Sciences Faculty

Name: Dr. Murali, Ph.D. (Physics, IGCAR)
Designation: Associate Professor
Date of Joining: 14.02.2019
Email: dmurali@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:235)
Area of Interest: I work in the area of computational condensed matter and my current area of research is to use ab-initio electronic structure calculations to model real physical behavior of materials for various applications. Presently I work on variety of applications including photovoltaic effect in perovskite based solar cells, phonon transport, solid oxide fuel cells, nanostructure evolution in structural materials, etc.

Name: Dr. D. Amaranatha Reddy, Ph.D. (Physics, S V University, Tirupati)
Designation: Associate Professor
Date of Joining: 18.05.2020
Email: drreddy@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:241)
Area of Interest: The primary area of research interest includes the synthesis, manipulation, and the physico-chemical characterization of nanomaterials for Solar Fuels: Hydrogen production by photo/photoelectrocatalytic water splitting, photocatalytic decontamination of gaseous/aqueous pollutants for water/air purification, photocatalytic CO2 conversion into value-added chemicals, and biomass conversion into value-added chemicals.

Name: Dr. Ravinder Katta, Ph.D. (Mathematics, IIT Roorkee)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-I)
Date of Joining: 14.02.2019
Email: ravinder@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:237)
Area of Interest: Mathematical Control Theory, Inverse Problems.

Name: Dr. T. Pandiyarajan, Ph.D. (Physics, NIT, Tiruchirappalli)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-I) & HOD
Date of Joining: 18.01.2021
Email: pandiyarajan@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:233)
Area of Interest: Optical nanomaterials, Bioactive nanostructured materials, Thin film fabrication, Raman spectroscopy, Photocatalysis

Name: Dr.P.V. Prakash Madduri, Ph.D.(Physics, Central University, Hyderabad)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-I)
Date of Joining: 20.01.2021
Email: prakash.madduri@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:232)
Area of Interest: Magnetism at nanoscopic and mesoscopic length scales / Core-Shell nanoparticles, Magnetic Skyrmions & Antiskyrmions / Magnetic excitations and Magnonics / Magnetotransport in bulk and nano materials / Ferromagnetic Resonance studies / Magnetic Refrigeration

Name: Dr. Anirban Majumdar, Ph.D. (Mathematics, IIT Guwahati)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-I)
Date of Joining: 03.09.2021
Email: anirban@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:234)
Area of Interest: Parameter uniform numerical methods for singularly perturbed problems, Numerical solution of partial differential equations, Differential equations

Name: Dr. Mani Shankar Pandey, Ph.D. (Mathematics, IIIT, Allahabad)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade-I)
Date of Joining: 22.02.2023
Email: mspandey@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:236)
Area of Interest: Multiplicative Lie Algebra, Gyrogroup and Skew Braces.

Name: Dr. Nittala Noel Anurag Prashanth, Ph.D. (English, EFLU, Hyderabad)
Designation: Assistant Professor
Date of Joining: 29.12.2020
Email: noel@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:239)
Area of Interest: Curriculum, Syllabus Designing and Materials Production, English as a Second Language (ESL), English for Specific Purposes (ESP), Medium of Instruction and Language Policy.

Name: Dr. Putha Kishore, Ph.D. (Physics, NIT, Warangal)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade II)
Date of Joining: 17.03.2023
Email: kishore@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:240)
Area of Interest: Optics, Electronics, Photonics, Fiber Optic Sensors, Fiber Bragg Gratings, Dynamic Liquid Lenses, Structural Health Monitoring

Name: Dr. Kushal Dhar Dwivedi, Ph.D. (Mathematics, IIT-BHU, Varanasi)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade II)
Date of Joining: 11.12.2023
Email: kddwivedi@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:242)
Area of Interest: Fractional Differential Equations and Numerical Method

Name: Dr. Raju Nandi, Ph.D. (Mathematics, IIT Madras)
Designation: Assistant Professor (Grade II)
Date of Joining: 16.04.2025
Email: rajunandirkm@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:231)
Area of Interest: Spectrol Graph Theory, Combinatorial Matrix Theory

Name: Prof. K. Visweswara Reddy, Ph.D. (S.K. University)
Designation: Visiting Professor
Date of Joining: 12.07.2023
Email: kvreddy@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 08518-289100 (Extension:238)
Area of Interest: Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Incubation, Managerial Economics and International Economics, Agripreneuship and Start-up ecosystem

Name: Prof. P. Chandrasekhar, M.Sc. Tech. (Andhra University)
Designation: Adjunct Professor
Date of Joining: 23.05.2024
Email: pcs@iiitk.ac.in  |  Phone: 9441237250
Area of Interest: Experimental Physics, Geophysical Exploration, Remote Sensing and Integrated Studies