Experience


  • Institution: Simerics, Inc, Bangalore, India

  • Position: Senior Application Engineer Duration: January 2023 – Present


  • Institution: University of Manitoba, Canada

  • Position: Post-doctoral fellow Duration: July 2022 – December 2022

  • Project: Aerosol modeling for the safety of small modular reactors using STAR-CCM+

I worked on the modelling of aerosol dispersion and deposition in smallscale nuclear reactors using STAR-CCM+. I have worked on the implemention of aerosol model using the passive-scalar approach.


  • Institution: Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS), France

  • Position: Post-doctoral researcher Duration: December 2020 – November 2021

  • Project: Aerodynamic drag reduction of the realistic road vehicle.

The objective of my post-doc work is to reduce the aerodynamic drag of the realistic road vehicle (Citroen C4 Coupe) using active flow control methods. In this project, I work on methods to reduce drag and fuel consumption of cars by closed-loop control. The project is applicable to a large range of operating conditions including changing oncoming velocity and transient side winds. I have performed DDES and IDDES simulations to compute the aerodynamic drag of the vehicle and gained experience in using high performance computing (HPC) systems as I have used French national super computer (Occcigen) for my computations.


  • Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Madras

  • Position: Institute post-doctoral fellow Duration: November 2019 – May 2020

The Institute post-doctoral fellow position was offered to candidates who submit their thesis before 4.5 years from the date of admission. During this time, I have guided various master students with their research and thesis work. I have also collaborated with my lab colleagues with new research areas and submitted the works for publication.


  • Institution: Indian Institute of Technology Madras

  • Position: Ph.D. Research Scholar Duration: August 2015 – December 2019

  • Project: Passive flow control of wave energy harvesting turbine.


I numerically investigated various novel passive flow control methods to enhance the operating range and power output of the Wells turbine. Passive flow control methods such as radiused edge blade tip, Gurney flap, and static extended trailing edge were implemented in the Wells turbine, and their performance parameters are computed by solving 3-D, steady, incompressible Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes equations using Ansys CFX and OpenFOAM.

Moreover, to improve the operating range and the power output simultaneously, a Wells turbine blade with combined design modifications such as radiused edge blade tip, static extended trailing edge, and variable thickness blade was studied and reported.


  • Institution: Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology

  • Position: Assistant Professor – Mechanical Engg. Dept. Duration: August 2014 – June 2015


  • Institution: CSIR – National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology (NIIST)

  • Position: Masters Student Duration: January 2014 – June 2014

  • Project: Computer-Aided Metal Casting Process Design

In this project, simulation-based analysis of the solidification pattern of the cast component has been developed to design the feeding system. The algorithm used a solidification profile to calculate feeder dimensions that maximize the yield while satisfying the volume and modulus criteria. This process reduces the number of shop floor trials, saving on material, energy, and labor.

Feeders designed for various castings based on the Virtual Feed dimensions were successful in eliminating the shrinkage porosity (Hot spot). The optimization technique used by “Virtual Feed” for designing feeders is validated through the AutoCast simulation software.