Current Student
Post-Docs
Dr. Neha mishra
(2022-Present)
Nehamishra@iitb.ac.in
nehamishrec@gmail.com
Research Interests: BioMEMs, Microfluidics, Optical spectroscopy, Biosensors
Project Title: CBC analyser
Ph.D. Students
Avulam Naveen Kumar
(2022-Present)
M.Tech, NIT Durgapur
B.Tech, RGUKT Basar
214109004@iitb.ac.in
avulamnaveen@gmail.com
Research Interests: Turbulence, Computational Fluid Dynamics, vortex structures
Thesis Title:
Parth Rajeshbhai Patel
PMRF (2021-Present)
M.Tech, IIT Jodhpur
B.Tech, LDRP, Gujarat
patel.me@iitb.ac.in
patelparth.iitb@gmail.com
Research Interests: Fluid Structure Interaction, Vortex Induced Vibration, Energy Harvesting
Thesis Title:Experimental and Numerical study on fluid structure interaction with applications to energy harvesting [Supervisor: Prof. Rajneesh Bhardwaj, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Amit Agrawal and Prof. Atul Sharma]
Harsh Deswal
(2020-Present)
M.Tech, IIT Jodhpur
B.Tech, IIT Roorkee
194103004@iitb.ac.in
harshdeswal20@gmail.com
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Flow sensors, Lab-on-chip
Thesis Title: Development of on-chip sensing technologies for applications in Microfluidics [Co-Supervisor: Prof. Shiv Govind Singh (IIT Hyderabad)]
Shivji Prasad Yadav
(2019-Present)
M.Tech, IIT Guwahati
B.Tech, GGV, Bilaspur
194100008@iitb.ac.in
shivjiprasad6@gmail.com
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Blood Flow, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Volume Methods and Unstructured Grid Techniques
Thesis Title: A Numerical Modelling of Blood FLow in Microchannel and Blood Plasma Separation Microdevice [Co-Supervisor: Prof. Atul Sharma]
Upendra Yadav
(2019-Present)
M.Tech, IIT Jodhpur
B.Tech, AKGEC Ghaziabad
upendra.yadav001@iitb.ac.in
upendra.yadav001@gmail.com
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, Heat transfer, Higher-order transport equations, Microfluidics and Rarefied gas dynamics, Direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC)
Thesis Title: Derivation and Validation of Newly Derived Higher-Ordered Transport Equations for Benchmark Rarefied Gas Flow Problems
Dhiren Mohapatra
(2019-Present)
M.Tech, NIT Rourkela
B.Tech, BPUT Rourkela
dhiren@iitb.ac.in
dhirenmohapatra90@gmail.com
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Separation of cells from human blood using microfluidic device [Supervisor: Prof Rahul Puwar]
Ratan Ahuja
(2018-Present)
M.Tech, IIT Madras
B.Tech, VIT, Pune
ratanahuja@iitb.ac.in
ahujaratanb@gmail.com
Research Interests: Textured surfaces, Liquid infused surfaces, CFD, Food packaging
Thesis Title: Texturing with application to food packaging [Supervisor: Prof Suhas Joshi]
M.Tech and Dual Degree Students
Mithun M Nair
(2022-Present)
BE, BITS Pilani Goa Campus
22m1628@iitb.ac.in
mithunmnair1@gmail.com
Research Interests: Fluid dynamics, Higher order continuum transport equations, Numerical methods
Thesis Title: Study of Higher order Continuum Transport Equations
Past Student
Post-Docs
Dr. Tony Thomas
(Jan 2022-June 2023)
Ph.D., IIT Hyderabad
M.Sc, M.Tech, IIT Delhi
tonythomas@iitb.ac.in
paileeys@gmail.com
Research Interests: Microfluidics and nanofluidics, Microfluidic sensors for bio-analytical applications
Project Title: Development of manufacturing technology for microfluidic devices and field testing of on chip blood plasma separation microdevice
Ph.D. Students
Dr. Ambuj Amitab Jha
(2019-2023)
ambujjha@iitb.ac.in
ambujamitabjha@gmail.com
Research Interests: Slip flows, Heat Transfer characteristics
Thesis Title: Heat transfer characteristics of mildly rarefied gaseous flows in the slip regime
Dr. Reshma Y. Siddiquie
(2017-2023)
M.Tech, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
B.Tech, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi
reshmasiddiquie@iitb.ac.in
reshmayasmin04@gmail.com
