SCHEDULE
DAY 1 – 13.02.2026 (Friday)
Registration
Inauguration
Session 1
Chair: Prof. K. Muralidhar (IIT Kanpur)
Invited Talks
Drop-impact ejecta splashing studied via high-speed color interferometry
Prof. Sigurdur Thoroddsen
KAUST
Contributed Talks
Dual-wavelength interferometric measurements of temperature and concentration fields of a volatile droplet impacting a solid surface
Mohammad Shahdhaar (IIT Bombay)
Drop shape and velocity field in drop splash
Raghavendra S (IIT Kanpur)
Tea Break
Session 2
Chair: Prof. Cameron Tropea (TU Darmstadt)
Invited Talks
Imaging a Deforming Gas-liquid Interface for building contact angle models
Prof. K. Muralidhar
IIT Kanpur
Generating, observing and characterizing internal gravity waves in stratified media
Prof. Philippe Odier
ENS Lyon
Contributed Talks
Experimental Study of Falling Films over Horizontal Tubes Using Digital Holographic Interferometry
Jawahar Prakash (IIT Madras)
Spiky contacts during the impact of an emulsion drop on a solid surface
Krishna Raja Dharmarajan (KAUST)
Adhesion force measurement on superhydrophobic and patterned surfaces using cantilever deflection
Abhilash M. S. (IIT Madras)
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Prof. Sigurdur Thoroddsen (KAUST)
Invited Talks
The heat transfer in the liquid drop contact line
Dr. Vyacheslav Cheverda
Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics SB RAS, Russia (Online)
Join Online10 Years of the Ring of Fire: Quantitative Flow Visualization for Transiting Objects
Prof. Andrea Sciacchitano
TU Delft
Contributed Talks
Estimation of Inertial Fog Droplet Capture on Cylindrical Fibers using Digital Inline Holography
Sohom Goswami (IIT Kanpur)
Mixed-Convection Free-Shear Flow Through Porous Screens
Shashikant Pawar (Plaksha University)
Tea Break
Session 4
Chair: Prof. Atul Srivastava (IIT Bombay)
Contributed Talks
Stabilizing Microfluidic Droplet Imaging Using a CD-Drive-Based Microstepping Linear Actuator
Antony Xavier (IIT Madras)
Investigation of Dense Particulate Suspensions in Stirred Tanks by Real-Time X-ray Radiography Technique
Asif Bhat (IGCAR)
Development of Tomographic Background-Oriented Schlieren for 3D density measurement in buoyant plumes
Javed Mohd. (IIT Kanpur)
Coherent Structures in a Turbulent Jet
Vivek Mugundhan (KAUST)
Liquid-in-liquid encapsulation during immiscible drop-pool impact
Keshav V (IIT Madras)
DAY 2 – 14.02.2026 (Saturday)
Session 1
Chair: Prof. Andrea Sciacchitano (TU Delft)
Invited Talks
Depth from Defocus Measurement Technique: Quo Vadis?
