We have highly enthusiastic team who are working on Science, Research and Development in the area of Additive Manufacturing.

Lab Coordinator

Name: Prof. K.P. Karunakaran
Position: Professor (Department of Mechanical Engineering) & RM Lab Coordinator
Email ID: Karuna@iitb.ac.in

Admin Staff

Name: Vilas Bhikaji Ghanekar
Position: laboratory Attendant
Email ID: ghanekar@iitb.ac.in

Name: Anita Jaiswal
Position: Senior Project Assistant
Email ID: 30002435@iitb.ac.in

Project Manager

Name: Glen D’souza
Position: Project Manager
Email ID: glen555desouza@gmail.com

Name: Ronald H Ely
Position: Project Staff
Email ID: rony_h_ely@iitb.ac.in

Research Associate

Name: Ashik Kumar Patel
Position: Project Project Research Associate (PhD)
Joining Year: 2017
Thesis Title: Design and Development of Indigenous Sand 3D Printer for Rapid Casting.
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, CNC Technology, Laser, Automation, MAV (Drones), Rapid Casting, Hybrid Layered Manufacturing, Bio-Medical Devices.
Email ID: ashik.dd1@iitb.ac.in, ashik.dd1@gmail.com

Name: Yogesh Patil
Position: Project Project Research Associate (PhD)
Joining Year: 2017
Thesis Title: Design and Development of Indigenous Selective Laser Sintering Additive Manufacturing Process.
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, CNC Technology, Automation, Robotics, MAV
Email ID: patil.yogesh0808@iitb.ac.in, patil.yogesh0808@gmail.com

Name: Subodh Chavan
Position: Project Staff
Research Interest : CAD & Automation, Machine Learning
Email ID: subodhchavan@iitb.ac.in

Research Scholar (PhD)

Name: Seema Negi
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2017
Thesis Title: Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing
Research Interest : Laser Cladding, Arc Cladding, Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing, Material Characterization, Hybrid Layered Manufacturing, Metal Additive Manufacturing
Email ID: negiseema1990@gmail.com

Name: Pushkar Kamble
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2017
Thesis Title: 3D Printing of Ice
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Casting, Rapid Foam Foundry, Multi-jet Technology, Inkjet Printing
Email ID: pushkarkamble@iitb.ac.in

Name: Gopal Gote
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2018
Thesis Title: Additive Manufacturing of Foam
Research Interest : Foam 3D Printing, Rapid Casting
Email ID: gopalgote@iitb.ac.in

Name: Neel Kamal Gupta
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2018
Thesis Title: Residual Stress Management in Hybrid Layered Manufacturing
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, Machining, CAD/CAM, Injection Molding
Email ID: neelkamalgupta@iitb.ac.in

Name: Rajendra Hodgir
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2019
Thesis Title: Ice 3D Printing
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, Rapid Casting, Rapid Foam Foundry
Email ID: rajendra.hodgir@iitb.ac.in

Name: Avinash Kumar Mehta
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2019
Thesis Title: Plasma Electron beam based Additive Manufacturing
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, CNC Machining, Electron Beam
Email ID: avinashmehta@iitb.ac.in

Name: Saim Abbas
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2019
Thesis Titl: Sacrificial Materials in Additive Manufacturing
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing
Email ID: saimabbas@iitb.ac.in

Name: Sudhanshu Dubey
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2019
Thesis Title: Optimal Laminated Additive Manufacturing (OptiLAM)
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, Robotics, OptiLAM, Drone
Email ID: sudhanshud@iitb.ac.in

Name: Yash Gopal Mittal
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2019
Thesis Title: 5 Axis FDM Printer with Induction Heater
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, CAD design, Bio-Medical devices
Email ID: ymymittal1@iitb.ac.in

Name: Ganesan G
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2019
Thesis Title: Hybrid Layered Manufacturing of Functionally Gradient Materials
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, Micro/Nano Manufacturing
Email ID: ganesan.g@iitb.ac.in

Name: Yugandhara Bhosale
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2019
Thesis Title: Octo-copter Drone for Organ Transport
Research Interest : Robotics, Drones, Renewable Energy Source
Email ID: yuga.bhosale@iitb.ac.in

Name: Siddhartha
Position: Research Scholar (PhD)
Joining Year: 2020
Thesis Title: Laser Based Hybrid Layered Manufacturing
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, CAD modelling, Finite Element Analysis
Email ID: sid.iitb20@gmail.com,204100013@iitb.ac.in

M.Tech. Scholar

Name: Milan Pandya
Position: M.Tech. Scholar
Joining Year: 2018
Thesis Title: Simulation of Additive Manufacturing
Research Interest : Additive Manufacturing, Path Planning Algorithms for AM, Laser Based Processes, Autonomous Drone
Email ID: milanpandya97@gmail.com

Name: Rahul
Position: M. Tech Scholar
Thesis Title: Ice 3D Printing
Joining Year: 2019
Research Interest : Rapid Manufacturing, CNC Technology & Automation, Computer Graphics for CAM Applications, CAD/CAM, Algorithms for CNC machining , Additive Manufacturing, 3D Printing
Email ID: rahulmnsr@iitb.ac.in

Project Staff

Name: Shivchand Jaysval
Joining Year: 2019
Position: Project Staff
Email ID: shivainterprises82@gmail.com