Ph.D. Students
Dr. Surendra Kumar Soni (2015-2021): "Spray Characterization of the Twin Fluid Atomizers Under Quiescent and Swirl Airfield Conditions"
Dr. Raju Murugan (2014-2021): "Liquid Fuel Combustion: Spray Characterization of Novel Flow Blurring Injector"
Dr. Abinash Biswal (2016-2021): "Demonstration of Lemon Peel Oil Blends as a Drop-in Fuel for Spark-Ignition Engines"
Mr. Yogesh Biswal (2020-present): "Combustion and Emissions Characteristics of Swirl Stabilized Burner: Influence of Aerodynamics and Fuel" (Project Funded)
Mr. Ketan Vinayak Warghat (2021-present): "Dual Fuel Combustion in Advanced CI Engine"
Mr. Sukesh Sharma (2023-present): "Fuel Flexible Novel Flow Blurring Injector-Based Swirl-Stabilized Burner"
Co-Guided Students:
Dr. Guguloth Mahesh Nayak (2017-2022):"Role of buoyancy driven vortices in inducing coupled mode oscillation in jet diffusion and partially premixed flames"
Dr. Pavan Kirar (2020-2024): "Fragmentation and Coalescence of Droplets"
Mr. Mahesh Ramesh Thombare (2022-present): "Development of Fuel-flexible Hydrogen Burner for Hard-to-abate Industrial Applications"
Ms. Neethipudi Sasi Durga (2025-present): "An Experimental Investigation of Ammonia as a Potential Fuel for CI Engine"
M.Tech Students
Abinash Biswal (2014-2016): "Investigation into Spark Ignition Engine Performance: Effect of Compression Ratio and Superboost "
Kangude Prasad Adinath (2015-2016): "Development of Thermodynamic Model for Conventional SI Engine Simulation and Detailed Testing Analysis of a Lean Combustion in PFI SI Engine "
Aditya Tiwari (2015-2016): "Characterizing Impact of Fuel Quality with Multiple Injection Strategies on CRDI CI Engine Emissions and Performance "
Guguloth Mahesh Nayak (2016-2017): "Experimental and Numerical Investigation into Buoyancy sustained instabilities for Hydrogen and Methane Diffusion Flames"
Vikas Govind Angawani (2016-2017): "Numerical investigation of deformation and evaporation of a volatile ethanol droplet under high-temperature conditions "
Mohit Bharati (2018-2019): "Spray Characterization of twin-fluid atomizer using Phase Doppler Particle Analyzer "
Shivshankar (2019-2020): "Experimental study on atomization of vegetable oil blended fuels using flow blurring atomizer "
Chandolu Prem Chand (2020-2021): "Study of Atomization of a Hollow Cone Swirling Liquid Sheet "
Pooja Gounder (2022-2023): "A Study on CRDI engine: Parameters analysis, Fuel characterization and spray morphology using rainbow schlieren deflectometry"
Mohd. Mahmuduzzumma Khan (2024-2025): "Performance and Emissions in Automotive and Domestic Combustion Systems: Exploring Alternative and Blended Fuels"
Kartik Jain (2025-2026): "Gas Extraction Probe Diagnostics for Laminar Flames: A Combined Experimental, Numerical, and Uncertainty Analysis "
Co-guided Students:
Pavan Kirar (2019-2020): "Deformation and Breakup of Droplets in an Oblique Continuous Air Stream"