Prime Minister’s Research Fellowships (PMRF)
PMRF is a prestigious fellowship instituted by the Government of India to encourage high-quality research by talented individuals. IISc is one of the granting institutes in this programme.
Please visit the PMRF webpage for further details. Eligibility for PMRF nominations is outlined here. Please also read these FAQ.
PMRF scholars at IISc
Name | Department | Area of Research |
Harsh Chhajer | Centre for Biosystems science and engineering | Theoretical and quantitative virology |
LAKSHMINARAYANAN SESHADRI | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Centrifugal compressor, Supercritical CO2 |
Yogesh Pratap Singh | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Robotics ,Vibration ,Control |
Sudhanva Bhat | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Soft Robotics |
DIBAKAR DAS | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | |
GOVIND KUMAR MISHRA | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Cryogenic Loop Heat Pipe (CLHP) |
Kumar Ankit | Interdisciplinary Program – Cyber Physical System, IISc Bangalore | |
AMITESH KUMAR CHAUDHARY | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Rheology + Sprays + Heat transfer |
Shubham Kumar Jha | Interdisciplinary Program – Cyber Physical System, IISc Bangalore | Distributed Sampling, Quantisation, and Optimisation |
ANUPAM VERMA | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | High Speed Switched Reluctance Machine |
Navin Kumar Chandra | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Non-Newtonian Fluid Flows |
Niranjan C S | Centre for Neuroscience, IISc Bangalore | Movement Neuroscience (Motor Control) |
Rohit Chowdhury | Computational and Data Science (CDS), IISc Bangalore | Opitmal Path-planning for Autonomous Vehicles |
Priyanka Agarwal | Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Point of care diagnostics |
PRERANA KRISHNARAJ | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Liquefaction response – Reinforced sand |
Mohd ilyas Bhat | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | DEM modeling- Cohesive materials |
GOGULAPATI SREEDURGA | Department of Computer Science & Automation, IISc Bangalore | a paper on Participatory Budgeting under review in A* AI conference, a paper on AI in Agriculture being written, two research works under progress. |
BHOGAVALLI SATWIKA | Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Applications of Index Modulation in Joint RADAR and Communication systems |
Ranashree Ram | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Electromagnetic Launcher |
DEEPAK KAUSHIK | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Application of Pulsed Power to Electromagnetic Manufacturing |
LALIT MANAM | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Geometry in Computer Vision |
SAHIBZADA ROOHAN FAROOQ LALA | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Microstructural Electrochemical correlation in MetallicCoatings |
POULAMI BANERJEE | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | CFRE Laminates interfacial improvement |
Faizan Hijazi | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | High Temperature Mechanical Testing |
Telpande Swanand Prashant | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Mechanical behavior of materials |
Ram Prakash Singh | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Ferroelectric, Piezoelectric, Multiferroics |
Rathod Darshan Dineshkumar | Interdisciplinary Program – Energy, IISc Bangalore | Combustion and Spray |
ASHWIN K | Interdisciplinary Program – Energy, IISc Bangalore | Power Electronics |
Tresa Mary Thomas | Interdisciplinary Program – Water Research, IISc Bangalore | Monsoon Low Pressure Systems |
Adhada Sri Teja | Molecular Biophysics, IISc Bangalore | NMR spectroscopy of peptides |
Chitturi Sidhartha | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Computer Vision: 3D Reconstruction |
Aparna P | Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore | Opto-electronics |
HARSH ARORA | Interdisciplinary Program – Nano Science & Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Open Quantum Systems |
AMEY NITIN AGHARKAR | Interdisciplinary Program – Energy, IISc Bangalore | Fluid dynamics – Pathogenesis |
ASHA SWEETY THOMAS | Solid State and Structural Chemistry, IISc Bangalore | Multidimensional Spectroscopy |
INDLA RAJITHA SAI PRIYAMVADA | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Power Systems |
KEERTHANA T V | Department of Organic Chemistry, IISc Bangalore | Carbohydrate based cancer vaccine |
MOHAMMED TABISH KHAN | Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Suspension rheology |
SEEMADRI SUBHADARSHINI | Molecular Biophysics, IISc Bangalore | Computational studies on biomolecular interactions |
UJJAWAL SINGHAL | Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore | Circuit quantum electrodynamics |
Abhineet Singh Rajput | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Rheology of Complex Fluid |
