Dr. Shailesh I. Kundalwal

Banting Fellowship and SERB Early Career Research Awardee

Shailesh I. Kundalwal is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering who specializes in Design Engineering stream. Before joining IIT Indore in 2017, he was Banting Fellow at the University of Toronto (UofT). In fact, he was the first holder of Banting Fellowships Award in the MIE Department, UofT. He obtained his M.Tech and Ph.D. degrees in Applied Mechanics from IIT Kharagpur. By the end of MTech (Mechanical Systems Design) program, he was awarded with an honorary Prof. D. P. Ghosh Memorial Award for securing the first rank and being best outgoing PG students enrolled in Applied Mechanics specializations. He proposed a novel multifunctional Fuzzy Fiber Reinforced Composite in his doctoral studies which led to a critical breakthrough in the field of hybrid nanocomposites. He founded the ATOM Laboratory at IIT Indore which undertakes research mainly in computational and experimental investigations of nanostructures. He received the SERB Early Career Research Award in 2018 in the field of flexoelectricity. He guided 19 BTech, 9 MTech, 9 PhD and 2 MS(R) students as well as completed five projects successfully funded by national/international funding agencies. He has authored 85 research articles (excluding conference papers and chapters) in reputed international journals. His name is featured in the list of top 2% global scientists published in PLOS Biology by Stanford University since 2021.

Professor, IIT Indore

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Education

PhD, Solid Mechanics | IIT Kharagpur | 2013

MTech, Mechanical Systems Design | IIT Kharagpur | 2009

BE, Mechanical Engineering | Institution of Engineers (India) | 2006

BSc, Physics | Dr. B.A. Marathwada University | 2004

Employment

Professor | ME Dept., IIT Indore | Sept 2024 - present

Adjunct Faculty | Center for Electric Vehicles and Intelligent Transport Systems, IIT Indore | Apr 2021 - present

Associate Professor | ME Dept., IIT Indore | Aug 2019 - present

Assistant Professor | ME Dept., IIT Indore | Feb 2017 - Aug 2019

Visiting Assistant Professor | ME Dept., IIT Indore | Jan 2017 - Feb 2017

Banting Fellow | MIE Dept., University of Toronto, Canada | Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

Postdoctoral Researcher | Mechanical & Materials Engineering Dept., Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, UAE | Apr 2015-Sep 2015

Postdoctoral Fellow | MIE Dept., University of Toronto, Canada | Dec 2013 - Feb 2015

Scientist ‘B’ | ME Dept., Defence Institute of Advanced Technology, Pune (Direct Entry - DRDS Cadre) | May 2007- Sep 2007

Professional Recognition/Award/Prize/Certificate

Invited Speaker | Int Conf of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Daegu, Korea | 2024

Founding Editorial Board Member of upcoming "Journal of Micro- and -Nano-Mechanics" | 2024

Dr. Kundalwal’s name featured in the list of top 2% global scientists | PLOS Biology by Stanford University | 2021-2023

Best Research Paper Award | IIT Indore | 2023

Member, Spark Evaluation Comittee | Swiss National Science Foundation | 2020-23

Runner-up in the “Dare to Dream” DRDO Innovation Contest 2019 | Certificate Awarded by DRDO | 2019

SERB Early Career Research Award and Grant | SERB-DST | 2018

Nomination for John Charles Polanyi Prize | University of Toronto | 2016

Judge for the MIE Research/Graduate Symposium | University of Toronto | 2014-16

Banting Fellowships Award | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | 2015

CSIR Senior Research Associate Fellowship (Scientists’ Pool Scheme) | CSIR | 2013

Special Doctoral Support Grant | IIT Kharagpur | 2013

First Rank Certificate in Applied Mechanics PG Specializations | IIT Kharagpur | 2009

Professor D. P. Ghosh Memorial Award | IIT Kharagpur | 2009

Teaching at IIT Indore

Machine Design II (ME401) | UG | Seven times

Composite Materials (ME738) | PG | Five times

Vehicle Dynamics (EV401/601)* | PG | Five times

Kinematic and Dynamics of Machines (ME 303) | UG | Five times

Kinematic and Dynamics of Machines Lab (ME 353) | UG | Five times

PhD Seminar Course (ME797) | PG | Four times

Machine Drawing (ME257) | UG | Twice

Micromechanics and Nanomechanics (ME443/643)* | PG | Twice

Machine Design I (ME306) | UG | Once

Engineering Mechanics – Section B (ME101) | UG | Once

*Developed and started new courses at IIT Indore.

Supervision, Research, and Academics Contribution

Supervision | Completed | Ongoing

Postdoc Mentorship | 1

PhD | 9 | 6

MS(R) | 2

MTech | 10 | 2

BTech | 19

UG/PG Interns | > 25

Activity | Completed | Ongoing

Projects | 5 | 2

Patent Filed | 3

Technologies Developed | 3

New Courses | 2

CEPs | 2

Laboratories Developed | 2