PhD topic: Novel eco-friendly catalysts for biodiesel synthesis and conversion of byproduct glycerol into value-added products
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. A. B. Halgeri
Co-guide: Dr. Ganapati Shanbhag
Date of Registration for PhD: 10th December 2011
Date of Award: 09th May 2015
Present Position: CEO, Niranthara Scientific Solutions Pvt Ltd

PhD topic: Design of solid acid catalysts for Prins reaction and toluene methylation
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ganapati Shanbhag
Co-guide: Dr. A. B. Halgeri
Date of Registration for PhD: 10th December 2011
Date of Award: 28th April 2015
Present Position: Research Scientist, KAUST Catalysis Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

PhD topic: Studies on pore modified zeolite catalysts for aromatization and aromatic substitution reactions
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. A. B. Halgeri
Co-guide: Dr. Ganapati Shanbhag
Date of Registration for PhD: 10th December 2011
Date of Award: 10th June, 2015
Present Position: Computation scientist, Simreka, Bengaluru, India

PhD topic: Investigation of smart oxide nanomaterials for photoluminescent and photocatalytic applications
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Nalini Sundaram
Date of Registration for PhD: 4th November 2011
Date of Award: 05th June 2015
Present Position: Assistant Professor, RV College of Engineering Bengaluru, India

PhD topic: Carbonaceous, Nanostructured Metal Oxides Obtained From Metalorganic Precursors through Inert-Ambient, Sealed-Tube Pyrolysis
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Nalini Sundaram
Date of Registration for PhD: 4th November 2011
Date of Award: 30th March 2015
Present Position: Assistant Professor, BMS College of Engineering Bengaluru, India

PhD topic: Polymeric Composite Membranes for Pervaporation Separation of Alcohol-Water Binary Mixtures
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. A. V. Raghu
Date of Registration for PhD: 4th November 2011
Date of Award: 05th March 2015
Present Position: Asst. Professor, St. Joseph College, Bengaluru

PhD topic: Quantum Noise due to Dissipative and Non-dissipative Interaction with a Squeezed Environment, Quantum Error Correcting Codes and Characterizing Quantum Dynamics
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. R. Srikanth
Date of Registration for PhD: 4th November 2011
Date of Award: 11th July 2015
Present Position: Quantum Architecture Developer, ORCA Computing, Canada

PhD topic: Studies on bioactive compounds from endophytic fungi of Eucalyptus and Simarouba plants
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ananda K
Date of Registration for PhD: 16th November 2011
Date of Award: 14th May 2015
Present Position: Scientist, Central Silk Board, Mysore

PhD topic: Screening and characterization of alpha amylase inhibitors and aldose reductase inhibitors from endophytic fungi of medicinal plants
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ananda K
Date of Registration for PhD: 16th November 2011
Date of Award: 12th June 2015
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Centre for Functional Genomics & Bioinformatics, Transdisciplinary University, Bengaluru

PhD topic: Axiomatic aspects of contextuality and nonlocality in the area of quantum foundations
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. R. Srikanth
Date of Registration for PhD: 25th February 2012
Date of Award: June 2017
Present Position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute for Technology Tirupati

PhD topic: Designing heterogeneous catalysts for the conversion of glycerol and furfural to value added chemicals
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ganapati Shanbhag
Guide: Dr. Sanjeev P. Maradur
Date of Registration for PhD: 10th December 2013
Date of Award: 21st March 2018
Present Position: Research Officer,IOCL R&D Centre, Faridabad, India

PhD topic: Structural studies of purine phosphoribosyl transferases from pathogenic bacteria
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Udupi A. Ramagopal
Date of Registration for PhD: 2013
Date of Award: 2019
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of IOWA, USA

PhD topic: Semiconducting Oxide Nanoparticles for Photocatalysis and Photoluminescence applications
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Nalini Sundaram
Date of Registration for PhD: 2013
Date of Award: 27th September 2019
Present Position: R&D Manger, Powerstorm Technology Pvt Ltd. Rajkot, Gujarat, India

PhD topic: Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and their nanohybrids for heterogeneous Catalysis
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Suresh Babu K
Date of Registration for PhD: 3rd December 2016
Date of Award: 12th March 2020
Present Position: ERC Postdoctoral Fellow, IMCN, UCLouvain, Belgium

PhD topic: Studies on effect of radiation on laccase producing endophytic fungi and applications of fungal laccase
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ananda K
Date of Registration for PhD: 04th July 2015
Date of Award: 20th July 2020
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Vitaliz Biosciences Pvt. Ltd, Bengaluru

