This document lists the faculty members of Thapar School of Liberal Arts & Sciences, providing information on their educational background, position, areas of research, and contact information. It introduces 13 faculty members, including their PhD institution and field of study, current role at Thapar Institute of Engineering & Technology, research interests, and email contact. The faculty cover a wide range of disciplines including neurobiology, engineering psychology, botany, political science, nanotechnology, metaphysics, philosophy of education, art theory, economics, and history.

1. Thapar School of
Liberal Arts &
Sciences-Faculty

2. Dr. Neloy Kumar
Chakroborty
PhD in Neurobiology, Freie Universität
Berlin, Germany
Assistant Professor, TSLAS, TIET
Sensory Learning and Memory, Hygienic
Behavior in Honey Bees, Herbal
Formulations to Ameliorate Pesticide-
Mediated Toxicity
neloy.chakroborty@thapar.edu

3. Dr. Ipshita
Chowdhury
PhD in Engineering Psychology,
Heriot-Watt University, Scotland
Assistant Professor, TSLAS,
TIET
Cognitive ergonomics, Situation
awareness, Task analysis, Safety
ipshita.chowdhury@thapar.edu

4. Dr. Sheikh Adil Edrisi
PhD in Botany, MPhil in Environmental
Science and Sustainable Development,
Banaras Hindu University, India
Assistant Professor, TSLAS, TIET
Visiting Fellow, BNU, China & CIFOR,
Indonesia
Bioenergy Production, Land Restoration,
Restoration Ecology, Socio-economics,
Sustainability Sciences
sheikhadil.edrisi@thapar.edu

5. Dr. Timothy Kerswell
PhD in Political Science, Queensland
University of Technology, Australia
Associate Professor, TSLAS, TIET
Political Economy, Comparative Politics,
Political Science, Labour Studies, Social
Movements
timothy.kerswell@thapar.edu

6. Dr. Padmakumar Nair
PhD in Nano-structured Materials
(Nanotechnology), University of Twente,
The Netherlands
PhD in Chemical Engineering, The
University of Tokyo, Japan
Director, LMTSM, Derabassi Campus,
TIET
Professor and Dean, TSLAS, TIET
Sustainability and Ethics
padmakumar.nair@thapar.edu

7. Dr. Andrea Raimondi
PhD in Metaphysics, University of
Nottingham, UK
Assistant Professor, TSLAS, TIET
Metaphysics, Philosophy of Science
andrea.raimondi@thapar.edu

8. Dr. Kaustuv Roy
PhD in Philosophy and Sociology of
Education, Michigan State University,
USA
Chair, Curriculum, Pedagogy and
Learning
Professor, TSLAS, TIET
Philosophy and Sociology of Education
kaustuv.roy@thapar.edu

9. Dr. Neeti Sethi
PhD in Art Theory, University of New
South Wales, Australia
Chair, Programmes
Professor, TSLAS, TIET
Visual Art and Design, Indigenous arts
and crafts, Community Development
neeti.sethi@thapar.edu

10. Dr. Ajit Sinha
PhD in Economics, State University of
New York at Buffalo, USA
Chair, Research and Faculty
Development
Professor, TSLAS, TIET
History of Economic Theory
ajit.sinha@thapar.edu

11. Dr. Byapti Sur
PhD in History, Leiden University, The
Netherlands
Assistant Professor, TSLAS, TIET
Indian Ocean, Early Modern History,
Socio-economic History, Global History
byapti.sur@thapar.edu

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