Graduate students

1. Charul Gupta
   PhD student. Joined the group in July 2018 and is trying to shed light on flow fields near a moving contact lines using particle image velocimetry techniques.
   Research: Experiments on moving contact lines




2. Ghanashyam K. C.
   PhD student. Joined the group in Jan 2022 and is co-supervised by Dr. Satyavrata Samavedi. He is working on theory and simulations on problems in electrohydrodynamics.
   Research: Theory and simulations related to electrospinning




3. Swasthika Arunachalam
   PhD student in Chemical Engineering. She joined the group in July 2021 and is jointly supervised by me and Dr. Satyavrata Samavedi.
   Research: Experiments on electrospinning




4. Venkata Anvesh Sangadi
   PhD student. Anvesh completed his MTech from my group and has registered as a PhD student in July 2022.
   Research: Theoretical work on moving contact lines




5. Atul S Vivek
   External PhD student. Atul is returning to the lab after a gap of five years, having completed a dual-degree from IIT Hyderabad. Atul is currently based in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), ISRO. He joined the group in January 2022.
   Research: Theoretical work on elastohydrodynamic stability problems




6. Lokendra Sharma
   Lokendra is a PMRF scholar working with Dr. Lakshamana Dora Chandrala and me on experiments and stability analysis of buoyant two-phase jets.
   Research: Experiments and stability analysis of buoyant two-phase liquid-liquid jets




7. Lokendra Sharma
   Yashwanth Singh is working with Dr. Badarinath Karri and me on bubble cavitation near complex boundaries
   Research: Simulation of cavitation bubbles near complex boundaries using OpenFOAM




8. Tejasvi Hedge
   MTech RA student. Joined the group in July 2022 and will be working on moving contact lines
   Research: Experiments on moving contact lines




9. Rishab Sharma
   MTech RA student. Joined the group in July 2022 and will be working on moving contact lines
   Research: Experiments on moving contact lines




10. Yash Shewale
    MTech TA student. Joined the group in Jan 2023 and is working on electrohydrodynamics problems
    Research: Simulations of electrospraying and electrospinning using OpenFOAM

UG students

1. Praveen Kumar Krishnapur
   BTech (Hon) student. Praveen is a 2019 batch BTech student in Mechanical Engineering
   Research: He will be developing optical techniques to determine jet and fiber diameters

Alumni

1. Venkata Anvesh Sangadi
   MTech student, Joined the group in Jan 2021 and carried out simulations on moving contact lines.
   Current position: Continuing for a PhD in my research group




2. C. Sadhika
   MTech student, Joined the group in Jan 2021 and carried out simulations on bubble bursting at an interface
   Current position: Bajaj R&D, Pune




3. Praveen Kumar Sharma
   Dual Degree student (MTech + PhD), Joined the group in Jan 2014 as an MTech student and has stayed on for a PhD. He has submitted his thesis.
   Research: "Dynamics of a drop impacting a dry rigid surface"

   Current position: Assistant Professor at LNM Institute of Technology, Jaipur, Rajasthan.



4. Anjishnu Choudhury
   Dual Degree student (BTech Honours + MTech + PhD), Joined the group in August 2014 as a BTech Honours student, spent a year as an MTech student and is now a PhD student since Jan. 2016. Anjishnu also spent a year at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver as an OVDF scholar to work with Prof. James J. Feng.
   Research: "On moving contact lines - a study of kinematics" and "Thin film hydrodynamics"

   Current position: Postdoc at Grenoble, France



5. Ambati Rajashekar
   MTech student. Joined the group in Jan 2018 under the 3-year RA program and is expected to graduate in Dec 2020.
   Research: Numerical simulations on moving contact lines




6. Dr. Praveen Throvagunta
   He has a PhD from IIT Kanpur and has expertise in the area of MHD flows. Joined the group in Feb 2018
   Research: MHD flows and vortex dynamics




7. Dr. V Ramakrishna Reddy
   MPhil and PhD in Mathematics from Pondicherry University. Worked in the group as an NBHM pst-doctoral fellow from Aug-2015 to Oct-2018. He is now on the faculty of VIT in the department of mathematics.
   Research: ``Hydrodynamic stability of stratified vortices''




8. Atul S Vivek
   Dual degree student (BTech Honors + MTech), Worked for a summer, joined the group for research in Jan. 2015 as an undegrad, continued for an MTech degree. He is now working as a scientist at Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, ISRO, Trivandrum.
   Research: ``Stability of thin films''




9. Harshal Suresh Raut
   Dual Degree student (BTech Honors + MTech), Joined the group in August 2014 and stayed back for an MTech. Now a PhD student in Mathematics@UBC Vancouver since Sept. 2016
   Research: ``Simulations and linear stability analysis of wakes due to a streamwise oscillating cylinder''




10. Mithilesh Kumar Maurya
    MTech student (Jointly with Dr. Syed Nizamuddin Khaderi), Joined the group in Jan 2017 and is now working as a System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services.
    Research: ``Developed an FEM code for free surface flows with moving meshes''




11. SS Jayakrishnan
    MTech student, Joined the group in Jan 2017 and is now at Eaton, Pune.
    Research: ``Stability of thin films''




12. Meenu Agarwal
    MTech student, January 2014 - May 2015; Continuing for PhD at IIT Hyderabad with Dr. Karri Badarinath
    Research: "Stability analysis of piecewise continous oscillating wake profiles"




13. Ashima Sehgal
    MTech student (Chemical Engineering - Primary supervisor: Dr. Kirti Sahu), October 2013 - May 2014
    Research: "Lattice Boltzmann simulations for oscillating flow past a square cylinder"




14. B Umamaheshwar Reddy
    UG student (BTech Honors), August 2015 - May 2016. Now pursuing Masters in Texas A&M University.
    Research: ``On moving contact lines - incorporating dynamic contact angles''

Past short term students

1. Maitreya Sreeram, 3rd year BTech student, MAE Dept., IIT Hyderabad
2. Jyonit Gupta, 3rd year BTech student, MAE Dept., IIT Hyderabad
3. Atul S. Vivek (Summer of 2014, IITH)
4. P. P. Venkata Sairam (Summer of 2014, IITH)
5. Soumya Ranjan Sahoo (Summer of 2014, NIT-Rourkela, JNCASR-SRFP)
6. Sofia Moreno: Final year UG student, Physics Department, UBC Vancouver, Sept. 2012 - Dec. 2012
7. Lara Backer: Final year UG student, Physics Department, UBC Vancouver, Sept. 2012 - Dec. 2012
8. Daniel Baker: USRA summer student, Math. Department, UBC Vancouver, May - Aug 2012
9. Paria Karimi: Engg. Co-op student, Mech. Engg. Department, UBC Vancouver, May - Aug 2012
10. Jonathan Blackman: USRA summer student, Math. Department, UBC Vancouver, May - Aug 2011