DAAD Research Ambassador Network
Architecture and Planning
Dr Gaurav Raheja
IIT Roorkee, India
Focus area: Universal design; Design for disabled; Inclusive mobility; Urban futures; Design thinking; Visual communication; Environment behaviour studies; Public spaces; Urban design
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Dr Janaka Wijesundara
University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
Focus Area : Sustainable urban design; Urban and community planning; Place; Urban architecture and cultural identity; Urban generation; Ancient planning and urban design in South Asia
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Biosciences, Medicine
Dr Chandan Goswami
NISER Bhubaneshwar, India
Focus Area : Cell biology; Implications in pain and pathophysiology
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Dr Jaydeep Bhattacharya
JNU, New Delhi, India
Focus Area : Nanobiotechnology; Biosensors; Single molecule fluorescence microscopy
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Dr Ram Kulkarni
Symbiosis International(Deemed University), India
Focus Area : Food biotechnology; Biochemical and molecular characterisation of probiotic; Lactic acid bacteria
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Dr Satish Kumar Adiga
Manipal Academy of Higher Education ( MAHE), India
Focus Area : Clinical Embryology; Clinical Embryology; Assisted Reproductive Technology; Andrology; Fertility Preservation
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Dr Vasudharani Devanathan
IISER Tirupati, India
Focus Area : Cell adhesion molecules in neurodegeneration and neurite outgrowth; Neuronal membrane proteins; G protein signalling in platelets and neutrophils; Teaching methods in interdisciplinary biology
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Chemistry
Dr Aruna Dhathathreyan
Emeritus Prof. AcSIR, CSIR-CLRI, India
Focus Area : Biophysical Chemistry; Design of new materials at interfaces; Thin polymeric and protein films; Adhesion proteins; Soft condensed matter; lipid-protein interactions ; Bio-nanotechnology
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Dr Arvind Natu
IISER Pune, India
Focus Area : Organic chemistry; Bio organic chemistry; Combinatorial chemistry; Biology in drug discovery
Dr Dinesh Sawant
CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, India
Focus Area : Catalysis – homogeneous, heterogenous, nano, organocatalysis, bioorganometallics; Organic synthesis; Physical organic chemistry; C1 chemistry; Catalysis for energy
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Dr Kalidas Sen
University of Hyderabad, India
Focus Area : Density functional theory; Confined electronic systems; Chemical applications of information theory
Dr Prasanta Ghorai
IISER Bhopal, India
Focus Area : Methods for organic synthesis with chemo-, regio-, diastereo- and enantio-selectivity; Synthesis of complex molecules possessing interesting structural, biological and physical properties
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Dr Thiruvancheril Gopalakrishanan Gopakumar
IIT Kanpur, India
Focus Area : Molecular functional materials; Scanning tunneling; Atomic force microscopy; Surface science
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Computation, Data Sciences, Mathematics
Dr Areejit Samal
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, India
Focus Area : Network biology; Computational biology; Systems biology
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Dr Pratibhamoy Das
IIT Patna, India
Focus Area : Numerical analysis; Moving mesh methods; Singular perturbation; A posteriori error estimates; R-refinement strategy; Integral equations; Fractional order equations; Nonlinear problems
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Dr Sashikumaar Ganesan
Indian Institute of Science, India
Focus area: Numerical analysis; Finite elements; Computational fluid dynamics; Simulation of multiphase flows; Population balance modelling; High performance computing
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Dr S Sundar
IIT Madras, India
Focus Area : Numerics for PDEs; Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation
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Dr Tanka Dhamala
Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Focus Area : Modelling and solving the real-life problems; Simulation and heuristic algorithms; Shop scheduling; Just-in-time sequencing; Network optimisation; Emergency evacuation planning; Disaster scenarios
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Engineering
Dr Amitava Gupta
Jadavpur University, India
Focus Area : Distributed Real-time Systems; Power Plant Simulation & Control; Nuclear Power Engineering
Dr Gargeshwari K Suryanarayana
Dayananda Sagar University (Ex-NAL), India
Focus Area : Reduction of aerodynamic drag; Innovations in active and passive flow control; Unsteady aerodynamics; Air-intake aerodynamics; Transonic flows
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Dr Jyotirmay Mathur
MNIT Jaipur, India
Focus Area : Energy efficiency in buildings; Passive cooling systems; Renewable energy and energy policy modelling; Development of codes and standards; Low energy cooling
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Dr Manmohan Goel
VNIT Nagpur, India
Focus Area : Finite Element Analysis and Modeling; Computational and Continuum Mechanics; Structural Analysis; Materials Engineering; Solid Mechanics; Numerical Simulation
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Dr Ramesh Kumar Maskey
Kathmandu University, Nepal
Focus Area : Hydraulic engineering; Hydropower engineering; Energy technology; Robotics; Mechatronics
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Dr Srinivas Boppu
IIT Bhubaneshwar, India
Focus Area : High level synthesis; Programmable hardware accelerators; Coarse-grained reconfigurable architectures; System-on-Chip design; Low power VLSI, CAD for VLSI
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Dr Subha Narayan Rath
IIT Hyderabad, India
Focus Area : Molecular analysis angiogenesis and osteogenesis; Application of biomaterials; 3-D bioprinting using stem cells; Biomaterials to fabricate organs; Evaluation of biomaterials
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Dr Vasant Matsagar
IIT Delhi, India
Focus Area : Multi-hazard protective structures; Fibre reinforced polymer; Composite materials and mechanics; Structural dynamics; Earthquake engineering; Wind and fire engineering
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Environmental Sciences, Energy
Dr Anwar Zahid
Water Development Board, Bangladesh
Focus Area : Hydrogeology; Groundwater; Water Quality; Environment; Hydro geochemistry; Water Chemistry; Water Resources Management; Water Quality Monitoring; Water Quality Analysis; Water Sampling
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Dr P K Joshi
JNU, India
Focus Area : Advanced geospatial (RS, GIS, GPS/GNSS) analysis and modeling; Landscape and vegetation analysis; Climate change vis-à-vis ecological studies (incl. natural resource management)
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Management
Dr Rajendran C
IIT Madras, India
Focus Area : Scheduling in manufacturing and service systems; Logistics management; Inventory optimization ; Lot sizing problems; Heuristics, metaheuristics and applications; Total quality management
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Physics
Dr Amita Chandra
University of Delhi, India
Focus Area : Mixed ion+electron conductors; Ion track based electronic devices; Chaos in electrochemical systems; Fractals in polymers; EMI shielding materials; Organic-inorganic hybrid electrolytes
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Dr Aranya Bhuti Bhattacherjee
BITS Pilani Hyderabad Campus, India
Focus Area : Quantum optics of nanostructures; Quantum Photonics; Quantum gases; Optomechanics
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Dr Gopal Dixit
IIT Bombay, India
Focus Area : Ultrafast physical and chemical processes; Natural timescales; Attosecond and femtosecond
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Dr Nilotpal Ghosh
SERB-DST, India
Focus Area : Super Conductivity; Material science; Condensed matter physics; Growth of single crystals and material synthesis; Transport and magnetization measurements at low temperature
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