IIT Madras | Young Research Fellow Program – YRF Program

IITM YRF Program Awardees 2024-25

AADITYANSHU ABHINAV

Roll No: ME22B088
Project: Cooperative control of multi-robot teams for object transport tasks.
Guide: Prof. ANUJ KUMAR TIWARI

ADITYA SUHAS TAMRAS

Roll No: BE22B007
Project: Exploring Protein Conformations through Machine Learning Accelerated Molecular Simulations
Guide: Prof. Hamsa Priya Mohana Sundaram

ALAN ROYCE GABRIEL S

Roll No: BS22B001
Project: Fabrication of microelectrode array chip for Neuroimmunomodulation
Guide: Prof. Greeshma Thrivikraman

ALDIS DANIEL G

Roll No: ME22B070
Project: Industry Project
Guide: Prof. Gandham Phanikumar Co-Guide: Prof. Shamit Bakshi

BHARATH SAJEEV

Roll No: CH22B012
Project: Industry Project
Guide: Prof. Niket Kaisare

ISHAAN SALIL JOSHI

Roll No: ED22B009
Project: Foldable structures through origami engineering
Guide: Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa

VASUDHA KANNAN

Roll No: BS22B041
Project: Development of an effective neuropeptide therapeutic for the treatment of anxiety and depression
Guide: Prof. Nitish R Mahapatra

KEERTHIHARAN A

Roll No: CH22B026
Project: Deep learning based point cloud processing
Guide: Prof. Ramanathan M

LAKSHITA SHARMA

Roll No: CH22B077
Project: Industry Project
Guide: Prof. Basavaraja Madivala Gurappa

MAYANK CHANDAK

Roll No: ME22B224
Project: Flare Removal from Low-Light Videos
Guide: Prof. Kaushik Mitra

PRINCE KUMAR

Roll No: EP22B045
Project: Novel Uses of Machine Learning for Differential Jet Quenching and Heavy Flavour Measurements in the CMS experiment at the LHC
Guide: Prof. Prabhat Pujahari

S SRIRAM PRASHANTH

b>Roll No: CH22B094
Project: Industry Project
Guide: Prof. Ethayaraja Mani

SACHIN YADAV

Roll No: CH22B095
Project: Industry Project
Guide: Prof. Basavaraja Madivala Gurappa

SAMRIDHI SRIVASTAVA

b>Roll No: CH22B098
Project: Sensory Landscape of Soft material & microstructures
Guide: Prof. Abhijit Deshpande P

TANISHA RAY

Roll No: PH22B003
Project: 3D quantum imaging with single photons
Guide: Prof. Sivarama Krishnan

U SHRIRAM

Roll No: AE22B008
Project: Navigation, Motion Planning, Guidance And Control of Autonomous Vehicles
Guide: Prof. Satadal Ghosh

YADAV SIDDHESH DILEEP

Roll No: AE22B012
Project: Study of hybrid propellent with N2O as oxidizer
Guide: Prof. Ramakrishna P A

IITM YRF Program Awardees 2023-24

ADITYA RAY

Roll No: BE21B002
Project: Theoretical prediction of pathways for fatty alcohol Synthesis
Guide: Prof. Smita Srivastava Co-Guide: Prof. Karthik Raman

ANCHAL DEBNATH

Roll No: EE21B017
Project: Organic Thin Film Transistor Technology towards Backplane Circuit Design for Flexible AMOLED Display
Guide: Prof. Soumya Dutta Co-Guide: Prof. Sankaran Aniruddhan

ANIRUDH RAO

Roll No: BE21B004
Project: Design of efficient algorithms for DNA computing
Guide: Prof. Karthik Raman

ANSH DWIVEDI

Roll No: CE21B015
Project: Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO2 from atmosphere.
Guide: Prof. Jitendra Sangwai

ANSHUL BAGARIA

Roll No: BE21B005
Project: Cross-Modality Domain Adaptation and Classification of Vestibular Schwannoma and brain related structures using Deep Learning.
Guide: Prof. Arun Kumar Thittai

