My research interests lie in continuum solid mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, and physics and acoustics of musical instruments. The problems I like to work on are generally inspired from observing the mechanics that unfolds in our everyday lives.  For instance, these days I am working on a problem related to why soap films take the peculiar shapes we see, another on why trees stop growing beyond a certain height, yet another on how your pen's rubber grip goes inside-out in that creepy manner.

My fields of interest within solid mechanics broadly include: linear and nonlinear elasticity, plate and shell theory, rod theory, plasticity, residual stresses, variational methods, biomechanics, liquid crystals. 

Within nonlinear dynamics, I am broadly interested in: model-order reduction, delay-differential equations, nonlinear vibrations, vibration of continuous systems (such as musical instruments). 

Software I typically use: Matlab, Maple, Mathematica, Abaqus. 

A note on AI/ML: Although I have never used AI/ML in my work, I am sensitive to the fact that it is indispensable in the current times, and possibly enhances employability. Therefore, I am open to learning and incorporating it in my work, based on mutual interest. I would be particularly interested in learning PINNs.