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Class of 1985 Chair Professor for Technology & Sustainable Development

Parag Bhargava

Email: pbhargava[at]iitb[dot]ac[dot]in

Phone: (+91) (022) 2576 7628

Education: 

  • Ph.D., Mats. Sci., University of Alabama (1996) 
  • M.S., Matls. Engg., University of Alabama (1994) 
  • B.Tech., Met. Engg. IIT Bombay (1991)
Teaching

In the departmental introductory course (Materials & Technology) he always begins with discussion on engineering, its role in shaping the society and economy, the role of innovation etc. In his teaching, besides the formal curriculum he has always included projects which require some hands­on thinking. Some of the projects assigned include disassembly of gadgets, machines, instruments where the students are required to study the function of each part, the materials that the parts are made of and the methods by which these parts are manufactured and whether they are produced in India. Other projects were based on fabrication, materials recycling and identification of a new need/ unsolved problem / improvement needed by interviewing at least 15 – 20 stakeholders.

Courses taught: Experimental Techniques in Materials Science; Ceramic Processing Techniques; Colloid and Interfacial Science; Materials and Technology / It’s a Materials World

Research profile

Most of Prof. Bhargava’s work is centred around particulate materials. His group, while working on basic research, has always maintained a keen interest in application oriented or product development research. He and his group has also been undertaking research on scaling up of previously developed processes in the lab. He is a co­founder of several companies in the domain of particulate processing / ceramics (ANTS Ceramics, Digident LLP, Metwiz Materials). Some of the technology development work undertaken includes ­ Electrophoretic deposition of diamond particles on phosphor bronze wheels for jewellery diamond sawing applications, Conductive silver paste for flexible membranes for use in keyboards, Ceramic carbon resistors for electrical power applications, A process and machine for spinning ceramic (alumina) fibres, A process for making kg level quantity of nanozirconia, Ceramic foams for high temperature thermal insulation and machine for continuous production of ceramic foams.

Research interest
  • Powder Processing 
  • Shape Forming of Ceramics 
  • Rheology of inks, Pastes 
  • Synthesis of weakly agglomerated nanoparticles 
  • Dental Materials 
  • Glasses and glass ceramics 
  • Silver inks, Pastes for Sensors / Flexible Electronics / Solar PV 
  • Scaling­up and Product development

Screen printed silver paste for flexible electronics

Centrifugally spun ceramic fibres for high temperature applications

Machinable glass ceramic for dental applications