr. Satyesh Kumar Yadav were recognized for their outstanding presentation on "Maximizing the Number of Electrochemically Active Sites on Pt-coated Rough Substrates for the Hydrogen Evolution Reaction (HER)" during the 11th International Conference on Technological Advances of Thin Films and Surface Coatings, 13th to 17th July 2026, Singapore.
Congratulations to Dr. Satyesh Kumar Yadav and his students and wish them more success.
31 July 2026
We are happy to share that Mr. Vijith (MM22D016) , who is advised by Dr. Rohit Batra has received the Best Oral Presentation Award for talk titled "TransChem: A Hybrid Transformer-Cheminformatics Framework for Predicting Li-ion Conductivity in Polymer Electrolytes." at the SustainX'26 Conference conducted at IIT Madras from 23-25 July 2026
Hearty congratulations to Mr. Vijith and his supervisor.
3 July 2026
We are happy to share that a patent MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERSONAL PROTECTIVE GARMENT FOR THERMAL REGULATION AND INFRARED CONCEALMENT is granted to Dr. Bhuvanesh and his M.Tech student (Stephen) and postdoctoral researcher (Veera).
Congratulations to Dr. Bhuvanesh and his students and wish them more success.
30 June 2026
We are happy to inform you that an Indian patent Ultrathin Transparent and Conductive Metal Layer Supported on Substrates and Methods of fabrication has been granted to Prof. Satyesh Kumar Yadav and his team.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Satyesh Kumar Yadav and his team.
30 June 2026
We are happy to inform you that an Indian patent - A Narrowband Printed Flexible Hybrid Photodetector and a Method of Fabrication Thereof has been granted to Prof. Parasuraman and his student Ms. Swathi Suman.
Congratulations to Prof. Parasuraman and his student.
30 June 2026
We are happy to share that Prof. Tiju Thomas was conferred the Advanced Materials Innovation Award by the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM), Sweden (on observer of the UN Environmental Program).
The award recognises his group's contributions towards translating fundamental materials research into sustainable technologies, particularly in energy-storage materials for hybrid energy systems and solar-driven water-treatment technologies.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering heartily congratulates Prof. Tiju Thomas.
30 June 2026
We are happy to inform you that an Indian patent A method for reducing iron oxide by cathodic plasma electrolytic treatment (cpet) has been granted to Prof. Lakshman Neelakantan and his team.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Lakshman Neelakantan and his team.
15 June 2026
We are happy to inform you that an Indian patent Process for preparing a water-in-oil pickering emulsion, the emulsion obtained therefrom, and its applications has been granted to Prof. Manas Mukherjee and his team.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Manas Mukherjee and his team.
10 June 2026
We are happy to share that an article from Prof. Rohit Batra's group was recently published a paper titled Automated Extraction of Multicomponent Alloy Data Using Large Language Models for Sustainable Design in Advanced Science (impact factor ~14).
The work was primarily done by one of his B. Tech students (Aravindan Kamatchi Sundaram) as part of his YRF, BTP and now his dual-degree project. Other co-authors include one of his PhD students (Pabitra) and other students from online BS data science program. This to highlight how several initiatives in IITM such as YRF, online BS degree program allow to output such high quality research.
The work uses LLMs to extract alloy dataset from literature. We have made both the code and the extracted dataset (https://alloy.tattvasar.com/) available for use. Thanks to Satyesh for all the help in hosting the database.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Rohit Batra and his students.
2 June 2026
We are happy to share that our PhD student Aneela Perumalla (MM21D404), jointly guided by Prof. Tiju Thomas and Prof. Sreeram has won the Best Poster Award at European Materials Research Society (EMRS) Spring Meeting 2026, held at Strasbourg, France from 25-29 May.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Ms. Aneela and the supervisors.
2 June 2026
We are happy to inform you that an Indian patent A flexible ceramic nanogenerator and a method of manufacture thereof has been granted to Prof. Ravi Kumar N V and his students Dhamotharan Dharmasigamani, Abishek Muthukumar, Ganesh Babu Thiyagarajan.
