Hydrodynamics and Thermal Multiphysics Lab (HTML)
Institute funded Ph.D. Scholars/Post-doctoral Fellows
Name & status of PhD
1. Vivek Jaiswal
(Joined PhD: Jan 2016, IIT Ropar)
PhD awarded - 2020
UG/PG Profile
Vivek completed a B.Tech in Mechanical Engg. from the Uttar Pradesh Technical University (Lucknow, UP) in 2013.
He did his M.Tech in Thermal Engg. from Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (Gandhinagar, Gujrat) in 2015.
Thesis title/research area
& last known affiliation(s)
Internal thermo-solutal, electro and magnetohydrodynamic advection influenced evaporation kinetics of pendant droplets
CV Raman PDF at IISc Bangalore, India
Now, Asst. Prof. at Pandit Deendayal Energy University , Gandhinagar, India
2. Ankur Chattopadhyay
(Joined PhD: July 2016, IIT Ropar)
PhD awarded - 2020
Ankur completed a B.Tech in Mechanical Engg. from Jadavpur University (Kolkata, West Bengal) in 2009.
He did his M.S (Research) in Thermal Engg. from IIT Madras (Chennai, Tamil Nadu) in 2014.
He has job experience in Siemens, ISRO, UTC Aerospace and BIT Mesra.
Aspects of electromagnetic transport properties of colloidal complex fluids
Institute PDF at IISc Bangalore, India. Next, PDF at Aalto University, Finland
Now, Asst. Prof. at University of Engineering and Management, Kolkata, India
3. Gargi Khurana
(Joined PhD: July 2016, IIT Ropar)
PhD awarded - 2023
Gargi completed a B.Tech (Hons.) in Mechanical Engineering from the University Institute of Engineering and Technology, Punjab University (Chandigarh) in 2016.
Droplet impact hydrodynamics on curved surfaces
Institute PDF at IIT Gandhinagar, India.
Now, Asst. Prof. at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India
4. Abhisekh Kaushal
(Joined PhD: July 2016, IIT Ropar)
PhD awarded - 2021
Abhisekh completed a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Punjab Technical University (Jalandhar) in 2016.
Interfacial- and electro-ferro-hydrodynamics driven vaporization of sessile droplets
Institute PDF at Ariel University, Israel.
Now, Institute PDF at IIT Hyderabad, India
5. Nilamani Sahoo
(Joined PhD: Jan 2017, IIT Ropar)
PhD awarded - 2022
Nilamani completed a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Biju Patnaik Technical University (Odisha) in 2007.
He did a M.S (Research) in Thermal Engineering from IIT Madras (Chennai) in 2014.
He has job experience at the C.V. Raman College of Engineering, Bhubaneswar.
Electro and ferrohydrodynamics of impacting droplets
Institute PDF at KAUST, Saudi Arabia
6. Soumya Ranjan Mishra
(Joined PhD: July 2017, IIT Ropar)
PhD awarded - 2022
Soumya Ranjan completed Diploma in 2005 and B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from the Government College of Engineering, Keonjhar (Odisha) in 2009.
He did M.S (project) in Thermal Engineering from IIT Kharagpur (West Bengal) in 2014.
Impact elasto-hydrodynamics of non-Newtonian fluid droplets
Engineer at GKN Aerospace, Bangalore, India
7. Varaprasad G V V S
(Joined PhD: July 2018, IIT Ropar)
PhD awarded - 2023
Varaprasad completed a B.Tech in Mechanical Engg. from Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies - Nuzvid (Andhra Pradesh) in 2014.
He did his M.Tech in Thermal Engg. from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Kakinada (Andhra Pradesh) in 2017.
Elasto-hydrodynamic and thermofluidic instabilities in complex fluid droplets
Institute PDF at IIT Mandi, India.
Now, Institute PDF at IIT Hyderabad, India
8. Shubham Agrawal
(Joined PhD: Jan 2020, IIT Kharagpur)
PhD awarded - 2024
Shubham completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from NIT Raipur in 2016.
He did his M.Tech in Mech. Engg. from IISc Bangalore in 2019.
He has job experience of 1 year in the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited.
Thermo-capillarity induced transport phenomena in microfluidic domains
Institute PDF at IIT Bombay, India
9. Arnov Paul
(Joined PhD: July 2020, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Arnov completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the West Bengal University of Technology in 2018.
He did his M.Tech in Engg. Mechanics (Fluid Mechanics) from IIEST Shibpur in 2020.
Thermofluidics of droplets
10. Gaurav Shakya
(Joined PhD: July 2020, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Gaurav completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the RGPV Bhopal in 2018.
He did his M.Tech in Thermal-Fluids Engineering from IIT Dhanbad in 2020.
Phase change phenomena
11. Apurba Roy
(Joined PhD: Jan 2021, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Apurba completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the Assam Engg. College in 2016.
He did his M.Tech in Thermal-Fluids Engineering from IIT Guahati in 2018.
He has job experience of 1 year in Mahindra & Mahindra.
He received the PMRF in Jan 2022.
