Curriculum Vitae LAKSHI NANDAN BORAH

B.Tech (Mechanical), M.Tech (Materials & Manufacturing Technology),

Pursuing PhD (National Institute of Technology, Silchar)

`PERSONAL DETAILS
Name : LAKSHI NANDAN BORAH S/O : GONESH BORAH
DOB : 26/11/1993 Dist. : GOLAGHAT
Nationality: Indian State : ASSAM
Category : O.B.C Pin : 785601
Gender : Male Phone : +91 9854813518
Orcid id : 0000-0002-5053-6634 +91 7002340813

E-mail ID: borahlakshinandan@gmail.com / lakshi_rs@mech.nits.ac.in

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
NAME OF BOARD/ YEAR OF
SCHOOL/INSTITUTE PERCENTAGE
EXAMINATION COUNCIL PASSING
HSLC Jawahar navodaya vidyalaya, CBSE 2011 9.2 CGPA
Golaghat
HS Jawahar navodaya vidyalaya, CBSE 2013 68.6%
Golaghat

B.TECH Assam Don Bosco university, -- 2017 7.96 CGPA

Guwahati

M.TECH NIT SILCHAR -- 2019 8.10 CPI

Ph.D. NIT SILCHAR --- 2024 Thesis Submitted

ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS:

B.TECH PROJECTS:
1. Designing Model of Stirling Engine.
2. Design and Analysis for Heat transfer through FIN with extension in CATIA &
AUTOCAD Software.
3. Worked on Production of BIO-DIESEL and testing its different characteristics.
4. Worked on Statistical model in machining parameters.

B.TECH INTERNSHIP:
1. Chief Workshop manager Carriage & Wagon Workshop North-East Frontier Railway
New Bongai Gaon (Assam) in 2015.
2. Pumps used in Refinery in Numaligarh Refinery Limited in 2016.
 Curriculum Vitae LAKSHI NANDAN BORAH
B.Tech (Mechanical), M.Tech (Materials & Manufacturing Technology),
Pursuing PhD (National Institute of Technology, Silchar)
M.TECH PROJECTS:
1. Mini-project on Self-healing of composite materials.
2. Investigation on Cenospheres Encapsulated Phase Change Material (PCM) Coated
with Calcium-Silicate-Hydrate Gel.

Current Ph.D PROJECTS:

1. Enabling innovative multiple self-healing technology in fibre reinforced composite
with unaltered mechanical properties, and
2. Developing delamination resistant CFRP using low cost functionalised graphitic
nanofiller.

PERSONEL SKILLS :

Software skills:-
Basic computer application, MS Office, C-programming, Auto CAD, Origin.

Linguistic proficiency:-
Talk:- English, Hindi, and Assamese. Read: - English, Hindi, Assamese. Write: - English, Hindi, Assamese

Extracurricular activities & Achievements :-

1. Third prize in OFF ROAD ROBOTICS Challenge in 2015.
2. Participated in the Regional Volley Ball under 17 in Sonitpur in 2010.
3. Has been an active member as a Volunteering at the D-VERVE in 2016.
4. Has been an active member as a volunteering at Guwahati mini Marathon held in Assam Don Bosco
University in 2016.
5. NCC A Certificate.
6. Participated in the evening Tutorial project implemented by ASSAM DON BOSCO UNIVERSITY
in 2013.
7. Participated in a three day ENTERPRENEURSHIP AWARENESS Camp in 2014.
8. Participated in PROJECT EXHIBITION IN BOSCO TECH FEST in 2015.
9. Participated in BIPED ROBOT workshop held in IIT GUWAHATI in 2014.
10. Participated in the NATIONAL CONFERENCE on EMERGING TRENDS in Entrepreneurship
Development in North-East in 2014.
EXPERIENCE:

