Combustion and Propulsion Laboratory
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
Email: ajayvs@iitk.ac.in
“The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that the mind of man can ever feel”
-Claude Bernard
Gallery
Stanford Reunion Dinner Party at Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Elaine S. Oran (University of Texas A&M) and Prof. Huahua Xiao (USTC, China) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Hai Wang (Stanford University, USA) and Prof. Yujie Tao (Nanjiang University, China) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Elaine S. Oran (University of Texas A&M, USA) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Xian Shi (University of California Irvine, USA) at Stanford Reunion Dinner Party, Kyoto International Conference Center, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Jackson Crane (Queen's University, Canada) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Elaine S. Oran (University of Texas A&M, USA), Prof. Jackson Crane (Queen's University, Canada), and Anil S. Karthik (PhD student) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Yuji Nakamura (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan), Prof. Elaine S. Oran (University of Texas A&M, USA), and Prof. Huahua Xiao (USTC, China) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Elaine S. Oran (University of Texas A&M, USA), Prof. Jackson Crane (Queen's University, Canada), Anil S. Karthik, and Ashlesh Dahake (PhD students) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Yuji Nakamura (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Arnaud Trouve (University of Maryland College Park, USA) and Alankrit Srivastava (PhD student) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Sara S. McAllister (USDA Forest Service, RMRS Missoula Fire Sciences Lab), Alankrit, and Sandeep (PhD students) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Xinyan Huang (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. M. Reza Kholgy (Carleton University, Canada) and Sai Rohith Thaiviti (PhD student) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Dr. Chiara Sagasse (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Yuji Nakamura (Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan), and Prof. Huahua Xiao (USTC, China) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Rui Xue (University of Southern California, USA) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Joaquin Camacho (San Diego State University, USA) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Elaine S. Oran (University of Texas A&M, USA) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Prof. Huahua Xiao (USTC, China), Sandeep, and Alankrit (PhD students) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Alankrit Srivastava (PhD student) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Ashlesh Dahake (PhD student) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Ashlesh Dahake and Anil S. Karthik (PhD students) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
Sai (PhD student) presenting his paper at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With Sai Rohith Thaviti (PhD student) at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With my PhD students at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
With my PhD students at the 41st International Symposium on Combustion, Kyoto, Japan.
Ranjay receiving the Outstanding PhD Thesis Award at the 59th Convocation Ceremony of IITK.
With Ranjay and Manjiri at the 59th Convocation Ceremony of IITK.
With Dr. Ranjay Kumar Singh. Ranjay also won the Outstanding PhD Thesis Award for the year 2026.
With Manjiri at the 59th Convocation Ceremony of IITK.
With Mohd. Hussain at the 59th Convocation Ceremony of IITK.
With CAPL Research Group and the graduating students.
At Ranjay's Farewell Dinner Party.
With CAPL (Combustion and Propulsion Laboratory) Research Group at IIT Kanpur.
With CAPL (Combustion and Propulsion Laboratory) Research Group at IIT Kanpur.
Prof. Hai Wang's (Stanford University, USA) dinner party at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
PhD students with Prof. Hai Wang (Stanford University, USA) at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With my PhD students at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With Prof. Bin Yang (left: Tsinghua University, Beijing, China) and Prof. Dongping Chen (right: Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China) at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With Prof. Dongping Chen and his research group at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With friends and colleagues at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With friends and colleagues at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With my PhD students at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With my PhD students at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
Welcome Reception of ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With Sandeep at ASPACC 2025, Singapore.
With Prof. Elaine S. Oran (middle, University of Texas, A&M, USA) and Prof. Huahua Xiao (extreme left: USTC, PRC) at CI's 40th Combustion Symposium in Milan, Italy, 2024.
With Prof. Hai Wang (right, Stanford University, USA) in Milan, Italy, 2024.
With Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava at CI's 40th Combustion Symposium in Milan, Italy, 2024.
