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PhD Joint Degree Programme

(IIT Mandi - IIT Ropar)

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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
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