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Prof. Manohar Kakunuri

Assistant Professor Gr-I

Department of Chemical Engineering

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Room No: 304 +91-870-2462627 manohar@nitw.ac.in Bio Sketch

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    • Journal(s): 40
    • Conference(s): 31
    • Book Chapter(s): 4
    • PhD: Current - 6  Awarded - 2
    • PDF: Guided - 1
    • Event(s) Organized: Conference - 1  Workshop - 1

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    PUBLICATIONS

    8

    DOCTORAL STUDENTS

    13

    PROJECTS

    Research Areas

    Electrospinning, Nanofibrous Membranes&Oil/water separation
    Energy Storage devices (Li,Na,Al-ion Batteries & Capacitors)
    Hard & Graphitic Carbon & Catalytic graphitisation
    EDUCATION QUALIFICATION
    Degree Institute Year
    Doctor of Philosophy IIT HYDERABAD 2015
    Master of Technology IIT Roorkee 2009
    Bachelor of Technology JNTU Anantapur 2006
    COURSES HANDLED
    Course L-T-P Credit Degree Level
    Fluid and Particle Mechanics(CH1201) 3-1-0 4 UG
    Analytical Techniques for Chemical Engineers(CH367) 3-0-0 3 UG
    Mechanical Operations(CH203) 3-0-0 3 UG
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    PUBLICATIONS
    Journal(s)
    Performance Evaluation of Binder-Free Castor Oil-Derived Carbon Soot Electrodes for Supercapacitor Application, By Shubham Kumar, Vikas Sharma, Manohar Kakunuri, Ramya Araga , Wiley, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, vol., pp.e70083, 2025
    Sustainable Innovations: Process Intensification in Industrial and Environmental Technologies, By Arvind Kumar Mungray, Shriram S Sonawane, Shirish H Sonawane, Manohar Kakunuri, Raghu Raja Pandiyan Kuppusamy, Puttapati Sampath Kumar, Rajmohan K Soundararajan, Sivakumar Manickam, American Chemical Society, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol.63, pp.17731-17733, 2025
    Novel superhydrophobic nanofibrous membrane grafted with silica nanoparticles for efficient oil/water emulsion separation , By Kamala Thota, Ramya Araga, Ramsagar Vooradi, Manohar Kakunuri, Spinger, Environmental Science and Pollution Research, vol.13, pp.1-11, 2025
    Candle soot/MXene incorporated robust superhydrophilic/underwater superoleophobic nanofibrous membrane for effective oil-in-water emulsion mixture separation, By Kamala Thota, Manigandhan Sabapathi, Manohar Kakunuri, Elsevier, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, vol.275, pp.137570, 2025
    Under liquid superhydrophobic and super oleophobic PAN/MXene (Ti3C2TX)/TiO2 nanofibrous membrane for oil-water emulsion mixtures separation, By Kamala Thota, Manohar Kakunuri, Elsewhere , Surfaces and Interfaces, vol.73, pp.107515, 2025
    ZIF‐8‐Embedded Polystyrene Nanofibrous Composite Membrane for Water‐In‐Oil Emulsion Separation, By Kamala Thota, Ramya Araga, Sharath Babu Anne and Manohar Kakunuri, Wiley, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.142, pp.e57776, 2025
    Upcycling food waste into activated hydrochar: A sustainable and high-performance electrode material for supercapacitors, By Sudheekar Reddy Periyavaram, Kiran Donthula, Manohar Kakunuri, P Hari Prasada Reddy, Elsevier, Environmental Research, vol.286, pp.122975, 2025
    Electrodeposition of NiCo2O4 nanoparticles on MXene-Carbon nanofiber binary composite for high-performance supercapacitor and sodium-ion battery applications, By Usha Rani, Manohar Kakunuri, Nageshwar Rao, , Springer Nature, Journal of Materials Science, vol.60, pp.15189–15207, 2025
    Enhancing the performance of industrial waste-based supercapacitor by laser scribing for energy storage applications, By Pooja Yadav, Sushil Patel, Gangadhar Mahar, Vikash Sharma, Manohar Kakunuri and P Abdul Azeem, Elsevier, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry , vol.996, pp.119404, 2025
    Energy and exergy analysis of CLC-based biomass fired power plants: effect of different oxygen carriers, hydrogen and power co-production, By R Vooradi, VS Patnaikuni, M Kakunuri and SS Sikarwar, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., International Journal of Exergy, vol.46, pp. 278-298, 2024
    Binder-free flexible chickpea pod derived activated carbon-carbon nanofiber composite for supercapacitor application, By Usha Rani, Nageswara Rao, Manohar Kakunuri, IOP Science, ECS Journal of solid-state science and technology, vol.13, pp. 011004, 2024
