PMBM 2026

About the Workshop

PMBM 2026 is focused on the Computation and Characterization of Microstructural Evolution During Deformation. The workshop aims to provide insights into open questions or challenges in an area along with the requisite pedagogical background from renowned experts in the field followed by collaborative discussions as well as poster presentations from students.

Workshop Themes

Mechanical characterization across length scales

Computation of deformation mechanisms in materials

Materials under extreme conditions and environments

Microstructure engineering through deformation methods

Deformation, Processing and Degradation of Nuclear Structural Materials

Invited Speakers

Abhik Chaudhury

IISc Bangalore

Ankur Chauhan

IISc Bangalore

Debalay Chakrabarti

IIT Kharagpur

Dhiraj Mahajan

IIT Ropar

Eswara Prasad

IIT Indore

K V Vamsi

IIT Indore

M. Vasudevan

IGCAR Kalpakkam

Nilesh Gurao

IIT Kanpur

Niraj Chawake

IIT Kanpur

Ravi S Kottada

IIT Madras

R. N. Singh

BARC Mumbai

Satyam Suwas

IISc Bangalore

Subramanya Sarma

IIT Madras

Suchandrima Das

IISc Bangalore

Sudharshan Phani

University of Hyderabad

Suresh Neelakantan

IIT Delhi

Sanjib Kumar Acharyya

Jadavpur University

Devinder Yadav

IIT Patna

V. Karthik

IGCAR

Kanjarla Anand Krishna

IIT Madras

Anirban Patra

IIT Bombay

Dr. Rajeev Kapoor

BARC

Rajeshwar R. Eleti

IIT Roorkee

Vani Shankar

IGCAR

Shanta Chakrabarty

KIIT

Important Dates

Abstract Submission: 20 April 2026
Abstract Acceptance: 25 April 2026
Registration Start: 26 April 2026
Registration Deadline: 30 April 2026

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Registration & Payment

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Scientists / Academics

₹5900

Students / Post-docs

₹1180

Workshop Schedule

Venue: Hall #22, 2nd Floor, VMCC Building, IIT Bombay

Day 1 – 11 May 2026

Time	Session
08:30 – 09:00	Registration & Breakfast
09:00 – 09:10	Introduction to the workshop
Session: Advances in Mechanical Characterization
09:10 – 09:50	Prof. Subramanya Sarma (IIT Madras) Effect of strain rate on the retained austenite stability in a Medium-Mn steel
09:50 – 10:30	Prof. Nilesh Gurao (IIT Kanpur) Deformation twinning in uniaxial and sequential compression of Mg 0.5 wt.% Ce alloy
10:30 – 11:10	Prof. Sudarshan Phani (UoH) High throughput nanoindentation testing: the new paradigm in small scale mechanical testing
11:10 – 11:40	Tea / Coffee Break
11:40 – 12:20	Dr. V. Karthik (IGCAR) Recent advances in small punch testing for evaluating tensile, fatigue and fracture properties
12:20 – 13:00	Prof. Eswara Prasad (IIT Indore) Investigating the mechanical behavior of magnesium using in-situ experiments: Insights into deformation twinning
13:00 – 14:20	Lunch
Session: Microstructure Engineering Through Deformation Methods - I
14:20 – 15:00	Prof. Suresh Neelakantan (IIT Delhi) Engineering microstructures via martensitic transformation for enhanced mechanical properties in metastable β titanium alloys
15:00 – 15:40	Prof. Devinder Yadav (IIT Patna) Furnace-free electric-field-induced high strain rate superplasticity in 3YSZ
15:40 – 16:20	Prof. Sanjib Acharya (JU) High-Temperature Fatigue Crack Growth Behavior of Structural Materials: Mechanistic Understanding and Experimental Analysis
16:20 – 18:30	Tea / Coffee + Poster Session

Day 2 – 12 May 2026

Time	Session
Session: Computation of Deformation Mechanisms in Materials
09:00 – 09:40	Prof. Anand Kanjarla (IIT Madras) Microstructure informed crystal plasticity modelling of low cycle fatigue behavior of IN718
09:40 – 10:20	Prof. Anirban Patra (IIT Bombay) Scale Bridging Strategies for Computationally Efficient Prediction of Anisotropic Deformation at the Mesoscale and Macroscale
10:20 – 10:50	Tea / Coffee Break
10:50 – 11:30	Prof. Prita Pant (IIT Bombay) Effect of Solute Segregation on Deformation Behavior: Cottrell and (or versus) Suzuki?
11:30 – 12:10	Abhik Chaudhury (IISc) Towards intrinsically coupled microstructure informed damage models for the prediction of creep life in Ni-based superalloys
12:10 – 12:50	Prof. Rajeshwar Eleti (IIT Roorkee) Electronic-structure governed strengthening in face-centered cubic high entropy alloys: A unified framework for solid-solution and grain size strengthening mechanisms
12:50 – 13:05	Industry Talk – Maximator India Pvt. Ltd.
13:05 – 14:20	Lunch
Session: Deformation, Processing and Degradation of Nuclear Structural Materials
14:20 – 15:00	Dr. R. N. Singh (BARC) Mechanical properties evaluation and its application for safety assessment of internally pressurized components.
15:00 – 15:40	Dr. M. Vasudevan (IGCAR) Strategies for Enhancing the Creep Strength of Ferritic-Martensitic Steels and their Weld Joints
15:40 – 16:20	Prof. Satyam Suwas (IISc) Dwell Fatigue in Titanium alloys
16:20 – 16:50	Tea / Coffee Break
16:50 – 17:30	Prof. Ankur Chauhan (IISc) Exploring the Irradiation Response of Multi-Principal Element Alloys: Insights from Proton-Induced Defect Dynamics and Recovery
17:30 – 18:10	Dr. Rajeev Kapoor (BARC) Physics-based constitutive framework for α-Zr alloys deformed at low to warm temperatures and across quasi-static to dynamic strain rates
18:30 – 21:00	Dinner + Poster Awards

Day 3 – 13 May 2026

Time	Session
Session: Microstructure engineering through deformation methods - II
09:00 – 09:40	Prof. Debalay Chakrabarti (IIT Kharagpur) Thermomechanical simulation of grain structure evolution in steels
09:40 – 10:20	Prof. R. S. Kottada (IIT Madras) Creep of additively manufactured Ni-base superalloys
10:20 – 11:00	Prof. Shanta Chakrabarty (KIIT) Tailoring microstructure and texture evolution through strain path in low-Ni austenitic stainless steel
11:00 – 11:30	Tea / Coffee Break
Session: Materials Under Extreme Conditions and Environments
11:30 – 12:10	Dr. Vani Shankar (IGCAR) Analysis of fatigue hysteresis loops to understand the evolving microstructures of high temperature materials under various cyclic loading waveforms
12:10 – 12:50	Prof. K. V. Vamsi (IIT Indore) Modelling Deformation Pathways in Ordered Alloys via Planar Fault Energetics
12:50 – 14:20	Lunch
14:20 – 15:00	Prof. Dhiraj Mahajan (IIT Ropar) Perspectives on Hydrogen-Assisted Fatigue Crack Initiation in Metals using Small-Scale Experiments and Crystal Plasticity Simulations
15:00 – 15:40	Prof. Niraj Chawake (IIT Kanpur) Effect of Ti Addition on Screw-Dislocation Mediated Plasticity in W Containing Refractory High-Entropy Alloys
15:40 – 16:40	High Tea + Discussion (What did we learn and the way forward)