CV

Postdoctoral Associate

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Supervisor: Prof. Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

• Quantum computing for fluid dynamics (QCFD)

Fellowship for Academic and Research Excellence (FARE)

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

• High-resolution simulations of moist turbulent convection in Earth’s troposphere
• Thermalisation in quantum and classical Euler turbulence
• Transients in thermal convection and energy distribution across scales

Graduate Researcher

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Supervisor: Prof. Mahendra K. Verma; Co-supervisor: Prof. Rajesh Ranjan

• Simulated turbulent compressible convection at extreme Rayleigh numbers, revealing classical heat-transport scaling laws
• Developed a scalable Python PDE solver with GPU and MPI support for high-performance simulations
• Applied advanced numerical methods to shocks, turbulence, and compressible astrophysical and atmospheric flows

Master's Student Researcher

Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Supervisor: Prof. Pankaj Jain; Co-supervisor: Prof. J. S. Yadav

• Studied acoustic normal modes in thin accretion disks using an effective Kerr potential
• Derived a dispersion relation valid over a range of black-hole spin parameters

Doctor of Philosophy in Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

• Thesis: Compressible turbulent convection at extreme Rayleigh numbers
• Cumulative Performance Index: 9.56/10
• Coursework: Field Theory, Physics of Turbulence, High-Performance Computing, and Advanced Statistical Physics

Master of Science in Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

• Cumulative Performance Index: 8.30/10
• Coursework: High Energy Astrophysics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, and Quantum Field Theory

Bachelor of Science

Kumaun University

• Subjects: Physics, Mathematics, and Chemistry
• Percentage: 66.4%, First Class

Postdoctoral Research and Professional Development Support Grant

NYU Office of Postdoctoral Affairs

~$2,500 awarded to support presentation at the Supercomputing Conference 2026 (SC26).

Outstanding PhD Thesis Award

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Awarded for the thesis Compressible turbulent convection at extreme Rayleigh numbers.

Division of Fluid Dynamics Enabling Award

American Physical Society

Supported attendance at the 2025 APS DFD Annual Meeting.

APS DFD Session Chair

American Physical Society

Chaired Convection and Buoyancy-Driven Flows: Heat Transfer, Instabilities & Turbulence.

IIT JAM All India Rank 74

IIT Joint Admission Test

Ranked 74th among 15,000 applicants.

Merit cum Means Scholarship

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Awarded from Aug 2019 to May 2021.

JEST All India Rank 307

Joint Entrance Screening Test

Qualified National Defence Academy Entrance Exam

UPSC