DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE & ENGINEERING

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, KANPUR

PLACEMENT
BROCHURE
2023-2024
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
HOD'S OPEN LETTER .................................................................................... Pg. 03

ABOUT US .............................................................................…...............…............................. Pg. 04

ACADEMIC PROGRAMS …..................................................................................................... Pg. 05

ACADEMIC CURRICULUM …................................................................................................... Pg. 06

RESEARCH FACILITIES …...................................................................................................... Pg. 07

RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS …................................................................................................... Pg. 08

RESEARCH THEMES & AREAS ............................................................................................... Pg. 09

PROJECTS AND COLLABORATIONS …..................................................................................... Pg. 10

DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES ….............................................................................................. Pg. 11

DEPARTMENTAL ACHIEVEMENTS …....................................................................................... Pg. 12

FACULTY LIST …..................................................................................................................... Pg. 13

DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI …..................................................................................................... Pg. 14

PAST RECRUITERS ….............................................................................….............................. Pg. 15

CONTACT US ….............................................................................…....................................... Pg. 16

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 HOD's Open Letter

Dear Recruiter…

Greetings from the esteemed Department of Materials Science and

Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. We hold sincere hopes
that some of our students will soon have the privilege of becoming part of
your esteemed organization. Be assured that they will be nothing short of
remarkable, adding substantial value to the progress of your institution.

Students graduating from Materials Science and Engineering Department

at IITK undergo an intensive curriculum which includes not only extensive
coursework but also practical engagement encompassing advanced
laboratory work, project undertakings and thesis endeavors. Our
department takes pride in offering access to globally competitive facilities
of highest caliber.

This training program provides not only in-depth knowledge, but also offers students the opportunity to expand
their domain of knowledge by selecting appropriate elective courses. Flexibility in selecting their course work
allows students to carve a specialized career path for themselves. Apart from this, a rich campus life allows
students the opportunity to take part in various extra-curricular and socially relevant activities, and develop a
healthy personality.

The amalgamation of our rigorous program, in terms of training, and flexibility in terms of fine tuning their domain
of expertise, aided by their freedom to express themselves, inculcates in students, an insatiable desire to learn
and excel. We take pride in the fact that students from our department excel in wide spectrum of career
opportunities. Students from our department are eager to step into industries, like automotive, aerospace,
materials processing, iron and steel making, non-ferrous metallurgy, ceramics, health care, semiconductors and
many more. With a strong foundation in mathematical and numerical methods, students of our department are
also eager and capable of contributing to building software forthe upliftment and knowledge creation in materials
world.

While undergraduates of our department are trained to acquire basic understanding of the materials and
quantitative analysis so that they can take up a wide variety of challenges offered by the recruiter, our research
cadre students, M.Tech.s, BT-MTs and PhDs, are provided specialized training to take up any scientific and
technical challenges for the development and utilization of new processes and materials forthe future.

We are convinced that you, as a recruiter, would definitely be impressed by the quality and skills of our students,
in varied programs, viz. B.Tech, M.Tech, BT-MT and PhD. I have no hesitation in asserting that you would certainly
benefit by recruiting these talented and capable students, and with your help and guidance they will realize their
full potential.

Finally, I, on behalf of our department as well as Institute, wholeheartedly recommend our students for
successful job opportunity in your organization. These bright and young students are eager to make their mark in
the world, and would make you proud, the way we take pride in them.

Prof. Kallol Mondal

Professor and Head MSE
IIT Kanpur

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 About Us

The department of Materials Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur strives to prepare technologists/
engineers to develop new materials and processes for applications in industries of metal and mining,
automotive, chemical, aviation, plastic, biotechnology, semiconductor solar, and energy sectors.

The department formerly, known as Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, was established in 1960. Since
its inception, it has had a strong impact in providing knowledgeable manpower to meet the nation's demand
in traditional metallurgy. The department has constantly reinvented to keep the IIT curriculum in pace with
the state-of-the-art technologies.

The field of study in the department now encompasses the entire spectrum of extractive metallurgy, physical
metallurgy, manufacturing processes, electronics and semiconductor materials, mechanical behavior of
materials, powder metallurgy, process modeling, material degradation, nanomaterials, biomaterials,
ceramics, composites, and computational materials engineering. This department has pioneered a unified
approach for teaching and research, which has enabled us to evolve into an interdisciplinary field contributing
to diverse applications and technological development.

