DESCRIPTION :
Dr. Pradyut Sengupta (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3320-5147) is currently serving Pyrometallurgy & Materials Engineering Department of CSIR–IMMT as Principal Scientist. He has worked on synthesis and characterization of non-ferrous alloys, intermetallics and composites using powder metallurgy route. He has also worked on ceramic matrix composites and high-temperature materials for strategic application. He received several awards and honors for scholastic achievements. He is serving as an associate member of MTD 25-Powder Metallurgical materials and Products Sectional Committee and Metallography and Heat Treatment Committee (MTD 22) of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Govt. of India. He is a life member of Indian Institute of Metals and Powder Metallurgy Association of India and Associate Member of The Indian Institution of Engineers (IEI). Previously, he served as the Treasurer of Indian Institute of Metals Bhubaneswar Chapter.
1.
Ajit Panigrahi, Pradyut
Sengupta, Tapas Kumar Bhanj, High entropy alloys as an alternative to
nickel base superalloys, Rajendrachari, S. (Ed.), Handbook of High
Entropy Alloys, (2025). Handbook
of High Entropy Alloys: Fundamentals to Applications (1st ed.). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003664093
2.
Mayadhar Debata, Pradyut
Sengupta, Shuvam Mandal, Deepak Adhikari, Consolidation of
Tungsten-Heavy Alloys. In: Rajendrachari, S. (eds) Mechanically Alloyed
Novel Materials, Processing, Applications, and Properties,
Chapter 10, pp. 235–256, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6504-1_10
3.
Mayadhar Debata, Pradyut
Sengupta, Shuvam Mandal, Ajit Panigrahi, Suddhasatwa Basu, Various
Conventional and Advanced Sintering Methods to Consolidate Powders, Powder
Metallurgy and Additive Manufacturing: Fundamentals and Advancements,
Edited By Shashanka Rajendrachari, Debasis Chaira, ASM International, 2024, pp
73–113. https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.pmamfa.t59400073
4.
P.
Sengupta, I. Manna (2022) Advanced
High-Temperature Structural Materials in Petrochemical, Metallurgical, Power,
and Aerospace Sectors—An Overview. In: Bhattacharjee, D., Chakrabarti, S. (eds) Future Landscape of Structural Materials in
India, Chapter 5, pp. 79–133, Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-8523-1_5
1.
Deepak
Adhikari, Ashirbad Nayak, Suvam Sarthak Tripathy, Alok Kumar Prusty, Tapas
Kumar Sahoo, Mayadhar Debata*, Pradyut Sengupta*, Systematic
investigation of microstructural evolution and mechanical properties of Y2O3
and/or graphene-reinforced W-3.5Ni-1.5Fe heavy alloys, Journal of Alloys
and Compounds, Volume 1059, 2026, 187173, ISSN 0925-8388, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2026.187173 (*Corresponding Author)
2.
Deepak
Adhikari, Suvam Sarthak Tripathy, Suresh Chandra Adhikari, Ashirbad Nayak, Alok
Kumar Prusty, Tapas Kumar Sahoo, Mayadhar Debata*, Pradyut Sengupta*,
The effect of ZrB2, Y2O3, and/or graphene
nanoplatelet incorporation on densification, microstructural evolution, and
compressive deformation of W-0.7Ni-0.3Fe alloys, International Journal of
Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 138, 2026, 107694, ISSN
0263-4368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2026.107694 (*Corresponding Author)
3.
Deepak
Adhikari, Pradyut Sengupta, Mayadhar Debata, Synergistic effect
of NiB/Co variation on microstructural evolution, shape distortion, mechanical,
and thermal properties of 90W-10(NiB-Co) alloys, International Journal of
Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 135, 2026, 107511, ISSN
0263-4368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2025.107511
4.
Deepak
Adhikari, Pradyut Sengupta, Mayadhar Debata, Synergistic effect
of NiB/Co variation on microstructural evolution, shape distortion, mechanical,
and thermal properties of 90W-10(NiB-Co) alloys, International Journal of
Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 135, 2026, 107511, ISSN
0263-4368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2025.107511
5.