    Polystyrene Nanofibrous Membrane Infused with TiO2 Nanoparticles by a One-Step Electrospinning Process for Effective Oil–Water Separation, By K Thota, R Araga, M Sabapathy, Manohar Kakunuri, ACS, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, vol.63, pp.14249-14258, 2024
    Performance assessment of novel nanofibrous FE2O3/Al2O3 oxygen carriers for chemical looping combustion of gaseous fuel, By SS Sikarwar, R Vooradi, VS Patnaikuni, M Kakunuri, K Donthula, , Spinger Nature, Chemical Papers, 1-9, (2023), vol.78, pp.1709–1717, 2024
    Hierarchically structured carbon nanofibers with embedded MXene and coated with cobalt oxide as a high-performance electrode for supercapacitor, By K Donthula, R Araga, N Thota, S Sundarrajan, S Ramakrishna, Manohar kakunuri, Elsewhere, Journal of Energy Storage , vol.83, pp.110686, 2024
    Binder-free Ruthenium Oxide/MXene/Carbon Nanofiber Ternary Composite Electrode for Supercapacitors, By K Donthula, R Vooradi, VS Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri, IOP Science, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol.170, pp.30508, 2023
    Candle soot nanoparticle embedded nanofibrous membrane for separation of miscible and immiscible oil/water mixtures, By Kamala Thota, Kiran Donthula, Chandra Shekhar, Ramsagar Vooradi, Manigandan Sabapathy, Manohar Kakunuri, Wiley, Polymer composites , vol.44, pp.4243-4251, 2023
    Flexible Polyaniline/MXene/CNF Composite Nanofibrous Mats as High-performance Supercapacitor Electrodes, By Kiran Donthula, Usha M, Ramya Araga, Manohar Kakunuri, Wiley, Polymer composites , vol.44, pp.7571-7584 , 2023
    A novel thermally stable Fe2O3/Al2O3 nanofiber based oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion, By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni1, Manohar Kakunuri, Gajanan Dattarao, , Spinger Nature, Chemical Papers, vol.76, pp.3987–3993, 2022
    Synthesis of bimetallic Co–Pt/cellulose nanocomposites for catalytic reduction of p-nitrophenol, By VK Landge, VS Hakke, M Kakunuri, GUB Babu, G Boczkaj, SH Sonawane, American Chemical Society, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, vol.7, pp.641-652, 2022
    CO2 capture and utilization from supercritical coal direct chemical looping combustion power plant–Comprehensive analysis of different case studies, By GD Surywanshi, VS Patnaikuni, R Vooradi, M Kakunuri, Elsevier, Applied Energy, vol.304, pp.117915 , 2021
    Chemical looping combustion integrated organic Rankine cycled biomass-fired power plant-Energy and exergy analysis, , By SS Sikarwar, GD Surywanshi, VS Patnaikuni, M Kakunuri, R Vooradi, Elsevier, Renewable Energy, vol. 150, pp.931-949, 2020
    Enhanced catalytic graphitization of resorcinol formaldehyde derived carbon xerogel to improve its anodic performance for lithium ion battery, By MM Gaikwad, Manohar Kakunuri, C S Sharma, Elsevier, Materials Today Communications, vol.20, pp.100569, 2019
    Catalytically Graphitized Nanostructured Carbon Xerogels As High Performance Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery, By Mayur Gaikwada, Manohar Kakunuri and Chandra Shekhar Sharma, IOP Science, ECS Trnsactions , vol.85, pp.1-10, 2018
    Fabrication of SU-8 Derived Three-Dimensional Carbon Microelectrodes as High Capacity Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries, By Mamidi Suresh, Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, IOP Science, ECS Trnsactions , vol.85, pp.21-27, 2018
    Journal of Materials Research, By Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, Spinger Nature, Resorcinol-Formaldehyde derived Carbon Xerogels: A Promising Anode Material for Lithium-ion Battery, vol.33, pp.1-14, 2018
    Effect of Patterned Electrospun Hierarchical Structures on Alignment and Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Biomimicking Bone, By Sharanya Sankar, Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra Sharma, Subha Rath , Wiley, Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, vol.12, pp.e2073-e2084 , 2018
    Fabrication of Bio-inspired Hydrophobic Self-Assembled Electrospun Nanofiber Based Hierarchical Structures, By Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, Mudrika Khandelwal, Stephen J. Eichhorn , Elsewhere, Materials Letters, vol.196, pp.339-342, 2017
