Dhwanil Shukla

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Dhwanil Shukla

Guest Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering

  • BTech: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, 2014
  • MS & PhD: Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA , 2019

Email: dhwanil.shukla -AT- iitgn.ac.in



  • Recent Publications

      1. Mirza, K. Z., Bohrey, A., Bangera, S., Agrawal, H., Shukla, D., & Pant, R. S. (2023). A Robotic Solution for
        Autonomous Battery Swapping of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In AIAA AVIATION 2023 Forum (p. 3811).
      1. Mirza, K. Z., Sharma, M., Bagare, S. V., Shukla, D., & Pant, R. S. (2023). A Study on Autonomous Mechanisms
        for Swapping of Batteries on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. In AIAA SCITECH 2023 Forum (p. 1142).
      1. Suvarna, S., Shukla, D., & Pant, R. (2022). Project HERCARA: High Endurance Relocatable Crewless Aircraft on
        Reconnaissance Aerostat. In AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum (p. 4061).
      1. Bagare, S. V., Mirza, K., Sharma, M., Shukla, D., & Pant, R. (2022). Design of Mobile Docking Mechanism for
        Unmanned Aerial Vehicles capable of Vertical Take-off and Landing. In AIAA AVIATION 2022 Forum (p. 4063).
      1. Prajapati, M., & Shukla, D. (2022). Enhancement of the Conventional Wind Turbine Performance using Multi-
        Rotor Configuration. In AIAA SCITECH 2022 Forum (p. 1019).

  • Work Experience

    • Guest Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2026 to present)
    • Co-President, Asha for Education Atlanta (May 2017 – April 2018)
    • Entrepreneurial Lead, NSF I-Corps National program (2017 – 2019)
    • Co-Founder, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2012)
    • Co-Founder, Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (2011)

  • Awards

      1. D. P. Joshi Young Teacher Award, Dept. of Aerospace Eng. IIT Bombay (2023)
      1. A two-time winner of Vertical Flight Foundation (VFF) scholarship (Year 2015 and 2017)
      1. Awardee of the President Gold Medal and Institute Gold Medal for earning the highest CPI (Cumulative
        Performance Index) in Mechanical Engineering Class of 2014 as well as IIT Gandhinagar class of (2014)
      1. Recipient of ‘Academic Excellence Scholarship’ for three consecutive years: (2011-12, 2012-13 & 2013-14)