ANUSHKA VENKATESH

Roll No: ME21B026
Project: Development of a Comprehensive Materil Model for Sturctural Polymers in Adhesive Bonds
Guide: Prof. Tiju Thomas Co-Guide: Prof. Parag Ravindran

ARAVINDAN KAMATCHI SUNDARAM

Roll No: MM21B010
Project: Discovery of high temperature shape memory alloys using machine learning
Guide: Prof. ROHIT BATRA

AYAAN ISMAEEL LABBA A.R.

Roll No: CH21B021
Project: CO2 carbon sequestration using algal based systems
Guide: Prof. Jitendra Sangwai

BALABHADRA SAKETH

Roll No: EE21B028
Project: AI based wearable sensor for predicting sudden cardiac arrest
Guide: Prof. Qadeer Ahmad Khan

CHAHEL SINGH

Roll No: CS21B021
Project: Efficient Solutions to Combinatorial Optimization Problems using Quantum Integer Programming
Guide: Prof. Krishna Jagannathan

DAGA MAYUR RAMAKANT

Roll No: MM21B022
Project: Development of ceramic components for luxury watches and jewellery industry
Guide: Prof. Ravi Kumar N V

KARTHICK KRISHNA M

Roll No: EE21B067
Project: Neural Radiance Fields for Wireless Sensing
Guide: Prof. Ayon Chakraborty

KRISHNA BALAJI S

Roll No: EP21B021
Project: Quantum imaging with heralded and entangled photon sources - simulations and experiment
Guide: Prof. Sivarama Krishnan Co-Guide: Prof. Vidya Praveen Bhallamudi

MUGDHA MEDA

Roll No: ME21B119
Project: Die temperature effect on part formability
Guide: Prof. Hariharan

POOJA SHANKAR

Roll No: BE21B027
Project: Role of chromogranin A in heart failure
Guide: Prof. Nitish R Mahapatra

RAGHAV SAHAI MATHUR

Roll No: BS21B026
Project: CO2 and humidity sensing-Bio mimicking strategies for novel sensor/actuator design
Guide: Prof. Susy Varughese

RANE ATHARVA GIRISH

Roll No: CE21B105
Project: Onsite Grey water treatment for water recovery and reuse.
Guide: Prof. Indumathi M. Nambi

REITESH KV RAMAN

Roll No: MM21B054
Project: Developing polymer encapsulants to enhance the stability of organic perovskite solar cells in tropical climates
Guide: Prof. Sreeram K. Kalpathy

S N SOORAJ SKANDA

Roll No: EE21B132
Project: High Definition Haptic for Virtual Reality
Guide: Prof. Qadeer Ahmad Khan

SAKETH POLAMRAJU

Roll No: ME21B173
Project: Origami-based robotic arm
Guide: Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa

SAKETH S

Roll No: CH21B088
Project: Optimization of the lather performance of soap bars with less surfactant levels
Guide: Prof. Basavaraja M. Gurappa

SANTHOSH V

Roll No: ME21B180
Project: Folding tessellations through origami engineering
Guide: Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa

SHAUN MATHEW

Roll No: CS21B076
Project: Mapping Protein Conformational Changes and Protein-Solvent Interactions through Graph Network Analysis
Guide: Prof. Hamsa Priya Mohana Sundaram

SIDDHARTH ACHARYA

Roll No: EE21B129
Project: Refining RF Link in Cochlear Implants
Guide: Prof. Aniruddhan S

SRIRAM PILLUTLA

Roll No: ME21B196
Project: Prediction of stamping deformation behaviour using Machine Learning and correlation with CAE results.
Guide: Prof. Samuel G L

SUMEETH C MUCHANDIMATH

Roll No: EE21B145
Project: Suppression of Interference Fading in Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors Using Novel Signal Processing Techniques
Guide: Prof. Balaji Srinivasan Co-Guide: Prof. Sheetal Kalyani

