Dr. Rajesh Ranjan
Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
IIT Kanpur, India
Education
Ph.D. (2010–2015)
JNCASR, Bengaluru
Advisors: Prof. R. Narasimha & Prof. S. M. Deshpande
M.E. (2005–2007)
IISc, Bengaluru
B.E. (2001–2005)
BIT, Sindri (Gold Medalist)
Research Interests
Turbomachinery
DNS and modeling of flow in gas turbine components.
Scientific ML
Physics-informed neural networks for fluid dynamics.
High-Speed Flows
Shock-boundary layer interactions and flow control.
HPC & Computation
Development of massively parallel CFD solvers.
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor
IIT Kanpur, India
Co-founder & Director
Vayusoft Labs Pvt. Ltd. (Incubated at IITK)
Postdoctoral Scholar
The Ohio State University (OSU), USA
Member of Technical Staff
TATA Computational Research Laboratories
Awards & Honors
DPIIT Startup India Seed Fund (SISFS)
2025
Director's Commendation for Outstanding Teaching
IIT Kanpur (2021–2024)
All India Rank-3, GATE
Aerospace Engineering (2005)
Outstanding Performance Award (3x)
TATA CRL (2008–2010)
Supervision & Mentorship Recognition
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2026: Best Poster Award (Aditya Aanand) & LOTUS Fellowship (Prashant Kumar)
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2025: Best Poster Award (Malavika Nair), CASML IISc
"I am getting paid for doing things that I enjoy, isn't it wonderful?"
— Roddam Narasimha