Current Members
Parvez Alam, Ph.D.
(FARE Fellow; Joined in April 2021)M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology (2020)
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Uttarakhand Technical University, Dehradun (2016)
Research Interests: Heat transfer in porous media
Email: parveza20@iitk.ac.in
Gyanesh Kumar
(Ph.D. Candidate; Joined in April 2021)M.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, IIT Dhanbad (2019)
B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (2016)
Research Interests: Experimental and computational convective heat transfer, boiling and condensation
Email: gyanesh20@iitk.ac.in
Priyanka Rajeev
(Ph.D. Candidate; Joined in August 2022)B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Puducherry (2022)
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, thermal management of electrochemical energy systems (fuel cells)
Email: priyankar@iitk.ac.in
Kartik Navalgund
(M.Tech. Student; Joined in October 2025)B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, R.V college of Engineering, Bengaluru, Karnataka
Research Interests: Computational thermofluidics and mathematical modelling
Email: kartikn25@iitk.ac.in
Sumanth Pentapalli
(M.Tech. Student; Joined in October 2025)B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Gayatri Vidya Parishad college of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
Research Interests: Experimental and computational thermofluidics
Email: sumanthp25@iitk.ac.in
Ayush Bhupendra Ninave
(M.Tech. Student; Joined in October 2025)B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, Government College of Engineering Aurangabad, Maharashtra
Research Interests: Experimental and computational thermofluidics
Email: abninave25@iitk.ac.in
Prapti Prasannkumar Salaskar
(M.Tech. Student; Joined in October 2026)B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, St. Francis Institute of Technology, Mumbai
Research Interests: Heat transfer, fluid mechanics, and computational fluid dynamics
Email: praptips26@iitk.ac.in
Meghaj Nandkumar Barhate
(M.Tech. Student; Joined in October 2026)B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering, VIT Pune (2023)
Research Interests: Computational fluid dynamics, geometry optimization, convective heat transfer
Email: meghajb26@iitk.ac.in
Abinraj K. A.
(Project Associate; Joined in June 2026)B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, Kerala
Research Interests: Computational heat transfer
Email: abinrajka@iitk.ac.in
Alumni
Pramod H. M.
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in September 2026) Current Affiliation: Post Graduate Trainee Engineer, Bajaj Auto LimitedBoyd W. F. Correia
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in September 2026) Current Affiliation: Decarbonisation Engineer, Esyasoft Technologies Pvt LtdArjun K.
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in May 2026) Current Affiliation: Associate Engineer, Caterpillar Inc.Shubham Goel
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in May 2026)Current Affiliation: Engineer, Schlumberger (SLB)
Abhishek Chaudhary
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in January 2026)Current Affiliation: PGET (R&D), Hero MotoCorp Ltd.
Lt Cdr Amandeep Bhadwal
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in September 2024)Current Affiliation: Lieutenant Commander, Indian Navy
Rahul Pandey
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in July 2023)Current Affiliation: Junior Data Scientist, Vecmocon Technologies Pvt Ltd.
Adithya P. Sudheer
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in July 2022)Current Affiliation: PGET (Product Development), Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd.
Nabeel Ahmad
(M.Tech. student; Graduated in July 2022)Current Affiliation: Ph.D. Student, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi