Dr. Premkumar Senguttuvan
Associate Professor
New Chemistry Unit
Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
Jakkur, Bangalore, 560064, India
Associate Professor (since 2023)
New Chemistry Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore, India
Assistant Professor (2016-2023)
New Chemistry Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore, India
Doctor of Philosophy – Materials Chemistry (2010-2013)
Co-shared PhD funded by ALISTORE-ERI Laboratoire de Réactivité et Chimie des Solides (LRCS), UPJV, Amiens, France. Institut de Ciencia de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB), Bellaterra, Spain.
Advisors: Prof. J. –M. Tarascon and Dr. M. R. Palacín.
Master of Science– Materials for Energy Storage and Conversion (2008-2010)
Université de Picardie Jules Verne, Amiens, France. Warsaw University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland. Aix-Marseille Université, France.
Bachelor of Technology – Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering (2003-2007)
Central Electrochemical Research Institute,Karaikudi, India. Affiliated toAnna University, Chennai, India.
CURRENT MEMBERS
Post-Doc Students
Name: Dr. Keshav Kumar
Ph.D: Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), (2021)
Research interests: Phosphate Cathodes for Na-ion Batteries
Joined the group: September, 2021
Email id: keshavkumar@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Dr. Chethana Aranthady
MSc: St. Aloysius College, Mangalore (2016); Chemistry
PhD: Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Karnataka
Research interests: Development of stable and energy efficient electrically rechargeable Zn-air battery
Joined the group: July, 2023
Email id: chethana@jncasr.ac.in
PhD Students
Name: Bhaskar Kakoty
MSc: Gauhati University, Assam (2019); Chemistry
Research interests: Electrolyte Engineering for Multivalent Batteries
Joined the group: September 2020
Email id: bhaskarkakoty@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Biplab Patra
MSc: University of Hyderabad, Telangana (2020); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of NASICON-type electrode materials for Rechargeable Sodium-ion Batteries
Joined the group: September 2020
Email id: biplabpatra@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Rubu Rinya
MSc: Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh (2020); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of Solid State Electrolytes
Joined the group: August 2022
Email id: ruburinya@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Subhradeep Barman
MSc: NIT Durgapur, West Bengal (2022); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of heavy metal layered oxides for batteries
Joined the group: August 2022
Email id: subhradeep@jncasr.ac.in
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Name: Alapan Samanta
MSc: Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (2023); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of Rechargeable Multivalent Batteries
Joined the group: October 2023
Email id: alapan@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Avani Junwa
MSc: IIT Hyderabad, Telangana (2023); Chemistry
Research interests: Exploring next generation batteries
Joined the group: August 2024
Email id: avani@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Arpitha R
MSc: Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Karnataka (2025); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of Rechargeable Batteries
Joined the group: June 2025
Email id: arpithar@jncasr.ac.in
Int-PhD Students
Name: Ayon Phukan
BSc: Cotton University, Guwahati (2021); Chemistry
Research interests: Development and Electrolyte Engineering of Aqueous Rechargeable Batteries
Joined the group: May,2022
Email id: ayon@jncasr.ac.in
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Name: Brundha A
BSc: University College, Mangalore (2022)
Research interests: Development of NASICON frameworks for Na-ion Batteries
Joined the group: May, 2023
Email id: brundha@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Kavitha N
BSc: Sree Narayana College, Kerala (2023)
Research interests: Development of NASICON frameworks for Na-ion Batteries
Joined the group: January, 2025
Email id: kavithan@jncasr.ac.in
Name: Maithreyi Thiiruvon
BSc: Sastra Deemed University, Tamil Nadu (2023); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of Rechargeable Batteries
Joined the group: June, 2025
Email id: maithreyi@jncasr.ac.in
PGDMS
Name: Amisa Bhoi
MSc: IIT Bhubaneswar (2024); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of electrodes for Na-ion batteries
Joined the group: August 2024
Email id: amisa@jncasr.ac.in
R&D Assistant
Name: Jeslin Maria Jose
MSc: Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), Vellore (2023); Chemistry
Research interests: Development of electrodes for Zinc Batteries
Joined the group: November 2024
Email id: jeslinmaria14@gmail.com
Summer Student
Name: M S Soummya
B.Tech: IIT Hyderabad; Chemical Engineering
Research interests: Development of electrodes for Zinc Batteries
Joined the group: May, 2025
Email id: soummya@gmail.com
ALUMNI
Post-Doc Students
Dr. Nabadyuti Barman
(2017-2019)
Current position: Assistant Professor at Srikrishna College, Kalyani University.
Dr. Senthilkumar Baskar
(2020-2021)
Current position: Assistant Professor at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
Dr. Mukkabla Radha
(2020-2022)
Current position: Senior Research Associate at Nordische Energy System
PhD Students
Dr. Subham Ghosh
PhD (2021) & Post Doc (2022)
Current position: Post Doc at IACS, Kolkata (Prof. Urmimala Maitra's Group)
Dr. Vinita Ahuja
PhD (2022) & Post Doc (2023)
Current position: Post Doc at Humboldt University, Berlin (Prof. Philip Adelhelm's Group)
Dr. Arindam Ghosh
PhD (2024) & Post Doc (2025)
Current position: Post Doc at Weizmann Institute of Science (Prof. Michal Leskes’s group)
Master's Students
Aditi Chiring
(2017-2019)
Current position: Graduate Student, Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg.
Mohd Arif
(2019-2022)
Current position: R&D student at IISC,
Bangalore
Subham Singh
(2018-2020)
Current position: Ph.D student at IISC, Bangalore
Amit Ghoshal
(2019-2021)
Current position: PhD student at IACS, Kolkata (Prof. Urmimala Maitra's Group)
Prabhat Thapliyal
(2021-2023)
Current position: Ph.D student at University of Bayreuth, Germany (Prof. Matteo Bianchini's group)
Chandrayee Mitra
2025
PGDMS Students
Poornima Baburaj
(2022-2023)
Swathy N
(2023-2024)
Current position: Ph.D student at TU Wein, Austria
R&D Students
Utsav Kumar Dey
(2017-2019)
Current position: Graduate Student, IowaState University.
Amit Tevatia
(2021-2022)
Nirmal Jose
(2018-2019)
Sreshtha Ganguly
(2021-2022)
Current position: Ph.D student at IIT Kharagpur
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Rishikesh Vengarathody
(2018-2020)
Current position: PhD student at Ulm Universitty, Germany
Rashmi Devaru Hedge
(2022-2023)
Current position: Research Engineer Ola Electric Pvt Ltd.