SWATHI SARAVANAN

Roll No: ME21B206
Project: Thick origami-based foldable deployable retractable structures
Guide: Prof. Phanisri Pradeep Pratapa

TWISHA T S

Roll No: BE21B042
Project: Magneto-responsive delivery of anti-fibrotic drug for spinal cord injury
Guide: Prof. Greeshma Thrivikraman

IITM YRF Program Awardees 2022-23

AARYA SUMUK

Roll No: ME20B002
Project: Sensing Device for Real Time Road Condition Monitoring and Drive Assistance System
Guide: Prof. Qadeer Ahmad Khan

AAYUSH RATH

Roll No: NA20B003
Project: Inventory Routing Problem
Guide: Prof. Rajendran C

ABHIPRAAY NEVATIA

Roll No: ME20B007
Project: Extracting and analyzing statistical trends in safety from news articles using automated machine learning approaches for the construction sector in India
Guide: Prof. Nikhil Bugalia IITM

ADITH P NAIR

Roll No: ME20B012
Project: Fuel Cell-Solar Cell combination toy car that demonstrates clean energy for transportation
Guide: Prof. Prathap Haridoss

ADITYA C

Roll No: CS20B003
Project: Predicting the Future from the Past: Efficient Reuse-based Cache Block Replacement Policy
Guide: Prof. Madhu Mutyam

AGNES NIRMALA SRINIVASAN

Roll No: CE20B004
Project: Crack detection and classification in concrete using machine learning
Guide: Prof. Alagappan Ponnalagu

AKSHAT JAIN

Roll No: ME20B019
Project: Energy Games
Guide: Prof. Rahul Marathe

ANVITH REDDY NAGULAPALLY

Roll No: BE20B004
Project: Computational analysis of SEM images of bioscaffolds for quantitative network parameter retrieval
Guide: Prof. Shantanu Pradhan

ARCHITHA K

Roll No: BE20B006
Project: Protein nano-origamis as a theragnostic agent for targeted cancer therapy
Guide: Prof. Swathi Sudhakar

ASHITA ANIL

Roll No: EE20B017
Project: Integrating flow battery with raw power line designing suitable DA-AC convertors
Guide: Prof. Kothandaraman Ramanujam

ASHWIN K KRISHNA

Roll No: CH20B017
Project: Building ML based chemical kinetic models for CFD simulations
Guide: Prof. Himanshu Goyal

ATHARVA AJAY VAZE

Roll No: CE20B020
Project: Signal Control for Mixed Traffic Conditions
Guide: Prof. Bhargava Rama Chilukuri

AYUSH MUKUND JAMDAR

Roll No: EE20B018
Project: Quantum photonic emitters, imaging and applications - simulations and implementation
Guide: Prof. Sivarama Krishnan

FASITH AHAMED F

Roll No: ED20B019
Project: Algorithm for reconstruction of a point-set generated from a low end camera
Guide: Prof. Ramanathan M

GAUTAM BALAJI

Roll No: ED20B020
Project: Deep Learning approach towards sketch completion / cleaning
Guide: Prof. Ramanathan M

GUNUPUTI PENCHALA SAI SHASHANK

Roll No: EE20B040
Project: Intelligent Machine Health Monitoring System using Deep Transfer Learning
Guide: Prof. Babji Srinivasan

ISHA DINESH PATANKAR

Roll No: CH20B051
Project: High-pressure CO2 hydrate formation in microchannel mimicking porous reservoir condition
Guide: Prof. Jitendra Sangwai

ISHAAN AGARWAL

Roll No: EE20B046
Project: Byzantine Resilient Protocols for Mobile Agents
Guide: Prof. John Ebenezer Augustine

JAHNAVI PANDE

Roll No: EP20B018
Project: Highly Accurate On-Chip Lossless Current Sensing Technique for AC and DC Current and Power Measurement
Guide: Prof. Qadeer Ahmad Khan

