Anurag Goyal
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi
Anurag joined as an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Delhi in June 2021. Prior to joining IITD, he was a researcher in the Building Energy Sciences group at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) (2019-2021). His research at NREL focused on the design and characterization of thermal energy storage components for buildings. During his PhD, he worked with Dr. Srinivas Garimella in the Sustainable Thermal Systems Laboratory (STSL) at Georgia Tech (2012-18). His graduate research focused on understanding the dynamics and developing control systems for small-capacity, heat-driven absorption cooling systems. He completed his undergraduate in mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi (2008-12).
Ananthakrishnan K
PhD Student (August 2021 - Present), PMRF Awardee
Project: Membrane-based air-conditioning systems for enhanced energy efficiency
Anantha completed his B.Tech in mechanical engineering from NIT Calicut in 2016. After that, he worked as a Management Trainee at Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited. He then completed his M.Tech in mechanical engineering specializing in thermal and fluid engineering at IIT (BHU), Varanasi, in 2021.
His research interests are in the areas of building energy efficiency, renewable energy systems, radiative cooling systems, and modeling turbulent and multiphase fluid flow.
In his free time, he enjoys cooking, playing the violin, and playing cricket.
Contact: Ananthakrishnan.K@mech.iitd.ac.in
Ritwik Kumar
PhD Student (July 2023 - Present)
Project: Thermal energy storage systems for buildings
Ritwik completed his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Tezpur University, where his final year project was to study how used cooking oil blends impact the performance of a diesel engine. He completed his Master's in Thermal Engineering from NIT Durgapur in 2021. His M.Tech. research focused on using CFD to analyze the flow patterns and heat transfer characteristics around a pair of anti-symmetrically heated cylinders within a closed cavity.
Ritwik plays tennis in his spare time and has a fondness for stop-motion animated movies.
Contact: mez238282@iitd.ac.in
Ashutosh Mishra
Master of Science (MS - Research) Student (July 2025 - Present)
Project: Phase-change thermal energy storage systems for HVAC applications
Ashutosh completed his B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from Manipal University, Jaipur, in 2021, where his final year project was to study the performance enhancement of solar stills using thermal energy storage materials. After that, he worked as a production engineer at Bosch Ltd. Later on, in 2022, he joined Pluss Advanced Technologies Ltd. as an R&D engineer working in the field of thermal energy storage materials. He worked at TSRG from May 2024 - July 2025 as a project associate too.
In his free time, he enjoys cooking and watching movies.
Contact: mey257510@iitd.ac.in
Lt. Col. Vipin Bhatt
M.Tech. (Thermal Engineering) (July 2025 - Present)
Project: Sand-based Thermal Energy Storage Systems for Space Heating
Project: Reduced-order transient simulations of solid-liquid phase-change processes for thermal energy storage applications
Mansi Sethi (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Dec 2024 - Present)
Rohan (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Utkarsh Raj (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Surjo Das (Mechanical Engineering, BITS Pilani) (May 2025 - Present)
Project: Optimized heat sinks for battery thermal management
Sai Krishna (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Project: Digital twins of packaged split air conditioners for advanced controls
Rachit Gupta (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Gauri Madan (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Project: Numerical simulation of ammonia sorption in porous halide salt-graphite/graphene composites
Amaan Qamar (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Aaditya Sanjeev (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Sanket Rout (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) (Aug 2025 - Present)
Project: Simulations of droplet impact on mesh surfaces
Shree Hiwanj (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar) (May 2025 - Present)
Abhishek Kumar (Aug 2025 - Present)
Abhishek joined the group in August 2023. He handles all the administrative tasks of the lab.
Contact:
Jyoti Shakya: Administrative Staff (Aug 2022 - July 2025)
Daniel Sam (NIT Trichy): Intern (Jun - Aug 2024)
Prabhav Agrawala (Mechanical Engineering, MNIT Jaipur): Intern (Jun 2023 - Jun 2024)
Shivani RG (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi): B.Tech Project (Jan- May 2024; co-advised with Prashant Palkar)
Satyaki Chandra (Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay): Postdoctoral Researcher (Sep 2023 - Feb 2024)
Tanmay Agrawal (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Roorkee): Intern (May - Nov 2023)
Akhilesh Singh (Mechanical Engineering, IIT BHU): Institute Postdoctoral Fellow (Sep 2022 - Nov 2023). Currently Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow.
Vaishnavi Gupta (Mechanical Engineering, IIT BHU): Summer Intern (May - July 2023)
Soumyadip Bhattacharyya (Civil Engineering, IIT Delhi): M.Tech. Project (Jun 2022 - Jun 2023). Currently at Larsen and Toubro, India.
Rahul Chugh (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi): M.Tech. Project (Jun 2022 - Jun 2023). Currently at GE Research Center, Bengaluru.
Rehan Bhatia and Ramandeep Singh (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi): B.Tech Project (Aug - Nov 2022)
Tanushree Pandey (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi) Summer Project (May - Oct 2022)
Avinash Kumar and Risshi Agrawal (Mechanical Engineering, IIT Delhi): B.Tech Project (Aug - Nov 2021)