    Cellulose Acetate Derived Free-Standing Electrospun Carbon Nanofibrous Mat as Anode Material for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery, By Manohar Kakunuri, Ramya Araga , Mudrika Khandelwal, Chandra S. Sharma, IOP Science, ECS Transactions, vol.80, pp.419-424 , 2017
    Fabrication of Bio-inspired Hydrophobic Self-Assembled Electrospun Nanofiber Based Hierarchical Structures, By Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, Mudrika Khandelwal, Stephen J. Eichhorn , Elsevier, Materials Letters, vol.196, pp.339-342 , 2017
    Effect of the current collector and pyrolysis temperature on the electrochemical performance of photoresist derived carbon films, By Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, IOP Science, Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, vol.6, pp.M3001-M3006 , 2017
    Three-dimensional electrospun micropatterned cellulose acetate nanofiber surfaces with tunable wettability, By Shiva Kalyani A, Mrunalini G, Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, Mudrika Khandelwal, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Elsevier, Applied Surface Science, vol.426, pp.557-562 , 2017
    Fabrication of Hydrophobic Three Dimensional Cellulose Acetate Nanofabric Surface by Template Assisted Electrospinning, By Manohar Kakunuri, Nandula D. Wanasekara, Chandra S. Sharma,Mudrika Khandelwal, Stephen J. Eichhorn, Wiley, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, vol.134, pp.339-342 , 2017
    SU-8 derived electrospun carbon nanofibers as high-capacity anode material for lithium ion battery, By Manohar Kakunuri, Shubham Kaushik, Ayush Saini, Chandra S. Sharma, Spinger Nature, Bulletin of Material Science, vol.40, pp.435-439 , 2017
    Resorcinol Formaldehyde Based Carbon Fibers as Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Batteries, By Mamidi Suresh, Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma , IOP Science, ECS Transactions, vol.77, pp.331-337 , 2017
    Catalytic graphitization of resorcinol-formaldehyde xerogel and its effect on lithium ion intercalation, By Manohar Kakunuri, Suresh Kali, Chandra S Sharma, Elsevier, Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, vol.117, pp.317-324, 2016
    SU-8/MWCNT derived Electrospun Composite Carbon Nanofabric as a High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery, By Manohar Kakunuri, Shubham Kaushik,Ayush Saini, Chandra S. Sharma, IOP Science, ECS Transactions , vol.72, pp.69-74 , 2016
    Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature on Electrochemical Performance of SU-8 Photoresist Derived Carbon Films, By Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, IOP Science, ECS Transactions, vol.66, pp.57-66, 2016
    Effect of Disorder Induced By Ball Milling on the Electrochemical Performance of Catalytically Graphitized Carbon Xerogel As Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries, By K. M. Gopalakrishnan, Manohar Kakunuri, and Chandra S. Sharma, IOP Science, ECS Transactions, vol.66, pp.41-51, 2015
    Synthesis of Carbon Xerogel Nanoparticles by Inverse Emulsion Polymerization of Resorcinol-Formaldehyde and Their Use as Anode Materials for Lithium-ion Battery, By Manohar Kakunuri, Sheetal Vennamalla, Chandra. S. Sharma, The Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC advances, vol.5, pp.4747-4753 , 2015
    Candle soot derived fractal-like carbon nanoparticles network as high-rate lithium ion battery anode material, By Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S Sharma, Elsevier, Electrochimica Acta, vol.180, pp.353-359, 2015
    Conference(s)
    Flexible Carbon nanofiber networks confined with MXene and MnO2 nanoparticles as electrodes for Supercapacitor application By Kiran Donthula, Manohar Kakunuri, ICONN-2023, 2023
    Polystyrene nanofibrous membrane infused with TiO2 by one-step electrospinning process for effective separation of water-in-oil emulsion By Thota Kamala, Ramya araga, Manohar Kakunuri, AOSS-2023, 2023
    A novel silica nanoparticle grafted superhydrophobic nanofibrous membrane for efficient oil/water emulsion separation By Kamala Thota, Ramya Araga, Manohar Kakunuri, INCEEE 2023, 2023
    Polystyrene-Stearic Acid Blended Electrospun Nanofibrous Membrane for Efficient Gravity-driven Oil/Water Separation By Kamala Thota, Ramya Araga, Manohar Kakunuri, International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies (ICMAT-2023), 2023
    Polystyrene ZIF-8 Metal-Organic Framework Composite Nanofibrous Membrane for Oil/Water Separation By Sarath Babu Anne, Kamala Thota, Manohar Kakunuri, Ramya Araga , 14th International Exergy, Energy, And Environment Symposium, 2023
