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Dr. Rinku Mukherjee

  Fluid Mechanics Building, Room#206, IIT Madras, Chennai, India-600036

  rinku@zmail.iitm.ac.in

  +91 44 2257 4069/6069;   Fax: +91 44 2257 4052




G Vasanth Kumar (Writing Dissertation)

July 2018 - present

Currently as Assistant Professor, Jain University, Bengaluru

Research Area: Investigation of Flow Separation Lines and Flow Footprints for Flow past Bluff and Streamlined bodies

Shiladitya Bhowmick

Dec 2020 - present

Scientist, Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad

Research Area: Aerodynamic Investigations of Diamond-Back Wing

Hariprasanth Palanivel

Aug 2021 - present

Prime Minister's Research Fellow (PMRF)

Research Area: Flow Control on Wind Turbine Blades using Aero-Shaped Vortex Generators

Dr. Ravindra A Shirsath (2025)

Current Position: Academic Development Manager II, ANSYS, Pune

Thesis: Investigations of Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Finite Rectangular Wing in Ground and Ceiling Proximity

Reviewers: Dr. Rajiv Sharma, IIT Madras

Dr. Egambaravel Jeyapandian (2024)

Current Position: Project Leader, Cyient Ltd., Bengaluru

Thesis: Study of Flow Reversal in Rayleigh BĂ©nard Convection in Jet-A fluid with Non-Oberbeck - Boussinesq Effect

Reviewers: Dr. Dhiraj Patil, IIT Dharwad; Dr. Vinod Narayanan, IIT Gandhinagar; Dr. Arvind Pattamatta, IIT Madras;

Dr. Aritras Roy (2022)

Current Position: Deputy Manager, Havells India Ltd., Noida

Thesis: Delay Or Control Of Three Dimensional Flow Separation On A Rectangular Wing Using An Effective Morphed Surface

Reviewers: Dr. Sanjay Mittal, IIT Kanpur; Dr. Arnab Roy, IIT Kharagpur

Dr. Gireesh Yanamashetti (2021)

Current Position: Scientist, National Trisonic Aerodynamic Facilities Division (NAL), Bengaluru

Thesis: Control of Transonic Flow Over a Typical Launch Vehicle Model Using Aerospikes

Reviewers: Dr. Jagadeesh, IISc Bangalore; Dr. V. Menezes, IIT Bombay

Dr. Gunasekaran M (2017)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, SRM University, Chennai

Thesis: Numerical Analysis of the Aerodynamics of Individual 3D Wings in Formation at Pre and Post-stall Flow Regimes

Reviewers: Dr. Marilyn Smith, Georgia Tech, USA; Dr. L. Venkatakrishnan, CSIR NAL, Bangalore

Vipul Dalela (2018)

Current Position: Business Development Manager, Cognizant, Hyderabad

Thesis: An Experimental Investigation of Post-Stall Aerodynamic Characteristics of a Wing

Reviewers: Dr. Debopam Das, IIT Kanpur; Dr. L. Venkatakrishnan, CSIR NAL, Bangalore

Antony Samuel B (2016)

Current Position: Senior Data Scientist, SRM Technologies, Chennai

Thesis: Post-Stall Flow Prediction of Wing(s) using a Steady-State Nascent Vortex and an Unsteady Decambering Approach

Reviewers: Dr. N. Balakrishnan, IISc Bangalore; Dr. Prabhu Ramachandran, IIT Bombay

Vasanth Kumar G (2014)

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Jain University, Bengaluru

Thesis: A Numerical study of the Aerodynamic Characteristics of Wing-Wake System using Unsteady Vortex Lattice Method and a Particle-based Solver

Reviewers: Dr. Rama Govindarajan, TIFR Bangalore; Dr. Achintya Mukhopadhyay, Jadavpur University

Dr. Egamabaravel Jeyapandian (2013)

Current Position: Project Leader, Cyient Ltd., Bengaluru

Thesis: Linear Stability Analysis of Laminar Separation Bubble over NACA0012 Airfoil at Low Reynolds Numbers

Reviewers: Dr. O. N. Ramesh, IISc Bangalore; Dr. Amit Gupta, IIT Delhi

Dr. Ravindra A Shirsath (2012)

Current Position: Academic Development Manager II, ANSYS, Pune

Thesis: Unsteady Flow Past Tandem NACA 0012 Airfoils using CFD

Reviewers: Dr. G K Suryanarayana, CSIR NAL Bangalore; Dr. Arnab Roy, IIT Kharagpur

Dr. Hossain Aziz (2011)

Current Position: Computational Development and Applications Engineer , Leidos/NETL, West Virginia, USA

Thesis: Steady and Unsteady Aerodynamics of Multiple Lifting Surfaces in Configuration

Reviewers: Dr. J. S. Mathur, CSIR NAL Bangalore; Dr. Ramjee Repaka, IIT Ropar