Dr. W. Selvamurthy (Chairman, Amity Institute of Defence Technology (AIDT), President, Amity Science, Technology and Innovation Foundation, Director General for Amity Directorate of Science and Innovation and Chancellor, Amity University, Chhattisgarh.)

Qualification: Ph.D., D.Sc., FAMS, FABMS, FIMSA, FIANS, FIAY (Former Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller R&D (LS), DRDO, India)
Dr. Selvamurthy has served in Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO),
Government of India for 40 years in which, many health-related, and life science-related technologies were developed and inducted into the Armed Forces. His R&D contributions include the development of life support technologies for soldiers, NBC Defence Technology, Nano Technology Application, Application of yoga for the Armed Forces, Military psychology, and others. He was the leader of the first Indo-Soviet scientific expedition to the Arctic Circle for polar physiology research. He is presently a member of various scientific advisory Committees. He has published more than 250 research papers in journals of repute including 18 books. He has been awarded several prestigious awards in recognition of his significant contribution to the Research and Development of Life sciences.

Specialization: Defence Technology

Lt. Gen. (Dr.) S K Gadeock, AVSM (Director-General Amity Institute of Defence & Strategic Studies (AIDSS))

Qualification: PhD in Defence & Strategic Studies from University of Madras, Chennai (Former Commandant, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu, Senior Advisor, IIRF) Lieutenant General Sunil Kumar Gadeock, AVSM (Retd) was commissioned into the Brigade of the Guards, Indian Army on 11 June 1977. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. He is Master of Science (Defence Studies), Master of Philosophy and Diploma in Senior Level Defence Management. He has received his Doctorate in Defence & Strategic Studies from Madras University, Chennai.

Specialization: Defence & Strategic Studies

Rear Admiral Ravi Chander Kochhar (GP. PRO VC & OSD (HR))

Qualification: Rear Admiral Ravi Chander Kochhar Admiral Kochhar was serving in the Indian Navy in the Rank of Rear Admiral. During the career spanning for over 38 years he held numerous staff, as well as command appointments. He has commanded the Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant. He has been Chief of Staff of Eastern Naval Command Headquarters at Visakhapatnam. He has been decorated with Ati Vishist Seva Medal, Nao Sena Medal and Vishist Seva Medal for distinguished services rendered by him. He has also been Commended by the Chief of the Naval Staff and by the Flag Officer Commanding in Chief Western Naval Command.

Specialization: Naval Technology

Prof. (Dr.) V.K. Jain (Distinguished, Scientist & Professor Amity Institute of Advanced Research & Studies )

Qualification: Ph.D. in Solid State Physics from IIT Delhi (Former Director Solid State Physics Laboratory, DRDO Delhi)

Specialization: Silicon devices, solar cells, MEMS, Nanotechnology and Sensors

Prof. M.S. Prasad (Director, Amity Institute of Space Science & Technology (AISST))

Qualification: M.Tech. (Guidance & Control)- Pune University B.Tech (Elect & Comn. IIT (KHG) (Former Associate Director- Army /DRDO).

Specialization: Space Science and Technology; Aerospace Engineering

Prof (Dr.) Basant Singh Sikarwar (Professor and Head - Department of Mechanical Engineering Amity School of Engineering & Technology, Assistant Director, Amity Directorate of Engineering, Technology and Innovation (ADETI) & Member, Task Force, Amity Institute of Defence Technology)

Qualification: Post-Doc (Iowa state university, USA), Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur), M.Tech. (IIT Roorkee)
Dr. Sikarwar has been involved in modeling and simulation in many aspects of thermo-fluids research with emphasis on phase change phenomenon and the formation of interfaces for the last twelve years. His current research is going in various directions such as thermal management of Engineering system, droplet formation physics droplet evaporation, dropwise condensation on wettability gradient surface, thermal energy storage and water harvesting from moist air. During his Ph.D. in IIT Kanpur, He developed Finite Volume-based CFD solver and Many students at Amity university have been using this solver for their research. He published more than 60 SCI/Scopus indexed Journal and more than 100 Scopus indexed conference publications. He completed one DST funded project and two of the government-funded projects are going on. He is a consultant in many industries and guiding many Ph.D. students.

Specialization: Computational, Fluid and Thermal Engineering

Prof (Dr.) Niraj Kumar (Additional Director & Academic Head, Amity Institute of Defence Technology (AIDT), Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Amity School of Engineering & Technology (ASET), Member Secretary, AIDT Task Force)

Qualification: Ph.D. (NIT Hamirpur)

Dr. Niraj Kumar has eighteen years of experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate course and having experience of organizing conference, developing manuals for laboratory, syllabus and setting question papers for various universities. Presently, he is reviewer for various international SCI listed journals and member of peer-reviewing committee for evaluation of scientific project for countries like Kazakhstan and Israel. Dr. Niraj Kumar has immense passion for teaching, as he helped young student to grow as Engineer. He is committed to provide a nurturing environment to maximize the potential of every student and also developed and implemented innovative ideas of teaching. He has a strong inclination towards research and has published various papers in international/national journal/conferences. During his seven years of industrial experience in various organizations he received many recognitions and appreciations.