    Energy and Exergy Analysis of CLC Based Biomass Fired Power Plant With Different Oxygen Carriers By Shailesh Singh Sikarwar, Ramsagar Vooradi, Venkata Suresh Patnaikuni, Manohar Kakunuri,, 14th International Exergy, Energy, And Environment Symposium, 2023
    Prediction of capacitance using artificial neural networks for carbon nanofiber-based supercapacitors By Kiran Donthula, Naresh Thota, Sarat Babu Anne, Manohar Kakunuri, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, 2023
    Prediction of product distribution using machine learningtechniques By Praveen Kumar Bommineni, Manohar Kakunuri, Sarat Babu Anne, 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, 2023
    Intercalation of coal ash and iron ore in chemical looping combustion By S. S. Sikarwar, G. Suryawamshi, B. K. Pilai, V. S. Patnaikuni and Manohar Kakunuri,, International conference on sustainable energy and green technology, 2019
    Insight on the reduction of Mo based oxides and investigating its electrochemical performance as anode material for Lithium-ion batteries By Pranav Kulkarni , Manohar Kakunuri, Geetha, Balakrishna, M.V Reddy, R. S. Rawat, INCEEE 2019, 2019
    Effect of Physicochemical Properties on Lithium-ion Intercalation into Carbon-based Anode Materials By Manohar Kakunuri, C. S. Sharma , Carbon MEMS:New Horizons 2018 , 2018
    Catalytically Graphitized Nanostructured Carbon Xerogels As High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium-Ion Battery By MM Gaikwad, Manohar Kakunuri, and C. S. Sharma, 233nd Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2018
    Fabrication of SU-8 Derived Three-Dimensional Carbon Microelectrodes as High Capacity Anodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries By Suresh Mamidi, ManoharKakunuri, C.S. Sharma, 233nd Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2018
    Cellulose acetate derived free-standing electrospun carbon nanofibrous mat as anode material for rechargeable lithium-ion battery By Manohar Kakunuri, Araga, R., Khandelwal, M., Sharma, C.S. , 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2017
    Cellulose Acetate Derived Free-Standing Electrospun Carbon Nanofibrous Mat As an Anode Material for Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri, Ramya Araga, Mudrika Khandelwal, Chandra S. Sharma, 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2017
    Resorcinol-formaldehyde derived Carbon Nanofibers as High Capacity Anode for Li ion Batteries By Mamidi Suresh, Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, 231st Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2017
    Template assisted micro-patterned electrospun nanofibrous mat as a potential carrier for controlled drug release By Sharma, C.S., Khandelwal, M., Kakunuri, M, Eichhorn, S., AICHE Annual Meeting, 2017
    SU-8 Photoresist Derived 3D Carbon Microelectrode As High Capacity Anode Material For Lithium Ion Battery By M. Suresh, M. Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, 229th Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2016
    SU-8/MWCNT derived Electrospun Composite Carbon Nanofabric as a High-Performance Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri, Shubham Kaushik, Ayush Saini, Chandra S. Sharma, 229th Electrochemical Society Meeting, 2016
    Candle Soot Based Carbon Nanoparticles as Anodes for High Rate Li Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri; Chandra S. Sharma, ICMAT-2015, 2015
    Biomass (Neem leaves) Derived Carbon As Low Cost and High Capacity Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri, Shubham Kaushik, Chandra S. Sharma, 232nd Electrochemical Society Meeting, , 2015
    Effect of Disorder Induced By Ball Milling on the Electrochemical Performance of Catalytically Graphitized Carbon Xerogel As Anode for Lithium Ion Batteries By K. M. Gopalakrishnan; Manohar Kakunuri; Chandra S. Sharma, 227th Electrochemical Society meeting, 2015
    Effect of Pyrolysis Temperature on Electrochemical Performance of SU-8 Photoresist Derived Carbon Films As Lithium Ion Battery Anode Material By Manohar Kakunuri; Chandra S. Sharma, 227th Electrochemical Society meeting, 2015
    Carbon Nanoparticles as High-Performance Anode Materials for Lithium Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri; Chandra S. Sharma, ChEmference 2015, 2015
