Dr. Manoranjan Mishra

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Name: 
Dr. Manoranjan Mishra
Designation: 
Professor
Email: 

manoranjan[AT]iitrpr.ac.in

Department: 

Department of Mathematics

Fluid Dynamics Research Lab

Phone No. 01881-232329
Room No. CM-18 

Biography: 

Dr. Manoranjan Mishra obtained his PhD degree from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore (2004). Received several international fellowships and recognition before joining IIT Ropar in February 2010. 

- He obtained a fellowship from the French National Ministry of Education and Research and worked at the Institute Nonlinear De Nice(INLN), University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France (2005-2006).  

- Received FRS-FNRS fellowship and worked at Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium (2006-2007, 2008-2009)

-  Recipient of Humboldt fellowship of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), Germany during 2007-2008  

- Elected  Member of the National Academy of Science(NASI), India (2018)

- P.L. Bhatnagar Memorial Lecture Award of the Indian Mathematical Society (2018)

- JSPS (Japan Society of Promotional Science) Invitation Fellowship (2015, 2019). 

-Best paper award, Japan Society of Fluid Mechanics Award (2020)

-Frontier Award of The Division of Fluid-Particle Processing of the Society of Chemical Engineers of Japan (2021)

- JBS Medal of Indian Society of Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (ISMMACS) (2024)

-Honorary professor of Global Innovation Research, Tokyo University Agriculture & Technology (TUAT), Japan.  

Academic Society Fellows: 

-Fellow of the National Academy of Science, India (NASI) (2021)

- Fellow of Indian Society of Mathematical Modeling and Computer Simulation (ISMMACS) (2024)

Areas of Research: 
Numerical Methods of PDE, Scientific Computing,
Computational Fluid Dynamics, Hydrodynamic Instability
Education: 
Ph.D, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 2004
M.Sc., Berhampur University, India, 1996
B.Sc., Utkal University, India, 1994
Work Experience: 
Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, November 2021-Till Date
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 2015-2021
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 2010-2015
Research fellow of FNRS (Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique, Belgium) Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 2008-09
Research Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH), at Institute of Fluid Mechanics, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 2007-08
Postdoctoral research fellow at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, 2006-07
Postdoctoral research fellow at INLN, University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, Nice, France, 2005-06
Selected Publications/Patents: 

 

-Verma, P., Hota, T., Mishra, M. (2025) Non-modal linear stability analysis of reactive front A + B→C for infinitely fast chemical reactions, Proceedings Roy. Soc. A, Vol. 481, 20230741.

 -Verma, P., Sharma, V., Chen, C. Y., Mishra, M. (2024) Damkohler Number independent critical regime in reactive viscous fingering J. Fluid Mech.,. Vol. 1000, A72.

 -Maharana, S., Sahu, K. C., Mishra, M. (2023) Stability of a layered reactive channel flow. Proceedings of the Royal Society A, Vol 479, 2271.

 -Maharana, S., Sahu, K. C., Mishra, M. (2023) Reaction-induced Kelvin–Helmholtz instability in a layered channel flow, J. Fluid Mech., vol 955, A36.

 -Verma, P. Sharma, V., Mishra, M. (2022) Radial Viscous Fingering Induced by an Infinitely Fast Chemical Reaction, J. Fluid Mech., vol. 945, A19,

- Maharana, S., Mishra, M. (2021) Reaction induced interfacial instability of miscible fluids in a channel, J. Fluid Mechanics, vol. 925, A3.

- Sharma, V., Othman, H., Nagatsu, Y., Mishra, M., (2021) Viscous Fingering of Miscible Annular Ring. J. Fluid Mechanics, vol. 916, A14.

 -Suzuki, R. Nagatsu, Y, Mishra, M. Ban, T. (2020) Phase separation effects on a partially miscible viscous fingering dynamics, J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol 898, A11.

- Sharma, V., Nand, S., Pramanik, S. Chen, C. Y. , Mishra, M. (2020) Control of Radial Miscible Viscous Fingering, J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol 884, A16.

-Sharma, V., Pramanik, S. Chen, C. Y. , Mishra, M. (2019) A numerical study on reaction-induced radial fingering instability, J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol 862, pp 624-638..

-Hota, T. and Mishra, M. (2018), Non-modal stability analysis of miscible viscous fingering with non-monotonic viscosity profiles, J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol 856, pp 552-579.

-Pramanik, S., De Wit, A., and Mishra, M. (2015) Viscous fingering and deformation of a Miscible circular blob in a rectilinear displacement in porous media. J. Fluid Mechanics (Rapids) Vol 782 R2

- Pramanik, S., Hota, T. and Mishra, M. (2015) Influence of viscosity contrast on buoyantly unstable miscible fluids in porous media, J. Fluid Mechanics, Vol 780, PP 388-406.

- Mishra, M., De Wit, A. and Sahu, K. C. (2012) Double diffusive effects on pressure-driven miscible displacement flows in a channel, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, Vol 712, pp 579- 597.

- Mishra, M. Trevelyan, P. M. J, Almarcha, C. and De Wit, A. (2010) Influence of double diffusive effect on miscible viscous fingering, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, 204501.

-Pirat, C., Mathis, C., Mishra, M. and Maïssa, P. (2006) Destabilization of a viscous film flowing down in the form of a vertical cylindrical curtain, Physical Review Letters, Vol. 97, 18450.

Other Information: 
Research Collaborators: 1. Prof. Yuichro Nagatsu, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Japan  2.Prof. Anne De Wit, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium 3. Prof. C. Y. Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan.  2. Dr. Michel Martin, PMMH-ESPCI, Paris, France 4. Prof. A. Delgado, LSTM-Erlangen, Germany 5. Prof. F. Durst, LSTM-Erlangen, Germany 6. Dr. Philippe Maissa, Laboratoire J. A. Dieudonne, University of Nice, Nice, France   7. Prof. A. Ramachandra Rao, IISc, Bangalore, India 9. Prof. O. Ertunc, Özyeğin University, Turkey 10. Prof. P. M. J. Trevelyan, University of South Wales, United Kingdom 11. Prof. K. C. Sahu, IIT Hyderabad, India