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Prof.Avanish Kumar

Designation: Assistant Professor

Department: Fuel, Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering

Email: avanish[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in

Contact Number: 9853771070

Office Number: +91-326-223-5453

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About Me: Dr. Avanish Kumar brings sharp expertise and fresh energy to the role of Assistant Professor in the Department of Fuel, Minerals & Metallurgical Engineering at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. His research passion lies in the mechanical behavior of metals, structural integrity, the creation of high-strength and damage-tolerant steels, and the complex challenge of hydrogen embrittlement. A proud alumnus of Annamalai University (BE, Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing), 2013), he went on to earn an MTech in Materials Science & Engineering from IIT Bhubaneswar (2015). During his MTech research work at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, he developed Cu-Mo alloy anodes for high-power microwave devices—resulting in two research articles and one conference paper. After a year as an Ad-hoc Faculty member in the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at NIT Warangal, he completed his PhD in Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science at IIT Bombay in 2021. There, he engineered bulk nanostructured steels that marry remarkable strength with damage tolerance—all achieved through refined heat-treatment control. Today, Dr. Kumar’s portfolio includes 16 journal articles (10 in Q1, 06 in Q2), five conference proceedings, one granted patent, and over 470 citations. Prof. Kumar leads the dynamic Steel Technology Laboratory — a vibrant research hub comprising one post-doctoral fellow, one project JRF, four PhD scholars, two MTech students, and two BTech students.

Research Interest: Process-Structure-Property-Performance Correlation In Steels, Nanostructured Bainitic Steels, Fracture And Fatigue, Hydrogen Embrittlement

Curriculum
Vitae
Publications

Teaching

  • FMC303-Mechanical Metallurgy (Core course, 6th Semester BTech-Mineral and Metallurgical Engineering)
  • FMC352-Heat-treatment & Mechanical Metallurgy Lab (6th Semester BTech-Mineral and Metallurgical Engineering)
  • FMD403-Engineering Materials Selection & Design (Institute elective, 5th & 7th Semester BTech and PhD)
  • NFME101-Introduction to Materials Science & Engineering (Engineering Science Compulsory to 1st Semester BTech - Chemical Engineering)
  • NFMC515-Mechanical Behavior of Materials Lab (1st semester MTech-Metallurgical Engineering)
  • FMC401 - BTech Project-I and FMC402 - BTech Project-II
  • FMS402 - Internship-II

Academics

PhD, Department of Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay

Position

  • Assistant Professor (December 2021 - Present)

Department of Fuel, Minerals, and Metallurgical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India

  • Visitng Assistant Professor (August 2021 - December 2021)

Department of Fuel, Minerals, and Metallurgical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India

Awards and Honors

  • Letter of Appreciation from the Director, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad for Excellent teaching feedback in "FMD552- Engineering Materials Selection and Design" 2022-23 M Semester. 
  • Research Project Award Letter from Shri G. Kishan Reddy, Hon'ble Union minister of Coal and Mines, Government of India, June 2024. 
  • Certificate of Reviewing awarded in recognition of the review contributed to Journal of Materials Science and Engineering: A, Elsevier, July 2025. 

Publications

Books Published

Book Chapter:  Click here to preview.
  1. Ritukesh Sharma, Avanish Kumar, Partha Sarathi De, “Aluminum based composites with TiB2 and multicomponent alloy reinforcements” Processing, microstructure, and property enhancement". Chapter 12 - Advanced Functional and Composite Materials: Fabrication, Characterization and Applications, CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN 9781032619347. 

List Of Research Publications (only in Peer-reviewed Journals)

