Design and Development of Aerospace Vehicles and Propulsion Systems: Proceedings of Sarod 2018

Dr. S. Kishore Kumar is a DRDO fellow in the Gas and Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE), and Technical adviser to the National Design and Research Forum, India. He has previously served as Associate Director and Programme Director (GATET), GTRE. His areas of specialization include design & CFD in Gas Turbine Engines, Optimization, mathematical modelling and dynamical systems. He has published 6 edited volumes and more than 100 research articles. Dr. Indira Narayanaswamy is a research Professor at Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences, Bangalore, India. She has previously served as a scientist and Technology Director at Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore. Dr. Narayanaswamy's area of specialization is CFD applications for aerodynamics shape optimization and Multidisciplinary Design Optimization (MDO), MDO for MAV design, numerical investigations on Supersonic Retro Propulsion (SRP). She has authored more than 150 research papers and technical reports. Dr. V. Ramesh is the joint head of the CTFD Division in NAL, an AcSIR Professor and the Secretary of the CFD Division of the Aeronautics Society of India. His research interests are primarily in aerospace science and technology, and include Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), mesh less methods, and computational aero-elasticity. He has authored more than 100 research publications and reports.