Research Areas

  • Conducting polymer composites
  • Aerosol science
  • Surface radioactivity : Radon in water and soil
  • Nanomaterials, nanocomposites, energy devices
  • Liquid crystals and composite materials
  • X-ray crystallography and computational physics
  • Magnetic and thermoelectric materials

Research Supervisor Details

# Research Supervisor Specialization Awarded University Year of Award
1.Dr T S PraneshaAir Quality and Aerosol SciencePune University1995
2.Dr Latha KumariNanomaterials, Nanocomposites and Energy devicesIndian Institute of Science2005
3.Dr Murugendrappa M VConducting Polymer CompositesGulbarga University2006
4.Dr K E GaneshAerosol Physics and Surface RadioactivityUniversity of Mysore2008
5.Dr B L SureshaLiquid Crystals and Composite MaterialsBangalore University2013
6.Dr. S O ManjunathaMagnetic Materials and Thermoelectric MaterialsManipal University2016
7. Dr. Sharanappa ChapiPolymer Science & Engineering, Polymer NanocompositesMangalore University2016
8.Dr. Karthik KumaraX-ray Crystallography and Computational PhysicsUniversity of Mysore2018
9.Dr. Kaliprasad C SSurface radioactivityMangalore University2018
10.Dr. Pratibha SPervoskite nanomaterialsVTU2021

Research Scholars

S.No Details
1.

Guide Name : Dr. Karthik Kumara

Student Name : Arya Viswanath M

Field of Study : Structural investigation and computational studies on some heterocyclic compounds of biological interest

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2024

Status : PURSUING

2.

Guide Name : Dr. Pratibha S

Student Name : Vinay K B

Field of Study : Material Science

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2024

3.

Guide Name : Dr. Suresha B L

Student Name : Anjanamurthy K P

Field of Study : Liquid crystals and nanomaterials

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2024

4.

Guide Name : Dr. Manjunatha S O

Student Name : Shreyas K

Field of Study : Material Science

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2024

5.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M V

Student Name : Jyothi A Goudar

Field of Study : Polymer composites and its applications

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2023

Status : PURSUING

6.

Guide Name : Dr. Latha Kumari

Student Name : Anitha J

Field of Study : Electrochemical performance studeies on ternary metal oxides & their composites

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2023

Status : PURSUING

7.

Guide Name : Dr. Latha Kumari

Student Name : Meghashree vinod shetter

Field of Study : Synthesis,characterization & electrochemical studies of Transition Metal based ternary oxide nanomaterials and polymer composites

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2023

Status : PURSUING

8.

Guide Name : Dr. Sharanappa Chapi

Student Name : Thrinethra S N

Field of Study : Improveing the structural,optical,electrical and electro chemical properties of conductiong polymers nano composites for energy storage applications

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2023

Status : PURSUING

9.

Guide Name : Dr. Kaliprasad C S

Student Name : Ganeshprasad kalgal

Field of Study : Structural and luminescence properties of doped tungstate Nano metal oxide phosphorous sysnthesised via exo friendly routs

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2023

Status : PURSUING

10.

Guide Name : Dr. Latha Kumari

Student Name : Sahana B.V

Field of Study : "Thermoelectric properties of Cuprous Delafossites nanomaterials - polyaniline nanocomposites"

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2021

Status : PURSUING

11.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M V

Student Name : Sunanda S

Field of Study : Study of polymer - based MEMS cantiliver

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2021

Status : PURSUING

12.

Guide Name : Dr. Latha Kumari

Student Name : Ramappa S Kuri

Field of Study : Electrochemical studies on Transition metal based Ternary oxide nanomaterials and their carbon composites.

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2021

Status : PURSUING

13.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M V

Student Name : Asif Khan K Maniyar

Field of Study : Spectroscopic studies of some organic fluorescent molecules

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

14.

Guide Name : Dr. T S Pranesha

Student Name : Seema R

Field of Study : Study of urban heat island evolution in the indian cities

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

15.

Guide Name : Dr. K E Ganesh

Student Name : MANJUNATHA A S

Field of Study : Studies on PM1 Variations in Bengaluru City, Karnataka

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

16.

