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Name	Designation		Research
Regular Faculty
Nixon M. Abraham	Assistant Professor	Biology	Neural circuits and behaviour; Olfaction
Bijay Kumar Agarwalla	Assistant Professor	Physics	Charge and energy transport, Fluctuation relations, Quantum thermodynamics, Engineered light-matter quantum systems, Multidimensional spectroscopy
V. G. Anand	Professor	Chemistry	Porphyrinoids, Molecular recognition, Luminescent materials
Sudarshan Ananth	Professor	Physics	Theoretical Particle Physics
Amit Apte	Professor and Chair, Data Science	Data Science	Dynamical systems; Data assimilation
Ashish Arora	Assistant Professor	Physics	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, 2D materials, layered semiconductors, magneto-optics, high magnetic fields, quantum materials/devices, nanoscale magnetism, semiconductor nanostructures, low-dimensional physics, strong interest in public outreach
Collins Assisi	Assistant Professor	Biology	Information processing by neuronal networks
Chaitanya Athale	Associate Professor	Biology	Self-organization and cell morphogenesis
Ramana Athreya	Associate Professor	Biology Physics	Active galaxies, galaxy cluster radio sources, high redshift Universe, imaging techniques; Biodiversity research & conservation
Ashna Bajpai	Associate Professor	Physics	Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Nanomagnets & Spintronics, Carbon nanotubes, 2D-Material
Nagaraj Balasubramanian	Associate Professor	Biology	Cell Biology: cell adhesion, trafficking, cell migration and growth
Baskar Balasubramanyam	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Number Theory
Nirmalya Ballav	Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Research and Development)	Chemistry	Interfacial Materials Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications
Anjan Banerjee	Professor and Dean (Research and Development)	Biology	Plant developmental biology, Micro RNA (miRNA) and gene regulation, Long distance signalling and plant-pathogen interaction
Argha Banerjee	Associate Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Himalayan glaciers
Debargha Banerjee	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Automorphic forms, Galois representations, Langlands program, Arithmetic geometry
Bhas Bapat	Professor and Dean (Academics)	Physics	Atomic collisions, molecular fragmentation, photochemistry of of heterogeneous phases, Auger electron spectroscopy.
Deepak Barua	Associate Professor	Biology	Plant physiology, physiological ecology and evolutionary ecology
Rabeya Basu	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Algebra
Chandrasheel Bhagwat	Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academics, Doctoral Studies)	Mathematics	Representation theory, Analysis & Geometry of locally symmetric spaces, Number Theory
Mousomi Bhakta	Associate Professor; and Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor	Mathematics	Elliptic PDE, nonlinear analysis, variational methods
Ramakrishna G. Bhat	Professor	Chemistry	Organic Synthesis and Catalysis: Organocatalysis, Photoredox catalysis, C-H bond functionalization and Transition metal catalysis
Arijit Bhattacharyay	Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academics, Graduate Studies)	Physics	Complex and dynamical systems, biophysics, pattern formation
Divyang Bhimani	Assistant Professor	Mathematics	Harmonic Analysis and Nonlinear Dispersive Equations
Anup Biswas	Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Mathematics	Mathematics	Controlled diffusion, queuing theory, large deviation theory
R. Boomi Shankar	Professor	Chemistry	Synthetic Inorganic and Materials Chemistry
Diganta Borah	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Several Complex Variables
S Sandanaraj Britto	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	Chemical Biology/Physiology & Optical Molecular Imaging of Whole Organisms
Harinath Chakrapani	Professor and Dean (International Relations and Outreach)	Chemistry	Organic Chemistry, Drug Discovery, Nitric Oxide Prodrugs
Apratim Chatterji	Associate Professor	Physics	Statistical physics, soft condensed matter, phase transitions, microfluidics
Devapriya Chattopadhyay	Associate Professor and Chair, Earth and Climate Science	Earth and Climate Science	Paleobiology
Srabanti Chaudhury	Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academics, Doctoral Studies)	Chemistry	Chemical physics, theoretical biophysics
Vijayakumar Chikkadi	Assistant Professor	Physics	Soft condensed matter, Glasses, Active matter, Colloids
Anisa Chorwadwala	Assistant Professor	Mathematics	Shape Optimization Problems
Jeetender Chugh	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	NMR spectroscopy of biomolecules
Aloke Das	Professor	Chemistry	Gas phase laser spectroscopy, Non-covalent interactions in biomolecules
Arjun Datta	Assistant Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Theoretical and computational seismology, seismic tomography, seismic interferometry, inverse theory
Shouvik Datta	Associate Professor	Physics	Semiconductor physics, optical spectroscopy, electronic defects, nanostuctures, optoelectronics
Rahul Dehiya	Assistant Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Forward and Inverse Modelling of Geophysical data
Aparna Deshpande	Assistant Professor	Physics	Scanning Tunnelling Microscopy (STM), spectroscopy, and single atom and molecule manipulation with STM
Sutirth Dey	Professor	Biology	Population dynamics, life-history evolution, simulations, Drosophila melanogaster
Sourabh Dube	Associate Professor and Associate Dean (International Relations and Outreach)	Physics	Experimental High Energy Physics
Suhas Ettammal	Assistant Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Organised Tropical Convection
Pavan Kumar G V	Associate Professor	Physics	Nanophotonics, Soft-matter physics and Light Scattering
Sanjeev Galande	Professor (currently on lien to Shiv Nadar University)	Biology	Epigenetics, Chromatin biology, Regulation of gene expression, Nuclear organization and function
Aurnab Ghose	Associate Professor	Biology	Neurobiology
Diptimoy Ghosh	Assistant Professor	Physics	Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology
Prasenjit Ghosh	Associate Professor	Physics	Atomistic modeling of Materials
Sujit K. Ghosh	Professor	Chemistry	Inorganic Chemistry, Materials Chemistry.
