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Dr. Bhuvaneshwari B

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemistry IIT (BHU)

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Email: bhuvana.chy@iitbhu.ac.in

Area of Interest: (i) Energy: Design of Materials for Energy Conversion Applications (Fuel Cell and Electrolyser), (ii) Environment: Electrochemical Reduction of Nitrate, (iii) Biomedical: 2D Materials for Tissue Engineering Applications and Bio-ink Formulations for 3D Bioprinting, (iv) Electro-organic Synthesis: E-Shuttle Catalysis, (v) Polymer Nanocomposites for Industrial based Coatings, (vi) Battery Recycling.

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Dr Bhuvaneshwari originally hails from Coimbatore District, Tamil Nadu. She carried out her doctoral work at CSIR-Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR-SERC) in the field of Electrochemistry and obtained degree from Bharathiar University in the year 2013. She was the recipient of CSIR-Quick Hire Fellowship (CSIR - Quick Hire Scientist Scheme: Scientist B) (2010 to 2013) and subsequently appointed as Scientist C (adhoc) at CSIR-SERC. Further, she worked as Senior Project Fellow in CSIR-SERC from the year 2013 to 2015. She has guided/co-guided more than 10 students from different backgrounds (MTech/MSc/BE/BTech) for their research project.

She moved to Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) in the year 2017 and started working with various departments such as Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Sustainable Energy Engineering, Advanced Imaging Centre, and Material Science Programme in the capacity as Senior Project Scientist, DST-Women Scientist, Project Executive Officer, and Institute Post-doctoral Fellow. She visited Department of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA through IUSSTF Project scheme (2018-2020) (IIT Kanpur – Texas A&M University – MIT USA). Her tenure at IIT Kanpur was completed in December 2022. Currently, She is working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.

The following are her research credentials.

