CURRENT STUDENTS

Auromir Saha is a PhD student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He completed his B. Tech. (Honors) - Mechanical Engineering from Puducherry Technological University in the year 2022 with a CGPA of 9.62. He completed his M. Tech. in Energy Technology specialization from Mechanical Engineering department at Puducherry Technological University as an AICTE-PG GATE Scholar in the year 2024 with a CGPA of 10.0. In the same year, he joined IIT Gandhinagar as a PhD student in Thermofluids specialization in Mechanical Engineering department. His research interests are Multiscale-Multiphysics Modeling and Simulation (DFT and Molecular Dynamics), Quantum/Nanoscale Transport, High-Performance and Heterogeneous Computing, and Nanoenergetic materials for energy conversion and propulsion. He likes to play Table Tennis during free time.

Pardha Sai Mutyala is a PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering. He completed his B.Tech programme from RGUKT, Srikakulam, with a CGPA of 9.64 in 2023. He then joined IIT Gandhinagar. His areas of research includes simulating multiphase combustion using CFD techniques. As part of this research, he is applying his knowledge in combustion, Multiphase flows, Scientific computing, and Numerical Methods. His current hobbies include reading books and swimming.

Ganeshkumar V is a PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering. He completed B.E Mechanical Engineering at Madras Institute of Technology - Anna University and received Gold Medal for securing First Rank with CGPA of 9.84/10. His ambition is to become Scientist in the field of Space Science. He is curious to develop methods, techniques and softwares which will help the science community to understand concepts and perform complex calculations. Ganesh is actively working in the fields of Computational Fluid Dynamics and High Performance Computing. His other areas of interest are Astrodynamics/Orbital Mechanics, Space Mission Design, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control. His hobbies are playing Volleyball, Badminton and Watching Movies.

Prasanna Kulkarni is a PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering. He received B.Tech degree from R.V.College of Engineering, Bengaluru, in the year 2017. Prasanna then graduated from IIT Gandhinagar with an M.Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2019. Currently, he is pursuing Ph.D. in IIT Gandhinagar in the Mechanical Engineering discipline. He is also one of the recipients of the Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF). His research interests are heat transfer, combustion, fluid mechanics, and multi-phase flows. He spends his leisure time reading novels/books, play table tennis and badminton.

Sk Hossen Ali is a PhD Student in Mechanical Engineering. He graduated from Techno India, Salt Lake with a B Tech Degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2018. His interests are in the subjects of heat and mass transfer, fluids mechanics, thermodynamics, and other related subjects. During free time, Hossen Ali loves reading, cooking and playing cricket.


FORMER MEMBERS

PhD Students

  1. Dr. Jyotishraj Thoudam (2024), will be joining IIT Bombay as an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

M Tech Students

  1. Souritra Garai (2023), PhD student at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
  2. Nithin Kamaraj (2023), Junior Research Fellow at IIT Gandhinagar after graduation
  3. Roshith Mittakolu (2021), PhD student at University of Maryland, College Park
  4. Chirag Anilkumar (2021), PhD student at University of Tokyo
  5. Ruchi Thosare (2020), joined Tata Consulting Engineers Ltd
  6. Deepam Dubey (2020), joined Airbus as a Aerothermal Engineer
  7. Abhik Chandra (2019), joined Tata Consultancy Services as a Systems Engineer
  8. Pinki (2019), joined Bombardier Transportation India Pvt. Ltd.
  9. Ankit Sharma (2019), joined Xylem Inc. as an Engineer
  10. Satbir Singh (2019), joined DTE Govt.of H.P as Lecturer
  11. Chirag Korat (2018), joined Saffrony Institute of Technology as Assistant Professor
  12. Priyank Mehta (2018), joined Banas Diary
  13. Aditya Sakhare (2018), joined Mathworks
  14. Nilkumar Mathur (2018), joined John Deere, Pune
  15. Nikhil Joshi (2017), joined Space Applications Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad

B Tech students

  1. Isha Bayad (2023), PhD student at Purdue University, USA

Junior Research Fellows

  1. Tejas Mane (2018), M.S. student at University of Pennsylania, USA
  2. Pooja Bhat (2017), PhD student at University of Freiburg, Germany