Micro-nano-fluidics
12. Neeladri Sekhar Bera
(Joined PhD: Jan 2022, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Neeladri completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the IIEST Shibpur in 2016.
He did his M.S. (Research) in Applied Mechanics (Fluid Dynamics) from IIT Madras in 2020.
He has 1 year JRF experience at IIT Madras
Microhydrodynamics
13.. Abhishek Kumar Jaiswal
(Joined PhD: Jan 2022, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Abhishek completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the Chattisgarh Swami Vivekananda Technical Univ. Bhillai in 2016.
He did his M.Tech in Thermal-Fluids Engineering from IIT Guahati in 2018.
He has job experience of 3 years in Subros Ltd.
He received the PMRF in Jan 2023.
Microscale transport phenomena
14. Utsab Pal
(Joined PhD: July 2023, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Utsab completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. and M.Tech in Thermal and Fluids Engg. from IIT Kharagpur in 2023 (dual degree programme).
He received the PMRF in July 2023.
Biomicrofluidics
15. Md. Sultan
(Joined PhD: July 2023, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Sultan completed B.Engg. in Mech. Engg. from Aliah University, Kolkata, in 2019.
He did his M.Engg. in Thermal-Fluids Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2022.
He has 1 year JRF experience at our HTML.
Microhydrodynamics
16. Jayanta Sutradhar
(Joined PhD: July 2024, IIT Kharagpur)
In progress
Jayanta completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the National Institute of Technology Agartala, in 2017.
He did his M.S (Research) in Fluid-Thermal Engg. from IIT Indore in 2021.
He has 1 year JRF experience at our HTML, and then 1.5 years Research Fellow experience at Michigan State University.
Microhydrodynamics
Sponsored research funded Project Fellows
1. Jayanta Sutradhar
(Junior Research Fellow, SERB Project:
July 2021-July 2022, IIT Kharagpur)
2. Sumit Kumar
(Post-doctoral Associate, SERB Project:
July - Oct 2021, IIT Kharagpur)
Jayanta completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the National Institute of Technology Agartala in 2017, and M.S (Research) in Fluid-Thermal Engg. from IIT Indore in 2021.
Sumit completed B.Tech in Mech. Engg. from the West Bengal University of Technology in 2010.
He did his M.Engg. in Fluid-Thermal Engg. from IIEST Shibpur in 2012.
He did his PhD from Advanced Technology Development Centre, IIT Kharagpur, in 2021.
Hydrodynamics of droplets
Hydrodynamics of droplets
15. Md. Sultan
(Junior Research Fellow, ISRO Project:
July 2023-July 2024, IIT Kharagpur)
Sultan completed B.Engg. in Mech. Engg. from Aliah University, Kolkata, in 2019.
He did his M.Engg. in Thermal-Fluids Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, in 2022.
Microscale transport process
M.Tech/Dual Degree thesis students (#=works leading to research papers)
1. Pappu Gupta - nanofluid assisted cooling towers - completed (2016 - 2017)
2. Subham Singh - electrical phenomena in nanocolloids. - completed (2016 - 2018) #
3. Raghavendra Dwivedi - evaporation kinetics of distorted droplets - completed (2016 - 2018) #
4. Vimal Saini - electrorheology - completed (2016 - 2018) #
5. Kintu Dhiman - impact dynamics of viscoelastic bodies - completed (2016 - 2018)
6. Pulak Gupta - species transport from deformed droplets - completed (2017 - 2019) #
7. Shashank Tyagi - droplet impact dynamics on moving surfaces - completed (2017 - 2019)
8. Vivek Gupta - boiling thermal transport of colloidal fluids - completed (2017 - 2019)
9. Kamal - acoustic transport in complex fluids - completed (2017 - 2019)
10. Hanumant Chate - droplet electro and ferrohydrodynamics - completed (2017 - 2019) #
11. Mohit Yadav- Leidenfrost dynamics - completed (2018 - 2020) #
12. Avni Tyagi - droplet-pool interactions - completed (2018 - 2020)
13. Ajay Gairola - elasto-hydrodynamics - completed (2018 - 2020) #
14. Utsab Pal - droplet evaporation - completed (2021 - 2023) #
15. Manu Sehgal - phase change microfluidics - completed (2022 - 2024)
16. Akshay Bhaskaran - droplet collision hydrodynamics - completed (2022 - 2024) #
17. Ajay Jos - visco-capillarity at interfaces - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
18. Girish Kumar Illa - droplets and surfaces - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
19. Mithlesh Jhaariya - phase change phenomena - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
20. Kaushik Garu - capillary transport - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
21. Souvik Boxi - porous-media hydrodynamics - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
22. Abhinash Mohapatra - species transport - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
23. Hemant Bhadvariya - melting-solidification - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
24. Subhadeep Mondal - Thermo-fluidic manipulation via surface engineering - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
25. Mayank Rajesh Sinha - interfacial hydrodynamics in droplets - ongoing (2023 – 2025)
26. Devika Vinod Kumar - Porous media hydrodynamics - ongoing (2024 – 2025)