About

Published

May 4, 2025

I hold a Dual Degree (BTech + MTech) in Aerospace Engineering from IIT-Bombay as well as a DPhil in Numerical Analysis from the University of Oxford. Presently I am working as an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) in the Department of Aerospace Engineering.

My doctoral work involved use of automatic differentiation techniques to develop linear and adjoint versions of finite volume CFD solvers. The work was extended to the calculation of Hessian also. The gradient information thus obtained was used for uncertainty quantification using a novel Inexpensive Monte Carlo approach.

I worked in the area of Multi-disciplinary Optimisation at the Centre for Aerospace Systems Design and Engineering (CASDE) under the guidance with Prof. K Sudhakar and Prof. P Mujumdar. A Y shaped inlet duct of an aircraft was optimised for exit distortion using mixed-fidelity approach. Various lecture materials were developed and delivered to various Aerospace organisations in India as part of this activity.

Prior to that I developed a framework for structured multi-block finite volume CFD solvers using distributed memory parallel computing model as part of my graduate project with Prof. Shevare at IIT-Bombay.

Teaching

Graduate Courses

  • 2021
    • Multidisciplinary Design Optimisation (AE 844)
  • 2020
    • Computational methods for Compressible flows (AE 825)
  • 2019
    • Operations Research (AE809)
    • Research Methodology (Three lectures on scientific computing)
  • 2018
    • Multidisciplinary Design and Optimisation (AE844)
    • Research Methodology (Three lectures on scientific computing)
  • 2017
    • Atmospheric Flight Mechanics (AE604)
    • Flight Dynamics and Control (AE606)

Undergraduate Courses

  • 2023
    • Aerodynamics (AE221)
  • 2022
    • Aerodynamics (AE221)
    • Compressible Flow (AE311)
    • Aerospace Vehicle Design (AE412)
  • 2021
    • Computer Programming and Applications (MA112)
    • Compressible Flow (AE311)
  • 2020
    • Computer Programming and Applications (MA112)
    • Compressible Flow (AE311)
  • 2019
    • Atmospheric Flight Mechanics (AE302)
    • Compressible Computational Fluid Dynamics (AE825)
  • 2018
    • Atmospheric Flight Mechanics (AE302)
  • 2017
    • Multidisciplinary Design and Optimisation (AE496)

Awards and Recognition

  1. EPSRC funding at the Rolls-Royce University Technology Centre, Oxford (Oct. 2004 - Dec. 2008)
  2. Clarendon Award at the University of Oxford (Oct. 2004 - Sept. 2007)
  3. Oversees Research Scholar ( ORS ) award by the UK Government (Oct. 2004 - Sept. 2007)
  4. President of India Silver Medal for academic excellence at IIT-Bombay (2002)
  5. Scholarship for MTech project from the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing ( CDAC ), Pune, India (Jan. 2001 - June 2002)
  6. Summer research fellowship from the Indian Academy of Sciences ( IAS ) (May 1999 - June 1999)
  7. National Talent Scholarship by the Government of India (750 students nationwide) (1996)

Administrative responsibilities

Present

  1. Departmental Alumni Coordinator (2024 - Present)

Past

  1. Student Grievance Redressal Committee, Member (July, 2018 - Present)
  2. Institute Technical Committee (Students Activities Board), Member (October, 2018 - 2023)
  3. Aerospace Timetable Coordinator (July 2020 - 2024)
  4. AFM PG Coordinator (Batch 2021 - 2023)
  5. AFM PG Coordinator (Batch 2017 - 2019)
  6. Publication Committee, Member, (2017 - 2019)