PhD Joint Degree Programme
(IIT Mandi - IIT Ropar)
(IIT Mandi - IIT Ropar)
We are delighted to introduce the PhD Joint Degree Program (JDP) that brings together the esteemed institutions of IIT Mandi and IIT Ropar. This collaborative PhD program offers a unique opportunity for enrolled students to engage in a multidisciplinary research project. By joining forces with faculty members and research teams from both IIT Mandi and IIT Ropar, participants can leverage the collective expertise and resources of these renowned institutions.
The JDP not only facilitates collaboration but also provides students with access to state-of-the-art facilities and professional development opportunities available at both IIT Mandi and IIT Ropar. This immersive experience ensures that participants receive comprehensive training and exposure to diverse perspectives, preparing them to become exceptional researchers in their respective fields.
We invite aspiring scholars who are passionate about pushing the boundaries of knowledge to explore the exciting possibilities offered by the PhD Joint Degree Program between IIT Ropar and IIT Mandi. Embark on this transformative journey and be a part of our dynamic research community as we strive to make significant contributions to science and technology.
| Starting date for filling Online Application | 04th June, 2025 |
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| Last date for filling Online Application | 16th June, 2025(05:00PM) |
Project Details:
| S.No | Project Tittle | Home Institute Information | Host Institute Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Design of analog electronics-based active gate driver for GaN-power converters | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Moumita Das | Supervisor: Dr. Devarshi Mrinal Das | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Electrical Engineering | ||
| 2 | Fracture mechanisms of 3D printed Ti6Al4V bioimplants: Influence of printing process parameters | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Rajesh Ghosh | Supervisor: Dr. Abhishek Tiwari | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | ||
| 3 | Himalayan cryospheric studies using Optical, Microwave and Drone data | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dericks P Shukla | Supervisor: Dr. Reet Kamal Tiwari | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 4 | Integrated Modeling of Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions in the Mountain-Plains Continuum | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Vivek Gupta | Supervisor: Dr. Sayantan Ganguly | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 5 | Investigation of Thermo-Acoustic Instabilities with Radiative Effects | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Pradeep Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Lipika Kabiraj | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Departmen+H6:H27t of Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 6 | A data-driven smart energy management system for secure net-zero energy buildings | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. B. Srinivasu | Supervisor: Dr. Ramachandra Sekar | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Electrical Engineering | ||
| 7 | Welding of aluminum and copper for enhanced effeciency battery application | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Sanasam Sunderlal Singh | Supervisor: Dr. Ravi kant | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 8 | Modeling Climate-Driven Sediment Transport and Its Hydrological Impact using Geospatial Analysis | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Aliva Nanda | Supervisor: Dr. Shray Pathak | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 9 | Site-specific non-ergodic risk quantification for Chandigarh | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dhanya J | Supervisor: Dr. Resmi Sebastian | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 10 | Angle of arrival predation and tracking for energy depleted UAVs through Intelligent reflecting surface aided integrated sensing and communication networks. | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dipankar Deb | Supervisor: Dr. Brijesh Kumbhani | ||
| School/Dept.: Centre for Artifical Intelligence and Robotics | School/Dept.: Department of Electrical Engineering | ||
| 11 | Adaptive propulsioncontroland compensation techniques for multirotorelectric aerial vehicles | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dipankar Deb | Supervisor: Dr. A. V. Ravi Teja | ||
| School/Dept.: Centre for Artifical Intelligence and Robotics | School/Dept.: Department of Electrical Engineering | ||
| 12 | 3D Bioprinting for Hard and Soft Tissue Engineering | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Prof. Navin Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Sumit Murab | ||
| School/Dept.: Biomedical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (SBB) | ||
| 13 | Dynamic properties of jointed rocks in the Himalayan region considering the site effects | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Resmi Sebastian | Supervisor: Dr. Dhanya J. | ||
| School/Dept.: Civil Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering | ||
| 14 | Modelling of Evaporative Cooling for Porous Media | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Vishwajeet Mehandia | Supervisor: Dr. Prof. Rahul Vaish | ||
| School/Dept.: Chemical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Engg. | ||
| 15 | Development of functional materials for sustainable production of solar fuels and fine chemicals | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Prof. C. M. Nagaraja | Supervisor: Prof. Venkata Krishnan | ||
| School/Dept.: Chemistry | School/Dept.: Chemical Sciences | ||
| 16 | Advancing Major Depressive Disorder Diagnosis with AI/ML: A Multi-Modal Neuroimaging Approach | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Deepti R. Bathula | Supervisor: Dr. Sanjeev Nara | ||
| School/Dept.: Computer Science and Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (SBB) | ||
| 17 | Design and fabrication of threshold- and memory-switching memristors for Neuromorphic computing system | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Brajesh Rawat | Supervisor: Dr. Rahul Shrestha | ||
| School/Dept.: Electrical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering | ||
| 18 | High-speed interconnect design of 3D packaging and heterogeneous integration | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Prof. Rohit Sharma | Supervisor: Dr. Hitesh Shrimali | ||
