Dr. Jitendra Kumar Katiyar
Assistant Professor

jitenderkumar.katiyar@chitkara.edu.in

Expert Areas : Tribology, Corrosion, Lubrication, Composites, Friction Materials, Surface Coating, Surface Engineering, Machining

Dr Jitendra Kumar Katiyar holds the position of an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Research Impact & Outcome (CRIO), Chitkara University, Panjab, India. Additionally, He holds the position of local coordinator for the Global Initiative of Academic Network (GIAN) program started by the Ministry of Education at Chitkara University. He has 11 years of total teaching and research experience.

His research interest includes modern manufacturing techniques, tribology of carbon materials, polymer composites, self-lubricating polymers, lubrication tribology, and coatings for advanced technologies. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from UPTU Lucknow with Honours in 2007. He received his master’s from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur in 2010 and his PhD from the same institution in 2017. He is a life member of the Tribology Society of India, the Malaysian Society of Tribology, the Institute of Engineers, India, and The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). He is elected Executive Committee Member, of the Tribology Society of India (2024-2026). He has authored/ co-authored/ published more than 100+ articles in reputed journals, 44+ articles in international/national conferences, 22+ Book Chapters, and 16 books published in Springer, Elsevier and CRC Press USA.

  • Research
  • Teaching
  • Consulting
  • Awards
  • Education
  • Service

Journals

  1. Ashish Soni, Murugan Vellaisamy, Sonu Kumar Gupta, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, Dhinakaran Veeman, Influence of Applied Loads and Sliding Speeds on Tribological Behaviour of 3D Printed Banana Peel Powder Reinforced Biocomposite, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. 2024 (SCIE, IF- 2), 2024. (Accepted)
  2. Ashish Soni, Prabhat Chand Yadav, Dhinakaran Veeman, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, Fruit waste-derived hybrid biofillers as a potential reinforcement in 3D printed biocomposites for building construction applications, Journal of Manufacturing Processes, 2025 (SCIE, IF-6.1). (Accepted)
  3. Vineet Kumar, Nikhil M. Kulkarni, Nitesh Kumar Sinha, Gopal Ji, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar and Manvandra Kumar Singh, Physico-tribomechanical Performance of Zn-Al/ZrB2 in-situ Composite for Sustainable Automotive Applications, Tribology International 206, 2025, 110591 (SCI, IF-6.1). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.triboint.2025.110591.
  4. Deepak K Prajapati, Marcus Bjorling, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, The Influence of Non-Gaussian Surface Topography, and Contact Models on Mixed-Lubrication Parameters for Water-Lubricated Journal Bearings (WLJB), Journal of Tribology, 2025, (SCI, IF- 2.2) https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4067836.
  5. Dhinakaran Veeman, Murugan Vellaisamy, Pradeep Castro Ponnusamy, Dhushyanth Palanisamy Subathra, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, Impact of Process Parameters on Hardness of Melt Fabricated PA6 Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Composites and Prediction of Properties Using Machine Learning, Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, 2025 (SCIE, IF-2.2) (Accepted)
  6. A Eakambaram, M. A. Sai Balaji, S.Venkatachalam, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, S. Rajkumar, Sivakumar Solaiachari, Development of Cost-Effective, High-Performance Ceramic-Metallic Brake Pads for Agricultural Tractors, Tribology – Materials, Surfaces & Interfaces, 2025 (ESCI, IF-1.6) (https://doi.org/10.1177/17515831251315285)
  7. Pownraj, A. Karthik, Prabhu B, S. Suresh, K.V. Yathish, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar and A. Valan Arasu, Effect of Cu MOF based functional catalysts on cracking and adsorption of bio-oil compounds via thermo-catalytic pyrolysis: A net zero emission scenario, Fuel, 383, 133871 2025 (SCI, IF-7.4) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fuel.2024.133871)
  8. Pravesh Ravi, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar and Shravan Kumar C, Physico-tribocorrosion Performance of Epoxy/MoS2 Nanocomposite Coating, Materials Today Communication, 2025, (SCIE, IF-3.7) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mtcomm.2024.111219)
  9. Seenath, Amal A., M. M. A. Baig, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, and Abdul Samad Mohammed. A Comprehensive Review on the Tribological Evaluation of Polyether Ether Ketone Pristine and Composite Coatings, Polymers 16, 21: 2994, 2024 (SCIE, IF-4.7) (https://doi.org/10.3390/polym16212994)
  10. Vineet Kumar, Gaurav Gautam, Manvandra Kumar Singh, Gopal Ji, Jitendra Kumar Katiyar, Sunil Mohan, Anita Mohan, Prediction of Frictional Behaviour through Regression Equations: A Statistical Modelling Approach Validated with Machine Learning, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part J: Journal of Engineering Tribology. 2024 (SCIE, IF- 2) (https://doi.org/10.1177/13506501241300906)

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UG Courses
Manufacturing Technology, Computer Aided Manufacturing, Basic Mechanical Engineering, Metrology and Quality Control, Engineering Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Industrial Tribology, Modern Manufacturing Techniques, Operation Research, Design of Experiment, Industrial Engineering

PG Courses
Machining Science I, Machining Science II, Tribology in Design

Ph. D Supervision

  1. Govinda, Natural Fiber Reinforced Composites for Engineering Applications.
  2. Pravesh Ravi, Tribo-mechanical and Corrosive Performance of Self-lubricating Nanocomposites Coating for Mechanical Applications.
  3. Anand Singh Rathaur, Tribo-Mechanical properties of micro fillers based self-lubricating polymer composites.