JANMENJAYA PANDA

Roll No: ME20B087
Project: Characterizing Graph Classes inspired by Perfect Matchings
Guide: Prof. Nishad Bharat Kothari

KEERTHANA S

Roll No: CS20B039
Project: Understanding smell perception in humans through machine learning.
Guide: Prof. Vani Janakiraman

LARAIB HASSAN

Roll No: EE20B070
Project: AI/ ML based Design tools for patient specific management of Aneurysms
Guide: Prof. Prasad Patnaik B S V and Prof. Jayanand Sudhiir

NANDAGOPAL P

Roll No: MM20B040
Project: Ultra-high temperature ceramic coatings for hypersonic applications
Guide: Prof. Ravi Kumar N V

PRAHALAD A VATHSAN

Roll No: CH20B081
Project: Application of Operations Research (OR) Techniques and Meta-heuristics in Forecasting, Classification and Clustering
Guide: Prof. Rajendran C

PRAMAT SHASTRI JOIS

Roll No: AE20B107
Project: Offline And Online Motion Planning, Guidance And Control of Autonomous Vehicles
Guide: Prof. Satadal Ghosh

RAJAGOPAL SUBRAMANIAM C

Roll No: BE20B026
Project: Identification of correlated mutations in cancer genomes
Guide: Prof. Karthik Raman

SARANGI JAYARAM

Roll No: CE20B097
Project: Public transit network evaluation using network science measures
Guide: Prof. Gitakrishnan Ramadurai

SAWDE SOHAM MAHESH

Roll No: CE20B098
Project: Machine Learning-based Prediction of Concrete material properties
Guide: Prof. Nikhil Bugalia IITM and Prof. Piyush Chaunsali

SIRIPURAM SRICHANDRA

Roll No: EE20B128
Project: Organic Thin Film Transistor-based Backplane Circuit Design for Flexible AMOLED Display
Guide: Prof. Soumya Dutta

SNEHA REDDY PALREDDY

Roll No: EE20B129
Project: Artificial Intelligence Based Auto Reconfigurable Controller for Voltage Regulators
Guide: Prof. Qadeer Ahmad Khan

SUKEERTH RAMKUMAR

Roll No: ME20B178
Project: Modeling epidemic spread using generalized growth equations
Guide: Prof. Sujith R I

THAMEEMA K P

Roll No: CH20B108
Project: Kinetic theory of polymers
Guide: Prof. Ethayaraja Mani r

VARUN JILLELA

Roll No: CH20B113
Project: Capture of CO2 and Water from Air using Advanced Adsorbent Materials
Guide: Prof. Niket Kaisare

VINAYAK GUPTA

Roll No: EE20B152
Project: Underwater 3D reconstruction
Guide: Prof. Kaushik Mitra

IITM YRF Program Awardees 2021-22

Ananthalakshmi N

Roll No: ME19B079

“I feel that the opportunity to work on a cutting-edge research problem at an undergraduate level is truly amazing"

Aryamaan Saha

Roll No: BE19B014

“YRF provides an opportunity to interact with highly qualified professors and like-minded peers, and I wish to make the most of this opportunity"

B Srivathsan

Roll No: CH19B031

“I believe this will be the perfect kickstart to a career in research"

C R Gawtham

Roll No: ED19B007

“I am really excited to use this opportunity to deep dive into the world of autonomous vehicles and work under the guidance of passionate professors and alumni"

Chaitra Kashinath Sathe

Roll No: ME19B092

“I am looking forward to learning how research is carried out and develop my skills as a researcher"

Chirantandip Mahanta

Roll No: MM19b029

“Feeling honoured for being selected. Keenly waiting for the weekly sessions to start"

Dhaval Raghwani

Roll No: BE19B027

“The opportunity to have a glimpse of research work and interact with like-minded people is something unique and worth experiencing at an undergraduation level"

