FACULTY PROFILE
Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain
Prof. Neelesh Kumar Jain
| [A] Summary of Supervision of Theses and Projects: | ||
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| Degree | Completed (ongoing) | Total |
| Ph.D. Students | 16 (4) | 20 |
| M.Tech. Students | 31 (1) | 32 |
| B.Tech. Projects | 15 (3) | 18 |
| [B] Supervision of Ph.D. Students | ||||
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| SN | Name [Admission Category, Month and Year of Joining the Program] |
Title/Theme of Thesis | Status | Other Supervisor (if any) |
| Supervision of PhD students at IIT Indore [from 29th Jan 2010 onward] | ||||
| 1 | Amos Jerry Paul (TA, July 2025) (July 2025) |
Theme: Development of Electromagnetic Shielding by Ultrasonic Solid State Additive Manufacturing (USSAM) Process | On-going since Aug 2025 |
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| 2 | Ravindra Verma (QIP Category) (July 2024) |
Theme: Development of Biodegrable Ultrasound Based Solid State Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Materials | On-going since July 2024 |
Dr. Ashish Rajak (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 3 | Rahul Naidu [SW (Part-time), sponsored by VECV Pithampur) (July 2023) |
Theme: Ultrasound Based Solid State Additive Manufacturing of Functionally Graded Materials | On-going since Jan 2024 |
Dr. Ashish Rajak (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 4 | Balbir Singh Negi (TA, Jan 2023) |
Theme: In-vivo biocompatibility evaluation of advanced metallic materials for knee implant applications | On-going since July 2023 |
Dr. Sharad Gupta (BSBE, IIT Indore) |
| 5 | Pradyumn Kumar Arya (TA, Aug 2020) MTech+PhD dual degree student |
Development of Ti-based Medium Entropy Alloys by Micro-Plasma Transferred Arc Metal Additive Manufacturing Process | Completed on 24th Sep 2024 |
Dr. Dan Sathiaraj (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 6 | Pankaj Kumar (TA, July 2018) |
Development of Knee Implant Material and its Manufacturing by Micro-Plasma Arc Based 3D Printing Process | Completed on 9th Nov. 2023 |
Dr. Sharad Gupta (BSBE, IIT Indore) |
| 7 | Vivek Rana (FA, July 2018) DST-INSPIRE Fellow MTech+PhD dual degree student |
IInvestigations on and Modeling of Pulsed Electrochemical Flank Modifications of Cylindrical Gears | Completed on 4th Sep 2023 |
Dr. Sunil Pathak (HILASE Center, Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague) |
| 8 | Bhavesh Chaudhary (FA, July 2018) DST-INSPIRE Fellow |
Development of Friction Stir Powder Additive Manufacturing Process and Using to Develop Lightweight Alloys and Composites | Completed on 26th June 2023 |
Dr. J. Murugesan (MEMS, IIT Indore) |
| 9 | Pravin Kumar (TA, January 2017) |
Modelling of Dimensional Accuracy and Surface Roughness in Micro-Plasma Transferred Arc Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials | Completed on 29th March 2022 |
None |
| 10 | Vishal Kharka (TA, July 2017) |
Investigations on Effects of Lubrication Environments on Performance of Spur Gear Hobbing | Commpleted on on 8th March 2022 |
Prof. Kapil Gupta (University of Johannesburg, RSA) |
| 11 | Anand C Petare [IS (Part-time), July 2014) |
Investigations on Finishing of Spur and Straight Bevel Gears by Abrasive Flow Finishing Process | Completed on 1st Aug 2020 |
Prof. I.A. Palani (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 12 | Sujeet Kumar Chaubey (TA, January 2014) |
Investigations on Manufacturing of High Quality Meso-sized Bevel and Helical Gears by Wire Spark Erosion Machining Process | Completed on 13th Aug. 2018 |
None |
| 13 | Sawant Mayur (TA, January 2014) |
Investigations on Additive Manufacturing of Metallic Materials by Micro-plasma Transferred Arc Powder Deposition Process | Completed on 25th July 2018 |
Prof. I.A. Palani (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 14 | Nikam Sagar Hanmant (TA, July 2014) |
Modeling and Simulation of Micro-Plasma Transferred Arc Deposition Process for Additive Manufacturing | Completed on 27th June 2018 |
