We are pleased to announce that Prof. Saptarshi Basu  has been appointed as an Associate Editor of the renowned journal, Physics of Fluids . This appointment recognizes his outstanding contributions to fluid mechanics and his sustained leadership in research excellence, reflecting his growing influence within the international scientific community. You can view the full Editorial Board and announcement here: Physics of Fluids Editorial Board

APS DFD 2025 was a memorable and enriching experience for our research group. We proudly presented our work across multiple platforms, including one invited talk on secondary atomization under extreme conditions , one DFD Interact talk on vortical cleaning , two contributed talks on microscale flows  and cascades and corrugations , along with five Gallery of Fluid Motion videos and two poster presentations. Our contributions spanned a wide range of topics such as vortex-mediated droplet...

Gautham Vadlamudi, a former PhD student from the Basu lab, has been awarded the Best PhD Thesis Award 2025 by the Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer for his thesis titled “Spatio-temporal Dynamics in Droplet Combustion under Diverse Flow Conditions,” . We congratulate him on this outstanding accomplishment. With this recognition, a total of 11 PhD scholars from our group have now received Best PhD Thesis awards.

Our lab successfully conducted a 3-day workshop on Measurement Techniques for Drops and Sprays from 10–12 November 2025, hosted under the Centre for Continuing Education at IISc Bengaluru. The workshop brought together participants from diverse backgrounds, offering hands-on training, technical sessions, and expert demonstrations on state-of-the-art diagnostic methods for droplet and spray research.

Siddhant Jain won the Oral Presentation Award in the category of Micro Nano-scale Flows & Droplet Microfluidics at the International Conference on Micro Nano Fluidics (ICOM 2025), IIT Guwahati. This recognition highlights the quality and impact of his work in advancing droplet microfluidics.

He was recognized for his impactful work on atomization physics and multiscale interfacial mechanisms, with his research already leading to two patents and significant advances in spray atomization. The award also includes a ₹1,00,000 cash prize.

Mr. Amey Nitin Agharkar defends his PhD thesis and becomes the 25th PhD student to graduate from Prof. Basu's lab. He was co-guided by Prof. Dipshikha Chakravortty from MCB, IISc. Congratulations to Amey and good luck for his future endeavors.

Title : Insights into the mechanics of pure and bacteria-laden sessile whole blood droplet evaporation Authors : Durbar Roy , Sophia M. Joseph , Kush Kumar Dewaangan , Abdur Rasheed , Siddhant Jain , Anmol Singh , Dipshikha Chakravortty  and Saptarshi Basu Link : https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2025.10720

Our former Post Doctoral student Dr. Kush Kumar Dewangan has joined IIEST Shibpur as an Assistant Professor. Congratulations to him and...

Title: Evaporation and pathogenesis of levitated bacteria-laden surrogate respiratory fluid droplets: At different relative humidity and...

Title: Secondary Atomization of Droplets at Extreme Conditions Authors: Saini Jatin Rao and Saptarshi Basu Link:...

Gautham Vadlamudi, ex PhD from our lab has joined Dr. Francesca De Domenico, TU Delft as a post doctoral student. Best wishes to him for...

Title: Response of Non-Premixed Jet Flames to Blast Waves Authors: Akhil Aravind, Gautham Vadlamudi and Saptarshi Basu Link:...

Title: Response of Premixed Jet Flames to Blast Waves Authors: Akhil Aravind, Gautham Vadlamudi and Saptarshi Basu Link:...

For parabolic flight experiments, the experimental design and experimental plan has to be pre approved and certified by Novespace and...

Dr. R. Kuppuraj, ex PhD student, is set to join University of Manchester as an Assistant Professor from Summer of 2025. He worked on...

Journal of Fluid Mechanics (JFM) Title: Dynamics of unsteady premixed flames in meso-scale channels and the effects of varying the wall...

Topic : Secondary Atomization at Extreme Conditions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUdHQaotU84

Topic : Greener Pesticide Spray Management for a Sustainable Future

Topic : Fundamentals to Applications: Odyssey of Multiphase Systems

Title: Effect of the blast wave interaction on the flame heat release & droplet dynamics Authors: Gautham Vadlamudi, Balasundaram Mohan,...

Shubham Sharma, ex-PhD of our lab and presently a post-doc at Johns Hopkins University has received the Best PhD Thesis Award [BK Subba...

The lab is delighted to welcome Sunil as a new PhD student and wishes him success in his research journey.

The lab welcomes Arnab as a new PhD student. Arnab is an Engineering and Research Scientist (Full-time) in TCS Research.

Darshan D. Rathod has completed his PhD defence. He presented our flagship works on full scale sector combustor at high flow rates and...

Title: Insights Into the Dynamics of Full-Scale Sector Combustor Isothermal Flow Field Authors: Darshan Rathod, Pratikash Panda,...

Congratulations to Prof. Saptarshi Basu for being selected for the INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) chair Professorship.

Title: Isothermal Flow Field Characterization of a Full-Scale Sector Combustor At Elevated Pressures Journal: Journal of Engineering for...

Title: Insights into spatio-temporal dynamics during shock–droplet flame interaction Authors: Gautham Vadlamudi , Akhil Aravind , Saini...

Title: Aerodynamic Bag breakup of a Polymeric Droplet Authors: Navin Kumar Chandra, Shubham Sharma, Saptarshi Basu and Aloke Kumar Link: ...

Professor Basu receiving NASI fellowship (FNASc) from president NASI Prof Dr Balram Bhargava.

TOI link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/iisc-bengaluru-develops-indigenous-fuel-injector-for-fighter-planes-to-be-t...

A former student Angkur Shaikeea ( published about 7 papers at this lab) is joining as an Assistant Professor at GALCIT in CALTECH from...

Prof. Saptarshi Basu has now joined as a Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of International Journal of Multiphase Flow which is a...

Title: APPARATUS FOR SEGREGATING AND MOBILIZING ENTITIES FROM SUBSTRATE Inventors: Siddhant Jain, Saini Jatin Rao, Saptarshi Basu

Title : Insights into Surrogate Respiratory Droplet Behaviour on Inclined Surfaces: Implications for Disease Transmission Authors: Abdur...

​Prof. Saptarshi Basu has been elected as Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India [FNASc].​ Congratulations to him on this...

Shubham Sharma, an ex PhD (presently a Post Doctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins) wins the best thesis award granted by Indian Society of...

Siddhant Jain, PhD student, wins the best poster award for his work titled "Shear Stress Alters Bacterial Physiology"at IRN - Hydrobio...

Title: Evaporation of stable microemulsion droplets Authors: Bal Krishan, Preetika Rastogi, D. Chaitanya Kumar Rao, Niket S. Kaiser...