National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

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EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Functional Material
Areas of Interest
  • Field Effect Transistor, Photovoltaic Cells, Energy storage Devices

Pitamber Mahanandia Professor

Physics and Astronomy

pitam@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2730

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4

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14

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

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Pitamber Mahanandia

Professor

Physics and Astronomy

Room Number: MC-206

Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

Ph.D(IISC)

Laboratory Development
  • Mesoscopic Physics,  NIT Rourkela,   Research Lab

Designing and Tailoring of hierarchical Graphene-carbon nanotubes and activated carbon for high performance hybrid super capacitor. CPRI
  • Principal Investigator
  • 35
  • Completed   Sponsored
To Investigate the grain boundary and its effect in electrical transport properties of graphene prepared by electrochemical method SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 48
  • Completed   Sponsored
Novel Photovoltaic devices based on Cu2ZnSnS4/graphene Composite DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored
To study the efficientcy of photo-voltaic cell fabricated by admixture of carbon nanotubes and graphene in organice polymer DST-SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

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Total Publications: 68
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S. Patra, M. Singh, S. Subudhi, M. Mandal, A. K. Nayak, I. Alam, B. B. Sahu, and P. Mahanandia,"One-pot green synthesis of in–situ functionalized carbon quantum dots from Agave americana for supercapacitor applications", Inorganic Chemistry Communications, vol.179, pp.114817, Elsevier, June 2025, View Details       Article

S. Subudhi, Bv. R. Subramanyam, I. Alam, M. Mandal, A. K. Nayak, and P. Mahanandia,"Enhancement of photoresponse and photovoltaic properties in KBiFe2O5/ BiFeO3 bilayer thin films", Current Applied Physics, vol.64, pp.74-81, Elsevier 2024, View Details       Article

M. Mandal, I. Alam, M. R. Sahoo, S. Patra, A. Mahapatra, A. K. Nayak, S. Subudhi, and P. Mahanandia,"Simple pyrolysis synthesis of multi-walled carbon nanotubes as a highly stable electrode material for supercapacitor applications", Chemical Physics Letters, Elsevier 2024, 10.1016/j.cplett.2024.141536       Article

I. Alam, S. Subudhi, S. Das, M. Mandal, A. K. Nayak, and P. Mahanandia,"A facile green approach to prepare reduced Graphene Oxide", Advances in Natural Sciences: Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, vol.15, no.4, pp.1-8, IOP Publishing, November 2024, 10.1088/2043-6262/ad7c17       Article

S. Subudhi, I. Alam, M. Mandal, S. Patra, Bv. R. Subramanyam, and P. Mahanandia,"Photovoltaic device fabrication using KBiFe2O5/graphene heterostructure via chemical deposition techniques", Optical Materials, Elsevier, October 2024, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optmat.2024.116537       Article

Five Days National Workshop cum Hands-on Training Program on Raman Spectroscopy Physics and Astronomy (Workshop)

  • PH1002 : Physics - II {Theory}
  • PH101 : Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH101 : Physics I {Theory}
  • PH2004 : Introduction To Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH2005 : Introduction To Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH201 : Heat and Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • PH208 : Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • PH301 : Waves and Oscillation {Theory}
  • PH302 : Properties of Matter {Theory}
  • PH311 : Fundamentals of Thermal and Statistical Physics {Theory}
  • PH352 : X-Ray Techniques For Structure Evaluation {Theory}
  • PH4003 : Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH4004 : Statistical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH4008 : Basic Statistical Physics {Theory}
  • PH403 : Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH407 : Quantum Mechanics - I {Theory}
  • PH508 : Atomic and Molecular Physics {Theory}
  • PH538 : Special Topics in Condensed Matter Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH601 : Problems in Classical Physics {Theory}
  • PH6343 : Mesoscopic Physics {Theory}
  • PH645 : Mesoscopic Physics {Theory}
  • PH1070 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH170 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH2071 : Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH2072 : Waves and Optics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH3072 : Thermal Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH372 : Thermal Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH4072 : Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH472 : Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH473 : Spectroscopy Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH574 : Advanced Characterization Techniques Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH578 : Instrumentation Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [14]
Green Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots and Investigations of Their Physical Properties for Various Applications
Santosini Patra
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Graduated :  Jun 2025
Supervisor
A Study on Carbon-based Hybrid Supercapacitor Electrodes: Design, Fabrication, and Testing
Manoranjan Mandal
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Graduated :  May 2023
Supervisor
Electrochemically prepared grain boundaries free few-layer graphene sheets for applications in transport- based devices
Injamul Alam
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  May 2023
Supervisor
Kesterite CZTS Quantum Dot Based Photovoltaic Cells: From the Prospective of Material Characterization and Photovoltaic Performance
Sonali Das
Enrolled: Jul 2016
Graduated :  Jul 2023
Supervisor
Investigation of Performance and Stability of Organic Solar Cells Fabricated by Incorporating Carbon Nanostructures in Both Hole Transport and Active Layers
Bv Ramagourisurya Subramanyam
Enrolled: Apr 2015
Graduated :  Dec 2021
Supervisor
Promoting Earth Abundant Semiconductor – CZTS as Hole Transporting Material for Perovskite Solar Cell Application
Jagatpati Raiguru
Enrolled: Jul 2014
Graduated :  Dec 2021
Supervisor
Investigation of Mechanical, Thermal and Electrical Properties of Various Carbon Nanofillers Incorporated Epoxy Composite for Marine Applications - A Comparative Study
Sunirmal Saha
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  Feb 2018
Supervisor
Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Based Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Prakash Chandra Mahakul
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Supervisor
Electrical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphene-Carbon Nanotubes/PMMA Hybrid Nanocomposite
Kadambinee Sa
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Supervisor
Investigation of the Performance of Bismuth Ferrite-based Photovoltaic Devices with different configurations
Subhasri Subudhi
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Thesis Submitted
Supervisor
EXPERIMENTAL CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
Sujit Kumar Sahoo
Enrolled: Jan 2025
Continuing
Supervisor
Experimental condensed matter physics
Alok Kumar Nayak
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
To study the Emission and detection of single photon in quantum dots
Sanjoy Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
To Study generation and detection of single photon in Carbon Nanotubes
Rabi Prakash Maheswari
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
M.Tech by Research Students [2]
Development of Al-Fe3Al Composites by Powder Metallurgy Route
Deepankar Panda
Graduated :  Aug 2016
Co-Supervisor
Fabrication of Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) Setup & Preparation of Copper Oxide (CuO) -CdX (X=Se, S) Nanoparticles Decorated Core-Shell Heterostructure
Bamadev Das
Graduated :  Jan 2016
Supervisor