Anandhan Research Group
Polymers and Smart Nanotextiles Laboratory
PhD students
Current members
Area of Research: Smart nanotextiles-based energy harvesting devices
Joined in July 2024
Area of Research: Synthesis and Characterization of Barium Plumbate nanofibers
Joined in September 2021
Abhipreet Mohapatra (Co-advisor: Dr. Selvakumar Murugesan, NITK)
Title of thesis: Synthesis and characterization of nano titanium dioxide and metal-organic framework for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants
Joined in October 2020
Alumni
Dr. Harsha G. Patil (Co-advisor: Dr. Selvakumar Murugesan, NITK)
Title of thesis: Development of SrHAp Nanorods- Dispersed Electrospun TPU Scaffolds for Bone Tissue Engineering
Defended thesis on 9th February 2026
(Currently with Agrileaf Exports Pvt. Ltd., Dharmastala)
Title of thesis: Development of poly(vinylidene fluoride) based nanotextiles for piezoelectric and triboelectric energy harvesting
Defended thesis on14th November 2023
(Currently with IIT Mandi as a Research Associate)
Title of thesis: Development of Flexible Piezoelectric Nanogenerators from Electrospun Nanofabrics of Poly(vinylidene fluoride)/Nanosheets Composites
Defended thesis on 31st December 2021
(Currently with Manipal University, Manipal)
Title of thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of ZnMn2O4 and PVDF/Ca-Al LDH nanofibers for Sustainable Energy Applications
Defended thesis on 9th June 2020
(Currently with Manipal Institute of Technology, Bengaluru)
Title of thesis: Synthesis, Structure, Properties and Applications of Electrospun Poly(vinylidene fluoride)-Functional Nanofiller Composites
Defended thesis on 4th October 2019
(Currently with Kompentenzzentrum Holz GmbH, Austria)
Dr. B. Sachin Kumar (Co-advisor: Dr. Sreeram K. Kalpathy, IIT Madras)
Title of thesis: Physico-chemical Characteristics and Application Potential of Advanced Nickel Titanate and Nickel Cobaltite Nanofibers
Defended thesis on 25th January 2019
(Currently with 3M India Ltd.)
Title of thesis: Utilization of Nanostructured Fly ash in Polymer Matrix Composites
Defended thesis on 11th March 2016
(Currently with Exxon Mobil)
Title of thesis: Influence of Polymeric Binders on the Physico-chemical Properties of Sol-gel Electrospun Nickel Oxide and Cobalt Oxide Nanofibers
Defended thesis on 13th November 2015
(Currently with SCMS Group of Educational Institutions, Alwaye)
Dr.B. Shivamurthy (Joint advisor: Prof. K. Udaya Bhat, NITK)
Title of thesis: Structure-property Relationship of Glass fabric/Epoxy Composites containing some Micro and Nano Fillers
Defended thesis on 18th February 2015
(Currently with Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal)
Title of thesis: Studies on Electrospinning of poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile)
Defended thesis on 9th February 2015
(Currently with CIPET, Jaipur)
Post-doctoral Fellow
Alumnus
Area of Research: Energy harvesting device development based on PVDF nanotextiles (2022-2024)
(Currently with Amrita University, Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh)
MTech (by Research)
Alumnus
Title of thesis: Development of Polyaniline/poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) Blend Nanofibers for Gas and Humidity Sensing
Defended thesis in November 2016
(Currently with Hitachi Energy, USA)
