Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering,
BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus

| S. No. | Authors name | Title | Journal Name | Vol. | Issue | Year | Page No. | DOI |
| 1 | Yashika Tomar, Srinath Innani, Ankit Jain, Venkatesh KP Rao , Gautam Singhvi | Unlocking the Potential of Photodynamic Therapy in Psoriasis: Mechanistic Insights, Wide-ranging Applications, Challenges and Future Directions | Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology | 122 | 2025 | 107260 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jddst.2025.107260 | |
| 2 | Vimal Chauchan, Shayam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh KP Rao | Influence of electric potential boundary condition on the electrospraying process | Journal of Electrostatics | 136 | 2025 | 104-119 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elstat.2025.104119 | |
| 3 | Vimal Chauchan, Shayam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh KP Rao | A Three Dimensional Open Source Solver for Incompressible Viscoelastic Two-Phase Flows | Journal of Fluids Engineering | 147 | 10 | 2025 | 101001 | https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4068358 |
| 4 | Diplesh Gautam, Yashika Tomar, Pradeep Shukla, Vamshi Krishna Rapalli, Venkatesh KP Rao & Gautam Singhvi | Influence of nanocarrier additives on biomechanical response of a rat skin | IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience | 24 | 2 | 2025 | 191-199 | 10.1109/TNB.2024.3471588 |
| 5 | Pradnya Chabbi, Diplesh Gautam, Venkatesh KP Rao & Sujan Yenugantti | Experimental Studies on Dynamic Response of Piezoelectric Based Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope | Sensors Review | 44 | 6 | 2024 | 638-645 | https://doi.org/10.1108/SR-08-2023-0343 |
| 6 | Pradnya Chabbi & Venkatesh KP Rao | Design and Fabrication of Single drive tri-axis MEMS Gyroscope | Measurement | 227 | 2024 | 114307 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.measurement.2024.114307 | |
| 7 | Diplesh Gautam, Abhilasha Srivastava, Rajdeep Chowdhury, Inamur R Laskar, Venkatesh KP Rao, and Sudeshna Mukherjee | Mechanical microscopy of cancer cells: TGF-β induced epithelial to mesenchymal transition corresponds to low intracellular viscosity in cancer cells | The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America | 154 | 3 | 2023 | 1787–1799 | https://doi.org/10.1121/10.0020848 |
| 8 | Pingale A, Gautam, D, Owhal A, Deshwal D, Belgamwar S U, Venkatesh KP Rao | Development of Non-Destructive Dynamic Characterization Technique for MMCs: Predictions of Mechanical Properties for Al@Al2O3 Composites | NDT | 1 | 1 | 2023 | 22-34 | https://doi.org/10.3390/ndt1010003 |
| 10 | Diplesh Gautam, Ayush Owhal, Venkatesh KP Rao &. Sachin U. Belgamwar | Atomistic analysis of effect of cholesterol on cancerous membrane protein system: Unfolding and associated resistance stresses under strain | Molecular Simulation | 49 | 10 | 2023 | 1019-1030 | https://doi.org/10.1080/08927022.2023.2208241 |
| 11 | Diplesh Gautam and Venkatesh K P Rao | Modulating the Mechanical Resonance of Huh-7 Cells Based on Elasticity of Adhesion Proteins | IEEE Transactions on NanoBioscience | 22 | 3 | 2023 | 664-672 | 10.1109/TNB.2023.3235645 |
| 12 | Harsh Sharma, Ayush Owhal, Diplesh Gautam, Sharad Shrivastava, Jitendra Singh Rathore, Sachin U. Belgamwar, Venkatesh K.P. Rao | Thermoatomic analysis of monovacancy defected single-walled boron nitride nanotube under quasi-static strain: Insights from molecular dynamics, | Materials Chemistry and Physics | 294 | 2023 | 127020 | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matchemphys.2022.127020 | |
| 13 | Ayush N Deshmukh, Venkatesh KP Rao | Effect of external electric potential on the mechanical resonance of MEMS cantilever resonator | Engineering Research Express | 4 | 3 | 2022 | https://doi.org/10.1088/2631-8695/ac84c5 | |
| 14 | Diplesh Gautam, Nizam Ahmed and Venkatesh KP Rao | Modelling the Effect of Geometry and Loading on Mechanical Response of SARS-CoV-2 | Bionanoscience | 12 | 2022 | 867-876 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s12668-022-00993-z | |
| 15 | Ayush Owhal, Diplesh Gautam, Sachin U. Belgamwar & Venkatesh KP Rao | Atomistic approach to analyse transportation of water nanodroplet through a vibrating nanochannel: scope in bio-NEMS applications | Molecular Simulation | 48 | 9 | 2022 | 737-744 | 10.1080/08927022.2022.2052065 |