Dhamotharan was a dual degree student of our department who graduated last year and this patent is from the work of his dual degree project and Abishek is a PhD student.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering heartily congratulates Prof. Ravi Kumar and his students
30 April 2026
we are happy to share that a paper titled Engineering Disorder: Entropy as a Design Lever for Stable Interfaces in Solid-state Sodium-metal Batteries authored by Arindam Chatterjee, Dipsikha Ganguly, Seeram Ramakrishna, Subramshu S. Bhattacharya and Kingshuk Roy has been published in Energy Storage Materials which has an impact factor of 20.2
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering heartily congratulates Prof. SSB, Arindam and other students.
30 April 2026
We are happy to share that our alumnus Prof. Vidya Madhavan (1991 B-Tech in Metallurgical Engineering) has been elected as member of National Academy of Sciences.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering heartily congratulates her.
27 April 2026
We are happy to share a science communication article in the 'Hindu Tamil Thisai' magazine on 'Why Science and Technology Are the Backbone of a Country?' written by Dr. Hemaprabha. The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Dr. Hemaprabha. The article has also been featured on the IIT Madras media platforms now.
We are sharing the links below for your kind reference:
Original article page: https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/encyclopedia/why-are-science-and-technology-the-backbone-of-a-nation-explained
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXWDfEfk-vi/?img_index=1
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/p/18sZc71anY/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7451892054286184448
Twitter: https://x.com/iitmadras/status/2046125280163664152?s=20
27 April 2026
We are happy to share the news of 2 papers were published in in Acta mateialia by the students of Dr. Bhuvanesh Srinivasan.
One arises from the work of a PhD student Mr. Sai Samhita, while the other is based on a joint effort between a B.Tech student Mr. Srivatsan Prakasam and PhD student Mr. Sai Samhita.
Rational co-dopant design in thermoelectrics via electronegativity-guided alloy scattering potentials: A descriptor-driven framework illustrated by MnTe.
Paper Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645426003253
Harnessing chemical short-range ordering in a cation-disordered, mechanically resilient AgMnSnBiTe4 multi-component thermoelectric alloy
Paper Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1359645426003265
It is noteworthy that a final year UG student (Mr. Srivatsan Prakasam) has published in Acta mater from his UG project work. Hearty congratulations to the students and Dr. Bhuvanesh.
21 April 2026
We are happy to share that Ms. Robin Rathi (MM22D057), who is advised by Prof. Tiju Thomas and Prof. Satyanarayanan Chakravarthy (Aerospace Engg. dept.) has secured the Best Poster Award in the International Conference on Advances in Mechanical & Aerospace Science (ICAMAS 2026) organized by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Arunachal Pradesh. from 10th to 12th March, 2026.
Heary congratulations to Ms. Robin Rathi and her supervisors.
21 April 2026
We are happy to share that the work on dentin in diabetic patients by Prof. Tiju Thomas along with collaborators has been selected by the American Association of Endodontics for the Best Paper of the year award.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Tiju Thomas.
13 March 2026
We are happy to share that one of our scholars Mr. Sherin Thampi has secured the best poster awards at the 2026 PMRF annual symposium held IIT Guwahati.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Mr. Sherin and his supervisors, Prof. Murugaiyan.
13 March 2026
We are happy to share that one of our scholars Mr. Sherin Thampi has secured the best poster awards at the 2026 PMRF annual symposium held IIT Guwahati.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Mr. Sherin and his supervisors, Prof. Murugaiyan.
12 March 2026
We are happy to share the news that two of our research scholars Mr. Ramesh and Ms. Jhansi are recognised with Institute Research Awards.
The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates and thank the guides for their wholehaearted support and encouragement to the scholars.
Hearty congratulations Mr. Ramesh and Ms. Jhansi for the Institute Research Awards.
This is well deserved recognition for your hard work and perserverance. We wish you all the best.