Guest Editor for the topic entitled “Carbon Dioxide Capture and Conversion” floated by “Sustainable Chemistry One World” journal (Elsevier).
Received certificate of recognition for being served as potential reviewer for ACS journal.
Early Career Editorial Member of journal “Sustainable Chemistry One World” (Elsevier)
Indian National Science Academy (INSA) Visiting Scientist Awardee for the year 2024 (Host Institute: Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur). This award is mainly to foster the ongoing research collaboration in the area of electrocatalyst development for Fuel Cell and BioFiber Mat for Tissue Engineering Applications with Prof. Ashutosh Sharma's research group and Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.
The collaborative publication entitled "Heteroatom-Engineered Fibrous Biocarbon Electrodes for the Superior Performance of Microsupercapacitors" has been listed in the special collection of papers by ACS publications to honor the pioneering research of Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, IIT Kanpur, who has been awarded Padma SHRI for the year 2025 by Indian government.
One of the articles entitled “Electrically Conductive MoS₂ Reinforced Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers for Biomedical Applications” was selected as an outstanding article under “The Best of the Advanced Journals 2022” by Advanced Journal, Wiley.
Served as an expert member during the evaluation of projects submitted to DST-TNA Project, held during Technology Prioritization Workshop for Water and Waste Sector (under the DST-TNA Project) on November 18th and 19th, 2024, at IIT (BHU) Varanasi, organized by Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) in collaboration with Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. (served as one of the organising committee members).
Memorandum of Understanding is signed between Dr. Bhuvaneshwari’s research group at Department of Chemistry, IIT (BHU) Varanasi and Prof. Selvan’s Research group at Niigata University, Japan for exchange of students, research scholars, PI’s visit, and for joint projects (energy and environmental related).
Selected for participating in "SAKURA Program" organized by Japanese govt and Indian Govt.
Awardee of Women Scientist Project entitled “Clean and enhanced electrolytic method for the removal of perchlorate from drinking water”, from Department of Science and Technology (2018) (Project Cost 26.64 Lakh Rupees)
Recipient of Quick Hire Fellowship from CSIR – SERC (2010)
Awardee of CSIR – EMPOWER Project entitled “Bottom up approach for the synthesis of eco-friendly multi-functional admixture towards green construction", (2011) (Project Cost 29 Lakh Rupees) Project Grade: A. )
Certificate of Merit by CSIR – SERC, Chennai for the paper entitled “Performance of Functionally Modified Epoxy Nano Composites for FRP Applications”, during Sep 2015.
Awardee of CSIR-ISTAD Travel Grant (2011) and IUSSTF Travel Grant (2019)
Best Paper Award (second prize) by National Corrosion Council of India during the conference organized by CECRI at Thiyagaraja Engineering College, Madurai, Dec. 2009.
Certificate of Appreciation for Scientific Contribution as a Member of the CSIR-SERC Team which has won the “NGIS Corrosion Awareness Award” in the Category of Excellent Laboratory Award by NACE International Gateway Section for the year 2014 in the field of Corrosion Science & Technology by monitoring, testing, evaluation of performance and quality of materials and research/development works.
Appreciation Letter by the M/s PERMA Construction Aid Pvt. Ltd. for the presentation given on “Role of chemicals in the construction industry”, 3rd Intl Conf on Construction Chemicals organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), Feb 2012, Chennai.
One of the articles entitled “Electrically Conductive MoS₂ Reinforced Polyacrylonitrile Nanofibers for Biomedical Applications” was selected as an outstanding article under “The Best of the Advanced Journals 2022” by Advanced Journal, Wiley
One of the co-authored papers entitled “Three-dimensional Nickel Vanadium layered double hydroxide nanostructures grown carbon cloth for high-performance flexible supercapacitor applications”, has been selected to be part of a topical collection entitled Supercapacitors under the Nanoscale Advances Supercapacitors collection.
One of the published papers entitled “Antibacterial and Antiviral Functional Materials: Chemistry and Biological Activity Towards Tackling COVID-19 like Pandemics", in ACS Pharmacology &Translational Science was given the ACS Corona Virus Research License.
One of the published papers entitled “Polydopamine-Enabled Biomimetic Surface Engineering of Materials: New Insights and Promising Applications”, was appeared as Hot Topic – "Surfaces and Interfaces" in the journal Advanced Materials Interfaces.
Received appreciation letter from Hindawi Publishers for serving as co-guest editor (2019).
Co-champion and Task Leader of one of the 12^th Five Year Plan Projects (FYP) entitled Engineering sustainable materials and structures: Sustainability through Nano-technology and Bio-mimetics (eNano-Tics) of CSIR-SERC (2010-2015) (Project Cost 30 Crore Rupees)
One of the Co-Ordinator’s for the development of Functional Materials Characterization Facility at CSIR-SERC and CSIR-Madras Complex, Chennai (Project Cost 15 Crore)
Principal Investigator and Nodal Officer for setting up Chemistry Laboratory at CSIR-SERC for testing of Cement and Cementitious Composites for Civil/Structural Engineering Applications (2010 to 2013).
Team Member in 11^th FYP and 12^thFYP Projects of CSIR-SERC.
Team Member in YSA Project of CSIR-SERC.
Team Member in Consultancy and Industrial Project Proposals of CSIR-SERC.

Dr. Bhuvaneshwari's Mentors

Prof. Nagesh R. Iyer, FNAE, (Ph.D from IISc Bangalore) formerly: Dean &Visiting Professor, IIT Dharwad, Director, CSIR-Structural Engineering Research.

Prof. A. Selvaraj, (Ph.D from IISc Bangalore), Currently at Bharathiar University.

Prof. G.S. Palani, (Ph.D from IISc Bangalore), Currently at CSIR -SERC.

Prof. Raju Kumar Gupta, (Ph.D from National Univeristy of Singapore), Currently at IIT Kanpur.

Prof. Akhilesh K. Gaharwar, (Ph.D from Purdue University, USA), Currently at Texas A&M University, USA.

Prof. Sri Sivakumar, (Ph.D from University of Victoria, Canada), Currently at IIT Kanpur.

Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, FNASc, FNAE, (Ph.D from State University of New York at Buffalo, USA), Currently at IIT Kanpur.

Dr. Bhuvaneshwari's google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=MB1tDeEAAAAJ&hl=en

If you are a IIT (BHU) student and willing to carry out a semester project, Bachelor thesis or Master thesis you can directly contact Bhuvaneshwari either by email (bhuvana.chy@iitbhu.ac.in) or in person.