M.Tech. Supervision

  1. Nilesh Kumar Bharati, Tribological and Mechanical Study of Natural Fiber-Based Epoxy Composites.
  2. Ezhil Gnana Chandran, Thermal and Tribo-Corrosion Analysis of Composite Coating for Mechanical Applications.
  3. Areti Naveen, Tribo-mechanical Investigation of Electroplated Nanocoating for Automobile Application.
  4. Shaik Nisar Basha, h-BN Blended Nanocutting fluid for Turning of Aluminium Alloy with Laser Patterned TiAlN Coated Tungsten Carbide Insert using MQL.

Galla Prasanth Kumar, Tribo-Mechanical properties of Stir Cast Hybrid Aluminum Metal Matrix Composite.

  1. INR 1 Lakh as Financial Assistance from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Government of India for organising an International Conference on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future (ICAMSF-2025).
  2. INR 0.5 Lakh as Financial Assistance from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR), Government of India for organising an International Conference on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future (ICAMSF-2025).
  3. INR 3.5 Lakh as Financial Assistance from Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), DST, Government of India for organising an International Conference on Advanced Materials for Sustainable Future (ICAMSF-2025).
  4. INR 1 Lakh as Financial Assistance from All India Council for Technical Education for organizing a 6 Days ATAL FDP on Advanced Materials in Space and Defense: Towards Energy, Efficiency and Economy.
  5. INR 1.5 Lakh as Financial Assistance from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) for organizing a successful Training and Skill Internship on Tribomechanical and Corrosion Analysis of Additive Manufactured Components. (File Number: AV/VRI/2023/0012)
  6. INR 25000 as consultancy assistance from ABI Associates for the project titled Performance analysis of Brake pads manufacturing using Friction modifiers.
  7. INR 1.85 Lakh as consultancy assistance from SUBHAH for the projects titled Characterization of By-Product Produced using a Developed Electrochemical Micro-Machining System: A Novel Experimental Approach and Optimization of Machining Process Parameters of Titanium Alloy (Grade 1) using Minimum Quantity Lubrication, respectively.
  8. INR 2.25 Lakh as consultancy assistance from Eco Care Engineering System for the projects titled Tribo-corrosion and Mechanical Analysis of Electro-deposited Nano-composite Coating for Underwater Applications and Tribo-mechanical Analysis of Polymer Bio-composites, respectively.
  9. INR 5 Lakh as Financial Assistance from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) for organizing a successful High-End Workshop (Karyashala) on Industrial Tribology: Towards Sustainable Approach. (File Number: AV/KAR/2022/0740)
  10. INR 1 Lakh as Financial Assistance from Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) for organizing a successful 5 days workshop on Industrial Tribology. (File Number: SSY/2019/000633).
  11. INR 2 Lakh as consultancy assistance from Hira Maa Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd. for the project titled A Physical and Tribological Study on Hybrid Cooling Systems using PCM for Solar Photovoltaic Panels.
  12. Jitendra Kumar Katiyar (PI) CRS Project Proposal on Tribo-corrosion and Mechanical Performance of Nanocomposite Thermal Barrier Coating for Reactor Application, UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, 89 Lakh. (File Number: CRS/2022-23/1236)

Awards

  1. Best Researcher Award, in International Conference on Manufacturing, Material Science, and Engineering, 2024.
  2. Best Project Award, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, 2022-23.
  3. Silver Medal, in Research Day-2023, organized by SRM Institute of Science & Technology, Kattankulathur, 28 Feb 2023.
  4. Best Poster Award in IITK Student Research Convention-2014, IIT Kanpur.

Honours

  1. Local Coordinator, Global Initiative of Academic Network (GIAN) program started by Ministery of Education, 2024-till now
  2. Secured the AIR-803 in GATE-2008 (a National Level Entrance Exam of Post Graduate Technical Courses).
S.NO. Name of Examination Name of Institute /University Duration % /CGPA
1. Doctor of Philosophy (ME) IIT, Kanpur 2012-2017 7.33
2. Master of Technology (ME) IIT, Kanpur 2008 -2010 7.5
3. Bachelor of Technology (ME) UPTU, Lucknow 2003 – 2007 79.28 %
Teaching
I-Chitkara University  Jan’ 24 to Till Date
Designation: Assistant Professor
II-SRM Institute of Science and Technology June 17 to Dec’ 23
Designation: Assistant Professor (Research)
III- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur- India July’15 till Nov’15
Designation: Tutor of TA 202
IV- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur- India    Jan’14 till Apr’14
Designation: Tutor of COM 200
V- Vidya College of Engineering Meerut- India  Feb’12 till Jul’12
Designation: Assistant Professor
VI- Subharti Institute of Technology & Engineering, Meerut – India Nov’10 till Jan’12
Swami Vivekananda Subharti University (Deemed University)
Designation: Assistant Professor
Industry
Dhama Innovation Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad –India Aug’10 to Sep’10
Designation: Production Engineer