Dr. Amitava Ghosh has received his PhD degree from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He joined Indian Institute of Technology Madras in December 2008 as an Assistant Professor after serving Indian Institute of Technology Guawahati for one and half year. Dr. Ghosh has expertise in the field of high speed machining and grinding, active brazing of ceramics and surface coating technology.

His current research activities include development of solid-lubricant composite coating, machining with nanocrystalline diamond coating, micro lubrication technology for machining and grinding, high performance metal working fluid, green machining, sustainable solutions to machining challenges, precision joining of cBN and diamond, hybrid grinding of ceramics and composites, micro mechanical machining etc.