{"id":12,"date":"2016-04-14T18:23:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T18:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.162.1.33\/utsaah\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-05-19T18:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T12:31:16","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dm.iisc.ac.in\/utsaah\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Principal investigator, Lab in-charge<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Prof. Manish Arora<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Position<\/strong>: Associate Professor <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: marora@iisc.ac.in <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech \u2013 Chemical Engineering (IIT Delhi)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD – Applied Physics (University of Twente, the Netherlands)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Current PhD students<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Sameer Kumar Gautam<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD<\/strong>: Joined in 2019 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email<\/strong>: sameergautam@iisc.ac.in <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering (Tezpur University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.Tech – Product Design and Development (MNNIT Allahabad)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research<\/strong> Topic<\/strong>: Ultrasound Elastography | Biomedical Device Design<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click to know more about me!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ansuman Sahu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD: <\/strong>Joined in 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>ansumansahu@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Industrial Design Engineering (NIT Rourkela)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.Des – Product Design and Engineering (DM, IISc Bangalore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research topic: <\/strong>Additive Manufacturing | Polymers & Composites | Computational modelling<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Arpan Laha<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD: <\/strong>Joined in 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>arpanlaha@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering (HIT Haldia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.Tech – Mechatronics (IIT Patna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Topic: <\/strong>Mathematical modelling of acto-myosin system <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Utsav Swarnkar<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD:<\/strong> Joined in 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> utsavs@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering (KIET GHAZIABAD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.Tech – Thermal Engineering (IIT Dhanbad)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Topic<\/strong>: Human Thermal Comfort and Heat transfer Analysis<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click to know more about me!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Arunkumar S<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.E. – Mechanical Engineering <\/strong>(GCT Coimbatore)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.Tech – Additive Manufacturing (NIT Warangal) <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research topic:<\/strong> Advanced manufacturing techniques, Multi-material Additive manufacturing<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click to know more about me!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Saladi Pravallika<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct PhD<\/strong>: Joined in 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fellowship:<\/strong> Prime Minister\u2019s Research Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email:<\/strong> pravallikas@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Electronics and Communications Engineering with specialization in design and manufacturing (IIITDM Kurnool)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Topic:<\/strong> Ultrasound Imaging and Artificial Intelligence | AI for Biomedical Imaging <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click to know more about me!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Love Kush Tak<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD: <\/strong>Joined in 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>lovekushtak@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Civil Engineering (IIT Bombay)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M.Tech – Computer Integrated Manufacturing (IIT Bombay)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research topic: <\/strong>Additive Manufacturing | Computational modelling Fluid, Heat transfer, DEM, FEM | LPBF & DED processes <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click to know more about me!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Rimzhim Arora<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct PhD:<\/strong> Joined in 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>rimzhimarora@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Biomedical Engineering (Mody University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research topic: <\/strong>Diagnostic Ultrasound, Medical Electronics <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Click to know more about me!<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Waquas Hassan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Direct PhD:<\/strong> Joined in Jan’2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Email: <\/strong>mdhassan@iisc.ac.in<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

B.Tech – Mechanical Engineering (Dronacharya College of Engineering)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

M. Tech – Computer Integrated Design and Manufacturing (NIT Jamshedpur)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Current M.Tech student <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Other members<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Deval Karia (Entrepreneurs In Resident)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Kavyashree Venkatesh (Project Lead, PhD – IIT Guwahati)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Komal Nikhil Shah<\/strong> (Entrepreneurs In Resident)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Alumni<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Hemang Kumar Jayant<\/strong> (2022)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Amrutha Bhaskaran<\/strong> (2023)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Aparna Harindranath<\/strong> (2023)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Aditi Nitturkar <\/strong>(2026)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Dr. Atheeth Shivalingaprasad<\/strong> (2025)<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Alumni\/Past Members<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Siddharth Nair <\/li>\n
  • Satvika Bhardwaj<\/li>\n
  • Narendra Bandineni<\/li>\n
  • Vivek Sharma<\/li>\n
  • Sanath K Nadiger<\/li>\n
  • Adri Rajaraman<\/li>\n
  • Sidhesh Kumar<\/li>\n
  • Rishank Nair<\/li>\n
  • Rohit S. Nambiar<\/li>\n
  • Sourabh Alagundagi (BVBCET, Karnataka)<\/li>\n
  • Arpitha R (DSCE, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Anagha TK (DSCE, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Vikas Garg (JNCASR, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Dilip S (ACED, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Dr. Dennis Thomas<\/span> (IIT-KGP)<\/li>\n
  • Anshul Gupta (IIT – KGP)<\/li>\n
  • Adithya Premachandra<\/li>\n
  • Kishan Kumar (NIT-K)<\/li>\n
  • Krupakar Pasala<\/li>\n
  • Kishore Kumar (BMSCE, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Jagruthi D. Atada (BMSCE, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Meghana Patil (BMSCE, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Radha Kumari (IIT-BHU)<\/li>\n
  • Nishant Khosla(BITS-Pilani)<\/li>\n
  • Aditha Ukarade (BITS-Pilani)<\/li>\n
  • Raghvendra (BMSCE, Bengaluru)<\/li>\n
  • Meghana S.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n

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