Sreejith GJ	Associate Professor	Physics	Theoretical condensed matter physics - strongly correlated systems, quantum Hall effects, frustrated systems
Boopathy Gnanaprakasam	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Natural products synthesis, Asymmetric synthesis, Homogeneous catalysis, Flow chemistry, Fluorination methods
Pranay Goel	Associate Professor	Biology	Mathematical biology: physiology and type 2 diabetes. Data science and predictive modeling for healthcare and precision (personalized) medicine
Rajesh Gokhale	Professor	Biology
Hosahudya N. Gopi	Professor and Chair, Chemistry	Chemistry	Peptides, Peptidomimetics, Foldamers, Peptide Antibiotics and Inhibitors for Protein-Protein Interactions
Anindya Goswami	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Stochastic Control, Mathematical Finance, Machine learning model of derivative pricing
Amrita Hazra	Assistant Professor	Chemistry	Enzyme mechanisms, Chemical biology of microbes
Anirban Hazra	Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academics, Graduate Studies)	Chemistry	Theoretical Chemistry
Partha Hazra	Professor	Chemistry	Photophysics and biophysics
Amit Hogadi	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Algebraic geometry
Srinivas Hotha	Professor and Dean (Planning and Communications)	Chemistry	Glycochemical Biology
Sachin Jain	Assistant Professor	Physics	String Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Gravity, Fluid Dynamics, Conformal Bootstarp, Gauge/Gravity Duality.
M. Jayakannan	Professor	Chemistry	Polymer chemistry and nano-materials
Neena Joseph Mani	Assistant Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Climate dynamics, Tropical variability, Monsoons, numerical weather prediction, predictability.
Mukul Kabir	Associate Professor	Physics	Electronic structure theory, 2D Materials, Functional defects, Magnetism, Superconductivity, and Catalyst design
Krishna Kaipa	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Algebraic Geometric Coding theory
Tejas Kalelkar	Assistant Professor	Mathematics	Low dimensional Topology
Siddhesh S Kamat	Associate Professor	Biology	Chemical Biology, Metabolomics, Chemoproteomics, Lipid Metabolism, Protein Biochemistry
Krishanpal Karmodiya	Assistant Professor	Biology	Epigenetics and Transcriptional Control in Plasmodium
Saikrishnan Kayarat	Professor and Dean (Student and Campus Activities)	Biology	Structural biology
Shabana Khan	Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Chemistry	Chemistry	Inorganic Chemistry
Raghavendra Kikkeri	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Carbohydrates, Nanoparticles, Porous Silicon, Sialic acid and Glycomics
Mayurika Lahiri	Associate Professor	Biology	DNA damage and cell cycle, 3D studies of breast cancer progression
M. S. Madhusudhan	Associate Professor	Biology	Bioinformatics and Structure
Ayan Mahalanobis	Assistant Professor	Mathematics	Public key cryptography, finite group theory
T. S. Mahesh	Professor and Deputy Chair, Physics	Physics	NMR spectroscopy, quantum information, optimal control and artificial intelligence
Soumen Maity	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Combinatorics,cryptography, algorithms, statistical designs, software testing
Moumita Majumdar	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Main Group Chemistry-Catalysis and Materials Applications
Vivek Mohan Mallick	Assistant Professor	Mathematics	Algebraic Geometry
Shreyas Managave	Assistant Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Stable Isotope Geology
Pankaj Mandal	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Terahertz spectroscop - applications to nanoscience and biomolecule dynamics
Nishad Matange	Assistant Professor	Biology	Evolution and Genetics of Antimicrobial Resistance in Bacteria
Manish Mishra	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Representation theory of p-adic groups, Langlands Program
Rama Mishra	Professor	Mathematics	Knot theory, low dimensional topology, real algebraic geometry
Joy Merwin Monteiro	Assistant Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Geophysical Fluid dynamics, Climate Modelling, Extremes in the Climate System
Arnab Mukherjee	Professor	Chemistry	Theoretical and computational chemistry, biophysics
Sunil Mukhi	Professor	Physics	String Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Particle Physics
Muhammed Musthafa	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Interfacial Electrochemistry, Functionalized Surfaces, Energy Conversion and Storage Devices, Water Splitting, Sensors
Suhita Nadkarni	Associate Professor	Biology	Biophysical models of synaptic plasticity in health and disease
Angshuman Nag	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Colloidal nanocrystals, Photophysics, Opto-electronics
Sunil Nair	Associate Professor	Physics	Strongly correlated electron systems
Mridula Nambiar	Assistant Professor	Biology	Meiotic recombination and chromosomal segregation in yeast and mammals
Leelavati Narlikar	Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Data Science	Data Science	Machine learning, Statistical algorithms, Computational biology.
