Department of Aerospace Engineering | Indian Institute Of Technology Madras , Chennai
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Nandan KumarSinha

Professor

Ph.D. Aircraft Flight Dynamics and Control

M.Tech. Aerodynamics

B.Tech. Aerospace Engineering

+91- 44- [22]-57 [40]-21

nandanks[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in

CTC Building, 1st Flr, Room No. 206

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  • Modeling and Analysis of Aerospace Vehicle Dynamics; Dynamics and Control of Aerospace Vehicles; Bifurcation Analysis and Continuation Theory based Methods; Computational Guidance; Integrated Guidance and Control

  • Professor (July 2014 - ), IIT Madras
  • Associate Professor (July 2010 - June 2014), IIT Madras
  • Assistant Professor (April 2006 - June 2010), IIT Madras
  • Postdoctoral Visiting Scholar (April 2003 - January 2006), TU-Darmstadt, Germany

  • Warden of Godavari and Tamiraparani Hostels
  • Faculty advisor
  • BAC member

  1. Aircraft Maneuver Design using Bifurcation Analysis and Sliding Mode Control Techniques," accepted for publication in the AIAA Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

    Author: A. Khatri, A.K., Singh, J. and Sinha, N.K.,

    Year: 2011

  2. Autorotational Spin Evolving Towards Chaos," Accepted for publication in AIAA Journal of Aircraft

    Author: A. Wankhede, M.R., and Sinha, N.K.,

    Year: 2011

  3. Aircraft Spin Recovery using a Sliding- Mode Controller,'' Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

    Author: P. Rao, D. M. K. V., and Sinha, N.K.,

    Year: 2010, Accepted for publication.

  4. Computational Bifurcation Analysis of Multi-Parameter Dynamical Systems,'' Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics

    Author: P. Ananthkrishnan, N., Gupta, N. K., and Sinha, N. K.,

    Volume: 32

    Page: 1651-1653

    Year: 2009

  5. Use of Bifurcation and Continuation Methods for Aircraft Trim and Stability Analysis ? A State of the Art,'' Journal of Aerospace Sciences and Technologies, Aeronautical Society of India

    Author: P. Paranjpe, A., Sinha, N.K., and Ananthkrishnan, N.,

    Volume: 60

    Page: 85-100

    Year: 2008

  1. Advanced Flight Dynamics with Elements of Flight Control

    Author: Nandan K. Sinha and N. Ananthkrishnan

    DOI/Link: 10.1201/9781315151977

    Year: 2017

  2. Elementary Flight Dynamics with an Introduction to Bifurcation and Continuation Methods

    Author: Nandan K. Sinha and N. Ananthkrishnan

    DOI/Link: 10.1201/9781003096801

    Year: 1st Edition (2014), 2nd Edition (2021), Chinese Edition (2021)

  • GATE (Paper setting, vetting, chief coordinator, IR), JEE (IR)
  • Technical Consultant, TISA Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
  • Co-founder at Daloft Aerospace Pvt. Ltd.
  • Visiting Professor at IISc Bangalore (Aug-Dec 2025)
  • Lecture videos on Flight Dynamics II
  • Web based course on Space Technology
  • Nominated to International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP), USA
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