I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, joining IIT Madras in August 2025. I earned my B.Tech. degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2017, following which I earned my doctoral degree as Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2022. I worked as a postdoctoral scholar at Stanford University in materials science and engineering till 2025.
My work focuses primarily on the studying the mechanics of non-Newtonian fluids - namely, complex fluids and soft materials - and trying to understand how to test, characterize, and model the complex and non-trivial flow behavior - or rheology - of these materials relevant for applications involving droplet impacts and sprays, and novel direct ink writing and manufacturing processes.