Abhishek P | Computational and Data Science (CDS), IISc Bangalore | Probabilistic Ocean Prediction with Data Assimilation |
Adarsh Ajith Naik | Retrieving data. Wait a few seconds and try to cut or copy again. | PEM Fuel Cell Electrocatalyst |
Aditya Vikram Singh | Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Information theory, statistics |
Ajeet Kumar Yadav | Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Multi-scale modeling for wave propagation |
Ajit Kumar Dash | Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore | Experimental condensed matter physics |
Ali Aktara Sultana Parveen | Microbiology and Cell Biology (MCBL), IISc Bangalore | Plant Developmental Biology |
Amit Kumar | Interdisciplinary Program – Cyber Physical System, IISc Bangalore | Agriculture Robotics |
ANAND KUMAR RAI | Department of Electronic Systems Engineering(ESE), IISc Bangalore | Two dimensional materials |
Anita Arora | Department of Mathematics, IISc Bangalore | Perfect matchings in Graphs |
Anshul Shrivastava | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Biomechanics, Tissue Mechanics, Fracture of Soft Materials, Corneal Mechanics |
Arijit Jana | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Printed Micro-supercapacitor |
Babhrubahan Bose | Department of Mathematics, IISc Bangalore | Geometry of Banach Spaces |
Biman Jana | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISc Bangalore | Semiconductor Nanocrystals |
Claris Niya Varghese | Molecular Biophysics, IISc Bangalore | Biomolecular NMR spectroscopy |
H A S Shri Kishore | Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering (BSSE), IISc Bangalore | Phenotypic heterogeneity in metastasis |
Harsh Rangwani | Computational and Data Science (CDS), IISc Bangalore | Machine Learning, Computer Vision |
Jugade Sanket Sunil | Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Atomic force microscopy |
Jusaina Eyyathiyil | Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore | Circularly Polarized Luminescent Materials |
Kashif Naukhez | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Ultra High performance Concrete |
Khantesh Agrawal | Department of Chemical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | PEM Fuel Cell Eletrocatalyst |
Manu Ghulyani | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Inverse problems in imaging |
Megala A | Department of Aerospace Engineering (AE), IISc Bangalore | Kinetic theory-based numerical methods |
Nabajit Deka | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Desalination, Crystallization |
Nareddy Kartheek Kumar Reddy | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Machine Learning, Signal Processing |
Neda Shamim | Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Low Temperature Physics |
Nesta Benno Joseph | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISc Bangalore | Computational Material Science |
Potghan Nilesh Sunil | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Finite element strategy for two-phase flow |
Preethi R | Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), IISc Banglore | Animal personality |
Pritha Mondal | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISc Bangalore | Superconducting nanostructures |
Rajkamal Sah | Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Unsteady Aerodynamics of spinning Projectile |
Rohit Sachdeva | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Vibration localization and Metamaterials |
Rohit Singh Nitwal | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Sustainable Transportation Planning & Policy |
Rupali Verma | Department of Electronic Systems Engineering(ESE), IISc Bangalore | Two dimensional materials research |
Sajad Ahmad Bhat | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Crystal plasticity Finite element method. |
Sandhya Jaiswal | Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore | Bioinorganic chemistry |
Sanjay Shukla | Astronomy and Astrophysics Program | Theory of Superfluid Turbulence |
Saswat Choudhury | Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering (BSSE), IISc Bangalore | 3D/4D printed polymer composites for resorbable medical device |
SAURABH KUMAR SRIVASTAV | Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
Sayan Ray | Department of Organic Chemistry, IISc Bangalore | Asymmetric Catalysis |
Suman Kumar Mandal | Centre for Nano Science and Engineering, IISc Bangalore | 2D materials CVD growth |
SUREDDY TEJANATH REDDY | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR OF MATERIALS |
SYED JIAUL HOQUE | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Turbomachinery |
Uzair Iqbal | Department of Mechanical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Computational Adhesive Contact Mechanics |
Walter Samuel | Interdisciplinary Program – Water Research, IISc Bangalore | Hydrology; Isotope Geochemistry; Floods |
ABHISHEK CHAKRABORTY | Interdisciplinary Centre for Water Research (ICWaR), IISc Bangalore | Terrestrial Carbon Cycle |
ABIJITH J KAMATH | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Signal Processing |
ADITYA RAJ | Department of Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore | High Speed Switched Reluctance Machines |
ANN MARIA BINOY | Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, IISc Bangalore | Water structure at electrode/electrolyte interfaces |
AVISHEK GUIN | Department of Organic Chemistry, IISc Bangalore | Aryne, Donor-acceptor Cyclopropane and related chemistry |
BIRESHWAR ROY | Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore | Nano-materials and Superconductivity |
FAIZAN PERVAIZ BHAT | Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP), IISc Bangalore | Quantum Field Theory |
KANISHAK VAIDYA | Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Privacy in Distributed Systems |
KORADA VIJAYA SREE | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Seismic analysis of footing |
SAUBHIK SOM | Department of Biochemistry, IISc Bangalore | Corneal Tranparency and Translation Readthrough |
SHREYA KUMBHAKAR | Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore | Experimental Condensed Matter Physics |
SHUBHAM GOSWAMI | Department of Civil Engineering, IISc Bangalore | Groundwater Hydrology |
SREEMAYEE ADITYA | Centre for High Energy Physics (CHEP), IISc Bangalore | Theoretical condensed matter physics |
SUDEEPTA MUKHERJEE | Department of Materials Engineering, IISc Bangalore | L12-strengthened high-entropy superalloys |
Abhay Jindal | Mathematics | Operator Theory |
Akshay Bhimrao Chate | Mechanical Engineering | Thermochemical Energy Storage Systems |
Aditya Anand | Aerospace Engineering | Turbulent Boundary Layers |
Akshay Sharma | Mechanical Engineering | Development of Micro thruster |
SK HABIBULLAH | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit | RNA Molecular Dynamics Simulation |
Lipika Baidya | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit | Molecular Simulation |
Arnab Dutta | Department of Organic Chemistry | Supramolecular Chemistry and Its Application |
P S V S Sai Kumar | Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical | Optimal control, Artificial Intelligence |
Sourav Bhadra | Centre for High Energy Physics | Astronomy & astrophysics |
Mr. Shikhar Srivastava | Centre of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | Decadal predictions. |
Mr. Rajat Masiwal | Centre of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | Atmospheric Science |
Mr. K U Jayakrishnan | Centre of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences | Climate Change |
Atchuta Srinivas Duddu | Centre for Biosystem | Dynamical Systems Biology |
Anwesha Barua | Centre for Biosystem | Biomechanics of Liver Cirrhosis |
Mitali Shah | Centre for Biosystem | Immunoengineering and Cell Biology |
Pratyusha Chanda | Centre of Earth Sciences | Low Temperature Geochemistry |
Mohammed Aamir Sadiq | Centre for Ecological Sciences | Evolutionary ecology |
Tanveen Kaur Randhawa | Centre for Ecological Sciences | Ecosystem Dynamics, Theoretical Ecology |
Sachin K S | Centre for Energy Research | Oxyfuel Fluidized Bed Combustion |
Anchal Singh Thakur | Centre for Energy Research | Power Quality Improvement |
Budhaditya Bhattacharjee | Centre for High Energy Physics | Holography, Information Paradox |
Samudra Sur | Centre for High Energy Physics | Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics |
Sudipta Nayak | Centre for Nanoscience | Nanoelectromechanical systems |
Disha Chugh | Centre for Nanoscience | Novel MEMS oscillator topologies |
Shubhankar Saha | Centre for Neuroscience | Vision Neuroscience and Neurophysiology |
Kausik Bhattacharya | Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing | Product Design and Engineering |
Sanika Paranjape | Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing | Metal Matrix Composite |
Suchi Priyadarshani | Centre for Sustainable Technology | Moisture and Wellness in Buildings |
Anusree N | Centre for Sustainable Technology | Rehabilitation of dumpsites |
Ayushi Chauhan | Chemical Engineering | Point of Care diagnosis |
Joshi Shreyas Satish | Chemical Engineering | Multi-scale T cell modeling |
Aitichya Chandra | Civil Engineering | Air Transportation System |
Asif Raza | Civil Engineering | Plasticity and Damage |
B.L.V. Prasad | Civil Engineering | Forest fires, Watershed Resilience |
Sudhanshu Rathore | Civil Engineering | High strain rate response of soil |
K. I. Manasa Bhat | Civil Engineering | Micro-scale characterization of cemented granular materials |
Kanneganti Bhargav Kumar | Civil Engineering | Multi Basin Flooding |
Aditya Rastogi | Computational and Department | Medical Image reconstruction |
Aditya A Prasad | Computational and Department | Modelling of Smart Micro Grid |
Naveen P. | Computational and Department | Medical Imaging (Segmentation/Reconstruction) |
Anand Krishna | Computer Sciences and Automation | Fair division of resources |
Meet Gandhi | Computer Sciences and Automation | Reinforcement Learning |
Nagabhushan S N | Electrical Communication Engineering | Video Signal Processing |
Pooja Nayak M | Electronic System Engineering | Coded Caching, Index Coding |
Arvind Rameshwar | Electrical Communication Engineering | Information Theory |
Tushar Gaur | Electrical Communication | Programmable Integrated Photonic Circuits |
Anubhab Chowdhury | Electrical Communication Engineering | Massive MIMO Communication |
Surekha Jonnalagadda | Electrical Engineering | Lightning protection of aircraft |
Tanuka Bhattacharjee | Electrical Engineering | Dysarthric speech processing |
Vihan Shahu | Electrical Engineering | Active Phase Converters (APC) |
Arjun B S | Electronic System Engineering | Biomedical MEMS, Tumour diagnosis |
Utpreksh Patbhaje | Electronic System Engineering | Thermoelectrics, Low Dimensional Materials |
Ummar Ramzan Sheikh | Inorganic and Physical Chemistry | MAGNESIUM ION BATTERIES |
Rinshad V A | Inorganic and Physical Chemistry | Coordination-Driven Self-Assembly |
Debsena Chakraborty | Inorganic and Physical Chemistry | Supramolecular Chemistry |
Umar Rashid | Inorganic and Physical Chemistry | Molecular Electronics and Spintronics |
Reshma Ramakrishnan | Inorganic and Physical Chemistry | Enzymatic Disruption of Biofilm |
Chamarthi Sarat Chandra | Interdisciplinary Math | Groundwater Hydrology and Climate |
Parvathy J | Interdisciplinary Math | Computational Biology |
Krishnakumaran R | Interdisciplinary Math | Computational Neuroscience: modelling visual-cortex |
Sumanjay Dutta | Management Studies | Graphical Models in Finance |
Deepa Mishra | Material Research Centre | Design of Dental Implants |
Sulob Roy Chowdhury | Material Research Centre | Biomaterials and tissue engineering research |
Alisha Kamra | Material Research Centre | Biological sensing and Catalysis |
Anjan Maity | Material Research Centre | Drug Screening and Protein Protected Nanocluster Synthesis |
Ria Sen Gupta | Material Engineering | Bio-inspired water remediating membranes |
Bhure Swapnil Shadanan | Materials Engineering | Metal additive manufacturing |
Gugulothu Sriram Bharath | Materials Engineering | 3D bioprinted breast cancer tumor models |
Aakanksha Jain | Mathematics | Several Complex Variables |
Joita Chakraborty | Mechanical Engineering | Computational Fluid Dynamics |
Manoj N. Dixit | Mechanical Engineering | Vortex rings |
Chetan Bheema Venkata Teki | Mechanical Engineering | Evaporation of droplets and Liquid Bridges under different conditions |
S Rahul Kashyap | Mechanical Engineering | Combustion in domestic burners |
Vikas Yadav | Microbiology and Cell Biology | Pathology of tuberculosis |
Shachee Swaraj | Microbiology and Cell Biology | Antiviral Innate Immune response |
Nidhi Mittal | Molecular and Biophysics Unit | Protein stability and Design |
Kavyashree Nadig M. | Molecular Biophysics Unit | Type III Toxin-antitoxin system |
Simran Srivastava | Molecular Reproduction ,Development of Genetics | Post-transcriptional gene regulation |
Sakshi Gupta | Molecular Reproduction ,Development of Genetics | Cancer Biology |
Shraddha Sansidha Mohanty | Molecular Reproduction,Development of Genetics | Breast Cancer Metastasis |
Aditya Chakrabarty | Organic Chemistry | Asymmetric Catalysis |
Badrodin Ayyub Shaikh | Organic Chemistry | Total Synthesis of Daphenylline and Rubrifloridlactone |
Komal Jaiswal | Organic Chemistry | Nano-materials and Photo-catalysis |
Pankaj Kumar Chaturvedi | Organic Chemistry | SUPRAMOLECULAR AND PHYSICAL ORGANIC CHEMISTRY |
Sayan Shee | Organic Chemistry | NHC Organocatalysis |
Alankar Dutta | Physics | Computational Astrophysics |
Sadhitro De | Physics | Statistical properties of turbulence |
Ayan bannerjee | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit | Non-Hermitian Topological phases |
Anumita bose | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit | Topological phases of matter |
Rohit kumar rohj | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit | Ferroelectrics, Photovoltaics and Thermoelectrics |
Satya prakash yadav | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit | Redox Flow Battery |
Nikhil Verma | Mechanical Engineering | Combustion and Propotion |
Arif Kamal | ESE | Design and development of a bimodal intraoperative probe for the breast cancer diagnosis”. |
Eshwar SR | CSA | Reinforcement Learning |
Pritam Rudra | Chemical Engineering | Antimicrobiology Resistance |
Shahanatif | Materials Research Centre | ‘Perovskite frameworks for metal-ion and metal-air batteries’ |
Hemanth Kumar | Materials Engineering | Magnesium Alloys, Phase Transformation, Electron Microscopy, and Atom Probe Tomography. |
Priyanshi Bhasin | Physics | Non-Hermitian Quantum Physics |
Shivangi | Inorganic & Physical Chemistry | Bio-Organic Chemistry |
Subhajit Ghosh | Inorganic & Physical Chemistry | Boron based Material Chemistry |
Suryadeep Nath | Aerospace Engineering | Control and Decision making. |
Anju Sebastian | CeNSE | Microelectro-Mechanical system. |
Rishi Raj | Materials Engineering | Polymer Science and Engineering |