Students

Ph.D. Students

  • Devendra Kumar Koushal, 2023-present as external co-guide with Prof. U. V. Bhandarkar (IIT Bombay)

  • Arnab Das, 2021-present as a co-guide with Prof U. K. Saha

  • Ashirbad Mallick, 2020-present

  • Harshal Shrivastava, 2020-present

  • Shaikh Nasser Shaikh Nabi, 2019-present as external co-guide with Prof. U. V. Bhandarkar (IIT Bombay)

  • Saiprakash Ratchakonda, 2020-2026 with Prof. Niranjan Sahoo as a co-guide (Thesis Title: A Boundary Condition-based Machine Learning Algorithm for Fast Prediction of Hypersonic Flows)

M.Tech Students

  • Gampa Yashwanth Krishna, 2025-present

  • Sanjay K. M., 2025-present

  • T Radha Krishna Shenoy, 2025-present

  • Nikhil Devangan, 2024-2026 as a co-guide with Prof Niranjan Sahoo (Thesis Title: Boundary Condition-based Machine-Learning Driven Domain Decomposition for Efficient DSMC Simulations)

  • Sri Ram Vana, 2024-2026 (Thesis Title: Development of OpenFOAM-based NCCR three-temperature hypersonic flow solver for rarefied flows)

  • Nanda Kishor P. S., 2024-2026 (Thesis Title: Implementing the HITRAN database in a photon Monte Carlo code for Non-grey Gas Radiation)

  • Jugal Kisur Deori, 2024-2026 (Thesis Title: Implementing Chemical Reaction Models in Unstructured Hypersonic Flow Solver)

  • Sumati Raghav, 2023-2025 as a co-guide with Prof Niranjan Sahoo (Thesis Title: Development of Machine Learning Model for Fast Flow Field Prediction of Hypersonic Flows)

  • Nishant Sharma , 2023-2025 as a co-guide with Prof Niranjan Sahoo (Thesis Title: Grid Generation Algorithm for DSMC Method using Boundary Condition-based Machine Learning Algorithm)

  • Sanjay Meghvanshi, 2023-2025 (Thesis Title: Development of OpenFOAM based NCCR solver for multi-temperature non-equilibrium flow)

  • Divyaprakash P. G. , 2023-2025 (Thesis Title: Coupled Conduction-Radiation Solver using Photon Monte Carlo Algorithm)

  • Muhammed Rameez VM, 2023-2025 (Thesis Title: Implementation of Slip-Temperature Jump Models in Unstructured Compressible Flow Solver)

  • Sumit Vajre, 2023-2025 (Thesis Title: Implementing Chemical Reaction Algorithms in in-house Unstructured Finite Volume Method Code)

  • Varsha Sahu, 2022-2024 (Thesis Title: Development of three-temperature Density based Solver for Hypersonic Flows)

  • Prasad Vilas Bobade , 2022-2024 (Thesis Title: Convective and Radiative Aerothermal Analysis of Reentry Vehicles using Continuum Methods)

  • Chakravarthi Chitturi , 2022-2024 (Thesis Title: Development of WENO-based Higher-Order Schemes for Compressible Flow Solver)

  • Umang Kaushik, 2022-2024 (Thesis Title: DSMC Simulation of Hypersonic Flows with Ionisation Reactions)

  • Jay Hadiyal, 2022-2024 as a co-guide with Prof Vianayak Kulkarni (Thesis Title: OpenFOAM Based Simulations of Hypersonic Reacting Flow)

  • Vamsi Krishna Sepena, 2021-2023 (Thesis Title: Computational Study of Convective and Radiative Heat Transfer on Re-entry Vehicles at Rarefied Conditions)

  • Vikram Pratap Singh, 2021-2023 (Thesis Title: Computational Study of Non-equilibrium Air Radiation for Hypersonic Flow)

  • Sanu Chakraborty, 2021-2023 as a co-guide with Prof Anoop Dass (Thesis Title: Computation of Viscous Compressible Flows on Structured and Unstructured Meshes)

  • Suvidya Mane, 2020-22 (Thesis Title: Effect of Two-Temperature Transport Coefficient on Non-Equilibrium Flows)

  • Yash Niranjane, 2020-22 (Thesis Title: Development of Higher-Order Based Compressible Flow Solvers for 2D Riemann Problem)

  • Sneha Balaji Karad, 2020-22 (Thesis Title: Development of 2D compressible inviscid flow solver using unstructured grids for hypersonic flows)

  • Satyendra Kumar Yadav, 2019-21 as a co-guide with Prof Anoop Dass (Thesis Title: Computation of High Speed Compressible Flows on Structured Grid)

  • Desai Utkarsh Ulhas, 2019-21 as a co-guide with Prof Anoop Dass (Thesis Title: Computation of Ideal Magnetohydrodynamic Flows)

