Dr. Sagar Mitra

Prof. Sagar Mitra, currently is an associate professor in Energy Science and Engineering Department, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India. Dr Mitra hasreceived his Ph.D degree in Solid State Electrochemistry from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India in 2004.After completing his PhD, he has joined Prof. J.M. Tarascon's lab for two years as postdoctoral researcher (2004 to 2006). Later, he has joined in electronic industry, Replisaurus Technologies, Stockholm, Sweden as Principal Electrochemist (2006 to 2009). At Replisaurus Technologies, he has received prestigious Swedish award as "Expert in Electrochemistry for Electronic industry" in 2006. He is currently leading the battery research team in National Centre for Solar Photovoltaic Research and Education (funded by ministry of new and renewable energy, govt. of India) at IIT Bombay and his current research mainly focused on advanced materials and technology development for different energy storage applications, particularly in lithium-ion batteries and sodium ion batteries.