    Resorcinol – Formaldehyde derived Graphitized Carbon Xerogel as Lithium ion Battery Anode Material By Manohar Kakunuri, Chandra S. Sharma, National Conference on Carbon Materials, 2015
    Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Xerogel Derived Carbon Nanoparticles as Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri; Chandra S. Sharma, AIChE annual meeting, 2014
    Nanostructured Carbon Materials as High Capacity Anodes for Lithium-ion Battery By Chandra S. Sharma, Manohar Kakunuri, ICAMET 2014, 2014
    Resorcinol Formaldehyde Xerogel Derived Carbon Nanoparticles As Anode Material for Lithium Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri & C. S. Sharma , AMDA-2014, 2014
    Photoresist Derived Carbon Films as High Capacity Anodes for Lithium Ion Battery By Manohar Kakunuri; Chandra S. Sharma, 225th Electrochemical Society meeting, 2014
    Activated porous carbon nanofibers electrospun from lignin/PAN/PVP, with enhanced specific capacitance for supercapacitors applications By Kiarn Donthula, Manohar kakunuri, AOSS-2023, 2013
    Characterization of Carbon Films Prepared at Different Temperature: A Basic Study for Carbon based MEMS By Manohar Kakunuri, and C. S. Sharma , ChEmference 2011, 2011
    Book Chapter(s)
    Prediction of capacitance using artificial neural networks for carbon nanofiber-based supercapacitors By Kiran Donthula, Naresh Thota, Sarat Babu Anne, Manohar Kakunuri in 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Elsevier, Conference proceeding book chapter, 2023
    Prediction of product distribution using machine learning techniques By Praveen Kumar Bommineni, Manohar Kakunuri, Sarat Babu Anne in 33rd European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering, Elsevier, Conference proceeding book chapter, 2023
    Multifunctional coatings based on smart nanocontainers By Uday B. Bagale, Shirish H. Sonawane, Bharat Bhanvase, Vikas S. Hakke in Smart Coatings and Thin Films for Future Industrial and Biomedical Engineering Applications, Elsevier, Book-Research, 2020
    Organic Xerogel Materials for C-MEMS By C.S.Sharma, and Manohar Kakunuri in Carbon: The Next Silicon? , Momentum Press, Book-Research, 2015
    PROJECT / CONSULTANCY
    Development of Hard Carbon with Tailored Physicochemical Properties from Tire Waste for Sodium-Ion Battery Applications
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: ANRF (MAHA EV)
    Project Cost (INR): 7042360
    Date of Commencement: 30-05-2025  
    Duration: 60 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Development and Demonstration of 1Ah Zn-ion Cell
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Limited
    Project Cost (INR): 3296920
    Date of Commencement: 11-11-2025  
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Design and development of ethanol based chemical looping water splitting configuration for green hydrogen production
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB-CRG
    Project Cost (INR): 2800000
    Date of Commencement: 01-02-2024  
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Electrochemical testing (of RIL supplied materials) & analysis of the data
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Consultancy
    Sponsor: Reliance Industries Ltd
    Project Cost (INR): 613599
    Date of Commencement: 08-04-2025  
    Duration: 12 Months
    Status: Ongoing
    Design and Development of 100 AH prismatic Al-ion cells.
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: HBL Power Systems Ltd.
    Project Cost (INR): 6900000
    Date of Commencement: 06-03-2023   Date of Completion: 06-03-2026
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    Design and operation of chemical looping combustion of coal and biomass for clean energy production with CO2 capture
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DST-CRG
    Project Cost (INR): 3000000
    Date of Commencement: 27-01-2023   Date of Completion: 27-01-2026
    Duration: 36 Months
    Status: Completed
    Development of low-cost indigenous oxygen carriers with high red-ox cyclic stability for Chemical Looping Combustion of high ash Indian Coals
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: DST SPARC
    Project Cost (INR): 4000000
    Date of Commencement: 28-07-2023   Date of Completion: 28-07-2025
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    Design and Development of indigenous membrane-less water electrolysis system
