Faculty Profile



  • Prof. Sachin Dnyandeo Kore

    Prof. Sachin Dnyandeo Kore

    Professor (On lien as Director, VJTI Mumbai)
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Electromagnetic Manufacturing , Electromagnetic  Forming and Magnetic Pulse Welding, Electromagnetic Powder Compaction, Friction Stir Welding, Additive Manufacturing (3 D printing), Manufacturing of Bamboo tools, Computer Integrated Manufacturing 



    sachin{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832 2490868
    Admin Block, IIT Goa

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  • Dr. Anirudha Ambekar

    Dr. Anirudha Ambekar

    Assistant Professor, (Associate Dean Infrastructure & Support)
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    • Experimental combustion diagnostics and characterization of solid/ liquid propellants 
    • Chemical kinetics and aging of energetic materials
    • Flame diagnostics using optical and laser techniques
    • Topics related to energy, environment, pollution mitigation, and sustainability


    anirudha{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-127
    Academic Block A, F-1

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  • Dr. Arindam Das

    Dr. Arindam Das

    Associate Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Interfacial Science: Wettability, Adhesion, Nucleation and Heat Transfer at Interface. Nanoparticle and Colloid Synthesis, Active Nano Fluids, Biomimicry, EMI Shielding, Nanoparticle Polymer Composites, Microfluidics.



    arindam{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-128
    Academic Block B IIT Goa

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  • Dr. Ashish Bhateja

    Dr. Ashish Bhateja

    Associate Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Mechanics of granular media and particulate matter; Pedestrian Dynamics; Computational modelling of granular materials using DEM, CFD and FEM; Computational Mechanics.



    ashish{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490129
    Academic Block A, F7

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  • Dr. Harpreet Singh

    Dr. Harpreet Singh

    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Computational Mechanics, Impact Mechanics, Multiscale Modeling of Heterogenous Materials, Geometric Modeling of Thin Materials



    harpreet{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-130
    F-17, Academic Block, IIT Goa

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  • Dr. Keval Shrihari Ramani

    Dr. Keval Shrihari Ramani

    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Dynamic Systems and Control, Robotics, Manufacturing



    keval{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-249-0917
    FC-3, Behind Central Library

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  • Dr. Ponnulakshmi V K

    Dr. Ponnulakshmi V K

    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Radiative heat transfer, High Reynolds number flows, Atmospheric Science, Bio-fluid dynamics



    ponnu{at}iitgoa.ac.in

    F-3, Academic Block A

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  • Dr. Priyabrata Sahoo

    Dr. Priyabrata Sahoo

    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Microand Nano Machining/Finishing, Modelling of Manufacturing Processes, Chatter Modelling in Machining, Additive Manufacturing 



    priyabrata{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-137
    F2, Academic Block-A

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  • Dr. Rajesh S. Prabhu Gaonkar

    Dr. Rajesh S. Prabhu Gaonkar

    Professor (on Deputation)
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Reliability Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Optimization, Design of Experiments, Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM).



    rpg{at}iitgoa.ac.in

    School of Mechanical Sciences, IIT Goa, Farmagudi, Ponda, Goa - 403401

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  • Dr. Rudra Narayan Roy

    Dr. Rudra Narayan Roy

    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Turbulent combustion, modelling of subsonic and supersonic reacting flows, conditional moment closure model, flamelet models, direct numerical simulation



    rudra{at}iitgoa.ac.in

    F8, Academic Block A

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  • Dr. Sandip Haldar

    Dr. Sandip Haldar

    Associate Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Composite Materials, Experimental Mechanics



    sandip{at}iitgoa.ac.in

    Mining Building

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  • Dr. Sreenath Balakrishnan

    Dr. Sreenath Balakrishnan

    Assistant Professor
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Mechanical modelling of biological cells, Biomechanics, Design and fabrication of micro-compliant-mechanisms, and Micro robotics.



    sreenath{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490135
    Mining Building, F14

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  • Dr. Sudhakar Yogaraj

    Dr. Sudhakar Yogaraj

    Associate Professor (Program Chair)
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Computational mechanics, Fluid-structure interaction, Bio-inspired fluid dynamics, and Passive flow control



    sudhakar{at}iitgoa.ac.in

    F-4, Academic Block A

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  • Dr. Thaseem Thajudeen

    Dr. Thaseem Thajudeen

    Associate Professor, (Dean R&D)
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Characterization of aerosol and colloidal nanoparticles, Particulate emissions from combustion sources, respiratory deposition of particulate matter, air pollution, air quality.



    thaseem{at}iitgoa.ac.in
    0832-2490-859
    Office of Dean (R&D), Administrative Block

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  • Dr. Abhishek Gupta

    Dr. Abhishek Gupta

    Ramanujan Fellow
    Mechanical Engineering

    Research Interests


    Scientific machine learning: melding computational science with AI; Multitask and transfer optimization under data scarcity; Probabilistic model-based and evolutionary optimization



    abhishekgupta{at}iitgoa.ac.in



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