Postdoctoral Researchers
Dr. Kavita Verma
Research Scientist - NPDF
Kavita Verma is a National Postdoctoral Fellow. Kavita Verma received the Doctoral degree from Malviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, Rajasthan, in 2016, on “Hybrid Disinfection of Sewage Using Chlorine and UV/Ozone in Series to optimize the process”. She was awarded with DBT-Research associateship fellowship from Govt. of India for her postdoctoral fellowship (2018 to July 2021). Her research areas are wastewater treatment, waste to energy, biofuels, and recovery of value-added products. She has research experience of 3.5 years and teaching experience for 3 years. See her CV for more details.
Dr. Manjari Manisha
Research Associate-CSIR
Manjari Manisha received her Doctoral Degree from an Institution of National Repute, AcSIR- National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi. She is a consecutive awardee of CSIR SRF and RA for her research projects focused on public health policy. She completed her Senior Research Fellowship with National Institute of Science Technology and Developing Studies (NISTADS), New Delhi, and got selected at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore for her post-doctoral Research Associate fellowship.
She has got an extensive public health policy research experience with eminent institutions in India e.g., NAM S&T Centre, NISTADS, NISCAIR, ISID etc. Her research papers on public health and specifically on children’s health in Indian slums have been recognised at various national and international conferences.
Email: manjarimanisha@gmail.com
Dr. Reshma Mohan
Research Scientist
I am a Post-doctoral researcher at Plasma Lab, CST, IISc Bengaluru. My current research work is on "Modelling of Wastewater Treatment Process- Hydrodynamic and Biokinetic Models". I have pursued my PhD from ICWaR, IISc, Bangalore. Prior to this, I obtained my master’s degree in water resources and hydroinformatics from government Engineering College, Thrissur.
Email: reshmat@iisc.ac.in
Dr. Bhoopendra Pandey
IoE Post Doctoral Fellow
Bhoopendra Pandey is an IoE (Institute of Eminence) Postdoctoral Research Fellow at IISc-Bangalore. He is working in the Plasma Lab, Center for Sustainable Technologies, IISc-Bangalore, and is being mentored by Professor L N Rao. He received a doctoral degree from NIT Uttarakhand, India, in collaboration with BITS Pilani, in 2023 on “Performance Enhancement of a Downdraft Biomass Gasifier: Modified Air Distribution, Gasifying Agent Variation, and CFD Analysis”. His research areas are Fixed and Fluidized bed biomass gasification and pyrolysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Biodiesel production and utilization, Alternate Fuels and Emissions, Internal Combustion Engines, and Modeling and Simulation. He has over six years of extensive research experience spanning across esteemed institutions such as IIT Kanpur, BITS Pilani, NIT Uttarakhand, and MNRE Kapurthala. See his CV for more details.
Email: bhoopendrap@iisc.ac.in;
Dr. Harsha Kumar
Research Associate-CSIR
I am a Post doctoral research fellow at CST, IISC, Bangalore. My current research work is on ‘Numerical simulation of single particle combustion using OpenFoam’. I have received my doctoral degree from NITK, Surathkal in the year 2018, in the area of ‘Inverse Heat Transfer’. I have 9 years of teaching experience.
Email: harsha84.nitk@gmail.com