Shashikant Pawar

Shashikant Pawar

Assistant Professor, Plaksha University

PhD, IISc Bengaluru

Area of Expertise:

Fluid Dynamics Heat Transfer

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About Shashikant Pawar

Dr. Shashikant Pawar obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore specializing in turbulent flows. He studied buoyancy driven turbulent flows which are ubiquitous in nature, atmospheric and oceanic flows; mantle convection in the planets and convection in the stars being some examples. He explored the so called ‘Ultimate regime of convection’ and has reported some new results. He has also studied the effect of turbulence on the propagation of light. A commonly observed phenomenon of ‘twinkling of star’ is an example of this effect.

He is interested in the studies of Pollution dispersion, Bio-inspired energy efficient and sustainable systems, Light propagation through turbulent media and Engineering education. He has had a stint of about a year in the High Performance Computing Laboratory, IIT Kanpur, during his M.Tech (specializing in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer). His experience in industry comes in handy while building experimental setups.

Research Interests
  • Environmental (buoyancy-driven) turbulent flows
  • Fluid dynamics and heat transfer of Bio-inspired systems
  • Light propagation in turbulent media
  • Engineering Education
  • STEM Experiments for Visually Impaired
Past Associations
  • Faculty Member, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Don Bosco Institute of Technology, Mumbai
  • Research Associate, Fluid Mechanics Laboratory, IISc, Bangalore
  • Executive Engineer, Heavy Engineering Division, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Mumbai
Education
  • PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru