S Ramakrishnan Centre of Excellence
for Research in Fluid and Thermal Sciences
Our Team
The Centre brings together dedicated research scholars and students working on advanced problems in fluid and thermal sciences. They actively contribute to experimental investigations, computational modelling, and collaborative research projects aligned with the Centre’s objectives.
Centre Manager
Jayashree R
Centre Manager
Responsible for the administrative and operational management of the Centre.
Research Scholars
Dr. Gopal Chandra Pal
Research area: Vapor chamber Design for Electronics cooling
Gopal is a Postdoctoral researcher who earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar in 2025. His work focuses on droplet condensation on superhydrophobic surfaces and phase-change heat transfer for advanced cooling applications.
Hemanth D
Research area: Thermal management of batteries
Hemanth completed his bachelor’s from TKM College of Engineering, affiliated with APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University, in 2019. As a PMRF, he works on Li-ion battery thermal management using phase-change methods like heat pipes and flow boiling.
MD Moitur Rahman
Research area: Flow boiling in microchannels
Moitur Rahman has completed his MTech from Jadavpur University and as a Prime Minister's Research Fellow(PMRF), he is currently studying flow boiling in parallel microchannel evaporators using IR cameras. He is specifically looking at the application of the same in spacecraft electronics cooling.
Viraj Dusane
Research area: Spray Cooling
Viraj has completed his M.Tech from NIT Surat. He is currently working on spray cooling using an IR camera. His research focuses on the thermal analysis of sprays for electronic cooling applications.
Shuchi Chaurasia
Research area: Modeling and simulation of multiphase fluid flows
Shuchi is a Joint Doctoral Ph.D. scholar at Indian Institute of Technology Madras and TU Darmstadt. She completed her M.Tech from National Institute of Technology Hamirpur in 2023. Her research focuses on developing advanced computational solvers for multiphase flows using OpenFOAM.
Midhun Abraham
Research area: Vapor chambers
Midhun holds a master's degree in internal combustion engines and turbomachinery from Government Engg College, Thrissur and a bachelor's degree from Sree Narayana College of Engg, Ernakulam, Kerala. His passion lies in heat transfer with particular focus on electronic cooling, two phase flows and convective heat transfer.
Ambreena Abass
Research area: Vapor chambers
She completed her MTech from NIT Srinagar in 2024., where she worked on Phase Change Materials for thermal applications. Her current focus is on cooling high-power electronic devices by enhancing heat dissipation efficiency by integrating fins in vapor chamber design.
Sujatha S
Research area: Battery thermal management systems
She completed her BTech in Chemical Engineering from APEC Anna University and M.S in Chemical Engineering from IIT Madras.
Sathyasree
Research area: Immersion cooling, battery thermal management, and multiphase heat transfer.
She is working on immersion cooling for lithium-ion battery thermal management. She completed her M.Tech from NIT Calicut, focusing on battery cooling using phase change materials. Her doctoral research integrates experiments, CFD, and data-driven approaches.
Jugal Shah
Research area: Cryogenic Frosting and Interfacial Heat and Mass Transfer
Jugal holds a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering with a Minor in Astronomy and Space Engineering from IIT Indore, India. His research interests include cryogenic frosting, droplet evaporation dynamics, and interfacial heat and mass transfer relevant to spacecraft propulsion systems.
Ujjwal Kumar
Research area: Cryogenic nonlinear sloshing
Ujjwal has completed his M.Tech in Cryogenic and Vacuum Technology from NIT Rourkela. His research focuses on the heat and mass transfer mechanisms in cryogenic systems. He is currently investigating the behavior of capillary waves in a partially filled liquid nitrogen (LN₂) tank subjected to vertical vibrations.
Peruri Likith
Research area: Thermal Spacecraft Modeling
Peruri Likith holds both a B.Tech and an M.Tech from the IIT Madras and brings valuable industry experience from his tenure at MRF R&D. His current research centers on developing reduced-order models for thermal spacecraft, with a primary focus on leveraging machine learning techniques to solve complex thermal engineering problems.