  1. Ritukesh Sharma, Saswati Nanda, Animesh Mandal, Partha Sarathi De, Avanish Kumar: Corrosion performance of Al-TiB2 composites: A comprehensive review of microstructure, processing, and improvement approaches: Journal of Alloys and Compounds Communications 10 (2026) 100181. 
  2. Girendra Kumar, Avanish Kumar, Himadri Nandan Bar: Ratcheting fatigue in SA333 Gr-6 steel: Beneficial effect of dynamic strain aging and microstructure evolution. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2025).
  3. Ritukesh Sharma, Dhiman Kumar Mahata, Amritendu Roy, Partha Sarathi De, Avanish Kumar: Investigation on corrosion and indentation behavior of a novel Al-TiB2-AlCuFeMn composite. Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance (2025).
  4. Girendra Kumar, Avanish Kumar, Gaurav Nandan, Shreya Mukherjee, Ashok Kumar, Himadri Nandan Bar: Monotonic deformation behavior of SA333 Gr-6 steel: Dynamic strain aging. International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping 126 (2025).
  5. Sudharm Rathore, Avanish Kumar, Anurag Kumar, Kushal Mishra, Aparna Singh: Prediction of sub-critical fatigue crack growth rate in a high-carbon tempered martensitic steel at varying R ratio: experimental investigation and machine learning based modelling. International Journal of Fatigue 193 (2025) 108804.
  6. Avanish Kumar, B. Blessto, Aparna Singh: Development of a low-carbon carbide-free nanostructured bainitic steel with extremely high strength and toughness. Materials Science and Engineering A 877 (2023) 145186.
  7. Bhawesh Chhajed, B. Blessto, Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Effect of torsional deformation on crystallographic evolution of carbide-free nano-bainitic steels prepared at two different austempering temperatures. Materialia 28 (2023) 101773
  8. Avanish Kumar, B Blessto, Aparna Singh: Effect of austempering temperature on high cycle fatigue behaviour in nanostructured bainitic steels. Materials Science and Engineering A 846 (2022) 143296.
  9. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Mechanical properties of nanostructured bainitic steels. Materialia 15 (2021) 101034.
  10. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Deformation mechanisms in nanostructured bainitic steels under torsion. Materials Science and Engineering A 770 (2020) 138528.
  11. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Microstructural effects on the sub-critical fatigue crack growth in nano-bainite. Materials Science and Engineering A 743 (2019) 464–471.
  12. Avanish Kumar, Kritika Singh, Aparna Singh: Compositional design of high strength nanostructured bainite. Materials Research Express 6(2) (2019) 026526.
  13. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Toughness dependence of nano-bainite on phase fraction and morphology. Materials Science and Engineering A 729 (2018) 439–443.
  14. Kritika Singh, Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Effect of prior austenite grain size on the morphology of nano-bainitic steels. Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A 49(4) (2018) 1348-1354.
  15. Avanish Kumar, S K Pradhan, K Jayasankar, M Debata, R K Sharma, A Mandal: Structural investigations of nanocrystalline Cu-Cr-Mo alloy prepared by high energy ball milling. Journal of Electronic Materials - 46(2) (2017) 1339–1347.
  16. Avanish Kumar, K. Jayasankar, M. Debata, A. Mandal: Mechanical alloying and properties of immiscible Cu-20 wt.% Mo alloy. Journal of Alloys and Compounds - 647 (2015) 1040-1047.

Papers in conference abstract volumes / presented

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  1. Bhawesh Chhajed, Sudharm Rathore, Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Investigation of microstructural evolution in nano-structured bainite during Paris law regime of fatigue crack growth. European Conference on Fracture 2024, Procedia Structural Integrity, 68 (2025), 708-714.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2025.06.119
  2. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: The role of microstructure on damage tolerance in nano-bainitic steels. 1st Virtual European Conference on Fracture (VECF1), Procedia Structural Integrity, 28 (2020) 93–100. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2020.10.012
  3. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Improvement of strength-toughness combination in nanostructured bainite. ECF22 - Loading and Environmental effects on Structural Integrity; Belgrade, Serbia, Procedia Structural Integrity, 13 (2018) 548–553. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prostr.2018.12.090
  4. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: Bainitic steels: Strength as a function of carbon concentration. Asia Steel International Conference, 02/2018, Bhubaneswar, India.
  5. Avanish Kumar, K. Jayasankar, M. Debata, A. Mandal: Development of Cu-Mo alloy for high power microwave devices, 26th AGM Materials Research Society of India (MRSI), Theme Symposium “Materials for Inclusive Development”, 02/2015, Jaipur, India.

Patents

  1. Avanish Kumar, Aparna Singh: High strength and toughness low carbon nanostructured bainitic steel and preparation method thereof. Granted. Indian Patent Number: 540248.