Rejish Nath	Associate Professor	Physics	Quantum Optics, Atom Optics, Condensed Matter Physics
Venketeswara R Pai	Associate Professor	Humanities and Social Sciences	History and Development of Astronomy and Mathematics in India, History and Development of Vakya system of Astronomy, Kerala School of Astronomy, Manuscriptology, Scientific Literature in Sanskrit and Malayalam, Paninian Grammar
Gayathri Pananghat	Associate Professor	Biology	Structural Biology of Cytoskeletal Systems
Sagar Pandit	Assistant Professor	Biology	Chemical and molecular ecology of multitrophic interactions involving plant, herbivore and its natural enemies
Shivprasad Patil	Associate Professor	Physics	Nanotechnology, atomic force microscopy and single molecular interactions
Pramod Pillai	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Functional nanomaterials: Hybrid nanostructures for self-assembly, light harvesting and bio-targeting studies.
Supriya Pisolkar	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Number Theory
Mainak Poddar	Professor and Chair, Mathematics	Mathematics	Complex Algebraic Geometry, Differential Geometry
Moumanti Podder	Assistant Professor	Mathematics
Kalika Prasad	Associate Professor	Biology	Stem cell, regeneration and patterning in plants
Thomas Pucadyil	Professor and Chair, Biology; and Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor	Biology	Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Vesicular Transport
Sunish Kumar Radhakrishnan	Associate Professor	Biology	Cell Cycle Control and Differentiation in Bacteria, Antimicrobial Resistance
Atikur Rahman	Associate Professor	Physics	Quantum transport in nanoelectronic devices, applications of quasi-1D and 2D materials and their heterostructures for energy harvesting and sensing, self-assembly based nanopatterning, nanofabrication.
Sudha Rajamani	Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Biology	Biology	Origins of life
Raghav Rajan	Assistant Professor	Biology	Neural mechanisms underlying movement initiation in songbirds
Umakant D. Rapol	Associate Professor	Physics	Atomic physics and precision spectroscopy, quantum optics and quantum information processing, biosensors
Girish Ratnaparkhi	Associate Professor	Biology	Gene regulation, innate immunity, embryonic development, drosophilia
Chaitra Redkar	Associate Professor, Dy. Chair, Humanities and Social Sciences, Associate Dean (Student and Campus Activities)	Humanities and Social Sciences	Political Ideas in Modern India, Gandhian Studies, Gender Studies, Indian Politics
Richa Rikhy	Associate Professor	Biology	Cell Biology of development and differentiation: Membrane trafficking and polarity
Pooja Sancheti	Assistant Professor	Humanities and Social Sciences	Postmodernist fiction, Magical Realism, Myth, English Language Teaching, Narrative Theories, Art & Aesthetics
M. S. Santhanam	Professor	Physics	Nonlinear dynamics, chaos and quantum chaos, statistical physics, complexity
Sudipta Sarkar	Assistant Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Marine Geosciences, Reflection seismic data analysis, Seismic oceanography, Seismic stratigraphy, Marine gas hydrates, Volcanic basins, understanding sedimentary processes using seismic data.
