Assistant Professor, Department of Aerospace Engineering
Turbomachinery Flows, Applied Aerodynamics, Stability & Flow Control, Transition and Relaminarization, High Performance Computing
Fluid Dynamics, Turbulence
Ph. D. (2016) Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bengaluru, India
ME (2007) Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bengaluru, India
BE (2005) Bihar Institute of Technology (BIT), Sindri, Jharkhand, India
Compressible Flows
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Engineering Mathematics
Fluid Dynamics & Turbulence
Airbreathing Propulsion
Rocket Propulsion
Mathematics for Aerospace Engineering (AE602)
Executive Committee Member, Asian Computational Fluid Dynamics (ACFD)
Guest Editor, Computers & Fluids - multidisciplinary international journal published by Elsevier.
Guest Editor, Sadhana - Journal published by the Indian Academy of Sciences, Special Issue on CFD.
Rajesh Ranjan, S M Deshpande, Roddam Narasimha. New insights from high-resolution compressible DNS studies on an LPT blade boundary layer. Computers & Fluids 153 (2017) pp. 49–60. DOI: 10.1016/j.compfluid.2017.05.004
Rajesh Ranjan, Roddam Narasimha. An assessment of the two-Layer quasi-laminar theory of Relaminarization through recent high-Re accelerated turbulent boundary layer experiments. Journal of Fluids Engineering 139.11 (2017) p. 111205. DOI: 10.1115/1.4037059
Rajesh Ranjan, S. Unnikrishnan, Datta Gaitonde. A Robust Approach for Stability Analysis of Complex Flows Using High-order Navier-Stokes Solvers. Journal of Computational Physics (2019) 403, pp.109076. DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2019.109076
Rajesh Ranjan, Matthew Aultman, Datta Gaitonde. Mean Flowfield Evolution with Upsweep Angle in a Simulated Cargo Fuselage Aftbody. Journal of Aircraft (2020). DOI:10.2514/1.C035860
Rajesh Ranjan, Datta Gaitonde. Hysteresis in Slanted-Base-Cylinder Afterbody Flows. Aerospace Science & Technology (2020) 106. pp.106138. DOI:10.1016/j.ast.2020.106138
Rajesh Ranjan. Temporal Dynamics of COVID-19 Outbreak and Future Projections: A Data-driven Approach. Transactions of Indian National Academy of Engineering (2020), pp.1-7. DOI:10.1007/s41403-020-00112-y
Rajesh Ranjan, Aryan Sharma, Mahendra K. Verma. Characterization of the second wave of COVID-19 in India. Current Science (2021), 121(1), 85–93. doi:10.18520/cs/v121/i1/85-93
All India Rank-3, Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), India (2005)
Roll of Honor (First Rank), B.E., BIT, Sindri, India (2001-2005)
Outstanding Performance Award (thrice), TATA CRL, Pune, India (2008-10)
ICAM International Travel Award, Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter (2013)
International Travel Support Award, DST, Govt. of India (2014)
Best Poster Award, JNCASR In-house Symposium, Bengaluru, India (2015)