Research Interests: Micro and nano manufacturing, Cell mechanics, Finite Element Simulation
Thesis Title: Modelling of Bacteria and Nanopillar Interactions on Bactericidal Surfaces and their Fabrication [Supervisor: Prof. Suhas Joshi]
Dr. Sandeep Goli
(2015-2022)
M.Tech, NIT, Warangal
B.Tech, BITScience, Pilani
sandeep.goli92@gmail.com
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Heat Transfer, Multiphase flows, Turbulence, Energy Storage
Thesis Title: Single-phase laminar hydrodynamic and thermal transport phenomena in microchannels with varying cross-section: Investigation on diamond and hourglass microchannels [Co-Supervisor: Prof. Sandip K. Saha]
Dr. Surve Vishakha Pranay Vanita
Completed in 2023
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Delineating the role of Interleukin-9 in invasion of Cervical Carcinoma and mechanism of Cancer Stem like cells mediated Metastasis
Dr. Gupta Siddharth
Completed in 2022
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Fish-Inspired Hydrodynamic Study of Stationary, Undulating, and Oscillating Hydrofoils
Dr. Ayyaz Siddique
Completed in 2021
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Thermal management of high heat flux microelectronics using two phase microchannel based cooling
Dr. Vijai Laxmi
(2015-2021)
B.Tech UIET, CSJM University Kanpur
vijai.laxmi@iiti.ac.in
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Lab on a Chip/Organ on a Chip Models, Thermal and Fluid Engineering
Thesis Title: Design and Development of Microdevices for Platelet Rich /Poor Plasma Separation from Blood
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Dr. Abhishek Mishra
Completed in 2021
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Effect of External Pulsation on the flow Characteristics of Normal and Oblique Jet Impingement
Dr. Ravi Sudam Jadhav
(2015-2021)
M.Tech, IIT Madras
B.Tech, PVG COET Pune
Rave169@gmail.com
Research Interests: Rarefied gas dynamics
Thesis Title: Application of Thermodynamically Consistent Onsager-Burnett Equations for Benchmark Flow Problems in Rarefied Gas Dynamics
Current Position: Senior Engineer, Micron Technologies India
Dr. Anirudh Jonnalagadda
(2016-2021)
MTech, Savitribai Phule Pune University
B.E., Savitribai Phule Pune University
jonnalagadda.anirudh@gmail.com
Research Interests: Lattice Boltzmann Methods, Kinetic Theory of Gasses, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Scientific Computing & software development, Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics
Thesis Title: The Onsager Regularized Lattice Boltzmann Method: A regularization scheme based on non-equilibrium thermodynamics [Co-Supervisor: Prof. Atul Sharma]
Current Position: Shell PDF at Department of Computational and Data Sciences IISc Bengaluru
Dr. Richie Garg
(2014-2020)
B.Tech, Aerospace Engineering, SRM University
richiegarg14@gmail.com
Research Interests: Rarefied gas dynamics, Microfluidics
Thesis Title: Subsonic choking, surface texturing, and chemical roughening influence of gas flow in microchannels
Current Position: Research Engineer, GE Aerospace Advanced Research Center
Dr. Hrisheekesh Krishnan
Completed in 2019
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: A Numerical Study on the Near Body Vorticity Dynamics of a Square Cylinder under Inline Pulsatile Flow
Dr. Sooraj Padinjattayil
(2013-2019)
B.Tech, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham
soorajpkaniyankunnu@gmail.com
Research Interests: Vortex Dynamics, Flow Control, Turbulence, Bio-Mimetics and Insect Flight
Thesis Title: Low Reynolds number External Flow around Bio-inspired objects: Effect of Geometric Shape and Surface Modification on Drag Reduction
Current Position: Co-Founder & CEO, DroneVionics Pvt Ltd
Dr. Abhimanyu Rameshwar Gavasane
(2014-2019)
MTech, IIT Bombay
B.E., Pune University
abhimanyu.gavasane@gmail.com
