Tentative Merit List of Ph.D. interviews for the Academic Year: 2025-2026

The following candidates have been shortlisted following interviews for Ph.D. admissions held on May 09 & 10, 2025. Kindly note that this is only a provisional merit-list and not the final list of selected candidates. The final list of selected candidates based on available seats, etc. will be available within two weeks with the admissions unit.


General Category Merit List 

Application NumberProject Title
250105121A Scalable Solver for Planetary Dynamo Simulations
Faculty: Binod Sreenivasan (CES) & Konduri Aditya (CDS)
250102813Dynamics of Self-Organized Ecological Systems
Faculty: Vishwesha Guttal (CES) & Srikanth Iyer (Mathematics)
250101177Physics of Cancer: Building Multi-Scale Mathematical Models to Decode of Mechanisms Cancer Metastasis and Therapy Resistance
Faculty: Mohit Kumar Jolly (Bioengineering) & Ramray Bhat (DBG)

General Category Waiting List

Application
Number
Project Title
250106803Neuromorphic Brain-Machine Interface for Improving Attention
Faculty: Chetan Singh Thakur (DESE) & Sridharan Devarajan (CNS)
250102933Neuromorphic Brain-Machine Interface for Improving Attention
Faculty: Chetan Singh Thakur (DESE) & Sridharan Devarajan (CNS)
250102827The Epigenetics of Aging in Indian Populations
Faculty: Shweta Ramdas (CBR) & Srimonta Gayen (DBG)
250104345Dynamics of Self-Organized Ecological Systems
Faculty: Vishwesha Guttal (CES) & Srikanth Iyer (Mathematics)

OBC-NCL Category Merit List

Application Number Project Title
250106182Development of Efficient Deep Learning Models for Medical Image Deepfake Detection
Faculty: Phaneendra K. Yalavarthy, (CDS) & Ambedkar Dukkipati, (CSA)
250109938Multi-scale mechanistic modeling to improve outcomes in cancer immunotherapy
Faculty: Mohit Kumar Jolly (BSSE) & Sudha Kumari (MCB)
250105413Rapid-Eye-Movement Sleep Defects: Mechanism & Target in Neurodegeneration 
Faculty: Chinnakaruppan Adaikkan (CBR) & Arnab Barik (CNS)
250106260Novel Computational Methods for Quantum Modelling of Materials in the Exascale era: Applications to Electrocatalysis
Faculty: Phani Motamarri (CDS) & Ananth Govind Rajan (Chemical Engineering)
250100440Medical Image Segmentation for Detecting Structural Anomalies Under Data-Constrained Settings
Faculty: Vaanathi Sundaresan (CDS) & Dr. Jaya Prakash (IAP)

EWS Category Merit List

Application
Number
Project Title
250101732Neuromorphic Brain-Machine Interface for Improving Attention
Faculty: Chetan Singh Thakur (DESE) & Sridharan Devarajan (CNS)

SC/ST Category Merit List

Application
Number
Project Title
250111198The Epigenetics of Aging in Indian Populations
Faculty:  Shweta Ramdas (CBR) & Srimonta Gayen (DBG)

SC/ST Category Waiting List

Application
Number
Project Title
250105327The Genetics of the Mitochondrion: Uncovering its Role in Neurodegeneration and Aging
Faculty: Debnath Pal (CDS) & Shweta Ramdas (CBR)