2024 Ph. D.

Program List
Name of the Ph.D. Amrita E Mail ID of the
Campus Program Name List all Research Areas in which vacancies are there Coordinator from the Ph.D. Coordinator from the
Dept Dept
Computer Science and Engineering Health care domain, cryptography, Cyber security, IOT, Dr. M. Rajasekhar Reddy [email protected]
Machine Learning, Explainable AI, Recommendation a.edu
systems, NLP
Amaravati

Electronics and Communication Engineering Signal & Image processing, VLSI, Wireless communications, Dr. Deepak Kumar Panda [email protected]
Philosophy , English Language & Literature Dr. S V B K Viswanatha du
[email protected]
Numerical Analysis, Differential Equations, Partial Dr. Rashmi Prasad [email protected]
Mathematics Differential Equations, Mathematical Modelling, Generalized
thermoelasticity, Numerical methods
Computational & Cognitive Neuroscience Computational and Cognitive Neuroscience Dr. Asha Vijayan [email protected].
Neural Engineering edu;
Neural Engineering [email protected]

Internet Studies and Artificial Intelligence

Cyber Security, Internet studies, IOT, Big data, AI, Medical Revathi [email protected]
Commerce and Management AI Durgalashmi.C.V [email protected]
Electronics and Communication Engineering Digital VLSI Dr. Viswas S. Nair [email protected]
Radiofrequency and antenna engineering
Photonics, optoelectronics and optical imaging
Material science and applications
Signal processing
Communication
Embedded systems
Robotics, Control System, IoT and AI
Machine learning and computer vision
Intelligent Transportation Systems
Agricultural Technology
Non-Traditional Machining and Digital Manufacturing
Flexible Electronics
Landslide analysis
Human-Robot Interaction
Robotic Perception
Robotic Learning
Robotic Manipulation and Control
Swarm Robotics
Bio-inspired Robotics
Robotic Systems Integration
Assistive Robotics
Robotic Hardware Design
Chemistry Polymer nanocomposites Dr. Saritha A Pillai [email protected]
Smart materials
Electrochemical sensors
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry
Environmental science
Photochemistry
Amritapuri

Inorganic chemistry

Physics Earth, Atmospheric and Space Sciences Jyotirmayee Satapathy [email protected]

Condensed matter, materials and device physics (theory and
experimental)
Astrophysics
Modeling and simulation of complex physical systems

Cybersecurity Mobile, Embedded and IoT Security Dr. Sriram Sankaran [email protected]
AI & Cybersecurity
Cryptography and Applications
Cybersecurity Education
Cyber Governance Risk and Compliance
Quantum Computing and Security
Philosophy Philosophy, Indian Culture, Sanskrit Education, Sanskrit Dr. Padmakumar P R [email protected]
Vyakarana du
Amritapuri
 Name of the Ph.D. Amrita E Mail ID of the
Campus Program Name List all Research Areas in which vacancies are there Coordinator from the Ph.D. Coordinator from the
Dept Dept
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Digital twin for smart grid. Dr. Preetha P K, Dr. Anoop [email protected],
Cyber resilience in Smart grids. S [email protected]
Energy markets and peer to peer energy trading.
EV integration in smart grids and ancillary services.
Sustainable and green energy: Integration and impact analysis
Optimal Energy management system for Microgrid with
Energy storage and Electric vehicles
Coordinated energy system with V2G support for isolated DC
Microgrid
Intelligent Energy transactions and policies for sustainable
society
Process Dynamics Systems, & Control Systems
Data driven modelling and control of aerial vehicles
Intelligent aerial vehicles
Amritapuri

Sustainable and resilient smart homes

Control applications in Biomedical Engineering
Automated drug infusion pumps
Detection and prevention of Parkinson's Disease
Model based Control systems
Explainable AI based modelling
AI based controller for grid integration in a smart microgrid
system

Mathematics Probability Theory and Stochastic modelling, Theoretical Dr. Manjusha R [email protected]
computer science, Machine and Deep learning, Wavelet
Analysis, Numerical Functional Analysis, Metric Fixed Point
Theory, Physics informed Neural Networks