28 February 2026
We are happy to inform you that our PhD scholar Mr Yalla Pratheek's presentation at the ICAMC 2026 was judged as the best poster presentation.
Hearty congratualtions to Mr. Pratheek and his advisor Prof. Ravi Sankar.
16 February 2026
We are happy to share that Prof. Ravi Kumar along with his students and collaborators have been granted an Indian patent.
Congratulations Prof. Ravi Kumar and his students Abhishek, MUTHUKUMAR, and collaborators MATOVIC Branko , ALAGIC Ivana Cvijovic, BUTULIJA, Svetlana, DJORDJEVIC, Marija Prekajski on "ROOM TEMPERATURE METHOD OF SYNTHESIZING Au-Al SOLID SOLUTION".
13 February 2026
We are very happy to share the news of conferment of Award-winning Key Reader for 2025 to Prof. Ravi Sankar and also he has been appointed as an Associate Editor of Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A since February 2, 2026.
Hearty congratulations to Prof. Ravi Sankar for this recognition.
5 January 2026
We are happy to share that an Indian patent has been granted to Prof. Lakshman and his students Mr. Jitendra Biharilal Chavhan & Mr. Badrinath Ramesh for the invention
"A Cathodic Plasma Electrolytic Method for Synthesizing Graphene Oxide Thin Film on a Metal Surface"
Congratulations to Prof. Lakshman and his students.
3 January 2026
Please join with us in congratulating Prof. Ajay Kumar Shukla, Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, on being invited to serve on the Editorial Board of the Iron making and Steel making Journal.
2 January 2026
We are happy to inform that our MS Entrepreneurship student, Venu Dhulipalla (MM24S400) working under the guidace of Prof. Parasuraman has been awarded Schaeffler India Social Innovator Fellowship Award for the development of GlareZero, a solution for vision protection from glare during driving. The fellowship includes a grant of INR 1.75 lakh, along with a hybrid mentorship program conducted by IIMA Ventures, IIM Ahmedabad, and access to the Schaeffler India network and partner ecosystem.
Hearty congratulation to Mr. Venu and Prof. Parasuraman.
8 December 2025
We are glad to share with you that Ms. Suvitha S. Kumar, a PhD student jointly guided by Prof. Tiju Thomas and Prof. Sreeram, has been selected for the Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) Women in STEM fellowship for Women PhD students, as part of HUL's CSR program, by which she will be supported with a fellowship equivalent to the PMRF scholarship.
Congratulations and best wishes to Ms. Suvitha S Kumar and her supervisors, Prof. Tiju Thomas and Prof. Sreeram.
27 November 2025
We are happy to share the news that Prof. Murugaiyyan, along with co-inventors Prof. Srinivasan Chandrasekaran and the PhD student, Mr Thennavan from the Ocean Engineering Department
are granted a patent for A functionally graded material (FGM) stiffened coped beam used in offshore and heavy industrial structures.
Congratulations to Prof. Murugaiyyan, and I wish him more success.
8 November 2025
We are happy to share the news that Prof. Satyesh Yadav and his students Mr. Allamula Ashok, Mr. Daljin J, and Ms.Peela Lasya have been granted a patent for Ultrathin Catalytic Metal Layer Supported on Substrates and Methods of Fabrication Thereof. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Satyesh and his students and wish them more success in their future endeavours.
6 November 2025
We are happy to inform you that Prof. Shukla has been invited to join the editorial board of "Ironmaking and Steelmaking" journal.
Hearty congratulations and best wishes to Prof. Shukla.
24 October 2025
We are happy to share that Prof. Phanikumar has been inducted as an expert member of Lab Research Council of DMRL.
This is a well deserved recognition of his professional contributions and wish him all the best in his advisory role as part of Lab Research Council.
15 October 2025
We are happy to share the news that Prof. SSB has been made as a Hononrable Member of the Serbian Society for Ceramic Materials. This was awarded at the CYSC-2025 conference at Novi Sad on 15th October 2025.
Hearty congratulations Prof. SSB on the well deserved recognition and wish you many more recognitions.