Pradyut
Sengupta, Shuvam Mandal, B. Sai Charan, Deepak
Adhikari, Harish C. Kaushik, Ajit Panigrahi, Manoj Kumar, Deepak K. Pattanayak,
Satya P. Mohapatra & Mayadhar Debata, Unveiling the Effect of Low-Cycle
Fatigue on Additively Manufactured AlSi10Mg Component: Insights into
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties, Journal of Materials
Engineering and Performance (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-025-12277-0
6.
Ajit
Panigrahi, Pradyut Sengupta, R. Sakthivel, Synergistic Effect of
Ball Milling and Heat Treatment for Synthesis of Magnetite from Blue Dust, Metallurgical
& Materials Transactions B (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11663-025-03802-6
7.
Deepak
Adhikari, Pradyut Sengupta, Ajit Panigrahi, Surojit Gupta, Alina
Sahoo, Mayadhar Debata, Synergistic effect of Cr2AlC MAX phase
incorporation on microstructural parameters and distortion prevention of
90W–6Ni–2Fe–2Co heavy alloys. Journal of Materials Science, 60, 15782–15801 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-025-11289-4
8.
Deepak
Adhikari, Pratyush Ranjan, Pradyut Sengupta, Debasis Chaira,
Mayadhar Debata, Comparative study on densification, microstructure, hardness,
and compressive strength of ZrB2 and NiB-incorporated 90W-6Ni-4Co
and 90W-6Ni-2Fe-2Co alloys, Materials Today Communications, 2025,
112957, ISSN 2352-4928, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2025.112957
9.
Pradyut
Sengupta, Deepak Adhikari, Aakshara Sai
Satapathy, Jyotirmayee Sahoo, Sunanda Behera, Mayadhar Debata, Understanding
the effect of NiB/Co ratio on densification, distortion and compressive
deformation of 90W-xNiB-2Fe-(8 – x)Co heavy alloys, International Journal
of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 132, 2025, 107265, ISSN
0263-4368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2025.107265
10. D. Adhikari, P. Sengupta, A.
Panigrahi, S. Bajpai, S. Gupta, M. Debata, (2024), Effect of High-Energy
Ball-Milling Duration on Densification, Microstructure, and Mechanical
Properties of Cr2AlC-Dispersed 90W-6Ni-2Fe-2Co Heavy Alloys. Advanced
Engineering Materials, 2400852. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202400852
11. Navin Kumar, Pradyut Sengupta,
Subhra Ranjan Das, Suraj Kumar Sahu, Santanu Pahari, and Ajit Panigrahi. Phase
and Microstructure Evolution in SPS-Processed CoCrFeMnNi High Entropy Alloy:
Effects of Heat Treatment and Oxidation. Metall Mater Trans A (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-025-07917-y
12. Pradyut Sengupta,
Deepak Adhikari, Aakshara Sai Satapathy, Jyotirmayee Sahoo, Sunanda Behera,
Mayadhar Debata, Understanding the effect of NiB/Co ratio on densification,
distortion and compressive deformation of 90W-xNiB-2Fe-(8 – x)Co heavy alloys, International
Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 132, 2025,
107265, ISSN 0263-4368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2025.107265
13. D. Adhikari, P. Sengupta, A.
Panigrahi, S. Bajpai, S. Gupta, M. Debata, Effect of High-Energy Ball-Milling
Duration on Densification, Microstructure, and Mechanical Properties of Cr2AlC-Dispersed
90W-6Ni-2Fe-2Co Heavy Alloys. Advanced Engineering Materials, 2024,
2400852. https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202400852
14. Navin Kumar, Pradyut Sengupta,
Manoj Kumar, Mayadhar Debata, Shubhra Bajpai, Debidutta Debasish, Ajit
Panigrahi, Microstructure, thermal expansion, and high-temperature oxidation
behavior of spark plasma sintered AlCoCrSiNi high entropy alloy, Materials
Today Communications, Volume 40, 2024, 110063, ISSN 2352-4928, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.110063
15.
