Prof. Jayasree Biswas
Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay
Prof. Jayasree Biswas is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science at IIT Bombay, a position she has held since February 2024. Her research interests include high-temperature kinetic studies, metal recycling from secondary sources, green metal processing, and metal refining. Before joining IIT Bombay, Prof. Biswas was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalto University in Finland from February 2022 to December 2023. She earned a Ph.D. in Process Metallurgy from McMaster University in Canada in 2021. Additionally, she worked as a Researcher at Tata Research Design and Development Centre (TRDDC), TCS Innovations Lab in Pune, India, from July 2015 to December 2017. Prof. Biswas also holds an M.Tech. in Process Engineering from IIT Bombay (2015) and a B.E. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from Jadavpur University (2013)
Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Pushpa Gautam
Post Doctoral Fellow
July 2024 - ongoing
Research Interest
Battery Recycling, PCB recycling
Education
Ph.D., IIT BHU, Varanasi
M.Tech, IIT Bhubaneswar, Bhubaneswar
Sheshang Singh Chandel
Post Doctoral Fellow
July 2025 - ongoing
Research Interest
Iron making, HDRI Steelmaking, EAF Slag Recycling
Education
Ph.D, IIT Ropar, Punjab
M.Tech, Chhattisgarh Swami Vivekanand Technical University, Chhattisgarh
Ph.D. Students
Yadukul Sankar
July 2024 - ongoing
Research Interest
Hydrogen Steelmaking
Education
M.Tech., Materials Science and Technology, IIST, Trivandrum
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering, Govt. Engineering College, Calicut
Neha Jha
January 2025 - ongoing(Sponsored by Jamipol Industry)
Research Interest
Slag Utilization
Education
B.Tech, NIT Jamshedpur, Jamshedpur
Sunkavali Sai Prakash
January 2024 - ongoing (Co-supervising)
Research Interest
WPCB recycling
Research Interest
M.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering, Andhra University, AP
B.Tech, Metallurgical & Materials Engineering, RGUKT-Nuzvid, AP
Kaleem Masood Khan
July 2025 - ongoing
Research Interest
Refractory interaction with Hydrogen-DRI melt
Education
B.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering, MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan
M.Tech Students
Abhishek Mansingh
July 2025 - ongoing
Research Interest
Dynamic Modeling of EAF
Education
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
Sameer Sekhar
July 2025 - ongoing (Sponsored M.Tech from Tata Steel)
Research Interest
HDRI melting in steelmaking
Education
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
Ravi Raj
July 2025 - ongoing (Sponsored M.Tech from Tata Steel)
Research Interest
Carburization behaviour in Dripping Zone, Blast furnace
Education
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
Ravindra Narayan
July 2025 - ongoing (Sponsored M.Tech from Tata Steel)
Research Interest
HDRI refining kinetics in steelmaking
Education
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
Netramani Sharma
July 2025 - ongoing
Research Interest
Waste Tantalum Capacitor recycling
Education
B.Tech, Metallurgical Engineering
Alumni Members
Waleed Shaikh
July 2024 - June 2025 (M.Tech. Thesis)
Research Interest
Dynamic Modeling of EAF
Education
M.Tech. (IIT Bombay)
Sai Deephthi Vanthala
July 2024 - June 2025 (M.Tech. Thesis)
Research Interest
WPCB recycling
Education
Dual Degree (IIT Bombay)
Shreyas Prashant Kadam
July 2024 - June 2025 (M.Tech. Thesis)
Research Interest
Spent NdFeB magnet recycling
Education
Dual Degree (IIT Bombay)
Project Staff
Amrit Kumar Mallik
Project Staff
July 2025 - ongoing
Research Interest
Battery Recycling
Education
M.Tech., Metallurgical Engineering, IIT Jodhpur
Amit Kumar
Project Staff
December 2024 - May 2025
Research Interest
Battery Recycling
Education
M.Tech., Materials Science, IIT Kharagpur