IIAEM Faculty

Dr. Antonio Davis
Director in Charge ( IIAEM)

B.E. (Mech.), MS (Research), Ph.D.

Email Id: [email protected]

Former Scientist, GTRE, Principal Consultant, Infotech Enterprises Limited, having 25 years’ experience in Aircraft Engine industry

Aircraft Propulsion, CFD, Heat Transfer

Antonio Davis graduated BE in Mechanical Engineering from Gulbarga University and holds the Master of Science degree (by Research) in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Madras. He got his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from IISc, Bangalore. He has over 25 years of industry experience in the area of aircraft engines. He has more than four years of experience teaching both PG and UG. His teaching and research interest are focused on aircraft propulsion, CFD and heat transfer. He has coordinated many research programs while in industry. He has presented papers at National and International conference.

Dr. K. Natarajan
Professor

B.E., M.Tech, Ph.D

Email Id: [email protected]

Semiconductors, MEMS, Wireless Technologies

Dr. K. Natarajan completed his under graduate from PSG Tech, Coimbatore, during the year 1976. He did his MTECH from IIT Delhi, in the area of Electronics & VLSI Technology in the year 1978. He has completed his Ph.D from IISC, in the year 1988. He has published more than 40 national & international conference/ journal papers and guided 30 PG/ UG projects. He has taken two joint patents on the Thyristor Design & Fabrication, Large area Pressure switch. He was with BEL for 34 years and with MSRIT as HOD Telecom for 4 years. He has handled many R & D projects from DRDO Labs. Currently he is the Professor in the Aerospace department, International Institute of Aerospace Engineering and Management in the JAIN (Deemed-to-be University).

Mr. Ashok Bakshi
Professor

B. Tech. (Aero), M. Tech. (Aerospace Structures from IISc)

Email Id: ashok.bakshi@jainuniversity. ac.in

30 years of Industrial & Research Experience

Aerospace Structures Design, Defence Systems, Composite Ctructures, FEM

Prof Ashok Bakshi graduated B. tech in aeronautical Engineering from Madras Institute of Technology, Chromepet under Anna university and then he received his M. E. in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He began his professional career in Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) under ISRO and worked for 22 years in the area of structural design of launch vehicles and systems for ASLV, PSLV, GSLV and RLV projects of national importance. Then he moved to private sector in the area of Aerospace and Defence systems design, where he worked for projects of global companies like airbus, EADS, Boeing and many of the OEM and direct suppliers of aerospace and military manufacturers. Since 2012 he is in academics field for last 7 years. He offers courses like aircraft design, Structural stability, composite structures design, FEM, Dynamics and response for graduate and post graduate levels. Totally he has around 35 years of experience in industry and academics together.

Mr. V. Amritharaju
Associate Professor

M.E. (Ph.D)

Email Id: [email protected]

Teaching experience of 13 years and Industry experience of 2 years

Materials and composites, recycling and green composites

Amritharaju.V graduated B.E. in Mechanical engineering from University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore university and M.E.in Manufacturing Science and Engineering from the same college. He has over 18 years of teaching experience in both teaching UG and PG and also industrial experience of 2 years in HMT and WIDIA INDIA. Ltd. in Bangalore. His teaching and research interests includes Composites, Aircraft materials, Processing and Testing. He has presented papers at National and International conferences and published papers in international publications. Currently his research is on Characterization and Testing of Polymer Matrix Composites.

Dr. Kamala Narayanan
Professor - 1

B.E., M.E, Ph.D

Email Id: [email protected]

Teachds

Robotics, Automation and Control, Machine learning and Artificial Intelligence, Optimization techniques, Power Electronics and drives

She graduated in BE from Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Annamalai University, ME in Power Systems from Annamalai University and ME in Power Electronics and Drives from St. Peters University and PhD in Electrical Engineering from Anna University. Has a total of 20 years of experience and has served as Professor & HOD at previous institutions. In software tools - MATLAB (SIMULINK and Coding), LABVIEW and Mi Power, C++ and PYTHON PROGRAMMING, ARDUINO and RASBERRY PI has high proficiency & has taken part in many Consultation Projects. She was also awarded,

• International Lifetime achievement award from International American council for Research and Development awards -2019 on 30th June 2019
• Outstanding researcher in Rula International award for “Virtual Tele presence and Gesture controlled Robot” on 12th November 2018

And is a Life member (LM17013) - Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE).

