Team | LEMS@IISc

Rajesh Chaunsali
Assistant Professor
rchaunsali at iisc ac in
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Abhigna Bhatt
National Postdoc Fellow ANRF
abhigna.bhatt at gmail dot com
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Harshit Kumar Sandhu
Ph.D. student
harshithk at iisc ac in
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Samanvay Anand
Ph.D. student (jointly with Dr. Dabade)
samanvaya at iisc ac in
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Garigipati Sai Srikant
Ph.D. student
garigipatis at iisc ac in
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Jayalakshmi K
M.Tech. (Research) student
jayalakshmik at iisc.ac.in
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Yashkumar Patil
M.Tech. student
yashkumarp at iisc dot ac dot in
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Bharath Kumar S
M.Tech. student
bharathks at iisc dot ac dot in
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Avinash Umashankar
Project Associate
avinashumashankar at gmail dot com
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Alumni

Our alumni have gone on to pursue exciting opportunities in academia, industry, and research institutions worldwide.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Prabith K (June 2022 – Dec 2024) → CNRS, France
Anusree Ray (June 2022 – Dec 2024) → University of Galway, Ireland

Graduate Students

Anshuman (M.Tech., Aug 2023 – June 2025) → DRDO
Kapila Ramya Krishna (M.Tech., Aug 2023 – June 2025) → Triveni Turbine Limited
Udbhav Viswakarma (M.Tech. Research, Aug 2021 – Nov 2024) → Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Panchal A. Jayeshbhai (M.Tech., Aug 2022 – June 2024) → Ola Electric
Govardhan K (M.Tech., Aug 2022 – June 2024) → DRDO

Project Associates

Murthaza Irfan A V (Oct 2022 – June 2025) → King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia
Saurav Dutta (June 2023 – July 2024) → Vizuara AI Labs
Ahamed Ali N (July 2023 – June 2024) → Johns Hopkins University, USA
Mohit Dhanda (June 2022 – Nov 2022) → University of Waterloo, Canada
Renganath Rengarajan (May 2022 – Nov 2022) → Airbus
Johnson Adams PS (Dec 2021 – July 2022) → Columbia University, USA

Visiting Scholars & Interns

Pranav N M and Nandini Sanavda (Intern, Summer 2026)
Vaishnavi Vijay Devgire and Adinarayan Agaram (Intern, Summer 2025)
Avinash Umashankar (Intern, Jan 2024 – May 2024)
Ankush Yadav (Visiting Scholar, Nov 2023 – Feb 2024)
Vikramaditya Agrawal and Vedant Vijaykrishnan (Intern, Summer 2023)

Group Pictures

A glimpse into our lab’s journey—celebrating milestones, achievements, and shared moments.

Outreach, May 2026

High-school students, Habeeb, Fidha, and Akansha, showcasing their prototypes as part of the Science Enrichment Program.

Open Day, March 2026

Our lab showcased two exciting aspects of aerospace structures. First, we demonstrated how the art of origami and kirigami can inspire novel deployable structures for space. Second, we showed how to unscrew a nut without touching it, using vibrations! A big thanks to the efforts of Harshit, Avinash, Samanvay, and Srikanth.

Bowling Champions, Feb 2026

CISM-IISc Workshop, July 2025

First-ever collaborative workshop between the International Centre for Mechanical Sciences (CISM), Italy, and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, was conducted at Department of Aerospace Engineering. Many thanks to the LEMS members for their volunteering efforts.