R. I. Sujith

R. I. Sujith
Sujith in his laboratory, 2023
Born
Sujith Raman Pillai Indusekharan Nair

(1967-05-11)11 May 1967
Thiruvananthapuram, India
NationalityIndian
Known forThermoacoustic instability and complex systems
TitleD. Srinivasan Institute Chair Professor
AwardsKeshav-Rangnath Excellence in Research Award (2016), Bhagya Lakshmi Krishna Iyengar Award (2015), J. C. Bose Patent Award (2013), Young Engineer Award (2002), HAL Prize (1988)
Academic background
Alma materGeorgia Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Madras
ThesisBehavior of droplets in axial acoustic fields (1994)
Doctoral advisorBen T. Zinn
Academic work
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Technology Madras
Websitehttp://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/~sujith/


Sujith Raman Pillai Indusekharan Nair (popularly known as R. I. Sujith) is an Institute Professor and the D. Srinivasan Chair Professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. In 2023, he was inducted as International Member of the United States National Academy of Engineering.[1] He was selected as a Fellow of the Combustion Institute in 2022[2], and was awarded the Distinguished Fellowship of the International Institute of Acoustics and Vibration in 2021.[3] He received the J. C. Bose Fellowship in 2019[4] and the Swarnajayanti Fellowship in 2005 from the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India.[5] He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences[6], an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, and an Honorary Fellow of the Indian Society of Systems for Science and Engineering (ISSE). He has been awarded Hans Fischer Senior Fellowship from the TUM Institute for Advanced Study in 2010. He was awarded Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship[7] in 2000. He was the editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Spray and Combustion Dynamics from 2009 to 2015. He is currently a member of the editorial advisory board member of Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science.[8]

  1. ^ "IIT Madras professor elected to U.S. National Academy of Engineering". The Hindu. February 13, 2023. Retrieved August 22, 2023. ...Prof Sujith is the second Indian to be elected to the aerospace section of the Academy.
  2. ^ "2022 Class of Fellows". Retrieved September 5, 2023. For highly original applications of dynamical systems and complex systems theory to the analysis and control of thermoacoustic combustion instabilities.
  3. ^ U Tejonmayam (November 3, 2021). "IIT-Madras professor wins IIAV fellowship". The Times of India. Retrieved September 5, 2023. ...is awarded to individuals with distinguished careers in acoustics vibration.
  4. ^ "National Fellows". Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  5. ^ "SwarnaJayanti Fellowship Awards For the Year 2005-2006" (PDF). Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  6. ^ "Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences". Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  7. ^ "Alexander Von Humboldt Fellowship". Retrieved September 5, 2023.
  8. ^ https://pubs.aip.org/aip/cha/pages/advisory