PROF. ABIR DE SARKAR
RESEARCH LAB
COMPUTATIONAL NANOSCIENCE
Ph.D. Students
Ms. Arneet Kaur
UGC-NET-SRF
M.Sc. (Physics): Kurukshetra University, Haryana
Ms. Arneet Kaur did M.Sc. in Physics from Kurukshetra University, Haryana, and B.Sc. from DAV College, Ambala.
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Research Interest: 2D semiconducting materials for Energy conversion
Mr. Shivam did M.Sc. in Physics from NIT Jalandhar, Punjab, and B.Sc. from Kurukshetra University.
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Research Interest: He is broadly interested in quantum transport phenomena in two-dimensional and topological materials. His focus lies in understanding the quasiparticle dynamics in linear and nonlinear regime.
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Mr. Mohd Faizee did his M.Sc. in Physics from the University of Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. He holds qualifications in several prestigious national-level examinations, including JRF (NET) Physics, GATE Physics, JEST Physics, and IIT JAM Physics.
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Research Interest: His research interests lie in the field of 2D materials, with a focus on employing DFT and tight-binding approaches to investigate their electronic structure and transport properties.
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Ms. Diksha Sharma
JRF
M.Sc. (Physics): Delhi University
Ms. Diksha Sharma did M.Sc. in Physics from Delhi University. She is Project JRF since May, 2024.
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Research Interest: Piezoelectricity in 2D materials
Ms. Anuradha did B.Sc. Physics honours and M.Sc. in Physics from Panjab University. She was awarded INSPIRE scholarship by DST, Government of India,for the outstanding performance in 12th standard and also recieved a merit certificate from state Board for academics excellence in matric.
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Research Interest: Energy conversion and emerging electronics of 2D systems
Ms. Anuradha
CSIR-JRF
M.Sc. (Physics): Panjab University
Alumni
Ms. Fathima has received her M.Sc. in Physics from Central University, Kerala and B.Sc. from Sree Narayana College for Women (SNCW), Kollam, Kerala.
She is now a Ph.D. student at INST under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar.
Research Interest: Nanohybrid materials for low-power digital data processing and memory devices
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Ms. Fathima, DST-Inspire Fellow (SRF)
M.Sc. (Physics): Central University of Kerala
Dr. Nilakantha Tripathy completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in October 2025.
He has received his M.Sc. (2014-2016) degree in Physics from Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) and B.Sc. (2011-2014) from Ravenshaw University. Prior to joining Ph.D. in INST, he worked as a project assistant for 2 years in the field of Computational Physics at Centre for Modelling and Simulation, SPPU.
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Research Interest: First-principles Exploration of Ferroic and Quantum properties in 2D materials for Nanoelectronic and Spintronic Applications
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Dr. Nilakantha Tripathy
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Postdoctoral Fellow at
IIT Ropar, India
Ms. Harshita
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Postdoctoral Fellow at
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Dr. Harshita Seksaria completed her Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in August 2025.
She has received her M.Sc. degree in Physics from S.S. Jain Subodh PG autonomous college Jaipur and B.Sc. from SRKPGC Kishangarh.
Research Interest: Exploring & Tweaking 2D semiconducting materials
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Dr. Amal Kishore
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Postdoctoral Fellow
IISc Bangalore, India
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Dr. Amal Kishore completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in February 2025.
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He has received his M.Sc. (2016-2018) in Physics from NIT Durgapur and B.Sc. (2013-2016) from Shivaji College, University of Delhi. He joined Prof. Abir De Sarkar's group as a Ph.D. student in 2020.
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Research Interest: Ab initio insights into energy harvesting at the nanoscale
Dr. Anu Arora completed her Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in January 2025.
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She joined Prof. Abir De Sarkar's group as a CSIR-JRF in 2020 upon the successful completion of her M.Sc. (2017-2019) in Physics from University Of Delhi and B.Sc. (2014-2017) from Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, University Of Delhi.
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Research Interest: Energy conversion in low dimensional materials
Dr. Anu Arora
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Postdoctoral Fellow at Ashoka University, India
Dr. Pradip Nandi
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Postdoctoral Fellow at University of São Paulo, Brazil
Dr. Pradip Nandi completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in November 2024.​
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He did his M.Sc. (2015-2017) in Physics from IIT Guwahati and B.Sc. (2012-2015) from Bankura Christian College under Burdwan University, West Bengal.
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Research Interest: Piezoelectricity in 2D materials
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Research Interest: Computational modeling of two-dimensional materials and their hetero-structures to study nano-piezotronic and opto-electronic properties.
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Dr. Raihan Ahammed completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in April 2023.
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He completed his M.Sc. (2012-2014) in Physics from IIT Madras and B.Sc. (2010-2012) from Narendrapur Ramkrishna Mission under Calcutta University. He joined Prof. Abir De Sarkar's group in 2018 as a Ph.D. student.
Dr. Raihan Ahammed
Postdoctoral Fellow
IIT Kanpur, India
Dr. Manish Kumar Mohanta
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Postdoctoral Fellow
Virginia Commonwealth University, USA
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Research Interest:
Theoretical modeling of applied nanomaterials to investigate electronic, optical, mechanical, and thermal transport properties for device-based applications using first-principles density functional theory based approaches.
Academic background:
Dr. Manish Kumar Mohanta completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar and awarded the degree in May 2022.
He joined Prof. Abir De Sarkar's Computational Nanoscience research group as a PhD student (CSIR-JRF) in January 2018. Prior to that, he did experimental work for about a year, as per his initial assignment at INST, Mohali.
He has done his M.Sc. (2015-2017) in Applied Physics from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad.
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Dr. Ashima Rawat received her M.Sc. in Physics (2014-2016) from Punjab University and B.Sc. (2011-2014) from Punjab University. After the successful completion of her M.Sc., she joined Prof. Abir De Sarkar's research group as a JRF in August, 2016. She has been awarded a Ph.D. degree on 24th July 2021 from INST-IISER Mohali. Then, following a brief stint as a Guest Faculty at NIT Kurukshetra, she has secured postdoctoral positions in Germany and USA, and DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship in India. She completed her first postdoctoral at Michigan Technological University, USA.
Dr. Ashima Rawat
PREP Associate at NIST Boulder and Research Faculty at University of Colorado, USA
Research Interest:
2D transition-metal dichalcogenide monolayers and their Janus structures for next-generation electronics and energy conversion: an ab-initio study
Academic background:
Dr. Nityasagar Jena completed his Ph.D. under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in August 2020. He has joined a coveted postdoctoral position on a Graphene Flagship project spanning across Germany, France and Belgium. It happens to be the biggest scientific research initiative in Europe with a budget of > €11 billion.
Dr. Dimple, Ph.D.
CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow, Nancy, France
Currently, Assistant Professor
Gitam University
India
Research Interest:
Ab initio investigation on (i) scavenging waste heat into electricity, (ii) Solar energy harvesting in artificial photosynthesis and (iii) piezoelectric properties in 2D nanomaterials
Academic background:
Dr. Dimple completed his Ph.D. from IISER (INST), Mohali under the supervision of Prof. Abir De Sarkar in November 2019. He had joined Prof. De Abir Sarkar's group as a JRF in August 2014 upon the completion of his M.Sc. in Physics from NIT Jalandhar. He was a CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at Nancy, France.
Research Interest:
Ab initio studies on activation and conversion of hydrocarbons and CO2 molecules on nanomaterials
Academic Background:
Dr. Seema Gautam joined Prof. Abir De Sarkar's group at INST, Mohali as a National Posdoctoral Fellow and worked broadly on conversion of hydrocarbons and CO2 molecules on nanomaterials, from August 2015 to April 2019. After completing her post doctorate, she joined Chandigarh university as a assistant professor.
Dr. Seema Gautam