Solar Energy Research Group
Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT-Madras
Aravind Kumar Chandiran
Principal Investigator
Work Experience
July 2018 - till date - Asst. Professor, Solar Fuels Division - Indian Solar Energy Harnessing Center, IIT-M
Dec 2017 - till date - Adjunct Faculty, National Center for Catalysis Research (NCCR), IIT-M
Nov 2016 - till date - Asst. Professor, Department of Chemical Engg., IIT-M
2014-16 - Postdoc, Long Group, Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley, USA.
2014-16 - Affiliate Postdoc, Molecular Foundry
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA.
Academic Background
2010-13 - Doctor of Science (Chemistry and Chemical Engineering), Grätzel's group.
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland.
2007-09 - Master of Science (Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion)
University of Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France.
University of Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France.
Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland.
2003-07 - Bachelor of Technology (Rubber and Plastics Technology)
MIT Campus, Anna University, India.
A. Tamilselvan (Institute Postdoctoral Fellow)
Ph.D., University of Madras, 2017
Topic: Inorganic halide double perovskite materials for light emitting applications
S. Arun Kumar
Ph.D., University of Madras, 2019
Topic: Metal-air batteries for electric vehicles
Alamelu Kaliyaperumal (Institute Postdoctoral Fellow)
Ph.D.,Pondicherry University, 2020
Topic: Photochemical carbon-dioxide reduction
S. Mohan
Ph.D.,NCL-Pune, 2020
Topic: Photoelectrochemical carbon-dioxide reduction
PhD Student(s)
Mala Maruthi
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2014.
IIT-Madras
Topic: Large area screen printed perovskite solar cells
Puneet Siwach
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2016.
IIT-Roorkee
Topic: Identifying catalytic nanostructures for PEC water oxidation
Poonam Sikarwar
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2014.
Institute of Technology and Management - Gwalior
Topic: Halide triple perovskite for solar water splitting
Phani Chandra
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2017.
NIT - Rourkela
Topic: Two dimensional materials for solar cells
Muhammed Hamdan
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2014
NIT-Calicut
Topic: Inorganic halide perovskites for solar cells
Siva Ram Prasad (joint student with Dr. Raghuram Chetty)
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2017.
RGUKT - Nuzvid
Topic: Photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction
Gunjan Kapadia
M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2012.
IIT-Madras
Topic: Air cathodes for Zn-air batteries
Akhil Kongara
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2016
National Institute of Technology Warangal
Topic: Catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction
Halpati Jigar Shaileshkumar
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2016
Topic: Large area perovskite solar cells
P. Govardhan (joint student with Prof. Raghunathan.R)
M.Tech., Industrial Pollution Control, 2019
NITK-Surathkal
Topic: Microbial solar cells
Rajput Shubham Ajaykumar
M.E. Chemical(Petrochemical Engineering), 2020
MSU Baroda
Topic: Solar water splitting
Abhishek Anand
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering, 2020
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat
Topic: Perovskite photovoltaics
Manasa Manoj
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2018.
Govt. Engineering College Kozhikode(Calicut University)
Topic: Vacancy ordered perovskites for solar cells
MS Student(s)
Nitharshni R G
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 20120.
Coimbatore Institute of Technology
Topic: Solar water splitting
Project Officer(s)/Associate(s)
K.T. Indraja
B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, 2017.
Sri Venkateswara University College of Engineering
Topic: Photocatalysis of water using halide double perovskites
P. Alagammai
B.Tech., Electrochemical and Chemical Engineering, 2019.
CSIR-CECRI
Topic: Biophotovoltaics
Shweta Shinde
M.Sc., Biotechnology, 2017.
Mumbai University
Topic: Biophotovoltaics
E. Indubala
Ph.D., Chemistry, 2021.
SRM Institute of Science and Technology
Topic: Postmortem analysis of Li-ion batteries
S. Nandhini
M.Sc., Physics, 2021.
University of Madras
Topic: Vacancy-ordered perovskites
S. Keerthana
M.Sc., Applied Chemistry, 2021.
Anna University
Topic: Zinc-air batteries