The following projects are in current focus:

Industrial chemistry applications of fiber reinforced polymer nanocomposites
Synthesis of electrocatalyst for oxygen reduction reaction in Fuel Cell
Artificial intelligence applications in energy and environmental streams
Synthesis and computational aspects of polymeric corrosion inhibitors
2D nanomaterials synthesis for biomedical applications
Clean Water Technology
Natural products (essential oils, organic compounds): Societal applications (perfumery and textile industries)
Solid state battery: Electrode and membrane design

All other MSc, PhD, and Postdoc applications should be addressed to Bhuvaneshwari by regular mail.

Individuals wishing to apply must provide the following:

Curriculum vitae
Motivation letter
Short research summary
Contact information for 2-3 references

Group Members

Ph. D Scholars

Student Name	Starting Date	Completion Date	Year	Thesis Title	Guide/Co-guide
Mr. Anshuman Tyagi	20-July,2023	Ongoing	2023-	Designing Electrocatalyst for Fuel Cell Application	Sole Guide
Mr. Pradeep Kumar Singh	27-December 2023	Ongoing	2023-	Highly stable Two-Dimensional materials for tissue engineering applications	Sole Guide
Km. Preetee Sharma	20-July,2024	Ongoing	2024-	Exploring electroorganic methods for green chemical synthesis	Sole Guide
Ms. Sakshi Jaiswal	20-July,2024	Ongoing	2024-	Designing electrocatalyst for electrochemical conversion	Sole Guide
Mr. Aditya Goswami	30-December 2024	Ongoing	2024-	Electrocatalyst for Fuel Cell Application	Primary Guide
Ms. Keti Singh	20-July 2025	Ongoing	2025-	Electrochemical Energy Storage – Solid State Membrane for Battery Applications	Primary Guide
Ms. Pooja Saroj	20-July 2025	Ongoing	2025-	Electrochemical Energy Storage – Electrode Design for Redox Batteries	Primary Guide
Ms. Monalisha	20-July 2025	Ongoing	2025-	Biomaterials and Smart Textiles	Primary Guide

Research Project Supervision at IIT (BHU) for internal Students

Student Name	Starting Date	Completion Date	Year	Thesis Title	Guide/Co-guide
Mr. Bethapudi Gowtham	January, 2023	May, 2023	2023	Industrial Importance of Fiber Reinforced Polymer Nanocomposites	Sole Guide
Ms. Gunika Tangri	January, 2023	May, 2023	2023	Development of River Health Index using Machine Learning Methods	Guide: Prof. Y.C. Sharma; Co-guide: Dr. Bhuvaneshwari B.
Mr. Aman Jha		May 2024		Artificial Intelligence Strategy to Auction the Best Combination of Oxygen Reduction Electrocatalysts for Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cell	Sole Guide
Mr. Ankur Gupta	January, 2023	May, 2023	2023	Screening of PEMFC Electrocatalyst Vs Entry of Machine Learning Tools	Sole Guide
Mr. Sudhanshu Yadav	January, 2023	May, 2023	2023	Synthesis of Green Carbon as Electrocatalyst Support using Data Mining Methods	Sole Guide
Dasmanti Sabar	July, 2023	May, 2024	2023-2024	Exploring the Potential of 2D TMDs for Bio-medical Applications	Sole Guide
Mr. Anmol Varshney	2023	2023	2023	Green Ammonia Production using Electrochemical way	Sole Guide
Anantha Sri Krishnan	July, 2024	November, 2024	2024	DFT studies on Curcumin to account for its unique medicinal properties like Antimicrobial and Anticancer properties	Sole Guide
Mohammad Chand	July, 2024	May, 2025	2024-2025	Polyaniline (PANI) decorated electrospun polyvinyl alcohol fiber mats for antimicrobial applications	Sole Guide

