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Postdoctoral scientists
Postdoctoral scientists
Dr Sourav Halder
Dr Sourav Halder
Dr Halder has a master's and a PhD in mathematics and has expertise in wave dynamics. He is a National Postdoctoral Fellow funded by the ANRF at IIT Delhi.
PhD scholars
PhD scholars
Akshit Nanda
Akshit Nanda
Akshit is a B. Tech graduate from NIT Srinagar. He is working on nonlinear non-modal stability of stratified shear flows and turbulence transition.
Email: amz238673 [at] am [dot] iitd [dot] ac [dot] in
Chaitanya V Adhikarla
Chaitanya V Adhikarla
Chaitanya has a B. Tech degree from NIT Raipur and a M. Tech from IIT Kharagpur. He is working on large-eddy simulations of internal waves and the generation of the internal gravity wave spectra in the ocean interior. (jointly with Vamsi Chalamalla)
Email: amz248436 [at] iitd [dot] ac [dot] in
Openings
PhD positions are available. Interested candidates with a strong background in maths and physics and a deep interest in fundamental and applied fluid mechanics can email me.
For Post-doc positions, I can collaborate to submit applications to the ANRF-National Post Doctoral Fellowship
I am interested in projects broadly related to transition to turbulence, stratified turbulent mixing, biologically generated mixing, interactions between waves and vortical motions, ocean response to the Indian monsoon, and ocean acoustics. I use computer simulations, theory and observational data to solve problems. I have started exploring modern AI tools to solve problems of interest. We also have a geophysical fluid dynamics experimental lab that has a rotating table, among other things.
Students applying for internships can email me directly with a short description of their background and interests. Students should have an interest in working long-term, a strongly inquisitive mind, and patience to hang on. Tools can always be learnt.
Masters students
Masters students
Aditya Suryawanshi
Aditya Suryawanshi
Aditya worked on experimental drag calculations in an array of cylinders in channel flow (jointly with Narsing K Jha). He has just graduated and moved on to an Indian automotive industry
Amol Satdive
Amol Satdive
Amol worked on spectral decomposition of developed turbulent pipe flows. He has just graduated and moved on to a well-known energy industry to use his CFD skills
Vivek Parmar
Vivek Parmar
Vivek is working on turbulence simulations through confined geometries
Rohit R Shende
Rohit R Shende
Rohit is working on turbulence in the Bay of Bengal
Ayush Mahapatra
Ayush Mahapatra
Ayush is working on improving understanding of flow past submerged bodies (jointly with Narsing K Jha).
Visitors and project members
Visitors and project members
Bhaskar Sachdeva
Bhaskar Sachdeva
Long-term visiting student
Amal Sankar
Amal Sankar
Junior Research Fellow
Ria Srivastava
Ria Srivastava
Long-term visiting student
Tessa Sajan P
Tessa Sajan P
Undergraduate thesis student
Facilities and images
Facilities and images
Rotating tank
Rotating tank
This rotating tank is the newest addition to our geophysical fluid dynamics laboratory. Some of us are collaborating to study rotating fluids. Total height of the apparatus: ~7.5 feet.
Gcurrent.movGravity current in the lab
Streaks and rolls - exact coherent structures
Particle Image Velocimetry (in collaboration with N K Jha)
Internal shear layers
Alumni
Alumni
Shivangi (M Tech in Engineering Analysis and Design, IIT Delhi 2025. Main advisor: Nikhil Walani. Next affiliation: Bajaj)
Ekta Sharma (B Tech in Engineering and Computational Mechanics, IIT Delhi 2025)
Sushma Banothu (B Tech in Engineering and Computational Mechanics, IIT Delhi 2025)
Rohit Gupta (Intern from Vel Tech. Next affiliation: Graduate student at the University of Genoa, Italy)
Lt Sushree Snigdha Das (Indian Navy)
Sub Lt Aman Tiwari (Indian Navy)
Kritika Singh (Summer intern from IISER Bhopal)
Samyak K Mishra (Long-term visitor from Thapar University, Punjab)
Nandini Sandeep (B Tech in Engineering and Computational Mechanics, IIT Delhi 2026)
Harshitha Veesam (B Tech in Engineering and Computational Mechanics, IIT Delhi 2026)
N Shiva (Project JRF. Next affiliation: Master's student at Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Geet Nagpal (summer intern 2026, Thapar University)
Anindya Rastogi (summer intern 2026, Shiv Nadar University)
Ria Srivastava (ASPIRE summer intern 2026, Delhi Technological University)
Raayan Sahai (ASPIRE summer intern 2026, MNNIT Allahabad)
Afzal Alam (summer intern 2026, Jamia Millia Islamia)
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