| School/Dept.: Electrical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering | ||
| 19 | Overcoming NP-Hardness in Graph Optimization Problems: Trade-offs Between Exactness and Efficiency | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Arti Pandey | Supervisor: Dr. Vikash Tirpathi | ||
| School/Dept.: Mathematics | School/Dept.: Mathematics | ||
| 20 | Development of a machine learning-based framework for predicting progressive damage in polymer composite?materials | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Sachin Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Himansu Pathak | ||
| School/Dept.: Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 21 | Multiscale modelling of nacre inspired composite materials | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Prabhat K Agnihotri | Supervisor: Dr. Rajkiran | ||
| School/Dept.: Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | ||
| 22 | In-situ deformation Response and Corrosion Behaviour of the Wire Arc and Cold Spray-based Additively Manufactured Austenitic Stainless Steels | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Nitish Bibhanshu | Supervisor: Dr. Viswanath Balakrishnan | ||
| School/Dept.: Metallurgical & Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | ||
| 23 | Metamaterials for sensing applications | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana | Supervisor: Dr. Amit Jaiswal | ||
| School/Dept.: Metallurgical & Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Biosciences and Bioengineering (SBB) | ||
| 24 | Flat-optics based generation of structured light and its applications in high-resolution imaging, optical trapping, and advanced laser micro/nano machining. | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Vishwa Pal | Supervisor: Prof. C.S. Yadav | ||
| School/Dept.: Physics | School/Dept.: Center for Quantum Science & Technology | ||
| 25 | Investigation of the current induced spin orbit torques in 2D - TMD/Feromagnetic bilayer | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr.Debangsu Roy | Supervisor: Prof. Viswanath Balakrishnan | ||
| School/Dept.: Physics | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering | ||
| 26 | Integrated Multimodal Image / Video Analysis for Robust Computer Vision Applications | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Santosh Kumar Vipparthi | Supervisor: Dr. Prahul Hambarde | ||
| School/Dept.: Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering | School/Dept.: Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics |
| S.No | Project Tittle | Home Institute Information | Host Institute Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investigation of Radiation Heat Transfer's Impact on Combustion Systems | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Pradeep Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Lipika Kabiraj | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 2 | Seismic Hazard and Liquefaction Assessment in Chandigarh:Integrating Numerical and Experimental Approaches | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dhanya J | Supervisor: Dr. Resmi Sebastian | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil & Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 3 | Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Aging RC Buildings on Slopes | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Shivang Shekhar | Supervisor: Dr. Mitesh Surana | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil & Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 4 | Sutained Release of Interleukins (IL) and Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors for Chronic Wound Healing | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Bodhisatwa Das | Supervisor: Dr. Amit Jaiswal | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of BioMedical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Biosciences & Bio Engineering | ||
| 5 | Non-newtonian drop impact on solid substrates | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Devranjan Samanta | Supervisor: Dr. Parmod Kumar | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | ||
| 6 | Fracture and Fatigue Performance Prediction of carbon- polymer composite for Aerospace Applications | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Sachin Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Himanshu Pathak | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | ||
| 7 | Far field and near field electromagnetic enhancement for sensing applications | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana | Supervisor: Dr. Amit Jaiswal | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Biosciences & Bio Engineering | ||
| 8 | N2 conversion to NH3 by photocatalysts: First-principles study | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. T.J. Dhilip Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Chemistry | School/Dept.: School of Chemical Sciences | ||
| 9 | Machine Learning Applications in Finance | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Arun Kumar | Supervisor: Prof. Manoj Thakur | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mathematics | School/Dept.: School of Mathemathical & Statistical Sciences | ||
| 10 | Indian martial art and indigenous medical system:Long term follow up study of marma therepy in a naturalistic setup | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Aparna N. | Supervisor: Dr. Ramajayam Govindaraj | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences | School/Dept.: IKSMHA Center |
| S.No | Project Tittle | Home Institute Information | Host Institute Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drone/UAV-based video surveillance applications for Defense and Security | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dinesh Singh | Supervisor: Dr. Shashi Shekhar Jha | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Computing & Electrical Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Computer Science & Engineering | ||
| 2 | Forest fire studies of North East India | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dericks P Shukla | Supervisor: Dr. Reet Kamal Tiwari | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil & Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 3 | Investigation of Radiation Heat Transfer's Impact on Combustion Systems | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Pradeep Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Lipika Kabiraj | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 4 | Numerical approach based on level set techniques to investigate dynamics of merging droplets in viscous fluid | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Prof. Rajendra K. Ray | Supervisor: Dr. HVR Mittal | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mathemathical & Statistical Sciences | School/Dept.: Department of Mathematics | ||
