Associate Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Combustion and Reacting Flows, Combustion Generated Functional Nanoparticles, Soot Formation and Oxidation, Detonations, Boundary Layer Combustion, Gas Turbine Combustion, Fire Dynamics, Flame Spread, Material Flammability, Renewable Energy Conversion.
2015-2017
Postdoctoral Researcher
High-Temperature Gas Dynamics Laboratory (HTGL)
Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
2010 - 2015
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
2006 - 2008
Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
2002 - 2006
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Mechanical Engineering
U.P. Technical University, Lucknow, India
Teaching
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2018-present) F = Fall, S = Spring, Su = Summer Instructor 1. AE341A: Aerospace Propulsion (S 2018, S 2019, Su 2019, S 2025) 2. AE351A: Experiments in Aerospace Engineering – II (S 2020, S 2022, S 2023, S 2024) 3. AE451A: Experiments in Aerospace Engineering – III (F 2021) 4. AE664A: Applied Compressible Flows (F 2018, F 2019, F 2020, F 2022, F 2023, F 2025) 5. AE755A: Explosion and Detonation Physics (S 2021) 6. AE608A: Heat Transfer in Aerospace Applications (S 2024) 7. AE663A: Fundamentals of Combustion (F 2024) 8. TA111: Engineering Graphics (S 2026) Tutor 1. ESO201A: Thermodynamics (F 2021) New PG Course Developed 1. AE755A: Explosion and Detonation Physics University of Maryland, College Park, USA (2013-2015) F = Fall, S = Spring, Su = Summer Taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses as a teaching practicum in partial fulfilment of the Future Faculty Program. Instructor 1. ENFP300: Fire Protection Fluid Mechanics (S 2013, S 2014, # of lectures: 3) 2. ENFP489W: Wildland Fires: Science and Applications (S 2015, # of lectures: 3) 3. ENFP630: Diffusion Flames and Burning Rate Theory (F 2014, # of lectures: 3) 4. ENFP629W: Wildland Fires: Science and Applications (S 2015, # of lectures: 3)
2. AE351A: Experiments in Aerospace Engineering – II (S 2020, S 2022, S 2023, S 2024)
Instructor
4. AE664A: Applied Compressible Flows (F 2018, F 2019, F 2020, F 2022, F 2023, F 2025)
Instructor
5. AE755A: Explosion and Detonation Physics (S 2021)
Instructor
6. AE608A: Heat Transfer in Aerospace Applications (S 2024)
Instructor
7. AE663A: Fundamentals of Combustion (F 2024)
Instructor
8. TA111: Engineering Graphics (S 2026)
Tutor
1. ESO201A: Thermodynamics (F 2021)
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2019
Early Career Research Award
Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) MHRD, Government of India, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2026
Exemplary Performance in Teaching
Academic Senate
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2015
Distinguished Paper Award
Estimation of local mass burning rates for steady laminar boundary layer diffusion flames
35th International Symposium on Combustion, San Francisco, CA, USA
The Combustion Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
https://www.combustioninstitute.org/distinguished_papers.php
The Distinguished Paper Award from the Combustion Institute signifies exceptional scientific rigor, innovation, and impact in combustion science. It highlights extraordinary quality, major scientific achievement, and high significance to advance the field of combustion science.
2022-present
Associate Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2017-2022
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2017-2022
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
2008-2010
Research Engineer
Renault Nissan