1. Worked as JRF/SRF, National Institute of Technology, Silchar (NITS) from 1th Oct 2019 till 26th
Nov 2022 project entitles “Enabling innovative multiple self-healing technology in fiberreinforced
composite with unaltered mechanical properties” under DST-SERB.
2. Worked in the Inventorization and rejuvenation of springs under JAL ABHYARANYA
CAMPAIGN (JAC 2019) under National Mission on Himalayan Studies (MoEF&CC).
AWARD/GRANT/FELLOWSHIP:
1. Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE-2017) fellowship.
RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST:
1. Composite materials
 Curriculum Vitae LAKSHI NANDAN BORAH
B.Tech (Mechanical), M.Tech (Materials & Manufacturing Technology),
Pursuing PhD (National Institute of Technology, Silchar)
2. Hybrid multiscale laminated composites
3. Bio-composites
4. Phase change materials and encapsulation technology
5. Surface engineering and functionalization
6. Self-healing composite materials and FRP laminates.
7. Energy-efficient building materials.
INSTRUMENTS HANDLED:
1. Hot Air Oven.
2. Muffle Furnace.
3. Field Emission-Scanning Electron Microscope (FE-SEM).
4. Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC).
5. Thermo Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA).
6. Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR).
7. Optical Microscopy.
8. Ultrasonic Processing.
9. Auto Clave.
10. Universal tensile testing machine.
11. VRTM machine, Indutch Company.
12. Hydraulic press, OMKAR.
13. Environmental & Humidity Chamber, SR lab instruments.
14. High Precision Ball Mill.
15. Bainpol Grinding/Polishing machine.
16. Twin Wel Belt Grinder.

Research Papers Published in Scientific International Journals:

International and National Journal published:
1. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury, Epoxy composites integrated with
functionalized wet milled graphitic nanoparticles: Featuring enhanced mechanical performance and
in-plane fracture resistance, Polymer composites, 28 August 2023 (Impact factor = 3.53).
2. Lakshi Nandan Borah, S. Das, Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury, Milled graphitic nanoparticle
toughened epoxy composites via increased resistance to in-plane crack propagation, Materials
Chemistry and Physics, 11 Jan 2024 (Impact factor = 4.60).
3. NI Khan, S Halder, MS Goyat, LN Borah, S Das, Repetitive self-healing of Diels-Alder grafted
graphene hybridized CFRP composites with outstanding mechanical properties, Soft Matter, 2023,
3121-3135 (Impact factor = 4.04).
4. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder*, Subhankar Das, Pannalal Choudhury, Functionalized
milled graphitic nanoparticle for improving in-plane crack propagation resistance to enhance
fracture toughness and energy of epoxy nanocomposites, Materials chemistry and physics (Impact
factor = 4.77). (Comment submitted)
 Curriculum Vitae LAKSHI NANDAN BORAH
B.Tech (Mechanical), M.Tech (Materials & Manufacturing Technology),
Pursuing PhD (National Institute of Technology, Silchar)
5. V. Mishra, Ch Kapil Ror, S. Negi, S. Kar, Lakshi Nandan Borah, Development of sustainable 3D
printing filaments using recycled/virgin ABS blends: Processing and characterization, Volume
63, Issue 7, 1890-1899, polymer engineering and science, 14 April 2023.
6. V. Mishra, Ch Kapil Ror, S. Negi, S. Kar, Lakshi Nandan Borah, 3D printing with recycled ABS
resin: Effect of blending and printing temperature, Volume 309, 128317, Materials Chemistry and
Physics, 1 November 2023.
7. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder*, Pannalal Choudhury, Strengthening crack suppression
ability of hybrid carbon fiber reinforced laminated composites fabricated using BMG/epoxy system
(In progress).
8. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder*, Pannalal Choudhury, Utilizing Amino Functionalized
BMGs to Enhance the Performance of Carbon Fibre reinforced Laminated Composites for
Advanced Structural Applications (In progress).

