Principal Investigator
Nagappan Ramaswamyis an Associate Professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. His research focuses on developing materials and systems for electrochemical energy conversion and storage devices such as fuel cells, electrolyzers, redox flow batteries etc. Nagappan received his B.Tech. in Chemical and Electrochemical Engineering from CECRI, Karaikudi, India in 2005 followed by a Ph.D. in Electrochemistry from Northeastern University in Boston, USA in 2011. Post Ph.D., he worked as a Research Associate at Nissan North America, Michigan USA in lithium-ion batteries from 2011-2012. Following this, he was a Senior Research Engineer at the Global Fuel Cell Activities Division in General Motors Corporation, Michigan from 2013 to 2024.
Email:nagappan@iitb.ac.in
Doctoral Candidates
Amisha Mukherjee is a PhD student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. She completed her MTech degree in Chemical Engineering from IIT Jodhpur. Her research focuses on green hydrogen and CFD-based modeling to understand and optimize electrochemical and energy conversion processes. Beyond research, she enjoys reading books and has a keen interest in history.
Email:25d0155@iitb.ac.in
Rajath is a first year PhD student in the Department of Centre for Sophisticated Instruments and Facilities (CSIF) at IIT Bombay. I completed my Masters in Chemistry from VIT Vellore in 2024. My research interests align towards the field of electrochemistry and as part of my research work, I will be working on Porous Transport Layers for water electrolyzers. Beyond academics, I love music, sports, movies and travelling. (Joint Ph.D. student with Prof. Chandramouli Subramanian, Department of Chemistry)
Email 25d1601@iitb.ac.in
Master’s Students
Asad Ansari is an M.Tech student in Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He has completed his Bachelors from University of Mumbai. Asad is a passionate about sustainability and his M.Tech project focuses on alkaline water electrolysis for cost effective hydrogen production. Beside academics, he enjoys writing poetry and hiking.
Email:25m0399@iitb.ac.in
Akshay Kumar Baruah is a M.Tech student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. He is currently working on making Electrolyzer test bench setup and Electrolyzer cell. Outside of research, he enjoys playing badminton.
Suryansh Dubey is an M.Tech student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. Previously, he completed an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering from University of Petroleum and Energy Studies. Currently, he is working on the Proton Exchange Membrane Water electrolyzer development for the economical production of hydrogen gas. Outside of research, he enjoys trekking and listening music.
Email:23m0391@iitb.ac.in
UnderGraduates
Naitik Kumar Agrawal is a third-year undergraduate student at IIT Bombay, deeply interested in the future of clean energy. My research focuses on electrochemistry, hydrogen, and electrolyser technologies. As part of my third-year Supervised Learning Project (SLP), I conducted a techno-economic analysis of various water electrolysers to evaluate their practical and commercial viability. Outside of academics, I stay active through badminton, lawn,tennis and running. I am particularly very passionate about entrepreneurship and ideas. I love singing, playing musical instruments and reading books
Email:23b044@iitb.ac.in
Sneha Mane is a third0year undergraduate student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay. She is currently engaged in research on the analysis of electrochemical hydrogen generation systems and redox flow batteries. Beyond academics, she enjoys singing, playing badminton, and traveling.
Email:23b0310@iitb.ac.in
Industrial Advisors:
Yeshwant alias Dattaprasad Natekar - BE (Hon) ETC, MS E&C, MBA - Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and 30+ yrs industry experience in Fertilizer/Specialty Chemicals / Industrial equipment / EPC / Renewable energy. Yeshwant is passionate about sustainable energy and making it reliable and affordable with electrical energy storage, increasing renewable energy penetration, micro grid where there is no grid. He is entrepreneurial, technocratic and curious, focused on team development, strategic business planning, new business acquisition and organic sales growth in international markets, B2B & B2C, sales channels. Yeshwant’s specialties: Leadership, opportunity recognition, business development, solutions & technology forecasting, talent development, NPD. He is active in social and professional forums in education, innovation, research & development.