Prof. Saptarshi Basu is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His current research interests include combustion instability, flame-vortex interaction, droplet level transport, multiphase combustion, spray atomization and breakup, water transport characteristics in fuel cells and general areas of heat and mass transfer. Prof. Basu has published over 100 articles in various frontline journals. Prof. Basu is a recipient of the DST Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Engineering Sciences from the Government of India. He also received the KN Seetharamu medal from the Indian Society of Heat and Mass Transfer for his contributions in multiphase transport. Prof. Basu is a member of the ASME, ISHMT and Combustion Institute, and a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering.
Prof. Avinash K Agarwal joined the IIT Kanpur in 2001. His areas of interest include IC engines, combustion, alternative fuels, conventional fuels, optical