Research Project Supervision at IIT (BHU) for External Students

Student Name	Starting Date	Completion Date	Year	Institute Name	Thesis Title	Guide/Co-guide
Ms. Pranjali Pandey	March, 2023	January, 2024	2023-2024	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University, Lucknow)	Role of Linkers in Covalent Organic Framework based Materials for Advanced Energy Conversion Devices	Sole Guide
Mr. Pankaj Chaudhary	January, 2023	July, 2023	2023	National Institute of Technology, Agartala	Importance of Industrially Relevant Techniques for Anionic Pollutants Removal from Water	Sole Guide
Ms. Vibhuti Malpotra			2023	Indian Institute of Science and Engineering Research, Mohali	Electrochemical Importance of Shuttle Hetero-difunctionalization Reactions	Sole Guide
Mr. Ashish Singh	January, 2024	May, 2024	2024	Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh	Computational Influence on Designing Layered 2D Material Characteristics	Sole Guide
Kashvi Bajpai	April,2024	Jun, 2024	2024	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University, Lucknow)	Computational approach to study the efficiency of schiff base as corrosion inhibitors	Sole Guide
Anagha S	July, 2024	November, 2024	2024	CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru	Biocarbon synthesis from cotton plant sources	Sole Guide
Anjalee Mishra	20-July,2024	24-Dec-2024	2024	Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University (Central University, Lucknow)	Biocarbon synthesis from biomass for energy related application	Sole Guide
Anshika Sahu	13-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar	Polyaniline synthesis: - diverse methods and detailed characterization	Sole Guide
Aditi Singh	20-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	Deen Dayal Upadhyay University, Gorakhpur, U. P	Synthesis of reduced graphene oxide(rGO) employing L-Ascorbic acid as reducing agent	Sole Guide
Ashish Mishra	18-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar	MoS₂ functionalization, FTIR, and UV-visible Spectroscopy studies	Sole Guide
Ayush	20-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	IISER Thiruvananthapuram Campus, Kerala	Synthesis and Characterisation of PVA modified with Nanoclay	Sole Guide
Biswajit	16-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar	Preparation of Polypyrrole particles and characterization	Sole Guide
Mahip Singh	20-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	National institute of Technology, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh	Addressing the treatment technologies for Per- and polyfluorinated substances in water	Sole Guide
Manoranjan Nath	14-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	National Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhubaneswar	Surface functionalization of MoS₂ nanosheets-zeta potential	Sole Guide
Nistha Gupta	22-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	IISC, Kolkata	Comparative analysis of fluid Vs gel-examination of PVA hydrogel's preparation	Sole Guide
Riya Upadhyay	16-May-24	12-Jul-24	2024	IISC, Kolkata	Curcumin and it's derivatives as an anti-cancer agent through computational chemistry approach	Sole Guide
Keerthana Pradeep	17- Sept-24	3-March-25	2024-25	CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bengaluru	Synthesis of Phosphorous doped biocarbon from biomass	Sole Guide
Palak Gupta	!0-may-25	10-july-2025	2025	IISER TVM, Kerala	Synthesis of polyaniline	Sole Guide
Roli Yadav	9-may-25	10-july-2025	2025	VBSPU, Jaunpur	Synthesis of polythiophene	Sole Guide
Sarvesh Vishvanath	26-May-2025	20-july-2025	2025	Anna University	NanofiberSynthesis for PFAS removal	Sole Guide
Anand Chaudhary	15-may-2025	10-july-2025	2025	SVNIT Surat	CO2 Capture	Sole Guide
Hardik Prajapati	14-may-2025	10-july-2025	2025	SVNIT Surat	Natural Products Herbal Extraction Antimicrobial Application	Sole Guide
Vinit Rajbhar	14-may-2025	10-july-2025	2025	SVNIT Surat	Computational Chemistry DFT	Sole Guide
Abhisht Singh	10-may-2025	10-july-2025	2025	IISER Mohali	Computational Chemistry DFT	Sole Guide

Project Guidance Details (Before joining IIT (BHU))