Guide Name : Dr. Latha Kumari

Student Name : Swetha R

Field of Study : "Thermoelectric efficiency studies of polymer thermo electric skutterudite nanocomposites"

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

17.

Guide Name : Dr. B L Suresha

Student Name : Sandeep Kumar H L

Field of Study : Synthesis, characterization and thermoelectric power of Nano structure tin selenide

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

18.

Guide Name : Dr. Suresha B.L

Student Name : Navya N

Field of Study : Opto-electric and dielectric properties of Nano doped liquid crystals

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

19.

Guide Name : Dr. Latha Kumari

Student Name : Uday Kumar M

Field of Study : Thermoelectric Studies on Bulk and Nano-composites of Cobalt Antimonide

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2019

Status : PURSUING

20.

Guide Name : Dr. K E Ganesh

Student Name : Poojitha C G

Field of Study : Studies on Radon and Radium Activity in Groundwater and Its Relation to Uranium Deposit

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2018

Status : COMPLETED

21.

Guide Name : Dr. T.S. Pranesha

Student Name : Nisha P.G

Field of Study : Air-Sea Coupling of Indian Ocean and Its Climatic Responses

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2018

Status : PURSUING

22.

Guide Name : Dr. Suresha B.L

Student Name : Sumantha H S

Field of Study : Synthesis and Characterization of Nano porous Anode for Li Batteries

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2017

Status : COMPLETED

23.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M.V

Student Name : Meti Bharathi

Field of Study : Synthesis and Dielectric Study of Polypyrrole/NanomanganiteComposites

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2017

Status : COMPLETED

24.

Guide Name : Dr. Suresha B.L

Student Name : Ambika A V

Field of Study : Synthesis and Characterization of Liquid Crystal Doped with Carbon Nanotube for Memory Effects - A Composite Mixtures Study

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2017

Status : COMPLETED

25.

Guide Name : Dr. T.S. Pranesha

Student Name : Dhanya G

Field of Study : Variability of Atmospheric trace gases over southern tropical mega city

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2015

Status : COMPLETED

26.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M.V

Student Name : Rani Sutar Ananda

Field of Study : Polypyrrole and Ternary Oxide Nano Composites: Synthesis, Characterization and Transport Studies

Scholar Type : Full Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2015

Status : COMPLETED

27.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M.V

Student Name : Smitha M G

Field of Study : Synthesis, Characterization and Transport studies of PolyPyrrole /Nano Composites

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2014

Status : COMPLETED

28.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M.V

Student Name : Mytreyi S

Field of Study : Synthesis Characterization, Transport studies of Polypyrrole/Nano Ceramic Composites

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2014

Status : PURSUING

29.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M.V

Student Name : Sangappa K Ganiger

Field of Study : Synthesis, Characterization, Transport and Sensor Studies of Polypyrrole/Ceramic Composites

Scholar Type : Part Time

Details : Awarded

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2012

Status : COMPLETED

30.

Guide Name : Dr. Murugendrappa M.V

Student Name : Chaluvaraju B V

Field of Study : Synthesis, Characterization, Transport and Sensor Studies of Polypyrrole/Transition Metal Oxide Composites

