Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee

Dr Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee is a full-time Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H), India. He has been on the faculty since 2010 and previously served as Scientist at CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, and as JSPS Post-doctoral Fellow at Osaka & Kyoto Universities, Japan.

Education:

• Ph.D. – Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
• M.Tech. – Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India
• B.Tech. – Metallurgical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, India

Research Interests:

His research centres on crystallographic texture evolution, thermo-mechanical processing, and structure–property relationships in advanced metallic materials. He investigates high-entropy alloys, severe plastic deformation routes to bulk ultrafine/nanostructured materials, additive manufacturing, catalysis & energy materials, and employs high-resolution EBSD and TEM for detailed microstructural characterisation.

Publication Trends:

Bhattacharjee’s recent publications (2015-2019) demonstrate a strong focus on high-entropy alloys—especially AlCoCrFeNi₂.₁ eutectic and CoCrFeMnNi FCC systems—processed via cryo-rolling, warm deformation, and strain-path controlled routes. Studies on nickel-base superalloys, porous copper, and duplex steels complement his alloy portfolio, consistently addressing microstructure–texture–mechanical property correlations.

Scientific Awards & Recognition:

• Young Scientist Award, Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Kolkata Chapter, 2009
• JSPS Post-doctoral Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2007-2009
• Top-25 Most Downloaded Article, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2015
• Regular reviewer for Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Journal of Materials Science, Materials Science and Engineering A, and others.

Research Supervision & Funding:

Dr Bhattacharjee currently mentors two PhD scholars (Jagga Rao Gatti, Mohammed Zaid Ahmed) and five M.Tech students. He has secured ₹24 lakh from the Department of Science & Technology (DST) for a three-year project on continuous recrystallisation in ultrafine-grained aluminium alloys and an additional ₹3.87 lakh DST-JSPS Indo-Japan project on nanostructured Al-Mg-Sc/Zr alloys.

Laboratory & Facilities:

He heads research activities within the Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering block at IIT Hyderabad, leveraging facilities for high-resolution EBSD, TEM, severe plastic deformation (ARB, HPT), and thermo-mechanical processing to advance next-generation structural and functional materials.