Student Name	Starting Date	Completion Date	Year	Institute Name	Thesis Title	Guide/Co-guide
Apurva Sankaran (MTech)	01-07-2012	31-03-2013	2013	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Functions of FRP Composites in Construction Application	Primary guide
S. Arun Balaji (MTech)	01-12-2012	31-05-2013	2013	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Investigations of Nanocomposites on Prevention of Rebar Corrosion	Sole Guide
K. Sangeetha Raj (MTech)	1-12-2014	30-04-2015	2015	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Investigation on Mechanical and Electrochemical Behaviour of Microalloyed Steel Under Simulated Industrial Environment	Sole Guide
M. Dinesh (BE)	01-12-2014	31-03-2015	2015	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Comparative Study on corrosion behaviour of micro-alloyed and cold-formed steel	Sole Guide
R. Karunya (MTech)	01-12-2012	31-05-2013	2013	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Hydration Studies on CNT-Cement Composites	Sole Guide
Madhuree Dharpure (MTech)	01-12-2012	31-03-2013	2013	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Hydration Studies on Nanoclay incorporated Complex Composites	Sole Guide
N. Gokul (BE)	01-01-2014	31-03-2014	2014	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Retrofitting Using FRP Composite Materials	Primary guide
S. Kirthika (BE)	01-11-2011	28-02-2012	2012	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Mineral admixtures on mechanical properties of mortar in the presence of Polycarboxylic based Super-Plasticiser	Sole Guide
S. Mohamed Arif (BE)	1-12-2014	31-03-2015	2015	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Corrosion Inhibition Effect of Hydrotalcite like Compounds on Reinforcing bar in Chloride Contaminated Pore Solution	Primary guide
S. Arya Surendran (MTech)	01-01-2014	30-06-2014	2014	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Characteristic studies on the influence of fibres in engineered cementitious composites	Primary guide
Gopika Krishna (MTech)	1-12-2014	30-06-2014	2014	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Effect of Functionally Modified Epoxy by using Carbon Nanotubes on FRP Composites	Primary guide
J. Aswini (MTech)	1-12-2014	30-06-2014	2014	CSIR - Structural Engineering Research Centre	Performance of Engineered Epoxy by Using Graphene Platelets on FRP Composites	Primary guide

Project Title: “Exploring the electrocatalytic performance of two-dimensional molybdenum disulphide loaded electrospun carbon nano fiber composites for energy and biomedical applications”; Agency: IIT BHU – SEED Grant; Principal Investigator: Dr. Bhuvaneshwari B; Project Status: Completed (2023-2024).

Memorandum of Understanding (2023-2027) is signed between Dr. Bhuvaneshwari’s research group at Department of Chemistry, IIT (BHU) Varanasi and Prof. Selvan’s Research group at Niigata University, Japan for exchange of students, research scholars, PI’s visit, and for joint projects (energy and environmental related).
INSA Visiting Scientist Project (2024-2025): Title: "Electrocatalyst development for Fuel Cell and BioFiber Mat for Tissue Engineering Applications" . A collaborative work has been initiated through this project with Prof. Ashutosh Sharma's group, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur.

Research Projects Completed as Principal Investigator/Task Leader/Team Member (Before joining IIT (BHU))

Clean and enhanced electrolytic method for the removal of perchlorate from drinking water (Project Cost: 26.64 Lakh Rupees, Duration: March 2018- March 2021) - as Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: DST India, Place: Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur. India
Bottom up approach for the synthesis of eco-friendly multi-functional admixture towards green construction (Project Cost: 29 Lakh Rupees, Duration: 2010-2012) – as Principal Investigator. Funding Agency: CSIR New Delhi; Place: CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India. Project Grade: "A"
Development of "Functional Materials Characterisation Facility and Chemistry laboratory at CSIR- SERC" - as Principal investigator. Institute Funded Project (Duration: 2011- 2014)
Team member of In-house R&D Projects entitled "Performance studies on different eco-friendly concrete composite structural components for static and dynamic loading" & "Performance Evaluation of Concrete with Bio-minerals". (Duration: 2010- 2011) Funding Agency: CSIR New Delhi, Place: CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India.
Team member of CSIR-YSA Project entitled "Nanotechnology for Engineering Sustainable Materials". (Duration: 2012- 2015), Place: CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India.
Co-Champion, Task Leader/Team Member for 12th Five Year Plan Project entitled “Engineering sustainable materials and structures: Sustainability through Nano-technology and Bio-mimetics (eNano-Tics)” Category: Institute Project, (Project Cost: 30 Crore Rupees) Funding Agency: CSIR, New Delhi. (Duration: 2012- 2015), Place: CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India.
Team Member for 12th Five Year Plan Project entitled “Innovative Technologies for Health Assessment and Damage Mitigation of Structures (I-HEAL)”, Category: Institute Project, Funding Agency: CSIR, New Delhi. (Duration: 2012- 2015). Place: CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India.
Sophisticated characterization facility development at CSIR- SERC, CSIR -Madras Complex Project (Project Cost : 15 Crore Rupees) Funding Agency: CSIR, New Delhi– One of the members in characterisation facility development (Core member for the characterization facility development) (Duration: 2013- 2015), Place: CSIR-SERC, Chennai, India.
Involved in the preparation of sponsored/industrial/consultancy project proposals/discussion with M/s Kryton Build Mat Co Pvt Ltd, M/s NTPC Limited, Badarpur, M/s Roquette India, Mumbai, M/s Jindal Steel & Power Ltd. Raigarh, and M/s CHEMANOL, Saudi Arabia. (Industry Projects). Prepared a sponsored project proposal of 1 Crore to develop green superplasticizer along with CSIR- NCL and submitted to M/s CHEMANOL, Saudi Arabia in the year 2013-2014 at CSIR- SERC, Chennai.

