IIT Kharagpur JRF Aerospace Recruitment 2026

IIT Kharagpur Junior Research Fellow Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) is recruiting Junior Research Fellows for a time-bound project in its Department of Aerospace Engineering. The project, RDE Development with Real Time Flow and Thrust Control Phase -1 RDE Engine Testing Facility, is sponsored by ARDB, DRDO and coordinated by Manoranjan Sinha. It combines fundamental and applied research on rotating detonation engines and the turbomachinery used with them.

Posts and Disciplines

• Computational fluid dynamics: the project spans reacting combustion flows and non-reacting flows through compressors, turbines and nozzles.
• Experimental propulsion research: this area covers combustion and high-speed flow facilities, including characterisation of engine exhaust.
• Instrumentation and data acquisition: the research links measurements from pressure sensors, cameras and other experimental hardware.
• Control systems: the project includes dynamic modelling, system identification and control of combustion or flow systems.
• Artificial intelligence and machine learning: research applications include physical-system modelling and interpretation of scientific data.
• Signal processing: this area concerns time-resolved measurements, high-speed images and changing flow behaviour.
• Applied physics and diagnostics: the scope includes plasma, ignition, optical measurements and instruments used to study reacting flows.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Project appointment: You join a temporary research assignment under Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy. The engagement is tied to this project.
• Initial tenure: The appointment runs for one year from joining.
• Extension: Continued engagement depends on performance and can extend up to a maximum of four years or the project's end, whichever comes first.
• Interview invitation: Meeting the minimum requirements does not automatically give you an interview invitation.

Application Submission Notes

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• Study detonation-based combustion and high-speed reacting flows.
• Investigate combustion instability and supersonic mixing.
• Characterise rotating detonation engine exhaust flows.
• Support advanced turbomachinery and turbine-integration research.
• Develop experimental diagnostics for propulsion research.
• Build data-driven models and control approaches for the project.