Specialization: Thermo-Fluid Engineering

Dr. Navneet (Visiting Faculty)

Qualification: Post Graduate Diploma in IPR (NLSIU, Bangalore), Diploma Patent Information (The Netherlands), MTech. (Computer Science & Engineering) from IIT Madras, M.Sc. (Software Science) from Allahabad University, and B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics from Delhi University.

Specialization: War Gaming as a Tool for effective decision-making during war in Geo-political scenarios Technology

Dr. Dineshsingh G Thakur (Visiting Faculty) (Professor, DIAT, Pune)

Qualification: PH. D. (IITM)

Dr. Dineshsingh G. Thakur joined as Associate Professor in 2011 and was promoted as Professor during 2018. Presently he is a HOD of Mechanical Engineering, and having additional responsibility as a Director, Centre for Training & Placement (CTP), DIAT (DU) Pune. Before joining the institute, he served as Asst. Professor at Dr. B. A. Technological University (Govt. of Maharashtra), Raigad.

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Sharma (Visiting Faculty) (Scientist ‘É’ on Deputation, DIAT, Pune)

Qualification: Ph.D (IIT-D)

Dr. P K Sharma is working as a faculty in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at DIAT(DU), Ministry of Defence, Government of India, since June 2019. Before joining as a faculty at DIAT, has worked as a Scientist at Centre for Fire, Explosive and Environment Safety (CFEES), a Delhi based laboratory under the prestigious Defence Research and Development Organization for about ten years. At CFEES, he has worked on Modeling and Simulation studies using FSI software ANSYS Autodyn to design explosive storage structures and Hardened Aircraft Shelter for SU-30. He was involved in fully instrumented explosion field trials of explosive storage structures such as Egloos, URP, and Underground Storage structures. A 100 mm diameter Shock Tube test facility was established by him to simulate blast effects in the laboratory used to evaluate samples/ models to assess their blast-resistant capability. He has worked on design, fabrication, and fully instrumented explosion field trials of blast doors. Design and analysis of blast valve to develop a new self-acting valve design free from blast leakage have successfully developed and patented. He has also worked as Deputy Project leader for the design, development, and evaluation of Hardened Aircraft Shelter. One of the pioneers' works done by him is Mobile Metallic Ramp (MMR) development to load-unload all military vehicles (including heaviest tanks) on railway wagons, which got inducted into the Indian Army in August 2019. During 2002-2009, he worked as a faculty in heat transfer and fluid mechanics at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute of Armament Technology (IAT), a DRDO training establishment known as DIAT.

Dr. Soumya S (Visiting Faculty) (Assistant Professor, School of Robotics, DIAT, Pune)

Qualification: Ph.D (Mechatronics Engineering)

Dr. Soumya is working as an Assistant Professor in School of Robotics at DIAT(DU), Ministry of Defence, Government of India, since December 2020. Before joining DIAT, she has worked as an Assistant Professor at Department of Mechatronics Engineering, M.I.T Manipal for two years. Her areas of research include nonlinear dynamics and control, modular robotics and Bio-inspired design.

Ms. Prajakta Koratkar (Visiting Faculty) (Assistant Professor, DIAT, Pune)

Qualification: M.Tech in Industrial Automation and Robotics

Miss. Prajakta Koratkar obtained an M.Tech degree in Industrial Automation and Robotics from Manipal University in 2017. Her research area is Robotics, Automation, the Internet of things, and related area. Currently, she works as an Assistant Professor (On contract) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering DIAT (DU) Pune. She is a Program Coordinator of the Robotics programme and in charge of the Robotics Laboratory.

Prof. (Dr.) Sanjay Singh (Director / Professor, Amity Institute of Aerospace Engineering)

Qualification: Ph.D. (Aerospace Engg.)-IIT, Kanpur
M.Tech.(Aerospace Engg)-IIT, Kanpur

Specialization: Flight Mechanics, Flight Dynamics and Flight Vehicle Aerodynamic Parameter Estimation, Modelling and Simulation, Neural Network Modelling

Prof. (Dr.) Om Prakash Sinha (Director, Amity Institute of Nano Technology)

Qualification: Ph.D. (PHY) - B. H. U.
M.Sc. (Physics) - MAGADH UNIV

Specialization: Semiconducting 2D and 3D nano structures and Quantum Dots

Prof. (Dr.) Monalisa Mukherjee (Director, Amity Institute of Click Chemistry Research and Studies (AICCRS) Professor, Amity Institute of Biotechnology (AIB))