Subjects Taught:

CY-101: Chemistry-I (Organic Chemistry)
CY-102: Chemistry-II (Organic Chemistry)
CHI-352: Synthesis and Mechanism in Organic Chemistry
CHI-461: Instrumental Methods of Chemical Analysis
CHI-301: Petrochemicals and Polymers
CHI-501: Green Chemistry
CY-530 & CHI-452: Bio-organic Chemistry & Chemistry of Biomolecules
CY-101: Chemistry Practical’s (Undergraduate Laboratory Course)
CHI-352: Organic Chemistry Practical’s (Undergraduate Laboratory Course)
CHI-251 : Organic Chemistry Practical’s (Undergraduate Laboratory Course)

Management Activities:

Warden at Nivedita Girls Hostel, IIT (BHU), June 2024 - May 2026.
Warden at SC. Dey Girls Hostel, IIT (BHU), June 2023 - May 2024.
Senate Member, IIT (BHU), April 2023 - Mar 2025.
Associate Counsellor, Social Service Council, IIT (BHU) Varanasi. (ongoing)
Organizing Committee Member for the event "Southern Heritage & Banaras Hindu University" organized by Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS) BHU, Varanasi during May 2024.
Organizing Committee Member for the 34^th AGM of MRSI and 5^th Indian Materials Conclave, coordinated by School of Material Science and Technology, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, held during 12-15 December, 2023.

Invited Talks

Delivered a talk on "A Thoughtful Designing of Electrocatalysts for Fuel Cell Applications” in the TRIPS 2025 – Technology, Research, Innovation, and Policy Summit under the theme “BRIDGING RESEARCH, INNOVATION, AND POLICY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE”, organized by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur during 21^st to 24^th August 2025.
Delivered a talk on "2D material-based Polymer Nanocomposites for Healthcare Application" in the Short-Term Course "Functional Hybrid Materials for Clean Energy & Healthcare Applications (SMART-NANO-2024)" organized by the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, NIT Kurukshetra during 22-26 July, 2024.
Delivered a talk on “A deeper insights of Biomaterials from their Fundamental Perspectives: Setting pathway towards Advanced Medicinal Product” in the Symposium for Wound Healing & Tissue Regeneration (SWTHR-2k25), held at Gopal Tripathi Auditorium, IIT BHU, Varanasi during 25^th March 2025.
Nagesh R. Iyer and B. Bhuvaneshwari, “Role of chemicals in the construction industry”, 3rd International Conference on Construction Chemicals organized by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (C & PC), Government of India during 9-10 Feb 12’ held at Hotel Le Meridian, Chennai. (Talk delivered by B. Bhuvaneshwari) Received a Letter of Appreciation from the organizer.
G. S. Palani, B. Bhuvaneshwari and Nagesh R. Iyer "Sustainable Materials, Computational Structural Mechanics and Computer Simulations" at Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering during 15th September 2014. (Chief Guest Lecture by G.S. Palani).
B. Bhuvaneshwari, " PAPER CONCRETE - A Futuristic Building Material" In-house lecture delivered at CSIR- SERC during 2010-2011.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, " Cement Chemistry and Characterisation Techniques" In-house lecture delivered at CSIR- SERC during 2010-2011.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, "Emerging Materials for Energy, Environment and Bio-Medical Applications" and "Computational Application in Designing Fuel Cell Electrodes" Talks delivered at Niigata University, Japan as part of SAKURA Program during 7th and 24th November 2023.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, delivered a lecture on "2D material based Polymer Nanocomposites for Healthcare Application" for the short term course organized by NIT Kurukshetra, during 22-26 July, 2024.

