Researchers of Dynamics and Control Laboratory, IIT Kanpur

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Current Members

Principal Investigator

Abhilash Patel
Dr. Abhilash Patel

Principal Investigator

Profile Details

Prev. Degree: Ph.D. [Update Inst.]

Joined: June, 2022

Area: Dynamics and Control

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Neetish Patel
Dr. Neetish Patel

Senior Project Associate

PhD, IIT Delhi

Joined: March, 2026

Area: Robotics and Control

Dr. Vinod Kumar
Dr. Vinod Kumar

Project Associate

PhD, IIT Delhi

Joined: March, 2026

Area: Biomolecular Control Systems

Dr. Gunjan Chaurasiya
Dr. Gunjan Chaurasiya

Project Associate

PhD, IIT Delhi

Joined: March, 2026

Area: Biomolecular Control Systems

PhD Students

Saikat Majumder
Saikat Majumder

PhD Student*

(Co-Sup. Soumya R. Sahoo)

MTech, CEMRI Durgapur

Joined: Dec, 2024

Area: Reinforcement learning and Robotics

Shikha Singh Chauhan
Shikha S. Chauhan

PhD Student

MTech, NIT Kurukshetra

Joined: Jan, 2023

Area: Robustness in Biomolecular Systems

Akshay Jaiswal
Akshay Jaiswal

PhD Student*

(Co-Sup. Soumya R. Sahoo)

MTech, NIT Hamirpur

Joined: July, 2023

Area: Robustness Design in Biomolecular Systems

Neeta Yadav
Neeta Yadav

PhD Student

MTech, IIT Goa

Joined: July, 2023

Area: Control of Microrobots for Therapeutics

Utkarsh S Solanki
Utkarsh S. Solanki

PhD Student

BTech, IIT Bhilai

Migrated: Dec, 2024

Area: Cellular Burden using Control Engineering

Lisa Naik
Lisa Naik

PhD Student

MTech, NIT Rourkela

Joined: July, 2024

Area: Biomolecular Circuit Design

Arvind Trivedi
Arvind Trivedi

PhD Student (PT)

ISRO, Trivandrum

Joined: July, 2024

Area: Control of Brushless DC Motor

Prakhar Bajpai
Prakhar Bajpai

PhD Student

BTech, NIT Allahabad

Joined: July, 2024

Area: Adaptive Control in Power Systems

Insha Rahman
Insha Rahman

PhD Student*

(Co-Sup. Soumya R. Sahoo)

BTech, NIT Allahabad

Joined: July, 2024

Area: Visual-Aided Dexterous Manipulation

Neelam Verma
Neelam Verma

PhD Student*

(Co-Sup. Soumya R. Sahoo)

CAR Lucknow

Joined: July, 2024

Area: Multi-Modal UGV

Project Researchers and Managers

Paramhans Yadav
Paramahans Yadav

Project Tech Supervisor

Degree: B.Tech / Diploma [Update]

Joined: July, 2023

Role: Ensuring smooth technical operations

Esha Singh
Esha Singh

Project Associate

MSc, Vanasthali Vidyapeeth

Re-Joined: July, 2024

Area: Biomolecular Circuit Design for Growth Rate Control

Vivek Kharwar
Vivek Kumar Kharavar

MultiSkilled Worker

Joined: June, 2024

Role: Foundational lab support & operations

MTech Students

Prashant Patel
Prashant Patel

MTech Student

BTech, Galgotia Univ Delhi

Joined: July, 2025

Area: Improving Grid Stability through V2G

*co-supervisor

Alumni

Dr. Arun Thapa

Postdoctoral Researcher

Current: On Sabbatical

Dr. Aditi Srivastava

Institute Postdoctoral Fellow

Current: Asst. Prof, Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation Univ.

Dr. Sanjeev Pandey

Project Postdoctoral Fellow

Current: Asst. Prof, UPES Dehradun

Dr. Mani Gupta

Project Postdoctoral Fellow

Current: Postdoc, Imperial College London

Lt. Cdr. Faraz Ahmad

MTech (2024-2025)

Thesis: Autonomous Navigation of Mobile Robot

Current: Indian Navy

Vamsi Krishna Kusmi

MTech (2024-2025)

Project: High Power DC-DC Converter Design

Current: PowerTel

Sneha Nalluri

MTech (2024-2025)

Project: Coordinated Control of Manipulators

Current: Intel

Sourabh Sen

MTech (2023-2024)

Thesis: Triggering Mechanisms for Wide-Area Damping Controller...

Current: Caterpillar Inc.

Ashok Kumar Saini

Project Associate (2025)

Current: MBZUAI, UAE

Dr. Dharmveer Agarwal

Research Associate (23-24)

Nanorobotic Drug Delivery & Lab-On-Chip

Current: Thapar Institute

Visitors / Apprentices / Interns

  • Rachit Agarwal UGP BTech Student, IIT Kanpur (May 2025) Project: Development and Control of CareBot
  • Siddhi Srivastava Internship BTech Student, MMMUT Gorakhpur (May - Jul 2026) Project: Loop Shaping Based Closed Loop Design and Discrete Time Implementation of DC DC Converters
  • Suryansh V. Singh Internship BTech Student, MMMUT Gorakhpur (May - Jul 2026) Project: Control Design of Dual Active Bridge Converter for Grid Stability Enhancement
  • Shalini Tripathi Internship BTech Student, BIET Jhansi (May - Jul 2026) Project: Dynamic Soil Moisture Modeling for Smart Irrigation and Automatic Soil Characterization
  • Arnav Agarwal Internship BTech Student, IIT Kanpur (May - Jul 2026) Project: Bayesian optimization to reverse engineer biological networks from both synthetic and experimental data
  • Ishwin Kumar Internship BTech Student, IIT Kanpur (May - Jul 2026) Project: PLL Assisted Adaptive PWM Scheme for Constant Voltage Regulation of Boost Converters
  • Shanmukh Somanchi Internship BTech Student, NIT Rourkela (May - Jul 2026) Project: Design and development of All terrain industrial mobile robot
  • Anshika Udainiya Internship MSc Student, Banasthali Vidyapith (May - Jul 2026) Project: Construction of Positive and Negative Autoregulation Circuit
  • Atharv Aggarwal Internship BTech Student, IIT Kanpur (May - Jul 2026) Project: Robust SOC Estimation in FPGA-Accelerated BMS via Augmented EKF and HIL Validation
  • Atulya Bharat Internship BTech Student, GSV Vadodara (Jun - Jul 2026) Project: Simulation and Hardware Implementation of Robust Torque Control of DC Motor
  • Shruti Singh Internship BTech Student, HBTU Kanpur (May - Jul 2026) Project: Emotionally Aware Conversation Robot (Understands local language)
  • Aditi Singh Internship BTech Student, Banasthali Vidyapith (May - Jul 2026) Project: Impedance Control of 5-DOF Robotic Manipulator for Heathcare Robotics
  • Roshan Kumar Internship BTech Student, GSV Vadodara (May - Jul 2026) Project: Adaptive Backstepping Control for DC Motor with Parametric Uncertainties: A Hybrid Approach
  • Pranjal Pal Internship BTech Student, NIT Agartala (May 2026) Project: Development and Control of Robotic Manipulators