None |
| 15 | Sunil Pathak (TA, January 2013) |
Investigations on the Performance Characteristics of Straight Bevel Gears by Pulsed Electrochemical Honing (PECH) Process | Completed on 2nd Aug. 2016 |
Prof. I.A. Palani (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 16 | Suyog Jhavar (TA, July 2010) |
Development of Micro-Plasma Transferred Arc Wire Deposition Process for Additive Layer Manufacturing Applications | Completed on 29th May 2014 |
Dr. C.P. Paul (RRCAT, Indore) |
| 17 | Kapil Gupta (FA Category, July 2011) |
Experimental Investigations on Manufacturing of High Quality Miniature Gears by Wire Electric Discharge Machining | Completed on 3rd March 2014 |
None |
| 18 | Shaikh Javed Habib (TA, July 2010) |
Experimental Investigations and Performance Optimization of Electrochemical Honing Process for Finishing the Bevel Gears | Completed on 17th Jan. 2014 |
None |
| Supervision of PhD students at IIT Roorkee (June 2004 to Jan 2010) | ||||
| 19 | Pragya Shandilya (TA, January 2009) |
Studies on Wire Electro Discharge Cutting of Al-based Metal Matrix Composites | Completed on 26th March 2012 |
Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 20 | Abhay Kumar Dubey (TA, July 2004) |
Development of the Setup and Performance Optimization of Electro Chemical Honing Process | Completed on 31st Oct 2006 |
Prof (Retd.) H.S. Shan (MIED, IIT Rookee) |
| [C] Supervision of M.Tech. Students | ||||
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| SN | Name | Thesis Title | Status | Other Supervisor |
| Supervision of MTech students at IIT Indore [from 29th Jan 2010 onward] | ||||
| 1 | Ravi Ranjan | Development of Vacuum and Magnetically Assisted Micro-Plasma Powder Additive Manufacturing Process for Biomedical Materials | On-going since Jan 2025 |
Dr. Mayur S. Sawant (MIT University, Pune) |
| 2 | Kartik Chaudhary | Defect Detection in Micro-plasma Metal Additive Manufacturing Process Using Computer Vision System | Completed on 26 May 2025 |
Dr. Sagar H. Nikam (Ulster University, UK) |
| 3 | Anubhav Vaishnav | Use of Deep Learning to Optimize Performance of Micro-Plasma Metal Additive Manufacturing Process | Completed on 26 May 2025 |
Dr. Sagar H. Nikam (Ulster University, UK) |
| 4 | Prasanna Santosh Bairagi | Design and development of NiTixCu Shape Memory alloys using DED Processes | Completed on 4th June 2024 |
Dr. Dan Sathiaraj (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 5 | Sumantra Arya | Electrochemical finishing of additively manufactured components | Completed 26 May 2023 |
None |
| 6 | Abhay Tiwari | Finite Element Analysis of heat transfer & fluid dynamics of a single layer & single track deposition using micro plasma transferred arc Additive Manufacturing | Completed on 30th July 2020 |
Dr. Indrasen Singh (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 7 | Praduyamn Arya | Investigations on Friction Stir Welding of Aluninimum Alloys | Completed on 30th July 2020 |
Dr. J. Murugesan (MEMS, IIT Indore) |
| 8 | Sandeep Gour [IS (part-time) category] |
Investigations on Manufacturing of Meso and Macro-sized Non-circular Gears by WSEM Process and their Kinematic Analysis | Completed 30th July 2020 |
None |
| 9 | Gaurav Deshwal | Investigations on Laser Texturing of Helical Gears for Improving their Quality by AFF Process | Completed on 4th July 2019 |
Prof. I.A. Palani (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 10 | Shivam Goswami | Investiations on Non-circular Gear Manufacturing by Wire Spark Erosion Machining Process and their Kinematic Analyses | Completed on 9th July 2018 |
Dr. M. Santhakumar (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 11 | Ankit Mishra | Investigation on Laser Lay Profiling on Surface Quality and Microgeometry of Spur Gears for Finishing by AFF | Completed on 5th July 2018 |
Prof. I.A. Palani (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 12 | Arun Ghidode | Investigation on Autogenous Joining of Thin Sheets of Dissimilar Materials by Micro-Plasma Transferred Arc Process | Completed on 27th June 2018 |