Computer Science and Engineering Deep Learning, Computational Neuroscience, Complex Dr Subhasri Duttagupta [email protected]
Networks, Performance of Edge Networks, Cloud Network
Infrastructure, Machine Learning, Medical Image Analysis,
Computer Vision, Data Science, Awareness Computing,
Pattern recognition, Text mining, Robotics, Program
Analysis, Text Analytics, Optimization -Numerical
Computation Software Engineering, Social Networks, Graph
Mining, Computer Vision, Video Surveillance, Video
Synopsis, Artificial Intelligence, Edge learning, Networking
in Extreme Environments, Reinforcement Learning, Web
Security, Cryptographic Protocols, Authentication, Scene
Understanding and Image Retrieval, Assistive Technologies
and Learning with Disabilities, Smart Farming, Probability
Theory, Gaussian Processes, Smart Grid, Data Science, Power
System , AI/ML applications in Interdisciplinary areas,
Composites, Materials Informatics, Computational Materials
Science, FEM Modelling, Fatigue and Fracture, Algorithm
Design, Graph theory, Bioinformatics, Natural Language
Processing, Algorithms, Natural Language Processing,
Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Text Mining, Data Mining
and Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Graph, Graph
Representation Learning

Mechanical Engineering Fuel Cell, CFD, Advanced Materials, Biofluid Mechanics, Dr Vikas R [email protected]
Robotics
Mathematics 1. Finite Element Method Dr. Mullai Venthan [email protected]
2. Computational Sciences SELVAM
3. Graph Theory
4. Fluid Mechanics
5. Optimization Technique
6. Mathematical Logics
Bangalore

7. Mathematical Modelling
8. Fluid Dynamics
9. Heat and Mass transfer
10. Numerical technique

Chemistry Polymers, Computational chemistry, Nanotechnology, Solar Dr Amrita Thakur [email protected],

OLED, Batteries (Chemistry), Dr Kumar [email protected]
Swamy GN (Physics)
 Banga

Name of the Ph.D. Amrita E Mail ID of the

Campus Program Name List all Research Areas in which vacancies are there Coordinator from the Ph.D. Coordinator from the
Dept Dept
Electronics and Communication Engineering VLSI Design (Both Analog and Digital VLSI) Dr. GANAPATHI HEGDE [email protected].
Digital Communication edu
Wireless Communication
Signal Processing
Image Processing
Artificial Intelligence
Internet of Things
Network on Chip
RF Engineering and Communication
Mechanical Engineering Smart and Advanced Manufacturing Dr. Prashanth B N [email protected]
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning u
Robotics, Automation and IoT
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Development and Concurrent Engineering
Supply Chain Management
Composite and Advanced Materials
Tribology
Kinematics and Dynamics of Multi-body Systems
Computational Mechanics and Simulation
Environmental Engineering
Bangalore

Renewable Energy and Sustainable Technologies

Heat Transfer
Automobile Technology

Electrical and Electronics Engineering e-Mobility Dr. Surekha Paneerselvam [email protected]

Smart Grid
Control Systems
Biomedical applications
Signal and Image Processing
Computer Science and Engineering AI, ML, DL, Computer Vision, NLP, Image Processing, IoT, Dr.Suthir Sriram [email protected]
Gen.AI, Cloud Computing etc...
Mechanical Engineering Tribology in Electric Vehicles Dr. Krishnadas N [email protected]
Tribology in Energy efficient lubricants du
Tribology in Polymers
Material Degradation and Material Design
Acoustic and Friction Mapping of Mechanical Elements
Structural Failure Modling
Human robot interaction for cooperative manipulation
"(i) Advanced Metal Joining Techniques (ii) Additive
Manufacturing of Advanced Materials (iii) High Entropy
Alloys"
(a) Design for additive manufacturing
(b) Development of lightweight structures
Acoustic data to predict bearing faults
Assess performance of bearing
Bio inspired structures
Noise Reduction in Robotic Manipulators Using AI
Characterization of materials for Construction waste
management
IoT design for improving Indoor air Quality and Thermal
Chennai

comfort
AI identification for material machining setup
Wear behaviour of 3D printed biomaterials
Development of thin Film for biomedical application
Chemistry Nanomaterials, Materials science, Energy materials chemistry, Khushbu Dash [email protected]
Environmental chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Organic
chemistry
Mathematics Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics, Computational Khushbu Dash [email protected]
Mathematics
Electronics and Communication Engineering Bio signal processing, Image processing, Non linear Dr P Mathivanan [email protected]
dynamics, Steganography & Cryptography, Machine learning u
and deep learning, VLSI Design (Both Analog and Digital
VLSI), Digital Communication, Wireless Communication,
Signal Processing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things,
Network on Chip, RF Engineering and Communication,
Nanotechnology, Bio Sensor design and fabrication, Rf circuit
design, Antenna design, Wireless communications (5G),
Internet of things (IOT)

