Department of Physics, IISc
Amorphous Semiconductors Group
Department of Physics — Indian Institute of Science

Amorphous Semiconductors Group

People

Dr. K. Ramesh

Chief Research Scientist

Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore 560012

Present Members

Dr. Akila Gajanan Prabhudessai

Research Associate

Dr. Akila Gajanan Prabhudessai
Thermal and Optical properties of Chalcogenide glasses
Rakshitha

Ph.D. 2021

Rakshitha
Phase Change Memory Materials for Photonic Integrated Circuits
Joint student with Prof. Shankar Kumar Selvaraja, CENSE
Siddhant Singh

Ph.D. 2022

Siddhant Singh
Photovoltaics
Rohit

Ph.D. 2023

Rohit
Phase Change Memory Materials
Sochannao Machinao

Ph.D. 2023

Sochannao Machinao
Perovskite Solar Cells
Sachin

Ph.D. 2024

Sachin
Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductors
Bharat Kumar Gour

Ph.D. 2024

Bharat Kumar Gour
Amorphous Chalcogenide Semiconductors

Alumni

Ph.D. 2020–2026

Keshav Kumar Sharma
Perovskite Solar Cells
Currently: Research Associate

Ph.D. 2016–2022

Roopali Shekhawat
Effect of As and Se substitution on the Phase Change properties of GeTe based alloys
Currently: Materials Analyst, University of Oxford, England

Ph.D. 2017–2023

Shweta Chahal
Structural Relaxation in IR Transmitting Chalcogenide Glasses
Currently: Research Associate, Adolf Marten Fellow, Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM)

Ph.D. 2018–2023

Dr. Dilip Kumar Meena
Thermoelectric Materials
Currently: Assistant Professor, Garhwal University, Uttarakhand

Ph.D. 2021–2023

Bidyut Maji
Thermoelectrics
Currently: Geo-Scientist, Geological Survey of India, Hyderabad

Research Associate, Aug 2022–Jul 2023

Dr. Nimitha S Prabhu

Research Associate, Jul 2023–Oct 2024

Dr. Charan Prasanth Selvarajan
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Presidency University, Bangalore

Research Associate, 2020–2021

Dr. Rapaka S Chandra Bose
Currently: Scientist B, Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology (C-MET), Thrissur, Kerala

Project Associate, 2019–2021

Mr. Vinoth Shanmugam
Currently: SRF, Pondicherry University

Research Associate, Oct 2022–Apr 2023

Dr. Abhishek Kumar Chauhan
Currently: Post-Doctoral Fellow, CENSE, IISc, Bangalore

Research Assistant, Apr 2022–Dec 2023

Mr. Swapnil Barthwal
Currently: Researcher, Israel

Research Associate, Jul 2021–May 2022

Dr. D. Manikandan
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore

Research Associate, 2021–2022

Dr. Vinod E Madhavan
Currently: Assistant Professor, School of Materials Science & Engineering, NIT Calicut

Research Associate, 2017–2021

Prashantha Murahari
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangalore

UG Student, 2021–2022

Roshan Shaik

Project Assistant, 2021–2022

Vidyavathi
Currently: CENSE, IISc, Bangalore

Research Associate, 2018–2020

Dr. Deva Arun Kumar
Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Acharya Institute of Technology, Bangalore

Research Associate, 2018–2020

Dr. Haritha Pamuluri
Currently: UG Instructor, Undergraduate Programme, IISc, Bangalore

Research Associate

Dr. Brian Jeevan Fernandes
Currently: Science Educator, Acorn Education Trust, Warminster, Wiltshire, GB

Ph.D. 2014–2018

Dr. Pumlian Munga
Currently: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi

Research Associate, 2016–2018

Dr. Ramanna R
Currently: Assistant Professor, KLE Society's College, Chikodi, Belagavi, Karnataka

Research Student, 2018

Deepak Sharma
Currently: Research Student, Materials Engineering, IISc, Bangalore

Project Assistant, 2014–2018

R. Venkatesh
Currently: Research Associate, Center for Materials Science, KLE Technological University, Hubbali, Karnataka

Project Trainee

Dr. M. Sekar Babu
Currently: R&D Engineer, Progeneer Inc., South Korea

Project Assistant

N. Naresh
Currently: Pondicherry University

Project Trainee

Vivekanandan Raman

Postdoctoral Fellow

Dr. N.K. Reddy
Currently: Senior Materials Engineer, MetOX Technologies, Houston, USA

Researcher

Dr. M.K. Vanitha
Currently: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore

Project Assistant, Dec 2015–Aug 2016

Aryan Sankhla
Currently: Doctoral Research Fellow, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Germany

Collaborators

Professor, CeNSE

Prof. Shankar Kumar Selvaraja
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Professor, CeNSE

Prof. Navakanta Bhat
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Professor, Instrumentation & Applied Physics

Dr. Sundarrajan Asokan, FNASc.
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Professor, Materials Engineering

Prof. Kamanio Chattopadhyay
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Assistant Professor, Physics

Dr. Anupama Yadav
Sri Aurobindo College, University of Delhi, New Delhi

Senior Principal Scientist

Dr. K. Annapurna
CSIR-Central Glass & Ceramic Research Institute, Kolkata

Professor, PG Dept. of Chemistry

Dr. Mahadevappa Y. Kariduraganavar
Karnatak University, Dharwad

Associate Professor, Physics

Dr. S.S. Hegde
CMR Institute of Technology, Bangalore

Professor, Mechanical Engineering

Prof. V. Dhinakaran
Chennai Institute of Technology, Chennai

Professor, Physics

Prof. K J Mallikarjunaiah
Ramaiah University, Bangalore