Dr. V. Pushparajesh
Associate Professor

BE, ME, Ph.D

Email Id: [email protected]

Teachds

Power Electronics and Drives

He graduated in BE from Bharathiar Universityin 2002 with FCD, received MTech in Power Electronics from Anna University in 2005 with FC and received PhD in 2017 from Anna University in EEE. Dr. Pushparajesh has a total of 15 years of Teaching experience and has made many Journal Publications and presented at Conference proceedings. He also has participated at various Workshops, Conferences, FDPs and so on. Dr. Pushparajesh has received several awards. They are,

• He has won the Best Researcher Award for the year 2017-2018 instituted by DK International Research Foundation, India.
• He was nominated as Best Academic Researcher for the year 2018- 2019 instituted by ASDF International, London, UK.
• He has won the Outstanding Faculty Award for the year 2018-2019 instituted by Venus International Research Foundation, India.
• He has won the Best Faculty Award for the year 2016-2017 instituted by Indian Research Academic Association, Trichy, India.
• He has won the “Best Faculty Award” for the year 2015-2016 at Kongu Engineering College, India.

He has won the “Best Placement Coordinator” for the year 2007 - 08 at Kongu Engineering college, Perundurai, India.

Mr. Ashish Kumar Gupta
Associate Professor

M.Tech (Ph.D)

Email Id: [email protected]

Industrial Experience of 25 years and teaching experience of 5 year

Aerodynamics, Flight Mechanics

Ashish Kumar Gupta graduated in BTech in Aeronautical Engineering from I.I.T Kharagpur, and holds Master of Engineering degree in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He has over 20 years of industry experience in the area of Aerospace Engineering and 5 plus years in teaching. He has worked at VSSC Trivandrun (ISRO) for 10 years in Aerodynamics division and supported the launch vehicle design programs. He also worked at Infotech Enterprises and Cades Digitech, Bangalore, for 11 years where he supported the analysis and design requirements for PWC Canada Engine programs and non aero applications. My research interests are CFD code development, Base pressure and multi-jet interaction, Low Reynolds number aerodynamics.

Mr. Vamsi Krishna Chowduru
Associate Professor

M.Tech (Ph.D)

Email Id: [email protected]

4 years of industry experience and 3 years in teaching

Propulsion, Turbomachinery & Design

Mr. Vamsi Krishna Chowduru graduated B.Tech Aeronautical Engineering from JNTU Hyderabad. He has completed his M.Tech Thermal Engineering from MLR Institute of Technology, JNTU Hyderabad. He has 7 years of experience in Teaching & Research. He is currently life member of Aeronautical Society of India, Institution of Engineers, Society of Automotive Engineers and Institute of Aeronautics Astronautics & Aviation. He has published 6 Journals and presented 5 Conference papers in field of Propulsion, UAV’s & Thermal Engineering. Currently he is pursuing his PhD area of Micro gas turbine propulsion in Department of Aerospace Engineering Jain (Deemed to be University).

Mr. K. S. Vishwanath
Associate Professor

BE, M.Tech., (Ph.D)

Email Id: [email protected]

Aerospace Structures

Mr. K.S.Vishwanath graduated in BE in the branch of Electrical & Electronics Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University and holds the Master of Technology degree in Aerospace Structures from IIAEM-JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore. He has overall of 8 years of experience. His teaching and research interest are focused on Structures, Composites, FEM, Fatigue and Fracture and has hands on experience in the CAE software tool. Previously he has served at Amity University and Dronacharya College of Engineering in the Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Gurgaon. Totally he has handled 17 theory subjects till date. Also has published research papers in international journals and has participated in many guest lectures, International Conferences, workshops, seminars and faculty development programs.