Research Interests: DSMC, Microchannel flows
Thesis Title: Study of rarefied gas flows in complex microchannels using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method [Supervisor: Prof. U V Bhankarkar, Co-Supervisor: Prof. Amit Agrawal & Prof. A M Pradeep]
Current Position: Sr. Software Developer, Weatherford Drilling and Production Services (India) Private Limited
Dr. Namshad T
Completed in 2019
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Computational Fluid-Structure Dynamics Development and its Application for Analysis of various types of 2D/3D Fishes-like Kinematics, Propulsion, & Flexibility
Dr. Niraj Kiritkumar Shah
Completed in 2018
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: 3D Investigation of Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer in Microchannel using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method
Dr. Vadiraj Hemadri
(2011-2018)
B.E, VTU Karnataka
M.Tech, IIT Kanpur
vadiraj666@gmail.com
Research Interests: Microfluidics, Multiphase heat transfer, Rarefied gas dynamics
Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation of Rarefied gas flows: Isothermal flow in converging and diverging microchannels and heat transfer in a circular tube [Co-Supervisor: Prof. U V Bhankarkar]
Current Position: Assistant Professor, BITS Pilani K.K. Birla Goa Campus
Dr. Chandra Shekhar Pant
Completed in 2018
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Processes Related to Cloud Microphysics
Dr. Majid Hassan Khan
(2011-2018)
B.Tech, Aligarh Muslim University
mhkhaniitb@gmail.com
Research Interests: Experimental Fluid Dynamics
Thesis Title: Development of Three Dimensional Particle Image Velocimetry & Experimental and Numerical Study on Flow around a Cube [Co-Supervisor: Prof. Atul Sharma]
Current Position: Assistant Professor Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, Dubai Campus
Dr. Anvesh Gaddam
(2013-2018)
B.Tech, Osmania University
M.Tech, IIT Kharagpur
anvesh.gaddam@gmail.com
Research Interests: Laser processing, microfluidics, micro/nano manufacturing, interfacial phenomena
Thesis Title: Investigations on flow-induced wetting transition and associated interfacial slip in textured microchannels [Supervisor: Prof Suhas S Joshi, Co-Supervisor: Prof Amit Agrawal & Prof Mark Thompson]
Current Position: Project Manager/University of Birmingham
Dr. Vijay S Duryodhan
Completed in 2017
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Experimental and three-dimensional numerical study of liquid flow and heat transfer in diverging, converging, and spiral microchannels
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai
Dr. Bhapkar Udaysinh Shivaji
Completed in 2017
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation of Fluid Flow, Heat Transfer and Acoustic Aspects of Impinging Synthetic Jets
Dr. Harekrishna Yadav
Completed in 2017
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Effect of Pulsation on Flow Characteristics of Free and Impinging Turbulent Jet
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Indore
Dr. Anant Kekre
Completed in 2017
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Analysis of negentropy rates and vortex shedding during laminar flow past a circular cylinder
Dr. Siddhartha Tripathi
(2012-2017)
B.Tech, BIET Jhansi
M.Tech, IIT Bombay
siddharthat@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Research Interests: Microfluidics, biological flows at microscale, Fluid mechanics, Refrigeration and air conditioning
Thesis Title: Blood Plasma Separation and Hydrodynamic flow focusing in microchannels
Current Position: Assistant Professor BITS Pilani Goa
Dr. Mukul Shrivastava
Completed in 2015
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: A Novel Level Set based Immersed Boundary Method and its Application to Hydrodynamics of Fish-like Locomotion of Single and In-Group Flexible Hydrofoils.
