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Post-docs

1.
Dr. Bishwajit Sharma (2023-2024)
"Flow unsteadiness effects in turbomachines"
2. Dr. Amit Kumar (2021-2022)     
"Tandem blading in compressors"
3. Dr. Sushanlal Babu (2021-2023)    
"Unsteady flows in compressors"
4. Dr. Gursharanjit Singh (2017-18)
"Design-analysis of inter-compressor ducts, mixed flow compressors, inflow distortion in fans"       
5. Dr. Bhavik Mody (2008-09)
"Exhaust diffuser analysis"


Ph.D. Students

Graduated:
1.  Pramod B Salunkhe
(2005-2010)
"Investigations on Stall Inception and its Control under Clean and Distorted Inflows in a Single Stage Axial Flow Fan"
2. Chetan Mistry (2010-2014) "Experimental Investigations on the Performance of a Contra-rotating Fan Stage  under Clean and Distorted Inflow Conditions"
3. Vijay Varade (2008-2014) "Study of Rarefied Gas Flow Through Microchannel with Complex Geometry" (co-supervisor along with Prof. Amit Agrawal, Mechanical Engineering)
4. Mahesh Varpe (2010-2015) "Endwall Contouring in a Low Speed Axial Flow Compressor Cascade"
5. Dilip Alone (2010-2015) "Enhancing the Stability Margin of a Single Stage Transonic Axial Flow Compressor with Bend Skewed Casing Treatment" (External candidate from NAL Bangalore)
6. Tegegn Dejene Toge (2012-2017) "Investigations on Near-Casing Flow Behaviour and Stall Inception of Contra-Rotating Axial Fan Stage"
7.
Harisankar (2011-2018) 
"Flow Separation Control using EMHD Actuators"
8. Aditya Gupte (2011-2019)
"Analysis of Cavity and Orifice Flow for Synthetic Jet in Crossflow" (Co-Supervisor, Prof. P M Mujumdar, Aerospace Engineering)
9.
Manas M P (2016-2021)
"Flow Dynamics of a Low Speed Contra Rotating Fan"
10.
Amit Kumar (2016-2022)
"Aerodynamics of Tandem Blading in Compressors"
Ongoing:
11.
Lakshya Kumar (2020-)
"Aerodynamics of a Inter-compressor Duct" (co-supervisor, Dr. Dilip Alone, NAL Bangalore)
12.
Saju Joseph (2022-)
"Effect of Surface Irregularities on Tandem Stage Performance"

M.Tech. Students
Graduated:
1. Pawan Gami (2005-2007)      
"Numerical study of submerged air intakes"
2. Harisankar  (2005-2007)          
"Numerical simulation of flow characterisitcs and its control in S-duct diffusers"
3. T Saravana Bhava
(2005-2007) 
"Experimental investigation of secondary flow  control in turbine cascades"
4. Wg. Cdr. VSRK Reddy (2005-2007)      "Active flow control in an axial flow fan using tip injection"
5. Utpal Chakraborthy
(2005- 2007)          
"Active flow control using aspiration in compressor cascades"
6. Sunil Gupta (2006-2008)
(Dual Degree Student)
"Numerical study of blade de-sensitization methods in axial compressors"
7. A Suzith (2007-2009)               
"Numerical study of tip leakage flows in high hub-tip ratio compressor blades"
8. Vaibhav Vashishta (2007-2009)             "Turbine exhaust diffuser flow aerodynamics"
9. John Joseph (2008-2010)       
"Experimental investigation of high hub-tip raio axial compressor rotors"
10. Hemant Memane (2008-2010)  "Numerical analysis of turbine exhaust diffuser"
11. Rohan C (2009-2010)
(Dual Degree Student)
"Numerical simulation of high hib-tip raio compressor performance"
12. Debarshi Dutta (2009-2011)   
"Experimental investigation of tip gap variation in axial comrpessors"
13. Praveen Akula (2009-2011)    
"Numerical simulation of effect of inflow distortion on axial compressor performance"
14. Arpit Maru (2010-2011)
(Dual Degree Student)
"Numerical simulation of the effect of strut geometry and base flows on turbine exhaust  diffuser performance"
15. Yashovardhan S Chati
(2011-2012)

(Dual Degree Student)
      