PHYSICS Condensed Matter Physics, Chemical Physics, Biophysics, Khushbu Dash [email protected]
Engineering Physics, Computational Physics
 Name of the Ph.D. Amrita E Mail ID of the
Campus Program Name List all Research Areas in which vacancies are there Coordinator from the Ph.D. Coordinator from the
Dept Dept
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science Energy Materials, Bio Materials, Catalysis, Water Treatment, Dr. K. Jayanarayanan [email protected]
Polymer Nanocomposites, Membrane Technology, Renewable
Energy, Solar energy, Hydrogen Generation, Fuel Cells,
Sustainable Materials, Environmental Engg and Management,
Environmental Science, Polymer Recycling

Social and Behavioural Sciences Child Rights and Child Protection Dr. Priya V [email protected]
Violence against Women and Children
Migration and Children in Migration
Emotional and Behavioural problems of children
Community Organization- Community Based Interventions
Disaster Management
Public Health
Mental Health and Interventions in Women, children and
Adolescents and Vulnerable communities
Corporate Social Responsibility
Work Life Balance in Social Sector and Corporate World
Social Progress and Social Policy
Participatory Action Research on Rural problems
Youth Empowerment
Women Empowerment
GIS and Rural Development

Chemistry Biochemistry Dr Venkata Ravikumar D [email protected]

Coimbatore

Biosensors, Lab-on-a-Chip devices, Paper analytical devices, and Dr Elango K and [email protected]
nanomaterials, immunosensors, microfluidics, lab-on-a-chip
devices, wearable devices, organ-on-a-chip devices, medical
textiles, inorganic materials and their coatings for
antimicrobial activity, and the synthesis of biomaterials.

Bioorganic Chemistry
Synthesis of chalcones and chromones, substituted imidazoles
to counteract cancer cell viability: Synthesis and Biological
Evaluation, Design, and Synthesis of Drug-Releasing
Polymers. Synthesis of Sequence-Defined Glycine Based
Peptoid Oligomers, Evaluation of Biological applications of
Triazolium-based Room Temperature Ionic Liquids:
development of an Optical Biosensor, and Drug chemistry
with 1,2,3-triazole

Environmental Chemistry
Polymers for dye/metal ions adsorption, Metal organic
frameworks for environmental remediation, and corrosion-
resistant coatings, Food chemistry, and Natural Fiber
chemistry

Aerospace 1. Aero Structures Dr Sakthivel Thangavel [email protected]

2. Composites
3. Fluid Structure interaction
4. Aero Propulsion
5. Aerodynamics
6. CFD
7. UAV
8. Guidance and Control
English Language and Literature Gender Studies, English Language Teaching, Dalit Narratives, Dr. Sandhya V [email protected]
Indian English Writing, Regional Indian Cinema, Climate
Fiction, War and Trauma Literature, Regional Indian
Literature, Queer Studies, Graphic Narratives, Post-Colonial
Fiction, Children's Literature
 Name of the Ph.D. Amrita E Mail ID of the
Campus Program Name List all Research Areas in which vacancies are there Coordinator from the Ph.D. Coordinator from the
Dept Dept
Civil Engineering Environmental Engineering stream ( Vacancy : 2 full time Dr.C.Prakash [email protected]
candidates)

1.Advanced oxidation process for water treatment

2. Emerging contaminant treatment
3. Sustainable water and waste management
4. Nano material for water treatment
5. Environmental Engineering
6. Sustainable technologies for carbon capture

Structural Engineering ( Vacancy : 2 full time candidates)

1. Earthquake engineering;
2. Reinforced Concrete design;
3. Resilience-based design;
4. Performance-based design;
5. Experimental Investigation of seismic Behavior:
Buildings/Bridges using shaketable;

Geotechnical Engineering ( Vacancy : 2 full time candidates)

1. Blast analysis of geotechnical structures

2. Experimental study on pavement shakedown
Electronics and Communication Engineering Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning Dr J P Anita [email protected]
Coimbatore