29 September 2025
Please join us in congratulating Ms. Milan Shahana, Doctoral Scholar (MM18D015), Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering on being awarded the “Best Paper Award” for her paper titled “Long-Term High-Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of Cold-Sprayed and Heat-Treated IN718 Coatings: A Comparative Study with Wrought Alloy” at the International Conference & Exhibition on Corrosion (ICECORR 2025), held during August 20-22, 2025 at Kochi. She is guided by Prof. Kamaraj M and Prof. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi.
Congratulations to Prof. Kamaraj M, Prof. Srinivasa Rao Bakshi and their Doctoral Scholar Ms. Milan Shahana.
21 September 2025
We are happy to share the article that appeared in Times of India on low cost solar power tech developed by Prof. Tiju Thomas, Prof. Sreeram and their student Adithyan TR (MM22D058). The work was part of an SERB funded project in which I was involved as a Co-PI.
18 September 2025
We are happy to share that the first comprehensive review article on creep of AM Ni-base superalloys has been published in Journal of Materials Science by the group of Prof. Ravi Sankar.
We are delighted to inform you that one of our PhD students, Mr Sabari Rajan's (MM19D754) review article on additively manufactured (AM) Ni-base superalloys has been published. We must mention that this happens to be the first comprehensive review article in the AM literature dealing with creep of AM Ni-base superalloys. Congratulations to Prof. Ravi Sankar, his collaborators and students.
17 September 2025
We are happy to share that the review article A review of silver nanowire-based composites for flexible electronic applications from the group of Prof. Parasuraman has received top cited paper award for receiving top 1% most cited papers in IOP’s portfolio for 2022-2024.
The authors, Dr. Neha and Dr. Nitheesh, were former IDRP Regular PhD students working jointly with Dr. Debdutta Ray. Dr. Nagasarvari was a regular PhD student in the department.
Congratulations to Prof. Parasuraman and his former students.
9 September 2025
We are happy to share that an Indian patent WEARABLE SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR
DETERMINING ACTIVITIES OF A USER has been granted to Prof. Prathap, Prof. Bobby George (MST dept) and their and his student Mr. Neelakandan Mani. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Prathap and his student.
4 September 2025
We are happy to share the following news that the cover art graphic prepared by Prof. Sreeram's PhD student Guguloth Naresh (MM22D021) has been selected as a front cover image for the ACS journal Langmuir. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Sreeram and his student Mr. Naresh.
21 August 2025
We are happy to share that Profs. Lakshman and Manas along with their postdocs Drs. Yoganandan and Rajaram have been granted an Indian patent PROCESS FOR FORMING PATINA LAYER ON BIDRI ALLOY SURFACE, PATINATION SOLUTION, AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF
Hearty congratulations to Profs. Lakshman and Manas and their postdocs and wish them more success in their research
28 May 2025
We are happy to share the news of grant of patent on the development of a polymer based sensor for detecting heavy transition metals to the team led by Prof. Sreeram and Prof. Tiju.
Congratulations to Profs. Sreeram, Tiju and the students Ms. Suvitha and Ms. Vidhya.
13 May 2025
We are happy to share that Prof. Satyesh and his students Mr. Allamula Ashok (MM20D016), Ms. Peela Lasya (MM22D011), and Mr. Daljin J ( MM22S007) have been granted a patent for the invention titled “Material and Method for Roughness Reduction of Substrates”. The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Satyesh and wish his students more success in future.
3 March 2025
We are happy to inform you that Prof. Somnath Bhattacharya has been recognized by his alma mater (VNIT Nagpur) with the distinguished alumnus award. Hearty congratulations to Prof. Smonath Bhattacharya.
5 February 2025
We are happy to share the news that Prof. Sampath Kumar has been invited to join as board member of Indian Council of the International Association of Advanced Materials (IAAM). The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering congratulates Prof. Sampath Kumar and wish him more success in future.
6 January 2025
We are happy to inform you that Prof. Sanjay Mathur has been offered the position as Distinguished Professor in the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering.