| 16 | Venkatesh KP Rao, Shweta Rai, Tribhuvan Batish, & Anmol Gulati | Coupled Field Analysis of Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope | International Journal of Vehicle Structures & Systems | 14 | 2 | 2022 | 10.4273/ijvss.14.2.06 | |
| 17 | V. Kachawal, A. Srivastava, S. Thakar, M. Zubiria-Ulacia, D. Gautam, S. Majumder, Venkatesh K P Rao, D. Casanova, R. Chowdhury, N. P. Rath, S. Mukherjee, P. Alemany and I. R. Laskar | Engineering a light-driven cyanine based molecular rotor to enhance the sensitivity towards a viscous medium | Material Advances | 2 | 14 | 2021 | 4804-4813 | https://doi.org/10.1039/D1MA00277E |
| 18 | Diplesh Gautam and Venkatesh KP Rao | Nondestructive Evaluation of Mechanical Properties of Femur Bone | Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation | 40 | 22 | 2021 | 44572 | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10921-021-00754-0 |
| 19 | Diplesh Gautam and Venkatesh KP Rao | Modelling the Influence of Protein expression Levels on the Mechanical properties of Femur Bone | Trends in Biomaterials and Artificial Organs | 33 | 4 | 2019 | 98-105 | |
| 20 | Venkatesh KP Rao | Fertilizer monitoring using micromachined cantilever | Journal of agricultural science and technology | 11 | 3 | 2019 | 217-220 | 10.15547/ast.2019.03.037 |
| S. No. | Authors name | Title | Conference | Dates | Month | Year | Place |
| 1 | Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao | Design of Single drive tri-axis MEMS Gyroscope | IEEE International Symposium on Smart Electronic Systems (IEEE – iSES) 2025 | 15-17 | December | 2025 | MNIT Jaipur |
| 2 | Venkatesh KP Rao | Mechanical Diagnosis of Cancer | International Conference on Biomaterials and Healthcare 2025 | 27-30 | October | 2025 | IIT Roorkee |
| 3 | Saswata Rath, Rajdeep Chowdhury Suvanjan Bhattacharyya, Venkatesh KP Rao Sudeshna Mukherjee | Understanding The Role Of Nuclear Membrane-associated Proteins Under Flow Dynamics Driving EMT And Survival Of Tumor Cells | Mechbio: Indian mechanobiology Meeting | 15-16 | October | 2025 | NCBS, Bangalore |
| 4 | Anasuya Banerjee, Diplesh Guatam, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Venkatesh KP Rao, Rajdeep Chowdhury | Unravelling the Role of Semaphorins in Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma | Mechbio: Indian mechanobiology Meeting | 15-16 | October | 2025 | NCBS, Bangalore |
| 5 | Venkatesh KP Rao | Biomechanics of Haltere and Biomimetics | Mechbio: Indian mechanobiology Meeting | 15-16 | October | 2025 | NCBS, Bangalore |
| 6 | Venkatesh KP Rao | MEMS Gyroscope | Tri servises Academia Symposium (TSATS) 2025 | 22-23 | September | 2025 | Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi |
| 7 | Venkatesh KP Rao | Multiphysics Modelling of Interfacial Failure Between Metal and Polymer Redistribution Layers of High-density Substrates | 1st National Industry Consortium Conference | 30-31 | August | 2025 | ITC, Dwaraka, Delhi |
| 8 | Pradeep Shukla & Venkatesh KP Rao | Mechanical Diagnosis of Psoriosis | Indian Semiconductors and Packaging Ecosystem Conference (ISPEC) 2025 | 5-7 | March | 2025 | Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar |
| 9 | Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao | Development of Single drive tri-axis MEMS Gyroscope | Indian Semiconductors and Packaging Ecosystem Conference (ISPEC) 2025 | 5-7 | March | 2025 | Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar |
| 10 | Venkatesh KP Rao | Lab-on-chip Diagnosis of Cancer | Indian Semiconductors and Packaging Ecosystem Conference (ISPEC) 2025 | 5-7 | March | 2025 | Mahatma Mandir, Gandhinagar |
| 11 | Pradeep Shukla, Diplesh Gautam & Venkatesh KP Rao | Investigating Skin Deformation: The Impact of Indenter Diameter and Thickness on Mechanical Properties | IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON) | 20-22 | January | 2025 | IITH, Hyderabad |
| 12 | Kusuma N, Harsha S, Hemant Kumar Singh, Venkatesh KP Rao | Modelling the influence of corrugations on the performance of MEMS pressure sensor | 6th International Conference on Emerging Technologies: Micro to Nano (ETMN 2024) | 22-23 | November | 2024 | Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi |
| 13 | Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao | Coupled field Analysis of MEMS Tuning Fork Gyroscope | International Conference on Micro Nano and Smart Systems (IC-MNSS 2024) | 9-12 | July | 2024 | IISc., Bangalore |
| 14 | Vinay V Ram, Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao | Modeling and Simulation of a High Sensitivity MEMS Tuning Fork Gyroscope | International Conference on Semiconductor Technology | 17-20 | December | 2023 | BITS Pilani, Hyderabad |
