About Me
Education
- PhD (2012)
Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- MSc (Engg.) (2007)
Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- BE (2000)
Mechanical Engineering, Walchand College of Engineering, Sangli (Shivaji University, Kolhapur, India)
Experience
- Oct 2015 – present
Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
- Oct 2012 – Oct 2015
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India
- Jan 2012 – Oct 2012
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Aug 2007 – Jan 2012
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- Aug 2002 – April 2007
MSc (Engineering), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- July 2000 – Aug 2001
Graduate Engineer, Philips India Ltd., Kolkata and Pune, India
Significant Awards & Recognitions
- Recognized as an Excellent Instructor (by student feedback survey), IIT Kanpur, Fall Semester 2021
- Recognized as an Excellent Instructor (by student feedback survey), IIT Kanpur, Fall Semester 2020
- Our BTech Project (BTP) team received the “Best Project Award” of the Mechanical Engineering Department, IIT Kanpur in 2017
- Recognized as an Excellent Instructor (by student feedback survey), IIT Kanpur, Winter Semester 2017
- Our Letter stood 1st among the “Top 20 Most Read Articles” in Physics of Fluids in April 2013: Shinde, S. Y. & Arakeri, J. H. 2013, Phys. Fluids, 25
- “Best Poster Award”, at the 13th Annual Symposium (2010), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- “Gold Medal” and “Best Thesis Award” for MSc (Engineering) (2009), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
- National Merit Scholarship for securing 12th rank in the Higher Secondary Certificate (HSC) Merit List (1996)
- National Merit Scholarship for securing 26th rank in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Merit List (1994)
Fellowships, Grants, Scholarships
- 2019 – 2022
Core Research Grant, Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India
- 2016 – 2019
Seed Grant, IIT Kanpur, India
- 2012 – 2015
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at JNCASR, Bangalore, India
- 2012
Post-Doctoral Fellowship at IISc, Bangalore, India
- 2007 – 2012
Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Government of India: Scholarship for PhD at IISc, Bangalore, India
- 2002 – 2004
Ministry of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Government of India: Scholarship for MSc (Engineering) at IISc, Bangalore, India
- 1994 – 2000
National Merit Scholarship
Co-Curricular Activities
- Faculty Adviser (2016 – 2019)
Association of Mechanical Engineers Group (AME)
- Faculty Adviser (2016 – 2018)
Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Group (AUV)
- The AUV team achieved 2nd position in the nationwide “Students Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAVe 2017)” Competition held in December 2016 at National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) Chennai, India
- Faculty Adviser (2016 – 2018)
Society for Automotive Engineers Group (SAE)
Educational Details
PhD Thesis
Creation of an Orderly Jet and Thrust Generation in Quiescent Fluid from an Oscillating Two-dimensional Flexible Foil
Excerpt: It is known that flexibility of bird and insect wings is one of the crucial reasons in generating unusually high lift during hovering, however, its role is unresolved due to the inherently intricate coupled flexible structure-fluid interactions. Motivated by this observation, in this thesis, we designed a ‘simple’ fluid-flexible foil interaction problem and experimentally investigated, using flow visualizations and PIV measurements, the effect of chordwise flexibility on the flow produced in quiescent fluid by a sinusoidally oscillating two-dimensional rigid symmetric foil to which is attached a thin flexible flap at the trailing edge. This study has shed light on several aspects of the interaction between fluid and flexible surface.MSc (Engg.) Thesis
Hydrodynamics of an Oscillating Foil with a Long Flexible Trailing Edge
Excerpt: In nature, flexibility is an ubiquitous property of the thrust generating appendages of swimming and flying creatures. In an attempt to mimic the flow around flexible tails often found in fish, this thesis investigates the effect of trailing edge flexibility on the flow created by an oscillating airfoil that simultaneously moves forward in still water.BE Project
