Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Archives

Asad Tariq

Asad Tariq is a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. He completed his MA in economics with distinction from Jamia Millia Islamia, and BA from the University of Allahabad. His research interest lies at the intersection of development economics, politics, and religion. His work aims to document the discrimination against marginalised groups in India and investigate possible policy measures that aid their upliftment and development.

During his Ph.D., he has been awarded the Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarship in 2023 which sponsored 12 months of research at the Imperial College London. He is also a recipient of the Junior Research Fellowship by the University Grants Commission, India. He has presented his work at multiple national and international conferences. He has also been a part of multiple research projects under the Department of Science and Technology (Government of India) and Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research among others.

As a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research fellow at Brown University, Providence, RI, Asad is evaluating the influence of Members of Legislative Assembly from religious minority backgrounds in India on the provision of public goods targeted towards minorities. He also hopes to compile a collection of essays employing econometric methods to illuminate the challenges faced by Indian marginalized groups. When he is not crunching numbers using econometric models, Asad can be found at a picket, savouring nihari-paya in the labyrinthine alleys of Purani Dilli and Okhla, or reading Allama Iqbal’s poetry.

Harish Sankar Aghila

Harish S A is a Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad. The broader domains encompassing his research interests include networks, systems, and security. His current research explores the security implications of in-network systems that leverage cutting-edge technologies like software-defined networks and programmable data planes.

Harish is a recipient of the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) awarded by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. As a part of his doctoral research, he actively engaged in a security project alongside ASEAN countries and participated in their student exchange program. He published research papers and presented his work at reputed international venues. Additionally, he has received the notable SIGCOMM travel grant award, among many others.

He earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science and engineering from the National Institute of Technology Puducherry, during which time he interned with the UMR TETIS Joint Research Unit in Montpellier, France. He holds a master’s degree in computer engineering (cyber security) from the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra.

As a Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, TX, Harish is examining to secure data-driven, in-network systems built on high-speed programmable data planes against adversarial inputs. His vision is to bolster the resilience of next-generation computer networks against security threats. Harish teaches undergraduate students about network security. He enjoys road trips and chess.

Subhasish Basu Majumder

Dr. Subhasish Basu Majumder is a Professor in the Materials Science Center at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, West Bengal. In recent years, he has been actively involved in the development of lithium/sodium ion rechargeable batteries, battery/supercapacitor hybrid and semiconducting metal oxide chemiresistive gas sensors.

Dr. Basu Majumder received his Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. As a researcher he has worked in the USA and Germany before joining IIT Kharagpur as a faculty member in 2006. He is now working on several national missions funded by the Government of India. Dr. Basu Majumder is a recipient of the Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for experienced researchers (2004-2005). He is currently serving as an editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature) and Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (IOP Sciences). He is a Fellow of the West Bengal Academy of Science and Technology and a recipient of the Materials Research Society of India medal.

The Lithium–Sulphur battery is far more environmentally friendly as it uses only scarce lithium, has significantly higher specific energy density than lithium-ion cells, and is easier to recycle.

Dr. Basu Majumder’s Fulbright–Kalam project aims to develop a facile one-step scalable process to increase the loading and conductivity of sulphur; retard long chain polysulphides shuttling, tackle volumetric fluctuation of active particles and inhibit the lithium anode corrosion together with its dendritic growth during discharge – charge cycles. The developed Li – S system would yield increased discharge capacity with excellent cycleability and rate performance.