Ms. S Charulatha
Associate Professor

M.E (Ph.D)

Email Id: [email protected]

Industry experience 10 years and Teaching experience of 4 years

Avionics

S.Charulatha graduated BE in Electronics and Communication from Bharathidasan University and holds the Master of Engineering degree in Avionics from Madras Institute of Technology, Tamilnadu. She has over 10 years of Industry Experience and 6 years of teaching experience in both teaching UG and PG. Her teaching and research interest are focused on Satellite Applications. She has tested the software requirements of various avionics systems like TCAS & Fuel Quantity Management Systems in Industry. She has also served various software companies in various capacities such as Technical Leader.

Dr. Allamaprabhu Yaravintelimath
Assistant Professor

M.Tech, Ph.D

Email Id: [email protected]

Industrial experience of 1 year and teaching experience of 3 years

Aerospace Propulsion

Allamaprabhu graduated BE in Mechanical Engineering from Karnataka University Dharwad and MTech in Heat Power Engineering from National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal. He holds PhD degree in Aerospace Engineering from Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru. He has 1 year of industrial experience, 12 years of research experience and 8 years of teaching experience at both UG and PG levels. His research interest is in the area of Turbulence Modeling and CFD application to rocket nozzles and small gas turbine engines.

Dr. Sundeep Rao P
Assistant Professor

Ph.D

Email Id: [email protected]

Aerodynamics, CFD, numerical analysis and algorithms

BE in Mechanical Engineering from VTU and holds the M-Tech degree in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay. He got his PhD in Aerospace Engineering from IIT Bombay. Research interests are CFD, Aerodynamics, aircraft design.

Dr. S.S Udhagara Rajan
Assistant Professor

B.E (Aero), M.E (Aero)., (Ph.D)

Mr.S.Sudhagara Rajan received his Bachelor of Engineering in the Aeronautical Engineering from Anna University - Chennai. He also completed Master of Engineering in the Aeronautical Engineering from Karpagam University - Coimbatore. He has submitted his PhD thesis at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) - Vellore. He is a recipient of the ERASMUS + PhD student exchange scholarship (2016). He also worked in ISRO - VSSC funded project as a JRF during his PhD. He has attended many international conferences both in India and abroad and presented his research work. He also published research articles in reputed international journals and contributed book chapters. He has two and a half years of teaching and six years of research experience

Fatigue & Fracture; Aerospace Materials; Advanced Manufacturing techniques; Material Characterisation

Ms. Giri Pallavi
Assistant Professor

M.Tech-Aerospace Engineering

Email Id: [email protected]

Ms. Giri Pallavi has graduated with a B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from Hindustan University, Chennai and a M.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering from Institute of Aeronautical Engineering (IARE), Hyderabad. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Aerospace Engineering at JAIN (Deemed-to-be University). Currently she has over three years of teaching experience. Her research interests are in Helicopter Dynamics, Aerodynamics and Aerospace Materials and Manufacturing.

Aerodynamics, Propulsion and Helicopter Dynamics

Mr. R. Naveen Kumar
Assistant Professor

M.Tech-Aeronautical Engineering

5.6 Years

Aeronautical Engineering

Mr. Samuel Vivek Williams
Assistant Professor

B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, M.S. in Aviation Systems and Project Management Professional (PMP)

8 years

Systems Engineering, Instrumentation, Data Analysis and Engineering Management

Mr. Samuel Vivek holds an B.E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from VTU and a M.S. degree in Aviation Systems from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He has previously worked as a systems engineer in the Aerospace and Automotive industries. Currently he has one year of teaching experience. His interests are in Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, Flight Testing, Aircraft Design and Aircraft Data Analysis.