With amazing friends: (from right to left) Prof. Dongping Chen (Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, PRC), Prof. Xian Shi (University of California, Irvine, USA), Prof. Jackson Crane (Queens's University, Canada), and Prof. Ajay V. Singh (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India) at CI's 40th Combustion Symposium in Milan, Italy, 2024.
At Peking University with Profs. Shengkai Wang (left: Peking University, Beijing, PRC) and Dongping Chen (right: Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, PRC).
With Profs. Qingzhao Chu and Dongping Chen and their research group.
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With Profs. Kun Wang (Tianjin University, Tianjin, PRC), and Dongping Chen (Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, PRC).
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With Profs. Kun Wang and Dongping Chen at the State Key Laboratory of Engines, Tianjin University, Tianjin, PRC.
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Tianjin University, Tianjin, PRC.
At Tsinghua University with Profs. Xiaoqing You (Tsinghua University, Beijing, PRC) and Dongping Chen (Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, PRC).
Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava with Prof. Peter Sunderland (UMD, USA) at CI's 40th Combustion Symposium in Milan, Italy, 2024.
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(top) Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava presenting his paper at the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24), (bottom) Winning the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24), NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.
(top) Ph.D. student Ranjay Kumar Singh presenting his paper at the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24), (bottom) Winning the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24), NIT Calicut, Kerala, India.
Ph.D. student Ranjay K. Singh presenting his paper at the 29th ICDERS, 2023, Seoul, South Korea.
Ph.D. student Ashlesh Dahake presenting his paper at the 29th ICDERS, 2023, Seoul, South Korea.
Prof. Elaine S. Oran, Dr. Pargya, and Ph.D. students Ashlesh Dahake and Ranjay K. Singh at the 29th ICDERS, 2023, Seoul, South Korea.
Opening ceremony of the 14th IAFSS, Tsukuba, Japan.
Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava presenting his paper at the 14th IAFSS, Japan.
Prof. Albert Simeoni, and Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava at the 14th IAFSS, Japan.
Prof. Carlos Fernandez Pello, Dr. Yue Zhang and Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava at the 14th IAFSS, Japan.
Prof. Arnaud Trouve, Prof. Ali Tohidi, Dr. Yue Zhang and Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava at the 14th IAFSS, Japan.
Prof. Stoliarov and Ph.D. student Alankrit Srivastava at the 14th IAFSS, Japan.
Ph.D. student Ashlesh Dahake presenting his paper at the 25th AIAA Hypersonics Conference, Bengaluru, India.
Ph.D. student Ranjay K. Singh presenting his paper at the 25th AIAA Hypersonics Conference, Bengaluru, India.
With Dr. K. Kailasanath (Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), USA) and Detonations Research Group at IIT-K.
From left to right: Dr K.Kailasanath, Prof. Ajay V. Singh, Kiran Ivin, D Santosh Kumar and TBRL, DRDO intern.
Forman A. Williams Fire Family Tree at the 37th International Symposium on Combustion, Dublin, Ireland, 2018.
Happy Times !!
From left to right: Prof. Elaine S. Oran, Prof. Ajay V. Singh and Prof. John D. Anderson
The Stanford Research Group
(from left to right) Prof. Hai Wang, Prof. Ajay V. Singh, Prof. Kun Wang, Dr. Chiara Saggese, Prof. Yujie Tao and Dr. Rui
2015 Graduate Honors and Award Ceremony, University of Maryland College Park, USA.
2015 Graduate Honors and Award Ceremony, University of Maryland College Park, USA.
9th National Combustion Meeting, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
(from left to right) Dr. Pietro Maisto, Dr. Wei Tang, Prof. Michael J. Gollner, Prof. Ajay V. Singh and Dr. Colin Miller
With Michael at 37th International Symposium on Combustion, Dublin, Ireland, 2018.
Three Academic Generations in a Perfect Picture!
From left to right: Prof. Michael J. Gollner, Prof. Forman A. Williams and Prof. Ajay V. Singh