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Academic Programs

2021-22 Batch

B. Tech BT-MT M. Tech PhD

309 6 45 126
4 Years 5 Years 2 Years 5 Years

MSE Department at IIT Kanpur puts emphasis on enhancing the technical expertise of
the students and provides hands-on Industrial exposure to students with internships,
projects, and visits.

UG Coursework
• Basic Sciences*
• Core Laboratories*
• Departmental Courses*
• Internship (2nd /3rd year)*
• B.Tech Thesis
• Teaching Assistantship
• Internship

PG Coursework
• Structure and Characterization of Materials*
• Transport Phenomena*
• Thermodynamics*
• Mathematical and Computational Methods*
• M.Tech/Ph.D Thesis*
• Teaching Assistantship*
• Internship
*compulsory

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 Academic Curriculum
Metallurgical Engineering
 Iron and Steel Making
 Principles of metal extraction and refining
 Phase Transformations
 Thermodynamics & Phase Equilibria
 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
 Materials Failure: Analysis and Prevention
 Structure and Characterization of Materials
 Diffusion in Solids

Biomaterials and Nanomaterials

 Introduction to Biomaterials
 Materials Science Technologies for
 Applications in Life Sciences
 TEM and Nano Analysis of Materials
 Nanostructures and Nanomaterials:
 Characterization and Properties

Electronics Materials
 Electronic Devices and Characterization
 Electro-ceramic Materials and Applications
 Computer Simulations in Materials Science and
Technology of Thin Films and
 Device Fabrication
 Energy Materials and Technologies
 Materials for Semiconductor Industry
 Display Technology

Materials in Manufacturing
 Materials Processing
 Selection & Design of Engineering Materials
 Manufacturing processes
 Solidification Processing
 Heat Treatment and Surface Hardening
 Powder Metallurgy
 Introduction to Lightweight Alloys

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 Research Facilities
MSE department at IIT Kanpur is furnished with world-class facilities assisting students in
learning vital skills and gain hands-on experience of the latest technologies used in industries
and academia. Apart from the various testing and characterization laboratories, the
department also houses befitting computational and modeling facilities in steelmaking, fluid
dynamics, and solidification processing. We have the following labs in our department:
https://iitk.ac.in/mse/MSE-Facilities/

Microstructure Characterization Facility

SEM APT AFM DSC/ TGA
TEM BET XRD
EPMA XPS

Physical Metallurgy and Engineering Metallurgy Lab

Optical Microscopy Welding
Microwave Sintering Furnace Brazing
Rolling Mill

Electronic Materials and Thin Film Processing Lab

Pulse Laser Deposition Clean Room
Electron-Beam Evaporation Sputtering
Photolithography

Material Testing Lab

UTM Impact Testing
Fatigue Testing Hardness Testing
Creep Testing Microhardness Testing

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 Research Highlights

SAMTEL Centre for Display Technologies

To conduct R&D so as to nurture and support the growth of science and
technology of electronic displays and to establish a tripartite relationship
between industry, academia and governmental agencies.

National Centre for Flexible Electronics

It acts as a nodal point in India to bring academia, industry and public research
organizations under one umbrella for research and development of large area
flexible electronics.
Industry Partners: Applied Materials, Manipal Technologies, Chain
Electronics, Mathura Manufacturing

Advanced Centre for Materials Science

Advanced Centre for Materials Science was created in 1978 with a view to make
available major materials preparation and characterization facilities under one-
roof. These state-of-the-art research facilities are regularly upgraded, and
maintained by suitably trained competent staff.

Integrated Computational Materials Engineering

ICME HUB Integrated Computational Materials Engineering is a National Hub at IIT Kanpur
NATIONAL

AN IITK-TCS JOINT - A Joint IITK-TCS Initiative

INITIATIVE

Centre for Nanosciences

The centre is aimed to provide various nanomission & nanotechnology related
fabrication & characterization tools for fundamental research support to
startups and other academic & industrial partners.

Seminar/Talks (2022-2023)
• Prof. Anuj Bisht, Loughborough University, UK, delivered a talk on "Material Phenomenon under load
near theoretical stress".

• Dr. Surender Maddella, Sr. Tech. Spec., AutoE Tech Forum Chair, USA, delivered a talk on " Charting A
Career Path: A glance at Research Highlights".

• 15th Professor E C Subbarao Lecture Series on “Fascinating challenges of Health Care for Engineering”
delivered by Prof. Akshaya Kumar Jena, Former Professor and Head Material Science and Engineering
IIT Kanpur.

• 11th Annual Samsonov Memorial International Lecture Series on “10 years of research on diffusion in
high -entropy alloys” delivered by Dr. Sergiy Divinski, Professor, University of Munster, Germany

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Research Themes and Areas

Research Themes
Health Care

Energy and Environment

Electronic Materials & Devices

Railways, Automobiles, Space and Defence Technologies

Iron, steel & other metals

Research Areas
 Biomaterials
 Computational Materials Science
 Electroceramics
 Extractive Metallurgy
 Flexible and Organic Electronics
 Manufacturing Processes
 Material Degradation
 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
 Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology
 Physical Metallurgy
 Powder Metallurgy
 Process Modeling
 Structural Ceramics

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Projects and Collaborations

 Steelmaking, Process Modelling

 Flexible electronics, materials and devices, semiconductor
Areas of Ongoing Projects

materials, Organic Electronics

 Computational Materials Science, Finite Element Method,
Integrated Computational Materials Engineering
 Physical Metallurgy, Phase Transformation
 Environmental degradation of alloys
 Biomaterials, Protein Patterning
 Multi-component Diffusion, Thermodynamics
 Powder Metallurgy, Ceramic Processing, Sintering, Solid Oxide
Fuel Cells
 Grain Boundary Engineering, Severe Deformation Processing
 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
 Stereology, Crystallography
 Glassy Alloys, Quasicrystals
 Nanomaterials/ Composites
 3D and additive Manufacturing

Collaborations

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 Departmental Activities

Department Bodies

Indian Institute of Metals Materials Society(MatSoc) Material Advantage is a

- Kanpur chapter is an integral student window providing
organizes Materials Quiz community which access to the materials
workshops and organizes various professional's most
conferences, involving departmental talks, eminent societies like
student-faculty workshops, events and ASM, TMS, AIST and
interaction recreational activities Acers

Research Scholars Day and Farewell

Department of Materials Science and Engineering successfully organized Padarth Research
Scholars Day 2023 (RSD23) on February 18-19, 2023. The event was meticulously planned and
conducted by the Research Scholars of the department. RSD is an annual event of the department
whose primary objectives are to promote scholarly discussions amongst the research scholars and
also to encourage interdisciplinary research in the department. A series of outstanding technical
talks were delivered by the senior research scholars of the department. Additionally, metallography
contest and quizzes were organizedto enthuse the younger researchers.

The Farewell event organized by Matsoc for the passing

out Y21 (PG) batch andY19 (UG) batch. The event was
filled with nostalgic moments and celebrations featuring
cultural performances, games and inspiring words from
professors. During the event, Faculty members, students,
all shared their memories and laughs with the outgoing
batch and finally bided them goodbye by wishing them
best of luck for their future endeavors. Also, a token of
appreciation was also handed over to the graduating batch

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 Department Achievements
 Dr. Kantesh Balani has been elected as a Dean of Resources and Alumni (DORA), IIT Kanpur, Fellow of the
Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India
(NASI), The Yadupati Singhania Memorial Chair for a period of three years, an editorial board member of
Journal of Thermal Spray Technology (Springer).
 Dr. Kallol Mondal has been elected for the Gireesh Jankinath Chair for a period of three years.
 Dr. Krishanu Biswas has been awarded the Fellowship by Electron Microscope Society of India (EMSI)
for the year 2022 under material science category.
 Dr. Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh has been elected for the P. K. Kelkar Fellowship for a period of three years
and also been selected as a member of the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences (INYAS) for a period
of 5 years
 Dr. Nilesh Badwe has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the journal "Microelectronics Reliability".
The journal is dedicated to disseminating the latest research results and related information on the
reliability of microelectronic devices, circuits and systems, from materials, process and manufacturing, to
design, testing and operation.
 Dr. Dipak Mazumdar has received the Distinguished Alumni Award 2023 from National Institute of
Technology Jamshedpur.
 Dr. Vivek Verma and his team have developed agarose-based dressings for chronic wounds. The dressing
helps in reducing microbial onslaught and modulates the physiology at the wound site allowing it to heal.

