Patra Research Group

Principal Investigator

Tarak Patra
Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (2025-Present)
Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras (2020-2024)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory (2017-2019)
Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Akron (2015-2016)
PhD, IIT Kanpur, 2014
M. Tech., University of Hyderabad, 2008
M. Sc., Jawaharlal Nehru University, 2006
B. Sc., University of Calcutta, 2004

MSB 122, IIT Madras, Chennai, TN 600036
Phone: 91 44 2257 4162 E-mail: tpatra@iitm.ac.in

Post-Doctoral Fellows

Dr. Rajiblochan Sahoo
Dr. Manoj Kumar Patel

Project Scientist

Deep Kotadia

Graduate Students

Ishika Ghosh (PhD Candidate), jointly with Prof. Rajnish Kumar
Bennet Chelliahn (PhD Candidate)
Yogeshkumar Dalpatbhai Patel (PhD Candidate)
Ramkhelavan Kanaujiya (PhD Candidate)
Ashok Yacham (PhD Candidate), Jointly with Prof. Jithin Varghese
Javed Akhtar (PhD Candidate), Joinlty with Prof. Satyesh Jadav
Rajahmundry Ganesh Kumar (PhD Candidate)
Sandeep Parama (PhD Candidate)

Abhishek Chankapure (MS Candidate)
Chaitanya Joshi (MS Candidate), Jointly with Prof. Pijush Ghosh

Karena Bhavin Dilip (M Tech Candidate)
Vishal Kumar (M Tech Candidate)
Parmar Mahavirsinh Kanubhai (M Tech Candidate)
Ramadugu Sai Karthikeya (M Tech Candidate) jointly with Prof. Swapna Rabha

Interns

Sowjen Meher
Priyadarshini A
Niveditha K
M. Dharini

Alumni

Deep Kotadia, M.Tech (2024-2026)
Heemanshu Mhaskar, MTech (2024-2026)
Israrul Hashmi, MS (2024-2026)
Sachin Gautham, PhD (2020-2025)
Dr. Rahul Karmakar, Post-Doc (2023-2025), Currently at PreScience Insilico
Nikhil Verma, M.Tech (2023-2025)
Ashish Gautam, M.Tech (2023-2025)
Surendra Nitharwal, M.Tech Candidate (2023-2025)
Shakti Singh, M.Tech (2023-2025)
Amal Mudavankulavan, M.Tech (2023-2025)
Lakshmi Priyanka, M.Tech (2023-2025)
Ramesh Raj, M.Tech (2023-2025)
G. Khadyot, M.Tech (2023-2025)
Sayani Karmakar, MS (2022-2024), Currently at Univ. Minneasota
Rahul Krishna, M.Tech (2022-2024)
Somthirtha Santra, M.Tech (2022-2024), Currently at PennState
Rajeev Kumar, M.Tech (2022-2024)
Shubham, M.Tech (2022-2024)
Arun Kumar Diwakar, M.Tech (2022-2024)
Abhiram S, M.Tech (2022-2024)
Sharanya Alluri, Reseach Scholar (2021 -2023)
Himanshu, MS (2021-2023), Currently at Kotak Mahindra
Kumar Ayush, MS (2021-2023), Currently at Tata R&D
Vasantha Lakshmi Punna, M.Tech (2021-2023), Currently at Kotak Mahindra
Dipti Paduel, M.Tech (2021-2023), Currently at Sterlite
Kaushik Chakraborty, M.Tech (2021-2023), Currently at Zee Entertainment
Marripelli Maniteja, M.Tech (2021-2023), Currently at Reliance New Energy R&D
Prajeet Lalit Oza, B.Tech (2019-2023)
Raj Jain, M.Tech (2021-2023)
Sriram Raghunathan, M.Tech (2021-2023)
Abhishek Seth, M.Tech (2021-2023), Currently at Aditya Birla Group
Haripriyan Uthayakumar, Reseach Assocaite (2022-2023), Currently at Purdue University
Anagha Belavadi, B.Tech (2018-2022), Currently at MIT
Gokulakannan Sakthivel, Undergraduate Intern, NIT Rourkela (2022-2023)
Akiti Gunavardhan Reddy, B.Tech (2018-2022)
Sameer N. Soni, B.Tech, IIT Madras Young Research Fellow (2020-2022)
Debjyoti Bhattacharya, M.Tech (2020-2021), Currently at PennState
Akhil Narasimha, M.Tech (2020-2021), Curretnly at Navin Fluorine
Ashish Kumar Sahu, M.Tech (2020-2021), Currently at TESSOL
Danush Sadasivam, Undergraduate Intern (Summer 2021), BITS Pilani Hyderabad, Currently at Carnegie Mellon University
Ashwin Bale, Undergraduate Intern (2020-2021), BITS Pilani Hyderabad, Currently at UIUC
Attili Vinayak Ram, Senior Project Engineer (2020-2021)
Vibhu Vardhan Singh, Proejct Associate (2021-2022), Currently at UCSD
Nayan V. H. Proejct Associate (2021-2022), Currently at Univ. of Groningen
Praneeth Srivanth Ramesh, Visiting Researcher (2021-2022), Currently at UC Berkeley
Dr. Upasana Mahanta, Porject Scientist (2021-2022), Currently at BITS-Pilani Goa