Mr. Jagapathi Babu Batchu
Assistant Professor

B.E , M.Tech

Email id: [email protected]

Teaching experience of 1 year

Dynamics and Control of Aerospace Vehicles

Jagapathi Babu Batchu has done B.E in Aeronautical Engineering from Aeronautical Society of India, New Delhi and M.Tech in Dynamics and Control of Aerospace Vehicles from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IITB), Mumbai. He has 1 year of teaching experience at UG level. He has published 1 research paper in the Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research. His research interest is in the area of Flight Dynamics and Aircraft Autopilot Control Systems.

Mr. Shashikumar S
Assistant Professor

B.E , M.Tech

Email id: [email protected]

Industrial experience of 2 years and teaching experience of 1 year

Aerospace Structures

Shashikumar S has done BE in Mechanical Engineering from Bapuji Institute of Technology, Davanagere, (VTU, Belagaum) and MTech in Aerospace Structures from International Institute for Aerospace Engineering and Management, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bengaluru. He has 2 years of industrial experience and 1 year of teaching experience at UG level. He has published 2 research papers in international journals. His research interest is in the area of Fracture Mechanics and Finite Element Methods.

Mr. ThimmiredThimmireddigariParamesh-09digari Paramesh
Assistant Professor

M.Tech (Ph.D)

Thermal Sciences, Aerodynamics, Fluid Mechanics, UAV

Paramesh Graduated B.E in Aeronautical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU) and holds a Master Degree in Thermal Engineering from JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore. He is pursuing his Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering. He has over 4 years of Teaching Experience in teaching Aerospace Engineering. He received “Best Paper Award” in 2018 for research presented in the International Journal of Advanced Research Trends in Engineering and Technology titled “Experimental and Numerical Evaluation Of Thermal Performance Of Closed Loop Pulsating Heat Pipe”. His teaching and research interests are focused on Aerodynamics and Thermal Sciences.

Dr. B. Dattaguru
Professor

BSc, B.E., M.E., Ph.D

Distinguished Professor and Chairman of Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc, having experience of 5 decades in teaching and research.

Fracture Mechanics, Aircraft Structures, Finite Element Methods, Composites, Smart Structures

Dr. A. R. Upadhya
Visiting Faculty - Distinguished Professor

Ph.D (Cranfield University, UK) M E(Aeronautics-IISc), B.Tech (Aeronautics-IIT, Kharagpur)

Email: [email protected]

Former Deputy Director, ISTRAC/ISRO having 36+ years of experience in Department of space as Scientist/Engineer and 5+ years of experience in teaching Aerospace Engineerin

Fracture Mechanics, Aircraft Structures, Finite Element Methods, Composites, Smart Structures

Dr. A. R. Manjunath
Visiting Faculty

Ph.D.

Email: [email protected]

Industry experience of 40 years, Retd. Chief Designer of Helicopter, HAL

Aerospace Engineering

Manjunath A.R. graduated BE in Electrical Engineering from Mysore University and holds Master of Engineering and Ph.D in Aerospace engineering from Indian Institute of Science Bangalore. He has more than 40 years of experience in Design & Development of Aircraft & Helicopters at Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. He was Chief Designer and General Manager in Rotary Wing Research & Design Centre, HAL at the time of super annuation (2009) and was responsible for Design, Development, Flight testing & Certification of Advanced Light Helicopter. He has published many papers on Helicopter in Journal of Aircraft, American Helicopter Society Forum & Journal. He was a visiting fellow at Institute of Sound & Vibration Research centre at University of Southampton UK. At present he is adjunct Professor at IIT Kharagpur also teaching helicopter course.

Dr. Amalesh Barai
Professor

BTech (Aeronautical – IIT Kharagpur), ME (Aerospace – IISc), PhD (Structural Dynamics & Aeroelasticity – IISc)

Email: [email protected]

Two decades of industrial (NAL, Bangalore; EMRC, Bangalore; Tata Technologies and Tata Johnson Controls, Pune; Airbus UK, Filton, Bristol, UK). One decade of Teaching (VIT, Pune; Institute of Aeronautical Engineerinng, Hyderabad).