Projects & Activities

Sponsored Research Projects (External Funded)

  • Ministry of Mines, Govt. of India, S&T Scheme, 2024, Amount – 26.04 Lakhs (PI)
  • DST-FIST Engineering Sciences Level B C or D – Project, 2023, Amount – 2.87 Crores (Co-PI)
  • IIT(ISM) Dhanbad-Faculty Research Scheme, 2022, Amount – 15 Lakhs (PI)

Consultancy Project

  • “M/s Superon Schweisstechnik India Ltd.: CTOD testing and analysis for weld electrode, Year - 2022, Cost - INR 92,040.

Membership of Scientific Societies

  • Life Member, IIM (Indian Institute of Metals)
  • Life Member, InSIS (Indian Structural Integrity Society)

Other Academic and Administrative Activities

Current positions:
  • Convener, DUGC (Departmental Under-Graduate Committee): Since september 2025
  • Warden, International  Hostel: Since 1st July 2026
  • Member of Scientific Reports' (the largest open-access journal of the Nature Portfolio family) Editorial Board.
  • Research Internship Scheme (RIS) Committee member
  • Member of Faculty Team for implementing Capacity Building Program on Design and Entrepreneurship in IIT (ISM), Dhanbad as per NEP 2020
Past positions: 
  • Dy. Chief Election Officer, Student Gymkhana IIT(ISM) Dhanbad Election 2026-27
  • Dy. Chief Election Officer, Student Gymkhana IIT(ISM) Dhanbad Election 2025-26
  • Standing DPAC for Financial Year 2025-26
  • Member of DUGC (Departmental Under-Graduate Committee): October 2024 to September 2025
  • Department Admin for I-STEM (Indian Science Technology and Engineering Fcilities Map): August 2022 to September 2025
  • Member of DPGC (Departmental Post-Graduate Committee): October 2022 to October 2024
  • Course coordinator of MTech (Metallurgical Engineering): 2024-25
  • Department Space Committee member, 2023
Lab development related activities for funding and procurement of equipment: 
  1. Metallography lab: Fume hood, Polishing machines, Belt grinder, Band Saw Machine
  2. Microscopy lab: Bench Optical Microscopes, Stereo Microscope
  3. Mechanical metallurgy lab: Rockwell hardness tester, Vickers micro-hardness tester, Pin-on-disc wear testing machine, 25kN UTM
  4. Materials processing lab: 2 kG Vacuum Induction melting furnace, 100 T Rolling Mill, Wire-EDM, Muffle furnace, Multi-stage heat-treatment furnace
MOU singed:
  1. CSIR-NML Jamshedpur, India
  2. Bradken Resources Pty Ltd., Australia
  3. Assam Skill University, Assam, India
 Invited talks:
  • Delivered a talk on “Overview of Surface Dependent Mechanical Behaviour of Materials” in UGC-MMTTP Faculty Development Programme on “Surface Engineering: Principles, Techniques, and Characterization”, Organised by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad during 22-27 June 2025.
  • Delivered a talk on "From Elastic Deformation to Fracture: A comprehensive Overview of Mechanical Behaviour of Metals" in UGC-MMTTP Faculty Development Programme on “Alloy Design and Processing: Experimental, Simulation and Machine Learning Approaches", Organised by IIT(ISM) Dhanbad during 21-26 November 2025. 
Peer Reviewer for International Journals including:
  • Materials Science and Engineering A
  • International Journal of Fatigue
  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds
  • Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance
  • International Journal of Pressure Vessels and Piping

Guidance

  • Full-time scholars:
    • Mr. Sandip K Bauri, MTech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from NIT Warangal, Telangana
    • Ms. Priyanka Mudi, BTech in Metallurgical Engineering from Jadavpur University.
  • Part-time scholars:
    • Mr. Shibjyoti Biswas, MTech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT BHU. Current position - Lecturer in Metallurgical Engineering at Engineering Institute for Junior Executives, Howrah. 
  • MTech Students:
    • Ongoing - 1. Nandu Shaw, 2. Krupa Hirpara
    • Completed - 1. Ms. Anushka Mishra 2. Mr. Ajay Chakrawarti 3. Mr. Tanay Biswas 4. Mansha Ram Verma
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