Meet Our Faculty
A diverse group of world-class researchers and industry pioneers driving the future of autonomous aviation at IIT Kanpur.
Aerospace Engineering

Prof. Abhishek
Professor
Expert in rotary wing aeromechanics and UAV design with significant contributions to national defense panels and international drone challenges.
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Prof. Alakesh Chandra Mandal
Professor
Specializes in experimental aerodynamics and turbulent shear flows, investigating flow instability and boundary layer transitions.
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Prof. Navrose
Associate Professor
Focuses on fluid-structure interaction, computational fluid dynamics, and aerodynamics optimization.
View ProfileProf. Debopam Das
Professor
Leading expert in aeroacoustics, vortex dynamics, and unsteady aerodynamics with joint research in sustainable energy.
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Prof. Chandra Shekhar Upadhyay
Professor
Specializes in computational materials science, solid mechanics, and the numerical analysis of structural dynamics.
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Prof. Preetamkumar Marutrao Mohite
Professor
Expert in composite damage mechanics, RADAR absorbing structures, and multi-scale modeling of aerospace materials.
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Prof. Tanmay Dutt Mathur
Assistant Professor
Expert in rotorcraft drive systems and gearboxes, with extensive industrial experience at Leonardo Helicopters and GE Research.
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Associate Professor
Specializes in linear and nonlinear controls for aerospace systems and satellite attitude dynamics.
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Prof. Ketan Rajawat
Professor
Expert in optimization algorithms, dynamic network measurements, and signal processing in communications.
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Prof. Soumya Ranjan Sahoo
Professor
Specializes in multi-agent systems, nonlinear control, and fault identification in unmanned vehicles.
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Prof. Tushar Balasaheb Sandhan
Associate Professor
Expert in computer vision, machine learning, and AI applications in healthcare and robotics.
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Prof. Twinkle Tripathy
Assistant Professor
Researches autonomous vehicle guidance, formation control in multi-agent systems, and missile guidance.
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Prof. Indranil Saha Dalal
Associate Professor
Expert in multiscale simulations and modeling of complex fluids and polymer dynamics.
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Prof. Urbi Chatterjee
Assistant Professor
Specializes in hardware security, physically unclonable functions, and IoT security protocols.
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Prof. K R Guruprasad
Associate Professor
Expert in multi-robot systems, motion planning, and Voronoi partition applications in autonomous systems.
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Prof. Sachin Y. Shinde
Associate Professor
Researches bio-inspired fluid mechanics, swimming, flying, and fluid-structure interactions.
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Associate Professor
Specializes in acoustic source localization, aeroacoustics, and noise control engineering.
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Prof. Salil Goel
Associate Professor
Expert in geoinformatics, LiDAR, and sensor fusion for localization and mapping in GNSS-denied environments.
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