Present Address

Bureau 112, Bâtiment C11,
PC2A Lab, Avenue Mendeleiev, Cité Scientifique,
Université de Lille,
59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France

Current Position

Education

Research Interests

  • Thermoacoustic instability, complex networks, time series analysis

Research Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher in Centre of Excellence for Critical Transitions in Complex Systems (led by Prof. R. I. Sujith ) at IIT Madras: May 2024 - February 2025
    • Study of Lagrangian Coherent Structures in turbulent combustors
  • PhD candidate in Centre of Excellence for Critical Transitions in Complex Systems (led by Prof. R. I. Sujith ) at IIT Madras: 2019 - April 2024
    • Additional affiliation - Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras
    • Experimental and numerical investigations into the dynamics of acoustically interacting laminar and turbulent thermoacoustic systems through dynamical systems theory perspective
    • Use of mathematical techniques such as time series analysis and complex networks to analyze experimental data acquired with piezoelectric pressure transducers, photomultiplier modules and high-speed CMOS camera (Phantom-v 12.1)
  • Final year thesis supervised by Prof. Apurba Kumar Roy at BIT Mesra : 2015 - 2016
    • Design of a variable exhaust manifold system to improve scavenging characteristics of a four-stroke engine
    • Theoretical and numerical analysis using Lotus Engine Simulation package

Work Experience

  • Postdoctoral Researcher at PC2A Lab, University of Lille: March 2025 - Present
    • Laser spectroscopy diagnostics of hydrogen flames
  • Postdoctoral Researcher at Centre of Excellence for Critical Transitions in Complex Systems, Indian Institute of Technology Madras: April 2024 - February 2025
  • Research Assistant at Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Madras: January 2019 - April 2024
  • Teaching Assistant at Indian Institute of Technology Madras
    • AS5020 Aerospace Propulsion: July - November 2023
    • AS3270 Propulsion: July - November 2022
    • AS6320 Acoustic Instabilities in Aerospace Propulsion: January - May 2022
    • AS1300 Thermodynamics for Aerospace Engineers: January - May 2020
    • AS1020 Fluid Mechanics: July - November 2019
    • GN6101 Strategies for Professional Growth: January - May 2019
  • Production Shift In-charge at Exide Industries, Ahmednagar: 2016 - 2017
    • Production department shift in-charge, responsible for meeting daily and weekly targets.
  • Intern at Tata Hitachi Construction Machinery Company, Jamshedpur: May - June 2014
    • Prepared visual check sheet to assist in fabricating Hoe Boom(s) of EX1200 and EX650 Hydraulic excavators.

Skills

  • Technical proficiencies
    • Proficient: Matlab, Linux (Ubuntu), LaTeX, NISignal Express, Inkscape
    • Novice: Python, HTML5, SolidWorks, Catia, GIMP, Markdown, R

Research Output

Invited Talks

  • 2024: Workshop on Complex Networks and Application to Fluid Dynamics (Presentation)

Peer review

  • Proceedings of the Combustion Institute

Awards and scholarships

  • 2022: International Immersion Experience Travel Award (Not availed)
  • 2019 - 2024: Half-Time Research Assistantship from Government of India
  • 2018 - 2019: Half-Time Teaching Assistantship from Government of India
  • 2012 - 2016: G. P. Birla Scholarship for five semesters during B.E. in Birla Institute of Technology

Address

Room No. 110, Bâtiment C11,
PC2A Lab,
Avenue Mendeleiev,
Cité Scientifique, Université de Lille,
59655 Villeneuve d'Ascq, France