People

Rajesh Ganapathy
Professor
CV
phone: +91 80 22082572
email: rajeshg@jncasr.ac.in
Personal information:
My sister, Radhika Ganapathy, is a number theorist in the Dept. of Mathematics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Unlike me, she does not invest time in maintaining a web page advertising herself. Here is some information about her (link).

Uttam Tiwari
Int. PhD Student (2021 - present)
Research: Active Granular matter
tiwari@jncasr.ac.in
phone: + 91 80 2208 2746

Kamlesh Mishra
PhD Student (2022 - present)
Research: Colloids on non-Euclidean surfaces, colloidal glasses
mishrakamlesh893@gmail.com
phone: + 91 80 2208 2746

Alfred Rosario
Junior Research Fellow (2022 - present)
Research: Nanoscale imaging of soft matter
alfredrosario@jncasr.ac.in
phone: + 91 80 2208 2746

Pritam Kumar
PhD Student (2022 - present)
Research: Nanoscale imaging of soft matter, colloidal glasses
phone: + 91 80 2208 2746

Soumyadeep Das
MS Eng. Student (2023 - present)
Research: Granular matter
soumyadeepd@jncasr.ac.in
phone: + 91 80 2208 2746

Archita Barman
MS Student (2024 - present)

Suman Maji
MS Student (2024 - present)

Sumit Yadav
PhD Student (2024 - present)
Lab Alumni
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Ph.D. Students (* denotes Integrated Ph.D. students)
*Niloyendu Roy, currently a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Clemens Bechinger's group at Uni. of Konstanz, Germany
Navneet Singh, currently a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Itai Cohen's group at Cornell University, U.S.A.
*Pragya Arora, currently a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Seth Fraden's group at Brandeis University, U.S.A.
Manodeep Mondal, currently a postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Ben Rogers's group at Brandeis University, U.S.A.
*Divya Ganapathi, Lead Research Scientist (AI/ML) at MIMYK, San Fransisco Bay Area, U.S.A.
Hima Nagamanasa, Assistant Professor tenure-track in the Dept of Physics, UMass Amherst, U.S.A.
Shreyas Gokhale, currently a postdoctoral associate in Prof. Jeff Gore’s group at MIT, U.S.A.
*Chandan Mishra, currently an Assistant Professor at IIT Gandhinagar, INDIA
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M.S. Students
Neelima Kandula - Obtained a Ph.D. from Univ. of Oslo, NORWAY
Srimayee Mukherji - Obtained a Ph.D. from JNCASR, INDIA
Mohit Chaudhary - Pursuing a Ph.D. at CINaM-CNRS Aix-Marseille University, FRANCE
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PGDMS Student
Parisha - soon to join for a Ph.D. at Univ. of Stuttgart, GERMANY
Research Assistants
Mamta Raju Jotkar - Obtained a Ph.D. from JNCASR, INDIA
Srishti Arora - Obtained a Ph.D. from Univ. of Montpellier, FRANCE
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Summer Research Fellows
Rahul N
Krishnanand Mallayya
Jyoti Sharma
Pavan Kumar Kaushik
Riya Samantha
R M Aishwarya
Shaniba Thottoli
Aashish Agarwal
Nathan Leroux
Yash Rana

Group pics through the years
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L-R: Rajesh, Alfred, Pritam, Niloy, Soumyadeep, Kamlesh and Uttam

L-R: Uttam, Raagya, Parisha, Niloy, Pragya, Rajesh and Pritam

L-R: Neelima, Amritha, Chandan, Srishti, Rajesh. Shreyas, Manasa

L-R: Rajesh, Alfred, Pritam, Niloy, Soumyadeep, Kamlesh and Uttam