Dr. Bhadouriya Rambir Rameshwar Si
Completed in 2015
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Experimental and Numerical studies of Flow and Heat Transfer in Twisted Square ducts
Dr. Piyushkumar B Tailor
Completed in 2015
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Experimentations and Simulations of Eelectro-chemical Buffing (ECB) Process
Dr. Vijay Vasantrao Varade
Completed in 2014
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Study of Rarefied Gas Flow through Microchannel with Complex Geometry
Current Position: Adjunct Associate Professor - Mechanical Engineering, Amity University and Curtin University Dubai
Dr. Venugopal Arumuru
(2010-2014)
M.Tech, IIT Bombay
B.Tech, NIT Raipur
venugopal@iitbbs.ac.in
Research Interests: Fluid and Thermal
Thesis Title: Investigations on Flow Around Bluff bodies Placed Inside a Circular Pipe [Supervisor: Prof. S. V Prabhu]
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneshwar
Dr. Prasad Kaushalkumar Kamaleshwa
Completed in 2013
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: CFD Study on Channel-Confined Flow across Single and Unconfined Flow across Three Rows of Cylinder
Dr. Sewatkar Chandrashekhar Manikr
Completed in 2011
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Investigations on Flow Around Bluff bodies Placed Inside a Circular Pipe
Current Position: Government College of Engineering and Research Avasari (Kh), Taluqa: Ambegaon, District: Pune Pune
Dr. Mangesh Bhaurao Chaudhari
Completed in 2010
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Investigations on Flow Around Bluff bodies Placed Inside a Circular Pipe
Dr. Deoras M. Prabhudharwadkar
Completed in 2007
Research Interests:
Thesis Title: Investigations on Flow Around Bluff bodies Placed Inside a Circular Pipe
M.Tech and Dual Degree Students
<Mahima Bunker
Completed in 2023
Thesis Title: Modelling and Predicting the Hemodynamics Characteristics in the presence of Stenosis from CFD simulation using Deep Learning Models
Agale Sagar Ashok
Completed in 2023
Thesis Title: Optimization of Surface Profiles for Reduction of Drag on Underwater Appendages
Pramod KC
Completed in 2022
Thesis Title: Ti Nanotubes Design and Fabrication for Anti-fogging Application
Sunit Sharma
Completed in 2022
Thesis Title: Study of effect of free stream turbulence on hydrofoil at low Reynolds Number
Sumit Bankey
Completed in 2021
Thesis Title: Study of effect of free stream turbulence on corrugated hydrofoil at low Reynolds number.
Vishwa Jignesh Vasani
Completed in 2019
Thesis Title: Microdevices for Enrichment and Separation of WBCs from Whole Blood
Gulam Sarwar
Completed in 2019
Thesis Title: Comparison Of MetabolitesÂ? Stability In Dried Blood Spots (DBS) And Dried Plasma Spot (DPS) and Manipulation of Neutral Particles Using Dielectrophoresis
Gauri Rshikesan Paduthol
Completed in 2019
Thesis Title: Designing a Two-Inlet Microfluidic Concentration Gradient Generator with Dynamic Control
Sajan Singh
Completed in 2019
Thesis Title: Measurement of Thickness of Dynamic Film using Optical Grid Deflection Method
Hari Prakash Meena
Completed in 2019
Thesis Title: Fabrication and Characterization of Microvalves
Gagan Vikram Kewalramani
Completed in 2018
Thesis Title: Modeling of Heat sinks
Abhishek Sharma
Completed in 2018
Thesis Title: Computational Study for Flow over Corrugated Aerofoil
Arpit Kumar Goyal
Completed in 2018
Thesis Title: Development and Testing of 3D Particle Image Velocimetry
Varun Gusaine
Completed in 2018
Thesis Title: The effect of the corrugation inclination angle on the thermal and hydraulic characteristics in plate heat exchangers : a CFD study
Bhaskar Pandey
Completed in 2017
Thesis Title: Computational Study of Flow over Corrugated Aerofoil
M. Nagendra Reddy
Completed in 2017
Thesis Title: Calculation of Turbulent Kinetic Energy Budget for Jets and Wakes Using PIV Data
Naresh Kumar
Completed in 2017
Thesis Title: Hull Propeller Interaction - Flow Experiments around Model Rudder of a Ship
Ragin pm
Completed in 2016
Thesis Title: Evaluation of various forms of Burnett equation
Renganathan M
Completed in 2016
Thesis Title: PIV based Study on Effect of Waveform and Eccentricity on Performance of Synthetic Jet Formed using Acoustic Speaker
Jain Shital Sunil
Completed in 2016
Thesis Title: PIV based Study on Effect of Hydrophobic Surface on Flow Past an Aerofoil
Rajeswar Chatterjee
Completed in 2016
Thesis Title: Flow, Mixing and Heat Transfer in Planar Spiral Microchannel
Amarjeet Singh Hira
Completed in 2016
Thesis Title: Study of fluid flow around elliptical body using Particle Image Velocimetry
Joshi Ajinkya Anantrao
Completed in 2015
Thesis Title: PIV for air and its application for synthetic jet
Mohadikar Kapil Deorao
Completed in 2015
Thesis Title: Investigations on Flow over Bluff Bodies placed inside a Circular Pipe downstream of a Contraction cone