    Role: Co-Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Kellton Tech Solutions Ltd, Hyderabad
    Project Cost (INR): 1188000
    Date of Commencement: 30-03-2024   Date of Completion: 29-03-2025
    Duration: 12 Months
    Status: Completed
    Development of High-performance Electrolytes
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Consultancy
    Sponsor: Tatva Chintan Pharma Chem Limited
    Project Cost (INR): 1200000
    Date of Commencement: 08-02-2024   Date of Completion: 08-02-2025
    Duration: 12 Months
    Status: Completed
    Design and development of hybrid capacitor
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: Kellton Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
    Project Cost (INR): 1100000
    Date of Commencement: 06-02-2023   Date of Completion: 06-02-2025
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    Fabrication of carbon soot based reusable and robust nanofiber membranes for effective oil-water separation
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB-SRG
    Project Cost (INR): 2700000
    Date of Commencement: 19-02-2020   Date of Completion: 19-02-2022
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    Engineered carbon nanomaterials as high-performance active electrode materials for supercapacitor and sodium ion battery application
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB
    Project Cost (INR): 2000000
    Date of Commencement: 31-03-2017   Date of Completion: 31-03-2019
    Duration: 24 Months
    Status: Completed
    Activated graphene/carbon composite nanofiber as high performance anode material for sodium ion battery
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Type: Research
    Sponsor: SERB
    Project Cost (INR): 2600000
    Date of Commencement: 18-12-2017   Date of Completion: 18-12-2018
    Duration: 12 Months
    Status: Completed
    RESEARCH FELLOWS / PhD STUDENTS
    Current PhD Students
    M S Chandrasekhar
    Area of Research: Cathode materials for Na-ion battery
    Payyavula Raju
    Area of Research: Chemical looping combustion - experimental studies
    Priyanka Jagnade
    Area of Research: Hybrid Capacitor
    Sajida
    Area of Research: Carbon-based anode materials for Na-ion battery
    Sankalp Tripathi
    Area of Research: Carbon Nanocomposite Materials for Na-ion batteries.
    Vikas Mahendra Sharma
    Area of Research: Al-ion Battery
    Previous PhD Students
    Kamal Thota (2025)
    Area of Research: Oil/Water separation
    Kiran Donthula (2023)
    Area of Research: Carbon Nanofibers & Supercapacitors
    PDF Post-Doctoral Fellows
    Dr. Somenath Panda
    Apr 2023 → Mar 2025
    Area of Research: Al-ion batteries
    CONFERENCE / WORKSHOP / SYMPOSIUM / SHORT TERM COURSE / FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
    New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE - 2025)
    25-Jun-2025 → 26-Nov-2025
    Event Type: Conference
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: SERB, MiETY
    ADVANCED SOFT MATERIALS: SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS (ASM-2018)
    17-Dec-2017 → 21-Dec-2018
    Event Type: Workshop
    Role: Co‑coordinator
    Funding Agency: TEQIP
    AWARDS AND ACCOLADES
    2024
    Research Excellence Award
    Excellence in Academics and Technology
    2023
    Executive Council Member
    2017
    Oversseas Postdoctoral Fellowship
    2016
    National Postdoctoral Fellowship
    2015
    Electrochemical society travel grant award
    ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
    •  PIC-Curriculum (Continuing from July, 2025)
    •  PIC: Industry Advisory Board (Continuing from March, 2024)
    •  Convener-Department purchase committee (Continuing from September, 2023)
    •  PIC-Energy Storage Lab (Continuing from July, 2023)
    •  Coordinator: Center of Excellence on Batteries. (Continuing from July, 2023)
    •  Convener: Class room Infrastructure and Maintenance (Continuing from December, 2022)
    •  PIC-Chemical Engineering Research lab (July, 2022 - July, 2023)
    •  Coordinator: UG Projects (August, 2021 - July, 2023)
    •  Coordinator: Colloquium (August, 2020 - July, 2022)
    •  PIC: Biometric attendance (August, 2020 - September, 2021)
    •  PIC Website (August, 2020 - July, 2023)
    •  Faculty Advisor: II Year (July, 2018 - August, 2020)
    •  PIC Annual Reports (July, 2018 - September, 2021)
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