| 5 | Seismic Hazard and Liquefaction Assessment in Chandigarh: Integrating Numerical and Experimental Approaches | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Dhanya J | Supervisor: Dr. Resmi Sebastian | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil & Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 6 | 3D printing of solid carbon materials | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Swati Sharma | Supervisor: Dr. Nitish Bibhanshu | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | ||
| 7 | Development of theranostic platforms based on SPIONs for cancer diagnosis and treatment | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Jaspreet Kaur Randhawa | Supervisor: Dr. Durba Pal | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of BioMedical Engineering | ||
| 8 | Fabrication and characterization of Heterostructures of two-dimensional materials for investigating their electronic properties | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Ajay Soni | Supervisor: Dr. Rakesh Kumar | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Physical Sciences | School/Dept.: Department of Physics | ||
| 9 | Machine learning assisted fracture modeling of composite materials | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Raj Kiran | Supervisor: Dr. Manish Agrawal | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | ||
| 10 | Seismic Vulnerability Assessment of Aging RC Buildings on Slopes | Home Institute: IIT Mandi | Host Institute: IIT Ropar |
| Supervisor: Dr. Shivang Shekhar | Supervisor: Dr. Mitesh Surana | ||
| School/Dept.: School of Civil & Environmental Engineering | School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | ||
| 11 | Sutained Release of Interleukins (IL) and Matrix Metalloproteinase (MMP) inhibitors for Chronic Wound Healing | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Bodhisatwa Das | Supervisor: Dr. Amit Jaiswal | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of BioMedical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Biosciences & Bio Engineering | ||
| 12 | Waste Biomass conversion into biofuels and biochar for industrial waste water remediation | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Tarak Mondal | Supervisor: Dr. Aditi Halder | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Chemical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Chemical Sciences | ||
| 13 | Development of Intelligent Advanced Closed Loop Control Schemes for Precision Agriculture | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Jayaram Vallaru | Supervisor: Dr. Tushar Jain | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Chemical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Computing & Electrical Engineering | ||
| 14 | Impact of Climate Change and Urban Sprawl on Flooding using Geospatial Technology | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Shray Pathak | Supervisor: Dr. Vivek Gupta | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Civil Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Civil & Environmental Engineering | ||
| 15 | Improving Generative Models | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr Mudasir Ahmad Ganaie | Supervisor: Dr Parimala Kanchala | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Computer Science & Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Computing and Electrical Engineering | ||
| 16 | Non-newtonian drop impact on solid substrates | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Devranjan Samanta | Supervisor: Dr. Parmod Kumar | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | ||
| 17 | Fracture and Fatigue Performance Prediction of carbon- polymer composite for Aerospace Applications | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Sachin Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Himanshu Pathak | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | ||
| 18 | Exploring mechanically induced dislocation activity in equiatomic alloy for structural applications | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Avala Lavakumar | Supervisor: Dr. Mrityunjay Doddamani | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | ||
| 19 | Far field and near field electromagnetic enhancement for sensing applications | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Neha Sardana | Supervisor: Dr. Amit Jaiswal | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mechanical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Biosciences & Bio Engineering | ||
| 20 | The block chain technology-enabled energy auditing system for smart grid | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. K. Ramachandra Sekhar | Supervisor: Dr. Srinivasu Bodapati | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Electrical Engineering | School/Dept.: School of Computing & Electrical Engineering | ||
| 21 | N2 conversion to NH3 by photocatalysts: First-principles study | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. T.J. Dhilip Kumar | Supervisor: Dr. Aniruddha Chakraborty | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Chemistry | School/Dept.: School of Chemical Sciences | ||
| 22 | Machine Learning Applications in Finance | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Arun Kumar | Supervisor: Prof. Manoj Thakur | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Mathematics | School/Dept.: School of Mathemathical & Statistical Sciences | ||
| 23 | Prediction and benchmarking of self-consistent Hubbard U parameters for energy materials | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr.Vivekanand Shukla | Supervisor: Dr. Sudhir Kumar Pandey | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Physics | School/Dept.: School of Mechanical & Materials Engineering | ||
| 24 | Dynamics of Strongly Correlated Bosons in Optical Lattices with Long-Range Interactions | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Sandeep Gautam | Supervisor: Dr. Arko Roy | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Physics | School/Dept.: School of Physical Sciences | ||
| 25 | Indian martial art and indigenous medical system:Long term follow up study of marma therepy in a naturalistic setup | Home Institute: IIT Ropar | Host Institute: IIT Mandi |
| Supervisor: Dr. Aparna N. | Supervisor: Dr. Ramajayam Govindaraj | ||
| School/Dept.: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences | School/Dept.: IKSMHA Center |