Composite Structures, Structural Dynamics, Unsteady Aerodynamics and Aeroelasticity

Mr. M. Jeeva Peter
Visiting Faculty

M.Tech(Aeronautics), DMIT(Aeronautics)

Former Head of Functional Group (Design), Rotary Wing Research & Design Center, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited - 4 decades and Faculty in SRM University - 1 year, IIAEM – 4 years

Design & Analysis of Aircraft structures, Characterisation and Qualification of Composite Materials used in Rotary wing structures.

Dr. Moses Osmond Gemson R
Visiting Faculty

B.E. (Mech.), M.E (Aeronautical), M.Sc (Electronics & Control Engg), Ph.D (Aerospace)

Email :[email protected]

Memberships: FIE, FAeSI

17 years of academic and 3.5 decades of Research and Industry

Flight Dynamics & Flight Control

Mr. Vinay Kumar Mathur
Professor

BB.Tech (Aeronautical Engineering) IIT Kharagpur, M.Tech from IIT Kanpur

Email :[email protected]

Ex General Manager, HAL, with 35 years experience in Design, certification, Manufacturing, Marketing, Project Management and Customer support for Fixed & Rotary wing Aircraft. Seven years of teaching experience including three years at IIT Kharagpur, in areas of Aircraft Design, Systems Engineering, Wind Tunnel, Energy Systems and Intellectual Property Rights.

Aircraft design

Wg. Cdr.(Retd.) B. Prakash
Visiting Faculty

B.Tech, M.Tech.(Aerodynamics), M.Sc. (Defence Studies) MBA (Marketing Management) and Fellow (Institution of Engineers), Member (Aeronautical Society of India)

Experience at IAF 4 decades and industry experience of 9 years

Aerospace Propulsion, Aircraft Systems

Mr. Indranil Roy
Visiting Faculty

M.Tech (Aerodynamics)

Email Id: [email protected]

Compressible Flows, Flight Mechanics, Rocket Propulsion

Indranil Roy graduated with B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from IIAEIT, Pune and holds an M.Tech degree in Aerodynamics from IIAEM, JAIN (Deemed-to-be University), Bangalore. He presently has three years’ experience in teaching the B.Tech undergraduates from IIAEM. His teaching and research interest are focused on Compressible flows, High speed aerodynamics, Rocket propulsion and Flight Mechanics.

Dr. T. S. Ramamurthy
Adjunct Faculty

B.E. (Civil), M.E (Aero), Ph.D.

Emeritus Fellow, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IISc, having experience of 47 years in teaching out of which 5 years of industry

Aerospace Structural Design & Analysis, Fracture Mechanics, Composite Structure

Prof. S. P. Govinda Raju
Adjunct Faculty

B.E. (Mech), M.E. (Aero), M.Sc. (Aero), Ph.D. (Aero)

Professor (Retd.), IISc, having 41 years of teaching experience

Low speed Aerodynamics, Principles of Aircraft Design

Mr. N. NanjundaRao
Adjunct Faculty

ME (Turbo machinery)

Ex. Add. Director, GTRE, 35 years of Industrial Experience

Aerospace Propulsion

Mr. Shirdi Nath Tekur
Adjunct Faculty

M.E.(Applied Electronics & servomechanisms)

Ex. DGM, ARDC, HAL, 35 years of Industrial Experience

Navigation

Dr. C Badarinath
Adjunct Faculty

Ph.D. (Mechanical Engg)

37 years of Industrial Experience

Combustion & Propulsion

Shri. Moorthy Venkataraman
Adjunct Faculty

A M Ae SI (Nav & Opns) and P.G Diploma in Management

Industry experience of 24 years and Teaching experience of 15 years

Air regulations, Aviation Meteorology, Air Navigation, Radio Telephony

Dr. S. SridharaMurthy
Adjunct Faculty

B.E. in Civil Engg, M.E. Aeronautical Engg. and Ph.D. in Engg Mechanics

Industry experience of 36 years

Structures, Finite Element methods, stress analysis