Solid State Ionics Lab | Dr. Sunil Kumar
CURRENT MEMBERS

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Richa Gupta
Dr. Richa Gupta
ANRF-NPDF
Project: Organic Cathode Materials and Polymer-based Electrolytes for Cost-effective and Flexible Sodium-ion Batteries

Joined: December 2025

PhD Scholars

Pratiksha Gami
Ms. Pratiksha Gami
PhD Scholar
Project: Composite Electrolytes for All Solid State Lithium Batteries

Joined: January 2023
Samriddhi Saxena
Ms. Samriddhi Saxena
PhD Scholar
Project: Development of Oxide Cathodes for Sodium-ion Batteries

Joined: July 2023
Neha
Ms. Neha
PhD Scholar
Project: Layered Oxide Cathodes for Sustaibale Sodium-ion Batteries

Joined: January 2024
Aniruddha Vibhute
Mr. Aniruddha Vibhute
PhD Scholar
Project: Sodium-ion Batteries

Joined: July 2025

Junior Research Fellows (JRF)

Hansraj Saini
Mr. Hansraj Saini
JRF (MoE Sponsored)
Project: Layered Oxides Cathode Materials for Sodium-ion Batteries

Joined: October 2025

Principal Investigator

Dr. Sunil Kumar
Dr. Sunil Kumar
Principal Investigator
Joined: November 2015
ALUMNI
Name Position Project/Thesis Title Completion Date
Mr. Asish K Das PhD Scholar Development of Ceramic-Polymer Electrolytes and Interface Engineering Strategies for Solid-State Lithium Metal Batteries Feb 2026
Ms. Pratiksha Gami JRF (DST) Integrated Clean Energy Material Acceleration Platform (IC-MAP): DST-Storage MAP Feb 2025
Mr. Hari N Vasavan PhD Scholar Structure-Electrochemical Property Relationships in Monophasic and Biphasic Layered Oxide Cathodes for Na-ion Batteries Dec 2024
Ms. Ankita Mahanta JRF (SERB) Polymer-Ceramic Composite Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries Nov 2024
Dr. Manish Badole PhD Scholar Perovskite Structured Lead-Free Piezoeceramics Mar 2024
Ms. Neha JRF (SERB) Polymer-Ceramic Composite Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries Dec 2023
Mr. Maniratnn Parakh BTech Project Preparation and Characterization of Li-ion Conducting Li1.5Sc0.5Zr1.5(PO4)3 Ceramic Electrolyte Dec 2023
Mr. Anirudh M Intern (BS-MS) Electrochemical behavior of cathode materials for sodium-ion batteries July 2023
Ms. Samriddhi Saxena MTech High Performance Biphasic NaxMn0.60Ni0.30Cu0.10O2 Cathodes for Na+ Batteries June 2023
Mr. Hari N Vasavan MTech Structurally Engineered High Performance Layered Oxide Cathodes for Na-ion Batteries June 2022
Mr. Asish K Das JRF (SERB) Polymer-Ceramic Composite Electrolytes for Rechargeable Lithium Metal Batteries July 2022
Ms. Princee Sanghavi BTech Project Impact of Various Factors on the Decision of Indian Sellers for Global Selling May 2022
Mr. Vijeet Reel BTech Project Fabrication and Characterization of (PEO + PVDF)/LSZP Based Solid Composite Electrolyte May 2022
Dr. Sushmita Dwivedi PhD Scholar Perovskite Structured Lead-Free Materials for Dielectric and Piezoelectric Applications Nov 2021
Dr. Tanvi Pareek PhD Scholar Investigations into the NASICON-based Materials for Solid Electrolyte Applications Dec 2021
Mr. Kaushal Gangwar MTech Structural, Dielectric, and Piezoelectric properties of Na0.4K0.1Bi0.5TiO3-based ceramics June 2021
Ms. Harsha Rajput MTech Electrical Behaviour of Li1.25Zr1.75Al0.25(PO4)3 ceramic June 2021
Mr. Gudimella Sree BTech Project Perovskite Lead-Free Piezoelectric Ceramics June 2021
Mr. Manish Badole MTech Structural, Dielectric, and Piezoelectric Properties of K0.5Bi0.5TiO3-based Ceramics July 2020
Mr. Shadab Ali ahmad MTech Development of NASICON type Polymer-in-Ceramic Electrolyte for All-Solid-State Lithium Batteries July 2020
Ms. Prasuryya Borah Intern Synthesis of P(VdF-HFP) based polymer electrolytes complexed with LiClO4 Aug 2019
Mr. Pratik Piyush Lenka Intern Fabrication of Garnet Solid Electrolytes July 2019
Mr. Vishnu Prasad CV Intern Electrical Properties of LiNi0.5Mn1.5O4 - a High Voltage Cathode Material July 2019
Mr. Milind Kumar MTech Ionic Transport in Pure and Doped LiZr2(PO4)3 Polymorphs July 2018