Past Ph.D Students



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Sarath Reddy
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing
Thesis Title: A Geometric Approach for Discrete and Statistical Analysis for DHM with Mutable Supports
Present Organization: Dassault Systemes
Remark: Degree Awarded in 2014

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Abinash Kumar Swain
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing
Thesis Title: Product Definition Analysis with Flexible Assembly Modeling
Present Organization: Assistant Professor in IIT Roorkee.
Remark: Supervised research jointly with Prof. B. Gurumoorthy.

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J.S. Vipin
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing
Thesis Title: Natural hand-based interaction simulation using a digital hand
Present Organization: imk Automotive GmbH
Remark: Degree Awarded in 2013

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Prasad Onkar
Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing
Thesis Title: Development of a 3D Sketching Environment to Support Early Stages of Design
Present Organization: Assistant Professor in IIT Hyderabad
Remark: Degree Awarded in 2013

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Hariharan Krishnamurthy
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Title: Intent-driven correspondence and registration of shapes
Present Organization: Geometric PLM, HCL
Remark: Degree Awarded in 2017

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Ramakrishna K
Department Of Mechanical Engineering
Thesis Title:Motion Space Analysis of Smooth Objects in point contact
Present Organization: Assistant Professor in IIT Delhi
Remark: Degree Awarded in 2017.

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Nitesh Bhatia
Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing
Thesis Title: Functional Vision Modeling for Digital Human Modeling
Present Organization: Onnet system India Pvt. Limited
Remark: Degree Awarded in 2018
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P S Suvin
Centre for Product Design & Manufacturing
Thesis Title: Synthesis and testing of eco-friendly, non-toxic cutting fluid for sustainable manufacturing and machining processes
Remark: co-supervised with prof. Satish Vasu Kailas

Past M.Sc(Engg.) Students

M.V. Natarajeswar Rao Geometric Modeling using Slice Representation Year: 1998-2001
P. Upendra Application of Genetic Algorithm to Mechanism Synthesis Year: 1998-2002
Shekhar Chowdary Modular Kinematics of Mechanisms Year: 2000-2006
Dhanannjay S. Deo Computerized Facial Anthropometry on Scanned Digital Head Models Year: 2003-2005
Avinash Dawari Automated Kinematic Assembly Modeling Year: 2003–2007
N. Sridhar Tessellated Surface Generation from Sparse Contours Year: 1999-2002
Vinayak A Geometric Framework for Vision Modeling in Digital Human Models Using 3D Tessellated Head Scans Year: 2007-2010
Manan Deb Toggle Mechanisms in Switches: Systematic Synthesis and Analysis Procedure Year: 2009-2012
Kalyan Ramana Towards Automated Design of Toggle Switch Mechanisms Year: 2011-2015
Vineeth M. Design and Development of a Taut Cable Haptic Array System to Support Remote Palpation Examination Year: 2012-2017



Master of Engineering (in Mechanical Engg.)

K. Ratnakar Babu Automatic Sketching of Kinematic Chains Year: 1997-1999
N.V. Ravi Kumar Generation of Tessellated Surfaces from a Network of Curves Year: 1997-1999
N.Senthil Reconstruction of Manifold and Non-manifold Tessellated Surface from a Network of Curves Year:1998-2000
Sai Venugopal S. Modular Kinematics of Spatial Mechanisms Year:1998-2000
M. Prabhanjan Modular Kinematic Analysis of Planar Mechanisms with R, P and Cam Pairs Year:1998-2000
Anjani Prabhakar Booleans on Mixed Dimensional Slice Objects in 2D-space Year:1998-2000
B. Nagesh Singh A Geometric Approach for Workspace Analysis of Planar Mechanisms Year:1999-2001
S. Adithya Surface Reconstruction from Multi-valued Grid Data Year:1999-2001
Sanjib Chowdhury Computer Aided Design of Interference Free Planar Mechanisms Year:1999-2001
Shashank Ram Pande Geometric Synthesis of Planar Mechanisms Year:2000-2002
Tula Ram Ban Topological Analysis of Tessellated Surfaces Year:2000-2002
Manish Agrawal Voxelization of Polyhedral Brep Solids Using Slice Representation Year:2001-2003
Vyankatesh V. Joshi Geometric Shape Synthesis of Mechanisms with Unilayer and Multilayer Links Year:2001-2003
Bauskar Mukesh Prabhakar Human Hand Modelling Year:2004-2006
Hire Vivek Interactive Haptic Rendering Year:2005-2007
R. Santosh Virtual Environment for Sketching 3-D Conceptual Design Year:2005-2007
Ashvinikumar Patil Kinematic Assembly Modeling of Tessellated Objects Using Haptics Year:2007-2009
Garimella Yogananda Geometric Synthesis for Inertial Performance Year:2009-2011.
Eshan Dhar D Design and Development of a Compact Haptic Array Device Year:2013-2015
Atul Rawal Topology Controlled 3D Geometry Synthesis for Inertial Performance Year: 2016-2018

Inter University Student Projects

Name Project Remark Year
Oddrun Vatne Design of Furniture for Indian Primary schools Work done as a part of Indo-Norwegian Altech Programme (1998-2002). The student is from NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. 2002
Ingrid Rønneberg Noess Design of Furniture for Indian Primary schools Work done as a part of Indo-Norwegian Altech Programme (1998-2002). The student is from NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. 2002
Kristin Melgårdsbakken Design of Furniture for Indian Primary schools Work done as a part of Indo-Norwegian Altech Programme (1998-2002). The student is from NTNU, Trondheim, Norway. 2002
Laura Diment Temperature and prosthetic discomfort during exercise The student is an Australian John Monash Scholar, Reading for a DPhil in Engineering Science, University of Oxford, UK. Visited IISc under Newton-Bhabha PhD Placement Scholarship, during 18th July – 1st September 2016. Study was conducted in Mobility India, Bangalore 2016
Vikranth H.N. Understanding the need of affordable prosthesis in India The student visited from 10th June to 30th August 2013 while pursuing his DPhil from Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of Oxford, UK. The study was carried out in Mobility India and the result is reported in a journal paper. 2013
Sebastien Moya Mapping Joint RoM Using Electromagnetic Trackers The student visited from Département mécatronique, ENS Cachan Brittany Branch, Campus of KerLann, Bruz, France. The work is published in a SAE conference paper. 2010

Design and Society Projects: research based projects of one semester duration

Name Project Year
Shantanu Kulkarni Design of Furniture for Indian Primary schools 2002
Yogesh Kumar Baghel Development and Engineering Characterization of Paper Plies 2005
Surbhi Pratap Bio-Inspired Packaging: Inspirations from Seeds 2007
Lalit Singhal Pedimetry: Functional Anthropometry of Foot Using Digital Photo Overlay Technique 2007
Amandeep Singh Study of Leonardo’s Machines from Sketches 2009
Shivam Raina Local to Global Shape Perception of Blind People 2015

Mini Design: design projects of one semester duration

Name Product Year
C. Chandrasekar Portable Washing Machine 2002
Pramod Khadilkar Portable Washing Machine 2002
Raghu Menon Haptic Device for Shape Exploration 2003
Srinidhi Haptic Device for Shape Exploration 2003
Rachna Mishkin Design of Externally Heated Garment for Subzero Climates 2004
Aniruddh Jain Design of Externally Heated Garment for Subzero Climates 2004
T. Subbaiah Retractable Weather Hood for Two-wheelers 2005
Chandu Ganesan Retractable Weather Hood for Two-wheelers 2005
Amit Kumar Singh Ventilated Helmet for Two-wheeler Riders 2005
Ashish Gupta Ventilated Helmet for Two-wheeler Riders 2005
A. Dinesh Naicker Copying Lathe for Etikoppaka Woodcraft 2005
Siva Sankar Aittili Copying Lathe for Etikoppaka Woodcraft 2005
Manish Kumar Machine for Making Wooden Beads 2007
Amit Vagyani Machine for Making Wooden Beads 2007
Amandeep Singh Redesign of Harmonium 2009
Sneha Arabune Grasping Aid for Stroke Affected Paralysis 2012
Mukunda Madhav Nath Grasping Aid for Stroke Affected Paralysis 2012
Samrat Sankhya Technology exploration for computer accessibility for physically handicapped 2015
Krupakar Pasala Technology exploration for computer accessibility for physically handicapped 2015
Harshit Gupta 3D Scanning of Deep Features 2016
Rashi Jadav 3D Scanning of Deep Features 2016