USA
2023University of Michigan
Academic visit
Visiting Scientist in the group of Prof. Ashwin J. Shahani, Department of Materials Science and Engineering (Jan – Dec 2023).
Collaborations
A research network across three continents
Joint projects, academic visits, doctoral exchange and sustained co-authorship with groups in the USA, Belgium, Canada, the Netherlands and Japan.
International
Partner institutions
Belgium
2015 – 2022Ghent University
Joint research & exchange
SPARC project on ultrafine-grained Al alloys (2019–22) and DST-BELSPRO Indo-Belgian grant (2016–19) with Prof. Leo Kestens; Erasmus Mundus Action 2 nodal person (2015–19); FEA-CWO visiting scientist (2015); Indo-Belgian Workshop on Crystallography and Texture (2016).
Canada
2020 – 2021University of Toronto
Mitacs Globalink
Machine-learning model development for blast furnaces under the Mitacs Globalink Research Award.
The Netherlands
2004 – 2011Delft University of Technology
Doctoral research
Ph.D. on warm forming of Al–Mg–Si alloys with an institute fellowship (2004–08); continuing joint publications with A. Miroux and L. Kestens.
Japan
2026Ritsumeikan University
JST LOTUS Programme
Doctoral scholar Ms. Samjukta Sinha selected for the FY2026 JST LOTUS Programme to carry out part of her Ph.D. research at Ritsumeikan University.
National
Institutions in India
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2009UGC-NRCM project on Ag and Sn in Al–Zn–Mg alloys during severe plastic deformation; visiting scientist (April 2009).
IIT Kharagpur
2003 – 04Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Theoretical Studies.
Co-authorship
Sustained joint publications with
A. R. EivaniH. R. JafarianA. BahramiA. H. SeikhL. KestensA. MirouxN. ParkJ. Kim