"Experimental Investigation of Tip Leakage Flows in an Axial Flow Compressor"    
16. Jubin Tom George
(2010-2012)            
"Numerical Simulation and Design of an Axial Compressor Rotor with Low Tip Sensitivity"
17. K. Naga Praveen Kumar
(2010-12)       
"Numerical Analysis of Active and Passive Flow Control Techniques Applied to Contra-Rotating Axial Flow Fan"
18. Arun Raj S.  (2010-2012)         
"Numerical Simulation of Static Inflow Distortion on an Axial Flow Fan - With and Without Tip Injection"
19. Patric Ananda Balan T.
 (2010-2012)      
"End wall loss and its control in compressor flow cascades"
20. Md. Saquib Reza (2010-2012)    "Experimental Investigation of Gas Turbine Exhaust Diffuser with Struts"
21. Rojas Thomas (2011-2013) "Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Inflow Conditions on a Gas Turbine Exhaust Diffuser"
22. Shantanu Sharma (2011-2013) "Investigation of flow through Turbine Exhaust Diffusers"
23. Agnimitra Sunkara (2011-2013) "Passage flow physics in high hub-tip ratio axial compressors"
24. Vrushali Joshi (2011-2013) "Flow and its control in serpentine intakes"
25. Vivek Kanti (2011-2013) "Experimental investigation of flow though turbine exhaust diffusers"
26. Manish Kumar (2012-2014) "Experimental and numerical investigation of flow physics and its control in a turbine exhaust diffuser strut-wall junction"
27. Sarath Mohan (2012-2014) "Study of tip leakage flows in a high hub-tip ratio axial compressor stage"
28. Rijas Shareef (2012-2014) "Numerical investigation of optimal suction in a compressor cascade"
29. Anup Singh (2012-2014) "Active flow control in a serpentine intake with cowl-lip and forebody"
30. Raj Patel (2013-2014)  
(Dual Degree)
"Methodology for 3D compressor blade design and analysis"
31. Mitanshu Sharma (2013-2014) (Dual Degree) "Experimental investigation of flow control using plasma actuators"
(Co-supervisor with Prof. Kowsik Bodi, Aerospace Engineering)
32. Shyam Sundar Shukla (2013-2015) "Active and passive flow control in inter-turbine ducts"
33. Akshay B Khadse (2014-2015)
(Dual Degree)
"Design of a continuous running supersonic cascade tunnel"
34. Amit Kumar (2013-2015) "Endwall motion in a compressor cascade"
35. Saket Guddeti (2014-2015)
(Dual Degree)
"Design of a supersonic wind tunnel for intake/nozzle studies"
36. Karthick M (2013-2015) "Investigation of flow control using plasma actuators"
(Co-supervisor with Prof. Kowsik Bodi, Aerospace Engineering)
37. Alok Minesh Shah (2015-2016)
(Dual Degree)
"Investigation of Losses in a Cantilevered Stator"
38. Mangesh Thakkar (2015-2017)
"Off-design Effects in an Axial Compressor Cascade with Endwall Contouring"
39. Rakesh Mangore (2015-2017) "Inflow Distortion Effects in Contra-rotating Axial Fans"
40. Jadhav Prasad (2015-2017) "Investigation of Tandem Compressors"
41. Vipul Goyal (2016-2017)
(Dual Degree)
"Experimental Investigation of Inflow Effects and Unsteady Flows in a Compressor Stage with a Cantilevered Stator"
42. Navjeet Kumar (2016-2017)
(Dual Degree)
"Design and Analysis of Transonic Axial Compressor"
43. G. Tharun Raj (2016-2017)
(Dual Degree)
"Optimization and Analysis of Inter-Compressor Ducts"
44. Sourav Pramanick (2016-2018) "Flow Characteristics in an Inter-Compressor Duct with Struts"
45. Ranjit Kersagar (2016-2018) "Design and Analysis of Flow Through a Mixed Flow Compressor"
46.
Amites Das (2017-2019)
"Optimization of a Mixed Flow Compressor with different inflow Conditions"
47.
Sushilkumar K (2017-2019)
"Analysis of Inflow Distortion Propagation through Transonic Fan"
48.
Lenin Loitongbam (2017-2019)
"Optimization of Inter-compressor Ducts with Different Inflow Conditions"
49.
Kunal Gaikwad (2017-2019)
"Analysis of Part-span Tandem Compressor Blades"
50.
Vishwas Verma (2018-2019)
(Dual Degree)
"Flow through Transonic Rotor: bypass and core duct"
51.
Debjit Modak (2017-2020)
"External Modification Effects on Generic Turboprop Transport Aircraft"
52.
Arghya Karmakar (2018-2020)
"Contra-rotating Fans with  Tandem Design"
53.
Shubhali More (2018-2020)
"Part-span Tandem Compressor Blades"
54.
Hitesh Chhugani (2018-2020)
"Inflow Distortion Effects in Tandem Bladed Compressors"
55.
Deepak G D (2018-2020)
"Unsteady Flow Physics of Inflow Distortion on Transonic Fan"
56.
Srihari K C (2018-2020)
"Design and Analysis of High-performance Centrifugal Compressor"
57.
Dileep Kumar (2018-2020)
"Flow Physics and Optimization of Fan-booster Duct"
58.
Shantanu Thada (2019-2020)
(Dual Degree)
"Analysis of Turbomachinery for a Supercritical CO2 cycle" (Co-supervisor, Prof. Arunkumar Sridharan, Mechanical Engineering)
59.
Ashima (2019-2021)
"Effect of Surface Roughness on Compressor Performance" (Co-supervisor, Dr. Shraman Goswami, Honeywell Bangalore)
60.
Probuddho Chatterjee (2019-2021)
"Contra-rotating Fans with Tandem Blading"
61.
Srinivas Diwanji (2019-2021)
"Unsteady Flow Interactions in a Transonic Fan with Inflow Non-Uniformities"
62.
Kornia Bapari (2020-2022)
"Study of Tandem Stage with Cantilevered Stator"
63.
B Vineeth Kumar (2020-2022)
"Effect of Surface Irregularities in a Contra-rotating Axial Compressor"
64.
AVNS Kalyan (2020-2022)
"Effect of Surface Roughness on a Centrifugal Compressor with Radial Inflow Distortion"
65.
Aditya Kulkarni (2020-ongoing)
"Improving Efficiency of Liquid Ring Vacuum Pump using Computational Analysis of Multiphase Flow" (Main Supervisor: Prof. Milind Rane, Mechanical Engineering)
66.
Avinash Arun (2022-2023)
(Dual Degree)
"Effect of Surface Abnormalities on Tandem Rotor Performance"
67.
Amisha Bansal (2022-2024)
"3D Radial Stacking in Axial Compressor Blades"
68.
Shruti Rajpara (2022-2024)
"Aerodynamics of Turbine Blades Tip Flows"
69.
Shraddha Barua (2022-2024)
"Sub-idle Performance Characterisation of Compressors"
70.
Dheeraj Sappa (2022-2024)
"Effect of Surface Roughness on Tandem Bladed Compressors"
71.
Saurabhh N Pawar (2023-ongoing)
"3D Blade Designs for a multi-stage Axial Compressor"
72.
Vanhhar Ali Shaik (2023-ongoing)
"Surface Roughness Effects in a Contra-Rotating Axial Flow Fan"
73.
Apurva Chavda (2023-ongoing)
"Transient Modeling of Gas Turbine Engines" (Co-supervisor: Prof. T Chandra Sekar)
74.
Vishnu Madabhushi (2023-ongoing)
"Surface Roughness Effects on Tandem Blade Spacing/Axial-overlap"

