Page 1 of 6 Curriculum Vitae
Brief Profile: 1-2 paragraphs (not exceeding 500 words)
This is Dr. Pujitha, a faculty member in the Metallurgical and Materials Engineering department. About me- an enthusiastic person towards multiple aspects of sustainability. I am interested in the reuse and recycling of materials into valuable products. Primary research includes Energy Storage Devices and Health Care Applications. Always open to new areas of study and expansion. I am interested in adopting new teaching practices by correlating application-oriented examples for complex theories.
1. Name: Illa Mani Pujitha
2. Designation: Assistant Professor
3. Office Address: 112C, MME Department 4. Telephone (Direct) (Optional):
Telephone : Extn (Optional):
Mobile (Optional): 9985506825
5. Email (Primary): pujitha@nitt.edu Email (Secondary): seethapuji@gmail.com 6. Field(s) of Specialization: Energy storage Batteries, Bacterial Cellulose, Solid-State
Electrolytes, Carbon Nanomaterials 7. Employment Profile
Job Title Employer From To
Assistant Professor NIT Tiruchirappalli Oct 2022 Till date Institute Postdoctoral Fellow IIT Bombay July 2021 October 2022
Adhoc Faculty NIT Calicut Feb 2021 May 2021
Postdoctoral Fellow IIT Hyderabad Dec 2021 Feb 2021
8. Academic Qualifications (From Highest Degree to High School):
Examination Board / University Year Division/
Grade
Subjects Ph.D. Indian Institute of
Technology Hyderabad
2020 - Materials Science and Metallurgical
Engineering
Page 2 of 6 M.Tech Indian Institute of
Technology Hyderabad
2020 8.96 (out of 10)
Materials Science and Metallurgical
Engineering
B.Tech RGUKT-NUZVID 2015 9.1
(out of 10) Distinction
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
9. Academic/Administrative Responsibilities within the University
Position Faculty/Department/Centre/Institution From To
- - - -
10. Academic/Administrative Responsibilities outside the University
Position Institution From To
- - - -
11. Awards, Associateships etc.
Year of Award Name of the Award Awarding Organization 2015 Gandhian Young Technological
Innovation Award
SRISTI and National Innovation Foundation India
2017 Best Poster Presentation Award International conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Technology
2017 Research Excellence Award IIT Hyderabad
12. Fellowships
Year of Award Name of the Fellowship Awarding Organization
From (Month/Year)
To (Month/Year) 2021 Institute Postdoctoral
Fellowship
IIT Bombay 07/2021 10/2022
13. Details of Academic Work (i) Curriculum Development
(ii) Courses taught at Postgraduate and Undergraduate levels
-Nondestructive Testing, Introduction to Metallurgical Engineering (iii)Projects guided at Postgraduate level
(iv) Other contribution(s)
Page 3 of 6 14. Details of Major R&D Projects
Title of Project Funding Agency Duration Status
From To Ongoing/ Completed
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15. Number of PhDs guided Name of the PhD
Scholar
Title of PhD Thesis
Role(Supervisor/ Co- Supervisor)
Year of Award
- - - -
16. Participation in Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia /Seminars/ Schools etc.
(mentioning the role) Date
(s)
Title of Activity
Level of Event
(International/
National/
Local)
Role (Participant/
Speaker/
Chairperson, Paper presenter, Any other)
Event Organized by Venue
2017 Conference International Paper Presenter Asian Polymer Association
Delhi India 2018 Conference International Paper Presenter Carbon MEMS Hyderabad
India 2019 Conference National Paper Presenter Association of
Carbon Materials
Delhi India
2020 Conference International Speaker ACS Philadelphia USA
17. Workshops/ Symposia/ Conferences/ Colloquia/Seminars Organized (as Chairman/
Organizing Secretary/ Convenor / Co-Convenor) Title of Activity Level of Event
(International/
National/ Local)
Date (s) Role Venue
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18. Invited Talks delivered
Topic Date Inviting Organization
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Page 4 of 6 19. Membership of Learned Societies
Type of Membership (Ordinary Member/ Honorary Member / Life
Member )
Organization Membership No. with date
Student Member Asian Polymer
Association
0383
20. Academic Foreign Visits
Country Duration of Visit Programme
United kingdom 08/2016-09/2016 Student exchange 21. Publications
(A) Refereed Research Journals:
Author(s) Title of Paper Journal Volume (No.)
Page numbers
Year Impact Factor of
the Journal (Optional) Ruchira
Nandeshwar, Mani Pujitha Illa, Mudrika Khandelwal, Siddharth Tallur
Enzymatic degradation of bacteria cellulose derived carbon nanofibers (BC- CNF) by
myeloperoxidase (MPO):
Performance evaluation for biosensing.
Biosensors and Bioelectronics:
X
12 100252-
100262.
2022 -
Mani Pujitha Illa, Kalyani Peddapapannagari, Siju Cherikkattil Raghavan, Chandra S.
Sharma, Mudrika Khandelwal
In situ tunability of bacteria derived hierarchical nanocellulose:
current status and opportunities
Cellulose 28 10077–
10097
2021 6.123
Page 5 of 6 Mani Pujitha
Illa, Chandra S.
Sharma, Mudrika Khandelwal
Catalytic
Graphitization of Bacterial
Cellulose derived Carbon
Nanofibers for Stable and
Enhanced Anodic Performance of Lithium-Ion Batteries
Materials Today Chemistry
20 100439-
100441
2021 7.613
Mani Pujitha Illa, Anil D Pathak, Chandra S. Sharma, Mudrika Khandelwal
Bacterial Cellulose- Polyaniline Composite derived Hierarchical Nitrogen-Doped Porous Carbon Nanofibers as Anode for High Rate Lithium-Ion Batteries
ACS Applied Energy Materials
3 8676-
868
2020 6.024
Mani Pujitha Illa, Chandra S.
Sharma, Mudrika Khandelwal
Tuning the Physiochemical Properties of Bacterial
Cellulose: Effect of Drying
Conditions
Journal of Materials Science
59 12024–
12035
2019 4.220
Mani Pujitha Illa, Mudrika Khandelwal, Chandra S.
Sharma
Modulated Dehydration for Enhanced Anodic Performance of Bacterial
Cellulose Derived Carbon
Nanofibers
ChemistrySelect 4 6642–
6650
2019 2.4
Mani Pujitha Illa, Mudrika Khandelwal, Chandra S.
Sharma
Bacterial
Cellulose-Derived Carbon
Nanofibers as Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Emergent Materials
1 105–
120
2018 -
Page 6 of 6 Shital Yadav,
Mani Pujitha Illa, Tulika Rastogi, Chandra S. Sharma,
High Absorbency Cellulose Acetate Electrospun Nanofibers for Feminine Hygiene Application
Applied
Materials Today
4 62-70 2016 8.663
(B) Conferences/Workshops/Symposia Proceedings Author(s) Title of
Abstract/
Paper
Title of the Proceedings
Page numbers
Conference Theme
Venue Year
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(C) Books & Monographs
Author(s) Title of Book/Monograph
Name of Publishers
Year of Publication
ISSN/ISBN Number Mani Pujitha
Illa, Shiva Kalyani Adepu, &
Mudrika Khandelwal
Nanocellulose Materials In Micro and Nano Technologies
Elsevier 2022 9780128239636