Research/Technical Reports

B. Bhuvaneshwari and G.S. Palani "Molecular Dynamics Simulations on C-S-H Hydrates" CSIR-SERC Report No. R&D 05 - MLP17541- RR - 17, August 2015.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, P. Prabha, Marimuthu, G.S. Palani and Nagesh R. Iyer "Microstructural Analysis of the Corroded Steels under Various Chemical Exposures" CSIR- SERC Research Report No. R&D 03 - MLP18441- RR - 02, February 2015.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, S. Maheswaran, G.S. Palani and Nagesh R. Iyer "Application of Molecular Dynamics Simulation for Cement Clinker Composites" CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-OLP 16341-RR-01, February 2015.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, G.S. Palani and Nagesh R. Iyer, "Bio - admixture for Restoration Applications: Physico-Chemical and Mechanical Characterization of Cissus glauca Roxb Admixed Hydraulic Mortars" CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-MLP 17541-RR-01, January 2015.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, G.S. Palani and Nagesh R. Iyer, "Functionally Enhanced Bio-Inorganic Mortar Composites as Repair Material for Heritage and Monument Structures" CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05 - MLP17541- RR - 11, July 2014.
P. Prabha, B. Bhuvaneshwari, G.S.Palani and Nagesh R. Iyer " Nano Engineered Foam Concrete for Structural Applications" CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-OLP 16341-RR-5, July 2014.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, Saptarshi Sasmal and Nagesh R. Iyer, "State-of-the Art Review on the Functions of Nano Modified Epoxy for FRP Applications" CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-OLP 16341-RR-1, July 2014.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, G.S. Palani, M. Surendran, V. Marimuthu and Nagesh R. Iyer, " Micro-Mechanical Simulations on Interface Characteristics of Nano-Engineered CFRP using FEM" CSIR-SERC Report No. R&D03-MLP16641-RR-24, June 2014.
P. Prabha, V. Ramesh Kumar, B. Bhuvaneshwari, Vimal Mohan, R. Balagopal, M.Surendran, G.S. Palani and Nagesh R. Iyer, " Mechanical and Electrochemical Aspects of Micro Alloyed Steel" CSIR-SERC Report No. R&D03-MLP16641-RR- 22, June 2014.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, G.S. Palani, V. Marimuthu and Nagesh R. Iyer, "State-of-the-art Review on Mechanisms of Structural Steel Corrosion and Inhibition" CSIR-SERC Report No. R&D03-ESC0110-T4.2-RR-01, January 2014.
Bhuvaneshwari, B., Saptarshi Sasmal and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Hydration studies on Cement/CNT composites”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-OLP 16341-RR-1, January 2014.
T. Hemalatha, Bhuvaneshwari B, Maitri Mapa and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Clay as potential cementitious material- An Overview”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-OLP 16341-RR-4, January 2014.
T. Hemalatha, , Bhuvaneshwari, B. and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Influence of sulfonate based superplasticizer during the hydration of cementitious system” CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05–MLP175–RR-07, January 2014.
Bhuvaneshwari, B., Hemalatha, T. and Nagesh R. Iyer, "Hydration studies on secondary cementitious materials in the presence of cementitious material in presence of polycarboxylate superplasticizer” CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05–MLP175–RR-06, January 2014.
Bhuvaneshwari, B., Saptarshi Sasmal and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Hydration studies on functionally modified cement paste using nano SiO₂”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D04-OLP 16341-RR-3, January 2013.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, Maitri Mapa and Nagesh R. Iyer (2013), "Investigations of Bio-calcite formation through biological and organic template approaches " CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-MLP 17541-RR-02, July 2013.
