Energy Storage Laboratory
Celebrating Platinum Jubilee
School of Energy Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
West Bengal-721302, India
Meet The Team
Principal Investigator
Dr. Sreeraj Puravankara
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Education: PhD from NRW Graduate School of Chemistry, University of Muenster, Germany (2005)
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Postdoctoral Work:
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University of Muenster, Germany
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Max Planck Institute for Solid-State Research, Stuttgart, Germany
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Technical University of Munich, Germany
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Associate Professor
School of Energy Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
India
Current Members
Post-docs
Dr. Ritupurna Baishya
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Ph.D. (Physics)
Institute Post-doctoral Fellow
Research Area: Materials & electrolyte engineering for monovalent & multivalent metal-ion based rechargeable batteries (Zn, Na, K)
Ashwani Tyagi
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M.Tech (Nanotechnology)
Research Fellow
Research Area: Cathode materials for Alkali ion rechargeable batteries
Dhrubajyoti Das
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M.Sc (Chemistry)
CSIR Research Fellow
Research Area: High Voltage Electrolyte, Additives, co-Solvents for alkali ion rechargeable batteries
Rajashekar Billa
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M.Tech (Nanoscience & Tech)
Research Fellow
Research Area: Transition metal Oxide based Cathodes for sodium ion batteries
Sreshtha Ganguly
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M.Sc (Chemistry)
Research Fellow
Research Area: Quasi-solid-state electrolytes for Na & Zn-ion batteries
Pathak Rajkumar Babunar
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Int. M.Tech (Nanotechnology)
Research Fellow
Research Area: Sodium-ion batteries
Amrit Choudhury
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M.Tech (Energy System Engg.)
Research Fellow
Research Area: Battery aging
M.Tech Students
Dilip Bennada
B.Tech (Mechanical Engg.)
Project: Polymer electrolytes for non-aqueous Na & Zn-ion batteries
Nagaraju Jadi
B.Tech (Mechanical Engg.)
Project: Vibration Incuded Performance Analysis of Li & Na-Metal Batteries
Ishika Agrawal
Project: Tailoring Prussian blue analogue cathodes with multivalent dopants for advanced Na-ion batteries
B.Tech (Biotechnology)
Alumni Members
Research Scholars
Debanjana Pahari
2021
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at Bavarian Center for Battery Technology (BayBatt), Germany
Nagmani
2024
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at IIT Kanpur, India
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Prakhar Verma
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2025
Current Position: Post-Doctoral Fellow at Imperial College London
Ananya Kumar
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2025
Current Position: Materials Engineer at SAFT, Bangalore, India
Sanchita Manna
Current Position: Post -Doctoral Fellow at IIT Bombay, India
2025
M.Tech Students
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Pradeep Singh Narwariya (2024) (Currently at CSTEP, Bengaluru)
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Himangshu Ojha (2024) (Currently pursuing PhD at IIT Kharagpur)
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Sourish Sarkar (2025) (Currently at Musashi Semitsu, Japan)
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Lavish Goyal (2025) (Currently at Musashi Semitsu, Japan)
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Ravi Chauhan (2025) (Currently at Sunsolar Energy Pvt. Ltd., Nepal)
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Sonali Singh​ (2025) (Currently at Gabriel India Ltd., Pune)
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