Scholar Type : Part Time

Qualification : Ph.D

Year of Admission : 2012

Status : COMPLETED

Contact Person: Dr. Murugendrappa M V
Research Facility: Polymer Composites Lab
Description: The combination of polymer / ceramic sensors can be used for both room temperature and elevated temperatures. For various applications, the change in electric properties in different forms such as voltage, current, frequency and so on is used in sensor devices. Humidity and gas sensors can be grouped into two types: resistive and capacitive types. Particularly in recent years the use of humidity control systems has greatly increased in the quality control of production processes and products in a wide range of industries. The gas sensing characteristics of a given sensing element depends upon the material used, the method of preparation, and the resulting microstructure. Many conducting polymers were tested for humidity and gas sensing behavior, among them polypyrrole is the promising candidate, a wide verity of ceramic materials were tested as sensors, these ceramic materials have shown the great advantage in terms of their porsivity and microstructure resulting from their preparation. This has motivated the author to study of sensor behavior of conducting polypyrrole / ceramic composites.
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Contact Person: Dr Kaliprasad C S
Research Facility: Air Quality Monitoring System
Description: An Air Quality Monitoring Station (AQMS) under MAPAN project of Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune is commissioned on the terrace of the Platinum Jubilee block in the BMS College of Engineering campus, Bengaluru.
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Contact Person: Dr. K E Ganesh
Research Facility: Radon Research Lab
Description: Correlating unsupported radon activity in ground water with uranium content in surrounding rocks: A case study at Bengaluru, Karnataka.
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Contact Person: Dr. Latha Kumari
Research Facility: Nanomaterials and Nanocomposites Laboratory
Description: Polymer-Thermoelectric Nanocomposites for Green energy conversion Thermoelectric Skutterudite Nanomaterials for Green Energy Applications
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Contact Person: Dr. Suresha. B L
Research Facility: Liquid Crystal and Composites Materials Lab
Description: Investigation of light sensitive material for optical storage device Synthesis and characterization of Nanoporous anode for Li+ batteries
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Contact Person: Dr. Karthik Kumara
Research Facility: X-ray Crystallography and Computational Physics Lab
Description: Synthesis, spectral characterization, computational studies and biological screening of organic and inorganic compounds for various applications.
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Contact Person: Dr. S O Manjunatha
Research Facility: Advanced Functional Materials Lab
Description: Synthesis, characterization and applications of magnetic-thermoelectric materials
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Research Grants

Project Title : Infrastructure development Fund

Sanctioned Year : 2023

Amount : 95 Lakh

Funding/Sanction agency : DST-FIST

Status : Ongoing

Principal Investigators : Co PI- Dr. Latha Kumari

Project Title : Development of Tellurium-free, low-cost binary metal chalcogenides for thermoelectric applications

Sanctioned Year : 2022

Amount : 3.75 lakh

Funding/Sanction agency : DST-SERB-TARE

Status : Ongoing

Principal Investigators : Dr. S O Manjunatha

Project Title : Combined Studies of Materials Discovery with Machine Learning and Experimentation for the Development of High Performance Piezoelectric Materials

Sanctioned Year : 2020

Amount : 3 lakh

Funding/Sanction agency : VGST

Status : Ongoing

Principal Investigators : Dr. Ramya Hariharan

Project Title : Thermoelectric Nanomaterials for Green energy applications

Sanctioned Year : 2018

Amount : 20.00 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : VGST KFIST Level(1)

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Lathakumari

Project Title : Polymer-Thermoelectric nanocomposites for Green energy conversion,

Sanctioned Year : 2017

Amount : 25.25 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : DST-SERB-ECRA

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Latha Kumari

Project Title : Correlating Unsupported radon activity in ground water with uranium content in surrounding rocks: A Case study at Bengaluru, Karnataka

Sanctioned Year : 2016

Amount : 21.33 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences (BRNS), Mumbai

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. K.E.Ganesh

Project Title : Modelling Atmospheric Pollution and Networking (MAPAN), IITM, Pune,

Sanctioned Year : 2014

Amount : 20.32 Lakhs

Funding/Sanction agency : Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, PUNE

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr T S Pranesha

Project Title : Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials Research

Sanctioned Year : 2014

Amount : 5 Cr

Funding/Sanction agency : TEQIP 1.2.1

Status : Completed

Principal Investigators : Dr. Murugendrappa M V (One of the Principal Investigators in Centre of Excellence in Advanced Materials Research, under TEQIP 1.2.1)

Industry Collaborations / MoUs

S.No Details
1.

Title : Collaboration with IISC Bengaluru

Description: MOU

Year : 2023

2.

Title : Collaboration with St. Joseph's University, Bengaluru

Description: MOU

Year : 2022

3.

Title : Collaboration with APS college of Arts and Science

Description: MOU

Year : 2020

4.

Title : Collaboration with IITM Pune

Description: MOU

Year : 2020

5.

Title : Modeling Air Pollution And Networking (MAPAN)

Description: MOU

Year : 2013