Faculty Profile

Dr. Nidhi Khobragade

Assistant Professor

PhD (NIFFT,Ranchi), M.Tech. (BIT - Mesra), B.Tech(NIT,Raipur)

Department of Metallurgical Engineering

School of Engineering

  nidhi.khobragade@opju.ac.in

  •  Ph. D in Materials and Metallurgical Engineering from National Institute of Foundry and Forge Technology, Ranchi (J.H) - 2019.
  •  M.Tech in Nanoscience and Technology from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, (J.H) - 2013.
  •   B.Tech in Metallurgical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Raipur, (C.G) - 2010.
  •  Working as Assistant Professor in OP Jindal University from April 2022 to till date.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor (Contract Faculty) in National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (H.P) from September 2021 to March 2022.
  •  Worked as an Assistant Professor (Contract Faculty) in Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal (M.P) from July 2019 to June 2021.
  •  Research Experience: Visiting Research Fellow: (October 2017 to December 2017) Laboratory of Nanostructures, Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of High-Pressure Physics (UNIPRESS), Sokolowska 29/37, Warsaw 01-142, Poland.
  •  Composite Materials and Alloy Development by Powder Metallurgy route.
  •  Advanced Materials (Nanostructured materials, Graphene: Carbon based materials).
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Anna Świderska-Środa, Gierlotka Stanislaw; Witold Łojkowski, Pokula Narendra Babu, Snehanshu Pal, Tapabrata Maity, Debdas Roy, “Dislocation entangled mechanisms and 3D-2D interface in copper-graphene nanocomposite fabricated by high-pressure sintering” - Materials Characterization 195 (2023) 112524.
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Binod Kumar, Supriya Bera, Debdas Roy, “Microstructural and mechanical properties of copper-graphene nanocomposites via high pressure torsion”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds 776 (2019) 123-132
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Kousik Sikdar, Binod Kumar, Debdas Roy, “Effect of annealing on microstructure, grain growth and hardness of nanocrystalline Cu-Zr alloy prepared by cryogenic ball milling”, Journal of Materials Science Research 7 (3) (2018) 69-77
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Binod Kumar, Supriya Bera, Debdas Roy, “Studies on graphene reinforced Cu base composites prepared by two step thermal processing method”, Materials Today: Proceedings 4 (2017) 8045–8051
  •  Anumeha Mishra, Nidhi Khobragade, Koushik Sikdar, Subhabrata Chakraborty, Sashi Bhusan Kumar and Debdas Roy, “Study of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of Nanomica Dispersed Hydroxyapatite Based Composites for Biomedical Applications”, Advances in Materials Science and Engineering (2017) 1-9
  •  S. Hembrom, B. N. Roy, N. Khobragade & D. Roy, “Studies on Amorphous Alloy Dispersed Aluminium Matrix composites prepared by high pressure torsion”, Journal of Materials Science Research; Vol. 5, No. 1, (2016) 1-8
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Ela Sinha, S. K. Rout, Manoranjan Kar, “Structural, optical and microwave dielectric properties of Sr1−xCaxWO4 ceramics prepared by the solid-state reaction route”, Ceramics International, 39 (2013) 9627–9635
  •  N. Khobragade, K. Sikdar, B. Kumar, D. Roy, “Synthesis and Characterization of Cryomilled Nanocrystalline Cu-Zr alloy”, International Conference on Materials Engineering at IIT Kanpur, 2017
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Binod Kumar, Debdas Roy, “Synthesis and characterization of Cu-graphene composites using high pressure torsion”, International Conference on Materials Science & Technology, 01st - 04th March, 2016, Conference Centre, University of Delhi, India
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Binod Kumar, Debdas Roy, “Studies on graphene reinforced Cu base composites prepared by two step thermal processing method”, International Conference on Advancements in Aeromechanical Materials for Manufacturing (ICAAMM-2016), Hyderabad
  •  Nidhi Khobragade, Binod Kumar, Debdas Roy, “Synthesis and characterization of Cu-graphene composites”, IIM NMD ATM 2014, College of Engineering, Pune
  •  . International Workshop on Nanotechnology: Opportunities & Challenges organised by Department of Applied Sciences & Humanities, Faculty of Engineering & Technology, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India on November 28-30, 2022.
  •  International Workshop on “Cold Spray Technology: From Laboratory to Market” organized by The Indian Thermal Spray Association on October 17, 2022. 3. National Workshop on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology organised by Christian College of Engineering and Technology Bhilai on March 12, 2012.
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