Ashwin Prabhakaran
Completed in 2015
Thesis Title: Deformation based Texturing of Large areas using Rolling
Guranagouda S. Biradar
Completed in 2015
Thesis Title: Experimental Determination of Local Heat Transfer in Rarefied Gases
Abhimanyu Singh
Completed in 2014
Thesis Title: Flow and heat transfer in converging, diverging and spiral microchannels
Bharath K S
Completed in 2014
Thesis Title: Experimental and numerical study of flow over textured surface
Sarvaiye Amitkumar Kishor
Completed in 2013
Thesis Title: Numerical simulation of flow over textured surfaces
Sarabjit Singh Khosla
Completed in 2013
Thesis Title: PIV based Measurements of Flow over Multiple Bluff Bodies
Ranjit Kumar
Completed in 2012
Thesis Title: Modeling of Super hydrophobic surfaces for bulk flow
Intesaaf Ashraf
Completed in 2012
Thesis Title: PIV based Measurements in Picthing and Heaving of NACA0015
Y V Bala Varun Kumar
Completed in 2012
Thesis Title: Compact and Efficient Micro Fluidic Device in Blood Plasma Separation
Ratendra Kumar
Completed in 2012
Thesis Title: Experimental Investigation On Electro-chemical Buffing
Mondithoka Babu Rao
Completed in 2012
Thesis Title: CFD Analysis of Fish-like Locomotion
Tikekar Mukul Deepak
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Blood flow through stenosed and bifurcating microchannels
Mayank Garg
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Numerical Simulation of Bulk Flow Over Textured Surfaces
Baramade Ashvin Shivdas
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Jet Impingement on Flat, Inclined and Curved Plate with Analysis of Turbulent boundary layer using PIV
Prashant Singh Thakur
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Numerical Simulation and Characterization of Electrochemical Buffing
Siddhartha Tripathi
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Blood Plasma Separation in Microchannels
Patel Rahul Ratilal
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Flow Visualization and PIV based Measurements for Flow over Multiple Square Cylinders
Anil Raj P
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Simulation of Flow Across a Flexible Flapping Airfoil: Effect of Plunging motion and Neighbors in V- Formation
Sukanta Biswas
Completed in 2011
Thesis Title: Optimisation of enclosure design using helmholtz resonators
Prithvi Raj
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: Design and Fabrication of Super-Hydrophobic Surface for Single-Droplet
Ashish Mall
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: Design and Fabrication of Superhydrophobic Surfaces for Bulk Flow
Nishant Kumar
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: Study of Blood Flow in Microchannels
Sonali Tripathy
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: Optical and Capacitive Biosensors
Patel Alkeshkumar Kantilal
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: Experimental and Numerical Investigations in Multiple Jet Impingement on a Flat Surface
G. Abhimanyu Rameshwar
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: Study of Flow in Microchannels using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo Method
Shah Nawaz Aalam
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: Cooling of electronics devices by novel approach of synthetic jet
Ajay Kumar Choudhary
Completed in 2010
Thesis Title: PIV based measurements of flow around a pair of circular cylinders
Bharat Kumar Mittal
Completed in 2009
Thesis Title: Study of Couette flow using Direct Simulation Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics Techniques
Bhaskar Verma
Completed in 2009
Thesis Title: Experimental and Numerical Investigation on Flow and Heat Transfer of Rarefied Gas
Manu Jain
Completed in 2009
Thesis Title: Numerical Simulation of Synthetic Jet
Bhide Rohit Ramesh
Completed in 2009
Thesis Title: Effect of hydraulic diameter on two phase flow in microchannels
Anshul Jain
Completed in 2008
Thesis Title: Study of two phase flow in microchannel
Ishan Saxena
Completed in 2008
Thesis Title: Fabrication of Micro-Filters using Excimer Laser Micromachining
Anwar Demsis
Completed in 2008
Thesis Title: Experimental study of rarefied gas flow with application to microchannel
Arpit Agarwal
Completed in 2007
Thesis Title: Novel FVM-LBM method for compressible flows
Rajbir Singh
Completed in 2006
Thesis Title: Lattice Boltzmann Method based simulations of gas flow and Micro-PIV based measurements of liquid flow through microchannels
Gaurav Kumar Sultania
Completed in 2006
Thesis Title: An experimental investigation of gaseous slip flow through circular tube and square duct
Shashi Ranjan Kumar
Completed in 2006
Thesis Title: Low Reynolds Number Flow around Row of Cylinders
Gunjan Verma
Completed in 2006
Thesis Title: Near-field measurements and similarity analysis of synthetic jet