Continuing
PhD
1. Mr. Sai Sandeep Kolanu, 2022PHXF0438H
Fellowship: Full Time (JRF-DST SERB Project)
Title of the Thesis: Development of a Cost Effective Solar Energy based Drinking Water cum Cold Storage Facility for Coastal Communities in India
Area of Interests: HVAC and Refrigeration, Heat transfer, CFD, Machine learning
Start Date: April 2023 -
Contact: p20220438@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in
2. Mr. Kshirasagar Sai Raj Kiran, 2024PHXP0130H
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Highest Degree: M.Tech Digital Manufacturing (BITS WILP)
Field of study: Machine Vision, AI & ML
Key competencies: Project Management & execution, packaging line automation, basic and detailed engineering, mes, it & ot
integration, process improvements, predictive maintenance and value engineering.
Contact: p20240130@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in, +917350017959
Post-Doc
3. Dr. Aravind Rudrarapu
Research Topic:
Contact: aravindrudrarapu@gmail.com
Co-Supervisor
- Mr. Kurakula Anudeep
Thesis Work: Development of the health monitoring system for hybrid energy storage
- Ms. Lingampally Swetha
Thesis Work: Quantum dots embedded smart phase change materials for efficient thermal management of electronic systems
- Mr. Krishna Tejus E M
Thesis Work: Estimation of Remaining Useful Life Using Hybrid Data-driven Digital Twin of Lithium Ion Battery in Electric Vehicle Applications
- Mr. Mohare Saloni Sharad Shubhang
Thesis Work: Recycling of spent LFP battery through electrochemical route and its techno-economic analysis
- Mr. Jaldu Krishna Maitreya
Thesis Work: Multi Modal Video Summarization for Defense Surveillance on Resource Constrained Edge
Devices
- Mr. Muzaffar Naveed
Thesis Work: Design and Optimization of a Peer-to-peer Energy Trading Network for Renewable
Microgrids
- Mr. Abhishek Toluva
Thesis Work: Adaptive Multimodal Video Summarisation for Extended Surveillance in ResourceConstrained Edge Environments
- Ms. N Harshitha
Thesis Work: Hierarchical cycle detection and anomaly reporting in Industrial video for repetitive
manufacturing processes
JRF Team
Graduated
PhD
7. Dr. Ramesh Kaki (2020PHXH0056H)
Research Topic: Machine Learning-Driven Adaptive Quality Assurance Framework for Industrial Assembly Systems
Areas of Expertise: Machine Learning, Computer Vision, VLM/LLM, manufacturing Systems
Current Position: Machine Learning Enigneer at KYNEA Solutions
Contact: p20200056@hyderabad.bits.pilani.ac.in, +918125432117
6. Dr. Sama Sanghamitra (2017PHXF0435H)
Research Topic: Development and Investigation of Microalgae Biodiesel Blends as Alternate Fuel for a CI Engine.
Areas of Expertise: Alternate Fuels, Biodiesel, CI engines, Emission Control Techniques.
Contact: p20170435@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in
5. Dr. Y. S. Prasanna (2019PHXF0441H)
Research Topic: Development and Experimental Investigation of an Optimized Solar Distillation System in the Indian Context
Areas of Expertise: Solar Thermal Systems and Desalination Technologies, CFD, PCM and Nano-enhanced Materials, Energy, Exergy and Techno-Economic Analysis, AI/ML/DL
Current Position: Independent Researcher and Data Consultant (AI-Driven Modelling and Analytics)
Contact: p20190441@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in
4. Dr. Prudviraj Kandukuri, 2018PHXF0448H
Title of the Thesis: Advances in Spatial-Temporal Visualization of Falling-Film Flow Behaviour and Heat Transfer Characteristics for Desalination Systems
Areas of Expertise: ANSYS CFD (Fluent), Auto CAD, MATLAB, High-speed Imaging and Image Analysis, Simulink, Tecplot, Paraview, and Machine Learning models
Current Position: WILP Faculty, BITS Pilani
Contact: p20180448@hyderabad.bits-pilani.ac.in, 91-9502993432
3. Dr. B Sravya, 2018PHXF0448H
Title of the Thesis: Multi-Criteria Evaluation Based Solutions for the Sustenance of the Non-Centrifugal Sugar Industry
Areas of Expertise: MCDM theories & application, sustainability assistant process industries
Current Position: LF for wilp course
Contact: 7893484991
2. Dr. Khalid Anwar, 2013PHXF601H
Title of the Thesis: Development of Energy Management System for Microgrid Operations
Areas of Expertise: Hybrid renewable energy system, Thermal management for a microchannel heat sink
Current position: Associate Professor, Global College of Engineering and Technology, Oman
1. Dr. A. M. Jinturkar
Title of the Thesis: Fuzzy Logic Based Rural Energy Planning
Areas of Expertise: Energy Resource Planning, Operation research, Fuzzy logic
Current position: Principal, Government Polytechnic, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (M.S.)
Post-Doc
1. Dr. Aravind Rudrarapu (N-PDF DST SERB)
Research Topic: Synthesis of transition metal-phosphate-based nanocomposites and investigation of their applications towards thermal energy storage, thermal management and solar thermal energy storage
Areas of Expertise: Materials Chemistry, Thermal Energy Storage, Hydrogen Generation and Storage, Polymer Degradation, Solar Thermal Energy
Current Position: Manager - Application & Technical, Hitachi High-Tech Thermal Analysis Instruments
Contact: aravindrudrarapu@gmail.com
