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Please scroll down the page for a listing of group members and alumni

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>>>> At Gp. Capt. Prasanth B. Nair's MTech Research Colloquium in June 2024 <<<<

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>> The group, including undergrad and high-school summer students, in June 2024 <<

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Students

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Premika T. S.
PhD student

  • MTech in Aerospace Engineering
    Indian Institute of Science

  • BTech in Aerospace Engineering
    Amrita School of Engineering

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Keshanjali Gaur
PhD student

  • BTech in Aeronautical Engineering
    Feroze Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology

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Sushmitha Janakiram
PhD student

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

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Subhajit Das
PhD student

  • MTech in Energy Science and Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

  • BE in Mechanical Engineering
    Jadavpur University

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Sai Prasad Mohanty
PhD student

  • BTech in Aerospace Engineering
    SRM Institute of Science and Technology

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Gp. Capt. Prasanth “Papa” Balakrishnan Nair
MTech (by research) student

  • MSc and MPhil in Defence and Strategic Studies
    Madras University, Chennai

  • Master of Military Operational Art and Science
    Air University (USAF), Montgomery, Alabama

  • BSc in Military Science
    National Defence Academy


Research staff

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Dr. Pranav Thakare
Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • MTech and PhD in Aerospace Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

  • BTech in Mechanical Engineering
    Nagpur University


Administrative and technical staff

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

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Harish M.
Lab Engineer

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Shivashankar B. M.
Senior Lab Technician

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Shanta Kumar N.
Lab Technician

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Sushma Ramachandra
Group Administrative Assistant


Group alumni


Students

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Aswathi Krishna
MTech Project (December 2022 – July 2024)
Graduated from IISc with a MTech in Aerospace Engineering

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

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

  • BTech in Aerospace Engineering
    Alliance College of Engineering and Design

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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

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Dr. Nikhil Khobragade
Postdoctoral Research Associate (March 2023 – April 2024)

  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering
    Florida State University, Tallahassee

  • BTech and MTech in Aerospace Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

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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

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

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

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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

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Soumen Chakravarty
Research Assistant (July 2021 – June 2022)

  • BTech in Mechanical Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

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Sanjan Muchandimath
Research Assistant (September 2020 – August 2021)

  • BTech in Aerospace Engineering
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras

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Shantanu Pradhan
Research Assistant (February 2019 – February 2020)

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


Undergraduate research students

  • Aruna V. R. (Madras Institute of Technology, Summer 2024)

  • Ashwin M. Subramaian (IIT Madras, Summer 2024)

  • 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)