International and National Conferences Presented/Attended:

1. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Kh. Gopal Krishna Singh, Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury,
Encapsulated cenospheres having phase change material coated with poly-dopamine, International
Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering ICRAME 2020 07-09 February
2020, NIT Silchar, India.
2. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Chandrangith K P, Sudipta Halder. Thermal characterization of
polydopamine (Pd) based vitrimer polymer composites. 3rd International Conference on Recent
Advancements in Mechanical Engineering, 04 - 06 February, 2022. NIT Silchar, 10.1007/978-981-
97-0900-7.
3. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury, High-energy planetary ball-milling of
Graphite and characterization of milled graphite based CFRP laminates, International Conference on
Advances in Chemical and Materials Sciences, ACMS-2022.
4. Kh. Gopal Krishna Singh, Sudipta Halder, Lakshi Nandan Borah, Epoxy composite having
catachol based nanosilver coated cenosphere impregnated with PCM used as thermoregulator in
solar panel, Journal of material science. (In-communication)
5. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury, Utilizing Amino Functionalized
BMGs to Enhance the Performance of Carbon Fibre reinforced Laminated Composites for
Advanced Structural Applications (In communication).
6. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Anubhav Saiki, Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury, Fabrication of
thermoformable polymer composite using biobased materials, International Conference on Recent
Developments in Mechanical Engineering ICRAME 2020 07-09 February 2023, NIT Silchar, India.
7. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Swatantra Kumar, S Halder, P Choudhury, Transformation of natural
graphite to ball-milled graphitic nanoparticles (BMG) featuring for functionalization and its
compatibility to epoxy network, International Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical
Engineering ICRAME 2020 07-09 February 2024, NIT Silchar, India.
8. Biswajit Mazumder, Lakshi Nandan Borah Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury, Fabrication of
Epoxy Composites Using Functionalized TiO2 Nanoparticles: Experimental Investigation,
International Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering ICRAME 2020 07-
09 February 2024, NIT Silchar, India.
9. Swatantra Kumar, Lakshi Nandan Borah, SudiptaHalder, Pannalal Choudhury, A review on curing
study of clay-based nanocomposites by non-isothermal differential scanning calorimetry,
 Curriculum Vitae LAKSHI NANDAN BORAH
B.Tech (Mechanical), M.Tech (Materials & Manufacturing Technology),
Pursuing PhD (National Institute of Technology, Silchar)
International Conference on Recent Developments in Mechanical Engineering ICRAME 2020 07-
09 February 2024, NIT Silchar, India.

Poster presentation and exhibition Attended:

1. Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder, Pannalal Choudhury, Mechanical characterization of CFRP
laminates with graphitic based fillers produced by dry and wet ball milling method (Poster
presentation), May 20 - 22, 2022, North-East Research Conclave, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati, India.
2. G G Giridhar1, Pannalal Choudhury, Sudipta Halder and Lakshi Nandan Borah, Hygrothermal
properties of GFRPs infused with functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs), (Poster
presentation), May 20 - 22, 2022, North-East Research Conclave, Indian Institute of Technology
Guwahati, India.
3. Chandrangith K P, Lakshi Nandan Borah, Sudipta Halder, Anubhav Saikia, Tensile Characteristics
of Polydopamine Based Vitrimer Polymer Composites, (Poster presentation), May 20 - 22, 2022,
North-East Research Conclave, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.
4. Sudipta Halder, Lakshi Nandan Borah, Chandrangith K P, Anubhav Saikia, Tensile Characteristics
of Polydopamine Based Vitrimer Polymer Composites (exhibition), May 20 - 22, 2022, North-East
Research Conclave, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India.
5. Organized one day short term training program on “Fabrication of Self-healing laminated
composites through VRTM process” on 26/11/2022 funded by DST.
Patent:
1. Developing of low cost graphitic nanoparticle e via transformation of natural graphite to milled
graphitic nanoparticles with a significant reduction in the size of less than 250 nm (in process).
2. Functionalization of nanoparticles with multifunctional groups to alter the inherent properties of
epoxy nanocomposite (in process).

Declaration

I hereby declare that the particulars given above are true to best of my knowledge and belief.

Date : 08/04/2024
Place: SILCHAR Signature