Affiliated Faculty
Faculty Leadership Moves, 2025-26
Satyanarayanan Seshadri
Appointed Head, School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SIE), IIT Madras
Prof. Preeti Aghalayam
(Dept. of Chemical Engineering)
appointed Dean of Global Engagement, IIT Madras
Prof. Rajnish Kumar
(Dept. of Chemical Engineering)
assumed leadership of the School of Sustainability; also Faculty-in-charge, Auroville–IITM Sustainability Campus, Tamil Nadu
Prof. Jitendra Shital Sangwai
(Dept. of Chemical Engineering)
elected full Fellow of The National Academy of Sciences, India, for contributions to petroleum engineering, gas hydrate science, carbon sequestration and enhanced oil recovery
Prof. Kothandaraman Ramanujam
editorial debut; recipient, Annamalai & Santhi Rajendra Early Career Research Chair
Prof. Himanshu Goyal
recipient, Radha and PK Narayanan Early Career Chair Professorship
Featured Faculty Researchers
Prof. Guhan Jayaraman
Biotechnology
Synthetic biology to engineer microorganisms producing bulk chemicals from lignocellulosic biomass; 2024 TRENDsetter High Risk High Reward awardee.
Prof. Richa Karmakar
Biotechnology
Microbial engineering for CO₂ sequestration and metal utilisation in sustainable biofuel development; 2025 TRENDsetter Early Career awardee.
Prof. Sagar Sourav
Chemical Engineering
Advancing CO₂ methanation catalysts for real-world utility; 2025 TRENDsetter Early Career awardee
Prof. Varunkumar S
Mechanical Engineering
2025 TRENDsetter Pilot Demonstrator awardee
Prof. T. Palaniselvam
Chemistry
2025 TRENDsetter Early Career awardee
Prof. Kothandaraman Ramanujam
Early Career Research Chair
Prof. Himanshu Goyal
Early Career Chair
Prof. Rajnish Kumar
DST CCUS Roadmap committee
Academic Mobility & Bilateral Research Collaborations
Prof. Ranjit Bauri
Metallurgical & Materials Engg.
collaboration with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) on recovery of FePO₄ from bauxite residue and steel-making slag for Li-ion battery cathodes
Prof. Raghuram Chetty
Chemical Engineering
collaboration with University of Hull (UK) on a feasibility study for a 100 MWh Vanadium Redox Flow Battery (VRFB) system for grid stabilisation
Prof. Somnath C. Roy
Physics
collaboration with Tel Aviv University on MoS₂–TiO₂ heterojunction photocatalysts for photoreduction of CO₂