Deepak
Adhikari, Pradyut Sengupta, Mayadhar Debata, Systematic
investigation of microstructure, distortion, mechanical and thermal properties
of NiB and ZrB2-modified 90W-6Ni-4Co alloys, International
Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Volume 122, 2024,
106739, ISSN 0263-4368, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2024.106739
16. S. Mandal, P. Sengupta, S.
Sahu, M. Debata, S. Basu, Effect of severe plastic deformation and magnetic
field-assisted heat treatment on the magnetic properties of equiatomic FeNi
alloy, Bulletin of Materials Science, 47, 181 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-024-03279-0
17. Shuvam Mandal, Manoj Kumar, Pradyut Sengupta, Ajit
Panigrahi, Mayadhar Debata, Chandradas Shamili, Kuzhichalil Peethambharan
Surendran, Indranil Manna, and Suddhasatwa Basu, Laser Melting of Mechanically
Alloyed FeNi: A Study of the Correlation between Microstructure and Texture
with Magnetic and Physical Properties, ACS Omega (2024) https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c00601
18. P.
Sengupta, I. Manna, Role of TiC and WC Addition
on the Mechanism and Kinetics of Isothermal Oxidation and High-Temperature
Stability of ZrB2–SiC Composites. High Temperature Corrosion of
Materials. (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-024-10234-1
19. A. Salian, P. Sengupta, I.V. Aswath, A. Gowda, S. Mandal, A review on
high entropy silicides and silicates: Fundamental aspects, synthesis,
properties. International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology (2023); 20,
2635–2660. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.14422
20. Shuvam
Mandal, Ajit Panigrahi, Ashutosh Rath, Matthias Bönisch, Pradyut Sengupta, Mayadhar Debata, and Suddhasatwa Basu,
Formation of L10 Ordering in FeNi by Mechanical Alloying and
Field-Assisted Heat Treatment: Synchrotron XRD Studies, ACS
Omega,
(2023), https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.2c07869
21. Shuvam Mandal, Pradyut Sengupta, Sarathi Dey, Manoj Kumar, Suddhasatwa
Basu, Mayadhar Debata, Effect of Y2O3, La2O3
and ZrO2 dispersoid addition on ultra-high temperature stability of
95W–3.5Ni–1.5Fe heavy alloy, International Journal of Refractory Metals
and Hard Materials, 113 (2023) 106195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2023.106195
22. Pradyut
Sengupta, Suddhasatwa Basu, Indranil Manna,
Effect of TiC Reinforcement on Densification, Structural Evolution and
High-Temperature Oxidation Behaviour of ZrB2-20 vol pct SiC
Composite, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A (2023) 54,
1252–1270. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-023-06982-5
23. Pradyut
Sengupta, Suddhasatwa Basu, Indranil Manna,
Comparative evaluation of TiC and/or WC addition on microstructure, mechanical
properties, thermal residual stress and reciprocating wear behaviour of
ZrB2–20SiC composites, Journal of Materials Science (2023)
58, 420–442. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-022-08021-x
24. Shuvam Mandal, Mayadhar Debata, Pradyut Sengupta and Suddhasatwa
Basu, (2022): L10 FeNi: a promising material for next generation
permanent magnets, Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/10408436.2022.2107484)
25. Jugalraj
Panda, Pradyut Sengupta, Phase and microstructural evaluation of MgTiO3
synthesized by reaction milling in high-energy planetary ball mills, Indoceram
of AIPMA, 2022, Vol. 9, No. 2, 23 – 31
26.
Ajit
Panigrahi, Tarini S. Acharya, Pradyut
Sengupta, Deepak Kumar, Lingaraj Sarangi, Navin Kumar, Debidutta
Debasish, Satyam Suwas, Suddhasatwa Basu, Mayadhar Debata, Microstructure and
mechanical properties of novel tungsten heavy alloys prepared using FeNiCoCrCu
HEA as binder, Materials Science & Engineering A 832 (2022) 142451 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.msea.2021.142451)
27.
P. Sengupta, S.
Basu, I. Manna, Structure–property correlation in a novel ZrB2–SiC
ultrahigh-temperature ceramic composite with Al-alloy sinter additive, Journal
of Materials Science, (2021), 56, 19029–19046 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-021-06427-7)
28. P.
Sengupta, P. Meher, A. Panigrahi, S. Mandal, S.
Basu, M. Debata, Microstructure, distortion characteristics and mechanical
behaviour of NiB modified 90W-6Ni-4Co heavy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds,
(2021) Volume 887, 161404. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.161404)
29.
P. Sengupta, M. Debata, The Effect of H2
and Air Treatment on the Elimination of Excess Carbon from TiC, Indoceram
of AIPMA, (2021) Volume 8 (1), 1 – 8
30.