Awards & Honors 56th Convocation 2023

Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Shipra Bajpai Kancharla Harikrishna

Outstanding Ph. D Thesis Award
OUTSTANDING PhD THESIS AWARD

Neetu
SIIC Student Innovation Pragati Singh

Congratulations
Award(SSIA) IITK Excellence in Art & Cultural Activities
Activities

&
Best Wishes
Nivedan Neeraj Aanandhkrishna S
BATRA GOLD MEDAL BOGINENI CHENCHU RAMA
NAIDU GOLD MEDAL

Basant Yadav Nandita

PROF. BAL DEVA UPADHYAY MEMORIAL BHAGWANI DEVI MAHESHWARI
GOLD MEDAL GOLD MEDAL, GENERAL
PROFICIENCY MEDAL & RATAN SWARUP MEMORIAL PRIZE

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 Faculty List
Nilesh Badwe Kallol Mondal
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~nbadwe http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kallol
Kantesh Balani Rajdip Mukherjee
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kbalani http://home.iitk.ac.in/~rajdipm
Somnath Bhowmick Shobit Omar
Website: Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~somar
https://iitk.ac.in/new/somnath-bhowmick
Sandeep Sangal
Krishanu Biswas Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sangal
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kbiswas
Rahul Sarkar
Niraj Chawake Website: https://iitk.ac.in/mse/rsarkar.php
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~mchawake
Rajiv Shekhar
Anshu Gaur (On Deputation: Director, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad)
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~agaur Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vidtan
Srinu Gangolu Shashank Shekhar
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~srinu Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shashank
Deepak Gupta Amarendra Kumar Singh
Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~saboo Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~amarendra
Nilesh Prakash Gurao Sudhanshu Shekhar Singh
Website: Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sudhanss
https://iitk.ac.in/new/nilesh-prakash-gurao
Raghupathy Yuvraj
Sarang Ingole Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~raghu
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~sarang
Anish Upadhyaya
Shikhar Krishn Jha Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~anishu
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~skjha Vivek Verma
Monica Katiyar Website: http://home.iitk.ac.in/~vverma
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~mk
Kaustubh Kulkarni Dipak Mazumdar
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~kkaustub (Emeritus Faculty)
Website: https://home.iitk.ac.in/~dipak/
Tanmoy Maiti
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~tmaiti
Dipak Mazumdar Pulickel M Ajayan
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~dipak
(Distinguished Honorary Professor)
Arunabh Meshram Professor of Materials Science and
https://iitk.ac.in/mse/arunabhm.php Nano Engineering, Rice University
Shikhar Misra https://ajayan.rice.edu/pulickel-ajayan.html
http://home.iitk.ac.in/~shikharm

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Distinguished Alumni

Mr. Suresh Pandey Prof. Jagdish Narayan

(BT/MME/1965) (BT/MME/1969)
(Former Director, Bokaro Steel Plant) (Prof., Carolina State University)
(Management excellence) (Academic excellence)

Mr. B. K. Shah Mr. Som Mittal

(BT/MME/74) (BT/MME/1973)
(Exec. Director, AIA) (Former Chairman, NASSCOM)
(Entrepreneurial Excellence) (Management excellence)

Prof. Veena Sahajwalla Dr. Pramath Raj Sinha

(BT/MME/86) (BT/MME/86)
(Scientia Professor, UNSW) (Founder, Ashoka University)
(Academic Excellence) (Service of the society at large)

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Past Recruiters

Wrig
nanoSystems
Pvt Ltd

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Contact Us

Dr. Kallol Mondal Dr. Srinu Gangolu Dr. Shobit Omar

Head Student Placement Advisor Student Placement Advisor
MSE Department MSE Department MSE Department
kallol@iitk.ac.in srinu@iitk.ac.in somar@iitk.ac.in
+91-512-259-6156 +91-512-259-2317 +91-512-259-7427

Mr. Pratap Sharma Ms. Akshada Raykar

Department Department
Placement Coordinator Placement Coordinator
M.Tech. M.Tech.
prataps22@iitk.ac.in akshadam22@iitk.ac.in
+91-8389818681 +91-7016638024

STUDENTS’ PLACEMENT OFFICE

109, Outreach Building, IIT Kanpur
spo@iitk.ac.in
Phone: +91-512 259 4433