| 15 | Anasuya Banerjee, Simran Khanna, Diplesh Gautam, Sudeshna Mukherjee, Venkatesh KP Rao, Rajdeep Chowdhury | Alteration in cellular mechano-transducers upon exposure of tumor cells to shear stress- the role of Axon Guidance molecules | Frontiers in Genome Engineering 2023 | 14-16 | November | 2023 | BITS Pilani, Goa |
| 16 | Venkatesh KP Rao and Pradnya Chabbi | Indigenization of a milli- Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope | INDSEM 2023: Indian Navy | 27 | September | 2023 | Naval Dockyard, Mumbai |
| 17 | Vinay V Ram, Pradnya Chabbi and Venkatesh KP Rao | Design and Simulation of Tactical Grade Capacitive Based MEMS Vibratory Ring Gyroscope | IEEE Applied Sensing Conference (APSCON) | 23-25 | January | 2023 | Bengaluru, India |
| 18 | Vimal Chauhan, Shyam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh KP Rao | 2D Numerical Simulation of the Electrospraying Process of a Viscoelastic Liquid in an Ambient, Highly Viscous Liquid | Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power | 14-16 | December | 2022 | IIT Roorkee |
| 19 | Pradyna Chabbi, Anant Khedkar, Venkatesh KP Rao | Design and analysis of single drive tri-axis MEMS gyroscope | Microactuators, Microsensors and Micromechanisms. MAMM 2022. | 3-5 | December | 2022 | IITH, Hyderabad |
| 20 | Amit Kumar, Venkatesh KP Rao | An investigation of Vehicle Stopping Distance under different conditions through virtual Simulation Techniques | SAEINDIA International Mobility Conference | 1 | October | 2022 | Bengaluru, INDIA |
| 21 | Amit Kumar, Venkatesh KP Rao, Akshat Gupta, Sitikantha Padhy | Measurement of Neck Injuries during Frontal Offset Crash of Passenger Car- An application of Sensors in Automotive Domain | Measurement, Sensor Systems & Applications Conference (MeSSAC 20200) | 1 | August | 2022 | China |
| 22 | Kusuma N, Abey Shawn D, Harsha S, Venkatesh KP Rao | ಅಂತರಿಕ್ಷಯಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಳಸಲು ಪೈಜೊ-ರೆಸಿಸ್ಟಿವ್ ಆಧಾರಿತ ಸೂ.ವಿ.ಯಾಂ.ವ್ಯ ವೇಗವರ್ಧಕದ ವಿನ್ಯಾಸದ ಉನ್ನತೀಕರಣ (ಅತ್ಯುತ್ತಮವಾಗಿಸುವಿಕೆ) | National Conference in Science and technology in Aerospace and Defence Sector at | 15 | July | 2022 | NAL, Bangaluru |
| 23 | Diplesh. Gautam, Ayush Owhal , Venkatesh KP Rao, Sachin U. Belgamwar | Conformational temporal changes in transmembrane protein using molecular dynamics | ME@75 Research Frontiers Conference, IISC, Bengaluru, INDIA | 28 | June | 2022 | Bengaluru, INDIA |
| 24 | Pradyna Chabbi, Anant Khedkar, Venkatesh KP Rao | Analytical stiffness model of novel Single Drive, Three-axis MEMS Gyroscope | ME@75 Research Frontiers Conference, IISC, Bengaluru, INDIA | 28 | June | 2022 | Bengaluru, INDIA |
| 25 | Vimal Chauhan, Shyam Sunder Yadav & Venkatesh K. P. Rao | Numerical Simulation of Rod Climbing Effect of Newtonian Fluids | Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (Vol. 3) | 1 | December | 2021 | Pilani, INDIA |
| 26 | Pradyna Chabbi, Diplesh. Gautam, Venkatesh KP Rao | Experimental And Numerical Studies on Mechanical Resonance of Piezoelectric Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscope | IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Computing and Communication Technologies (CONECCT) | 1 | December | 2021 | Bengaluru, INDIA |
| 27 | Diplesh. Gautam, Venkatesh K P Rao | Classification of diaphysis based on the mechanical response of femur bone | Vibroengineering PROCEDIA | 1 | November | 2019 | Noida,India |
| 28 | Pavan R , Shyamsundar P I , Venkatesh K P Rao | Analysis of vibration based windmill coupled micromachined energy harvester | Vibroengineering PROCEDIA | 1 | November | 2019 | Noida,India |
| S. No. | Authors name | Title | Book Series | Vol. | Year | Page No. | Editors | DOI |
| 1 | Vimal Chauchan, Shayam Sundar Yadav, Venkatesh KP Rao | 2D Numerical Simulation of the Electrospraying Process of a Viscoelastic Liquid in an Ambient, Highly Viscous Liquid | Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering | 5 | 2024 | 667–679 | Krishna Mohan, Dutta Sushanta, Subudhi Sudhakar and Nikhil Kumar | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-6074-3_61 |
| 2 | Pradnya Chabbi, Anant Khedkar, Venkatesh KP Rao | Design and Analysis of Single Drive Tri-Axis MEMS Gyroscope | Mechanisms and Machine Science | 126 | 2022 | 172-182 | Pandey, A.K., Pal, P., Nagahanumaiah, Zentner, L | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-20353-4_13 |