P. Sengupta,
S.S. Sahoo, A. Bhattacherjee, S. Basu, I. Manna, Effect of TiC addition on
structure and properties of spark plasma sintered ZrB2–SiC–TiC
ultrahigh temperature ceramic composite, Journal of Alloys and Compounds,
(2020) 156668. (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.156668)
31.
P. Sengupta, A.
Panigrahi, B. Indoria, P. Meher, T.S. Acharya, S. Basu, and M. Debata,
Substitution of Ni with NiB prevents shape distortion of liquid phase sintered
90W–6Ni–2Fe–2Co heavy alloys, Journal of Alloys and Compounds,
Volume 840, 5 November 2020, 155785 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2020.155785)
32.
S.
Mandal, V. V. Das, M. Debata, A. Panigrahi, P. Sengupta, A. Rajendran, D. K. Pattanayak, S. Basu, “Study
of pore morphology, microstructure, and cell adhesion behaviour in porous
Ti-6Al-4V scaffolds,” Emergent Materials (2019) 2:453–462
(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42247-019-00055-3)
33.
P.
Pujar, B. Gupta, P. Sengupta,
D. Gupta, S. Mandal, Sodium ion incorporated alumina - A versatile anisotropic
ceramic, Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 39 (2019) 4473–4486.
(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2019.08.001)
34.
Arjak
Bhattacharjee, Rubia Hassan, Anshul Gupta, Madhu Verma, Prem Anand Murugan, Pradyut Sengupta, Matheshwaran
Saravanan, Indranil Manna, Kantesh Balani, Effect of Zn and Co doping on
antibacterial efficacy and cytocompatibility of spark plasma sintered
hydroxyapatite, Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2020), 103, 4090-4100
(DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.17077)
35.
A.
Bhattacharjee, A. Gupta, M.P. Anand, P.
Sengupta, A. Pandey, T.K. Bhattacharya, Adsorption effect of Zn+2 and
Co+2 on the antibacterial properties of SiC‐porcelain ceramics,
International
Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology, 2019, 17, Pages 327-332 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ijac.13303)
36.
P. Sengupta, A.
Bhattacharjee, H.S. Maiti, Zirconia: A Unique Multifunctional Ceramic Material,
Transactions
of the Indian Institute of Metals, 2019, Volume 72, 1981–1998 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-019-01742-9)
37.
A. Bhattacharjee, A.
Gupta, M. Verma, P.A. Murugan, P.
Sengupta, S. Matheshwaran, I. Manna, Kantesh Balani, Site-Specific
Antibacterial Efficacy and Cyto/Hemocompatibility of Zinc Substituted
Hydroxyapatite, Ceramics International, Volume 45, Issue 9, 15
June 2019, 12225-12233 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ceramint.2019.03.132)
38.
P.
Sengupta,
I. Manna, Advanced High-Temperature Structural Materials for Aerospace and
Nuclear Power Applications – A Critical Review, Transactions of the Indian
Institute of Metals, Vol. 72, 2019, 2043 – 2059 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-019-01598-z)
39.
P.
Sengupta,
M. Debata, Effect of partial and full substitution of Ni with NiB on
densification, structure and properties of 90W-6Ni-2Fe-2Co heavy alloys, Journal
of Alloys and Compounds, 2019, Volume 774, 145-152, (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2018.09.368)
40.
P.
Sengupta,
M. Debata, K. Jayasankar, Properties of Immiscible Cu-20 wt. % Mo Alloy
Prepared by High Energy Ball Milling and Cold Isostatic Pressing, Transactions
of Powder Metallurgy Association of India, 2017, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp.
25-32.
41.
M. Debata, T.S. Acharya, P. Sengupta, P.P. Acharya, S.
Bajpai and K. Jayasankar, Effect of High Energy Ball Milling on Structure and
Properties of 95W-3.5Ni-1.5Fe Heavy Alloy, International Journal of Refractory Metals
and Hard Materials, 2017, Volume 69, pp 170-179 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2017.08.007)
42.
P.
Sengupta,
Ariharan S, A. Nisar, A. Agnihotri, N. Balaji, S.T. Aruna and Kantesh Balani,
Dual-Layer Oxidation-Protective Plasma-Sprayed SiC-ZrB2/Al2O3-Carbon
Nanotube Coating on Graphite, Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 2017, Volume 26, Issue 3, pp 417–431 (DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/411666-016-0508-3)