My Research

Journey



About me

I am a PhD student in the Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur under Dr Jishnu Bhattacharya. I am a recipient of the Prime Minister Research Fellowship since December-2021. I am currently working on Nanophotonics enabled solar membrane distillation [NESMD] system. During my MTech, I worked on the Aero-thermal analysis of a film-cooled turbine blade.


Education

  • PhD (Fluid and Thermal Sciences, Mechanical) IIT Kanpur // Pursuing

  • MTech (Fluid and Thermal Sciences, Mechanical) IIT Kanpur // 2018-2020

  • BTech (Mechanical Engineering ) IIT Jodhpur // 2012-2016

Achievements

  • Prime Minister's Research Fellowship (PMRF): Selected for PMRF under December 2021 cycle

  • Rashtriya Ispat Nigam (RINL), PSU: Selected as a Management Trainee through GATE 2018

  • GATE 2018: Secured 99.68 percentile in Mechanical Engineering Subject

  • MCM Scholarship 2012-2015: Recipient of MCM Scholarship during Graduation

  • IIT JEE 2012: Qualified IIT JEE

Experience

  • Teaching Assistance for the courses: Energy storage systems // Jan - April 2022//, Advanced computational fluid dynamics // July- Nov 2021 //, Inviscid Flow // Jan- April 2020 //

  • Teaching Assistance for the lab: Energy Conversion Lab // July- Nov 2019 //

  • IOC R&D: Intern Trainee at Indian Oil Research and Development Faridabad //May - July 2015//

Get in touch at pavanks20@iitk.ac.in, pavanshakya221@gmail.com