Bio-sketch

🎓 Education

• PhD (Solid Mechanics), Indian Institute of Technology Madras,
  Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering
  Dissertation: Mechanics of an encapsulated microbubble with interface energy
  Advisor: Prof Ganesh Tamadapu

• Master of Engineering (Machine Design), Birla Institute of Technology Mesra,
  Department of Mechanical Engineering

• Bachelor of Technology, SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai (Kattankulathur),
  Department of Mechanical Engineering

Research Experience 

• June 2024 - Present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Padova, Italy
  Department of Mathematics "Tullio Levi-Civita", Mathematical Physics Group (Continuum Mechanics Unit)

• October 2023 - April 2024: Postdoctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
  Department of Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering (Soft Matter Mechanics Lab)

🌟 Achievements and Awards

• Institute Research Award in recognition of excellent impact, quality and quantity of work carried out during PhD, IIT Madras, 2023.

• First prize in the 2-minutes research thesis presentation at the Applied Mechanics Research Scholars’ Day, IIT Madras, 2022.

• Best presentation award in the Conference of Mechanical Engineering and Technology, IIT BHU, 2016.

• University Silver medal for the best undergrad research project "Smart Mobility Solution" at Research Day (awarded by Chairman of Indian Space Research Organization), SRM IST Chennai, 2014.

• First prize in a multidisciplinary project exhibition (awarded by Managing Director of Google India and Southeast Asia), SRM IST Chennai, 2012.

• Gold Medal in the National Science Olympiad, 2008.

Scholarship and Travel grants

• Half Time Research Assistantship, Doctoral Fellowship (IIT Madras), Govt. of India.

• Half Time Teaching Assistantship, Masters Fellowship (BIT Mesra), Govt. of India.

• Institute International Travel Grant, IIT Madras, to attend 11th European Solid Mechanics Conference, NUI Galway, Ireland, 2022.

• Institute Summer School Grant, IIT Madras, to attend Summer School on Nonlinear Electro- and Magneto-Mechanics: Theory, Computations, and Experiments, International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM) Udine, Italy, 2023.

• Conference Travel Grant, University of Padova, to attend Annual European Rheology Conference, Lyon, France, 2025. 

Graduate course work at IIT Madras

• Core Courses: Advanced Solid Mechanics,
  Mechanics of Viscoelastic Materials,
  Finite Elasticity,
  Analytical Methods in Engineering Mechanics,
  Computational Structural Dynamics,
  Nonlinear Dynamics
  Introduction to Soft Matter Physics,
  Advanced Fluid Mechanics,
  Theory of Plates and Shells,
  Finite Element Analysis,
  Constitutive Modeling in Continuum Mechanics,
  Computational Methods in Engineering

Hobbies
Playing musical instruments like keyboard and guitar, along with interests in cricket and traveling.