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
Current Group Members
Principal Investigator
Professor Ajay V. Singh
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Education:
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Ph.D., University of Maryland College Park, USA (2015)
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M.Tech., Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India (2008)
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B.Tech., U.P. Technical University, Lucknow, India (2006)
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Research Group
Current Ph.D. Students
Nivedita Mishra
Sai Rohith Thaviti​​
Alankrit Srivastava​
Anil S. Karthik​​​​​
Bhadabhagni Venkata Sandeep​
Ashlesh Dahake​​
Current M.S. by Research (MS-R) Students
Bhadabhagni Venkata Sandeep​
Anil S. Karthik​​​​​
Current M.Tech. Students
Himanshu Sharma
Soham Santosh Ghorpade
Priyanka Dhananjay Khandagale
Samar Pratap Rai​​
Sai Rohith Thaviti​​
Ashlesh Dahake​​
Saurav V. Sonawane​​
Current BT-MT Dual Degree Students
Shrivallabh N. Pol​
Current B.Tech. Students
Sirinxa Xavier
Ph.D. Students
Ranjay Kumar Singh
FARE Fellow
IIT Kanpur, India.
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MS by Research (MS-R) Students
Abhinandan Singh
Senior Researcher
Saint Gobain, USA.
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M.Tech. Students
Manjiri Ganesh Relkar​
Self-Employed
Poomurugan C​
Senior Researcher
Government Lab
Aswin S H
Ph.D. Student
IIT Kanpur
Naraboina Srinivas
​Analyst
HSBC Holdings plc​
Ayush Verma
Senior Executive Engineer
Tata Advanced Systems Limited​
Saurav Kumar ​
Scientific Officer
DRDO, India.​​
Khurshid Ahmad
(Joint Supervision with Dr. Vaibhav Arghode)
Research Engineer
Eaton Corporation plc​
D Santosh Kumar
Senior Scientist
DRDL Hyderabad​
Akash J. Malaviya
​Research Engineer
Rolls Royce plc​
Mohamed Hussain S​
Senior Analyst
TATA Advanced Systems
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Pushkar Chaudhary
R & D Engineer
Manastu Space​
Mukesh Goklani
Eaton Technical Leader
Eaton Corporation plc​​
Shweta Sanjay Patil
Research Engineer
CNH Industrial
Jenishkumar Pareshbhai Kodinariya
​Analyst
HSBC Holdings plc​
M.S. Karthikeyan Iyer
​Product Engineer
Eaton Corporation plc​
Amit Deo Pandey
​DMS (Depot Material Superintendent)
Indian Railways​
Kiran Ivin
​Squadron Leader
Indian Air Force​
Shubham Onave
(Joint Supervision with Prof. Ashoke De)
Working in his own startup​
B.Tech. Students
Tarundeep Singh Gill​
Rishabh Chaturvedi​
Aditya Katara
Students Recognition
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Mr. Alankrit Srivastava, a Ph.D. student in our research group has won the Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24).
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Mr. Ranjay Kumar Singh, a Ph.D. student in our research group has won the Best Paper Award in the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems (ICFTES’24).
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Mr. Sai Rohith Thaviti received the Academic Excellence Award in the Master of Technology in Aerospace Engineering for the year 2022-2023.
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Mr. Venkata Sandeep Bhadabhagi received the Academic Excellence Award in the Master of Science (by Research) in Aerospace Engineering for the year 2022.
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Mr. Sai Rohith Thaviti received the Academic Excellence Award in the Master of Technology in Aerospace Engineering for the year 2022.
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Mr. Alankrit Srivastava, a Ph.D. student in our research group received the prestigious Prime Ministers' Research Fellowship (PMRF) for a period of four years from MHRD, New Delhi, India.
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Mr. D. Santosh Kumar, a past M.Tech. student has won the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2020) that was held from 19-21 March 2021 in Dubai, UAE.​
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Mr. Abhinandan Singh, a past MS by Research (MSR) student has won the Best Paper Award at the 2nd International Conference on Recent Advances in Fluid and Thermal Sciences (iCRAFT 2020) that was held from 19-21 March 2021 in Dubai, UAE.
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Mr. Abhinandan Singh, a past Ph.D. student, received the prestigious Prime Ministers' Research Fellowship (PMRF) for a period of five years from MHRD, New Delhi, India.
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​Mr. D. Santosh Kumar, a past M.Tech. student, received the Academic Excellence Award in Aerospace Engineering for the year 2018-2019, IIT Kanpur, India.
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Mr. D. Santosh Kumar, a past M.Tech. student, received the Academic Excellence Award in Aerospace Engineering for the year 2019-2020, IIT Kanpur, India.
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Mr. M. S. Karthikeyan Iyer, a past M.Tech. student, received the Academic Excellence Award in Aerospace Engineering for the year 2019-2020, IIT Kanpur, India.
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Mr. Abhinandan Singh, a past MS by Research (MSR) student, got nominated for the SIIC Student Innovation Award (SSIA) and the Cadence Gold Medal, IIT Kanpur, India.
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Mr. D. Santosh Kumar, a past M.Tech. student got nominated for the SIIC Student Innovation Award (SSIA) and the Cadence Gold Medal, IIT Kanpur, India.