National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

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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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DOCTORAL STUDENTS

2

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: 74
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S. Saha, K. Routray, T. Nayak, and P. Mahanandia,"ZnFe2O4–CNT–graphene hybrid electrodes synthesized via Aloe vera-assisted route for high-performance supercapacitors", Diamond and Related Materials, vol.162, Elsevier, December 2026, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.diamond.2025.113242       Article

S. Mishra, S. Sharma, A. Rai, and P. Mahanandia,"Bimodal phase transition in a periodically modulated ?-type three-level system", Physics Letters A, vol.574, no.131386, Elsevier, April 2026, 10.1016/j.physleta.2026.131386       Article

R. P. Maheswari, S. Mishra, A. Rai, B. Das, and P. Mahanandia,"Design and optimization of planar plasmonic nano-slit gratings for scalable refractive index sensing in visible–near-IR spectra", Journal of the Optical Society of America B, vol.43, no.7, pp.b23-b27, Optica, January 2026, https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.587162       Article

T. K. Nayak, K. Routray, S. Saha, A. K. Nayak, P. Mahanandia, and M. K. Rout,"Graphene-integrated bismuth ferrite nanocomposites electrode material for high-performance supercapacitors with enhanced energy density and stability", Diamond & Related Materials, vol.165, Elsevier, April 2026, 10.1016/j.diamond.2026.113652       Article

T. K. Nayak, K. Routray, S. Saha, S. K. Sahoo, and P. Mahanandia,"Mn-doped BiFeO3 as a high-performance electrode material with enhanced pseudocapacitance for supercapacitor applications", Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, vol.37, pp.1791, Springer, August 2026, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-026-18214-8       Article

International School on Fundamental Crystallography and Workshop on Rietveld Refinement Analysis (ISFC-2026) Physics and Astronomy (Workshop)
Five Days National Workshop cum Hands-on Training Program on Raman Spectroscopy Physics and Astronomy (Workshop)

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics {Theory}
  • Basic Statistical Physics {Theory}
  • Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • Fundamentals of Thermal and Statistical Physics {Theory}
  • Heat and Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • Introduction To Classical Mechanics {Theory}
  • Mesoscopic Physics {Theory}
  • Physics - I {Theory}
  • Physics - II {Theory}
  • Physics I {Theory}
  • Problems in Classical Physics {Theory}
  • Properties of Matter {Theory}
  • Quantum Mechanics - I {Theory}
  • Special Topics in Condensed Matter Physics - I {Theory}
  • Statistical Mechanics {Theory}
  • Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • Waves and Oscillation {Theory}
  • X-Ray Techniques For Structure Evaluation {Theory}
  • Advanced Characterization Techniques Laboratory {Practical}
  • Condensed Matter Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory {Practical}
  • Instrumentation Laboratory {Practical}
  • Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • Spectroscopy laboratory {Practical}
  • Thermal Laboratory {Practical}
  • Thermal Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • Waves and Optics Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [14]
Investigation of the Performance of Bismuth Ferrite-based Photovoltaic Devices with Different Configurations
Subhasri Subudhi
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Graduated :  Dec 2025
Supervisor
Green Synthesis of Carbon Quantum Dots and Investigations of Their Physical Properties for Various Applications
Santosini Patra
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Graduated :  Jun 2025
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
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
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 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
Electrical, Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Graphene-Carbon Nanotubes/PMMA Hybrid Nanocomposite
Kadambinee Sa
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2018
Supervisor
Fabrication and Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Based Organic Photovoltaic Cells
Prakash Chandra Mahakul
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2018
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
To Study generation and detection of single photon in Carbon Nanotubes
Rabi Prakash Maheswari
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
To study the Emission and detection of single photon in quantum dots
Sanjoy Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2018
Continuing
Supervisor
Experimental condensed matter physics
Alok Kumar Nayak
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
EXPERIMENTAL CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
Sujit Kumar Sahoo
Enrolled: Jan 2025
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