Name: Praveen Gupta
 
	 
	College : IIT Roorkee
 
	 
	Branch: Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
 
	 
	Field of Interest: Materials Engineering (Biomaterials, Nanomaterials for biological applications)
 
	 
	Degree Goal (MS/PhD): MS or PhD (preferably PhD)
 
	 
	GPA/Percentage (Do not Convert to US Scale): 8.18
 
	 
	GRE: not appeared yet  
	Toefl: not appeared yet
 
	 
 
	Internships:  
	 
 
	1. IISc Bangalore : Titanium based implant materials (Dr Kaushik Chatterjee) ; Summer ‘16  
	1. Log9 Materials : Research & Development (Winter ‘15)- Development and charaterization of  SWCNTs using chemical approach
 
	 
	2. BHEL, Haridwar : Summer ‘15
 
	 
	Submitted or Accepted Publications: 
 
	 
 
	Conference:1) GNP reinforced UHMWPE composite for orthopaedic implants,
 
	                        Praveen Gupta, Manoj Kumar, Dr. Debrupa Lahiri 
 
	                        NMD-ATM ‘15 (Oral Presentation) 
 
	                    2) Grain Size control in metastable Ti alloys,
 
	                        Srijan Acharya, Praveen Gupta, Dr. Kaushik Chatterjee
 
	                        International Symposium for Research Scholars ‘16 (submitted) 
 
	 
	Aggregate Publication Statistics:  
	Journal: 0 (written, to be submitted next month) 
	Conference: 2   
	 
 
	Projects: (If applicable) 
 
	1) Grain Size control in metastable Ti alloys for orthopaedic implants, IISc Bangalore (Conference 2) 
	2) Polymer nanocomposites (PCL-based) for auxiliary orthopaedic accessories, B.Tech Thesis, IIT Roorkee (undergoing) 
	3) GNP reinforced UHMWPE composite for orthopaedic implants, IIT Roorkee (Conference 1) 
	4) CNT reinforced cytosan composite for neuro-tissue implants, IIT Roorkee  
	Recommendations: 
 
	1) Asst Prof, IIT Roorkee, BTP guide, Strong 
 
	2) Asst Prof, IISc Bangalore, Project Guide, Strong 
 
	3) Prof, IIT Roorkee, Projecr Guide, Moderate
 
	 
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	Misc Achievements:
 
	- KVPY 
	- NTSE 
	- Won 3rd prize for oral presentation at NMD-ATM, 2015 
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	Tentative Universities (if you have decided) : 
	1. Northwestern University 
	2. Georgia Tech 
	3. UT Austin 
	4. Penn State University 
	5. UIUC 
	6. UToronto 
	7. McGill 
	8. UCSD 
	9. TAMU 
	10. UMich 
	11. Purdue  
	12. CMU
 
	 
 
	 
 
	Please review my profile and categorize the list as ambitious, moderate and safe. Also, considering that I opt for masters in this fall, is there any chance to get funding?
 
	I want to do a PhD from top 20 only.