Sarayu,. K., Maitri Mapa, Bhuvaneshwari, B., Hemalatha, T., Maheswaran, S., Ramachandra Murthy, A. and Nagesh R. Iyer., ‘Biominerals and their applications in building materials – A critical review’, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05–MLP175–RR-01, July 2013.
Maitri Mapa, B. Bhuvaneshwari, A. Ramachandra Murthy and Nagesh R. Iyer (2013), "Role of Photocataylst in Cement and its various application" CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-MLP 17541-RR-03, July 2013.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, V. Ramesh Kumar, S. Maheswaran, Saptarshi Sasmal and Nagesh R. Iyer (2013), "Functions of FRP composites and application of nanotechnology towards the failure interfaces" CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D05-OLP 16341-RR-04, July 2013.
Maitri Mapa, Bhuvaneshwari, B., Hemalatha, T., Ramachandra Murthy, A. and Nagesh R. Iyer. “Characterization of cement hydration process by various analytical techniques”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05–MLP175–RR-05, Dec.2013.
B. Bhuvaneshwari and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Bottom-up approach for the synthesis of eco-friendly multi-functional admixture towards green construction”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D OLP161, August 2012.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, Saptarshi Sasmal and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Studies on different nano oxides used for improving cementitious building materials”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D04-OLP 16341-RR3, July 2012.
B. Bhuvaneshwari, Maheswaran S., Saptarshi Sasmal and Nagesh R. Iyer, “Emerging trends of usage of nanotechnology in civil engineering applications”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D04-OLP 16341-RR2, January 2012.
A. Ramachandra Murthy, Smitha Gopinath, G.S. Palani, Nagesh R. Iyer, V. Ramesh Kumar, S. Maheswaran, B. Bhuvaneshwari, K. Ravisankar, “Prediction of fracture characteristics for high strength and ultra-high strength concrete beams using support vector machine and relevance vector machine”, CSIR-SERC Report No. R&D 05-MLP151-RR-09, December 2012.
A. Ramachandra Murthy, Smitha Gopinath, G.S. Palani, Nagesh R. Iyer, V. Ramesh Kumar, S. Maheswaran, B. Bhuvaneshwari, K. Ravisankar, “Multivariate adaptive regression splines model to predict fracture characteristics of high strength and ultra-high strength concrete beams”, CSIR-SERC Report No. R&D 05-MLP151-RR-10, December 2012.
A. Rama Chandra Murthy, V. Ramesh Kumar, S. Maheswaran, B. Bhuvaneshwari, Smitha Gopinath, Nagesh R. Iyer, G.S. Palani, K. Ravisankar, “Development of a sustainable Bio-concrete for civil engineering applications: A biomimetics initiative”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05-MLP151-RR-08, June 2012.
A. Ramachandra Murthy, V. Ramesh Kumar, Smitha Gopinath, B. Bhuvaneshwari, G.S. Palani, S. Maheswaran, Nagesh R. Iyer and K. Ravisankar, “Experimental investigations on fracture behaviour of high strength and ultra-high strength concrete beams”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. CSM-MLP151-RR-04, June 2011.
Smitha Gopinath, A. Rama Chandra Murthy, V. Ramesh Kumar, G.S. Palani, Nagesh R. Iyer, S. Maheswaran, B. Bhuvaneshwari, K. Ravisankar, “Experimental and Analytical Investigations for Confinement Effect of Different Glass Fabrics on Concrete Specimens”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05-MLP151-RR-05, August 2011.
A. Rama Chandra Murthy, Nagesh R. Iyer, G.S. Palani, Smitha Gopinath, V. Ramesh Kumar, S. Maheswaran, B. Bhuvaneshwari, K. Ravisankar, “Fracture mechanics-based ANN model for prediction of fracture parameters for high strength and ultra-high strength concrete beams”, CSIR-SERC Research Report No. R&D 05-MLP151-RR-06, December 2011.
Ramesh Kumar, V., Maheswaran, S., Bhuvaneshwari, B., Rama Chandra Murthy, A., Palani, G.S., Ravisankar, K and Nagesh R. Iyer, ‘State-of-the-art Review on the Role of Biomimetics Application in the Development of Sustainable Construction Materials’, CSM-MLP151-RR-03, December 2010.