Prof. Cameron Tropea
TU Darmstadt
Contributed Talks
Reconfigurable Microfluidics Using Multiple Magnetic Microrobots
Dineshkumar Loganathan (NCKU Taiwan)
Comparative Experimental Investigation of Spray Characteristics of Boron-Loaded Slurry and Gel Fuels
Prabhu Deva P (Alliance University)
Flash Talks
Droplet dynamics of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian fluids on inclined superhydrophobic surfaces
Balantrapu Venkata Rama Sai Krishna
VIT-AP University
Drop Impact Studies on Banana Leaves
Krishnadas Nampoothiri
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Chennai
Flow Visualization of Fluidically-Vectoring Jets
Saiphaneendra Karuchola
IIT Kanpur
Optimizing formation of spheroids inside droplets for microfluidics-based high throughput screening
Sachin Thomas
IIT Madras
Numerical Simulation of Bingham fluid flowing over a superhydrophobic wall modelled by liquid-air interface slippage
Geetanjali Chattopadhyay
MNIT Jaipur
Tea + Poster
Session 2
Chair: Prof. Neetu Tiwari (IIT Hyderabad)
Invited Talks
Advanced diagnostics for simultaneous mapping of transport phenomena and interfacial dynamics during droplet impact
Prof. Atul Srivastava
IIT Bombay
A multi-directional imaging technique for liquid jet core visualization in airblast injectors
Prof. Srikrishna Sahu
IIT Madras
Contributed Talks
Chaos in Stokes Flows enhances stirring
Prabhash Kumar (IIT Madras)
Flash Talks
Electrothermal flow of non-Newtonian fluid through wavy channel
Bijoy Dutta
Banaras Hindu University
Optimization of 3D Printed Microfluidic Devices for Organ-on-Chip Applications
Devashree Sakharkar
IIT Madras
On the Investigation of Near Wake Structures of Heaving and Pitching Elliptical Cross-sectional Wing in Quiescent Fluid
Gangadhar Venkata Ramana Pinapatruni
IIT Kanpur
Lunch
Session 3
Chair: Prof. Srikrishna Sahu (IIT Madras)
Invited Talks
Data assimilation in flow visualization
Prof. Neetu Tiwari
IIT Hyderabad
Flash Talks
Influence of elliptical bodies on electro-thermo-hydrodynamics (ETHD) traits and ML prediction of heat transfer
Rajeswari Chokkapu
GMR Institute of Technology
Numerical Study of Fluidic Thrust Vectoring Accompanied by a Guide Plate and Counterflow Configuration
Bhimu Daddimani
NIT Karnataka
Visualizing spermatozoa on a tricky trail: A mimic of the female reproductive system
Faaiza Ibrahim
IIT Madras
Unsteady Electroosmotic Transport of Viscoelastic Fluids Under Pulsed Electric Fields
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Banaras Hindu University
Background Oriented Schlieren imaging applied to post impact droplet evaporation
Partha Dutta
IIT Madras
Tea + Poster
Session 4
Chair: Prof. Atul Srivastava (IIT Bombay)
Contributed Talks
Visualizing Viscous Dissipation in Vertical Planetary Mixer
Kuralamuthan Veerapandiyan (IIT Madras)
Shock-Dominated Flow Features in Supersonic Rectangular Impinging Jets
Revathy RK (IIT Kanpur)
Flow-field and Acoustic Characterization of an Actively Controlled Mach 0.5 Jet
Ambica Singh (IIT Kanpur)
Dynamics of Elongated Taylor Bubbles in non-Newtonian Fluids
Manikandan Padmanaban (IIT Madras)
Conference Dinner
DAY 3 – 15.02.2026 (Sunday)
Session 1
Chair: Prof. Saptarishi Basu (IISc Bangalore)
Invited Talks
The yoga of droplets: coalescence in complex fluids
Prof. Aloke Kumar
IISc Bangalore
Contributed Talks
Taylor bubble rise through shear-thinning liquids in closed top inclined tubes
Priyanka (IIT Kharagpur)
Pore-Scale Visualization of Multiphase Flow in Enhanced Oil Recovery Using a PDMS Microchannel
Nagur Shaik (IIPE)
Evaluation of agglomerate particle size distribution in aluminized RDX based AP/HTPB composite propellant flames through image analysis
Krish Raibole (IIT Hyderabad)
Data-Driven Prediction of Fuel Spray Dynamics using a Novel Hybrid Machine Learning Technique
Vedharaj Sivasankaralingam (NIT Trichy)
Tea + Group Photo
Session 2
Chair: Prof. Aloke Kumar (IISc Bangalore)
Invited Talks
Adventures of a Droplet: A Multiscale Journey to Extreme Flow Conditions
Prof. Saptarishi Basu
IISc Bangalore
Coherent and intermittent structures in transitional boundary layer flows
Dr. Sumit Tambe (IIT Madras)
Panel Discussion
Closing Ceremony & Prize Distribution
Lunch



