National Institute of Technology Rourkela

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Physical Metallurgy, Mechanical Metallurgy, Process Metallurgy
Areas of Interest
  • Structure-property relationship
  • Texture
  • Wear
  • Corrosion

Arnab Sarkar Assistant Professor Grade-II, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

sarkararnab@nitrkl.ac.in

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DOCTORAL STUDENTS

9

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Arnab Sarkar

Assistant Professor Grade-II

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Room Number: MS-215

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2019

Ph.D.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

2014

M.Tech
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur

2012

B.E
Metallurgy And Materials Engineering
Bengal Engineering and Science University Shibpur

Teaching Experience
  • Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Introduction to Materials Engineering,  National Institute of Technology, Rourkela,   30 May 2023 - continuing
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Wear, Structure-property relationship, Mechanical Metallurgy, Plastometry induced plasticity (PIP), Powder Metallurgy,  The University of British Columbia, Canada,   15 Apr 2022 - 31 May 2023
  • Corrosion, Structure-property relationship, Texture, Process Metallurgy,  Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay,   26 Jul 2019 - 23 Jul 2021

Research Collaboration on Aluminium Alloy Materials between NIT Rourkela and Vedanta Aluminium Limited VEDANTA ALUMINIUM LIMITED
  • Principal Investigator
  • 12
  • Running   Sponsored


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Total Publications: 27
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S. Mohapatra, A. Sarkar, S. Kumar, R. Dalai, and M. Oh,"Impact behavior of automotive grade medium manganese steel: Reviews on current progress and challenges", Materials Science and Technology, Sage Publications 2026, 10.1177/02670836251412337       Article

A. Karanam, L. K. Pillari, A. Sarkar, and L. Bichler,"On the improvement of the charpy impact response of high-Mn steel (HMS) alloys via Ti addition for comminution circuits", Materials Science and Engineering: A, vol.961, Elsevier 2026, 10.1016/j.msea.2026.150129       Article

R. K. Barik, A. N. Pai, A. Sarkar, V. Chavan, M. I. Khan, H. Mehtani, S. Parida, A. S. Panwar, and I. Samajdar,"Grain boundary versus grain interior aqueous corrosion in iron-phosphorous and iron-copper binary ferritic alloys", Corrosion Science, vol.259, Elsevier 2026, 10.1016/j.corsci.2025.113507       Article

Y. Kumar, A. Sarkar, Apu. Sarkar, and R. Singh,"Insight into threshold creep behaviour in Zr-2.5Nb alloy", Journal of Nuclear Materials, vol.605, no.155599, Elsevier 2025, 10.1016/j.jnucmat.2024.155599       Article

S. Mohapatra, B. Satpathy, A. Sarkar, S. Kumar, and S. Aich,"Recent advances in medium-manganese steel: a review of key findings, challenges, and future perspectives", Journal of Materials Science, vol.60, pp.9447–9528, Springer Nature 2025, 10.1007/s10853-025-11010-5       Article

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON "RECENT INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT IN MATERIAL SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS (RIDMSEF)" Central Research Facility (Conference)
FIVE(5) DAYS SKILL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP & TRAINING ON MICROSCOPY, SPECTROSCOPY, TEM, SEM & XRD (MICSPEC- 2024) Central Research Facility (Workshop)
Series4: INSPIRATION WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS, AI, SEM, XRD, BET, HRMS, SCXRD, LN & OTHER CRF EQUIPMENT Central Research Facility (Workshop)
Series3: INSPIRATION WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS, AI, SEM, XRD, BET, HRMS, SCXRD, LN & OTHER CRF EQUIPMENT Central Research Facility (Workshop)
Roadmap for Green Steel Production : Industry 4.0 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (Short-term Course)
ADVANCEMENT AND INNOVATION IN SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FIELDS Central Research Facility (Conference)
Series2: INSPIRATION WORKSHOP ON ROBOTICS, AI, SEM, XRD, BET, HRMS, SCXRD, LN & OTHER CRF EQUIPMENT Centralized Instrumentation Facility (Workshop)
Series1: Inspiration Workshop on Robotics, AI, SEM, XRD, BET, HRMS, SCXRD, TEM & Liquid Nitrogen Centralized Instrumentation Facility (Workshop)
SKILL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP AND TRAINING IN TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (TEM) AND SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) Centralized Instrumentation Facility (Workshop)

  • MM1701 : Introduction to Materials Engineering {Theory}
  • MM5221 : Metallurgical Failure: Detection and Analysis {Theory}
  • MM6211 : Mechanical Behaviour of Materials {Theory}
  • MM2162 : Metallography Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM2363 : Mineral Dressing Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM3121 : Metallography Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM3223 : Mechanical Testing Laboratory {Practical}
  • MM4422 : Design and Calculation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [1]
Structure-Property relationship, Steel metallurgy, Alloy development, Thermomechanical processing
Anant Kumar
Enrolled: Jul 2024
Continuing
Supervisor

  • Asst. Warden - Dhirubhai Ambani Hall of Residence