B.Tech. Students
1. Ojas Vipat (2008-2009)               "Numerical study of heating and  impinging jets"
2. Vivekanand M (2008-2009)          "Experimental investigation of swirling jets"
3. Anup Maheswari (2008-2009)     "Flow control of turbine exhaust base pressure flows"       
4. Yashovardhan S Chati (2010-2011)  "Intercooling in inter-compressor ducts"
5. Pranav Raheja (2012-2013) "Design and analysis of transonic axial fan rotor"
6. Akshay Khadse (2013-2014) "Secondary flow analysis in axial compressor cascade"
7. Saket Guddeti (2013-2014) "Flow characteristics in labyrinth seals"
8. C. Rakshit (2014-2015) "Optimization of intake duct geometries"
9. Vipul Goyal (2015-2016) "Loss propagation in a compressor stage"
10. Tharun Raj (2015-2016) "Flow through highly offset ducts"
11. Deepanshu (2015-2016) "Analysis of a booster stage of a small turbofan engine"
12. Basu Parmar (2016-2017) "Analysis and Quantification of Through Distortion Screens"
13.
Vishwas Verma (2017-2018)
"Flow characteristics in a transonic stage with uniform and distorted inflow conditions"
14.
DSK Prachet (2022-2023)
"Distributed turboelectric propulsion systems"
15.
Faisal Aziz (2022-2023)
"Partial turboelectric distributed propulsion  systems"