Haripada Sau	Assistant Professor	Mathematics	Functional Analysis, Operator Theory
Kundan Sengupta	Associate Professor	Biology	Chromosome biology in development and disease
Seema Sharma	Associate Professor	Physics	Experimental High Energy Physics
Shalini Sharma	Associate Professor	Humanities and Social Sciences	Environmental justice, Political ecology, Environment and development studies, Media studies, Memory studies, Oral history, Climate justice
L. S. Shashidhara	Professor (currently on lien to Ashoka University)	Biology	Evolution of appendage forms, functional genomics, drug discovery
Anupam Kumar Singh	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Linear algebraic groups, Lie algebra, central simple algebras and quadratic forms
Surjeet Singh	Associate Professor	Physics	Quantum materials
Kaneenika Sinha	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Analytic number theory, Arithmetic of modular forms
Pushkar Sohoni	Associate Professor and Chair, Humanities & Social Sciences	Humanities and Social Sciences	Architecture, Historic Preservation, History of Architecture and Art, Numismatics, Indo-Persian Studies, Material Culture, Medieval and Modern History, Languages and Scripts
Tarun Souradeep	Professor and Chair, Physics	Physics	Cosmology, Gravitational waves Physics and Astronomy (LIGO-India)
Steven Spallone	Associate Professor	Mathematics	Representation Theory
S. G. Srivatsan	Professor	Chemistry	Chemical biology, nucleic acid chemistry, assay development, functionalised nucleic acids
Prasad Subramanian	Professor (Physics)	Physics	Plasma astrophysics, solar physics and black hole accretion
Pinaki Talukdar	Professor and Dean (Faculty); and Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor	Chemistry	Supramolecular chemistry in lipid membranes, synthetic organic and medicinal chemistry.
Arun M. Thalapillil	Associate Professor	Physics	Theoretical High Energy Physics
Bejoy K. Thomas	Associate Professor	Humanities and Social Sciences	Water resources (agrarian and peri-urban); Adaptation; Sustainable Development Goals 1, 2, 6 and 13; Multidimensional poverty
Gyana Ranjan Tripathy	Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Earth and Climate Science	Earth and Climate Science	Weathering and Erosion; Re-Os geochronology
Jayant B. Udgaonkar	Professor and Director	Biology	Study of protein folding, unfolding and aggregation using tools of protein engineering and physical biochemistry.
Ramanathan Vaidhyanathan	Associate Professor	Chemistry	Metal organic frameworks for selective carbon dioxide sequestration
Suneeta Vardarajan	Associate Professor	Physics	Gravitation, mathematical physics
Arun Venkatnathan	Professor	Chemistry	Molecular modelling, fuel cells and computational quantum chemistry
Visiting Faculty
Vineeta Bal	Visiting Faculty	Biology	Research focus: T cell biology
Rajeev Bhalerao	Emeritus Professor	Physics	High-Energy Nuclear Physics, Relativistic Heavy-Ion Collisions, Quark-Gluon Plasma
Neelesh Dahanukar	Visiting Faculty	Biology	Molecular phylogeny, Phylogeography, Systematics, Molecular epidemiology of wildlife diseases, Conservation biology, Evolutionary game theory
Alok Dave	Emeritus Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Sedimentology, Sequence and Seismic Stratigraphy, Paleontology and Hydrocarbon exploration
Deepak Dhar	Emeritus Professor	Physics	Critical phenomena on fractals, branched polymers, disordered magnets, self-organized criticality, proportionate growth in biology, protein-folding, models of super-cooled liquids and glasses.
Uttara Naik-Nimbalkar	Visiting Faculty	Mathematics	Statistical modeling and inference, survival analysis, reliability
A. A. Natu	Visiting Faculty	Chemistry	Organic chemistry, combinatorial chemistry, bio-organic chemistry, biology in drug discovery
Satishchandra Ogale	Emeritus Professor	Physics	Solar Energy, Energy Storage, Graphene and Functional Carbon, Oxide Electronics and Spintronics, Pattern Formation
Shyam S. Rai	Emeritus Professor	Earth and Climate Science	Geophysical data modelling, Inverse theory & its application, Deep earth exploration & understanding the earth process
V. S. Rao	Visiting Faculty	Biology	Plant biology, plant genetics, breeding
Satyajit Rath	Visiting Faculty	Biology	Immunology: generation and activation of T, B and antigen-presenting cells (APCs) of myeloid lineage
S. Sivaram	INSA Senior Scientist	Chemistry	Polymer Chemistry: Synthesis and characterisation of various types of polymers
Adjunct Faculty
Sara Ahmed	Adjunct Faculty	Humanities and Social Sciences	30 years of experience on the socio-political economy of water in India as an academic, a practitioner and policy advocate. Founder of the Living Waters Museum, a virtual repository on water heritage, and on the board of WaterAid, India
Krishna N. Ganesh	Director, IISER Tirupati	Chemistry	Biomolecular chemistry of nucleic acids, peptides, lipids; drug development, DNA diagnostics and nanotechnology
Sharachchandra Lele	Adjunct Faculty	Humanities and Social Sciences	Sustainable and equitable development, forest and water management, environmental governance