Academic Profile
Academic Profile
Education
Ph.D., 2022 Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur CPI 9.6/10
Thesis: Drop-on-drop Impact on a Dry Substrate: Hydrodynamics and Heat Transfer
Advisor: Sameer Khandekar
M.E., 2014 Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore CPI 6.9/8.0
Thesis: Analysis of Annual Performance of S-CO2 Brayton cycle based Solar Power Plant
Advisor: Pradip Dutta
B.Tech., 2012 Mechanical Engineering, Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College, Ghaziabad 76.96 %
Experience
06/2024 – present Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad
04/2024 – 05/2024 Postdoctoral Scholar, Ray W. Herrick Laboratories, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Research: Improving refrigeration system and characterization of refrigerants
Advisor: Riley Barta
04/2023 – 04/2024 Postdoctoral Scholar, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, Arizona State University Tempe, AZ
Research: Human thermal exposure in extreme heat and sweat evaporation
Advisor: Konrad Rykaczewski
09/2022 – 03/2023 Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India
Research: Multi-effect Membrane Distillation and Solar Still with Heat Recovery
Advisor: Jaichander Swaminathan
07/2014 – 12/2016 Project Associate, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Research: Design and Installation of Solar Silica-gel + Water Adsorption Chiller
Advisor: Pradip Dutta and S. Srinivasa Murthy
12/2016 – 01/2017 Thermal Engineer, GKN Aerospace Bangalore
Thermal analysis of turbine exhaust casing in a turbofan engine
Honors and Awards
Microscale sweating is featured in media (Eureka Alert, Bioengineer.org, and MedicalXpress) 2024
Our work on extreme heat impacts on humans is featured in media (ASU Now, Fox10 News, 12news) 2023
Selected as Senior Global Futures Scientist at Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory, ASU 2023
Best paper of the session award, FMFP conference 2021
Most innovative research paper award, FMFP conference 2019
Tutor in Technical Arts course at IIT Kanpur 2019
Tutor of MATLAB workshop at IIT Kanpur 2018 and 2019
MHRD fellowship to pursue M.E. and Ph.D.
Solar driven adsorption chiller was featured in Science monitor, Rajya Sabha 2017
Ranked 23 out of 1,12,320 in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2012 in Mechanical Engineering
1st position and 2nd position in robotics competition [Team of 4] in 2009 and 2010
Gold and silver medal in chess competition at Ajay Kumar Garg Engineering College (1st in 2008, 2nd in 2009)
Sessional and PUT (Pre-university) exams topper in B. Tech. (2008-2011)