Dr. Abhimanyu Sharma (2023 - 2025)

Abhimanyu was an Institute Post-doctoral Fellow in the Water Resources Engineering Section of the Department of Civil Engineering. He completed his Ph.D. in 2020 from the School of Civil Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology Mandi, INDIA. 

Research Overview: Development of a 3D Finite Volume method-based numerical framework for Dual Permeability Non-Equilibrium (DPNE) transport processes in heterogeneous subsurface media.

Shruti Jain (2023 - present)

Research Overview: Shruti is working on numerical modeling of multi-phase, multi-species, density-dependent flow and transport phenomena in subsurface media.

Co-supervisor: Prof. B. R. Chahar

Pakhi Priyam (2024 - present)

Research Overview: Development of a 2D Shallow Water Equations (SWE) solver based on the Finite Volume (FV) method and Godunov-type fluxes, incorporating a second-order reconstruction scheme inspired by MUSCL and adapted for flexible meshes. The proposed solver will be extended for morphodynamic studies by coupling hydrodynamics with sediment transport to simulate dynamic bed evolution. Additionally, a porosity-based Shallow Water Model (SWM) framework will be formulated to reduce the computational cost of conventional SWMs on fine meshes, while achieving comparable accuracy on coarse grids and retaining full morphological capabilities.

Amiya Sarkar (2025 - present)

Research Overview: Migration mechanism of microplastics through variably saturated porous media. 

Ankit Kumar (2025 - present)

Research Overview: Non-Darcian flow and transport processes through variably saturated heterogeneous porous media

Mayank Katiyar (2025 - present)

Research Overview: Fate and transport of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in vadose zone

Co-supervisor: Prof. B. R. Chahar

Mitan Das (2025 - present)

Research Overview: Microplastic contamination in soils within an urban catchment