K. S. Yajnik's Home Page

F2, Regal Manor
2/1, Bride Street
Langford Town
Bangalore , 560 025
India
Tel: 91-80-227-6836; Voicw/fax: 227 9321

e-mail: ksy@letterbox.com


Former Head and Founder
CSIR Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulation (C-MMACS)
NAL Wind Tunnel Centre, Bangalore 560 037, India
Interests
Fluid Mechanics, especially turbulence and boundary layers
Dynamical Systems
Large-scale modelling of Oceans
High Performance Computing and Networking
Exploring the Pentium I have at home
Co-workers
M. K. Sharada
P. S. Swathi
N. K. Indira
Honours and Societies
Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences
Fellow, Institution of Engineers (India)
Fellow, Aeronautical Society of India
Fellow, Indian Geophysical Union
Fellow, Gujarat Academy of Sciences
Career
Asst./ Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Mech. Engr, IIT Kanpur (1964-71)
Scientist(E/F/G/H), National Aerospace Labs, Bangalore (1971-1996)
Head, Aerodynamics Division, NAL(1978-1980)
Head, Fluid Mechanics Division, NAL(1983-1988)
Head, C-MMACS, Bangalore (1988-1996)
Education
B. Tech, EE and ME, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (1957,1958)
MS and Ph. D, (ME) University of California, Berkeley (1960,1964)
Family
Married to Kalyani. Two daughters, Maya and Shanti.
Publications