Prof. Kirti Chandra Sahu
Prof. Kirti Chandra Sahu
Personal Details
Email: kirtichsahu@gmail.com
Designation: Professor
Organization: Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, India
Engineering Section: Chemical Engineering
Category: Academic Institutions
Qualification:
Post-Doctoral Research, Fluid Dynamics, Imperial College London, UK, 2006-2009
PhD , Fluid Dynamics, JNCASR, Bengaluru, India, 2007
MS, Fluid Dynamics, JNCASR, Bengaluru, India, 2003
BE, Mechanical Engineering, UCE Burla, Odisha, India, 2001
DOB: 08/07/1978
Year: 2025
Contact Details - Official
Building, Street:
Department of Chemical Engineering, Office Number: 508, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Sangareddy, Telangana 502 284, India
Email: ksahu@che.iith.ac.in
Phone: 8374091309
Country: India
State: Telangana
City: Hyderabad
Zipcode: 502284
Areas of Interest
Clouds and raindrops, Interfacial fluid dynamics, Viscosity-stratified flows, Hydrodynamic instability
Specialization
Chemical Engineering
Professional Contribution
· Head of the Department, Chemical Engineering, IIT Hyderabad (October 2014 - October 2017)
· Associate Editor, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research (2024-Present)
· Editorial Advisory Board, Langmuir (2023 - Present)
· Member, External Affairs Committee, APS - DFD (2019-2021; 2023-2026)
· Associate Editor, Journal of Engineering Mathematics, Springer (2018 - 2023)
· Chairman, IUTAM Symposium on “Multiphase Flows with Phase Change”, Hyderabad, India (2015)
EDUCATION
Post-Doctoral Research, Fluid Dynamics, Imperial College London, UK, 2006-2009
PhD , Fluid Dynamics, JNCASR, Bengaluru, India, 2007
MS, Fluid Dynamics, JNCASR, Bengaluru, India, 2003
BE, Mechanical Engineering, UCE Burla, Odisha, India, 2001
Awards / Recognition
· Suzuki Next Bharat Fellowship (2025)
· VASVIK Award (2021)
· Research Excellence Award - IIT Hyderabad (2021)
· INSA Medal for Young Scientists (2013)
· NASI Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award (2012)
· IAS Young Associate Award (2012 - 2015)
· Visiting Professor, Ritsumeikan University, Japan (December 2015)
· IUSSTF (Indo-US Science and Technology Forum) Research Fellow (2011)
· NVIDIA Professor Partnership (2011)
· DST Young Scientist Award (2011)