Gautham Govind A

Roll No: EE19B022

“I believe YRF is the perfect way to make full use of the amazing research environment IITM has to offer"

Harish Manoharan

Roll No: BS19B012

“I think the YRF program is a great opportunity for me to gain hands-on experience in the research field"

Ishan Pendse

Roll No: ME19B191

“The research readiness classes offered in the program will help to inculcate good research practices in us"

Koushik Abhiram

Roll No: CE19B008

“Guidance and exposure towards research that I’ll get through this program is the best incentive for me"

M Nivash

Roll No: ME19B130

“I am eager to face challenges in this project and to learn more from them"

Nagappan N

Roll No: MM19B040

“I firmly believe that this program would help me boost my research skills and abilities"

Naimisha Sampath

Roll No: AE19B018

“My excitement for getting into YRF is inexplicable! This program is one of a kind, and it gives me immense pleasure to carry its honor along this year"

Neeraj K Udupa

Roll No: EP19B006

“The YRF program simplifies the process of getting a great research project under an experienced guide"

Nihar Yatin Moghe

Roll No: ED19B020

“It feels really great to be part of an ecosystem of such talented peers and nurturing faculty" r

Parth Lathi

Roll No: ME19B036

“YRF gives me an opportunity to explore various aspects of professional research over a long duration spanning over several months"

Phalgun Vyas

Roll No: CH19B076

“I am extremely excited for the project ahead as this opportunity is my chance to learn, grow and contribute while being an undergrad student"

Pranav G

Roll No: CH19B021

“Research opportunities at an undergraduate level, such as YRF are pretty uncommon, making this selection quite thrilling to me" r

Rohan Saswade

Roll No: BS19B027

“YRF has allowed me to work on an industry project in my field of interest, and I am excited to work on it"

S. Varshini

Roll No: BE19B006

“YRF provides me the opportunity to meet and connect with experts in the same field"

Sahil Girhepuje

Roll No: ED19B048

“Exploring research with amazing mentors while aiming to solve a serious real-world problem, the student in me could not have asked for anything better!"

Saujanya Sabarinath

Roll No: CH19B025

“I’m thrilled to pursue a project that piques my interest, holds immense relevance in today’s world and has trailblazing biomedical applications"

Shashank Nag

Roll No: EE19b118

“I have been wanting to delve deep into the research environment at IIT Madras, and being able to do the same in my third year through a very well structured program is exhilarating"

Shivaprasad U Hulyal

Roll No: EP19B030

“The YRF program helps me transcend beyond the classroom and enables me to apply all I have been taught to explore something new that can resolve decades-old physics puzzles"

Shrey K. Patel

Roll No: CH19B088

“I believe this opportunity is the perfect place to get a headstart in research"

Sundar Raam S

Roll No: CH19B029

“Super excited! To be part of an industry-supported project at its first edition in YRF"

Swathi G

Roll No: CH19B094

“It is a rare opportunity to explore scientific research in a structured manner for the whole year, especially as an undergraduate student" r

Vinayak Nishant Gudipaty

Roll No: EE19B129

“I am very eager to interact with other YRF fellow students, showcase best results and attend various conferences as well"

Vir Karan

Roll No: MM19B057

“YRF offers a unique opportunity that allows undergraduates to get the “full experience” of a research project"

IITM YRF Program Awardees 2020-21

Abhimanyu Bhola

ED18B038
Project Title: Offline and Online Motion Planning, Guidance and Control of Autonomous Vehicles

Guide: Prof. Satadal Ghosh

Anagha Udupa K

CE18B001
Project Title: Initiation of damage in concrete using implicit constitutive relation

Guide: Prof. Alagappan P

Devarakonda Venkata Naren

ME18B133
Project Title: Deep Learning for Reconstruction from a 3D point cloud data

Guide: Prof. M. Ramanathan

Dhanveerraj J M

ME18B119
Project Title: Development of Scaled Heavy Commercial Road Vehicles for Testing Active Safety Algorithms