B.Tech Students

  • Kinjal Bunker, 2023-present

  • Vasanth P., 2023-present

  • Rushi Pankade, 2020-2024 (Thesis Title: Fluid dynamics of paper planes)

  • Eshan Jain, 2020-2024 (Thesis Title: Fluid dynamics of paper planes)

  • Rupavath Ganesh, 2019-2023 (Thesis Title: Simulation OF Nozzle Flow and Flow through Duct using OpenFOAM)

  • Mridul Prithvi Tej, 2019-2023 (Thesis Title: Simulation OF Nozzle Flow and Flow through Duct using OpenFOAM)

  • Vajjala Paidi Vikramaditya, 2018-22 (Thesis Title: GPU accelerated direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) code using CUDA)

  • Surendra Kumar Kumawat, 2018-22 (Thesis Title: GPU accelerated direct simulation Monte Carlo (DSMC) code using CUDA)

  • Chodipilli Sai Kumar, 2018-22 as a co-guide with Prof Anoop Dass (Thesis Title: Comparison Of Riemann Solvers for the Euler Equations)

  • Anil M, 2018-22 as a co-guide with Prof Anoop Dass (Thesis Title: Comparison Of Riemann Solvers for the Euler Equations)

  • Nyati Aditya Atul, 2017-21 (Thesis Title: Development of 2D hypersonic flow solver with vibrational non-equilibrium)

  • Pratyush Singh, 2017-21 (Thesis Title: Development of 2D hypersonic flow solver with vibrational non-equilibrium)

Project Staff

  • Shaikh Nasser Shaikh Nabi, 2020-present

  • Mritunjay Nidharia, 2023

Interns

  • Devdatt Barot, 2026, Nirma University (Internship Title: DSMC Analysis of Rarefied Gas Transport and Deposition in Semiconductor Fabrication)

  • Het Maru, 2026, Nirma University (Internship Title: DSMC Analysis of Rarefied Gas Transport and Deposition in Semiconductor Fabrication)

Prospective students

Looking for motivated (undergrads and postgrads) students interested to work in the field of computational sciences. My work requires profiency in coding.

Ph.D. Thesis

Read the guidelines for B.Tech and M.Tech students, this applies to you also. Some of the possible Ph.D. topics that I wish to guide on are as follows:

  • Boundary Condition-based Machine Learning (BCML) Method

  • Non-equilibrium Radiative Heat Transfer in high temperature gas flows

  • Molecular Dynamics based models for Thermal and Chemical Ablation

  • High temperature gas dynamics using discontinuous Galerkin method

M.Tech Projects

My M. Tech topics require good proficiency in C++/fortran and mathematics. No issues if you are not familiar with the topics but it is expected good amount of work on the student's part with utmost sincerity. Please send you CFD Grades and Assignments when you contact me.

Mainly my research can broadly be classifed as:

  • Conventional Gas Dynamics: Please search hypersonic solvers on google and go through a few (review) papers on this.

  • Direct Simulation Monte Carlo: Search DSMC and re-entry vehicles. DSMC is a particle method.

  • Non-equilibrium Air Radiation Modelling: Search NEQAIR.

  • Second order Gas dynamics equations: Search generalized hydrodynamics (papers by Byung Chan Eu) or NCCR (papers by Rho Shin Myong). This is more theoretical work. Instead of Navier-Stokes-Fourier relations, one has to work with second-order approximations of stress and heat flux.

  • ML-assisted CFD: Search BCML, PINN and other ML-assisted CFD frameworks.

One important thing, if you are going to write GATE or planning to appear for UPSC, please look for other guides. In addition to this, you will have to develop soft skills (LaTeX and git) for MTP-1 and also self-study a couple of subjects. Some topics that I am floating in for the next set of students:

  • Implementation of chemistry models in unstructured compressible flow solver

  • Validation and verification of photon-Monte Carlo code with HITRAN/HITEMP database

  • Parallelizing CFD codes for GPU architecture.

B. Tech Projects

I will be offering limited BTP topics this year (2026). If you want to independently (not in groups of 2) work on a research project with me, please meet me after your 5th semester.

If you want to work with me, you have to go through the following steps:

  • If you are not currently using/well versed with Linux, install Ubuntu 22.04 LTS side-by-side your OS (if not standalone) and learn basic terminal commands. No virtual box installation please.

  • Install foam-extend-4.1 and complete ALL STEPS in the link.

If you cannot (or do not want to) complete the above two steps, or are not motivated to work, it would be better to not contact me. In addition to this, you will have to develop soft skills (LaTeX and git) for BTP and also self-study a couple of subjects. Generally, your BTP will have scope for publication (subject to your dedication).

Internship

I keep getting mails from many of the students; generally I will reply back that I am not available. However, please do excuse me if I forget to reply.