Faculty
Rajneesh Bhardwaj,
Professor,
Room S36 (second floor)
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay,
Powai, Mumbai, 400076, India.
Extension: 7534
e-mails:
rajneesh.bhardwaj0 [AT] gmail.com
rajneesh.bhardwaj [AT] iitb.ac.in
Research Interests
Droplets, Colloids and Interfaces, Fluid-structure interaction, Immersed boundary method
Professional experience
2021-present Professor, IIT Bombay
2016-21 Associate Professor, IIT Bombay
2012-16 Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay
2010-12 Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
Education
2009 Ph.D. with distinction, Columbia University, New York
2008 M.Phil., Columbia University, New York
2006 M.S., Stony Brook University
2002 B.Tech., NIT Surat
Awards/Recognition
2023 Editorial Advisory Board, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science
2023 SERB-STAR award for year 2022
2022 Impactful Research award for year 2021, IRCC, IIT Bombay
2021 Editorial board member, Nature Scientific Reports
2020 Research publication award for year 2019, IRCC, IIT Bombay
2018 Member of National Academy of Sciences (NASI)
2017 Early research achiever award for year 2016, IRCC, IIT Bombay
2014 Young Engineer Award and Young Associate, Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE)
2014 Young Engineer Award, Institution of Engineers (IEI)
2009 Best paper of the year, New Journal of Physics (NJP).
2009 Awarded Columbia University distinction for outstanding doctoral thesis
2002 Baccalaureate degree awarded with First Class with Distinction