Research Group Members

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> Roddam Narasimha Hypersonic Wind Tunnel dedication event in our lab (May 2023)

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Group at Aero India 2023 (Bengaluru) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Group at SAROD 2022 (Hyderabad) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Group retreat (December 2021) – hike from Talakaveri to Nishani Motte peak (Kodagu)

>>>>>>>>>>>> Socially distanced in our lab space (January 2021) <<<<<<<<<<<<

>>>>>> Group retreat (February 2020) – hike at Namada Chilume (Tumkur) <<<<<<

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> TSFPEL group (September 2019) <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Students

Premika T. S.
PhD student

MTech in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Science
BTech in Aerospace Engineering
Amrita School of Engineering

Keshanjali Gaur
PhD student

BTech in Aeronautical Engineering
Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology

Sushmitha Janakiram
PhD student

Dual degree (BTech + MTech) in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Subhajit Das
PhD student

MTech in Energy Science and Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
BE in Mechanical Engineering
Jadavpur University

Sai Prasad Mohanty
PhD student

BTech in Aerospace Engineering
SRM Institute of Science and Technology

Aswathi Krishna
MTech (project) student

BTech in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Space science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram

Research staff

Dr. Nikhil Khobragade
Postdoctoral Research Associate

PhD in Mechanical Engineering
Florida State University, Tallahassee
BTech and MTech in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Administrative and technical staff

C. V. Ramamurthy
Senior Administrative Assistant
High-Speed Wind Tunnel Complex

Harish M.
Lab Engineer

Shivashankar B. M.
Senior Lab Technician

Shanta Kumar N.
Lab Technician

Sushma Ramachandra
Group Administrative Assistant

Group alumni

Students

Akshaya Kumara G.
MTech
Research thesis title: Small-amplitude oscillations in hypersonic double-cone flow (defended December 2022)

BTech in Aerospace Engineering
Alliance College of Engineering and Design

Subhankar Ghosh
MTech Project (December 2018 – July 2020)
Graduated from IISc with a MTech in Aerospace Engineering

BTech in Civil Engineering
Meghnad Saha Institute Of Technology

Research staff

Dr. Ravi Sankar Vaddi
C. V. Raman Postdoctoral Fellow (October 2021 – September 2023)

MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington, Seattle
BTech in Mechanical Engineering
National Institute of Technology Warangal

Dr. Gaurav Kumar
DST/SERB National Postdoctoral Fellow (April 2021 – February 2023)

BTech, MTech, and PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Dr. Vaisakh Sasidharan (webpage)
DST/SERB National Postdoctoral Fellow (April 2019 – September 2022)

MS and PhD in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
BTech in Mechanical Engineering
T. K. M. College of Engineering

Soumen Chakravarty
Research Assistant (July 2021 – June 2022)

BTech in Mechanical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

Sanjan Muchandimath
Research Assistant (September 2020 – August 2021)

BTech in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Shantanu Pradhan
Research Assistant (February 2019 – February 2020)

Dual degree (BTech + MTech) in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

Undergraduate research students

Shreesha O. Krishna (RVCE Bengaluru, Summer 2023)
Niranjan Hebbale (BITS Hyderabad, Summer and Winter 2022)
Madhura N. Sabhahit (IIT Madras, Winter 2022)
Sita Nair (Imperial College London, Summer 2022)
Vamsi Balam (NIT Warangal, Summer 2022)
Ujakshi Sharma (NIT Hamirpur, Summer 2021)
Soumen Chakravarty (IIT Ropar, Summer 2020)
Jacob N. R. Bondalapati (RGUKT RK Valley Campus, Summer 2019)
Bhaskar Brahmanandam (NITK Surathkal, Summer 2019)
Charan Reddy N. (IIT Kharagpur, Summer 2019)