•Machine Learning and Cryptographic Algorithms

•Machine Learning for Multispectral/Hyperspectral Image
Classification
•Machine Learning/ Artificial Intelligence Based
Approaches for System Design and Failure
Detection.
•Machine Learning for Biomedical and Remote Sensing
Applications
Circuits and VLSI
•VLSI Design and Testing
•VLSI Testing and Diagnosis
•Low Power VLSI, Optimization Algorithms
•Static Timing Analysis, Hardware Security and Trust
•FPGA Based System Design
•Reconfigurable Design
•VLSI Architectures
•Biomedical circuits and Instrumentation
Communication Engineering
•Wireless Communications
•Wireless Security
•Multiple Access Techniques
•Wireless Sensor Networks
PHYSICS Materials Physics: Electrochemical Energy Storage Devices, M. ULAGANATHAN [email protected]
Energy Conversion: Hydrovoltaic, Solar cell, Photo Detectors, du
Ceramics, Bio-Materials, Materials for Energy applications,
Nanomaterials synthesis and Characterizations,
Theoretical Physics: Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Neutron
Stars, Quantum Theory, Quantum Technologies with
Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices; AI-Enhanced Design of
Photonic Crystal Fibers for Supercontinuum Generation

Artificial Intelligence AI for Biomedical Signal and Image Processing V Sowmya [email protected]
Rehabilitation and Medical Robotics
AI for Power, Energy and Electrification
AI for Material Design and discovery
AI for Material Informatics
NLP for material design
Interpretable and Explainable ML models
AI in Autonomous Diagnosis and Biomolecular Prediction
Audio and Image Processing
Sensor based Threats in Smart Devices
Intrusion Detection and
Authentication
Integration of AI with photonics

Food Science and Nutrition Food Microbiology, Food Biotechnology, New Food Product Dr.N.Tharani Devi [email protected]
development, Food chemistry, Proteomics, Protein study,
Natural plant extraction, bioactive compounds, nutraceuticals,
therapeutic nutrition
 Name of the Ph.D. Amrita E Mail ID of the
Campus Program Name List all Research Areas in which vacancies are there Coordinator from the Ph.D. Coordinator from the
Dept Dept
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Smart Grid - Data Analytics,Communication, Micro grid, Dr.Supriya.P p_supriya@ cb.amrita.edu
Energy management; Electric Vehicle - Charging
Infrastructure, Protocols & Systems, Communication and
Networks, IoT/Sensor Networks and AI/ML applications,
Embedded Systems - Robotics, RTOS, Automotive
Electronics, Embedded System Design.

Low power embedded application development, Power-

performance optimization of real time embedded systems,
Embedded solutions to health care systems, IoT/AI/ML
applications for real-time embedded systems, Wireless sensor
networks, Techniques for low carbon emission-towards
sustainable environment and Electric vehicles
Machine learning and Deep learning Applications in Electric
Coimbatore

Vechicles with renewable energy,Smart home with EV

Multi modal Signal Processing
Smart Power Systems, Cyber Attack Impact Analysis, DC-DC
Converter topology development, Energy Storage (Fuel
Cell/Battery/Supercapacitor) Systems (EV and micro-grid),
and Special Electrical Machine Design (BLDC/PMSM).

Power System Operation and Control; Smart Grid,

Deregulated Power System; Power System Protection; Data
Mechanical Engineering 1. Robotics and Automation 2. Sustainable Energy V. Ratna Kishore [email protected]
Technologies : Wind turbines, Spray modeling, H2/NH3 u
combustion, Battery Modeling etc. 3. Computational Non-
linear Dynamics 4. Computational Solid Mechanics 5.
Intergrated Machine Health Monitoring 6. Materials Research

Communication No vacancies at the moment. We undertake students from the Dr. Jayakrishnan N [email protected]
areas of Film Studies, Development COmmunication, du
Marketing research, development communication, health
communication, e-goverance, Broadcast media, new media,
social media research, among others. But currently all guides
are full as we have only 3 supervisors. The maximum we can
take at this moment is 1 scholar.

Computer Science and Engineering Evolutionary algorithms, Network and Cyber security, Image Dr. Remyakrishnan P [email protected].
processing, Machine learning, Real-time systems edu
Mathematics Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Data Science Dr. Vinod Kumar [email protected]
u
Environmental Science Natural Resources Management - 1, Sustainable Development Dr. S. Rajendra Kumar [email protected].
- 1, Biodiversity Conservation - 1 , Climate Change - 1, Waste edu
Management - 1, Community Development - 1

Philosophy Indian Knowledge Systems, Empirical and Theoretical Basis Dr. Sushrutha. S [email protected]
of Yoga, Traditional and Ritual Lineage of Bharat, Vedanta
and Allied Shastras, Jyothisha
Cybersecurity applied cryptography, network security, systems security Chungath Srinivasan [email protected]