Qualification: Ph.D.- IIT Delhi

Specialization: Biomimetics and Nanostructured Material

Prof. (Dr.) Sujata Pandey (Professor in Electronics and Communication Engg. and Head Design Centre)

Qualification: Ph.D. (Electronics)-Delhi University

Specialization: Electronics

Prof. (Dr.) Ashish Mani (Professor, Amity School of Engineering and Technology)

Qualification: Ph.D. (Electrical)-Dayalbagh Educational Institute (Deemed University)

Specialization: Quantum and Evolutionary Optimization, Power Systems, Data Analysis, Embedded Systems, PCB and Instrument Design

Dr. G S Rao Asst. Professor (Grade III), Amity Institute of Defence Technology

Qualification: Ph.D. (JNTU - Kakinada, AP)

Specialization: Materials, Welding and Corrosion

Dr. Manish Kumar Chauhan Asst. Professor (Grade-II), Amity Institute of Defence Technology

Qualification: Ph.D. (IIT Roorkee), M.Tech. (NIT Hamirpur)

Specialization: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); Thermo-Fluid Engineering and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Dr. Pallav Gupta (Asst. Professor (Grade II),Amity School of Engineering and Technology)

Qualification: Ph.D. (Metal Matrix Nanocomposites)- I.I.T.(B.H.U.)

Specialization: Materials Engineering

Dr. Neha Arora (Asst. Professor (Grade II), Amity Institute of Defence Technology)

Qualification: Ph.D. (Wireless Communications), M.Tech (Electronics & Communications Engineering)- M.D.U, Rohtak

Specialization: Electronics & Communications Engineering

Dr. Divya Agarwal (Asst. Professor (Grade III), Amity Institute of Applied Science)

Qualification: Ph.D.(Mathematics)-,IIT Roorkee
M.Sc(Mathematics)-,IIT Delhi

Specialization: Applied Mathematics

R Admiral Sanjeev Srivastav (Retd.)-Sr. Consultant to L & T Defence (Submarines and Underwater Platforms),Former Director General - Submarine Design Group Indian Navy (Visiting Faculty).

Rear Admiral Shrivastav has Graduated as a Mechanical Engineer, from NIT Surathkal, Karnataka and a double Post-Graduate, in Warship Design & Construction from IIT Delhi and Submarine Design from Naval Academy, St Petersburg, Russia. At the Commander rank, Rear Admiral Shrivastav headed a large training establishment (Shipwright School/ INS Vishwakarma) in Visakhapatnam responsible for imparting training in Naval Architecture/ Construction (NC) as well as Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Defence & Damage Control (NBCD). After his retirement, Rear Admiral Shrivastav has taken up the appointment as DRDO Fellow and is working in very close collaboration with DRDO Laboratories (NSTL, NMRL, NPOL etc.) on a number active and critical projects and with HQATVP, for which SDG is the platform designer.

Wing Commander Sanjeev Verma (Retd.) (Visiting Faculty)

Fully Operational Helicopter Pilot & expert in level D, helicopter simulator Integration, Maintenance & Operation. Dynamic & experienced Team Leader, Trainer & Motivator. Well versed with civil aviation regulations (CAR) & DGCA applicability in planning, scheduling and managing operations of Aircraft on ground and in air and to apply proficient methodology to integrate aviation efforts programs like aviation operations management. He is subject expert in the area of Aerodynamics, Rotor dynamics, Flight dynamics.

Dr. Devender Jha Retd DRDO Scientist G (Visiting Faculty)

Qualifications; Ph. D. from Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, M. E. in Electronics & Comm. Engg  from Delhi College of Engineering, Delhi.

Specialization: Digital Signal Processing and Communications.

Dr. Devender Jha retired as Scientist G from DRDO. During the last 34 years, he has worked on various Defense R&D projects in the area of development of hardware system/platform and software analysis tools for analysis of secure system and signals. Dr. Jha has been rewarded as the DRDO Lab Scientist of the year 2012 and 2017.

Dr. Aman Kataria Assistant Professor-I

Qualifications; PhD. (Aviation Technology and Electronic Instrumentation), Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, M.E.(Electronics Instrumentation and Control Engineering)

Specialization: Head Tracking, IoT, Cyber Physical Systems

Dr. Narayan Sharma, Assistant Professor-I

Qualifications: Ph.D. (Aerospace Department, IIT Kharagpur), M.Tech (Aerospace Department, IIT Kharagpur)

Specialization: FEM Analysis (Stress, Modal, Thermal), Stochastic Analysis, Aeroelastic Analysis, Damage Modelling, Advanced Composites, Smart Materials