
Education
- B.Tech., IIT Bombay, 2005
- Ph.D., IIT Bombay, 2011
- Postdoc., University of Pittsburgh, 2013
Granular materials, essentially a large collection of macroscopic particles, e.g. sand, coal, cereals, food grains etc., occur widely in nature and are handled commonly in industry. Despite being one of the most widely processed materials in the industry (e.g., cement industry, mining industry, pharmaceutical industry, food and beverages industry etc.), their behaviour remains poorly understood. My research is aimed at fundamental understanding of flow, rheology and behaviour of complex fluids, particularly that with particles, to understand the dynamics and behaviour of dry and wet particulate solids, granular suspensions, pastes etc. and their connections to continuum theories. I utilize computer simulations along with experiments to gain fundamental insights at the grain level interactions of dry/wet particulate systems and use this information to achieve better formulations for continuum modelling and improve the equipment design and operation of these widely processed and poorly understood class of materials.