Guide: Prof. Shankar Ram C S

G Srivarshini

BE18B020
Project Title: Understanding the mechanism of protein aggregation in Alzheimer's disease through Molecular Dynamics simulations

Guide: Prof. Hamsa Priya Mohana Sundaram

Gaurav Milind Vaidya

PH18B008
Project Title: Quantum error correction for near-term quantum devices

Guide: Prof. Prabha Mandayam

Amrita Mahesh

BS18B002

Project Title: Understanding microbial interactions in the International Space Station microbiome

Guide: Prof. Karthik Raman

H S Shashank

BE18B006
Project Title: Machine learning spatial navigation via Feynman path integrals and differential geometry

Guide: Prof. Ayan Mukhopadhyay
Co-Guide: Prof. V.Srinivasa Chakravarthy

Jugal N Anil

CH18B050
Project Title: Kinetic Modeling of gas Hydrate System for Methane Recovery

Guide: Jitendra Sangwai

Jyotsna Varkey

ME18B144
Project Title: Does wrist posture affect the nature of individual finger movements in healthy humans?

Guide: Prof. Varadhan SKM

Kairav Shah

CS18B071
Project Title: Fairness - A learning theory based approach

Guide: Prof. C. Pandu Rangan

Krishna Gopal Sharma

CS18B021
Project Title: Machine learning-based chemical kinetics model

Guide: Prof. Himanshu Goyal Co- Guide: Prof. Niket Kaisare

Neha Swaminathan

BE18B008
Project Title: Modeling the significance of reactive species in diseases including covid-19

Guide: Prof. G. K. Suraishkumar Co-Guide: Prof. Swagatika Sahoo

Nischith Shadagopan M N

CS18B102
Project Title: Secure Collaborative Computation by Mobile Agents

Guide: Prof. John Augustine

Prajwal Prakash

CS18B068
Project Title: Quantum Machine Learning and Optimization

Guide: Prof. Anil Prabhakar Co-Guide: Prof. Prabha Mandyam

S Aniruddha

EP18B029
Project Title: Modelling and analysing the effect of decoherence in quantum information processing systems

Guide: Prof. Avhishek Chatterjee
Co- Guide: Prof. Prabha M D

Sai Subramanian B

PH18B010
Project Title: Meta-atoms for Quantum Phononics

Guide: Prof. Prabhu Rajagopal

Saili Myana

EE18B062
Project Title: Modeling investment preferences in venture investments

Guide: Prof. A. Thillai Rajan

Sameer Nandkishore Soni

MM18B031
Project Title: Developing AI and molecular simulation workflow for accelerating materials discovery

Guide: Prof. Tarak Patra

Sayan Mitra

EE18B156
Project Title: Automatic Speech Recognition using Deep Learning and Transformer Models

Guide: Prof. S. Umesh

Shivangi PS

ME18B171
Project Title: Sensors and control systems design for small steam engine designed in the Energy and Emissions Research Group

Guide: Prof. Satyanarayanan

Shreesha G Bhat

CS18B103
Project Title: Parameterized Verification in Concurrent and Distributed Systems

Guide: Prof. Kartik Nagar

Sneha Srikanth

ME18B031
Project Title: Amplitude Death in Coupled Thermoacoustic Systems

Guide: Prof. R. I. Sujith

Sri Sindhu Gunturi

CS18B058
Project Title: Graph Coloring for Multi-GPU systems.

Guide: Prof. V. Krishna Nandivada

Sriharan BS

ME18B089
Project Title: Wavelet compression based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for modeling combustion instability in liquid propellant rockets

Guide: Prof. S Varunkumar

Srivenkat A

EE18B038
Project Title: Microwave remote sensing of vegetation

Guide: Prof. Uday Khankhoje

Swathi V

ED18B034
Project Title: Development of a pulse oxymeter for remote measurement

Guide: Prof. Nilesh J. Vasa

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