None |
| 13 | Vivek Rana | Investigation on Noise and Vibrations of Helical Gears Finished by Different Advanced Finishing Processes | Completed on 5th July 2018 |
Prof. Anand Parey (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 14 | Gaurav Kumar | Analysis and Comparison of Noise and Vibrations of Spur Gears Finished by Advanced Finishing Processes | Completed on 19th July 2017 |
Prof. Anand Parey (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 15 | Rahul Kashyap | Analysis and Comparison of Noise and Vibrations of Straight Bevel Gears Finished by Advanced Processes | Completed on 21st June 2017 |
Prof. Anand Parey (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 16 | Rajat Kasliwal | Design and Development of Double Flank Roll Tester for Cylindrical Gears | Completed on 19th July 2017 |
Prof. Anand Parey (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 17 | Ram Poojan Yadav | Weight Reduction of Heavy Commercial Vehicles Using Advanced Materials | Completed on 19th July 2017 |
Prof. I.A. Palani (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 18 | Praveen Rai | Investigations on Surface Quality of Helical Gears Finished by Pulsed Electrochemical Honing | Completed on 12th July 2016 |
Prof. Anand Parey (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 19 | Muneer Alam | Investigations on Generation by Copper Nano-particles by Pulsed Electrolytic Dissolution | Completed on 12th July 2016 |
Prof. I.A. Palani (ME, IIT Indore) |
| 20 | Naresh Kumar Bagri | Improving Machinability of Alloy Steel | Completed on 13th July 2016 |
None |
| 21 | Swagat Dwibedi | Investigations of Autogeneous Joining of Stainless Steel Sheets of Different Thickness Using Micro-plasma Transferred Arc (ยต-PTA) Process | Completed on 12th July 2016 |
None |
| 22 | Jigar Choudhary | Investigations on Autogeneous Joining of Thin Stainless Steel Sheets by Pulsed Micro-plasma Transferred Arc | Completed on 6th July 2015 |
Prof. S.C. Koria (ME, IIT Indore) |
| Supervision of MTech students at IIT Roorkee [June 2004 to Jan. 2010] | ||||
| 23 | Abhishek Das | Surface Modification of Aluminum by EDM Using Tic/Cu Green Compact Electrode | Completed in July 2009 |
Prof. Pradeep Kumar Prof. A. Wanner Prof. Volker Schulze (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) |
| 24 | Abhimanue Potpelwar | Investigation of Electrolytic Jet Drilling (EJD) Process | Completed in July 2009 |
Prof. N.K. Mehta (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 25 | Joy Prakash Misra | Precision Finishing of Helical Gears by Electro Chemical Honing (ECH) Process | Completed in July 2009 |
Dr. A.K. Sharma (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 26 | L. Ramlal Naik | Investigations on Precision Finishing of Gears by Electro Chemical Honing | Completed in July 2008 |
Dr. A.K. Sharma (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 27 | Sandeep Srivastava | Investigation on Densification of Weld Joints using Compaction Techniques | Completed in July 2008 |
Dr. D.K. Dwivedi (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 28 | Kailash S. Kuhite | Modeling of Surface Roughness of Electro Discharge Machined Components | Completed in July 2008 |
Dr. D.K. Dwivedi (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 29 | Deepark Kumar Nagar | Decision Support System for Selection of Casting Processes | Completed in July 2007 |
Prof. Pradeep Kuma (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 30 | T. Venkat Siva Reddy | Experimental Investigation on Stir- Casting of Al-Si Alloys | Completed in July 2006 |
Dr. D.K. Dwivedi (MIED, IIT Roorkee) |
| 31 | Devender Ninaniya | Process Parameters Optimization and Experimental Verification of Ultrasonic Machining (USM) Process | Completed in July 2006 |
None |
| 32 | V. V. Rao | Decision Support System for Selection of Rapid Prototyping Processes | Completed in July 2006 |
None |
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