PhD topic: Nanomaterials for PL electrochemical & theranostic applications
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Nalini Sundaram
Date of Registration for PhD: 2016
Date of Award: 28th November 2020
Present Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Chemical Engineering Research Institute, Seoul

PhD topic: Synthesis and characterization of mesoporous polymers & their application in adsorption and catalysis
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Sanjeev Maradur
Date of Registration for PhD: 11th July 2015
Date of Award: 16th February 2021
Present Position: Postdoctoral Researcher Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering University of Saskatchewan, Canada

PhD topic: Aspects of quantum non-Markovianity in quantum information processing
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. R. Srikanth
Date of Registration for PhD: 17th June 2017
Date of Award: 11th October 2021
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

PhD topic: Designing Functionalized Mesoporous Materials for Catalytic Conversion of Biomass Platform Chemicals to Value Added Products
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Sanjeev Maradur
Date of Registration for PhD: 30th December 2016
Date of Award: 16th November 2021
Present Position: Scientific Officer, State Forensic Science Laboratory, Bengaluru, India

PhD topic: Metal oxide based acid-basebifunctional catalysts for chemical fixationof C0 2 via carbonylation reactions
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ganapati Shanbhag
Date of Registration for PhD: 2016
Date of Award: 2021
Present Position: Postdoctoral Researcher, Refining & Advanced Chemicals, King Fahd University of Petroleum Minerals, Saudi Arabia

PhD topic: Structure guided modification ofB7-1 and B7-2 for potential use inimmunotherapy and novel insights onB7-2 oligomerization
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Udupi A. Ramagopal
Date of Registration for PhD: 2015
Date of Award: 10th January 2022
Present Position: Assistant Professor, National Forensic Science University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India

PhD topic: Studies on edge states for Hermitian and non-Hermitian topological systems
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Sujit Sarkar
Date of Registration for PhD: 17th June 2017
Date of Award: 5th August 2022
Present Position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

PhD topic: Design and Development of Metal-Organic Frameworks based Materials for Gas Sensing Applications
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ganapati V. Shanbhag and Dr. Suresh Babu K
Date of Registration for PhD: 2nd December 2017
Date of Award: 30th September 2022
Present Position: SERB-National Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bangalore

PhD topic: Studies on alpha-glucosidase inhibitors isolated from medicinal plants and their endophytic fungi
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ananda K
Date of Registration for PhD: 31 December 2016
Date of Award:  29 June 2022
Present Position: Scientific Officer, Vitaliz Biosciences Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru, India

PhD topic: Design of Semiconductor Oxide Nanomaterials for Efficient Gas Sensors
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Nalini G Sundaram
Co-guide: Dr. Ganapati Shanbhag
Date of Registration for PhD: 6th October 2018
Date of Award: 6th March 2023
Present Position: Research Associate, New Chemistry Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bengaluru

PhD topic: Rational modification of insulin driven by evolutionary studies and chemistry for therapeutic applications
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ananda
Co-guide: Dr. Udupi A Ramagopal
Date of Registration for PhD: 31st December 2016
Date of Award: 19th May 2023
Present Position:

PhD topic: Feasibility study of practical counterfactual quantum cryptography
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. R. Srikanth
Date of Registration for PhD: 18th Dec, 2018
Date of Award: 27th July, 2023
Present Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of York, UK.

PhD topic: Designing novel catalysts for conversion of biomass derivatives furfuryl alcohol and levulinic acid into value-added chemicals
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Ganapati V. Shanbhag
Date of Registration for PhD: 31-12-2018
Date of Award: 14-7-2023
Present Position: 

PhD topic: Geometry, Criticality and Topological transitions in Hermitian and non-Hermitian systems.
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Sujith Sarkar
Date of Registration for PhD: 23-04-2018
Date of Award: 03-07-2023
Present Position: Postdoctoral fellow, School of Mechanical Engineering, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Ph.D. topic: Rational modification of immune checkpoint receptors of PD-1 pathway for cancer immunotherapy.
Ph.D. from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
Guide: Dr. Udupi A. Ramagopal
Date of registration for Ph.D.: 11th February 2017
Date of Award: 29th June 2023
Present Position: University Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Vienna.

PhD topic: Topological Phase Transition at Quantum Criticality in One Dimensional Topological Systems.
PhD from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education
Guide: Dr. Sujith Sarkar
Date of Registration for PhD: 17-06-2017
Date of Award: 08-09-2023
Present Position: Institute Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.

Ph.D. topic: Studies on Metal-Organic frameworks (MOFs) catalysis for valorization of biomass-derived chemicals.
Ph.D. from: Manipal Academy of Higher Education.
Guide: Dr. Sanjeev Maradur
Date of registration for Ph.D.: 29th October 2020
Date of Award: 25th September 2024
Present Position: